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A welcome innovation is that, while they do not partake of common food,
mony of the boys sit at mols together. This tendency should be developed.
12. Tho financial position of the Colloge is genorally satisfactory.
According to the latest balance sheot the Endowment Fund amounts to
Re. 16,40,325 ; and the building fund amounts to Rs. 1,48,065. The college
property has been valued at Rs, 13,03,303 by tho Superintending Engineer,
Central India.
The total receipts during the year are expected to amount to Rs. 1,80,940
against an estimated expenditure of Rs, 1,77,670, Thero should thus bea
small credit balance as in provious years.
The mair sources of income are :
Rs,
Interest . . . . . . . . . . 94,120
Government grant. . . , . . : . 46,000
Tuition fees . . . . . . . . 29,000
Thore are, however, disturbing features in the situation. The fecs
form only a small prepcrtion of the total revenue ; while, again, intercst on
ondowments is a stablo factor, the continuance of the Government grant aftor
1936 is by no means certain,
13. In some 1espocts, therofore, the position o1 the Cellego is satisfactory.
The buildings and estate aro finc and spacious ; thore is strength in the financial
position ; the examination 1csults are creditable, as thera has not becn a
single failure -in the High School Examination during the last five years ;
the teaching, in spite of certain shorttomings, is of a comparatively high
standard ; the tone and spirit of the boys aro improving.
14, Tho great problem which lios bofore the College is a1 least to maintain
its present enrolment ; it wowd be ina far healthier position if its numbers
could be increased to 120. This increase would be the best form of insurance
against the possible withdrawal of Government grant.
The disadvantage of altenuated numbers is perhaps more serious to a
school even than that of straitened finances. With anonrolment of cighty
boys distributcd over as many as ten classos, teaching may casily be donied the
healthy stimulus of competition and be in danger of degencrating into unin-
spiring private tuition. Moteover, the games and healthful activities of a
school—ospecially if the ages of the boys vary to thecxtent that they do at
Daly College—noed a sufficiently large number of boys so as to be divided
into groups in accordance with their ages and competence.
In addition, reduced numbets would entail improverished finances.
Whereas the enrolment of the Collego could be materially increased without
additions to the staff and the increased. fees would be available for further
devolopments, a reduced enrolment would not be attended by any material
teduction in the staff. A reduction in feo revenue would therefore have to be
compensated by a reduction in efficiency, which in its turn would result in a
still further reduction in enrulment. The prescnt standard of efficiency must-
av least be maintaincd ; this is fundamental to the well-boing of the College.
15. Though the decline in enrolment has not been as rapid as in certain
other colleges, there has been a tondenoy for numbers to drop :
Year. : Enrolment. Withdrawals, Admissions.
1920-30. - . . . . 85 “10 21
1930-31 . . . . . ra 90 : 6 10
332. 8. 2. . fl a Co 8
1932.88 . -. . . . . 79 N 12
"1933-84 2. 0. 0, Uw, 78 9 8
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