4 AUGUST 1917, Page 17

The Training of the Clergy. (John Murray. ed.)—Dr. Rashdall, Canon

Glarehrook, and the Rev. H. D. A. Major, who drew up this Report for the Churchmen's Union, make some admirable suggestions for the better training of th5 clergy, in on the advantages of a University education wherever possible, and on the need for improving the Theological Colleges. They anticipate a great rush of candidates for Orders when peace returns, "for if the immediate needs of the perishes are to be met, at least three thousand must ho ordained in the first two years after the war." They suggest that the Universities should, in these special circum- stances, modify their requirements, and shorten and simplify their ‘heological courses.