13 MARCH 1920, Page 13

COMPULSORY GREEK.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR .") SIR,—One constantly reads the argument (not always from one side), " Abolish compulsory Greek and many fewer boys and girls will learn Greek." But this seems to me a good and not a bid thing. I do not wish to argue now, but to suggest that to get rid of a dull horde of toyers and triflers for a Gideon's band which " knows what " it " fights for and loves what" it knows—which thinks this study a privilege and a trust—is an advantage to learning. To ntultum non multa I would add