The Cane In School Sir,—i Have Just Left A Boarding
school where the cane is still frequently used, and having been one of the more adventurous pupils, consider myself reasonably experienced in corporal punishment of today. I was......
Health Education
SIR.—I agree with many of the points made by John Rowan Wilson in his article, 'Morality and the Health Service,' in your issue of March 11. But a very important point he missed......
On Fluoridation
SIR,—Mr. Wyllie has discovered that opinion is not proof, but goes on to quote Dr. Synge's very tentative doubt as though it were a hammer-blow. Actually from the two sentences......
D-anoy
SIR,—In the last sentence of Strix's article 'D-ANOY' (SPECTATOR, March 4) there is a query regarding the fate of Herr von Gablenz and his crew. May I, there- fore, state the......
The City And The Election Sir,—in His Article In Your
issue for March 11 Nicholas Davenport in his first paragraph refers.to .. this sort of irrational fear ...' which he intimates would echo round the City during the election......
Dearer And Dearer Money Sir.—nicholas Davenport...
for dear money which otherwise sane people still advance.' The argument is that in times when the economy is at over-full stretch it is of crucial import- ance to induce......
Cheap Rice
SIR,—Leslie Adrian's article on rice (March 4) said that Basmatti rice- -described as the best for boiling —is 'not cheap' and costs 2s. 3d. a pound. This is not necessarily......
The Earnings Rule
SIR,—Professor Bullocke is apparently unaware (Letters, March 11) that the Minister of Pensions has, in fact, referred the question of the earnings rule to the National......
Ipse Dixit
SIR,—Tragmatidal). In the diplomatic, historical, and philosophic senses, the -ic form is usual. In the general sense of officious or opinionated, -ical is commoner. In the......
Yeats On The Election
Sta,—I wonder if the following lines: will turn out to be a prescient comment by Yeats on this election : A Statesman is an easy man, He tells his lies by rote; A journalist......
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