OF SCHOOLS
ALMAE MATRES, By F. B. Malim. Cambridge University Press. ERE is a collection of facts, not about education, but about noted schools — Marlborough, Sedgbergh, Haileybury and Wellington (of England) and several of the foremost schools in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Mr. Malim. (formerly of Wellington College, England), says that in 1938 it was his singular good fortune to be invited by the Head Masters’ Conference to visit those schools in the four Dominions whose headmasters are members of the Conference. His title is not original, but neither has he anything new to say about the institutions which are his subjects. In each case he gives a full account of the ideals of the founders, with comments on the glories of tradition, age, architecture, and surroundings, and the reverence for Alma Mater as a person, "moulding the character and enjoying the loyalty and affection of her children."’ Were he a skilled journalist (he would probably say "God Forbid’), he might have made a thoroughly interesting volume from the ample information at his disposal, for the majority of men enjoy a flash-back to their old schooldays. But Almae Matres has the touch of the guide-book, complete with nine Latin quotations arid an occasional excursion into Greek. However, it served to remind me that my subscription to the Old Boys’ Association was long overdue.
E.R.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 466, 28 May 1948, Page 11
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228OF SCHOOLS New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 466, 28 May 1948, Page 11
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