India

One of the most interesting lectures that has been given in Ann Arbor for some time, was the one given by i r. Sunderlapd last Monday evening at Unity Club, on "The Great Cities of India." Probably most of us in thinking of India as a country do not think of her as so far up in the scale of nations as Dr. Suixlerland placed lier. Historically and intellectually at the head of all Asiatic countries, she has turned out more religions, philosophies and literature, than all the others combined. In schools she is much further advanced than is generally thought. The great University of Bombay is modeled after Oxford University. and her degrees represent the same amount of work. Hardlyless important are, the twelve colleges of Calcutta, all aüiliated to one great university. Bombay, the principal city of the empire, has a magnificent harbor, and is the trade center of the nation. Calcutta and Madras are more modern than Bombay, and rank among the iine cities of the world. Education, and contact with civilization such as come with British occupancy , bas brought about a strong spirit of national feeling; and it is a serious question whether England cm much longer keep India from taking her place among the independent nations of the world.