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iutrttui uut Lentnwxg Wholly set up and printed in Australia by J.Walch & Sons Pty Ltd. io Macqusri, T 1846 1946 Hobart, Tasmania utrIfliw . iu1 II CENTENARY SECTION Page Anderson, Rev. H. H- ---- 20 Apsley House School 34 Broadland House School 37 Buckland, Rev. J R. 16 . Buckland, Rev. J . V. 19 Cadet Corps 51 Centenary Programme 43 Christ College 29 Christ College Act 38 Church Grammar School - - 35 Collegiate School - 36 Decorations, Civil and Military 70 Editorial . 5 Editor's File 39 Foreword 2 Foundation of the School, 1846 9 Foreword Franklin House School - 33 By THE VISITOR Gladwyn School 34 Gurney, G. A . - - 21 T GLADLY accept the invitation of the Editor to write a Foreword for the Harris, J. R. O. 23 1. Centenary Number of the School Magazine. Honour Rolls 61 Howlers 74 Reference to the history of the School will, no doubt, be made elsewhere. Hutchins, Ven. William 7 I would only add that I am proud to be the Visitor of this century-old Hutchins Old Boys' Lodge 47 Hutchins School Centenary Ode 10 school in this auspicious year, and to be the father of a Hutchins boy. Like the Board, the Old Boys, the Lodge and the Parents' Association, Hutchins School Nominal Roll ._ 77 Hutchins School Old Boys' Association 44 as well as the Headmaster and Staff, I am specially concerned to build Hutchins School Parents' Association 50 better and bigger on the splendid traditions already laid. I believe that the In the Empire's Service 61 second century can be even more successful than the first. In Whose Honour 7 To make our dreams for the School come true we shall all have to "buck King's Grammar School 30 Leaders of Public Life . - 69 in" (to use a school-boy phrase) and raise the necessary funds. The Board Lindon, L. H. 22 has secured an excellent site at Sandy Bay next to the New University for Literary and Debating Society 49 the erection of a Junior School, in which is to be incorporated accommo- Moulding the Traditions 26 dation for all the boarders. There is also to be on the new site an Oval, a Murphy, V. S . 24 Muschamp, Rev. B. G----- 20 much needed attention. In the old days in old Hobart, the present site and Oldest Living Old Boys 28 building were suitable for a boarding school, but all agree that that is no Original "Sixth Form Spasms" -- - 75 longer so. Inadequate space and the environment of a city are not conducive Our Affiliated Schools -- - - -- - 29 to good healthy life in growing boys entrusted by their parents to the School Our History in Brief - - 11 as boarders. Our Sister Church-Schools 35 Plan for Development 40 So I hope that the friends of the School will rally round and see to it Profiles - - . - -- 16 that in the near future a building worthy of the old School will rise on the Prominent Events 13 Queen's College -- - 30 new site, to accommodate the Junior School and the boarders. Then we must do all we can, as soon as possible, to beautify, extend and Radford, P. -- - 25 improve the old building. It is proposed to remodel it and so provide up- Rhodes Scholars 60 School Colours 8 to-date and commodious class-rooms, laboratories, etc.,for the Senior School. School Roll 77 School Sporting Summary . 72 I hope that this proposal will also include a good dining-room in which senior day boys and boarders can get a mid-day meal. This would save much Science at Hutchins . 58 Scout Troop -- - - - - '4 time and energy expended by returning home for dinner, and would be a Thorold, C. C.. .. ... -- - 22 great boon to the mothers of day boys. This arrangement would also do War Memorial Library .. .... 56 much to foster a stronger community spirit between day boys and boarders. All these proposals will, I feel sure, receive the practical support of all SCHOOL SECTION after page 94 friends of the School, and thus enable it to make an even greater contribu- tion to education in the State and Commonwealth than in the past. GEOFFREY TASMANIA. - r LI - - ----------- :' the long course of human endeavour a century passes almost unnoticed, but to us our first hundred years marks an epoch. We regard it with mixed feelings of pride and humility. With pride, for the achievements of CS E E four generations of splendid youth and for the growth of noble traditions; o with humility, for the vision of the tasks which lie in the centuries to come. • CS 0 To-day, however, we may pause to give thanks to Almighty God for the ( L -. CS preservation of this School and the ideals of its founders, and to take fresh • 0• courage in the birth of a new century. Many of our Old Boys have won I• CS distinction in civil life and in the defence of their country, many have given 5) bSCS 0 .5)5) E all they possessed, even life itself, whilst others have lived and are living 5) ,-) ..