Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Santiniketan (contd-23)

On 7th Paus (22nd Dec, 1903),  the 13th Brahmatsab was observed in Santiniketan. In the morning prayer Priyanath Sashtri, Chintamani Chattopadhyay, and Sibdhan Bidyarnab took the seat on the dais. Priyanath Sashtri delivered the  inaugural speech. Satyendra Babu gave them some advice. In hs advice modest expression was visible.Traikyanath Sanyal sung Kirtan and traversed the path upto Chatimtala. The students of the school followed him. It was a wonderful site.
In the evening Rabinranath gave his advice to  them, Sibdhan Bidyarnab read out  a lecture, and Chintamani Chattopadhyay uttered a  prayer song.Rabindranath read out the essay 'Din  O Ratri' (Day and Night) but that was not mentioned in the reporting of Tattwabodhini. In the day time the younger students of the school and in the night comparatively the senior students staged the drama ' Bisarjan'.
Mohit Chandra Sen, Akshoy Kumar Maitra etc many respectable gentlemen came on the occasion. The expenses on the occasion was Rs.3448.75.  
Problem was there in the school with Kunja Lal Ghosh even in this year. He was given dismissal letter. The headmaster of Rampurhat School, Nagendranarayan Roy joined in his place.Advertisement was issued for the other teachers.Mohit Chandra was given the charge of selecting the candidate.He selected some teachers from amongst the applicants. They were Bipin Behari Dasgupta, Gopal Chandra Kabikusum, and Bhabendra Babu.None of them became permanent.They were also dismissed after Puja Vacation. Rabindranath was in favour of Jogesh Chandra Roy, but he didnot join. He was also eager to appoint Nishikanta Sen and Poet Satyendra nath Dutta. That , too, was not successful.