Houses
As with most Australian schools, Sydney Adventist College utilises a house system. There are four houses at Sydney Adventist College, Strathfield Campus.
- Butler, represented by the colour Blue, was named after Pr L. Butler, president of the Greater Sydney Conference in 1952, the year in which the school was built at Albert Road the house Butler is also known for winning most sport competitions especially the futsal competition.
- Fraser, represented by the colour Red, was named after the dux of 1944 (BAHS) who went on to become a leading scholar at Loma Linda University.
- Forsyth, represented by the colour Green, was named after Mr and Mrs C. Forsyth, whose generosity assisted the school.
- Stewart, represented by the colour Yellow, was named after Pr A. Stewart, a pioneer church worker in the South Pacific.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the light,to see its perfect success; but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success! But the pine is no more lumber than man is, and to be made into boards and houses is no more its true and highest use than the truest use of a man is to be cut down and made into manure.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Wherever theres a fight so hungry people can eat, Ill be there. Wherever theres a cop beating up a guy, Ill be there. Ill be in the way guys yell when theyre mad. Ill be in the way kids laugh when theyre hungry and they know suppers ready. And when the people eat the stuff they raise, and living in the houses they build, Ill be there, too.”
—Nunnally Johnson (18971977)
“It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.”
—Elizabeth I (15331603)