ENDOWED SCHOOLS AND THE POOR.
[TO THE EDITOR CF THE SPECTATOR.-1
Sin,—The interesting article in the Spectator of October 16th on " Endowed Schools and the Poor," traverses the assertions made by Mr. J. Chamberlain and Mr. J. Collings with respect to an alleged diversion of educational endowments from the poor, with much cogency. Bat, as pointed out by the writer of the article, the case put by those gentlemen was not brought by them before the Select Committee to whom the whole question of educational endowments was referred by the House of Commons.
The time has, then, perhaps scarcely arrived for giving a verdict in the controversy, and certainly, as a member of that Committee, I should not offer an opinion without hearing both sides. It was understood at the time that the inability of Mr. J. Collings to appear as a witness was due to ill-health ; but we can hardly doubt that these Members of Parliament who have talked so strongly on public platforms on the subject will be ready, when the Committee is reappointed next Session, to support their position by evidence in the Committee-room.—I
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