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THE BEGINNING OF A HISTORY In the summer of 1955, encouraged by the success of their second annual Diocesan Summer Choir School at Trinity College School in Port Hope, John Bradley, Director of Music at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Dr. Healey Willan, Dean of Canadian composers and john Cook, organist and choirmaster of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Ontario, and composers of music for the Stratford Shakespearian Festival, pondered the possibility of establishing a permanent institution, patterned after the collegiate choir schools of England, where suitably gifted boys could receive daily training in the music of the Church, and where they could also receive a traditional academic schooling. As the first step toward making their idea a reality, John Bradley and John Cook approached john St. Clair Wheeler, an industrialist whose sons had attended the Diocesan Summer School, to ask his help and advice. After assessing the prospects of such a venture, Mr. Wheeler committed himself to gathering a group of interested and knowledgeable men to form an advisory council and eventually a board of governors. At St. Andrew's College john Bradley invited J.B. E. Garstang, J.D. Allen and j.L. Wright to assist him in planning the internal structure of the new school. By 1960 an advisory council and a board of governors had been established, the former consisting for the most part of men prominent in the fields of education and music, the latter of those men recruited through the continuing efforts ofJ.S. Wheeler and by the academic members of the founding committee. The Most Reverend William L. Wright, Archbishop of Algoma, was appointed Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Council. The Right Reverend F.l-l. Wilkinson, Bishop of Toronto, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Governors, The Most Reverend H.H. Clark, Primate of All Canada, Visitor, and Dr. P. A.C. Ketchum, Headmaster Emeritus of Trinity College School, Warden to succeed Dr. Healey Willan, who had retired. On March 29th, 1961, by an act of the Legislature of Ontario, St. George's College came officially into being. The next three years were crucial. Despite the fine plans on paper, the legions of Advisors and well-wishers, the school as yet had no substance. The board of governors were very quickly faced with the harsh realities of fund raising, and as quickly learned that there was little hope that they could raise enough money to establish the boarding school they had first envisaged. For an instant the vision faltered. lt was at this moment that the Bishop of Toronto, the Right Reverend R.H. Wilkinson, graciously intervened by inviting the founders to meet with the Wardens of the Church of St. Alban the Martyr. The pro- posal was made that since the congregation of the church was small, and the school was looking for a site, they might come to some arrangement to share the church and its T T 771 T 'A ' 'E . . . . 1. .l..rs.--r-ulx..trL..---..hm-1' -- i.- J. adjacent buildings. An agreement was made and plans set in Q E I 5 motion. By unanimous decision of the board of governors, l i john L. Wright was appointed first Headmaster. . 4 But the problem of financing remained. In February, II :I 1964 the Board of Governors met to take stock of their 5 SPRING' Haag situation. It was not encouraging. The Treasurer reported a E - Foutgpepxs HALL :I balance of 552.47 fmostly in stampsj: hardly a sum to be 3 E considered in the establishment of a new school. Neverthe- I: I l less, one courageous voice was raised at that meeting: We . have talked lon enou h. Let's o . Mone was collected to L ---- ' -- ' - I 'J E S S Y C 3 place an advertisement announcing the new school in each f . . v I of the daily newspapers, and officials of one of the char- I ' tered banks expressed their faith in the idea by providing a loan of some 348,000 to cover the cost of the renovation of P what is now Ketchum Hall. During the spring and summer, 5UMMER,lq65:lVAbDlTloN staff was hired to supplement founding members, john L. Wright, john Bradley, john Allen, and the Reverend I Kenneth Scott. DJ. Armitage was the first tojoin the staff. Later came Dr. Eric Reedman, Mrs. Marie Macfarlane, and l D.H. Gardner, Vernan Pascoe, Mary and james McKellarg J and Robert Good. 1 During the summer boys and their parents were inter- CHURCH viewed, and by Labour Day seventy-two had expressed their wish to attend. At an assembly on the first day of the new term the Headmaster introduced the staff to the boys, and set forth to them the rules and regulations of the school, times of H classes, subjects to be studied, and so forth, in great detail 1 and at some length. SCE House 'T Nowl' said Mr. Wright, are there any questions?
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