Canon Lyttelton, who for the last fifteen years has been
Head-Master of Halleybury College, has been appointed Head-Master of Eton. Canon Lyttelton's record is in many ways such as to render him an ideal occupant of the post. He is a member of a family which has deserved well of the State. He is an old Etonian, famous in his youth as one of the finest cricketers of his time, and for eight years he held an assistant-mastership at Eton. Above all, he is a man of high aims, great earnestness, and with the courage of his con- victions. At the same time, ibis impossible to overlook the fact that he has on more occasions than one awakened a good deal of antagonism by his uncompromising advocacy of extreme and unpopular views. It is this quality in Canon Lyttelton which causes his appointment to be received with a certain amount of misgiving. Admiration of his character and sincerity is tempered by anxiety as to his methods. It will be the hope of all who care for Eton that this anxiety will prove without foundation.
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