areer.
It's just awful this sacrifice of the best of our young men.

[Footnote 16: Lieutenant W. G. O. Gill. Born, May 26th, 1895.
Killed in Palestine, March 27th, 1917. He was in the cricket
XI, 1913, football XV, 1913-14, and in the gymnasium XI,
1912-13.]

[Footnote 17: Captain E. F. Clarke. Born, April 1st, 1894.
Killed, April 9th, 1917. Editor of _The Alleynian_,
1911-12-13. Went up to Oxford in 1913 with a classical
scholarship at Corpus Christi College.]

TO HIS BROTHER.

_April 29th, 1917._

Circumstances are making my letter-writing increasingly
difficult. It is rather a case of "but that I am forbid I could a
tale unfold," etc. I suppose holidays are on just now. I want to
tell you that I am confidently looking forward to your winning a
great success in the forthcoming Matriculation. By Jove! it
doesn't seem such a long time since I was in for that exam.
myself. In my day we were able to take it at the school, now I
believe you have to go up to London University. _Eheu fugaces!_

The more I see of life the more convinced I am of the greatness
of the old school. Wherever you meet a Dulwich man out here,
you'll find he bears a reputation for gallantry, for character,
for hard work and for what may be termed "the public-school
spirit" in its best form. Our Roll of Honour and the literally
amazing list of decorations bear this out. Of my own old
colleagues, there is not one who has not either been hit (alas!
killed in many cases) or received some decoration, or both; and
that, mark you, though we are not what is known as an "Army
School" like Eton, Cheltenham, or Wellington. Ambrose, the O.A.
in our battalion, has recently accomplished some wonderful
things, and is sure to receive a high decoration. Yet one more
up for the school!

Did you see that Scottie is now an Acting-Lieutenant-Colonel,
with a D.S.O. and the M.C.? That is _some_ achievement, if you
like! C. N. Lowe, the famous footballer, has been wounded. He had
transferred to the Flying Corps out of the A.S.C. Doherty, who
used also to be in the "Grub Department," has now got a Company
in the Infantry. You see, it isn't in the nature of a Dulwich man
to be leading a life of ease whe