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Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, and occupies a Grade I listed building. ^[1] Arms of Clitheroe Town Council Clitheroe is a small civil parish of the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school that relies for all or most of its funding on non-governmental sources. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568â€“21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marta Tana Santena, daughter of a baron from Piemonte, of the Della Rovere family. ... The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 242 leading British independent boys and mixed schools. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Seal of the Society of Jesus. ... A Jesuit School in Lancashire. ... Arms of Clitheroe Town Council Clitheroe is a small civil parish of the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The school was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons S.J. at St Omer in Flanders, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. It relocated to Stonyhurst Hall in 1794, having moved already to Bruges in 1762 and Liege in 1773.^[2] Today the school provides boarding and day education to approximately four hundred and fifty boys and girls aged 13-18, whilst on an adjacent site, St. Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3-13.^[3] Robert Parsons (sometimes spelled Persons) (born June 24, 1546, Nether Stowey, Somerset, England, died April 15, 1610, Rome) was a Jesuit priest of equal contemporary fame with Edmund Campion. ... Saint-Omer, a town and commune of Artois in northern France, sous-préfecture of the Pas-de-Calais département, 42 miles west-north-west of Lille on the railway to Calais. ... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ... In the most general sense, penal is the body of laws that are enforced by the State in its own name and impose penalties for their violation, as opposed to civil law that seeks to redress private wrongs. ... Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province West Flanders Arrondissement Bruges Coordinates , , Area 138. ... Liege or LiÃ¨ge has several meanings: A LiÃ¨ge is a classic sporting car, designed for personal assembly, by Peter Davis in Evesham, UK, and often used in Classic Trials and other long distance motoring events A liege is the person or entity to which one has pledged allegiance. ...

Under the motto "Quant Je Puis", As Much As I can, the school combines academic development with a range of extra-curricular activities. The spiritual plays an important role in College life, with emphasis on both prayer and service, according to the Jesuit philosophy of creating Men and Women for Others.^[4]

Its alumni/ae include three Saints,^[5] twelve Beati,^[6] twenty-two martyrs,^[7] seven archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners and a number of renowned writers, sportsmen, politicians, and European royals.^[8] Saints redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ...

History

Stonyhurst Hall

The earliest Deed concerning the "Stanihurst" dates from 1200 A.D. and can now be found in the Arundell Library in the College, whilst the earliest evidence of a building on the site is from 1372 when John de Bayley was licensed to have an oratory there.^[9] The oldest portion of the extant buildings was completed by Bayley's descendents, the Shireburn family.^[10] Richard Shireburn began building the Hall, whilst his grandson Nicholas extended it, constructing the ponds, avenue and gardens. Upon his death, the estate passed to his wife and then to their sole heir, Mary, the Duchess of Norfolk. In 1754, it was inherited by her cousin Thomas Weld of Lulworth. An old boy of the school when it was at Liege, he donated the buildings, with thirty acres of land, in 1794 to the Society of Jesus.^[11] Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is a Castle. ... Seal of the Society of Jesus. ...

The College

The story of the school starts at St. Omer in what was then the Spanish Low Countries in 1593, where a college was founded by Father Robert Parsons for English boys, unable to receive a Catholic education in Elizabethan England. As such it was one of a number of expatriate English schools operating on the European mainland. In 1762, the Jesuits were forced to flee and re-settled at Bruges. In 1773, the school moved again to Liege, before making its final move to Stonyhurst in 1794. The front of Stonyhurst College, taken in 1988 by Nico Morgan. ... The front of Stonyhurst College, taken in 1988 by Nico Morgan. ... Saint-Omer, a town and commune of Artois in northern France, sous-préfecture of the Pas-de-Calais département, 42 miles west-north-west of Lille on the railway to Calais. ... Robert Parsons (sometimes spelled Persons) (born June 24, 1546, Nether Stowey, Somerset, England, died April 15, 1610, Rome) was a Jesuit priest of equal contemporary fame with Edmund Campion. ... Elizabethan redirects here. ... A Jesuit School in Lancashire. ...

