teaching up to the "Brevet Elèmentaire "; the English Department up to the F.A. standard of the Calcutta University. In the French Department, boys read free. Boys passing the "Certificat d'Etudes examination of the French section are admitted as free students in the English Department. A silver medal called the "Clement Thomas Medal," the value of the interest on Rs. 500 subscribed by the citizens of Chandernagore, in commemoration of the great interest taken by Monsieur Clement Thomas, when he was the Administrator of this settlement, is awarded annually to the boy who deserves the "Prix d'honneur, of the College." A second silver medal called the "Prankristo Chowdari Medal," the value of the interest on Rs. 500 deposited by the late Monsieur Prankristo Chowdari, when he was the Mayor of Chandernagore, is awarded annually to the boy who stands first in French. Monsieur Dourgacharon Roquitte, Officiér d'Académie and Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, has left a certain sum of money to give four silver medals called "Dourgacharon Roquitte Medals," to be awarded annually as prizes for Good Conduct and Proficiency in French. The College enjoys three scholarships of Rs 10 (ten) each, tenable for two years. They are awarded to boys who are French citizens and who pass the Entrance Examination, from College Dupleix, in the first division with French as their second language, provided the boys continue their studies in College Dupleix. Besides these there are ten Junior English Teachers and four French Teachers and one Junior Pundit for the School Department. 21. Baptist College, Rangoon. AFFILIATED, 1894. This School was established in 1872, and is under the control of the American Baptist Missionary Union. A College Department was opened in May, 1894, which has been affiliated to the Calcutta University up to the First Arts Examination. A monthly fee of Rs. 5 is charged in the College, and of Rs. 4 in the High School. 22. Hindu College, Jaffna. AFFILIATED, 1895. This School was opened in 1887 by the late William Nevins, Esq., under the name of "The Town High School, Jaffna." In 1889, the management was transferred to S. Nagalingam, Esq., who located it at Vannarpannait, a part of the town which is the centre of the Hindu population. In 1890, the Institution was placed under the control of "The Jaffna Saiva Paripalana Sabhai" and was styled the "Hindu High School." 2. The School was recognised by the University of Calcutta in 1893, and boys were taught up to the Entrance Standard. In September, 1895, the Institution was affiliated to the University of Calcutta, and raised to the status of a College, teaching up to the First Arts Standard, under its present designation-Hindu College, Jaffna. The College has been incorporated by an Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council of Ceylon, and it is now managed by a Board of Directors of whom A. Kanagasabai, Esq., B.A., Advocate of Ceylon, is the President. The immediate management of the Institution is entrusted to V. Casip Pillai, Esq., Supreme Court Proctor. 3. The object of the Institution is to impart sound English education and Instruction in religious knowledge to Hindu youths, and to encourage the study of Sanskrit and Tamil classics. Theological classes are also opened for training students as Priests. 4. A large and handsome new edifice, erected at a cost of upwards of Rs. 10,000, and which, with recent extensions, now costs Rs. 20,000, was occupied by the College and the School Departments into which the Institution is divided, on the 28th September, 1895. 5. The course of instruction in the College Department is framed upon the curriculum of studies of the University of Calcutta, for the Entrance and First Arts Examinations. There is a Reading Room and a Library attached to the College. 6. The School Department is supported by Government-grants, and is conducted after the model of the Educational Code of the Ceylon Government. SCHOLARSHIPS. There is an endowment of Rs. 4,000 for four scholarships, available to the students of the College : (1) Ponnampalavaneswara Scholarship. (2) Coomareswamy Scholarship. (3) Namachivaya Mudalyar Scholarship. (4) Sinatamby Scholarship. A sum of Rs. 1,714 and 26 cents was handed over to the College Authorities in 1905 for founding two Scholarships called "Ridgeway Scholarships,” to encourage the chanting of Hindu sacred Hymns. INSTRUCTIVE STAFF. College Department. Principal and Professor of English N. Selvaduari, B.A. Literature, Chemistry and Logic Professor of Latin ... Professor of Physics and History Professor of Mathematics ... A. Bernard ... C. K. Swaminathan, B.A. S. Viraswami, B.A. 23. Central College, Jaffna. 