24 DECEMBER 1954, page 13

Sir,—miss Kendon Has Had Unrivalled Oppor- Tunities For...

children of the New Areas, but perhaps things will turn out better than she fears, In the long run the children's insipidity may prove to have been of less importance than the......

Sir,—miss Kendon's Criticism Of Her Pupils Is Somewhat...

finds them boringly co-operative, lacking in freshness of vision, and inexperienced in mental pain; and for this last, strange reason, unlovable. These are children under......

Able To Perform A Specific Set Of Actions With- Out

having to exercise voluntary brain power. Religion, thought, self-reliance, the prin- ciples and practice of the art of living and the heritage of a culture have been ousted by......

Belief That Life Is Hard And Men Must Be Hard

also—of that national mania for 'character training' which has made our spiritual life as ugly, cramped and sordid es modern industrialism has made our cities. Social security......

Welfare Children

Sta,---The audience-response to Miss Kendon's timely, if unpalatable, article and that to the recent television production of Geor g e Orwell's 1984 contain certain salient......