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 EiONOMIO PROBLEM OF INDIA Why should not economic students make the solution of this great problem of,. the life their own? Here they Iontern to their aid, they can make their anti-plague demonstrations; they can give their medical exhibits; they can organize "clean-up" movements. By leading public thought, by formulating public opinion, they can prove themselves of no mean our greatest enemy--disease. conservation of human can again bring the in combatting are many other service There or&do these agencies which ought to do this work, but the economic department in these days could ill afford to this responsibility as thoughtful students of pressing needs. Should you consider the establishment of such a relationship between our colleges &nd the economic needs of the people, to be desirable, is this scheme of practical education which I have outlined practicable ? I submit that it is.. The essent/al apparatus is a lantern. Excellent stereopt, icon lanterns are on the market; and portable moving pietare reschinas will be procurable shortly at reasonable prices. The cost of the earbide and other running expenses can be covered by a levy upon the village o! the exact amount required, payable in advance. Such a policy has been followed success- fully in the villages of China; and as I have heard, in some districts in South India. The real difficulty readily obtain- be manufactured. prepared by the is with the films. Slides are able; but films would have Pilms for such work &s this more &re Y.M.(... in (hins. Could they not be prepared in Iudia by & eo-oper&tion of the economies departments of the several uuiversities, and issued to the colleges within the jurisdiction of each ? Such practical develop- ment is not outside s university's function, as has beet suoeessfully demonstrated by universities in the