INDIA

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 5

INDIA

LECTURE TO TOC H

A lecture on India was delivered to the last" weekly meeting of the Toe H schools' section by Mr. T. D. Aayo 4 late headmaster of St. George's College, Agra, India. A large. number of secondary school boys listened with interest to the address, lit the end of which Mr. Aayo was given a hearty vote of thanks. Three important aspects of India— Gandhi, education, and games—were dealt with'- by Mr, Aayo. He said that Gandl«, who was called a saint by some, worked out his plans during his fasts. He had been compared with Sir Thomas More as an idealist, and his work was accomplishing much good, an example being that Indians were.now entering the civil service. Gandhi was opposed to arms, but led a peaceful revolution by passive' resistance and non-co-operation with, the Government. The speaker said that there were about 350,000,000 people in India, and it Would be a hundred years before an educational system to include everyone could be evolved. On" education, Mr. Aayo said that the Indians' standard of mathematics, physics, and chemistry was very high, and that junior and senior Cambridge examinations were taken at about 13 years and 17 years respectively. The Indians had a wonderful capacity for study,. working fourteen hours a day. Very little Rugby was played in India, said Mr. Aayo, the principal games being Soccer, hockey, and cricket. • In athletics boys of 15-to 17 years ran 100 yards m 10 to 11 seconds, 440 yards in 50 to 60 seconds, and cleared'up to sft Bin in the high jump. Inter-college boxing tournaments were also .held, i •