In 1939, Anderson, G. referred to the
... considerable harshness and injustice which have been
meted out to the community in the past; and that, in
spite of that treatment, Anglo-Indians have been
steadfast in their loyalty and service towards building
up the British Empire in India, (p.71)
He also stated that the Anglo-Indian community needed
leadership.
The training given in the schools, though admirable in
itself, is not enough. I have often been told that boys
and girls who had shown good promise while at schools
have been compelled on account of poverty to take up
duties which are lacking in scope and prospects, (p.78)
Anderson, G. (1939) 'Anglo-Indian Education' THE ASIATIC
REVIEW Vol.35 pp.71-96.
See also, Arden Wood, W.H. (1928) 'The Problem of the
Domiciled Community in India' THE ASIATIC REVIEW Vol.24
pp.417-46. Arden Wood, W.H. during the Proceedings of
the East India Association on April 13, 1928 with Sir
Campbell Rhodes in the Chair read a paper which
questioned the validity of education of Anglo-Indians in
their schools, in the face of disconcerting facts that
although scholarships
... offered in the various provinces to assist Anglo-Indian
University students, though in most cases numerous enough,
were not sufficiently valuable to tempt the poorer students to
take a University course, (p.423)
Arden Wood, took the argument of education for
Anglo-Indians further. He stated that the
... education of a small community spread over the whole
of India must be organized very completely if the maximum
of efficiency and economy is to be secured, and I doubt
if this can be the case under existing arrangements.
(p.434)
See also, Hedin, E.L. (1934) 'The Anglo-Indian Community'
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Vol.40 pp.165-179
Illinois: The University of Chicago Press. Hedin, E.L.
discussed the Anglo-Indian's inferior economic and social
status of being an outcaste. This together with the
repressive orders by the British made it difficult for
Anglo-Indians to survive, and the eventual
...debarment from their accustomed work had in many cases
reduced (the Anglo-Indians) to poverty and degradation; these
facts were now used against them to prove that they were
inherently degenerate and shiftless, unfit for the society of
English women and the pursuits of English gentlemen. (p.168)
Hedin's article describes how the Anglo-Indians were
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