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7th October 1953.
Dear Dr. Payne:
I have taken rather longer than I meant to in answering your letter1 …
I have found very great consternation in unexpected quarters when those who have taken part in the training scheme are dropped either partly or wholly. They do not like to ask why and they never actually find out, but they nearly always feel that they are no longer wanted for some reason or other. As you know from your intimate experience on all the Committees, the main difficulty is that the students are not able to give us sufficient time. We have tremendous teaching potential and we only use a little bit of it because the students are unable to be taught except in the evenings. This is a great loss to the teachers, teaching being something which develops unexpected qualities and which leads to very useful reorientations.
I personally am one of those who feel that I have been fairly