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A large snowflake design rep-
resents the blizzard of March
1993, which covered Millville
in snow. The spirals (middle left
and right) represent the bliz-
zard’s intense winds. An open
book with the initials “DVH”
represents the appointment
of David Verne Hicks as Tenth
Rector. The book symbolizes
the Rural Record, a journal of
day-to-day life at the School
from 1857 into the early 20th
century. The Tien Track, out-
lined in the upper right corner,
was dedicated in October 1992.
The comedy and tragedy masks
represent the Tracy Memorial
Theater, dedicated during An-
niversary Weekend 1993.
The New Hampshire State
House dome is the central image
of the 1998 plaque, representing
the march by more than 300
SPS communitymembers to the
State House lawn to encourage
the addition of Martin Luther
King Jr.’s name to the holiday,
previously called Civil Rights
Day. An open book with the
initials “CBA” represents the
appointment of Bishop Craig
Barry Anderson as Eleventh
Rector. The IV inscribed on
the trophy represents the four
sports teams to win New Eng-
land championships that year
– field hockey, wrestling, and
boys and girls crew. An element
from the Henley-on-Thames
coat-of-arms represents the
crews’ trip to the Henley Re-
gatta, where the girls won the
Peabody Cup. The feathers
symbolize the birds of the four
newly renovated houses in
the Quad – Manville’s owl,
Simpson’s pelican, Brewster’s
rooster, and Ford’s eagle.
The 2008 economic recession is
represented in the central im-
age by a grumpy bear holding
a stock market chart with its
arrow pointing down. The boys
varsity squash team won the
New England championship, an
event represented by the two
crossed squash racquets behind
the bear. The year 2008 saw the
end of the use of lunch trays in
the dining hall as seen in the
monogrammed SPS tray located
to the left of the bear. The SPS
waffle depicts the newly ac-
quired waffle iron, complete
with SPS crest-branding capa-
bilities. The winter of 2007-08
produced record levels of snow
and ice. The background behind
the bear depicts the snow-
covered School grounds, with a
layer of ice extending beneath
the ursine feet.
New Form Plaques
Editor’s note: Using a grant from the Form of 1973 Mentor Fellowship, SPS Archive Assistant Lisa Laughy, who moon-
lights as a woodcarver, has been commissioned to revive the form plaque project. The project was initiated in 1921 by
Fourth Rector Samuel Drury and carried out by original woodcarver John Gregory Wiggins, who memorialized School
history in wood from 1921 to 1953. Production of the plaques ceased in 1990 – until Laughy’s proposal to reignite the
tradition in the spring of 2010. Plaque descriptions have traditionally been printed in Alumni Horae.
An open book with the ini-
tials “MGH” represents the
appointment of Michael Gif-
ford Hirschfeld ’85 as Thir-
teenth Rector. The Greek letter
Delta surrounded by a laurel
wreath represents the Del-
phians, winners of the Club
Cup competition for the school
year. The World Trade Center
towers, dated 9/11/11, mark
the 10th anniversary of the
September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks. A snowman holding a
jack-o’-lantern recalls the big
storm near Halloween – the
only significant snowfall of the
winter season. In the lower left
corner is the newly constructed
Lindsay Center for Mathemat-
ics and Science, dedicated on
November 29, 2011.
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