pro THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1
enclose a letter sent to the Blackburn Times in October, 1902, which describes the result of ten years' working of a Church elementary school, conducted very much on the lines of Canon Beeching's proposal. Owing to financial difficulty, the school was about to be closed, when it was decided to appeal for a voluntary rate, and to conduct the school on undenominational lines. The result was for ten years a success so complete that (as will be seen from the enclosed letter) it received the approval of every authority and interest connected with the school. Not only was it a release from the deadlock which had been arrivedat, but. we have the testimony of the Bishop—i.e., the late Bishop of Manchester—the vicar, the diocesan inspector, H.M. inspector, and, needless to say, the parents and ratepayers. Such an object-lesson surely proves that it is quite possible to frame a religious syllabus that will satisfy most, if not all, parents, and will certainly meet the needs of the children—I am, Sir,
A MANAGER.
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