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JAINA GAZETTE.
(November
the day is not far when the Association will be able to assert with honest pride that these and more resolutions are to be seen imprinted not on its proceedings book but on the life of every member of the Association.
To such ends the Association did not prefer single-handed efforts and was prudent enough to call the powerful agency of the Press to its aid. To keep its members informed of the progressive movements that are going on in India and other countries, to keep them in touch with the opinions of the highest intellects and the most practical patriots on all questions of importance, to give them opportunities for comparison of different methods of work with their own and in fact to save them from the pertinent title of narrow-minded so often levelled against us, it provided the most useful periodicals and papers as far as its purse could permit.
The members consequently enjoyed the use of the following: -
"The Leader." "The Modern Review." "The Pratap." “The Saraswati." “The Jain Gazette" (English). “The Jain Mittra." “The Jain Hitaishi.” “The Satyavadi.”
“The Manoranjan." Some of these were presented by friends and members of the Association, for which it feels very grateful.
That its work has been appreciated by those who have come in contact with it, may in some measure be inferred from the valuable assistance given us by the Secretary of the Jain Boarding House, by considering our requests and making arrangements that they should be granted. Modification in the rules of the Jain Boarding House in the matter of foodrestriction is due to this fact and the students are not prohibited now from eating potatoes, etc. The Association is
very grateful to him. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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