THE YPRES TIMES 4 after the brilliance of the dug-out; instinct alone guided your footsteps. In the dug-out all sound was deadened; you could hear nothing from without. But now you discovered that the guns were firing in Ypres itself—fitfully yet frequently. Their banging and booming awoke a thousand echoes. Every time a gun fired, the reflection of the flash lit up jagged ruins, a naked wall or the skeletons of houses. These words, written by my friend Wilfred Ewart who was afterwards killed when we were out in Mexico together, have the haunting quality of the unforgettable and the unforgotten. q THE number of children attending the School has now risen to 130, it bears witness to the very successful teaching of Mr. Allen and his assistants. Lady Plumer has given a cup to be competed for between the two Houses, called Plumer and Pulteney, which have been formed in the School. An anonymous donor has given an Encyclopaedia P>rit- annica for the use of the School and Library. The parents have given their children at the School, gymnasium tunics, jerseys and caps for the boys, and blue serge tunics and green jerseys with blue berets for the girls. I understand that these outfits are very effective and a tremendous success. General Sir William Furse has given a Plaque of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, herewith reproduced, to be hung in the Eton Room at the School. The Plaque is an excellent impression and should be hung in all schools. It is the work of the badly disabled ex-service men of the Ashtead Potters. These Plaques can be obtained from the Ashtead Potters Ltd., Ashtead, Epsom, Surrey, price £1 Is. Od. each with 2/- extra for packing and postage, and every possible encouragement should be given to this fine Institution. The Trustees of the School have invested the money subscribed by members of the Ypres League to a Memorial to Field Marshal Lord Plumer. This money is allocated at the rate of 10% per annum to start one boy in work in England every year. The Scholarship will last twelve or thirteen years. W. P. Pulteney, Hon. Secretary, Ypres British School,

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The Ypres Times (1921-1936) | 1934 | | pagina 6