The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

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Their ideal nearer and were loved accordingly.
The present day officials who come to rule and not
TO reconcile the Indian people to their rule their
predecessors had to do, treat the Indians with
contempt which, II the Indian dare not resent
you may be sure he docs not like In India the
presentday officials have not time enough 10 under
stand the Indians Opportunities 10 understand
the Indian character correctly and appreciate II
properly, could be afforded TO some extent even
now II the educated Indian did his duty by invit-
Ing the Englishman to his homo and treating him
mere at his home, as he would have the English
man treat him elsewherc-as an equal. Thus
both by the fault Of the Englishmen and the In
dams and Of circumstances, the feelings between
| the English and Indians are strained
| surprisingly enough, the mutual dislike be-
tween Engltshmen and educated Indians is even
greater The old Companys officials came to
patronise the Indian. and the Indian was content
TO be patronised. The presentday official, too
would fain play the kind patron, but the educated
indian who claims an equality with him. resents
H. Half century ago our forefathers felt IL a
great honor, though, no doubt an inconvenient
one Con account Of the bathing and change Of sa
cred string 1t entailed), TO shake hands with an
Englishman. To the Indian Of to-day to shake
hands with an Englishman is but an act Of COM
| mon courtesy. In the twentics If an English col
| iector allowed his native subordinate to see him
when dining, the native duly valued It as a great
| condensation An Indian similarly admitted
| now would resent not being asked TO partake Of
| the meal though perhaps in most cases the En-
glishman does not do Il only from a regard to
the caste Of the native In short, Englishmen and
Indians meet now on different footing and neither
| party does fully realize the responsibilities and
duties this altered state Of things requires Of them
The Englishman naturally feels unwilling to sur
render the vantage ground he has long held in this
country By and by he will learn TO do II with
| good grace Time alone will work wondera
| The educated Indian, by allowing education to
| do fully Its work. can materially assist time But
this feeling Of unrest or dislike OF Englishmen Is
| neither 80 great nor so unnatural and dangerous
as TO Justify Englishmen regretting their past
generosity to India in giving her education and
other privileges"
The main work Of the Oxford University Ex-
tension League is Of course the series Of lectures
on all kinds OF subjects given by its lecturers in
different places all over the country But one Of
| its prominent features is the Summer Meeting
held in Oxford. For three weeks during the long
vacation Oxford entertains number of students
who without being members of the University
In any way. livein her colleges attend lectures in
her halls, and in general pass their time in much
the same fashion the ordinary undergraduate
phS, pcthhpS, WIN a nlRntT dNtTdRe Oh edIucSt
ness This year about thousand students took
advantage of the opportunity Of three weeks In
| Oxford. Among them were $50 foreigners Spain
| and Turkey alone Of European nations being
unrepresented. There was strong contingent
from the United States and the British Colonies
and the Far East was represented by gentleman
from Japan. Though garden-parues, excursions
by road and river picnics, and so forth, not
forgotten, the students had full course Of work
The period to be specially studied this year was
the Victorian Era, and the general tone of the
lectures characterized by spirit Of what
has been called sane Imperialism" The sub
jects WERE Of course. very various, and included
literature, natural science and economies. as well
as history and the fine arts
Prof Dicey began with two lectures in which
he compared the English with the American Con-
stituton. pointing out In the latter the difficulties
besetting federal system. He had much TO say
In praise of the spirit and energy which had formed
nation out of mass OF incongruous elements
in short time. and something also In con-
domination Of the political corruption arising from
the boss principle and the appalling prevalence
Of lynchng in some Of the States" Sir Alfred
Lyall followed with two lectures India, in the
flrst Of which he sketched British relations to the
Independent States within, the foreign powers
without and the buffer frontier country. The
second lecture dealt with the present internal
government concluding with the expression
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in Italy under Cavour and Garibaldi, the unifca-
ton OF Germany, the development Of the warship,
and other subjects Two lectures were given on
Imperialism in Poetry" The most popular sub
ec was perhap the literature OF the Queen sreign
Three lectures were devoted to Tennyson, and
well-known men, such as F. W. Myers Arthur
Sidgwick, and De Solincourt deal: with other
great writer's Many lectures were delivered I'M
der the head Of education, and there were
also classes bearing more directly upon the prac-
teal work OF the teacher conducted by Mr.. Love
day, who has been studying the psychology OF
the question In Germany. and who gave clear
and not too theoretical exposition Of the science
as applied TO actual school children Prof Earl
Barnes, of America, gave also a very curious and
interesting series of lectures on the results of his