Lawrence School, Lovedale
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| Lawrence School | |
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| NEVER GIVE IN | |
| Established | September 6, 1958 |
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| School type | Public school |
| Headmaster | Ramesh Venkateswaran |
| Location | Lovedale, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | www.thelawrenceschool.org |
The Lawrence School, Lovedale (near Ootacamund ), Tamilnadu, Lawrence had mooted the idea about the establishment of a chain of schools with a view to provide education to the children of the deceased and serving soldiers and officers of the British army. Lawrence was himself killed in the Indian rebellion of 1857, also called India’s First War of Independence. His dream took shape and four such schools, initially known as Lawrence Asylum, were established in different parts of India: the first two during his lifetime in the year 1847 at Sanawar, the second at Mount Abu in 1856; the third at Ootacamund in 1858 and the fourth in Ghora Gali, (Murree, then a part of undivided India, and currently a part of Pakistan after partition) in 1860.
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[edit] The Name, Emblem and Motto
In the year 1913, the name of the school was changed from Lawrence Asylum to Lawrence Memorial School. On being accorded the royal patronage in 1922, the name of the school was changed in 1925 to the Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School. Soon after India’s independence, the school was handed over to the civilian authorities of Government of India in 1949 and the name of the school was changed to the Lawrence School.
As the school was located in Lovedale, the school and Lovedale became synonymous, and the school became familiar as simple 'Lovedale', by which name it continues to be widely known.
The motto of the school is "NEVER GIVE IN" as visible in the school emblem. The motto embodies the spirit of the Lawrencian – to pursue a task to its fullest , giving one’s best at all times. The motto is believed to instill in the pupils the spirit of excellence and the tenacity to overcome obstacles and blocks to achieve one’s goals.
[edit] The Campus
The Lawrence School, Lovedale, has a sprawling campus of 750 acres (3 km²). Lovedale, six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Ootacamund, is located at a height of 7200 feet over sea level, slightly lower than the Dodabetta peak (altitude: 8000 feet), the highest peak of the mountain ranges of the Niligiris. The school campus is divided into prep school, junior school and senior school based on the classes.
Prep school - Class 4 to Class 6
Junior School - Class 7 & Class 8
Senior School - Class 9 to Class 12
The classrooms and dormitories of the different schools are housed in the respective buildings. All the girls are housed in the girl's school and are required to go to the respective schools for classes. Though the campus is huge, the built up area is only 45 acres (0.2 KM²).
[edit] The School Songs
Never Give In Never Give In (MIDI Format)
At the dawn of life's endeavour
With our hopes strung high we stand
In our childhood's home which ever
Spreads wide her bounteous hand.
Here a glorious inspiration
From our founder we'll surely win
And with strong determination
Play the game and Never Give In.
Chorus:
Lawrencians! Lawrencians!
Keep the dear old school in mind.
With strength in our hearts to play our parts
Thrust fear and wrong behind.
We'll live our lives 'mid stress and strife
With the power and the will to win
And we'll show the world, our flag unfurled
With our watchword Never Give In.
At the noon of life's endeavour
While we toil to win the prize
There'll be memories naught can sever
Thru heart and soul they'll rise.
To the Blue Hills they'll restore us
From the heat and toil and din
To the home whose haunting chorus
Still rings out its Never Give In.
(Chorus)
At the eve of life's endeavour
While the sands of our work run dry
All Lawrencians dull and clever
Will hear the loud "Well done."
And our rest will be the better
From convictions so deep within
That in spirit and in letter
We did strive and Never Give In.
Words: R. H. Rolfe (1928) Music: J. Hennesey
Sabse Sundar
Sabse sundar jag se pyara
Vidya ka yeh dham hamara
Shobha iski ati hi nyari
Iski shan nirali hai
Neelagiri yahaan, Neelagagan yahaan
Neelavanshi Taba samiran
Shobha iski ati hi nyari
Iski shan nirali hai
Iska naam amar karenge
Iski shaan badhaenge
Bal-budhi mey sarvuttam ho
Veer Lawrence kahaaenge
Haar na maanenge, hum haar na maanenge
Haar na maane, Haar na maane, Haar na maanenge!
Lawrencia
Nilgiri Hills, the home of our Schooldays,
Where once we learnt that great Lawrence rule;
All our lives, through highways and by-ways,
Lingers the memory of dear old Lawrence School.
Distance may part and seas may divide us,
Fortunes may frown and ardours grow cool,
But, once again, these words will inspire us,
Never Give In the motto of our School.
Where'er you go keep this in mind,
The darkest cloud is silver lined.
What'er the future holds for you,
Lawrencians to your School be true.
