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[email protected] Website: www.whitgiftianassociation.co.uk O L D W H I T G I F T I A N N E W S 2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7 “Quod et hunc in annum vivat et plures” FROM THE EDITOR... HIS is the eleventh edition of Old and School that he established in Croydon and his Whitgiftian News and it takes us through the Foundation now supports the elderly and the pupils TWhitgiftian Association and School year of three schools at a level that he could never have from March/April 2016 to the first quarter of 2017. imagined: yet the resources of the Whitgift OWs with an interest in regular information on the Foundation are not limitless and there is need to School's progress should also look at the magazine raise funds to maintain and enhance bursaries for Whitgift Life, which is accessible on the School deserving candidates. The level of competition from website (www.whitgift.co.uk). other local independent schools and from Sutton and This is the last year of the Barnett Headmastership Bromley grammar schools is unparalleled elsewhere but it is certainly not a period of hibernation for the School. in the country. There has been no lessening of the familiar drive: we have seen Christopher Ramsey will take over a vibrant School and we artistic performance of the highest standard, think of ‘Hamlet’, look forward to his Headmastership with eager anticipation: it ‘Eugene Onegin’ and the 2017 International Music will be a great challenge and he can rely on full support from Competition; we have been astonished by the professionalism OWs and the wider Whitgift family.