5 MAY 1933, Page 18

"RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS" [To the Editor of THE

SPECTATOR.]

Sus,—In your issue of April 21st the Headmaster of Bradfield writes as though the only form of Christianity open to a boy in a public school is that of the Church of England. It would be interesting to have a similar article from the head of a public school of another ecclesiastical affinity. And to a lay- man for whom forms are secondary, it would be a satisfaction to be informed that if a son of Nonconformist parents on the one hand, or a son of Anglican parents on the other, should find his way into a public school allied or not allied to a par- ticular religious denomination, he need not necessarily turn his back upon the form of faith of his parents.—I am, Sir, &c.,