27 AUGUST 1943, page 12

Sm,—the First Paragraph Of Mr. R. L. Reiss's Letter Is

devoted to arguing that the " trade's business is to sell drink," and suggests, by implication, this is only a secondary consideration at Carlisle, where the public-houses are......

• Comparative Education

Sm,—In his important article on " Insularity in Education " Sir Fred Clarke says : " So far as I am aware there is not so much as a lecture- ship in any British University......

The Carlisle System

SLR, —Mr. Mammatt does well to mention Mr. Pickwick's " genial mine- host from behind the bar," one thing which the Modern capitalist brewery has virtually extinguished. In so......

British And Russian Youth

Stn,—Your editorial of August zoth draws attention to the opportunities which now exist for establishing better relations with Russia through increased mutual understanding. The......

Doctors And The State

Snt,—You remind your readers that doctors at the outset strenuously opposed the first National Health Insurance measure. True, and they only submitted to force majeure , as they......

Sir,—the Answer To Mr. Mammatt Is A Short But Fully

convincing one . In this area it is not unusual to see on the closed door of a public-house. "No Beer." There is no beer to sell hence the public-house is closed.......

A Defeated Generation

Sut,—Apparently two conditions effected the self-realisation to which Mr. Rumbold refers. One was the knowledge that we were fighting for our lives. Danger fired the imagination......

Parents As Managers

SIR,—I am interested in the correspondence on this subject, particularly as Hilda Oakeley alluded to my article, " Our Village School." There was no room in that article to......

Living Room

SIR, —Your correspondent may be . paying our work in St. Pancras an exaggerated compliment in saying that it is " the only housing estate where family life is considered of any......