During the nineteenth century, the College flourished as the headquarters of the English Jesuits, a school, and meteorological station. The most significant changes to the buildings were made in the 1880s when the Old Playground Front was demolished and replaced with the West Front. The twentieth century saw a decline in the number of Jesuits, the closure of the seminary at Saint Mary's Hall and the demise of the philosopher gentlemen. Physical development continued, with the completion of a new wing in the 1960s, new science buildings in the 1950s and 1960s, a new swimming pool in the 1980s and the refurbishment of existing areas throughout the 1990s to the present. The school became fully co-educational in 1999.^[12]

Hodder Place, St Mary's Hall & Hodder House

The original preparatory school to Stonyhurst, Hodder Place, came into the hands of the Jesuits as part of the estate donated by alumnus Thomas Weld. When the Jesuit order was re-established at Stonyhurst in 1803 it was used as a novitiate. Four years later it became the preparatory school to the College. A novitiate (also called a novice) is a member of a religious order who has not yet taken his/her vows. ...

St Mary's Hall, on an adjoining site to Stonyhurst, was built as a Jesuit Seminary in 1828 (extended in the 1850s). The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, and John Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien, trained as priests there. It ceased to be a seminary in 1926, when the seminarians moved to Heythrop Hall.^[13] During the War, the English College occupied the Hall. After their return to Rome, St Mary's Hall opened as a middle school in 1946. At the same time, Hodder Place continued to educate those aged eight to eleven, until its closure and conversion into flats in 1970. Hodder Place pupils then moved up to St Mary's Hall to form Hodder Playroom. As successor to Hodder Place, St Mary's Hall has a claim to be the oldest surviving preparatory school in Britain.^[14] The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Tolkien redirects here. ... Heythrop College is a college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

In 2004, the old gymnasium at St Mary's Hall was converted into new nursery and infant facilities named Hodder House, for those aged three to seven, making it now possible for a pupil to spend fifteen years in education at Stonyhurst.

Religious life

The school is Roman Catholic and has had a significant place in English Catholic history for many centuries (including more chequered moments such as the Popish Plot and Gunpowder Plot conspiracies). In 1803 the Society of Jesus was re-established in Britain at Stonyhurst and the school became the headquarters of the English Province. Until the 1920s Jesuit priests were trained on site in what is today the preparatory school. The school continues to place Catholicism and Jesuit philosophy at its core. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Popish Plot was an alleged Catholic conspiracy. ... A contemporary sketch of the conspirators. ...

The Jesuit tradition

In 1803, the Society of Jesus was re-established in the United Kingdom at Stonyhurst. Throughout the nineteenth century the College was the headquarters of the English Province. A decline in the number of Jesuits during the twentieth century has seen the transition from a Jesuit staff to an almost entirely lay make-up, with a small community of Jesuits now living in what was the Old Infirmary. Nevertheless, the Jesuit ethos pervades every aspect of school life.^[15] The school's patron saint is Aloysius Gonzaga. Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568â€“21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marta Tana Santena, daughter of a baron from Piemonte, of the Della Rovere family. ...

Jesuit ethos

Under the first, pupils are encouraged to play an active role in charity and voluntary work: students run their own charity, "Learning to Care", and organise a holiday week for the care of disabled and disadvantaged children during the summer. Under the second, the school strives to advance the spiritual well-being of its pupils with annual retreats, daily prayer and meditations. Under the third, the school seeks to educate principled individuals of good judgement, who put their faith at the forefront of their actions.

Chapels

The school has one main church, St Peter's, and five chapels: The Boys' (College Chapel), Angels, the St Aloysius Chapel and the St Ignatius Chapel, both within the towers of St Peter's Church, and the Sodality. The latter is the home of the remains of third century Roman convert Saint Gordianus. His bones have rested beneath the altar since 1859, having travelled with the Jesuits from the College of St. Omer. He was temporarily removed again in 2006 whilst the chapel underwent restoration, but has since been returned.^[16] ^[17] The Chapel is once again used by the re-established Sodality. Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568â€“21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marta Tana Santena, daughter of a baron from Piemonte, of the Della Rovere family. ... Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (ÃÃ±igo) LÃ³pez de Loyola (December 24, 1491 â€“ July 31, 1556), was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Catholic Church professing direct service to the Pope in terms of mission. ... ... The College of St. ... In Christian theology, a sodality is a parachurch organization, as distinct from the church itself, which is termed modality. ...

Traditions

It is a long-standing practice that pupils write A.M.D.G. in the top left hand corner of any piece of work they do. It stands for the Latin phrase Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam which means For the Greater Glory of God. At the end of a piece of work they write L.D.S. in the centre of the page. It stands for Laus Deo Semper which means Praise to God Always. These are both traditional Jesuit mottoes. A.M.D.G. engraving in choir loft of St. ...

