It may be noted that the last house is,of some importance in the educational history of Bengal ; in it the Hindu College was formally opened in 1817 and in it the Duff College was first located, There was then no good school in Calcutta, except the Hindu College and the Calcutta Society's School in the northern quarter of the town to which the sons of well-to-do Hindus would be sent for education. [...] Issur Chandra Gupta, Poet And the Editor of the Probhakar in the issue of the paper of the 14th February 1853 observedSince the founda- tion of the Oriental Seminary by an Indian gentleman of no ordinary ability it is sending forth every year young men well-educated and fit to enter the world, It has all along been productive of goad effect. " 5, Though the Oriental Seminary has never depended on [...] 7. In the beginning of the Fifties of the last"[ 13 ] century, the then news-papers announced that the boys of the different schools and colleges had attepmted to display their histrionic accomplishments : they performed several of Shakespeare's plays in place of recitation, and in this they drew admiration of the cultured public—both Indian and European. [...] several ex. students of the Seminary joined the Com- mittee and through the exertions of the new members and other well-wishers, the institution began to prosper. [...] 10/- per mensem to the boy who scored highest mark out of the examinees in the Matric Examination and not less than 75% of the aggregate and continued his studies, was inaugurated, A big pavillion was erected on the play-ground and besides the pavillion, the school building and every place of vantage were tastefully decorated and brilliantly illuminated to wear a gala appearance. "t 25 Names of the
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