I HAVE . . . . . . . . . THREE REASONS 427
- I mention below some important particulars about the proposed College in order to indicate how it will function :—
I. It will be managed by a duly constituted body registeredunder the Charitable Societies Act,
II. It will have two sides Arts and Science.
III. It will be non-Communal in as much as :
(i) It will be open to students of all Castes and creeds, only it will pay special regard to the educational interests of the Scheduled Castes students.
(ii) The teaching staff will be mixed staff. There will be no bar on the ground of race, religion or community.
(iii) Subject to the Regulations of the Universities in India it will be open to Scheduled Castes students of all Provinces without any kind of discrimination.
- I have chosen Bombay as a place for the College for three reasons. Firstly, I propose to take upon myself the duties of the Manager of the College and also take part in teaching as soon as I am free from the responsibilities of my present office. In the initial stage I feel I must take these responsibilities on my own shoulders. This I can do better if the College is located in Bombay. Secondly, there is an acute need for more Colleges to provide College Education to the enormous number of students who have now congragated in Bombay and who cannot find admission in any of the existing Colleges. According to press reports applications for opening ten new Colleges are pending before the Senate of the University of Bombay which shows how vast in the number of students in want of admission. With the prospect of drawing a large number of these into the College I feel confident that the College will pave its way and there is every chance of the College showing profit. Thirdly, having been a professor of Economics in the Sydenham College of Commerce, Bombay, Principal of the Government Law College, Bombay, a Member of the Senate and Syndicate of the Bombay University I feel that 1 can get recognition for the proposed College more readily from the Bombay University than from a University outside that Province.