Chapter XI

School-Work

Different views of educational work--The changed attitude of the

Mullahs--His Majesty the Amir and education--Dangers of secular

education--The mission hostel--India emphatically religious--Indian

schoolboys contrasted with English schoolboys--School and

marriage--Advantage of personal contact--Uses of a swimming-tank--An

unpromising scholar--Unwelcome discipline--A ward of court--Morning

prayers--An Afghan University--A cricket-match--An exciting

finish--A sad sequel--An officer's funeral--A contrast--Just in

time 140-152

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