Snt,—I had the honour of succeeding Sir Arthur fforde, at
an interval of something over a decade, in the School House, Rugby, and of following the same profession of a City solicitor. While my views on Sir Arthur's appointment as headmaster might therefore savour of partisanship, I would suggest to your correspondent, Mr. Lloyd Humber- stone, that there are solicitors, Sir Arthur among them, whose work covers a somewhat wider range than "drafting leases, wills and pleadings in a stuffy office." It is presumably Sir Arthur fforde's professional ex- perience in advising on the administrative and financial problems of undertakings big and small, in addition to his qualifications as a public servant during the war, that have commended themselves to the govern- ing body. May I add that it was a City merchant, Lawrence Sherriff, who founded Rugby in the reign of Elizabeth?—Yours faithfully,
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