roud and happy. It
was not his nature to plume himself on any achievement. Only once do
I remember his betraying pride in what he had accomplished. It is
the custom in Dulwich to inscribe on the walls of the great hall the
names of boys who distinguish themselves on entering or leaving the
Universities and the Army. In due time the ten Oxford scholars of
1914 were walled. During his first leave from the Army Paul
revisited the old school, and I recollect his telling me that the
names of those who had won scholarships at Oxford had been duly
painted in hall. "My name is placed first," he said with a smile;
adding with emphasis, "and so it ought to be."

It was his hope that his own success would give a stimulus to the
study of history at Dulwich. In 1916, when he learnt that another
Dulwich boy was thinking of preparing for a Balliol scholarship in
history, he wrote to me from France, requesting that his notes,
memoranda, essays and books should be placed at the student's
disposal. He added in reference to a matter on which I had asked his
opinion:

The education you get from a correspondence course is of a kind
which, while useful for acquiring a knowledge of facts, is of
very little value in the development of that culture which is the
first and essential element in obtaining a 'Varsity--above all, a
Balliol--scholarship. If a boy decides to go in for a history
scholarship, the Dulwich authorities ought to provide him with
adequate tutorship as part of his school training. Were the boy
to go to an outside institution, the school would lose part of
the honour gained by the winning of the scholarship. But
remember that no one would have the ghost of a chance for an
Oxford scholarship on the knowledge gained from a correspondence
course taken by itself. Finally, any honour gained by a Dulwich
boy ought to redound to the credit of Dulwich; the school alone
should have the credit of the achievements of its members.

From masters and boys I learnt that my son's influence was specially
marked in his last two years at the College. It was an influence that
was always thrown on the side of what was lovely, pure and of good
report. Frank, free-spirited, open-hearted, his buoyancy and his rich
capacity for laughter diffused an atmosphere of cheerfulness; his
unflagging enthusiasm stimulated interest in athletics; his love of
learning and passion for work wer