EDWARD THRING MEMORIAL FUND.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—Will you, of your kindness, give publicity to the fact that the committee appointed to consider the form of the above memorial, and to collect subscriptions for the same, at their meeting in London on Tuesday decided that while the amount subscribed must in some sense ultimately determine the form of the carrying into effect of their proposals, they should recom- mend :—First, that some monumental memorial of the late Head-Master should be erected at Uppingham, care being taken in such a monument to combine a portrait, bust, or profile, with, either by design or inscription, or both, some record of his life's work, his thoughts and aims. Secondly, that any surplus that remained should be devoted to putting on a permanent footing some one of the distinctive views on Public School education held by Edward Thring.
The purchase and endowment, for purposes of the necessary caretaking, of the school gardens seemed to the committee to be just such a project as would perpetuate an individual part of the late Head-Master's teaching and belief. It was known how near his heart lay the school-garden scheme. It was remembered that in his latter years few spots were so continually haunted by him, and are so associated with the presence that has been removed from us; and it was believed that this permanent addition to the Uppingham School machinery would have had his warmest approval. It is impossible to estimate the cost of the monumental memorial ; the design will determine that. The gardens are purchasable, it is believed, for £1,000, and it is estimated that to build a caretaker's cottage and endow the garden will absorb another 21,000. The teachers of England have consented to allow the memorial fund they are raising to be one with the general fund of which I write you these particulars. F. Storr, Esq., 40 Meeklenburgh Square, London, consents to act as treasurer for the teachers' fund. The Rev. G. H. Mullins, Uppingham, will act as treasurer of the memorial fund.—I am, Sir, er,c.,
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