Wednesday's Times contains a wise and eloquent letter from Mr.
T. E. Page, the well-known ex-Housemaster at Charterhouse. He appeals to the Universities to do what the party politicians will not do for fear of losing votes, and what the individual man cannot do because he is powerless— give a lead to the nation in the cause of universal military training :—
"Let them henceforth attach to them [i.e., their degrees] the simple condition that their recipient has shown that he possesses not only some modicum of knowledge, but also some claims to be called a citizen and a man. Learning assuredly would suffer little ; some reasonable discipline would impair neither health nor morals ; and the most favoured of our youth—those on whom fortune had bestowed the amplest opportunities—would be taught the great lesson that where accident gives largely duty also may demand much."
Mr. Page goed on to point out that the Universities could do this at no cost, but with a clear gain to their own strength and character, and adds truly that the project "is neither fantastic nor impracticable, but plain, simple, feasible."
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