MISREPORTED
HEADMASTER'S PROTEST,
(Eeceived Ist August, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 31st. July.. Mr. C. H. Blakiston, headmaster oy Lancing, claims that he was seriously, misreported. He was dealing with, mental deficients, not average school boys, when he criticised post-war children. \ -I
Mr. Blakiston was reported to have said thut by comparison with the boy of thirty years ago he was timid,: untruthful, and dishonest. * ' -.
"H© expected to be taken everywhere. Above all, he fears lo"^V,:eS3 and boredom, and consequent'/;' ;a old spirit of adventure has been destroyed. The war had a definite result on those who were infants in the years 1914 t« 1919, and consequently there are * large number of young people who work feebly and play feebly.',' —
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1932, Page 8
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118MISREPORTED Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1932, Page 8
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