24. Krishna Chandra College, Hetampur. This Institution, founded in the name of her father-in-law, by Ranee Padma Sundary Debi, of Hetampur, in the District of Birbhum, was opened on the 29th June, 1897. The benevolent Ranee has endowed the College with an income of Rs. 6,000 per annum, charged upon some of her Zemindaris, in the District of Birbhum and Santhal Parganas. The Institution is at present affiliated up to the First Arts standard of the Calcutta University. The College building is a noble edifice, originally erected for the worship of Devi Saraswati, the goddess of learning, which is celebrated every year by the Raj with great èclat and at considerable expense. The annual pujah of the goddess is now held in another building, and her old place of worship has been made the local habitation of the College, after having been thoroughly repaired lately at a cost of Rs. 25,000. A small tuition fee of Rs. 2-8 a month is, under the ordinary rules of the College, payable by its students. But those who have passed the Entrance Examination in the First Division are generally admitted as free students. There is a Boarding establishment attached to the College, the monthly charge for each boarder being only about Rs. 6 a month. There is a Medical Officer to look after the health of the boarders. The establishment receives a subsidy of Rs. 5 a month from the endowed income of the College. Two Scholarships of Rs. 5 each a month, tenable in this College for two years, are given by Kumars Satya Niranjan and Mahima Niranjan Chakravarti, to two students who pass the Entrance Examination in the First Division and stand next to the Government Junior Scholars in the District of Birbhum. INSTRUCTIVE STAFF. leave). Radhikamohan Chaudhuri, M.A. ... } Principal and Professor of English Akshaykumar Sen, M.A., B.L. (on Literature, History and Logic Offg. Principal and Professor of Science and Mathematics ... Offg. Professor of English History and Manindraprasad Sinha, M.A. Logic ... Professor of Sanskrit ... { Ambikacharan Raychaudhuri Bidya. bhusan. Moulavi Mahamed Abdul Rahim. Physi-Mohinimohan Banerjee, C.H.A. Haridas Chandra. Mohinimohan Banerjee, C.H.A. List of Principals. 1897 Jogendranath Bhattacharja, 1902 Saratchandra M.A., D.L. M.A. (offg.) Bhattacharja, 1899 Akshaykumar Sen, M.A., B.L. 1903 Akshaykumar Sen, M.A., B.L. 1905 Radhikamohon Chaudhuri, M.A. (offg.) 25. Monghyr Diamond Jubilee College. AFFILIATED, 1898. The Institution was founded as a Government Zila School in 1854, under the control of the Director of Public Instruction, Bengal, and was managed by a District Committee. It continued under that management up to March, 1892, when, in pursuance of the policy recommended by the Education Commission and adopted by the Government of India, the management of the School was vested in a Joint Committee consisting of members returned by the District Board and the Municipality, with the District Magistrate as its President. Under the management of the Joint Committee the Institution rose to a first-class school in 1897. To commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty's benign and peaceful regin, it was resolved at a public meeting that the most appropriate way of celebrating the happy event would be to found a College by the amalgamation of the three local schools, viz., Zila School, Kamaleshwari Prosad Institution (a High English School maintained entirely at the cost of Rai Kamaleshwari Prosad Singh, Bahadur, Proprietor), and the V. J. School; and, in pursuance of that resolution, the amalgamation of the Schools took place on the 1st September, 1897. Subscriptions were liberally contributed for the purpose of establishing the College, and amongst them may be chiefly mentioned the following: Rai Kamaleshwari Prosad Singh, Bahadur, Monghyr K.C.I.E., Gidhore ... Rajah Asutosh Nath Roy, Karanchowra Mosamat Sham Kumari, Ulao 19 20 Babu Baijnath Geonkha, Monghyr Nawab Ali Khan, Khan Bahadur, Husainabad Mahant Guru Charan Bharthi, Dularpur Babu Bolaki Lal, Monghyr Babu Gobind Sahay, Monghyr Babu Banarsi Prosad Chowdhri, Monghyr Rai Tarni Prosad, Bahadur, Pleader, Bhagalpur Chowdhari Mahboob Ali, Bakhteyarpur Babu Lachhman Prosad Nimi Buzurg, Shekhpurah Donations. Rs. 2,000 2,000 The College was opened in the beginning of the present session, and comply. ing fully with the conditions laid down for the affiliation of Colleges, an application was made for its affiliation to the Calcutta University in Arts, up to the F.A. Standard. The sanction of the Governor-General in Council authorising the affiliation was received on 15th November, 1898. In pursuance to the new scheme of separate management of School and College, the management and financial responsibilities of the School have been taken up by the Government. The District Board and Municipal contributions hitherto given for the maintenance of the School have been transferred to the College. The Managing Committee have been reconstituted. The College is now managed by a Committee composed of the following members: : 1. The accounts and management of the School and College, as also the contributions and endowments, are kept quite distinct from each other. The tuition fee for both the first and second-year classes of the College is Rs. 48 annually, and that in the School Department from Rs. 3. to Ans. 8 a month. Attached to the College, and under the control of the College Committee, and the supervision of the Principal, is a boarding-house capable of containing 30 students open to the Hindus, at a monthly charge of Rs. 7. Four medals, one of gold, called "the Marriott Medal," and three of silver, called respectively "The Roe Medal," "The Lyall Medal," "The Karanamoy Banerjee Medal," are awarded annually to the students who pass their |