Words and Music by Bandmaster J.B.Hunt, M.M., IX Lancers.
[edit] Eminent Old Lawrencians
ARTS / LITERATURE / JOURNALISM
Padmashree Anjolie Ela Menon - Artist (Padmashree Award Winner)
Neena Heble - Artist
Arundhati Roy - Author (Winner of Booker prize)
Mr. Shanth Kumar - Proprietor, Deccan Herald
Madan Mohan Rao - Reuters
Farrokh Chothia - Leading Fashion Photographer
Pratap Pothan - Actor & Director
Arish Fyzee - Film Director
Anand Parthasarthy - Music and Film critic
Akshaye Khanna - Actor
Zaffar Hai - Film Producer/AD Films
Malini White - Director, Amateur Theater
Adil Gandhi - Art Gallery Chemould
Rukhmini Krishnan - Interior Designer/Costume designer
Kapila Venu - Bharatnatyam
Revathi Swaminathan Mukherjee - Producer of award winning film on "Silent Valley".
CORPORATE WORLD
M.A. Alagappan - Chairman, Murugappa Group
Mathew Antony - CEO, Softscan
Zarir Batliwala - Company Secretary, COMPAC
Theo Devagnamam - CEO, Needle Industries
Jose Dominics - CEO, Casino Hotels Groups
Michael Horsburgh - GM, Holiday Inn, Beijing
Niloufer Kapadia - CEO, Everest Advertising
Vikram Kirlosker - Kirloskar Industries
Anand Mahindra - Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Arvind Mathew - Managing Director and President, Ford (India)
Aditya Menon - Proprietory Software Co. - Visual Web
V. Narayanan - Former Chairman, Ponds
Viju Parmeshwar - MD OKS Lubricants
Narayan Rao - Director, NDTV
M.M. Sundaram - CEO, Tusker Paper Boxes
Abraham Tharakan - CEO, Amalgam
BUREAUCRACY / ARMED FORCES / POLITICAL / BANKING
Rear Admiral K.R. Menon - Defence Analyst/Author
T Gundan - ex-Member of Legislative Assemby, Ooty
Ashok Koshy - IAS Gujarat Cadre
Latika Saran - IPS Tamilnadu Cadre
Wing Cdr. Ravi Kapoor - Senior Pilot Jet Air
Rajesh Vidyasagar - World Bank
Capt. Lal Sadrangani - Boeing Capt., Air India Retd.
Capt. Gubby Krishnan - Capt. Indian Airlines Retd.
SOCIAL WORK / NGO
Srilatha Swaminathan - Social Activism
Nomita Chandy - Ashraya and Citizens Action Group
Dr. Uttara Vidyasagar - Vishawas Nikhi Dey - Associate of Aruna Roy -(Magsaysay awardee) Social activist on Right to Information
DOCTORS / MEDICAL
Dr. Salim Thomas - Doctor on Antactica expedition
Dr. Sherene Devanesen (Nee Hensman) - Director,Medical Services, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Kenneth Hine (1934-1987) - Kendal, Cumbria, U.K.
ACADEMIC HONOURS / EDUCATIONAL/ TEACHING / RESEARCH
Harsha E. Chacko, Ph.D. - Professor, Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration, University of New Orleans
Dr. K. George Chandy, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. - Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
K. Mani Chandy, Ph.D. - Simon Ramo Chair Professor and Professor of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology. Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
R.P. Gokarn - Professor of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur
Shanto Iyengar, Ph.D. - Harry & Norman Chandler Professor of Communications, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Communication Laboratory, Stanford University
Uday Karmakar, Ph.D. - Times Mirror Chair Professor in Management & Policy and Research Director of the Center for Management in the Information Economy at the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Received the Distinguished Service Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in 2006.
Sarosh Kuruvilla, Ph.D., Professor of Collective Bargaining, Comparative Industrial Relations & Asian Studies at the Industrial Labor Relations School, Cornell University.
SOCIALITES/BEAUTY WORLD
Meher Mistry - Miss. India - Fashion Design
Neena Pillai
Roopa Satyan - Miss. India - Fashion Design
Gul Panag - Miss. India 1998
SPORTS
N.C. Subbhiah - Equestrian
Chakola - Junior Golf Champ
Jennifer Fraser Nandi - Adventure Sports
Col. Ravi Shanmugam - Golf
Kirtana Bidappa - Golf
[edit] The Affiliation
- Currently, the school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
- Member of IPSC
- Member of RSIS[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Lawrence Schools |
Lawrence School, Sanawar | Lawrence College, Ghora Gali | Lawrence School, Lovedale |
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