A distinguishing feature of Stonyhurst is the singing of the Pater Noster, the "Lord's Prayer" in Latin. It is sung at mass, and has been adopted as an anthem by the school's sports teams. Pater Noster may refer to: The Lords Prayer, a Christian prayer paternoster lift, a kind of elevator This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Charitable status

As a registered charity, Stonyhurst is obliged to provide benefits to the wider community. As such, the College is home to the local parish Church, which receives worshippers from Hurst Green on a daily basis.^[18] Its sports facilities, including the swimming pool and all-weather pitch are available for public use; the latter will be used for competitors training for the London 2012 Olympic Games.^[19] Much of the estate has public access; in particular the gardens welcome visitors during the summer months, with refreshments served from the tea house, whilst the College plays host to tours, antiques fairs, food festivals, music concerts, conferences and weddings.^[20] The school has a relationship with a number of state schools, arranging shared activities with its pupils, in particular those serving special needs children.^[21] In addition, the school makes available a number of places to pupils offered on scholarship, bursaries or free of charge; almost a third of current pupils receive financial support for their places at the school.^[22] The Charities Act 2006 is a piece of UK legislation intended to alter the regulatory framework in which charities operate, partly by amending the Charities Act 1993. ... Hurst Green is a small village in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, connected in its history to the Jesuit school, Stonyhurst College. ... The British Olympic Association has been working on a London Olympic Bid for the 2012 Summer Games since 1997. ... State school is an expression used in the United Kingdom and other countries apart from the United States to distinguish schools provided by the government from public schools which are in fact private institutions. ... This article is about basic idea of special needs. ...

Motto

Quant Je Puis — As Much as I Can The French motto is central to the ethos of the school, which focusses upon the all-round development of the individual.^[23] It is inherited from the Shireburn family who once owned the original mansion on the site; the family emblem is emblazoned, in stone, with the motto, above the fireplace in the Top Refectory.^[24] At the far end of the same room, once the dining room of the Shireburns, the motto can be seen again, carved into the minstrel's gallery: Quant Je Puis. Hugo Sherburn armig. me fieri fecit. Anno Domini 1523. Et sicut fuit sic fiat. ^[25]

Academic

Academic standards are high at Stonyhurst College. The school prides itself on a dedicated and able teaching staff and benefits from small classes, sometimes with as few as three or four pupils. Current headmaster, Andrew Johnson, has made academic improvements central to his ambitions for the school. Each pupil has weekly meetings with a personal tutor who oversees their academic performance. Most leavers go on to attain places at reputable universities, with a small proportion admitted to Oxford and Cambridge (10% in recent years). In some years the school, on a point of principle, has declined to publish its examination results, although this policy has since been revoked.^[26] The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

Ten GCSEs are usually taken by each pupil, consisting of five compulsory subjects (Religious Studies, Mathematics, English Language and Literature, and French) plus Information Technology and Personal, Social Education, with five other options from humanities, sciences, or arts subjects. In Poetry (lower sixth), four or five AS-Levels are taken from a choice of 25 subjects, with a weekly Theology class. One of these may be dropped and the remainder, or all, taken on to A-Level. Six A* - C grades are the requirement for Sixth Form entry.^[27] Each academic department has dedicated teaching rooms around the school, in addition to the general classrooms and playroom study centres.

Libraries and collections

Libraries

Stonyhurst College has four main libraries: the Arundell, the Bay, the Square and the More (dedicated to Saint Thomas More). Portrait of Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). ...

