St. George's gave the lead

DESMOND ALBROW referred in your March 22 issue to the fact that Marlborough College has decided to take girls into their sixth form in September. He asked the question: "Which will be the first Catholic public school to follow Marlborough's example?"
I feel I must point out that my old school, St. George's College. Weybridge, are, in fact, a full year ahead of Marlborough in the field of coeducation. In September 1967, twenty girls from nearby St. Maur's Convent, not all of whom were Catholics, began their studies at St. George's.
Four of these girls studied for and sat Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations before leaving, like myself, at Christmas, while the rest studied a wide range of subjects, arts, sciences and languages, in both first and second year sixth forms As well as studying alongside the boys, many of the girls took part in college debates, the school's play, discussion evenings and social work, and even shared the prefects' common room.
I thought the experiment particularly successful. 1 therefore applaud Marlborough for following St. George's example, and can recommend the experiment to the headmasters of all Catholic public schools.
R. V. 0. Farrell Carshalton, Surrey.