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CITY COLLEGE, CALCUTTA.

Institute, been vested in a committee called the College Council, composed mainly of Professors of the College.

The annual tuition fee is Rs. 36 for the first year and second year classes of the General Department, and Rs. 48 for the third year and fourth year classes of that Department, and for the Law Classes. Exemption from The fee for admission payment of the full fees is granted in special cases. is generally equivalent to the tuition fee for a month. Vidyasagar Scholarships tenable in the Metropolitan Institution are awarded to deserving F.Â, and B.A. students.

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This Institution was founded as a School under the name of the City
The aim of the Institution from the beginning

School in January, 1879.

has been to impart education on a broader basis than usually adopted; so that it should embrace not only intellectual training and proper enforcement of discipline, but also the improvement of character and healthy development of all the faculties of the mind. The success of the Institution, and the desire further to develop and carry out their ideas regarding education, led the Col.ege Council to add a College Department which was affiliated to the Calcutta University up to standard of the First Arts Examination in January, 1881, and up to the B.A. Standard in January, 1884.

The Institution is open to all classes of the community and consists of the College and a School Department. In the School Department there are special classes in drawing, music, and science, which are open to all students of the institution without any extra payment. It has a Branch School teaching up to the standard of the University Entrance Examination, in the town of Mymensing, called the City Collegiate School, Mymensing Branch, opened in January, 1883. The Mymensing City School has recently been raised to the status of a Second Grade College.

COLLEGE DEPARTMENT.

The course of Instruction is adapted to the requirements of the University for Degrees in Arts. There is an admission fee of Rs. 5 and a monthly tuition fee of Rs. 5 for the fifth year class and an admission fee of Rs. 4 and a monthly tuition fee of Rs. 4 for the third and fourth year classes, and an admission fee of Rs. 3 and tuition fee of Rs. 3 for the first and second year classes. In the case of students entering from the City School or its Branch the admission fee is Re. 1.

Principal

Professors of English

Professors of Mathematics

Professors of Science

Professors of Philosophy ..

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Jitendra Nath Sen, M.A.

Surendra Nath Maitra, M.A.

T. L. Vasvani, M.A.

P. K. Sen, M.A. (Cal.), B.A., LL.B. (Cantab).

Professors of History and Political T. L. Vasvani, M.A.

Harendra Cumar Mukerjee. M.A.

Economy

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Professors of Sanskrit

Professor of Sanitary Science
Professor of Arabic and Persian

Krishnakumar Mitra, B.A.

Pandit Baradakanta Vidyaratna.
Pandit Upendra Nath Ray Vidya-
bhushan. B.A.

Amrita Lall Sircar, F.C.S.
Maulavi Abdul Hadi.

Free Studentships and Scholarships.

There is a limited number of free studentships which are awarded to deserving students.

Two scholarships of Rs. 40 and Rs. 30 per month tenable for one year will be awarded on the results of th Honour Examinations to the two students who stand first and second respectively among the successful candidates appearing from the City College at the B.A. Examination of 1907.

The scholars must read for the M.A. Examination and continue their studies in the City College if there are M.A. classes in the College in the subjects taken up by them. If there are no such classes in the City Colleg, the scholars will be allowed to read and retain their scholarships in an approved College.

Under the same conditions three scholarships of Rs. 50, Rs. 40 and Rs. 30 per month tenable for one year will be awarded to the three students who stand first, second and third respectively in the B.A. Examination of 1908. A few scholarships varying from Rs. 10 to Rs. 5 a month are open to competition to 1st grade Senior and Junior Scholars.

LAW DEPARTMENT.

The College was affiliated in Law on the 1st January, 1883, and teaches up to the Standard of the B.L. Examination. Admission fee is Rs 4 and tuition fee Rs. 4. The rate of admission and tuition fee is Rs. 2 for the Pleadership Classes.

P. K. Sen, M.A. LL.B. (Cantab., Bar.-at-Law).
Sibaprasanna Bhattacharyya, B.L.

Constitution of the College-Mr. A. M. Bosc, M.A., Bar.-at-Law, the founder and original proprietor of the College, made over in 1887 by a duly registered Trust Deed the building and all other property moveable and immoveable belonging to the Institution to trustees who were to hold their office for life, and entrusted in the same year the entire management of the Institution to a council consisting of nine members to be appointed periodically according to certain rules. The constitution of the College was changed at the commencement of 1906. The College has been registered as a Society under Act XXI of 1860. Under that Act all property belonging to the Institution vests in the governing body known as the City College Council, and the whole of the income has to be devoted to the maintenance and improvement of the College, no individual having any proprietary interest in any portion thereof.

The Council of the City College.

