A HOSTEL FOR BOYS AT KIMBERLEY
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—I desire to appeal on behalf of the work among white boys in our hostel, Kimberley, South Africa. An appeal to 5,000 old Etonians has brought in 2400 out of £3,000 required to build and enlarge our hostel in order to accom- modate another twenty boys. We try to bring Public School ideals into their lives, to make them manly by games and boxing and to give them simple services short and suitable for boys in their own hostel chapel. Anyone who knows South African life and the temptations that beset boys in lonely farms and the rough diamond diggings in our huge district will realize the infinite value of such a hostel where boys coming to Kimberley from outlying districts can board (some for six years) while completing their education.
Perhaps some will say : Why not raise the money in Kimberley ? Simply because at the moment from a trade point of view we are without doubt the most depressed town in Africa. Your help will be of untold value to hundreds in future generations. The hostel is the nearest approach to home that we can make it, and I know it has helped many boys already.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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