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| Lord Reith Writes to
The Listener
I am now going to do what I have been inclined to do a hundred times before — scotch the story about the Sunday School certificate in my office. For the first time I will give you the small fire which has produced so much smoke, There was a framed certificate in my office. It was for regular attendance at classes. But it was not my attendance, nor was it Sunday School’ classes. It was a certificate of merit given to my father, Dr. George Reith, when a student in Aberdeen University, nearly a hundred years ago, by Dr. Clerk Maxwell, for regular attendance at his lectures, Knowing that Clerk Maxwell was one of the pioneers of wireless, you will understand why I had this certificate in my office at Broadrasting House. When I left the BBC I gave it to Sir Noel Ashbridge, the Chief Engineer, as a memento of our pioneering days, If the circulation of The Listener is as it should be, that ought to finish this particular silly story. With best wishes to you,
(Signed)
J. C.
W. REITH.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 309, 25 May 1945, Page 15
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193END OF A SILLY STORY New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 309, 25 May 1945, Page 15
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