(10) That it be a condition of appointment of each Lecturer that he will deliver to the University a complete copy of his lectures within one month after their delivery. (11) That the Senate be at liberty to invite at any time an eminent scholar to accept the lectureship even though he may not have applied. The following instructions have been given by the Donor for the guidance of Lecturers : From G. C. Ghosh, Esq., 2, Simla Street, Calcutta, to the Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University, Calcutta, dated the 24th September, 1923. In view of preventing any future misapprehension and for enabling the Stephanos Nirmalendu Ghosh Lecturer on Comparative Religion as to what is principally aimed at by me by such lectures, I request you would be so pleased as to put the following instructions in the annual University Calendars, in the advertisements for inviting the savants of the world and in the letters to them. I think even the Lecturer whom your University would appoint for next year be advantageously furnished with a copy of the same so that he may come prepared for his task. A general outline of Lectures. The Lecturer will show that every religion, truly so called, is a product of the intuition of the spirit of God within men, and so if it pleased God to reveal truth to them, in nature, it cannot but be the same to all men, though it may not be expressed to them in the same words or apprehended by them in the same manner in their minds. If this is true the fundamental bases of all religions must be identical, aiming at the same end which appears to be nothing but the unity of God and men-the consummation of their happiness. This is inculcated in diverse religions in diverse manners. The reconciliation of God with man, if God is good, can only be achieved by man's attianing his goodness—his essential attribute. The qualities that make the being of God are innumerable, only some are capable of being perceived by man's senses, such as love, truth, wisdom, power, etc. To man the chief of the Divine attributes appears to be love. So if man would live the life of God like love, he would be acquiring and implanting in him the nature of God. Man's steady advance to this state would ultimately accomplish both God's and his end-the unity of the Creator and the created. In Christ, and Christ only this was consummated, and so he became the highest manifestation of God. So the highest conception of God in the mind of man is Christ. So if man would lift up Christ in him his spirit would enable him to live his life, expressed in loving service and sacrifice for fellow men, his highest advancement and greatest happiness would be attained in the end. Lecturers. 1921-22 Prof. A. A. Macdonell, M.A., Ph.D., D.O.L. Maurice A. Canney, M.A. 2 KAMALA LECTURESHIP. In February, 1924, Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Kt., C.S.I., M.A.. D.L., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.B., offered to place at the disposal of the University, 3 p. c. Government securities for Rs. 40,000 with a view to establish a lectureship to be called the Kamala Lectureship' in memory of his beloved daughter Kamala, on the conditions mentioned in the following letter : 77, RUSSA ROAD NORTH, BHOWANIPORE, CALCUTTA, 9th February, 1924. Το THE REGISTRAR, Calcutta University. SIR, I desire to place at the disposal of my University Government Securities for Rupees Forty Thousand only of the 3 per cent. Loan with a view to establish a lectureship, to be called the KAMALA LECTURESHIP in memory of my beloved daughter Kamala (b. 18th April, 1895-d. 4th January, 1923). The Lecturer, who will be annually appointed by the Senate, will deliver a course of not less than three lectures, either in Bengali or in English, on some aspect of Indian Life and Thought, the subject to be treated from a comparative standpoint. The following scheme shall be adopted for the lectureship : (1) Not later than the 31st March every year, a special committee of five members shall be constituted as follows: One member of the Faculty of Arts to be nominated by the Faculty. One member to be nominated by the Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. (2) The Special Committee, after such enquiry as they may deem necessary, shall, not later than the 30th June draw up a report, recommending to the Senate, the name of a distinguished scholar. The report shall specify the subject of the proposed lectures and shall include a brief statement of their scope. (3) The report of the Special Committee shall be forwarded to the Syndicate in order that it may be laid before the Senate for confirmation not later than the 31st July. (4) The Senate may, for specified reasons, request the Special Committee to reconsider their decision but shall not be competent to substitute another name for the one recommended by the Committee. (5) The Lecturer appointed by the Senate shall deliver the lectures at the Senate House not later than the month of January next following. (6) The Syndicate shall, after the lectures are delivered in Calcutta, arrange to have them delivered in the original or in a modified form in at least one place out of Calcutta, and shall, for this purpose, pay such travelling allowance as may be necessary. (7) The honorarium of the Lecturer shall consist of a sum of Rupees One Thousand in cash and a Gold Medal of the value of Rupees Two Hundred only. The honorarium shall be paid only after the lectures have been delivered and the Lecturer has made over to the Registrar a complete copy of the lectures in a form ready for publication. (8) The lectures shall be published by the University within six months of their delivery and after defraying the cost of publication the surplus sale proceeds shall be paid to the Lecturer, in whom the copyright of the lectures shall vest. (9) No person who has once been appointed a Lecturer shall be eligible for re-appointment before the lapse of five years. Yours faithfully, ASUTOSH MOOKERJEE. The munificent offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate on the 23rd February, 1924. Lecturers. 