india and daily life in bengal
by z f zebina flavius griffin
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...first prize for proficiency in Bible study. We aim to put Christian teachers in these schools as far as possible, but it often happens that we can get a better teacher among the Hindus than we can available men in our Christian community. There is a vast difference between putting a Hindu teacher in one of our Hindu schools, and putting a Hindu teacher in a Christian school under missionary su- pervision. A Hindu teacher in these little Hindu schools may in five minutes after the missionary has left the school (after inspection), counteract anything he may have said by explaining it away, or making it apply to their religion. In a Christian school it is very different. The teacher's work ii 1 62 DAILY LIFE IN BENGAL. there is not to teach religion, but secular branches of study. He in no way interferes with the religion of his pupils. If he be a Hindu and should speak against the Christian religion, there would be any number of boys to report him. He would not jeopardize his position...
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