24 SEPTEMBER 1904, Page 14

"THINKING" AND THINKING.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE mSPROTATOEL"j Sin,—The concluding sentences of your article under the above title in your issue of the 17th inst. recall to me a rule which was, at least to some extent, in force at Winchester some forty years ago,—to the effect that a "man" was not allowed to " think " unless he had forty "juniors" in the school; viz., it was not permissible for him when asked a question by one of his seniors to reply, "I think," &c., &c., but he was expected either to give a certain answer, or say that he could not do so.—I am, Sir, &c.,

OLD WYKEHIMIST.