• ; in good citizenship in obedience to Divine precepts. Vivit post funera virtus." We who still enjoy the shelter of the School and those who are to 5) . CS0 ;.• 5) •0'•CSS) come will honour the deeds of our Old Boys and endeavour, with their • example before us, to make our contribution to a better world. bS5) E •_•5) g We rejoice with the members of our sister School, the Launceston • •5 I < Church Grammar, in their attainment a few weeks before us of a century Os. • 5) -4) .0 • of continuous existence. We are the first schools in Australia to have EECS achieved this distinction. We share with them our origin and ideals, and we ; Q0 Q4 5)Q strive towards the common goal, each emulating the other, in friendly 1• .. I • 5) rivalry and unbounded brotherhood. May we both be blessed and inay o 55 •;:i Heaven aid our united endeavours." • CS This special issue of the Centenary Magazine is an attempt to place on - CS 0 CS record something of the work of a century and something of what the C Hutchins School means to us. Every effort has been made to give to a wider ; public some insight into the achievements and aspirations of the School, to awaken happy memories in its Old Boys, and to stimulate those, both boys and masters, who are privileged to be ranked amongst its members. Tue Hutchins School Centenar y Magazine By BASIL W. RAIT Author of "The Official History of the Hutchins School," "Advance in Education," etc. 'J'HE Venerable William Hutchins, The sailing vessel on which the long Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land, journey of three or four months was made in whose memory the Hutchins School dropped anchor in the Derwent on 5th was founded, stands out as one of the January, 1837. Hutchins entered upon foremost pioneers of the Church of Eng- his new duties with unflagging zeal and land in Australia, and as one of the lead- courage. He found much was lacking in ing educationists of his time. It has been the work of the Church, and his four said that he was the founder of the School. years' administration of the Archdeaconry This was not the case. The Hutchins saw a period of development probably School was established as an enduring never equalled in the history of the Tas- monument to a great Churchman in manian Diocese. During these four years recognition of his outstanding services to he brought about the establishment of no the Church and to the people of Tas- less than seventeen of the principal mania. - churches. These, with the Hutchins School, stand as a lasting memorial to his Unfortunately, too little information life and work. In view of his associations about the Archdeacon has been preserved. with Cambridge University, the next ob- He belonged to a family which for gen- ject other than the work of the Church, erations had been associated with the on which he laid the greatest value, was Church of England. The ancestral home, the development of education. where he was born and where he lived the earlier years of his life, was located With Australia's first Bishop (Dr. Wil- in the township of Ainsley, in Warwick- liam Broughton), Hutchins actively par- shire. It was the Rectory of the Parish ticipated in the plan for the foundation where for fifty years his father served as of a secondary school system in Tasmania. Vicar, and where his son obtained the On 1st May, 1838, he took a prominent inspiration to follow in his footsteps as part in the meeting held at Launceston to a soldier of Christ. It is not known where inaugurate the Launceston Church of William Hutchins was educated, but it is England Grammar School. In August, almost certain that it was one of Eng- 1839, Archdeacon Hutchins took over the land's leading public schools. He gradu- important parish of St. George's, in ated to Cambridge University about 1811. Hobart, which he administered until He entered Pembroke College, and in July, 1840. In the following September 1815, as ninth wrangler of Pembroke, he he was married to Rachel Owen, daughter took a high degree in mathematics. Soon of the Rural Dean, the Rev. P. Palmer. afterwards he was ordained, and his first In the cause of education Hutchins post in the Church was at Wirksworth, took an active part. The Lieutenant-Gov- where he was Curate. From here he trans- ernor, Sir John Franklin, introduced a ferred to Kirk and then Ireton, both in form of undenominational education in Derbyshire.