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

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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

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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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