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 oP EVDIA tnoe for the average student on ths side of India at least, it is too often because he dreams of winning &n immortal name by text book or crib of a too many; or because contained within it. producing another superficial sort of which there or already of the political possibilities Our duty as educationalisls, as I conceive it, ho.we.ver, is not confined to the attempted intellectual training demanded by the university curriculum, and tested by intellect. There suppose few if for technical education; nor can technical under our present overcrowded time-table even where agricultural experimental farms, tues, or industries are available. is an' education of the hand possible examinations. It is not confined to the is the education of the hand. I any of our arts colleges are equipped training be given art insti- But there within the limits of the time-tble--the making of survey maps, and of graphs; the study by actual investigation o! how he people of he college town are fed, are clothed, are housed,--upon which the study of con- sumption may be based ;--the collection of family budgets'; he study of the road traffic in and out of the town or city by tabulation, and much of the village work Professor Kale has advocated. There is in all these  training in_ observation, in accuracy, and later in interpretation, in which the average arts student is notoriously lacking. Why should this training be reserved for the M.A. students or for those in special institutions ? From practical experience with individual sudents in our own college, I-know that the undergraduate in economics can do all these things and likes doing them, if given the necessary time and guidance. Are we educating the Heart? Are such an interest and w a sympathy in developing our sudent. s