Harstrom School - Mescolanza Yearbook (Norwalk, CT)

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of collecting funds and disbursing them to the various departments, in accordance With certain established principles. Thiscommittee- also has charge of all athletic appurtenances, and in many other Ways it has already demonstrated its usefulness. The election to this committee is an honor, for in the parlance of New England politics its members constitute the school's Board of Selectmen. A The record of ten years has been innevery Way one of increasing pros- perity, not only in the number of students and instructors, but in the character of Work accomplished, and no sketch of the school would be complete unless it emphasized the fact that this prosperity is due, in a very great measure, to the good-will of the old boys and to the ideal relations existing between teachers and pupils. The school has high standards of honor and deportmentg and While there are definite school regulations in the larger matters of Work and conduct, good discipline is maintained more effectually by the precept and example of the instructors and the older boys than by petty rules. The Whole spirit of the school tends to develop responsibility and self-reliance. The Mescolanza Board congratulates the'Principal and Masters of the school upon the accomplishments of the past ten years. It hopes that the future has even better things in store, that the school may continue to thrive andrprosper, and that it may exist for many more decades of influence and usefulness. - 9

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9 Svrhnnl Qiatnrg THE completion of the present school year marks the end of the iirst decade of the Harstrom School. Established in January, 1893, and known as the Norwalk Preparatory School, it existed for six years mainly as an institution for Norwalk boys. In 1899, however, the name was changed, and the character of the work was also changed-admission since that time being limited to boys preparing for collegeg r How well the school has done its work is indicated by the fact that 192 of its pupils have received either preliminary certificate of admission to college, or final certificates, or both, and nearly 100 others have, by work done during the summer terms, passed off' conditions for college. VVhen the school was opened in 1899 it was known as a Tutoring School, and instruction was individual. T o-day, instruction is given almost entirely to classes, so arranged as to combine the opportunity for thorough work with the pleasure and stimulus gained by competition with others, but individual instruction may still be had, whenever there is need thereof. VVhile the plan of work necessarily makes athletics secondary to studies, the school management is favorable to a reasonable amount of sports, and for several years the school has made a creditable record in this respect also. The present year marks a decided improvement in the hand- ling of moneys for athletic purposes, in that a Financial Committee of live, selected at the beginning of the year, is charged with the responsibility ' s

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