18 JUNE 1942, page 12

Religion And The B.b.c.

Sia,—That renowned scientist Thomas Henry Huxley used to deligh in telling the story of a loud-voiced corporal who during a certain w found himself stumbling on a party of the......

The School Of Anatomy

SIR,—Professor Norman Bentwich in your issue of June 5th says: "A famous painting of Rembrandt, The School of Anatomy,' shows a group of solemn Dutch doctors gathered round a......

Sin,—may I Congratulate Messrs. Peele And Whitehorn On...

on the Centenary of Arnold's death? I must, however, challenge Mr. Whitehorn's assertion that such activities as music, dramatic, debating and literary societies, magazines and......

Sin,—" Who Am I That I Should Pretend To Comprehend

the Inscrutable? said Dean Swift. A finite mind can never grasp that which is Julian In esoteric matters the human intellect can pursue a line of enquiry u to a point at which......

Sir,—i Congratulate Mr. J. R. M. Whitehorn On His Letter

from Rugby School and especially endorse his emphasis on the primary importance of the cultivation of the intellect in the education of youth. The march of time shows the......

Letters To The Editor

ARNOLD AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS StR,—T he Spectator has always been a popular paper at Rugby School. The names of the Headmaster and Mr. P. F. Wiener have drawn an even wider......

A New Table Of Lessons

SIR,—The correspondence under the above heading shows signs of flood. ing a much wider area than you envisaged when you allowed it to begin. But—if space allows—may I, in case......