The Original NHEHS History – ‘The Fountain Unsealed’ – Auctioned for 150th Bursaries Appeal
By Mrs Tollit, Development Director
Last week it was a privilege and an honour to visit Professor Jane Sayers, Class of 1952, who wrote the original history of Notting Hill & Ealing High School, ‘The Fountain Unsealed,’ first published in 1973. She signed a copy which we auctioned to support our 150th Anniversary Bursaries Appeal. To give the gift of our education to a young woman who financially needs your help click here. Thank you for your consideration.
As the girls discovered in the Headmaster’s special Birthday Assembly. The motto of the GPDSC as the GDST was known then, was “Knowledge is no more a fountain sealed.”
The quote was taken from a Tennyson poem called ‘The Princess.’
That which is higher. O lift your natures up:
Embrace our aims: work out your freedom. Girls,
Knowledge is now no more a fountain sealed:
Drink deep, until the habits of the slave,
The sins of emptiness, gossip and spite
And slander, die. Better not be at all
Than not be noble. Leave us: you may go:
It was designed as a stirring address to a group of women to be bold and ambitious.
We are really excited about our new history, 150 Memories of the School by 150 of our Alumnae, collated by Dr Klimt, which will be published in November and available for purchase.
