The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . REPEATING IN CALCUTTA THE MANILA EXPERIENCE This is the second Calcutta playground at Lee Memorial, Wellington Square. A third has been commenced. The Orient has learned a lesson that America might heed—that apparatus is, after all, not absolutely necessary; that supervision is the great essential. A broomstick with a good imagination has always made a prancing steed THE SU RV EY FOR NOVEMBER 4, 1 9 1 6 113. SWIMMING POOL AT BALLIGHATAPLAYGROUND The opportunity for a dip is nowhere more welcome than in the steaming tropics he had learned ; for this was befo
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . REPEATING IN CALCUTTA THE MANILA EXPERIENCE This is the second Calcutta playground at Lee Memorial, Wellington Square. A third has been commenced. The Orient has learned a lesson that America might heed—that apparatus is, after all, not absolutely necessary; that supervision is the great essential. A broomstick with a good imagination has always made a prancing steed THE SU RV EY FOR NOVEMBER 4, 1 9 1 6 113. SWIMMING POOL AT BALLIGHATAPLAYGROUND The opportunity for a dip is nowhere more welcome than in the steaming tropics he had learned ; for this was beforethe pith-helmeted Saxon engineer hadbuilt canals and railroads in his partof teeming Hindustan. Singhs new friends were Ameri-cans. They were both teachers at aschool where all the teachers wereAmericans. He heard them saythat the money to conduct theschool came from a land across theseas. Out in the school compoundwere continual surprises. Oneteacher was a playleader who knew nocaste, and underwhose leadership theboys in their playwere learning to for-get caste. Only hewas low caste whocheated in might be aBrahmin as well asa Sudra. Singh waslearning the democ-racy which is mod-eling the New In-dia. Thus he grewmuch like boys onan American play-ground. He wonhigh honors at this American school. He went to Luck-now College and won athletic honors there, and a fellow-ship. Then came an examination in which he competed withson
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