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The Ruling Chiefs Of Western India And The Rajkumar College
The Ruling Chiefs Of Western India And The Rajkumar College Author:Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Home Studies Of The Kumars. As regards the intellectual education at home a great deal can be said, although not of a pleasing nature. The Raj... more »- kumars are usually put under a private tutor to initiate them into the art of reading and writing. For three hours or so daily the youths study and are not allowed to work for a longer period. The princely students are apparently supposed to possess very delicately constituted brains, and it is feared that they may overwork themselves and thus injure their health. It is no exaggeration to say that almost all members of the princely and other high families in India are wedded to the belief that it is a suicidal policy to make these hopefuls work as hard as others. The venerable tutor, who is termed " Master Sahib," has, in many things, to conform himself to the wishes of his pupils who pursue their own whims and fancies. They devote three hours to their studies, but remain in the study room for a much longer time which they wile away by indulging, quite unmindful of their preceptor, in any amusement they please. Sometimes it is a rare good sight to look into the room set apart for study. The students are seen playing to their heart's content; while the worthy "Master Sahib" is enjoying a good quiet nap. A lenient teacher stands the risk of being trifled with by his pupils who are full of fun and jollity, and frequently by way of diversion play pranks at his expense. When the Master Sahib is safely locked in the arms of Morpheus, the pupils are found amusing themselves with all sorts of juvenile tricks. Sometimes the fun is carried to such an extent as to ruffle the temper of the learned and worthy preceptor. Therefore a complaint is lodged with the Chief or Sarcar—as he is called—against the delinquents. The Sarcar Sahib ...« less