TOC H SCHOOLS SECTION

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 144, 20 June 1928, Page 23

TOC H SCHOOLS SECTION

" "The History , and" Progress of the Red Cross ' Society" was ■ the subjects of. an: interesting address by Captain Galloway, of the Red Cross,-at the Sunday meeting; of the Toe" H Schools Section. After, mentioning that the ideals ot" the lied Cross were similar to those of .Toe H, he referred to the great work of 'Henri Dv Nant, the founder of the Red Cross, more than a .century ago,. Inspired by the work „of Florence Nightingale, Dv Nant.collected a number of willing helpers and went to the relief 'of the men at SoH'crino. He had a-vision of,a universal organisation whose efforts would hot be confined to the care of the wounded, in war time, but would extend to help humanity in every way during peace, but as in the ease of many other noble enterprises little interest was taken in it at first. It was not till five years later, in 188-4, that tho great conference which came to be called tho Geneva Convention was held, and here representatives of the chief European nations consented to recognise the Red Cross and treat it with respect. : Now the Red Cross Society has spread throughout tho world, with countless helpers in every country, and with fuiids counted iv millions of pounds. ' In conclusion, Captain M. Galloway thanked the schools section of Toe II in anticipar tion for the entertainment to be given by their Wellington College members at the Red Cross Home, Hobson street, this, week.' •