12 DECEMBER 1958, Page 23

SIR,—I imagine that I belong to the same 'school generation'

as Mr. George Edinger, and I, too, can remember being taught at my private school—from what was one of the standard school histories of the time (1908 circa)—about this disgraceful episode.

I can well remember my feelings of horrified dis- approval at the time, nor can I ever recollect since either reading or hearing of any attempts to gloss it over Mr. Levin and Mr. Hodgson both surprise me. —Yours faithfully,