10 AUGUST 1944, Page 10

It is difficult for most people to view the problem

in its c proportions. Those who have been denied a public school edu are apt to regard the whole system with thoughtless dislike, w the judgement of the public school boy is coloured by m of past unhappiness or happiness, of failure or success. The of the system are generally more articulate than those to vvh furnished a momentary opportunity for influence and power. if, as I believe, the system does in fact contain and inculcate v virtues, then surely the Fleming Committee are right in adv the extension which they recommend.