LTO THE EDITOR OF THE .SrEarkromil
repeat the question of one of your correspondents in your larvae of September 14th, "Would it not be easier to do as all other nations do ? " but I would add, "and as our own ferefathas used to do?" In the "Orders of his Gratdmer Sehoole iti Stetenage, Stone, and Utto±eter," founded by Thomas Allen, 1558, stands the following clause :—
"Item.—I till that all the schollers of theise my schooles shall come into the schoole before geaven of the clocks in the morning from michlms till our lad it daye its lent. And from our ladle daye in lent until michlemas againe they shall come into the schools before six of the clocke in the morning° sub pens virgae."
The founder, it will he observed, made due allowance for the changing seasons, and added a gentle incentive to punctuality. Why should we not do so now? Have we advanced in practical wisdom in matters of this kind in the three and a half centuries that have elapsed since his death P—I am, Sir, W. J. Hennrrro. .Alleyne's Grammar School, Stone, Staffs.
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