16 MAY 1925, Page 18

EXTRACT FROM LETTER

PLAYING FIELDS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.—Mr. A. G. J. Carpenter (Chairman, Dulwich Hamlet Old Boys' Association) writes : May I suggest that in providing playing fields much can be done in conjunction with the old Scholars' Clubs at the various elementary schools ? Education after a period of fifty years may find in old scholars' clubs a movement which can be of much service in our social ,life, and may render valuable assistance in stimulating outdoor recreation for the boy or girl just leaving school. The link with the old school must necessarily be the basis of such associations ; the proirision of facilities for sport encouraging the cultivation of that esprit de corps which is so valuable a feature in our great Public Schools.