Jain Gazette 1906 04

Author(s): Jagmanderlal Jaini, Sumerchand Jaini
Publisher: Jaina Gazette Office

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1906
THE JAINA GAZETTE.
females themselves. The best of these appears. to be at Ahmedabad started by the Swetambaras. The class is held for three hours from twelve to three, when the females are generally free from their household duties. Time is divided into half and half for the religious and technical education. The institution is a unique one for its efficiency and usefulness. In the end we only say " Educate your females ; it will lend a charm to their beauty, grace to their bearing ard a sweet odour to your home."
We are very glad to congratulate Messrs Beni Chand of Saharanpur,
Gainda Mal of Muzaffarnagar, Sumer Chand of Our new pleaders,
Nakur, and Risal Singh of Binouli, Meerut, on their success at the last pleadership examination. Needless to say that everywhere in India and outside, legal practitioners are counted among the most enthusiastic reformers of every community. They are best fitted to this service for their culture and knowledge of humanity. We hope to find our new pleaders astir with the good wishes for their religion and community.
We are very sorry to hear that the Mahavidyala has been altogether
vacated. No definite reason for it has yet come The Digambra Jaina to our notice. Different people will set up differMahavidyala.
ent reasons.-If it is due to the mismanagement nothing can be more discreditable to our Saharanpur brethren but the last month's activity at Saharanpur speaks otherwise. It is quite possible that the new trustees might have tried to reform the Vidyala in matters of discipline and the students who might be unaccustomed to it could not stand it. Progress can be made slowly and gradually and we should think that the Managing Committee ought to have waited sometime before introducing new reforms. It is no easy matter to control the students and especially in an institution where the work is not carried on a well thought out and carefully planned scheme. What is desirable for the Mahavidyala is, as we have often shown, a set of fixed rules for the guidance of the working body and the confidence of the public. The time has therefore come when the representative leaders of the Digambaras should recast its rules and place it on a sounder footing before it is too late. We cannot understand what an annonymous correspondent of the Jaina Mitra means by saying that the students refuse to return to Saharanpur. There does not seem to be any legitimate reason for it. To the real students, change in the residence could not make much difference; Muttra and Saharanpur must be both