Excerpt from The Public Schools From Within: A Collection of Essays on Public School Education, Written Chiefly by Schoolmasters
Speaking at Shrewsbury School, on July nth, 1906, Dr. Warre, lately Headmaster of Eton, made the following observations: - "It was clear that ere long the public schools of England* would once again have to justify, not only their curricula, but, it might be, their very existence. The spirit of the age seemed to be inclined toward utilitarianism, and the trend of public opinion in that direction would necessitate on the part of the schools a period of self-criticism, and, very probably, a re-organisation of curricula, a fresh co-ordination of the different subjects of study, improved methods of teaching, and generally that effort of living growth and energy which would re-inform their intellectual life and economy from within, and not leave the necessary adaptation to the needs of the age to be undertaken by the tender mercies of a Royal Commission, to be improved by the procrustean methods of an Act of Parliament. There was another problem to be faced in the future of the public schools of England. It was that of a new phase of competition. As secondary education expanded and was developed under the care of local authority, there could be no doubt as to the growth of secondary day schools.
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