LEST WE FORGET.
The Ypres Times.
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VIOLET, DORIS AND RUBY JUDGE.
seems falling into the background. Before
the Great War many pessimists were of the
opinion that the race was steadily de
generating in all respects, but the ordeal of
battle conclusively proved the fallaciousness,
of such a gloomy view. Physical achieve
ment under conditions of unexampled
horror was associated with and only
rendered possible by manifestations of all
the best human qualities. The primary aim
of the Ypres League is to maintain in times
of peace the loyal co-operation, the self-
denial, the belief in others, and the dauntless
spirit that won the War.
MAJOR J. R. AINSWORTH-DAVIS (Chairman of London County Committee).
As time goes on our numbers must needs
diminish. One after another the defenders
of the Salient will fall out and leave their
places vacant. But in the difficult times
ahead the maintenance of our ideals will
be imperatively necessary if Britain is to
keep her proud position in the hierarchy
of free nations. We have therefore estab
lished a Junior Division, which provides
not merely for filling up the gaps in our
ranks, but also for increasing the number
of those to whom the immortal defence of
the Salient as expressed in the one word
YPRES, sjunbolizes the highest and best.
Its membership is open to all lineal descen
dants or near relatives of men who served in
the Ypres Salient, than whom none have a
better right to earn7 on a great tradition,
preventing future generations from for
getting what should be unforgettable. On
attaining the age of 18 years a Junior
Member becomes eligible for ordinary mem
bership of the League, and until then the
annual subscription has been fixed at a
shilling, no large sum to pay for what is a
very special privilege. Of such Junior
Members there are at the present moment
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JOHN MELVILLE ALLISTON,
Naval Cadet at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
JUNIOR BRANCH OF THE LEAGUE.
Human life and human society are be
coming increasingly complex, and the
marvellous advances of science, to which
there would appear to be no limit, are
making civilization more and more perfect
on its material side. The cultivation of our
higher faculties and attributes, however, is
of infinitely greater importance, and this
