62 Timehri. 



It has been computed that only one-third of the East Indian children 

 of a school- going age attend school regular! y. With creolized and 

 enlightened East Indians, however, less subject to caste prejudices and 

 religious scruples, the objections enumerated do not hold so strongly. 



Through the assimilation of Western ideas a broader toleration is now 

 observed. 



Of recent years there has been a sudden awakening to Educational 

 demands and necessities. A good many Creole East Indians of 

 parents who have risen to comparative prosperity after their term 

 of Indenture, are attending the Secondary Schools including Queen's 

 College, aud they are not only proving their aptitude for acquiring 

 knowledge but also excelling in their studies. 



One or two of them have succeeded in winning Government Primary 

 Scholarships, and the Blair Scholarships. 



In 1917, East Indians in the Colony were extremely gratified to see 

 the Guiana Scholarship carried oft by an East Indian, Mr. Balgobiu Per- 

 saud. This gentleman won his scholarship on the science side. At present 

 he is pursuing a course of study at Oxford. 



In the legal profession we have 3 practising Barristers and 3 

 Solicitors. 



In the Medical profession there are 3 of them, one a Government 

 Medical Officer. 



A few are engaged in the teaching profession being holders of 

 Government Certificates. 



Several are certified Chemists and Druggists and engaged in Drug 

 business, either on their own account or in the interests of larger firms. 



There is a great tendency among our brethren to imitate Europeans 

 in their ways of life. It must be confessed that Europeanism has certain 

 attractions which are quite irresistible to the uneducated. The higher 

 strata of Indian Society in ihis colony have shown a tendency to follow 

 them on these lines. It need hardly be said that the Education which 

 they receive strongly predisposes them to such a defection from Hindu 

 tradition. 



The fault is not entirely his. The Colonial Indian who thus merges 

 himself in the vast ocean of inferior classes is more often than otherwise 

 a victim of circumstances. His condition is the direct result of the 

 unsolved difficulties iu the question of Indian education in which alone 

 lies the remedy for these conditions. 



Politics. 

 It has been remarked that East Indians do not take an interest in 

 Public affairs. While this charge may be truo of the past it is not true of 

 the present. 



