The Adyar residents take care of Krishnamurti's education.

By mid-october 1909, Krishnamurti was battered violently at the village school. Leadbeater managed to convince his father, Narianiah to take his son away permanently from the local school. Narianiah hesitated because it was impossible to find work as a civil servant without an education in governmental school. Leadbeater promised that he would take care of his family, with Mrs. Besant and that an education in England could be arranged for all his children. Until Mrs. Besant's return in November, the residents would take turns to help his son continue to study.

Narianiah acceped this temporary solution. Dick Clarke, Subramaniam Aiyar, Ernest Wood and Don Fabrizio (a former Officer of the Italian Navy) began to tutor the child regularly in the Octogon bungalow. Leadbeater gave him history lessons.

Dick Clarke's job was to clean up the child. He had to remove lice even from his eyebrows, to wash and cut his hear. A dentist installed a device to reallign the child's teaths, that Clarke has to adjust daily. Leadbeater supervised baths and exercises, and criticized the Brahman's habit to was by simply pouring water over the head. He also taught the child to swim.

Leadbeater also implimented a daily routine: getting up at 5:00 a.m.; ritual Brahman ablutions with water from the family well; morning meditation followed by a breakfast of warm milk served by a servant comptible with his orthodox habits; short talk by Leadbeater on "higher things"; exercices followed by a warm bath and the lessons of the day.

Frictions were numerous between Narianiah and Leadbeater, who considered as selfish the refusal of the father to abandonne the control of the education of his children. At the time, although Leadbeater was over 60 years old, he was alert and enthousiastic. He was also unmerciful and very rude to women, Mrs. Besant being the exception. He was swaring loudly having learned from his mentor Mrs. Blavatsky, that sanctity and coarseness are not incompatible.