St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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'PF i m f 'Y MIRAL SIMS RAISING 'l'Illi AMERICAN FLAG PRICSliN'l'l5lJ BY IIIM IH S'I'. GliORGli'S SLTIIUOL, IIARPISNIJICN, IiNUl.AND, ON IVI Y 5 l9l8 1 . ' v

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Th i lNow that thc YVai' is ox ci, the grounds ol bt. George's bchool are once more regaining their former appearance. e helds in front are being seeded down to grass and it is hoped that by next autumn we can start Golf again. There have been few outward changes this year. One improvement has been made in the removing of the old wooden Gym lire, to the west side of erted into a dwelling house Fflslllm fl'0m the I10l'fll Of AflCl1ll1Cl0SS, Wfhere it was an eyesore and a source of danger from xane Avenue west of the Cottage. It is to be made over into a dormitory with one end conv l ' . . , fOr Mr. Lhristiue and his family. It will hold twenty boys and enable us, if we please, to discontinue. the use ol' the Lot- rage 35 11 Ll01'mlf0l'y Rnd Ht the Same time to slightly enlarge the school. NVith this dormitory finished, we should be able to get along for some time without building a new one, 'lhe need, however, of a new schoolhouse has long been apparent, and as the school slowly enlarges becomes im- perative. When the question came up of erecting a Memorial to our boys who had served and fallen in the Great War, the Trustees decided that it could take no more fitting form than that of a school building. Here was the heart of the school. Here, if anywhere, should take outward form the spirit of those who had given their all for their country. With this thou ht in view they sent out a circular letter to Old Boys and parents offering them the opportunity to subscribe to g , a new fund to be Spent in erecting a beautiful schoolhouse as a perpetual monument to the service of the song of 5t, George's School in the Great War. lt seems little enough for the living to give to the dead. But it must be worthy ot them. It must embody features which shall recall their superb sacrifice. lt will surely be a perpetual inspiration to future St. George's boys to grow in mind and spirit in a building made hallowed by such precious memoi ies. l erhaps the lessons of history taught within such walls will take on a new meaning. Perhaps the intellectual treasures of the ages will lind a new interpretation here. May whatever shall be taught within these walls always breathe the spirit of lofty patriotism and service that brought them into being. Looked at from this point of view One llundred and Twenty Thousand Dol- lars does not seem too large a sum to ask for. VVere it twice or three times as much, it could not give us or render unto them what they- have given us in spending life itself that others might be free. .-Xt the present writing nearlv seventy thousand dollars have already been contributed to this Memorial l'und, and we ask all those who wish to con- tribute, but have not yet done so-, to sigmly their intention at the earliest possible moment. S. PL. 33

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4-A-i Elie Illrivuhlg Alliamre with 571. CEvnrgr'a Svrhnnl, Ljarpvnhrni, Eniglanh OR the past four years we have heard a great deal about alliances between countries. But one alliance of great significance has not been given the prominent mention it deserves: we refer to the friendly alliance of St. George's School, Newport, with St. Georgels School, Harpenden, lfngland. This alliance was formally inau- gurated on july 5th, at Harpenden, in the presence of a notable company of lfinglishmen and Americans. The fact that the two schools bore the same name was enough to unite them in bonds of fellowship. St. George's School, New- P0l't, was represented by Admiral Sims, who made the chief inaugural address, presenting St. George's School, Harpen- den, with an American lflag. The Rev. 0111011 Rf1Wl1SlCy, Vicar of Crosthwaite, Keswick, and Canon of Carlyle, Honorable Chaplain to the King, represented Harpenden and presided over the exercises. 1 In the course of his remarks, Canon Rawnsley said that it was the first alliance between linglish and American Public Schools Cprivate boarding schoolsj, and it was the ardent wish of all that this bond of fellowship between Europe and America might live and grow. To strengthen the bond, a prize was offered by Mr. Halley Stewart, lVl.P., of live guineas, for two years, for an essay to be completed for by both schools. The subject of the lirst essay to be: lhe Best Means of Strengthening the Ties of Friendship Between lingland and America. St. George's School, Harpenden, is a co-educational school with two hundred and thirty pupils. lt ranks with the Bedale School of Queen lClizabeth's day, still flourishing, as one of the two successful co-educational Boarding Schools in England. Part of the main buildings of the present school housed the school which Kipling made famous in Stalky ik Co. Harpenden is situated in l'lerfordshire, about thirty miles from London. The school grounds stand fournhundred and lifty feet above sea level in the midst of thirty acres of sweeping lawns. Admiral Sims, in de- scribing nt, wrote: The school is beautifully situated and is very well equipped: but the principal feature that im- pressed me was l10t only the beautiful home atmosphere of the whole institution, but the relations between various teachers and their pupils. This amounted not only to the respect of the young for their seniors but almost to the affection of children for their parentsf' i N As a result of.this meeting at I-Iarpenden 'and after,an exchange of letters between the Rev. Cecil Grant,.Head l faster of the Itnglish School, and Mr. Cabot, the question of making this alliance a reality was seriously considered by St. George's School, Newport, and a few months later, on December 7th, we were able to reciprocate the friendly 35 I