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“An advertisement appears to morrow in a paper that a graduate is wanted by so:and so." Applications flow in numbers and the man who needs the services of the graduate buys the same as a marketable com- modity and naturally at a lower price according to the economical Law of supply and demand. This is most disparaging and disappointing for our graduates and till we can not improve this state of things, we can not reap the practical results of education in our country. The main cause is this that the test of proper education defined above, is not satisfied, and that we cannot remedy this evil, till we succeed in making education practical and useful. It is the function of education to give you peace of mind, be you rich or poor, and so far as you do not succeed in attaining that harmony and peace of mind, as a risultant of your vibrations of knowledge, your education is to that extent imperfect and it is your necessity to make it perfect by acquiring what it lacks.
The study of dead Languages, unapplied chemistry, speculative pbilosophy, and such other studies cannot supply us the education that we need. You study and study for several years, till you get some de- grees from the university and when you come out of the university with great enthusiasm and energy and when you enter into the affairs of the world, you find that you are a man of theories whereas the success in the world requires practical know
ledge at every step in life. The fruits of education can be reaped only when knowledge is put into practice. Knowledge of itself has no practical utility till you know how to make use of it in practical life.
All that you know after coming out with success from the university consists in a through study of a number of prescribed books on literature, languages, science, history and mathematics, which take away the prime part of your life and require the use of your best brain and active energy, with an ardent desire to shine out in the practical life, you manage to master the books prescribed and pass the examination after great exertions and expense, get the Degree and when you come out in the field, you find that all the fields are blocked up and that there is not even standing room for you in any line. Such a state of things cannot but disparage you, cannot but buffle your entheusiasm, cannot but weaken the wings of energy. You find that you know little more than the study of English Language and that with a fair knowledge of English language you can do nothing more than work as a Clerk or Manager or Officer in some department. Several of the Graduates are required to take up appointments as teachers, or any post that may fall to their lot in the great struggle of existence and the wages of a B. A. are hardly andres than 40 Rs. and of an V. , hardly more than 60 rupees point and
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