The More Library is the main library for students whilst the 'House Libraries' (the Arundell, the Bay, and the Square) contain many artefacts from the Society of Jesus and English Catholicism. The Arundell Library, presented in 1837 by Everard, 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour, is the most significant. It is not only a country-house library from Wardour Castle but also has a notable collection of incunabula, medieval manuscripts and volumes of Jacobite interest. Signal among its books associated with historical figures is Queen Mary's Book of Hours which belonged to Mary Tudor and is thought to have been given by Mary Queen of Scots to her chaplain on the scaffold. The M.S. Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines was written in 1354 by Henry, Duke of Lancaster. To these were added the archives of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. These included 16th-century manuscript verses by St Robert Southwell, the letters of St Edmund Campion (1540-81) and holographs of the 19th-century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Arundell Library held the seventh century Stonyhurst Gospel of St John, before it was loaned to the British Library. There is also a first folio of Shakespeare. Seal of the Society of Jesus. ... The title of Baron Arundell of Wardour was created in the Peerage of England in 1605. ... OLD WARDOUR CASTLE These substantial castle ruins typify the romantic relic, being preserved as a landscape feature in the grounds of the palladian mansion built by the Arundells in the 1770s. ... Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, remains) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ... Mary Tudor can refer to any of the following: Mary Tudor (queen consort of France) Mary I of England Category: ... Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. ... Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. ... Seal of the Society of Jesus. ... St Robert Southwell (c. ... Portrait of Edmund Campion St. ... The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... The St Cuthbert Gospel of St John (formerly known as the Stonyhurst Gospel) is a small Anglo-Saxon pocket gospel which belonged to Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. ... British Library main building, London The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. ...

Collections

Among those collections kept away from public view are the numerous blood-soaked garments from Jesuits martyred in Japan, the ropes used to quarter Saint Edmund Campion, and a thorn said to be from the crown of thorns placed upon Jesus' head at the crucifixion. St. ... For other uses, see Crown of Thorns (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Crucifixion (disambiguation). ...

The school has a number of fine paintings, including a portrait of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and another of the Jesuit Henry Garnet. In the Stuart Parlour are portraits of a number of Jacobites including James Francis Edward Stuart, and his sons Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart. There are also several original engravings by Rembrandt and Dürer. Nicholas I (Russian: ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ I ÐŸÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡, Nikolaj I PavloviÄ), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796 â€“ March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. ... Henry Garnet or Garnett (1555 - May 3, 1606), English Jesuit, son of Brian Garnett, a schoolmaster at Nottingham, was educated at Winchester and afterwards studied law in London. ... The Prince James, Prince of Wales (James Francis Edward Stuart; The Old Pretender or The Old Chevalier; 10 June 1688 â€“ 1 January 1766) was the son of the deposed James II and VII. As such, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III and VIII) from the... Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 â€“ 31 January 1788), known in Scots Gaelic as TeÃ rlach Eideard StiÃ¹bhairt, was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and is now commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ... Henry Benedict Cardinal Stuart (March 11, 1725 â€“ July 13, 1807) was the fourth and last Jacobite to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... This article is about the Dutch artist. ... Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht DÃ¼rer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician. ...

The Stonyhurst Chronicles of Jean Froissart, captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 are currently on loan to the Royal Armouries in Leeds, where they are the centre-piece of a new exhibition.^[28] Jean Froissart (~1337 - ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ... Combatants Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Commanders Henry V of England Charles dAlbret Strength About 6,000 (but see Modern re-assessment). ... Looking up the main stairwell of the armouries The Royal Armouries houses the British national collection of arms and armour. ...

The Observatory

The school has a functioning observatory, built in 1866 and supervised at present by Classics and Astronomy teacher, Fintan O' Reilly. Some students can take GCSE Astronomy, but access is occasionally permissible for others. The original observatory, built as a meteorological station in 1838, is now the tea house in the gardens. It was one of seven important stations in the country when the Meteorological Office came under the auspices of the Royal Society. It was maintained by the astronomer priests, Frs Weld, Perry and Sidgreaves whose research included astronomy, geomagnetrometry and seismology. Sir Edward Sabine chose the observatory as one of his main stations when conducting a magnetic survey of Britain in 1858. Five years later Fr Sidgreaves began the first series of monthly geometric observations, which continued until May 1919.^[29] During the course of the twentieth century, the observatory fell out of use and its telescope, parts of which dated to the 1860s, was sold after the Second World War. When its private owner came to sell it, the College was able to buy it back and restore it to its original home.^[30] Categories: Stub | Geography of the United Kingdom ... For other uses, see Royal Society (disambiguation). ... Sir Edward Sabine (October 14, 1788 – May 26, 1883) was an Irish astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The arts

Music, Drama, Art

Music plays a prominent role in school life. All those entering the school in Lower Grammar (year nine) are obliged to learn to play an orchestral instrument.^[31] There are two choirs, the College Choir, which sings regularly as mass, the other, the Schola Cantorum is comprised of teachers and pupils and sings at concerts and public events, notably the May celebration in the College amphitheatre, which is mirrored on the May Day dawn chorus at Magdalen College, Oxford.^[32] Pupils participate in the school orchestra and various bands, whilst the staff band is a notable feature of the Poetry Banquet and Rhetoric Ball. College name Magdalen College Latin name Collegium Beatae Mariae Magdalenae Named after Mary Magdalene Established 1458 Sister college Magdalene College, Cambridge President Professor David Clary FRS JCR President Jessica Jones Undergraduates 395 MCR President Eloise Scotford Graduates 230 Location of Magdalen College within central Oxford , Homepage Boatclub Magdalen College (pronounced...

