PUBLIC-SCHOOL EDUCATION.
rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] your issue of January 22nd Mr. Calvert complains of the need there is of a general examination admitting to the professions. May I point out that the Oxford and Cambridge .Locals serve this purpose admirably, being accepted by all the Universities of England and Wales in lieu of the Matricula- tion on specified conditions, and partly also by those of Scotland ; by the Board of Education, and by the London County Council for certain purposes ; and by upwards of ten professional bodies, including the General Medical Council and the Law Society P In addition, they form a school-leaving examination and a test of ordinary schoolwork. This result is the outcome of careful adaptation and constant readjust- ment to requirements for half-a-century ; the standard is sufficiently high, the organisation practically perfect. Their acceptability is attested by their great and growing popularity.
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