20 OCTOBER 1950, Page 8

A VILLAGE SCHOOL

SIR,—I should like to support the appeal of the Vicar of Crosthwaite that the Newlands Valley School should be retained. He has formu- lated all the arguments in favour of this in convincing fashion, nor do I write to add anything to them, but I should like him to feel that there are people, up and down the country, who have been charmed with the sight of that school and delighted with its achievements. As one strolled about the premises and the church, one could not but envy the children there brought up and wish that all schools could be placed in such loveliness. I hope that he and his friends will go on hammer- ing away at the Ministry for all they are worth.—Yours faithfully,