Drama is equally important, with plays staged throughout the school year, the main performance being at Great Academies, whilst some students take Theatre Studies as an additional AS Level subject.^[33] The College has a traditional theatre, the Academy Room, and a high-tech theatre built at Saint Mary's Hall as part of the Centenaries Appeal in 1993. The latter plays host to the annual Ribble Valley International Piano Week.^[34] A number of former pupils have gone on to achieve success upon the stage, including OSCAR-winning actor and director Charles Laughton and BAFTA-winning director and producer Peter Glenville. An A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education usually taken during Further Education and after GCSEs. ... Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 â€“ 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Peter Glenville (28 October 1913 - 3 June 1996), born Peter Patrick Brabason Browne, was an English film and stage actor and director. ...

Art is an important part of the curriculum, and is compulsory for those in Lower Grammar (year nine). There is a dedicated art studio in addition to a separate design and technology centre. Student artwork is displayed on the walls of the Lower Gallery, including a portrait of the Queen painted by Isobel Bidwell during the Golden Jubilee year; upon receipt of a copy, the Queen's lady-in-waiting said that "The Queen was delighted to see the painting and know that it is on display in the school".^[35] Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarchs reign. ... Lady in Waiting is an album by American southern rock band The Outlaws, released in 1976. ...

Literary tradition

Stonyhurst has a long-standing literary tradition. The school's setting has provided inspiration for a string of poets and authors including former teacher Gerard Manley Hopkins, whose poems feature details of the local countryside and former pupil Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose "Baskerville Hall" was modelled on Stonyhurst Hall, and who named Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty, after a fellow pupil.^[36] J.R.R. Tolkien wrote part of the Lord of the Rings in a classroom on the Upper Gallery during his stay at the College where his son taught Classics; his "Middle Earth" is said to resemble the local area, whilst there are specific resonances in names such as "Shire Lane", (the name of a road in Hurst Green) and the "River Shirebourn" (the Shireburns built Stonyhurst).^[37] Poet Laureate Alfred Austin, and the poet Oliver St John Gogarty ("Stately plump Buck Mulligan" in James Joyce's Ulysses) were educated at the school, (as were the sons of Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh). The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... This article is about Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. ... Alfred Austin Alfred Austin (May 3, 1835 â€“ 1913) was an English poet, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Tennyson. ... Oliver St John Gogarty (August 17, 1878-September 22, 1957) was an Irish physician and surgeon, who was also a poet and writer, one of the most prominent Dublin wits, and for some time a political figure of the Irish Free State. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 â€“ November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ...

The School runs its own publication company, St Omers Press, which publishes religious literature, and first began when the College was located at St Omer in Flanders.^[38] Saint-Omer, a town and commune of Artois in northern France, sous-préfecture of the Pas-de-Calais département, 42 miles west-north-west of Lille on the railway to Calais. ... For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ...

Sport

Pupils are required to participate in games on a regular basis. The school is most noted for rugby union but an array of sporting activities are on offer, and since turning fully co-educational, hockey and rounders have widened the sports programme.^[39]

Stonyhurst R.U.F.C.

Rugby has played a big part in the life of the school, despite only supplanting football as the school's primary sport in 1921.^[40] All boys are encouraged to play when they enter Lower Grammar but are not required to play throughout their time at the school. Stonyhurst has a successful rugby season, with games well supported by pupils, staff and parents. Sporting rivalry is particularly prominent against Ampleforth College and Sedbergh School. The Stonyhurst Sevens - the largest school sevens event in Britain - take place annually, attracting large crowds and numerous teams from all over the country.^[41] Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire is the largest private Catholic mixed boarding school in the UK, and it is occasionally referred to as the Catholic Eton, a sobriquet also attached at different times to Beaumont (no longer open) and Stonyhurst College (both Jesuit schools) and which was Cardinal Newmans... A view of the schools cricket ground. ...

