Amongst the memorabilia celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Perse School is a letter written by WHD Rouse in 1945 to a former pupil, Leslie Missen. The letter begins unpromisingly with the words:
“This is going to be a long letter, and dull.”
But continues confidently with
“But I think you will read it, because I know you.”
Rouse’s affection for his school and his pupils shines through
“You are one of my sons – all the OPs are my sons – and you will listen to pa because you ought. I am now rising 83, and I can’t last long: but I do hope to leave something good behind me. I will tell you later the kindly things. You saw the Perse School from the inside – and I want to show it to you from the inside.”
Read on here:
http://www.perse.org.uk/voicesblog/education-is-happinessif-the-life-is-there/
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