Immediately upon arrival at Mussoorie, Shri Nathji set about finding a school in which the children could continue their education.
The boys had grown accustomed to Hampton Court. The winding road down to the school from Jhoola Ghar had become very familiar ground. Shri Nathji and Mateshwari had trudged up and down on it several times over seven years. The boys had first entered Hampton Court in 1945, and they had studied there for a period of seven years up to 1951. It was the longest that they were to study in any institution. It had become like a second home to them.
The Reverend Mother, Mother St. Clare, who was an Irish nun, with a large red face with a wart on one cheek, had become a familiar figure to the children. She had come to have a great regard for Shri Nathji and Mateshwari over the years. Both of them were present on all the school functions. It was a sad day for her when the boys finally left school. No more would the Majestic Figure of Shri Nathji be seen walking down the winding slope to the school, no more would his footsteps touch the gravel on the playing field of the school or echo in its corridors, nor Shri Nathji write out a message for the Reverend Mother on the white slate in her office. The hand of time was sweeping away everything into oblivion.
By April 1952, Shri Nathji had gathered details about the other schools in Mussoorie. Waverly Convent had classes beyond Standard IV but these were only for girls. There was Woodstock School, but it was mostly for Americans with a different system of education. Then there was St. George’s College, which was also a Catholic institution like Hampton Court, but which was too far away, down in the valley of Barlowganj.
Most people recommended Allen Memorial Boys’ High School, which was not too far away and which had classes beyond Standard IV. Unlike Hampton Court, which was a Catholic institution, Allen Memorial was a Protestant school. It was situated far from the town on a hill, known as Bala Hissar.
Shri Nathji and Mateshwari, along with the boys, took a richskaw pulled by five coolies and went down to Allen Memorial Boys’ High School. There they met the principal of the school, Reverend W.J. Biggs, who was an Englishman, unlike the rest of the Anglo Indian staff and teachers of the school.
Biggs was greatly impressed on meeting Shri Nathji. Although he was otherwise a stern and formal person, Biggs softened up when he came before Shri Nathji. He even invited Shri Nathji and Mateshwari to meet Mrs. Biggs in their home on the first floor of the office building. Both Shri Nathji and Mateshwari were struck by the absolute cleanliness and spic and span décor of their house. Shri Nathji would ever afterwards allude to Biggs house and urge people to emulate such cleanliness and order.
In the office was the head clerk, Shri Pantha who was a Brahmin with a very offensive vocabulary that resonated all over the office as he shouted at his junior and appalled even Biggs. But the moment Shri Pantha came before Shri Nathji his tone and tenor changed and he became very mild and helpful.