Historic cabinets shine again

In Term 2 this year, as part of the innovative event Sharing Stories Festival, there was a display at the Conde Library of objects and their stories.  This gave some historic showcases an opportunity to shine once again. 

The showcases can be spotted in an image of the Assembly Hall taken in 1936 depicting students with trophies, honour boards and the plaster model for the medal. The students can be seen studying one of the trophies.

A closer study of the image also reveals the early honour boards; three in illuminated address style, used to celebrate achievements through artistry popular early last century.  The boards featured both Pymble and Croydon achievers and depict cameo images of students covering the years 1916, 1917 and 1919. 

The beautiful Head Prefect and Dux board, which covers the years 1916 to 1945, has recently been rehung along with the original Marden Prize board. The board was donated to the school in 1925 by Mrs Herschell who was a visitor to Grey House. Described as fumed oak, simple and chase in design, these now grace the entrance to the Senior Centre from the Conde Library and are followed by the boards for the subsequent years.

Duke of Ed volunteers have worked on exploring the story of some of the students named on the boards by creating a display in the Senior Centre and using a QR code to a website to share this information. The carved feature on the top of the board was inspired by the creation of a label template for the display to be used in the Heritage Museum.