THE PETERITE Vol. LV
FEBRUARY, 1963
No. 362
OBITUARY REVEREND ANGELO RAINE Angelo Raine came to St. Peter's in 1889. The son of a prominent clergyman in York, he was ordained in York Minster and then went to work at the Oxford House Settlement in London, where he did five years' valuable work. He then held a curacy at St. Martin's, Scarborough, before becoming Vicar of Dringhouses, where he remained until he went to All Saints, Pavement, in 1937. Here he stayed until his retirement in 1957. During this long period in York Angelo Raine held the office of City Archivist, in which he was able to pursue his great interest in history. He also did a great service to his old school by writing its history from its earliest beginnings to modern times. He died at Lavenham on 5th October, 1962, at the age of 85.
EDITORIAL Much criticism is being levelled from all directions at the methods employed for selecting entrants to Universities; whilst admitting that, like all other selection methods which deal with human beings and not sides of beef or ladies' hats, these methods do not give the perfect answer in every case, it is nevertheless apparent that much of the criticism, even from reputable sources, is ill-informed and based on insufficient evidence. The point which is laboured so fervently by all the critics, from frustrated parents to University Teachers (who ought to know better), is that the minimum requirements for entry to a University are two passes at Advanced Level; from there it is but a short, but illogical step to maintaining that anyone who has these minimum requirements is entitled to a place at a University, in the same way as passing the 11 plus entitles a child to a place in a Grammar School. The University, however, is not, and should not be just another step on the education ladder. The whole system of University education is so different from the formal system which obtains of necessity from 5 to 18 that a different method of selection is essential. In addition to a high level of intelligence (not the same as an ability to store facts), a maturity of approach and breadth of outlook are prerequisites to gaining the full benefit from a University education. Possession of these qualities is not proved by obtaining about 45 % in two 1
