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decision causes satisfaction to the European, intense 

 dissatisfaction to the Eurasian, and an infinity of the 

 most disagreeable work to the Education Board. It 

 has been the onerous duty of the latter to judge of the 

 pedigree of the various candidates for admission to the 

 European school. As far as I know, the task has so 

 far been carried out without bloodshed. The great 

 hardship lies in the fact that refusal of admission 

 brands a child for life, however white his skin. Many 

 children of mixed origin are perfectly white, but may 

 have a brother or sister very much the reverse. I 

 recall an occasion when a furious and tearful lady 

 brought three children to certain members of the 

 Board with the indignant query, " How can you deny 

 entry to your school of white angels like these ? " 

 There was, however, left behind another angel of 

 distinctly murky appearance, or, to speak plainly, as 

 black as one's hat. 



A fair, reasonable, and satisfactory solution is hard, 

 if not impossible to find. Many at home may say 

 " solve the difficulty by sending them all to one school." 

 They would not, however, find one per cent, of Euro- 

 peans in Africa who would for one moment agree with 

 them. Those Eurasians who have the chance might 

 be well advised to stay west of Suez ! 



The schools for Indians and Eurasians are equally 

 good of their kind. The younger children are taught in 

 the vernacular, and though a good many people object to 

 this practice with some show of reason, it undoubtedly 

 not only saves time, but is almost essential with our 

 present limited resources. 



The education of the Dutch colony on the Uasin 

 Guishu plateau has caused considerable difficulty. This 

 colony are as a class miserably poor and ignorant, nor 



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