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 The elevation of Vidyasagar heralded the introduction of many salutary reforms. For the second time he set about his work in real earnest to improve the college. One of his very first cares was to enforce punctuality, for the professors had again fallen into their old ways. He had a pleasant way with the students who came to look on him with veneration. By his kind and gentle treatment he won over their hearts. He abolished corporal punishment which he always hated bitterly. Before his time the college was open to Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaidya castes. But under the sanction of the Education Council he began to admit Kayastha boys also. Some of the old, worm-eaten manuscripts of the library were