ABSTRACT

On hie otlier haiid, fio l~ouncls were set upon intellectual cui.iosity. There was no subject ~irl~icli the I-leadmaster, J o h ~ i Ford, was afraid to explorej and no questions whicli his p~ipils were Coi.bidden to ask. Orily a man wliose foundations were built tipon rock could have clrired to l ~ e so adventuro~is~ dhd his courage *as to stand liis pupils in good stead later in iifhj *hen the world f r d ~ which theii-fathers had withdrawn betame the world ii.1 which they themseIves had to live and work. John Ford openecl doors for others whicli lie would never paks tIikdug11 himself.