Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c6.s3.5

c6.s3.5

¹ That advanced educational thought in the West is seeking reform in this direction may be illustrated by a recent donation of the American philanthropist, Mr. Harkness, added to the millions of dollars with which he has endowed his old school, the Phillips Academy at Exeter, in the State of New Hampshire. The donation has been made on the condition that there should be on the staff of the school at least one teacher for every ten boys. A leading journal commenting on this singular gift states: "Mr. Harkness, like many thoughtful Americans, is apprehensive that in the large numbers flooding into the higher educational institutions of the U.S.A., there was a danger of mass-production, and a loss of all that was of the highest value in education. As Wordsworth said: 'Numbers swamp humanity.'"