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146 MISSIONS IN THE TELUGU COUNTRY
whiich they occupy in English schools. Cricket and
football are, however, regularly played, and hockey
occasionally. The masters of the school play tennis.
There is an open-air gymnasium where the bo5''s are
trained in the English fashion.
Food. It need hardly be said that in all our schools the
Dormitories.
arrangements for feeding and sleeping are of a simple
kind. At Nandyal the food is served out in a room
with a smooth stone floor, and the boys sit in Hues on the
floor. Every boy has before him a plate and a mug,
and the food is served on to each plate. On most days
the food consists of a kind of pudding made of two kinds
of millet, ragi and cholam. On festivals and other fixed
days it is varied with rice and meat. The quantity is
regulated according to the boy's requirements. This
food is equal to the best that the boys would get at home,
but is of the same kind. It is given without stint, and
therefore the boys' development is as good as possible.
After the meal the boys do their own washing up. The
sleeping arrangements are equally simple. There are
large dormitories with stone floors. Every boy has a
sleeping mat to be spread in his own place, and a cloth
with which to cover liimself. A lantern kept burning
all night lessens the fear of intruders in the shape of
Christian
snakes and scorpions.
The Mission has always been most careful to maintain
Teachers.
^^^ intention with which the Nandyal College was
founded—that it should be a training institution for
Christian teachers. Therefore, although non-Christians
are admitted to the high school, their numbers are
limited in such a degree as to prevent the Christian