Houses
Games and social activities were originally organised on a House system, with boys being allocated a house on entering the school and thereafter being guided by a housemaster. It was the House masters job to get to know their individual house members and there were often house meetings after morning assembly. Inter-house sporting fixtures were another feature of school life, together with house outings and social activities. The house system at Tulse Hill was eventually replaced by pastoral group units.
The eight school houses were named after eminent men who had associations with the borough of Lambeth.
Each house had its own colours:
| House | Founded | Colours | Named After | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake | 1956 | Light Blue | William Blake | ||
| Brunel | 1956 | Pink | Isambard Kingdom Brunel Engineer | ||
| Dickens | 1956 | Green | Charles Dickens | ||
| Faraday | 1956 | Black until about 1959, then Dark Blue | Michael Faraday | ||
| Temple | 1956 | Yellow | William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
| Turner | 1956 | Maroon | Joseph Mallord William Turner, Landscape Artist | ||
| Webb | 1956 | Grey | Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb | ||
| Wren | 1956 | Brown (56-79) | Christopher Wren | ||
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)