1 FEBRUARY 1952, Page 15

Public School Awards

SIR,—Janus wonders whether Manchester Grammar School sends all its brigtrt boys to Cambridge, since they have gained thirteen scholarships and two exhibitions there during the past year. The anwer is " No," although certainly a large proportion of them have chosen that university in recent years. Since 1947 they have averaged fourteen scholarships and exhibitions at Cambridge and eight at Oxford per year.

I have not yet seen the complete list of Oxford awards for the past year, but I know that it includes three Balliol scholarships gained by