The Middlesex Education Committee has acted very sensibly in proposing
to send picked boys to Christ's Hospital rather than Harrow. Not (let me assure the Prime Minister) that I mean anything derogatory to the school on the hill. But if it is a question of giving a public-school education at public expense to a few boys who seem likely to profit by it it can hardly be held necessary to choose one of the most expensive schools in the country. The normal fee for boarders at Harrow is £345 a year, at Christ's Hospital £203. and it would be difficult to argue that for this particular purpose Christ's Hospital does not meet all requirements, particularly since very few parents of this category of boy opt for Harrow. Middlesex County Council boys have done (and no doubt are still doing) extremely well at Mill Hill. The fees there are £255. But I see the full Council has referred the proposal back.
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