The Professor says that the Majority Report has been a challenge to public opinion and he urges the Government not to make any fresh grant to the Calcutta University. How a Government Officer, ordinarily residing at Patna and spending his vacation in company of high officials at Darjeeling, could constitute himself the representative of public opinion in Bengal we do not know. But all the “Indian edited” journals have supported the Majority view and it was accepted by a overwhelming majority in the Senate. Even the Modern Review considered the demand of an annual grant of three lakhs as moderate. And we are glad to find that our contemporary agrees—“that it is mainly for the stabilisation and development of Post-graduate Studies that the Committee was appointed. That there is need for stabilisation as well as for development is true beyond doubt.” We also entirely agree with the Modern Review when it says—
“It is not desirable that the Government should be allowed to come into the field of University management, nor is it fair that the Government should allow the University to be controlled by vested interests and cliques. It is necessary that the Government pay for the advancement of learning; but they should see that things are done properly. We are not suggesting official management of the University. The scholars of the nation should control the University, but in this kingdom of scholars there must be democracy and not oligarchy or tyranny.”
In order to give effect to this wholesome principle our contemporary should urge for early legislation in the right lines.
But if we accept whole-heartedly the principle laid down by our contemporary (which indeed we ourselves have always advocated) we cannot accept its dictum that the University is run for the benefit of numerous worthless people. As a result of frequent migration our staff has now reached the irreducible minimum. Most of our lecturers are first class men with some original work and previous teaching experience to their credit. Some of them have obtained the much coveted Degree of Doctor of Philosophy and we may inform the
