CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF HISTORY 1896-2021
and sports at Guildford . He appointed a sports committee , chaired by himself and included staff and prefects . A boat shed was also constructed .
In May 1905 , Corr helped establish the PSA with the four leading private schools of Western Australia . Guildford Grammar School won the PSA Head of the River for rowing , the swimming and football competitions in 1905 and the Alcock Shield for athletics in 1905,1906 and 1907 .
The Swan yearbook was first published in 1904 . During that year , Corr also moved to establish the Guildford Grammar School Old Boys Association and the first annual meeting took place in November 1905 .
In 1908 , discussions began between Charles Harper and several local clergy about Guildford Grammar School becoming more closely linked to the Church of England . Both Corr and the Guildford Council agreed to the idea . A contract was entered into between Charles Harper and the Church for a two-year option to purchase for a sum of 7,400 pounds . The Church now wanted a clergyman as the new Headmaster .
In his last year at the School , Corr saw the culmination of his efforts since 1904 come to fruition . The 1909 , academic results showed a vast improvement . Uniforms for the cadets finally arrived , enabling the Cadet Unit to parade with its counterparts in other schools . The Old Boys held their second Annual Dinner and Corr gave his final farewell address .
Corr left Guildford with considerable dignity but felt abandoned by the church . He returned to teach at Kings School . William Stewart Corr died in February 1913 .
Charles Harper had died on 20 April 1912 .
The winning 1905 1st XVIII Football Team .
Percy Henn – 1910 to 1924 Bishop Riley announced at the 1909 Prize Giving that the School would welcome back to Western Australia Rev ’ d Percy Henn as the fourth Headmaster in 1910 .
Percy Henn was born in Manchester in 1865 and was the son of a clergyman and schoolmaster . Percy attended Christ ’ s Hospital as a student and then went on to Oxford University . He later attended Worcester College on a scholarship . He was then appointed to St John ’ s College , Hurstpierpoint as a junior master in 1888 and later upon ordination as the school chaplain .
In 1895 , at the age of 30 , Henn was selected to become the founding Headmaster of the new Woodard School
at Worksop in Nottinghamshire . In 1900 , he resigned from the school to seek new challenges . He found employment through the church first in Kalgoorlie , later Geraldton and finally in Northam . In each post Percy displayed a special interest in religious education .
Percy Henn left Western Australia in 1905 to return to England . Three years later he was ready for Bishop Riley to entice him back to Western Australia .
Well before Percy arrived in WA , he threw himself into preliminary work on Guildford Grammar School . He obtained detailed information from Rev ’ d McClemans about the two-year deal for the Church to buy the school from Charles Harper . A suggestion was made for him to raise money while in England to build a chapel for Guildford . Rev ’ d McClemans advised ‘ A chapel was not necessary as the parish church was sufficient , except we build a chapel with dormitories on top ’. Henn took it upon himself to raise the money for the chapel and the famous story of how Cecil Oliverson donated the money is well-known .
A very rare image of the new building extension in 1911 under Percy Henn .
Percy Henn arrived at Guildford at the end of 1909 with his wife Jean and four children Guy , Jean , Wilfrid and Mary . He took up the position as Headmaster of Guildford Grammar School on 1 January 1910 . The two boys attended the school . Henn ’ s first official engagement was to attend a dinner to farewell William Stewart Corr , the man he had replaced .
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