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are cheaper; and the lads would have less to distract their minds. In favor of Calcutta
would be the considerations that it is the home of a large Mahomedan population; it is
looked up to as the political, commercial, and intellectual centre of Bengal; it contains more
educated and liberal-minded Mahomedans than any other town in Bengal; the school classes
would be much better attended than they would be at Hooghly; and, further, the Calcutta
Mudrussah pupils could attend lectures at the Presidency College. I think Calcutta would
be the place for the Mudrussah, if there were to be only one. The petitions received, the
statements of witnesses before Mr. CampbelFs Committee, and such Mahomedan opinions as
I have myself heard, seem to show that the Mahomedans of Calcutta and Bengal generally
would regard as a grievance instead of as a boon, any arrangement which involved closing the
Calcutta Mudrussah. I gather also that the Hooghly people and Mahomedans generally
might regard it, to some extent, as a breach of trust, if Government were to close entirely
the Hooghly Mudrussah, and divest from Hooghly the whole of the Mohsin endowment.
After all, though Hooghly is not a Mahomedan town, yet
* I am not sure about this: but I ■ -. . -. ,, . , ...
speak of what I hear. there is said* to be a considerable Mahomedan population in
, „ .. . ± ~ , the western parts of the district; and Mr. Blochmannf speaks
f See his letter dated 9 ch October. f .... r
of a large Mahomedan population in the tracts west and
north-west of Howrah. There would, therefore, seem to be material for a local Anglo-Arabic
school at or about Hooghly. For the present at any rate it would be best to maintain an
Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah of some kind at Hooghly.
26. I would propose to have a strong Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah at Calcutta, with an
affiliated (or branch) Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah at Hooghly. I would have a European
Principal over both the Mudrussahs; he should reside at Calcutta, in or near the Mudrussah
buildings, if possible. The Principal should be an Arabic scholar; for such a man would carry
more weight with, and would be more acceptable to, the Mahomedans. He might lecture
twice a week during term-time at Hooghly; though he should, if possible, be an Arabic
scholar, yet the Principal will, at the outset, have to attend more to the enforcement of
discipline, and to the introduction of a good system, than to mere lecturing. For the present,
the English classes of the Mudrussah should teach only up to the first arts standard; it would
be cheaper for the Mudrussah and better for the students to grant each Mudrussah boy who,
after the F. A. examination, might desire to carry on his English studies, a scholarship
sufficient to cover the cost of his fees at the Presidency College, and to let him live in the
Mudrussah boarding-houses; it would be needful to maintain only an Anglo-Arabic institution
at Hooghly, teaching in English up to the matriculation standard. The question would arise
whether the Hooghly Mudrussah boys should do their English at the general Hooghly school
or college ? I think that they should do their English at the Mudrussah ; but they might be
allowed to attend law classes and engineering classes at the general school without paying
extra fees.
27. Proceeding on the assumption that all the Mahomed Mohsin endowment, and all the
existing grant of the Calcutta Mudrussah were to be devoted to Mahomedan education, we
should have the finance of these arrangements standing thus :—
Cr.
R
Dr.
R
Mahomed Mohsin’s endowment
Calcutta Mudrussah, and school ex-
55,000 / Establishment of Calcutta Mudrussah
L and branch schools as per Director’s
j statement of 15th December .
33,250
penditure of 1870-71, less by fees
46,000 R \
Probable fees from both Mudrussahs .
I Hooghly Mudrussah department as it
1,500 ■ now stands .....
8,500
Scholarship grants .
7,000 Scholarship expenditure
7,000
Total
/ Engineering department at Calcutta .
/ Additions to Hooghly Mudrussah so
1 as to turn the Arabic into an Anglo-
l Arabic department
'S ] Principal for both Mudrussahs with
p, / allowance .....
yj j Subscriptions towards general school at
/ Hooghly, to enable Mudrussah boys
I to attend law and engineering classes
I thereat, and to enable Mahomedan
1,09,500 ' boys to attend for a lower fee .
