'The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall
not see them lit again in our life-time.' When Viscount Grey of Fallodon spoke these
words on 3rd August 1914, little did he know how true they would turn out to
be.
The Day The Lights Went Out
- The Mount School
2014 is a year of memorial and
will be remembered globally for the events of 1914 and the 4 years which
followed - events which changed the face of society, politics, war.
Our Anthology is not by way of
remembering the dead but of honouring them in the recognition of the progress
that the world has seen, in part, due to their sacrifice. - Progress in
social equality and mobility, in education, in democracy.
For us 2014 is a particularly
notable year as in August, the lights will go out at The Mount and when we
re-open our doors in 2015 it will be as a co-educational, multi-cultural study
centre, part of the Mill Hill Schools Foundation. A further progression for the
next century.
I am extremely proud of all our
achievements as a community and see this book as evidence of what has been best
in the progress of the last 100 years, on a local and global scale. In
our multi-ethnic, multi-cultural educational hub we have together celebrated
diverse achievements as citizens of the world, and as Mount Girls.
We hope you enjoy our eclectic
review of progress since 1914, presented in a range of media from war diary
entries, to haiku; from art to astrological stories of exploration and
everything in between.
May we continue to turn on the
lights.
Catherine Cozens
Head Teacher
The Mount School
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Scheme.
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