9969.  Then  there  are  two  systems  at  work  P— Yes.  You  see  the  higher
grade  school  itself  has  a  preparatory  department.
9970.  {Mr.  LytteU^m.)  At  what  age  do  they  first  goto  thatp — They  go
at  about  six  or  seven.  I  think  it  would  be  from  that  ola£8  that  you  would
probably  have  most  of  those  desirous  to  enter  the  endowed  school,  and
they  would  belong,  as  a  rule,  to  a  better  class.
9971.  (Dr.  Wormell.)  Then  your  higher  grade  school  is  a  socially  higher
grade  school  P — No,  it  is  not.
9972.  1  thought  you  said  they  would  be  of  a  better  class  P — Of  course,
as  long  as  you  have  a  fee  it  does,  to  a  certain  extent,  afifect  the  class.  If
all  the  primary  schools  in  a  town  are  free,  and  the  higher  grade  school  in
the  preparatory  department  charges  a  fee,  it  follows  that  to  a  certain
extent  in  that  preparatory  department,  yon  have  a  rather  better  class  of
children  But  the  upper  department  of  the  school  is  open  to  all  the
children  from  the  primary  schools.  That  class  distinction  is  done  away
with  in  the  higher  grade  schools.
9973.  So  a  higher  grade  school  then,  really,  has  a  double  function  ?  —
Yes.
9974.  In  part,  it  is  a  higher  grade  school  socially  P — In  its  lower  part
it  is.
