Himalayan Times (1953)

November 15, 1953

t handramukhi and Parbuti
respectively. The entire
supporting castcontributed
to the general excellence
of the rendering. A fine
performance and to a finer
cause, it was indeed a
‘ hit”.

In a pandal construc-
ted of branches and lea-
ves of dhnpi, the Dowhill
Puj ih Committee, with
bri P. C. Ghosh. Director,
West Bengal Forest School,
as its president, staged'
■DR. MISS KHMUli”. It
was marked with an abun-
dant degreo ■ of ' candour
and warmth of feeling
ami was richly'applauded
by the vast.audience. All
were deeply touched by
the zeal of the organisers.
The artistes, almfist wi-'
thout exception,, gave . of.
their best and the lusty
praise which followed : was
fully justified.

The . Kali Pujah cele-
brations too took place in
this pandal. Messrs. X
Ganguli, I,, if ( hetterji
and T S. Wangdi were
responsible for the cons-
truction and decorations
which immeasuMily added
to the effect of the func-
tions.

FOREST TRAINING
SCHOOL

The new session of
the Forest Training School,
Dowhill will commence on
the 10: h November, 1963.
No less than thirtyfive
students, h riling from the
North Eastern Frontier

tfitmalarian Eimcs

Agency, the States of
Sikkim and Tripura and
West Bengal will attend.

The. Director of the
School, Sri P. C. Ghosh,
assisted by Messrs S. C.
Mitra and H. P. Talukdar
will instruct them. In the
six month course, practi-
cal training will also bo
imparted in the forest
region under Kurseong
Subdivision. Qf the seven-
teen who . sat for. their
diplomas m the Inst eon-
-vocation; no less than'
fifteen passed. This meri
torious achievement should
act as incentive to .the
new batch of . boys.
TRIBAL EDUCATION
FUND

I learn from Sm .Sav-i-
. tri Devi,- Member of the
■ Tribal 'Advisory Council of
W, I! of tuition fees to
the Scheduled Tribes.stu-'
dents is in fulfilment of a
desire cherished by the
Minister in-charge of Tribal
Welfare that he would
make seetindary education
free to all tribal students
of the State,

So long as this can-
not be done the institu-
tion of the Tribal Educa-
tion Fund has h en desig-
ned to serve the same
purpose. Accordingly, it
has been decided that the
Fund is to be utilised
primarily for the giving
of tuition fees to students
upto School Final stage.

The balance, if, any,
may be spent on stipends,

.Seven

boarding charges and exa-
mination fees etc. Stu-
dents of higher stages
should invariably be direc-
ted to avail themselves
of the Government of
India Scholarships -which
are granted on a very
liberal scale.

The Minister desires,
however, that pupils whose
parents are in a position
to pay.- the tuition fees
of their children may for
. the present bo excluded-
froin this scheme. ,

THIS WEEK’S PROBLEM

MISSING LETTERS —
If you insert the . same
letter ' twenty. ,oi'io times
in the formidale-looking
.collection of letters, you'
will be able to read a
sentence, which though
neither yvitty nor wise,
makes tolerable sense*-
AKREllARSIEREHASK.VOS-
R 0 El 10U0ESH E ASEOl-’ri A L

Answer in Next Week’s hsue

LAST WEEK’S ANSWER,—A
GREEDY PIG.

As no outside impulse
acted on the truck, the
total momentum of truck
all til t it carried must be
the same after the pig
started to run as it was.
before. Now, The Fig's
momentum was greater than
it had been before, and,
therefore, the truck’s was
less. Hence, the speed of
the truck would be dimini
shed by the pig's impul-
sive act. ■

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