if Britain collapses. When you read theSe lines, you will JS know whether Hitler is likely to fulfil that promise too, or r* ' not. We pray not, but there is little point in under estimating the force that Hitler will unleash. A glorious English summer, which might have been Spent languidly basking in the sun at Lords, or hiking over the flower-decked countryside, has been made foul by the lust of a megalomaniac. We are far from the strife, as yet. Some of us feel the agony of it more than others; some have personal anxieties over relatives and friends; some are too young to understand it all. What is, then, our duty at school here? Our duty is to go quietly on with our studies and our games, and to put the interests of the School before everything else. It is a period of nerves, and the tension felt throughout the world is bound to affect our existence here. We must keep ourselves in check, and seek more than ever to do our duty to the School, quietly and conscientiously, even as others do their duty to their country. In the words of Duff Cooper,"Let each one of uS ^ throw a hundred per cent, of all our energies into whatever task we have to perform. Let us keep our hearts gay and our spirits high."
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