The school has produced fourteen international rugby players from England (5), Ireland (6), Italy (1), the USA (1) and the Bahamas (1). Most recently they include Iain Balshaw and Kyran Bracken, who both played for England when they won the 2003 Rugby World Cup, whilst another member of that team, Will Greenwood, went to Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, where his mother taught mathematics until 2007.^[42] Current pupils of the school have won places to represent Spain, the Irish Exiles, and the Welsh Exiles (under 19s).^[43] A number of old boys have also played at varsity level and have won a blue for Oxford or Cambridge.^[44]^[45] Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE (born 22 November 1971 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo R.F.C. He won a total of 51 England caps and captained the team on three occasions, retiring from international rugby... The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ... William John Heaton Will Greenwood, MBE (born October 20, 1972 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a former English rugby union player. ...

Stonyhurst has had well known coaches, including former England coaches Dick Greenwood, and Brian Ashton who coached the first XV.^[46] Dick Greenwood (born 11 September 1940) is a former England Rugby international flanker who also coached the side. ... William Brian Ashton MBE (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a former rugby union player and the current Head Coach of the England national rugby union team. ...

Stonyhurst Football

Stonyhurst Football, inherited from the College of St. Omer (along with Stonyhurst Cricket), was played between the handball walls on the Playground.^[47] The game was discontinued with the advent of Association Football but was re-established in 1988 when a "Grand Match" was played at Great Academies. Traditionally a "Grand Match" was played on Shrove Tuesday and was the primary Stonyhurst Football match of the season. The teams were England vs France (although during the Crimean War England vs Russia was played and more recently England vs Ireland was played in the 1980's). The last game took place in 1995. [2] The College of St. ... Pancakes with strawberry syrup and black currants Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom,[1] Ireland,[2] and Australia[3] to refer to the day after Shrove Monday (or the more old fashioned Collop Monday) and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash...

Sporting facilities

Rhetoric vs. Hodder cricket and rounders

Towards the end of the Summer Term each year, Rhetoric boys issue a challenge, written in Latin, to the boys in preparatory at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, inviting them to compete in a cricket match. Preparatory respond in turn, also in Latin. The Rhetoricians take part wearing fancy dress, and are defeated by preparatory every year.^[48] In 2003, the tradition was adopted by the girls who issued a Latin challenge to preparatory girls inviting them to compete at rounders. The Rhetoric girls are also defeated each year.

Military

OTC

The Stonyhurst Officer Training Corps assembled for the first time on Tuesday 16th October 1900, in the Ambulacrum, overseen by The First Volunteer Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment who gave instruction in drill and musketry. The original uniform was scarlet with a white piping and slouch hat, which was changed to khaki before the Great War. The Corps was granted the honour of representation at the Coronation of 1910 and sent members to the Royal Review at Windsor in 1911. It also appeared on parade annually for the spectacle of the Corpus Christi celebrations until the practice became obsolete after Vatican II.^[49] The Officers Training Corps (OTC) is a part of the British Army that provides military training to students at British universities. ... The East Lancashire Regiment of the British Army was formed in 1881 from the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment Foot and the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot . ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Corpus Christi celebrations in Antigua Guatemala, 14 June, 1979 Corpus Christi (Latin: Body of Christ) in Catholicism is a religious feast celebrated by Roman Catholics on the eighth Thursday after Easter, i. ... The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ...

CCF

After the Second World War, school OTCs were succeeded by the Combined Cadet Force. Stonyhurst's is run from the College Armoury adjoining the Ambulacrum and Shooting Range, led by a team of officers under a Major assigned to the school. It meets weekly on a Thursday afternoon and comprises the following platoons named after Stonyhurst's seven Victoria Cross winners: Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ...

Junior company

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Senior company

Those in Grammar Playroom (year ten) are automatically enrolled in the CCF and are given the option of continuing at the end of the year, following a summer camp which takes place at a local barracks. Training involves a range of activities such as drill (marching and related manoeuvres), shooting, learning how to assemble and clean weapons, tactical planning and team work. The school supplies pupils with uniform, the orderliness of which is rigorously enforced and inspected each week. Each platoon is lead by a Junior Under Officer, his sergeant and corporals who are sixth form students. Maurice James Dease Born Gaulstown, Coole Co Westmeath 18 september 1889 (VC) (28 September 1889â€“23 August 1914) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Image:VCJamesJosephBernardJackman. ... Image:VCHaroldMarcusErvine-Andrews. ... For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation). ... This article is about the military rank. ...

