NATIONAL APPEAL TO PUBLIC-SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY MEN.
[To THE EDITOR Or THI .SPECTATOP."1 SIB.,—On November 5th an appeal will be made to the public- school and University men throughout the country by means of meetings at many of the most important cities, with the object of impressing upon them their duties and responsibilities as citizens in the matter of national, civic, and social service. The following' are the speakers : The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop. of York, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Portland, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl Fortescue, Earl of Selborne, Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P., the Bishop of London, the Bishop of" Birmingham, Lord Methuen, Sir Edward Grey, Bad., M.P., Right. Hon. G. W. E. Russell, Sir Arthur Haworth, Bart., M.P., Lieut.- General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Sir George Askwith, Sir Oliver Lodge, Colonel Herbert Hughes, the Headmaster of Repton (Rev. W. Temple), Professor W. H. Hadow, Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, Mr. S. H. Badock, Mr. Charles Booth, junior, Mr. Walter Hansel), Mr. C. F. A. Hare, Mr. Oliver Hind, and Mr. C. E. B. Russell.
The cities which have been asked to co-operate are : Bristol, Cambridge (University), Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle,. Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford (University) Sheffield, Stoke-on- Trent, and York. A meeting will also be held in London by the Cavendish Club at the Queen's Hall. The following public schools are co-operating with the Cavendish Club and Association, and ansmy of them will bold meetings on November 5th : Berkham- eted, Bootbam School, York, Bradfield, Brighton College, King's School, Canterbury, Charterhouse, Clifton College, Eton, Foisted, Haileybury, Harrow, Lancing, Loretto, Marlborough, Radley, Repton, Sedbergh, Sherborne, Shrewsbury, Tonbridge, Uppingliam, Wellington, and Winchester. Many of your readers will remember the meeting held in *Queen's Hall on the Wednesday in Coronation week with the same object. At that meeting, which was attended by 1,700 men, Lord Loreburn presided, and the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London were the speakers. The outcome of that meet- ing was the formation of the Cavendish Club, which was opened in January, 1912, and now consists of- 1,400 members. Although *otherwise a Social Club, its main objects are to encourage its 3nembers to devote their leisure time to some form of service, and to bear witness to the Christian spirit as the motive force and object of all service.
The success which has attended the Club has led many of the country members to desire that a united effort should now be made throughout the country to bring home to all such men the claims which districts in which they live have upon their services. It has been decided, therefore, to seek the co-operation of some of the largest cities in the kingdom, and in these to organize a meet- ing on November 5th next, at which a simultaneous and powerful national appeal will be made. At these meetings the claims of national, municipal, and social service will be presented from the twofold aspect—(1) Of their relation to the nation and the Empire ; (2) of their relation to local conditions and requirements.
The outcome of the meetings will be practical and definite, and of such a nature that every individual, of whatever shade of thought in religion or politics, will have an opportunity of offering himself for some form of service. For this purpose the Cavendish Association is being formed. It will have centres throughout the kingdom, through which men residing in the cities, towns, and country parishes may be guided and encouraged in such service as they are willing and able to give. The formation of centres will not be confined to those cities in which meetings are being held ; but interest has already been aroused in many other towns and districts in which centres are likely to be formed in the near future.
The Association will have at its service a number of carefully chosen speakers, representative of every part of England, who will be ready to visit such centres, schools, and Universities as shall ask for them ; while the executive, through its representa- tives at the public schools and Universities, will be able to put the centres in touch with men leaving for work in or near those centres. As we hope that this movement may be of real national service, we are anxious that the meetings should be made widely known amongst those for whom they are organized, and that those living in the neighbourhoods where they are to be held will make every effort to be present.—We are, Sir, &c.,
DEVONSHIRE. H. R. L. SHEPPARD.
SELBORNE. HERBERT L. WOOLLCOAME.
LOREBIIRN. A. P. CHARLES.
ALEXANDER PATERSON. (Hon. Sec., pro tem.). Signed on behalf of the Committee.
Cavendish Club, 119 Piccadilly, W.
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