Mr. A. M. Bose (Bar.-at-Law.)
Hon'ble Mr. B. L. Gupta, I.C.S.
Hon'ble Mr. K. G. Gupta, I.C.S.
(Member of the Board of Revenue).
Mr. S. P. Sinha (Standing Counsel,
Govt. of Bengal.)

Mr. K. C. Banurji, M.A., B.L.
Dr. P. K. Acharjee, M.A., M.B.
Mr. Pareshnath Sen, B.A. (Profes-
sor of Bethune College.)

Mr. Umeschandra Dutt, B.A. (Fellow, C.U.)

Mr. Heramba Chandra Maitra, M.A.
(Fellow C.U.)

Mr. Kali Prasanna Chattoraj, M.A.
Mr. Krishna Kumar Mitra, B.A.
Mr. Satis Ranjan Das (Bar.-at-Law)
(Secretary).

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A monthly fee of Rs. 7 and Rs. 9 is charged for the F.A. and B.A. classes and Rs. 15 and Rs. 10 for the Law classes respectively.

Attached to the College is a College Hostel accommodating about 60 boarders (chiefly Burmese) under the management of Mr. Leonard.

XXI.
Bipon College.

AFFILIATED, 1884.

This Institution was originally established as a School under the name of the "Presidency School" in January, 1880. It continued for two years under the management of a Committee; and in January, 1882, the management passed entirely in the hands of Babu Surendranath Banerjee, who has since been the sole proprietor of the Institution. It was affiliated up to the F.A. Standard in January, 1884, when the name was changed into the "Presidency Institution," which, however, was again changed into the present name in December, 1884. In 1885 it was affiliated up to the B.A. and B.L. standards of the Calcutta University.

The object of the Institution has been from the beginning to impart education to students of all classes of the people, without distinction of creed or colour, at moderate and convenient rates of fees; and further, the authorities have always sought to impart such education as would embrace, not only intellectual training and the proper enforcement of discipline, but also the improvement of character and the heathly development of the emotions. The Institution consists of two Departments, viz., the General and the Law. The General comprises the Collegiate Arts classes and the School Department which includes a vernacular section. The law consists of B.L. and Pleadership classes. Besides, there are special classes, such as the Gymnastic class and the Drawing class, which are attached to the General Department.

There are four classes in the Law Department, two teaching the full course of study prescribed for the B.L. Examination, and two teaching the course for the Pleadership Examination; and four Collegiate Arts classes teaching up to the B.A. Standard of the Calcutta University; and there are nine graduated classes in the School Department, including a vernacular section for the tuition of infants.

The rates of fees for the F.A. classes are Rs. 3; those for the B.A. and B.L. classes, Rs. 4; of the Pleadership classes, Rs. 2; and of the School De

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Principal and Professor of Physical

Science

Professors of English Literature

Professors of Mathematics
Professors of Philosophy and Logic
Asst. Prof. of Physical Science.

Ramendra Sundar Trevedi, M.A.
Babu Surendranath Banerjea, B.A.
Janakinath Bhattacharyya, M.A.,
B.L.

Lalgopal Chakravarti, M.A.
Jitendralal Banerji, M.A.
Bipinvihari Gupta, M.A.

Haranchandra Banerjee, M.A., B.L.
Kshetramohan Banerji, M.A.
Lalgopal Chakrabarti, M.A.
Jitendralal Banerji, M.A.

Gangadhar Mukerjea, M.A., B.L.
Jitendralal Banerji, M.A.

Professors of History and Political Bipinvihari Gupta, M.A.

Economy

Professors of Sanskrit

Professor of Persian

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Ramsarvashva Vidyabhushan.
Panchanan Ghoshal, M.A.
Maulavi Abdur Rahaman.

Professor for Exercise Corrections .. Pramathanath Mukerji, M.A.

XXII.

Bethune College.

ment.

AFFILIATED, 1888.

This Institution, for the education of girls, was founded in 1849, by the Hon'ble J. E. Drinkwater Bethune, after whose name it is called. It was maintained by its founder from his private funds, until 1851, when he died. The Most Noble the Marquis of Dalhousie bore all its expenses from 1851 to 1856. It was then taken over, and has since been supported by GovernThe management is entrusted to a Committee appointed by the Government of Bengal. The Institution consists of two Departments. The College Department, started in 1879, is open to girls of all ages and nationalities, and provides for instruction up to the M.A. Standard of the Calcutta University. The School Department is open only to girls of Hindu extraction, between 6 and 18 years of age, and teaches up to the Entrance Standard. There is a Boarding Establishment attached to the Institution. The tuition fee for day-scholars is Rs. 3 a month in the College Department, and Rs. 2 a month in the School Department. Boarders are charged a uniform fee of Rs. 10 a month. An admission fee of Rs. 2 has to be paid by every day-scholar, and of Rs. 10 by every boarder.

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