1,800
3,000
15,000
5,000
Difference
30,950 Contingencies at both Mudrussahs ,
5,000
Total
78,550 Total
78,550
are cheaper; and the lads would have less to distract their minds. In favor of Calcutta
would be the considerations that it is the home of a large Mahomedan population; it is
looked up to as the political, commercial, and intellectual centre of Bengal; it contains more
educated and liberal-minded Mahomedans than any other town in Bengal; the school classes
would be much better attended than they would be at Hooghly; and, further, the Calcutta
Mudrussah pupils could attend lectures at the Presidency College. I think Calcutta would
be the place for the Mudrussah, if there were to be only one. The petitions received, the
statements of witnesses before Mr. CampbelFs Committee, and such Mahomedan opinions as
I have myself heard, seem to show that the Mahomedans of Calcutta and Bengal generally
would regard as a grievance instead of as a boon, any arrangement which involved closing the
Calcutta Mudrussah. I gather also that the Hooghly people and Mahomedans generally
might regard it, to some extent, as a breach of trust, if Government were to close entirely
the Hooghly Mudrussah, and divest from Hooghly the whole of the Mohsin endowment.
After all, though Hooghly is not a Mahomedan town, yet
* I am not sure about this: but I ■ -. . -. ,, . , ...
speak of what I hear. there is said* to be a considerable Mahomedan population in
, „ .. . ± ~ , the western parts of the district; and Mr. Blochmannf speaks
f See his letter dated 9 ch October. f .... r
of a large Mahomedan population in the tracts west and
north-west of Howrah. There would, therefore, seem to be material for a local Anglo-Arabic
school at or about Hooghly. For the present at any rate it would be best to maintain an
Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah of some kind at Hooghly.
26. I would propose to have a strong Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah at Calcutta, with an
affiliated (or branch) Anglo-Arabic Mudrussah at Hooghly. I would have a European
Principal over both the Mudrussahs; he should reside at Calcutta, in or near the Mudrussah
buildings, if possible. The Principal should be an Arabic scholar; for such a man would carry
more weight with, and would be more acceptable to, the Mahomedans. He might lecture
twice a week during term-time at Hooghly; though he should, if possible, be an Arabic
scholar, yet the Principal will, at the outset, have to attend more to the enforcement of
discipline, and to the introduction of a good system, than to mere lecturing. For the present,
the English classes of the Mudrussah should teach only up to the first arts standard; it would
be cheaper for the Mudrussah and better for the students to grant each Mudrussah boy who,
after the F. A. examination, might desire to carry on his English studies, a scholarship
sufficient to cover the cost of his fees at the Presidency College, and to let him live in the
Mudrussah boarding-houses; it would be needful to maintain only an Anglo-Arabic institution
at Hooghly, teaching in English up to the matriculation standard. The question would arise
whether the Hooghly Mudrussah boys should do their English at the general Hooghly school
or college ? I think that they should do their English at the Mudrussah ; but they might be
allowed to attend law classes and engineering classes at the general school without paying
extra fees.
27. Proceeding on the assumption that all the Mahomed Mohsin endowment, and all the
existing grant of the Calcutta Mudrussah were to be devoted to Mahomedan education, we
should have the finance of these arrangements standing thus :—
Cr.
R
Dr.
R
Mahomed Mohsin’s endowment
Calcutta Mudrussah, and school ex-
55,000 / Establishment of Calcutta Mudrussah
L and branch schools as per Director’s
j statement of 15th December .
33,250
penditure of 1870-71, less by fees
46,000 R \
Probable fees from both Mudrussahs .
I Hooghly Mudrussah department as it
1,500 ■ now stands .....
8,500
Scholarship grants .
7,000 Scholarship expenditure
7,000
Total
/ Engineering department at Calcutta .
/ Additions to Hooghly Mudrussah so
1 as to turn the Arabic into an Anglo-
l Arabic department
'S ] Principal for both Mudrussahs with
p, / allowance .....
yj j Subscriptions towards general school at
/ Hooghly, to enable Mudrussah boys
I to attend law and engineering classes
I thereat, and to enable Mahomedan
1,09,500 ' boys to attend for a lower fee .
1,800
3,000
15,000
5,000
Difference
30,950 Contingencies at both Mudrussahs ,
5,000
Total
78,550 Total
78,550