[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Christ's Hospital, whose pupils
are drawn from all classes and sects and live happily together, is proof, if proof be needed, that Public Schools have nothing to fear from the open door. But this is only part of the problem. The other part concerns the stimulus which might be given to a boy on leaving school to induce service to theless fortunate and to the country. .•
Like othan•Schools, we at Christla tHospital have had our mission settlement, well supported with money, but never a great attraction to personal service. This failing was due, I believe, to two things ; the mission was attached to one sect (Church of England) and to one London parish. So it missed the active support of those " Old Blues " who were either not churchmen or not in sympathy with the particular form of worship used at the mission church or were living too far from the locality to visit it regularly.
In spite of these drawbaCks, we persevered with the mission for over 30 years until at length it had to be abandoned from sheer exhaustion of workers. We then established a kind of alliance with Toe H. on much broader lines, and I for one have never ceased to be thankful that the change was made. We can now offer " Old Blues " a far wider choice of social activities, coupled too (for those who desire it) with residence in Toc H. hostels all over England. There, living under right conditions with expert guidance, they can give social service in a variety of ways and over a far wider field.—I am, Sir, &c.,
T. E. LIMMER, Clerk of Christ's Hospital, 20 Great Tower Street, E.C. 3.
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