a second language. Professor Karve, in thanking Sir
Hormusji, is reported to have regretted very much
the lack of appreciation and moral courage on the
part of the people,' who, he said, were still unwilling
to take advantage of the facilities provided by the
Indian Women's University for women's education.
Experiments must continue to be made in education
and Prof. Karve's experiment was well worth making
if only to show that, in modern India, the idea of
having a separate system of education for women,
has no chance of acceptance. Those who are really
earnest about giving the best education to their dau-
ghters naturally prefer to send them to institutions
affiliated to the recognized Universities. Prof. Karve's
claim that he was providing a national system has
been supersided by the Charka school of educationists.
It has also since become known that the majority of
women students in Japan attend the same Universities
as men+ and that the Japanese Women's University
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- Taking this to be the correct estimate, it must not be
forgotten that Japanese language is the medium of instruction in men's Universities in Japan. The Women's University of Tokyo also is still prospering. Its Silver Jubilee or the twenty fifth anniversary is going to be celebrated in this month (April 1928) and in this connection an Exhibition is going to be held to show the work of modern women in all countries of the world in its various phases-literature, art, science, politics, economics, education, music, religion, social service &c. An Indian Section of this exhibition is being organised and madam Yuki Hirota is in charge of this section. All this is being done by the Japan Women's University. + Sir Hormasji's suggestion is simply to pay more attention to the study of English than what is given to a second language and that is being done.itage Portal