10 APRIL 1964, page 19

Sir,—mr. Laslett Sees A Vested Interest Behind Every...

he pays me an undeserved compliment in assuming I am a college teacher merely because I think the Oxford teaching system worth defending. I am, as it happens, one of those......

Sir,—in 'house Be Upstanding' (march 27) My Compatriot,...

seems determined to prove beyond doubt - -a point of which we are often accused, justly, it would seem- that Americans con- sider only the pompous important. What a terribly......

S Ot. -- I Find Myself Much In Sympathy With Malcolm R...

to My Tutor,' March 27). The one thing I really remember •about tutorials was the lire ritual. It always seemed to me that as soon as I started to read my weekly essay......

South Bank Religion Sir,--1 Am Sorry To Hear That The

'meagre and puerile' teaching of those who look to history to validate the Faith does more harm than Dr. Barnes and the Bishop of Woolwich ever did or does. If this is so we......

Liberal Voters •

SIR. --David Watt writes : 'Pundits . . . are inclined to think that Liberals will continue to gain two Conservatives to every one Labour voter.' I do not know which pundits he......

The Millions Who Stay Away

am sure -that the clergy 'readers of the Spectator arc all- grateful to Mr. Reckitt for his letter in reply to - The Millions Who Stay Away.' Easter is rather a heavy time for......

Dealing With Oxbridge Sir,-1 Have A Surprising Secret To...

your readers. It is this: provincial universities are good, but Oxford is in some ways, and for some purposes, rather better. Like all Oxford undergraduates, I was, a few years......

House Be Upstanding

Sia,- - -Mr. John Swaney's condemnation of Union debates in • this country reveals a distinct lack of self-knowledge. No mention was made of his visit to this Society last term......

Shall Always He Eternally Grateful That I Had

the o pportunity to be an undergraduate at Oxford. I t would be nice to think that my heirs, if am. can have that same, chance. Yet your leading article, written presumably with......