The Assistant-Masters of Harrow have addressed a letter to all
the Assistant-Masters in public schools affected by the Public Schools Act of 1868, remonstrating against the principle that Assistant-Masters should be dismissed at the mere pleasure of the Head Master, and demanding for them the right of challenging an inquiry into the grounds on which such dismissals are based. The Harrow letter appears to have met with a considerable amount of support, and that not solely amongst Assistant- Masters,—in some cases also from Head Masters who have felt that the power conferred upon them by the Act is not only invidious, but very liable to abuse. The subject will certainly be raised in Parliament during the next Session, and it would be well to consider whether some of the conditions of a great service, like the Military and Naval services, could not be usefully and suc- cessfully imported into the very highly-educated profession in which the Assistant-Masters are subalterns.
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