‘‘A School is an Organic Entity and must change. But some things, the really essential things, must remain the same – and that is where Old Boys and Girls come into the picture. For they are the guardians of tradition. Teachers will come and go; pupils come and go every six or seven years; so the ultimate custodians of what is essential in the nature of a school are those who learnt the essence of the School’s philosophy 75, 50 or 25 years ago ’’.

From the speech of Mr. D. H. Humphreys, Headmaster, The English School
at a Reunion – Dinner Meeting organised by the 1957/58 graduates
on the occasion of their Silver Jubilee Anniversary.