[To THE EDITOR OF THE uSPECTATOR.1 SI11,—If the opponents of
the Monitorial system object entirely- to any authority whatever being delegated to boys at school, they must surely be prepared to tell us what to put in the placer of the existing system.
There are many matters which arc usually dealt with at schools by this system of delegated authority,—if we are not to use this mabhinery, what shall we use ? Let us take a common case,—a boarding-school of 300 boys, with from ten to twelve resident masters ; how would the abolitionists deal with the following, among many points of discipline ?--1. How would they propose to maintain due order in the dormitories during the first hour after boys go to bed ? 2, How do they propose to check bullying, and keep fighting within proper bounds ? 3. How do they hope to become cognisant of the growth of the vice of foul language in the school? for I think most schoolmasters will admit that it is very difficult for masters unassisted to do much to check this evil. If they will enlighten us first on these points, we should feel we were getting some benefit from the discussion.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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