Member of the Universities Commission 1902. The Commission originally consisted of six members with the Hon’ble Mr. Raleigh i Vice-Chancellor of the (alcutta University, as President. Not a single representative of the great Hindu Community, who had the largest stake in the educational problems under consideration was included amongst the Commissioners as originally nominated. Let us however thankfully note that when attention was called to this omission in the columns of the public prints. His Excellency was graciously pleased to nominate the Hon. Mr. Justice Gooroodass Banerjce as a member of the Commission. The appointment of Mr. Justice Banerjee was received with universal approbation. One of the most brilliant graduates of the Calcutta University, he has long been honourably associated with the work of the University. He was twice appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University and he was among the most distinguished of our Vice-Chancellors, regarding his office not as an ornamental adjunct to the high position he held, but a new field of activity and usefulness and setting an example of unflinching devotion to duty and of statesmanlike concern in the interests of the University,
