Commander E. W. E. CALLWELL , O.B.E., R.N. (Rtd.), 'Creating a Public School on the Equator '
AFTER rising to the rank of commander in the British
Navy, and seeing service in many parts, including Zeebrugge, Commander Callwell decided, like many another sailor, to take up farming. He settled in E. Africa, but serious illness compelled him to spend much time in a mission hospital. Here he was struck by the need and possibilities of education for African youth, and on his recovery, lie offered his services to the C.M.S. as a master in their great school at Budo, Uganda. He is now building up a school in the Toro province of Uganda, within a few miles of the Equator, where he is working out some of his own education ideas. He retains, for instance, the prefect system of our own schools, but allows no fagging. The school already has a reputation for sport, and it is clear that Commander Callwell is introducing a breezy note into tropical Africa.
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