11 JULY 1952, Page 21

SIR,—The Rev. Hugh Ross Williamson's reference to " bogus degrees"

leads on naturally to what constitute, if not suggestiones falsi, at least suppressiones yeti. I refer to certain entries in Crockford, which imply by such entries as " University of Wales " or " T.C.D.," that the clergy in question hold degrees from those seats of learning, whereas their acquaintance with them has lasted for perhaps a term. It seems rather hard, therefore, that industrious and painstaking non-graduate clergy are _not credited in the Church of England's official directory . with the modest " G.O.E.," which is that Church's minimum academic requirement.—Yours, &c., St. Mary's, Castle Street, Reading. M. W. DEWAR.