74 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

(8) Continuity between preparatory school and public
 school education, This is only possible by an interchange
 of staff between the two schools.
(¢) Centralization of the public school on the dormitory
or cubicle system.
(d) Provision of a general education for all up to the
age of 16 to 164 years of age. After this age all should
have a freedom of choice of limited specialization in
either classics, or modern literary studies, or in science
and mathematics.
(¢) Maximum of freedom from external examination.
(f) Provision of a suitable staff ; no master to be employed
 in teaching more than two subjects,
(¢) The closest co-operation between
(i) The parent and the school.
(if) The head master and his assistant masters.
4iii) The heads of the various departments themselves.
 :
{%) Adequate payment of assistant masters so as to
ensure obtaining the best possible type of man for this
most important sphere of national development.
#2) Inculcation in all pupils of the duties and privileges
of citizenship.
(2) Freedom from Government control.
(J) The Board of Governors to consist in large proportion
 of scientific and business men.
Such a scheme as above outlined involves a central
public school, say of 500 boys, fed from a surrounding
group of five preparatory schools of 100 boys each.
So far as the boys are concerned there will be no
intercourse whatever between the preparatory schools
and the public schools, but the buildings and grounds
will be adjacent so that the same staff can deal with both
senior and junior departments, The result of this is that
double the number of masters are available for each, so
that the question of the adequate provision of experts in