SYLLABUS RELIGION Sut,—A. V. Murray, in condemning agreed syllabuses for
containing too much, misses the main point. The more there is in an agreed syllabus the wider surely is the area of agreement and the greater the choice for the teacher. Has anyone ever really seriously suggested- that the teacher must plough through the whole of an agreed syllabus? Indeed, many syllabuses have a note pointing out that rhis is not expected. I am surprised that A. V. Murray has not emphasised the main weakness of an agreed syllabus, viz., that it is drawn up at a " higher level" and without any representation for parents. No religious education can be fully effective without active co-operation between church, home and school. Syllabus conferences, by including all they can-in their syllabuses, make this co-operation possible. It is to be hoped that individual schools will consult with neighbouring churches and parents When drawing up their schemes I of work based on the legal syllabus.—Yours -faithfully,
"Greencliff," leatchbell Street, Rye,- Sussex_ A. R. jacoos.
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