[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
Snt,—The article in your last issue on Public School religion is of interest. One hears so many contradictory reports as to what exactly is the condition of religion in our Public Schools, that one would welcome the provision of some definite criterion.
Might it not serve to some extent as such a criterion if the Headmasters of a number of Public Schools supplied us with statistics as to the number of their boys who, having passed on to the Universities, hive taken Holy Orders ? I do not suggest that the taking of Holy Orders is the only indication that a young man takes his religion seriously, but it is I think reasonable to believe that the' state of religion in our Public Schools might roughly be estimated in this way. If it turns out to be the case that the numbers taking Holy Orders are not only insignificant, but actually diminishing, it would seem to follow that something is wrong—either with the religion of Public Schools, or with the Church.—I am, Sir, yours, &c., The Vicarage, Partington, Manchester,
J. C. HARDWICK.
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