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THERE will probably be general agreement that our educational system is seriously at fault at the present moment, if, while spending many more millions than it did before the War, it fails to provide, for the sons of the middle class and the poor, oppor tunities at least as good as were available ten years ago. For it is certain that less now than ever before can we afford to let ability, from whatever social class it comes, run to waste, or be thwarted of its natural career. In the difficult times which Great Britain has to face, the demand for first-rate brains fully trained for the service of the State and the professions, industry and commerce, is almost unlimited. It is not difficult to show that, in this important field of educational provision, things are distinctly worse than they were. The subject was brought before the Headmasters' Conference by Dr. Cyril Norwood during the recent annual meeting held at Winchester College, and a resolution was carried unanimously directing the attention of the Board of Education and Local Education Authorities to the present difficulties and anomalies in connexion with the passage of promising pupils from secondary schools to universities.
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State Scholarships and Others. Nature 113, 149–151 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113149a0
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