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AB - ( oo) Held at St. Ermin's Restaurant on Saturday, June ij, His Grace the Archbishop of York, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., D.Litt., presiding. The Archbishop of York, in proposing the health of the guests, Lady Rhondda and Sir Edward Marsh, spoke first of the great public service rendered by Lady Rhondda as editor of Time and Tide, a journal that kept alive the interest in current ideas as they are expressed in literature, and stimulated mind and imagination on a wide scale. To Sir Edward Marsh the public was deeply indebted for many delightful writings, and especially for his Memoir of Rupert Brooke. He combined in the true tradition of English life the close connexion of politics and politicians with the service of letters. In conclusion the Archbishop said that he felt sure that our guests were helping in one great object which must be dear to the Association, viz. the preservation of the English language from the outrages of the spread of immature education, which showed itself in the preference of long words over short, and from a false taste was afraid of being simple and direct in writing and speech. Viscountess Rhondda said that she felt it a 
TI - REPORT OF THE ANNUAL LUNCHEON
JF - English
DO - 10.1093/english/2.12.400
DA - 1939-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/report-of-the-annual-luncheon-blmsLJEO7K
SP - 400
EP - 401
VL - 2
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -