Selection For University
Sir, —Intelligence is the main limiting factor for success at university, so should be the first criterion for entrance, but Mr T. J. Veitch must face the fact that our society would be more reluctant to accept segregation on the basis of I.Q. than on skin pigmentation. There is a widespread belief that all Europeans are born equal, so equal opportunity alone does not satisfy those with academic ambitions for their children. Qn the other hand there is a snobbery (not entirely unjustified) surrounding certain public schools, and, in industrial circles, “failed school certificate” at Boys’ High School or even Cashmere, is probably more highly-prized than university entrance gained at West Christchurch or Aranui. If there is a way out of this, I do not think it lies in the sentimentality of Mrs Elsie Locke's training for citizenship, but rather in a complete remodelling of our cut-throat competitive society.—Yours, etC " VARIAN J. WILSON. July 9, 1963.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30179, 10 July 1963, Page 8
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