Does anyone know the school latin motto?

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:00 pm

We certainly sang 'Goodbyee' in 2's and Auld Lang Syne in 2's and on the train but I do have the feeling that 'Goodbyee was only in 2's.

For those of us who travelled on the train it was certainly a passing from school to home and vice versa.

Regarding the posts re the motto, I checked in the front of the CH book and it is

Fear God
Love the Brotherhood
Honour the King

no mention of Honouring all men.

sorry

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:46 pm

In this day and age that would be the first bit to get dropped! (Then the Brotherhood bit.....). But its all there in the verse from 1 Peter....

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:24 pm

And I think that is the school 'motto'...

The Hertford Grace, which today is sung at Horsham leaving services is beautiful!

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:57 pm

Those who have been watching the thread on 'from what did you drink your tea.....' will know that I was bidding on something else on eBay. This is it. I didn't get it.. pipped at the post by someone else (not an Old Blue) who collects CH memorabilia.
Interestingly, it gives the motto - as in about 1922 (and which still pertained when I was there 1957-66) :-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

Kerren

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:44 pm

What a pity you didn't get it Kerren. It looks a very interesting sampler.

Yes we definitely had all four parts of the motto - as I said above the doors to the dining hall.

cj · Post by cj » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:29 am

englishangel wrote:Fear God
Love the Brotherhood
Honour the King

That would be the Brotherhood of Man encouraging us to save all your kisses?

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:11 pm

cj wrote:
englishangel wrote:Fear God
Love the Brotherhood
Honour the King
That would be the Brotherhood of Man encouraging us to save all your kisses?

........ and I thought it was me that went off on a tangent !

cj · Post by cj » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:48 pm

J.R. wrote:
cj wrote:
englishangel wrote:Fear God
Love the Brotherhood
Honour the King
That would be the Brotherhood of Man encouraging us to save all your kisses?

........ and I thought it was me that went off on a tangent !

That's not off on a tangent, it's a direct response to the quote! Just questioning which Brotherhood is being referred to, as the King is obviously a certain E. Presley. No?

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:16 am

It says on the sampler 'Miss Craig', wasn't she the Head at Hertford in the 20's?

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:27 am

Yes Mary.. she was 1920-42, preceding Miss West. Miss Robertson (whose name is also on the sampler) preceded her - and was the first Headmistress of the Girls' School

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:01 pm

cj wrote:
J.R. wrote:
cj wrote: That would be the Brotherhood of Man encouraging us to save all your kisses?

........ and I thought it was me that went off on a tangent !
That's not off on a tangent, it's a direct response to the quote! Just questioning which Brotherhood is being referred to, as the King is obviously a certain E. Presley. No?

No - Definitely not in my book.

Getting back on topic, I find it extremely worrying that all the earlier Heads at Hertford were MISS somebody or other. This to me, has implications of Catholic priests and altar boys !

cj · Post by cj » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:13 pm

Miss Morrison was the headmistress when I was there, and for a year or so after the merger, and in no way did she resemble a catholic priest or an altar boy. She was, IMHO, very nice.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:17 pm

J R What planet do you come from?

Married women did not work outside the home and in fact nurses were not allowed to marry or have boyfriends, and if they married they had to leave the profession. I imagine much the same pertained among teachers.

The hours at a boarding school were not very conducive to having relationships.

midget · Post by **midget** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:42 pm

englishangel wrote:J R What planet do you come from?

Married women did not work outside the home and in fact nurses were not allowed to marry or have boyfriends, and if they married they had to leave the profession. I imagine much the same pertained among teachers.

The hours at a boarding school were not very conducive to having relationships.

Also applied to telephone operators-they received a dowry on marriage and either left or returned as unestablished employees.

The peculiar feeling I had was that most of the House Mistresses had no qualifications for anything and needed a living in job that didn't imply being a servant. I may be maligning them, but the only one who appeared to be remotely interested in her girls as people was Miss Lomas (6's)

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:41 pm

kerrensimmonds wrote:Those who have been watching the thread on 'from what did you drink your tea.....' will know that I was bidding on something else on eBay. This is it. I didn't get it.. pipped at the post by someone else (not an Old Blue) who collects CH memorabilia.
Interestingly, it gives the motto - as in about 1922 (and which still pertained when I was there 1957-66) :-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

Kerren

I wonder what would make someone who is not of the school collect memorabilia from CH? Or am I being thick?