Houses
In the first year of Wyvern House the school was divided into three groups like houses: Bears, Tigers and Wolves. In 1946 three houses were formed with names honouring early Newington Headmasters: Coates (Joseph Coates, Headmaster 1877-1883), Williams (William Williams, Headmaster 1884-1892) and Lucas (Arthur Lucas, Headmaster 1893-1898). An additional house was added later: Howe (Dr Michael Howe, Headmaster 1869-1877). In 1986, the houses of Epworth and Geneva were added to bring the total to six but these have since been disbanded and there are now only four houses again.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Pray be always in motion. Early in the morning go and see things; and the rest of the day go and see people. If you stay but a week at a place, and that an insignificant one, see, however, all that is to be seen there; know as many people, and get into as many houses as ever you can.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must be stripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living laid for a foundation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palaces built upon the sand.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)