Sta,— Everyone will understand the dis- a PPointtnent of the incumbent who
writes over
the signature M.A. in your last issue; but
.:Why should he feel injured or be deterred from because to find other possible candidates the selection board has rejected some Linen of his choice' ? To condemn the
board for this reason is to claim that every
candidate should be automatically accepted ,r1 his sponsors' recommendation. And why
"antild he be surprised or annoyed if in some
cases the board find themselves unable 'to rn ake 143 their minds ? Obviously, there must
be cases in which a candidate, at the time
of his meeting the board, has not yet reached e stage in his development at which an estimate of his qualifications for the ministry
ea be formed by anybody. When M.A. asks
for " a voice which can deal with candidates fivate/Y and with authority," he asks for the niPossible, for the present system is as private as any could be; and by authority he must surely mean infallibility, since in the proper sens:e of the word the board's decisions are wk eet to confirmation by the highest con- Tl
FRANCIS THOMPSON
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