19 JULY 1969, Page 8

Pupil power

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Sixth formers claim the right to have their fun, Demand their say in how the school is run; The senior boys' assent must be required On bow the masters shall be hired and fired. But shall egalitarian principles prevail Unchecked a little lower down the scale? One boy, one vote, tends to reveal its defects When junior boys start to vote down the prefects.