Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-15

cOue VI ~ 0''f eAAo uucn may with
certainty be said: India is destined to
play more important part on the
stage of world politics than hereto
fore
But very likely you prefer to hear
more personal natters NV work ia
very interesting. We have twenty
four students in the two years of the
college department. This is what is
termed here a second grade college.
since there are only the first two wears
OF full collegiate course. Tne sue
cessful graduates-they nave to pass a
very rigid government Examination
receive theF. A. degree, that is sFirst
10 Arts" from the government uni
versity in Madr s. My teaching IS
confined to these students. I have
two or three hours work every day in
actual teaching. The rest of my time
ia spent in supervising the work of
the high and lower schools. We have
about four hundred and fifty in the
high school and about five hundred in
the lower school. Besides this there
are three branch schools with some
thing under five hundred primary
pupils. l am supposed to visit these
last at least once week, go you see
ny time is pretty well occupied.
I an the only European connected
with the faculty. We have a number
of strong, able Christian men among
our masters, though the maj rity are
non-Christian. 1t is our aim to sup
plant the non-C Christian element upon
the facvlty by Christians, 5u5i is diff
fcult TO secure good, we'll trained
Christians. The change must come
about gradually. To one in,America,
and uufa miliar with India, the
thought of associating with non
Christian teachers is, l think, some
what repulsive, but these men are in
many respects attractive, and one
gradually comes to forget that they
are heather. The head master of our
high school is a Brahmin, and as
courteous a gentleman as one would
care to meet. This cannot be said of
all, however, especially of the lower
school men, who are very poorly
paid, and so of an inferior sort.
The native Christians in Vellore be-
long for the most part to our mission
church. Our services are held Sun
day mornings at eight O'Clock, about
the time many Craftsburyites are
getting up. But we are in a tropical
land and it is better to have an early
morning service and thus escape
the midday heat. The church Is
about halfpnile from our bungalow.
kSemetimes Anna and Cecil ride,
! sometimes we all walk. After chota
hazri "a light morning meaD eaten on
the veranda we WALK down street
enjoying the cold fresh morning air
On either side are bungalows sur-
rounded by. trees and flowers, occu.
pied by Europeans or Eurasians (mix
ed native and Enslish.) Some OF the
trees are completely covered will
scarlet flowers. and occasionally th'
fragrance of jessamine reaches GU
nostrils. Brown men and Womel
scantily attired and bearing on thei
heads baskets or Jars of some prod
, uce, pass us on the way. The color
of their garments are usually brigh
and harmonic well with the warmth
OF the landscape and sky. At tn
=, lower end of the street we come to
= large open space formerly used
the parade ground of the fort bull
centuries ago and still standing wit
;, it's grey walls and deep moat in whic
the lotus grows profusely. The interio
!, of the fort is as peaceful today as tn
peaceful scene without in the moa
Above the fort walls we catch
glimpse of the towering ancient TEN
pie one of the finest specimens
Hindu temple architecture to b
found ia southern India. The tempt
has long been unused for religion
purposes, having been de6led by tn
Mohammedan when they were
possession. We turn to the RICH
- pass down cross street, noticing @
= our left very conspicuous sign of
: very American invention, the SINCE
n sewing machine. This is not inten(
:. ed as an advertisement for that ma
- chine, have no interest in any age1
% cy, l simply point out an instance (
a. aggressive American business. TURF
Of ing again to the left and lookir
"A through an open grove of banya
NJ trees we catch sight of our churo
=, against background of cocoanl
palm trees. The church is of brio
= covered over with a cream coiore
- hard plaster and has square belfr
- The bell is now ringing and throug