Boys’ Own Home Calcutta. Annual Report and Distribution of Prizes 1913

The demonstrations given at the 11 ize Distribution as to the method in which the boys are taught English and Arithmetic were both interesting and convincing that the object lesson method of teaching is ever so much superior to the cram system. [...] They seem to believe in the doctrine of the survival of the fittest and hence the weakest have to go to the wall. [...] It is the training of the will the most essential factor in the formation of character. [...] The secret of this marked success is of course as I ventured to point out at the end of the distribution that the Superintendent laid out his soul in the work. [...] One of the best features of the little institution is the moral influence of the Supertit.endent Mr.