HIOHEIt EOONOMIO, COUBSEB 98 principle had been laid down by the Senate for the Board that some knowledge of Indian History should be
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compulsory The Board held that certain other subj cts, of reasoning, should also be compulsory, by and Senate must Constitutional pty the in in future take History, regulations March 1916 (1) (8) which they prescribed Indian History, Economics, submitted that the (2) (4) to the student British Political Science; and he has two options from a list of subjects of which Economic History is one but all the others are in general History and Political Science. ARer a considerable debate, in which a proposal to refer the subject back to the Board for reconsidera- tion was defeated approved of the by & na?ow alteration'and majority, the Senate forwarded it to the Government for confirmation. A protest was lodged by certain members of the Senate against confirmation, on the grounds (1) that the B.A. degree and Honours should allow of very detailed speeialisation, (2) that the change was inconvenient to mofussil colleges, (?) that compulsory subjects required more time than optional subjects, and that therefore the increase in the number of compulsory subjects made an increased and excessive demand upon the students. It was urged that it was impossible for students in three' years to attain a high degree of competeace in Politics,-Eco- nomics, Constitutional History, and Indian History. I was dissatisfied with the new regulations, opportunity subject with although they appeared an improvement on the that presented members o? to old ones, and I seized itself of discussing the Government while me to be on the whole confirmation of the new regulations was pending. &11 the the It was clear that %here was a good deal of difficulty in securing any considerable advance in the organisation of the University for the furtherance of economic
