Cricket Holiday

 

It is uncertain when the first Cricket Holiday was celebrated at St. Paul’s School, but the tradition goes back at least one hundred years.  During Samuel Smith Drury’s Rectorship the holiday included a long walk through the grounds for all the new students, followed by a picnic.  Similarly, for the current Cricket Holiday celebrations the Rector has invited new members of the St. Paul’s School community, students, faculty and staff,  to put on their hiking shoes and follow him on a guided tour through the wooded, more remote areas of the grounds.  In general, it is a day, outside the ordinary schedule, set aside for students to enjoy the pleasant fall weather and the beauty of the vast School grounds.

In this photograph Henry Crocker Kittredge, Sixth Rector of St. Paul’s School (1947-1954), is shown reading to the students on Cricket Holiday.

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Dimensions: 525 x 539 pixels

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  • Verso: "Cricket Holiday School Camp Mr. H. C. K. reading to new boys" written in pen. "Circa 1950" written in pencil. "PG-30" written in pen.
  • Physical Details: Photograph mounted on a heavy paper-board backing.

Original Dimensions: 7.5 X 7.75 inches (18.38 X 18.99 cm)

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Originally Published On: October 4th, 2011

Last Modified On: December 10th, 2011

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"Cricket Holiday." St. Paul's School. Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives. Web. 21 Nov. 2024.