Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday July 5 1942

The Vidyalaya and the examinations are all organised by the A. I. S. A. The course is an intensive one in the theory and practice of all the processes involved in the manufacture of khadi from the selection of the cotton-seed to getting the finished product ready for market including account-keeping in all its details. [...] Thus the study of the theory and practice of spinning includes the detailed mechanics of the wheels and the spindle and the strings; the practice' includes practice on all the varieties of wheels and taklis and so on. [...] The only answer therefore to give was to suffer the presence of the troops but under circustance the reverse of the existing. [...] We hope that the Frontier masses will respond to his call and the Press and journalists of India who have the true interests of the country at heart will take a dispassionate interest in his work." The Frontier Provincial Congress Committee has done well to pass the resolution and circulate the note. [...] The total hours of work for each grade do not represent the hours devoted by all the children in that grade in the 27 basic schools; but the sum-total of hours actually devoted by one child of that grade in each of the 27 schools — in other words the total hours devoted by 27 reprsentative children of that grade in the 27 basic schools.