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ABOVE: LITTLEJOHN MEMORIAL CHAPEL ON THE GROUNDS OF SCOTCH COLLEGE
those who had died: faithfulness, freedom, hearth and
home, peace and love.
The Principal who had first read the names of the
fallen to the School Assemblies, and who oversaw the
building and commemorative elements of the Memorial
Hall, was Dr Bill Littlejohn. When he died in 1933
a superb chapel was built and named in his memory,
and its eastern windows told the Christian story of
Christ’s life of service and sacrifice for humanity. After
World War II, the western windows were installed as
a memorial to the service once again of former Scotch
boys on behalf of their country and its ideals.
Today, the spirit of service leadership and the
personal responsibility to serve remain central to the
principles of a Scotch education. While Cadets, Scouts
and community outreach remain the core elements of
the School’s Services Program, the School’s Immersion
Program, which requires boys in Year 11 to undertake
a week’s service experience, will see boys assisting at the
Ballarat Specialist School, building homes in Cambodia
as part of Global Village’s Habitat for Humanity,
undertaking work for the Les Twentyman Foundation,
working alongside members of an Indigenous
community situated in the northern Flinders Ranges,
South Australia, and improving the quality of life for
vulnerable members of our community by working
with FareShare (an organisation that rescues surplus,
quality food from supermarkets, farmers and other
businesses and turns it into nutritious meals for
Victorian charities).
Above and beyond specifically identified ‘Service’
activities, the Council’s vision for the School is that it
should continue to imbue the whole of school life with
the values and principles of its foundation. Every choice
that boys make about their future lives, whether in
business enterprise, science, engineering, academic life,
medicine, the arts and drama, philosophy, education
and other fields, provides opportunities to improve
human wellbeing and mutual respect. A Scotch
education continues to build foundations for the
better world on behalf of which so many former
pupils have given all.
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