24 JULY 1953, page 16

Sir, —the Interesting Article In Your Issue Of July 10th Is

written, apparently, on the assumption that the advantage, and therefore the " privilege," of a Public School education is indisputable. Surely the educability, to use a clumsy......

Sir, —there Are Considerations Which Mr. Angus Maude Does...

when he writes upon the subject of Privilege in Education. The first is the principle of freedom. If it is argued that the powers of the modern state are unlimited, which the......

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Privilege in Education (The following are only a small selection from the letters on this subject which have arrived and are still arriving at the Spectator office. More will be......

Snt,—mr. Angus Maude, In The Second Of The Articles On

" Privilege in Education," is certainly right in saying that the principal motive behind the Socialist proposals for the Public Schools is what he calls the " emotional " one,......

Sir,—i Regard It As A Pity That Mr. Angus Maude,

M.P., in his quite excellent article did not set out to answer the first of Mr. Stewart's arguments, namely that the existence of opportunities in education above the average is......