Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-03-13
AN HINDU REVIEW.
Suggestions on Life i'm India by
M. G.. Sinfa.
FIFTH AND LAST PAPER.

correlation between different SUBJ
iects and cooperation between
teachers, SO that one branch of
study might be made to help
and illustrate another branch.
For example, the process of forg-
ing, brazing and soldering in the
sh 'ps may be used to illustrate
the princip' es of physics and
chemistry. The application of
projection and intersection may
b. made to illustrate plane and
solid geometry. The exercises
of the machine shop may be
made to illustrate the principles
of friction, heat, electricity, the
steam engine and compressed air.
AL these illustrations fall fat and
weak upon the ears of graduates
who study English and. .philos-
ophy alone graduates-Who are
entirely unfit for practical work,
unresourceful weaklings such as
Indian universities breed:E
Some people are. inclined to
believe that technical education
can never be popular in India for
the simple reason that the attend
ance in any of the so-called in
dustrials school established so far
is neither encouraging or salts
factory. But the main reason
why industrial training has not
been attractive to the youth is to
be accounted for by ihe faulty
methods of teaching, or rather no
teaching. What is wanted now
is to create enthusiasm and in
terest in the minds of industrial
students, more than a technical
skill-a desire. aud continued
willingness to follow the line of
work taught the pupils. There
fore, everything that tends to
strengthen the interest in the
work ought to be promoted.
Out of the multiplicity of oc-
cupatious due to the introduction
of steam and electricity imper-
atioe demand for technical men
has increased. The industrial
system Of India, as we'll as any
other country, cries for men who
can both plan and execute. The
secret of Americas success in for
eign markets lies in the fact that
they have put educated brains
into the products as we'll as into
the methods of manufacture.
The national university ought to
aim at supplying the demand
for trained men in the technology
of every art. The introduction
of engineering features will ado
dignity and breadth to the ma
tional university; it is essential te
modern education because it is {
product Of modern scientific pro-
gress-a union of mathematic:
aud knowledge of materials O
cons truetion.
India has always been famou!
for her architecture; the builder'
of Tai Mohol have earned inn
mortal fame for exquisite skill
and refined taste. There is nc
reason why the national univer
sity should not produce builder
and architects of the old calibre
A modern architect must be bott
an artist and an engineer. Their
is nothing which an artist mus
not know, and know we'll. H
must know thoroughly the nature
and Limitation of his material S
He must be able to apply math
ematical analysis to every detail
of his structure. His building
must be both stable and graceful
This means that he must stud,
the laws OF heat, light, electricit,
and transmission of power. 1
modern architect should be al
artist, an engineer, and MAJ
of refinement aud culture. N
institution can produce sue
architects as the national univel
sity.
Some people seem to doubt
even today, that the technica
and engineering courses if intro
duced in the university will al
tract students for the reason thu
there will be no demand for the
services until their diploma is n
cognizea by the existing govern