Military careers

In recent years, a number of pupils have distinguished themselves as members of the CCF and gone on to receive places at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.^[50]^[51]^[52] This follows a long tradition of service from Stonyhurst pupils. Many old boys were killed in the two World Wars and are commemorated on the war memorial at the end of the Upper Gallery. The Stonyhurst War Records were published in their honour. A memorial at the top of the main staircase records the names of the six O.S. killed in the Boer War. New College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst New Colours are presented to RMAS, June 2005. ... Boers in combat (1881). ...

School organisation

The playroom system

Unlike most English public schools, Stonyhurst is organised horizontally by year groups (known as playrooms) rather than vertically by houses, although the girls are also split into junior and senior houses. Each playroom has an assigned playroom master, with each cohort moving through the playrooms, having a sequence of playroom masters (rather than a single housemaster).

Currently, the College has the following playrooms, following the Roman order of learning:

Lines

In addition to the horizontal division of the school into playrooms, there is also a vertical grouping which cuts through the year groups: the "lines". This system is used mostly for competitive purposes in sport and music. The Lines and colours are as follows:

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Notable events in the school year

The Ascensio Scholarum is inherited from the College of St. Omer. In its present form, it is the opening address of the headmaster at the beginning of the year to the entire school gathered in the Academy Room. Previously, it was a formal transition for pupils from one playroom to the next at the beginning of the year. It involved a pupil from each year announcing to the playroom of the year below them that the next playroom had been vacated by the senior pupils. The students and their belongings would then move up to their next playroom. This is how it acquired the name, "the ascension of the school". The College of St. ...

Great Academies takes place annually at the end of the first half of the Summer Term. Although different in its present form, is a continuation of a tradition begun at St Omers, with the first taking place at Stonyhurst on 6th August 1795.^[53] Today, it is an occasion when the school is on display - there are exhibitions, musical performances, the school play, sporting events, as well as prize-giving and the headmaster's speech. It culminates with the Rhetoric ball and Rhetoric mass the following morning.

Stonyhurst Association

After less formal arrangements had been made for many years, the Association was formed in 1879. Its primary objective is to foster a strong spirit of union amongst past pupils and friends of Stonyhurst, which has been achieved in a variety of ways reflecting the spirit of succeeding generations. Recently, there has been a strong charitable emphasis, embedded with similar developments at the College. This was formalised in 1985, when the Association was granted charitable status by the Charity Commission. It also supports a number of charities connected to the school including Eagle Aid. The Charity Commission is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities (and hence to some extent most churches) in England and Wales. ... A fund-raising initiative for the poor and disadvantaged, started by the Stonyhurst Association in 1987, to support major projects considered to have appeal to all Jesuit alumni. ...

Alumni/ae

Stonyhurst has educated prominent individuals in every area, from statesmen to sportsmen, and actors to archbishops. No fewer than seven alumni have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry. Their paintings today adorn the walls of the Top Refectory in the school.

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Teachers

A few of Stonyhurst's teachers have achieved renown. They include the astrophysicist Pietro Angelo Secchi who taught astronomy,^[55] Gerard Manley Hopkins who taught Classics,^[56] and the Roman Catholic Modernist George Tyrrell who taught philosophy.^[57] More recently Brian Ashton taught history and coached rugby,^[58] whilst the novelist Stephen Oliver teaches Classics at present.^[59] The son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael also taught Classics at the College in the 1960s and '70s.^[60] Pietro Angelo Secchi (1818–1878) was an Italian astronomer. ... The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Father George Tyrrell S.J. (February 6, 1861 â€“ July 15, 1909), was an Anglican convert who joined the Jesuits and a Thomist scholar whose attempts to interpret Catholic teaching in the context of modern knowledge made him a key figure in the Modernist controversy within the Roman Catholic Church in... William Brian Ashton MBE (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a former rugby union player and the current Head Coach of the England national rugby union team. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ...

Headmasters

Since the College's foundation in Flanders in 1593, there have been seventy-eight headmasters, invariably known as rectors, superiors or directors. Until the appointment of Giles Mercer in 1985, the head had been a member of the Jesuit order. To date, there have only been three lay heads.^[61] For other uses, see Flanders (disambiguation). ...

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