The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Mr.
Chamber- lain's fledgelings continue to do well. On Monday it was the turn of Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, who after a period as Civil Lord of the Admiralty now has the more congenial task of representing the Board of Education in the House of Com- mons. Although he has considerable first-hand knowledge of his subject he speaks with an engaging modesty, as when he declared that those who had taken part in the work of the W.E.A. " learned a good deal more than we ever taught." Mr. Lees Smith and Sir Francis Acland, who led off for the respective Oppositions, had much to say about the tyranny of examinations. It was disturbing to hear of candidates before the Dental Board whose time had been so fully occupied in cramming that they could not remember the name of a single book, other than text-books, which they had read. From the back benches Mr. Cove had some strong comments to make concerning the 1,033 schools which were blacklisted twelve years ago and -which still remain in use. As an ex-teacher he speaks with authority on this subject but mars the effect by lashing himself into a state of excitement which the occasion does not always justify.
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