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being the only function at which His Highness the Nizam presides, was robbed of much of its interest this year by the absence of His Highness, the chief nobles of the city and the elite of Secunderabad and Bolarum. Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick took the chair; and by the side of him on the dais I saw Sir Asmanjah, the Nawab Ekbal-ul-Dowlah, and the Nawab Imaum Jung to whom the Nizam's elder sister had only a short time ago been betrothed. The report of the Principal, Mr. H. P. Hodson, M. A., was as usual an interesting document, satisfactory, hopeful and full of important observations and well-thoughtout suggestions. "We are beginning to get, at any rate in the lower departments, the children of those who have had education, and it is interesting to observe how anxious the parents are that their sons should avoid that carelessness in early life which they themselves now regret. Not only do some of our old pupils look keenly after their sons, but they deligently beat up recruits among those less alive to the benefits of education; notable examples of the help thus given are found in Raja Murli Manohur (whose son has just matriculated at the age of 15) and Mir Hafiz Ali (Nawab Intekal Jung Bahadur), The awaking zeal bas in some cases resulted in our having father and son both at school together—.... "After recording this pleasing fact, Mr. Hodson proceeded to submit to the Board that the time has now come for provision to be made for 'after education', for there is evidently a desire for it; I mean some system of lectures, conversazioues, and evening classes by which grown-up pupils could continue to improve themselves, unbound by the hard and fast rules of a University course, for which they have not the leisure nor the inclination. He repeated the complaint he had made last year, "bow early marriage or succession to family posts and duties took away promising pupils as soon as they were qualified by good grounding to begin to really learn; and suggested by way of "encouraging lads to persevere in the regular course" that the Government should consult the Board as to their character " while young nobles are still in statu pupillari," and refuse "honor and
