SIR,—I have read the letters of " Housewife " and
" Country Rector's Wife " with mingled sympathy and admiration, but cannot see how they invalidate the principle I am maintaining—that the kind of school edtication a child gets should depend, not upon the length of his parent's purse-strings, but only upon the child's ability. May I urge two con- siderations ? First, there seems to be in that principle a moral imperative that is inescapable for a community which has a social ideal. Second, any community, on grounds of simple common sense, cannot afford to neglect any ability in its children, if it is to maintain and improve its standards of culture. It is at least arguable that the level of statesmanship between the two wars might well have been higher had our educational system not been so exclusive and narrow over so long a period.—Yours faithfully, D. WILLorr. 35 Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool 12.
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