THE ANCIENT, UNIVERSITY
Sta,----In the Spectator of May 30 Mr. Jo Grimond writes: 'St. Andrews should be a university for the Commonwealth and Europe. It has the situation and the tradition. But no one can think of it except as a glorified grammar school.' This is a striking thing to say of any British university. Its context forbids one to suppose that It was said light-heartedly. And Mr. Grimond's Position as MP for a Scottish constituency and as leader of the Liberal Party in Parliament makes it certain that his remark will be attended to seriously both in Scotland and in the rest of the United Kingdom.
But Mr. Grimond, surprisingly, offers no evidence
at all for ea/ling St. Andrews 'a glorified grammar school.' Will, he now do so? And, in justifying this description, explain exactly what it means.—Yours
faithfully, LIONEL BUTLER
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