LOW INTELLIGENCE.
FAULTS OF, ENGLISHMEN. A HEADMASTER'S OPINION. • _ 1 LONDON, .July 6, s " English intelligence undoubtedly is low," declares Mr. W. W. Vaughan, the I headmaster of Rugby, who adds: "It is essential that something bo dono to v raise it. The English are unsociable and t cold because they 'have never developed 1 intelligence in conversation. The cross- C word punle., the laziest occupation, sums 1 up I lie general English altitude. If they i possessed intelligent thought, politics i •would lie very different." Mi'. Vaughan urged parents to in- j (crest their boys 'in things that 'would r .i help their intelligence. Schools could help, but unfortunately some of their s character-building resembled jerry build- v ing. I t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20925, 15 July 1931, Page 11
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