In the end it was academic: Responses to the establishment of the University College for Indians

It will be wrong to advise an Indian father or a prospective student what choice he should make. Each person must accept the responsibility for his own decision, since whatever decisions he makes there will be sacrifices. On the one hand an answer must be sought to the question — what will become of our children if we do not send them to the university? And on the other hand, we must ask what will be the consequences for the Indian community and for our children, if they do enrol in the Indian college?1