Leaders of the Campaign
by him at a dinner at the Devonshire Club, and, in responding to the toast of his health, spoke enthusiastically of the House of Cassell, and paid the tribute to the "Popular Educator" which has been quoted. A year later, as Prior of the Whitefriars Club, of which at one time he was for several years hon. secretary, Sir Arthur Spurgeon welcomed the late Dr. Page, then the newly appointed American Ambassador in London, as the guest of the evening. Another notable guest at this dinner was Captain Inch, of the Volturno.
In every public reference to the progress of the House of Cassell, Sir Arthur Spurgeon emphasized the part played in its development by the staff at La Belle Sauvage. "It is because I have secured the devotion and loyalty of able and brilliant men that we have been able to do what we have done," he said over and over again. The leaders of the campaign under the new order were Mr. Thomas Young, J. P., and Mr. Newman Flower.
Mr. Young had been appointed Advertisement Manager at the end of 1907, in the third year of Sir Arthur Spurgeon's management. He proved a most valuable acquisition to the staff, and speedily won great results from his work. In 1915 he joined the Board of the Company, and four years later was made Deputy General Manager. Mr. Young was an active member of the Board of Trade Committee on Paper Supplies during the war—a fact which testified that his fame as a clear-headed man of level judgment and unbending integrity had gone abroad.
The advent of Newman Flower to the Yard in 1906 was racily described by Sir Arthur some years after at a Cassell gathering. "One day a young man entered my room by appointment, and after a short conversation I learned he was anxious to join our Editorial Staff. I explained the position, and when I pointed out the difficulties he seemed to grow more keen. I at once decided he was just the man I wanted. I offered him the chance of solving one of the stiffest problems I had to deal with. He accepted without a moment's hesitancy, and that was
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