22 JANUARY 1876, Page 14

THE SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—I observe in your issue of January 15 that Professor Ramsay strengthens his argument by a quotation from Dr.. Donaldson's evidence before the Endowed Schools Commission:—

" The difficulty in Elgin Academy arose from one master taking the pupils from another master's class. Q. Do you mean there was a struggle for the boys ? A. Yes, a regular struggle."

Permit me to say that Dr. Donaldson's statement is quite- untrue. He has no authority for making such a statement, and in point of fact, nothing of the kind has ever occurred in the

Elgin Academy, at least in my day. I enclose a copy of Dr.. Donaldson's report.—I am, Sir,. &c.,