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wonderful that so much has been, and is being done..
Nevertheless, for those who desire ' English education ' for •
girls, it is still generally a case of the mission, school, or
nothing. The mission school is subsidised by the contribu-
tions of the supporters of missions all over the world, and
can afford to offer the c English education' at less than
cost price. The bribe is then accepted. Not till India
refuses to be thus pauperised by those whose aim is the •
destruction of her faiths, can she be free.

The motive of the parent is not always a pure desire-
for education; it is sometimes a desire, not elsewhere
unknown, to get something for nothing ; sometimes a wish
for mere material advantage for the girls. " Education is
valued in India," says the Archdeacon of Madras (4 The
East and the West,' January, 1908) "not so much
because it is enlightening as because it is profitable," and
the missionary provides the easiest and cheapest avenue to •
the attainment of it. The first statement, in so far as it
is true of modern India, is in direct opposition to Indian
tradition, and to all that is best in Indian educational
ideals. But the missionary does not scruple to take-
advantage of the situation, as a keen man of business -
might take advantage of a rival. Such methods may
result in brief success amongst the least Hindnised sections -
of society. They will not touch the heart of India ! In
Ceylon the Cambridge Locals are for a girl as good as a
dowry ; btit they are not education, for they leave the girl
ignorant of her own language, history and social culture..
Europeanised parents desire their daughters taught ac-
complishments ; Berlin woolwork to be framed on the
paiior wall; 4 a few strokes on the violin before she leaves ;J
a little strumming on a cheap piano; painting flowers,
sometimes a little French. They learn also to wear shoes,,