 | Asia - 1838 - 678 pages
...one of the chief objects of the committee's attention. The consequence has surpassed expectation. A command of the English language, and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. A taste for English has been widely disseminated, and independent schools, conducted by young men reared... | |
 | Charles Edward Trevelyan - Education - 1838 - 254 pages
...one of the chief objects of the committee's attention. The consequence has surpassed expectation. A command of the English language and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. A taste for English has been widely disseminated, and independent schools, conducted by young men reared... | |
 | Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke - 1864 - 98 pages
...published in 1831, speaking of the Hindu College, observed, "the consequence has surpassed expectation; a command of the English language, and a familiarity...science, have been acquired to an extent rarely equalled in any schools in Europe !" If this was the case then, how much greater proficiency was likely to be... | |
 | Pramatha Nath Bose - Hindu civilization - 1896 - 332 pages
...speaking of the Hindu College in 1831 observe : " The consequence has surpassed our expectation. A command of the English language and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. A charter of 1853 ("The Life of Alexander Duff by George Smith, Vol. I. pp. 99-100) : "The system of... | |
 | Pramatha Nath Bose - Hindu civilization - 1896 - 320 pages
...alone could be intended, that the example of the Hindu College showed, that Indians could acquire a command of the English language and a familiarity with its literature and science "to an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe ;" and "the best test of what they can do is... | |
 | Robert Watson Frazer - India - 1898 - 502 pages
...the results obtained at the Vidyalaya, or College of Calcutta, surpassed all their expectations : " A command of the English language, and a familiarity with its literature and science has been acquired to an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe." They pointed out, in conclusion,... | |
 | India Calcutta University Commission - 1919 - 420 pages
...issued in 1831, say of the Hindu College (or Vidyalaya) that as a result of its establishment — " a command of the English language and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. A taste for English has been widely disseminated, and independent schools, conducted by young men reared... | |
 | National Archives of India - 1920 - 252 pages
...at this college their report before alluded to says, " The consequence has surpassed expectation. A command of the English language and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. Another generation will probably witness a very material alteration in the notions and feelings of... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 262 pages
...at this college their report before alluded to says, " The consequence has surpassed expectation. A command of the English language and a familiarity...an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. Another generation will piobably witness a very material alteration in the notions and feelings of... | |
 | William Paton - Missionaries - 1923 - 258 pages
...first to last the fruit of Indian initiative, where, on the admission of the committee itself, " a command of the English language and a familiarity...been acquired to an extent rarely equalled by any school in Europe. A taste for English has been widely disseminated, and independent schools, conducted... | |
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A command of the English language, and a familiarity with its literature and science, have been acquired to an extent rarely equalled by any schools in Europe. 
