CHURCHMEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—In the Spectator of November 29th you say " Twenty years ago it would have been inconceivable that Churchmen would spontaneously suggest that their schools should be taken over by the local authorities." The resolutions which I send you, passed in 1901 by a committee of the Manchester Diocesan Committee, of which the late Bishop Moorhouse was chairman, will show you that twenty-four years ago there were churchmen who wished that all church schools should be in great measure taken over by the local authorities. The committee found that in all parts of the country there were many churchpeople who shared their wish. The Act of 1901 gave a large measure of effect to the wish.—I am, Sir, T. C. IIORSFALL.
Ridgeways, Pinchhanipstead, Berks.
[We only meant that twenty years ago a majority of churchmen would certainly not have recommended that their schools should be taken over. That has now happened. —En. Spectator.]
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