SIXTY YEARS ON Mr Churchill Hears Harrovians Sing Mr Churchill, the Prime Minister, returned to his old school, Harrow, last night for the thirteenth successive year, to hear the boys sing songs which he was due to arrive, a telephone call was selected himself. An A hour before he received at Harrow from No. 10 Downing Street. saying the two closing lines of a song called The Island." of which a copy had been sent to him. were to be slightly altered. In the school's Speech Room Mr Churchill listened intently as the youthful voices were raised in songs so familiar that once or twice he dabbed' his eyes. Spmetimes he tapped his foot and joined in. Afterwards, he told the boys that he always preached the gospel of the Harrow songs. They only had to be learned by heart to provide a vocabulary of truth and simplicity which would be of service throughout life. They should be sung and lived from the heart. This is the thirteenth time I have had the great honour and comfort and pleasure of coming here in war and in peace, in office and out of it. hear again and be cheered by your singing.? He went on : You must not suppose that the troubles of Britain are over, because in the two last terrible wars which have shaken the world in the twentieth century we have kind emerged victorious, without shame of any on our escutcheon. either in the making or the fighting of those struggles. On the contrary, we may feel that in the world which has grown so much vaster all round us and towers up about us. we in this small island have to make a supreme effort to keep our place and station, a place and station to which our tradition and undying genius entitle us. A great effort is required and you, to whom much of the future belongs, will play your part in this proud. equal, democratic England.' Each and together, they had a chance to make a contribution. The spirit which they learned at Harrow would enable this old country. this famous island, the centre of so much, to have an important effect upon the progress, freedom, and honour of the world. in the future. as it had in the past."