4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 30

"SHALL WE SEND OUR SONS TO THE UNIVERSITY P "

[To THE Enrroa OF THE usrmereTon."] Sin,—As an " ordinary business man," I can assure Bishop Gore that, having tried it, I would much rather take a public- school and University man of twenty-two into my business than a grindstone-trained youth. The former overtake the latter hand over hand,—partly because of their training in dealing with men, in the give-and-take of life which is essential to management of affairs.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES MACLEHOSS.