Salisbury High School - Pillar Yearbook (Salisbury, CT)

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8 Ye Sarum Booke Now, of course, we have two new shells and the old ones have become barges Many boys have owed to him much of their success on college crews. Mr. Hutton has also been one of the great supporters of skiing. It was he who gave the sport its present momentum at Salisbury. He laid out the short trail up Mount Prospect and has arranged the interclub meets which have become yearly occasions of club competition. His work in the last few years in planning school meets has further added to the popularity of this sport. By many examples like these he has shown how well he understands and sympathizes with the desires of boys. With all his work at school Mr. Hutton has found time for many outside activities. When Mr. Waring left Salisbury, he took over the position of faculty adviser for Ye Sarum Books, supervising and crystallizing its policies. When the Rector died in the fall of 1934 and Mr. Hutton became the acting-head- master his duties grew too extensive and he was forced to give up this position, but not without leaving his stamp on the char- acter of the school publication. He has coached two plays a year in school dramatic work since 1929. In the social life of the village of Salisbury too, Mr. Hutton has made himself a val- uable citizen. He has beenamember of the Salisbury Forum Committee and of the Salisbury Players. He has often assisted the Rev. Mr. Chiera of Salisbury and the Rev. Mr. Miller in their respective services. In the school's wider relations in the educa- tional field, he has also been extremely active. At the Church School Conference at Groton in 193 5 he was made chairman of a committee to survey the various texts used in Sacred Studies. His report was later published and circulated to the church schools. Also in 1935 he organized an English Club among the instructors of English in the neighboring schools, who have welcomed enthusiastically the opportunity which his idea gave to an exchange of opinion and friendship. It may be clearly seen that it is not only Salisbury School that will feel the loss of this man. His thoughts, his work, and his interests have helped all who know him. The school will also miss greatly Mrs. Hutton, who was Miss Nancy Chamberlain, and who came to Salisbury after her marriage to Mr. Hutton in the summer of I934. She has filled a very active part in the life of the school and to her and to Sammy, who was Salisbury's Hrst faculty baby, we wish every happiness in their new life. In accepting a call to Christ

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YE SARUM BOOKE VOL. XXXII JUNE, 1937 No. 4 DEDICATION THE GRADUATING class of 1937 is honored to dedicate this Anniversary Day issue of Ye Sarum Booke to Mr. S. Janney Hutton. In view of all that Mr. Hutton has done for the school and for us, this dedication seems very inadequate, indeed, but it is a sincere expression of our best wishes and interest in his future work. After a position as headmaster in the St. Paul's School in Baltimore, Mr. Hutton became a master here in the fall of 1929. On entering the school he assumed the duties of chaplain and instructor of Sacred Studies, English, and Mathematics. Soon after he began his work at Sarum, he undertook a thorough revision of the English curriculum. His purpose was to give the student a well rounded knowledge of English and American literature as well as a sound training in intelligent writing. All of those who have been in his courses are deeply grateful to him for his thoroughness and excellence as a teacher. He has also spent much time and thought in regard to Sacred Studies and has made this course an interesting survey of the origin and source of our religion which has clarified many of our mis- conceptions and doubts. Of special stimulus has been his ability to arouse our interest in some of the great problems of religion and ethics and to lead us to arrive at our own conclusions. To him the student has always been a young man filled with his own ideas, but who needs the guidance of an instructor to de- velop him to the best advantage. Soon after his arrival at Salisbury, Mr. Hutton's interest in sports widened the range of the school activities. His know- ledge of rowing, gained from experience at Cambridge and from his great interest in this sport, brought an unusual opportunity to the school. The Rector was enthusiastic and bought two second-hand shells and set up the facilities which are at the lake. With these, and the rowing machines which are in the basement of Payson Dormitory, crew started at Salisbury.

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Ye Serum Book: 9 Church in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Mr. Hutton is fulfilling an interest and mission which he has always strongly felt for the church work in Virginia where he has for a number of summers participated in missionary work under the direction of Bishop Jett. We regret to lose him here but know that his contribution will also be great in his new post. The whole school, the sixth form especially, wants to thank Mr. and Mrs. Hutton for all they have done for usg Mr. Hutton for all his help and guidance and Mrs. Hutton for her generous hospitality on so many occasions. We wish this dedication to be a token of our great gratitude to them and of our sincerest best wishes for their future.