Discusses the method of the University Extension Scheme and how it works. Mentions professor Stuart and Richard Green Moulton. Robert Davies Roberts is also sending a set of circulars and other documents related to the Scheme (not extant).
Sin título- Letter from W.R. Gourlay, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bengal, Government House, Dacca, to Patrick Geddes.
Informs Patrick Geddes that John G. Cumming would like to speak to him before granting permission to visit the Bengali rioters in jail. Gives Geddes Mr. Cumming’s address so he could call on him. Encloses a copy of his letter to Mr. Cumming [extant].
2 Copy letter from W.R. Gourlay, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bengal, Government House, Dacca, to John G. Cumming, 24 July 1917.
Refers to Patrick Geddes's proposal to speak to some of the Bengali rioters who had been imprisoned to persuade them that the remedy to the state's problems lies not in attacking the government but in effective social work. Also includes Patrick Geddes’ handwritten notes on the following correspondence on the topic, ending with a reply from 19 October in which permission to speak to the men is denied.
Forwards a questionnaire on the university education system in Calcutta issued by the Calcutta University Commission [extant] and asks Patrick Geddes to offer his views and send his replies by 15 December. Encloses a copy of the Resolution of the Government of India [extant].
Sin títuloEncloses a circular letter [extant] at the request of the Committee for Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Silver Jubilee Commemoration. Asks Patrick Geddes to contribute with an article for the volume to be issued in connection to the Commemoration.
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Amendment to Mr. K. Natarajan’s motion by Mr. D.G. Dalvi, fl. January 1920.
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Letter from Patrick Geddes, Department of Sociology and Civics, University of Bombay, to the Vice-Chancellor and Members of the Senate, University of Bombay, 30 January 1920.
Patrick Geddes reports on the selection, by himself and Mr. K. Natarajan, of an assistant professor of Sociology at Bombay University. Advocates for Mr. Perwani to continue his work as Assistant Professor of Sociology in the place of Mr. K. Natarajan. Refers to the amendment by Mr. D.G. Dalvi to Mr. K. Natarajan’s motion. -
Report by Patrick Geddes on two applications from Mr. Swaminathan and Mr. M.C. Chaterjee for the post of Assistant professor of Sociology and Civics at the University of Bombay, fl. February 1920.
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Report by Patrick Geddes on an application from Mr. H.S. Stark for the post of Assistant professor of Sociology and Civics at the University of Bombay, 11 March 1920.
Includes accounts ledger 1895-1897, summary of expenditure 1896 and Summer School Expenses 1892. Manuscript and typescript.
Typescript.
Endorsed ‘of Flower –Rev[ue] Sci[entifique] ‘89’
Typescript.
Probable class handout. Manuscript.
Discusses proof of an article by Patrick Geddes on 'Parasitism'. Manuscript.
Proposed Edinburgh Zoo. Typescript.
Concerning proposed collaboration on book on 'The Principles of Biology'. Recommending [David] MacGregor Skene. Manuscript.