1924 Dr. Annie Besant Subject. Indian Ideals of (i) Education, (ii) Arts. 1925 The Rt. Hon'ble Mr. Srinivasa The Rights and duties of the Indian Sastri, P. C. Citizen. 3 ADHARCHANDRA MUKHERJEE LECTURESHIP. Mr. Adharchandra Mukherjee, M.A., B.L., Emeritus Professor of History, Scottish Churches College, and Member of the Senate, placed in the hands of the Hon'ble Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Kt., C.S.I., President of the Councils of Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts and Science, G. P. Notes amounting to Rs. 8,000 supplemented by a further donation of Rs. 1,000 for promotion of Post-Graduate Teaching in this University on the following conditions : 1. That a Lectureship be instituted for the delivery of a course of two lectures annually by a distinguished scholar, on a selected subject connected with Letters or Science. 2. That the subject be so chosen as to represent these two departments alternately. 3. That the Lecturer and the subject be selected by the Post-Graduate Council in Arts and Science as the case may be. * Rule 3 was subsequently modified by the Senate on the 2nd May, 1925, in accordance with the suggestions made in the following letter of the Founder. I am addressing this letter to you in connection with the donation of Rs. 9,000 which, at the request of the late Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, I made to the University about five years ago for the purpose of creating an annual lectureship. The present mode of selecting the lecturer does not seem to be satisfactory in as much as the whole responsibility, both initiative and final, is left to a large body like the Post-Graduate Council. So long as Sir Asutosh was alive I had no doubt in my mind that the selection would be properly and regularly made. I now feel that it would be better if the following scheme be adopted instead of the present arrangement: The third condition mentioned by me in my original letter to the late Sir Asutosh runs thus : That the lecturer and the subject be selected by 4. That the lectures be publicly delivered at the Senate House and be printed and published as soon as possible after delivery. 5. That the honorarium payable to the Lecturer be the income of the Fund for the year together with such supplementary sum, if any, as the Senate may from time to time direct. 6. That the names of the Lecturers and their subjects be published in the University Calendar. The Senate at its meeting of the 23rd November, 1918, accepted the gift with thanks and the Lectureship was named Adharchandra Mukherjee Lectureship" after the name of the Founder. 1922 Dr. Stella Kramrisch, Ph.D. The Contact of Indian Art with that (Vienna). of other Civilisations. 1923 Sir Praphullachandra Ray, Kt.,Makers of Modern Chemistry. C.I.E., F.C.S. D.Sc., Ph.D.. 1924 Patrick Lovett, Esq. Journalism in India. 1925 Prof. C. V. Raman, M.A., Recent Advances in Molecular Physics. D.Sc., F.R.S. the Post-Graduate Council in Arts or Science as the case may be." This, I suggest, should be replaced by the following : "3. (a) Not later than the 15th July every year a Special Committee of five members shall be constituted as follows: (1) The Vice-Chancellor ; (ii) The President of the Post-Graduate Council in Arts, when the (v) One nominee of the Founder, namely, Mr. Syamaprasad Mookerjee, Such nominee of the Founder being authorised to nominate his successor and the power of nominating a successor being inherent in the original or derivative nominee of the Founder. (b) The Special Committee after such enquiry as they may deem necessary shall not later than the 15th August report to the Syndicate the name of the lecturer and the subject of the proposed lectures. (c) The Syndicate may for specified reasons request the Special Committee to reconsider their decision but shall not be competent to substitute another name for the one recommended by the Committee. (d) The lecturer shall deliver the lectures at the Senate House not later than the month of March next following.' * Yours faithfully, ADHARCHANDRA MOOKERJEE. 4 RAJA KIRTYANAND SINHA BAHADUR AND KUMAR KALIKANAND SINHA LECTURESHIP. Kumar Ganganand Sinha, B.A., offered to pay Rs. 1,200 annually for maintaining a Maithili Chair in the University for the promotion of study of Maithili with special reference to research, for at least five years in case it was created with the money offered by his uncle the Hon'ble Raja Kirtyanand Sinha, Bahadur, B.A., of Benaili and Kumar Kalikanand Sinha of Srinagar. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate at its meeting, held on the 23rd August, 1919. Raja Benaili Lecturer. 1919-21 } Pandit Khuddi Jha. 5 TANKANATH CHAUDHURI LECTURESHIP. Mr. Tankanath Chaudhuri, Zamindar, Maldwar Estate, offered to pay Rs. 1,200 annually for 3 years as pay of a Lecturer in Maithili. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate at its meeting, held on the 23rd August, 1919. GOPALDAS CHAUDHURI LECTURESHIP. Mr. Gopaldas Chaudhuri of 32, Beadon Row, Calcutta, offered to pay Rs. 1,200 annually for the maintenance of a Lectureship in Bengali for a term of 3 years. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate at its meeting held on the 29th September, 1919. Lecturer. 1919-21 Abhaykumar Guha, Esq., M.A., B.L., Ph.D. 7 G. D. BIRLA HINDI LECTURESHIP. In September 1919, Mr. G. D. Birla on the representation of Pandit Madhav Misra, made over to the University a sum of Rs. 15,000 for including Hindi as a Principal Indian Vernacular in the curriculum of the University for the Degree of Master of Arts. The Senate accepted the gift with thanks at their meeting held on the 29th September, 1919. The amount has been invested in 3 per cent. G. P. Notes of the nominal value of Rs. 22,500. |