Returning to College

Returning to school at the start of a new year was be difficult for some students, particularly boarders.
The cartoon from the 1927 Brown and Gold shows a student packing his bag as his mother calls out that the train is leaving in half an hour. The other bubble shows Concordia.

Here are some memorable experiences of brand new students.
‘During the first week, pillow and towel fights were frequent, and some of the new boys were sent down to the shop to get a tin of striped paint or some waterproof wire netting. One night as I was getting to bed I found my pyjamas tied up in a neat little bundle. When I had untied them, I got ready for bed, but I could not stretch out my legs because my bed had been short-sheeted. The prefect, however, put a stop to our many pranks.’ (Boy boarder, 1935)

‘I felt like a nurse with these big shoes I had on. When we arrived my knees were shaking as though I was cold… I said to Mum. ‘I don’t want to do this.’ The introductory sessions we had with our new class teachers …turned out really well….. Concordia was no longer so strange and scary.’ (Year 8 student on Orientation Night, 1987)