Visva-Bharati News. January 1950

The selection of Santiniketan as a venue of the World Peace Meeting is I believe a tribute to the memory of Gurudeva and at the dame time a recognition of what little the Visva-13harati has been able to do towagds realising his great ideal of strengthning the fundamentals of World Peace". [...] This meeting is the symbol of Humanity's Conscience of the world's unborn soul and we salute 3ou as workers in the great task of the re-making of man and society in the image of the Divine Maker. [...] This was followed by the picturesque ce emony of the distribution of diplomas and seven petalled chhatim leaves reg rded as emblems of victory to the new graduates of Visva-Bharati from its di rent institutions The Adhyaksha of each department recited the blessings and called the `snatakas' of his deparment to appear and accept the gift f the `saptaparni' from the President Pandit Kshitimohan [...] I still remember the day when the founder of the modern University of Calcutta and the great poet were discussing the difficulties and the possibilities of developing Santiniketan as a living centre of culture. [...] The arts and philosophy of the East! particularly of India have attracted the attention of the materialistic West. Although the East cannot claim now to be as rich in material wealth as the Wqst it is none the poorer even today so far as spiritual and intellectual wealth is concerned.