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N ew challenge for Stonyhurst head


yhurst College’s ancient corridors now th a t the . Christmas holidays have descended on the Hurst Green school. As headmaster Dr Giles


S years at


i le n c e h a s replaced the c h a t t e r in g noise of school boys in Ston­


Mercer walks around the 200-year-old building, the eerie silence can only serve as a reminder that this will be the last festive season he spends at the college. For Dr Mercer will be


I l l l i l l jifssiimmsj


sw itch in g th e school colours for those of Prior Park School, Bath, when he takes over the Avon school’s headship next summer. Even after almost 11 the college, Dr


Mi "ercer, who lives in the


strange feeling. The build­ ing only really comes to life when the pupils are here, so I tend not to walk around the school during holiday time.” When the 46-year-old


headmaster leaves next year, his departure will mark the end of a historic chapter in the college’s 400-year history.


grounds with wife; Caro­ line and son, Edward, admits that it is still not easy getting used to the emptiness at holiday time. Dr Mercer said: “It is a


I1


the first headmaster not to be a Jesuit, a fact which caused a great deal of comment a t th e time because this college is regarded as the flagship of J e s u i t schools in the English-speaking world. ,}0ver the years, we


Dr Mercer said: “I was


STONYHURST headmaster Dr Giles Mercer prepares to switch > school colours


for the school to open its doors to the outside world


have worked together and I have had a lot of support from the Jesuits in the province.” B e fo re Dr M e rc e r


arrived in 1984, the school was perceived as a “closed shop” by many people, because it, had so little contact with the local com­ munity. However, he was determined to open the school up to the outside world and it appears his • efforts have paid off.


™ , the


this 'nis new annroaeh came mer with > tourists, - so: the when the Queen visited


The most visual sign, of pp


ch'cam event that was even more school' in 1990, an


Dr Mercer with' fond memories, which is evi­ dent from his vivid recol­ lection of the occasion. He recalled:“The pupils really rose to the occasion when the Queen visited. They sang to her and a small orchestra played to her d u r in g lu n c h : I can remember that she arrived at 11 a.m. and left at 3-15 p.m.” But this was just one h is to r ic e v e n t in -Dr


significant as Her Majesty ra re ly v is its 1 Catholic schools. The day has clearly left


sions, such as when an edition of the television quiz, Mastermind, and the blockbuster movie, “Three men and a Little Lady”, were filmed at the school. T h e w o r ld m e d ia


been invited- in to the school on numerous occa­


on a regular basis. Camera crews have


„ , Of- course, the,-Kibble: . -.Makingihistioiey^ „ _______


college has opened, its; doors to allow thousands^


to enjoy guided tours of the building. On a day-to-day basis,


the college is now used by local people visiting the - Centenaries Theatre and the swimming pool. Dr Mercer said: “Now,


1991, when the count for C written several of his own the Poll Tax by-election', chapters in the .distin- was broadcast live from guished history of the the 18th century, building. ' cojUsgel^...


focused on the college, in Mercer has,’ in effect,


more accustomed to study­ ing it than making; it. Dr


not only do we have facili­ ties for the school, but we have opened - our facilities to the local community.” It would seem that Dr


Mercer gained a first in history at Churchill Col­ lege, Cambridge, and later took a doctorate in history a t S t Joh n ’s College, Oxford.


I However,; he appears unaffected by the historic changes, he nas overseen while at the college and believes his successor, as yet unchosen, should not worry about tackling their newrole.


valley is .popular: in'slim-'? change fori the .Dumfries:. J i te d J jv .this. -------- --


' born, headmaster;., he is best to be fresh and ener- ' ’ getic about the present and future.”


ia just (inhi i i o w rescue team io g l her dog, Skye, have been awarded tne highest grade for a search dog


Mercer’s time a t the school. He was there dur­ ing its Centenaries cele­ brations to mark four cen­ turies since its foundation at St Omer, France, and- 200 years in Hurst Green. This focused world


attention on the school and Dr Mercer attended Cen­ tenaries reunions and con­ ferences around the globe. “Stonyhurst College has


a lot of international links and we have many, familes from all parts of the world. It is unusual in that it is a local school, a national school and an international school,” said Dr Mercer. ■


in te rn a t io n a l : appeal. There are 28 different nationalities and non-UK students account’ for 20% of the school’s population. While this appeal is now


The school has a truly


a firm part'of the school’s make-up, a decade, ago it would have been unusual


a geography teacher at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, was recently fea- tured on the front page of ; th e “A d v e r t is e r ; and Times”. Along with Skye, she found a missing teen­ ager, in dense woodland in the dark, of,night, as part of the Rossendale search and rescue team looking for the boy.


number of searches in Snowdonia.


......


sponsored Search and Rescue Dog Association assessment is a stringent


The Pedigree Chum- ■


r a i n-' a n d / w e a t h'er'r conditions. ; * '


Skye.,


Helen isipictured with . . .


fmwsf-i


-, clattering hooves of his mounted escort of S a n h e - i f o l l ° wers °f'the 1 . drin officers resounding in his ears. - ,


SAUL set out that-moming\with the noise,bf the. ...:. As a strict Pharisee, he kept aloof from his


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the saddle, Paul’s mind; far i “ ............ "" *


-. : j. eye, ne;saw already of; old walnut,- carpets, shining pieces of armour


;• j . remembered those •: trated by shafts of light ■


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V.the way.:Pwing';to^is, preoccupation with future..';,v»'v%,astic witnesses of an.actusd resurrection from the' -; i i.


; panions, so;had ample time for thought’ as;he led 14;- ’ i..


Mnovementin- his body,‘'was'-


' r,; ;haste to be there to fiifill his mission.-How well he -‘ r - - ............. .....


s : .w:Supposing,, after all,’ they .were right;and he-was? :.' wrong. Even at the moment-of death by stoning,


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test of. the handlers and their dogs. The objective was, to find concealed . volunteers, using the: dog’s ability to detect and follow air scents, together with u the handler’s skill and


nderstanding of .the ten-,


Skye have been awarded Full Search Team status after being assessed on a


team at an assessment course in Snowdonia. Miss Morton (27), who is


Now Miss Morton and • m


Dr Mercer concluded: “The college has an awe­ some histo >rry, but my suc- ....... I t


or the week:


risen from the dea'd.-It:. was these wretches he meant to .root out from their.'meeting .places., No; i . y .wonder the Saducees could:not .bear.such'enthusi-' :’ '; ,


' Mingling-among the: I i Nazarene,;who, they claimed;:had,


plewouldbe: the


• ied to have'iseen him appear time-:;,. •penniless; prophet :of. Nazareth', i .:


j - already.visualising the bazaars of Damascus in hisi-)5’ v.Vbeen shaken: to the very deptKsTof his'bejng oii i1-


that'youn^feUow Stephen had-,testified to seeing • 15 ; his .Lord.: Dying men nave ho cause to".lie.'-; He i


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