SCHOLARSHIPS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...]
SIR,—The letter from Mr. Fleetwood H. Williams under the above heading in your issue of July 26th has just come to my notice. If it is not too late to revive correspondence on the subject, may I point out that one effort to solve the problem propounded is now well under way? It owes its origin to the Rev. E. A. Edgbill, who met his death as the result of an accident a year ago, and the work is being continued in memory of him at the Edgbill House, 26 Longton Grove, Sydenham, S.E. The object of the House is to provide a home for scholarship boys in South London, who would other- wise be unable to make good use of the scholarships they have won. There is accommodation at present only for ten boys, but the amount of support that can be gained for the scheme is the only limitation upon its extension. The matter is, indeed, one of vital importance, as all who know anything both of the possibilities and of the limitations of boy life in London will agree. I am sure that the bead of the House would be glad to give information about its working to any who may be interested..—.I am, Sir, &c., G. HAROLD M. GRAY.
Plumsteaci Vicarage, Woolwich, S.E.
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