The Indian Journal of Social Work March 1950

The physician had not understood the full significance of the patient's remark and by emphasising the serious consequences of the disease he aggravated the guilty feeling and the patient did not return. [...] The resources of the schools and colleges as the case may be could be divided into about eight factors: (1) the teachers; (2) the students; (3) the leisure time available; (4) the buildings of the schools; (5) the library; (6) the playground and the play-equipment including materials for indoor and outdoor use; (7) the theatre and equipment for dramatic performance; (8) any other special equipmen [...] In view of the human resources and the library and the leisure time avaiable to them the teaching bodies are best suited to educate the public through lectures and research. [...] The profession is congenial to the development of personality and the realization of the soul. [...] The possibility of harnessing the available resources in response to the peculiar needs of the community depends on the undestanding sympathy and constructive imagination of the social work leader.