THE PROFESSIONAL CLASSES AND COUNTY EDUCATION [To the Editor of
the SPECTATOR.] SIR, ---I entirely agree with Mr. F. J. Pape, who asks why professional men boycott county education for their children. My income (earned) from various sources is. about £1,000 a year. I have three daughters and the two of school age attend a County School because (1) they are getting a really good education in an atmosphere that will accustom them to the idea of earning their living ; (2) they will not absorb the " luxury " ideas which permeate the " ladies colleges," board- ing and otherwise, nor the idea that sport and amusement are the chief things in life ; (3) the fees are low and I am getting some return for the rates and taxes I pay ; (4) 1 place no value on social connexions, and I believe that my daughters will benefit from their contact at school with girls in different stations of life, as is certainly the case in Canada and the United States.-I am, Sir, &c., JEX. Surrey.
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