Figure 1.-- British reader tells us that his overwealming memory of his prep school in the 1960s was one of boredom with the same routein and activities day after day. Our general impression is that this is less of a problem at the modern schools, but it an own going problem at a boarding school where the children spend so much of their time. Here some boys are killing time in their form room after games.

A British reader tells us that his overwealming memory of his prep school in the 1960s was one of boredom with the same routein and activities day after day. Some boarders spend 5-6 years boarding at the same school and may have begun earlier in the pre-prep this is certainly a problem. I think it was especually a problem before the 1970s when schools were less oriented toward the children. The schools by the 1980s were becoming more pleasant olaces to live and adding a greater range of activities for both day children nd boarders to enjoy. In particular more activites beyond sports were being added to the program. An ikmportant factor here is the head master and teachers and the impgination and creativity that they bring to their jobs. Even so the schools tend to be small and boys generally age 12-13 are ready for greater challenges. Generally speaking we found that the ocerwealming number of children liked their schools. There certainly were some of the older children, however, that were ready for a new school and greater challenges.

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