Hail Mount Hermon: A TRIBUTE

(125th Anniversary - 1895-2020)

Mount Hermon School building was inaugurated on May 26, 1926 by Lord Lytton

“One of the finest buildings in the Orient”: Lord Lytton

   “The inauguration of the new school building – which has been described as “one of the finest buildings in the Orient” – was performed by Lord Lytton, then the Governor-General of Bengal, on May 26, 1926.

   Initially, there were two institutions in the present campus – Queen’s Hill School for Girls and Bishop Fisher School for Boys. Rev. E.S. Johnson of the Thoburn Methodist Church of Calcutta became Principal of the two institutions in 1929. In 1930, the school was renamed Mount Hermon School and became a co-educational institution.

   Today, Bishop Fisher is considered as one of the Founders of the school and a House (Fisher House – yellow) has been named after him in his honour.” (Ref: Inside Sikkim: Against the Tide, Jigme N. Kazi, Gangtok, 1993.)

   Beginning from this day, May 26, 2020, a historic day for my alma mater (Mt. Hermon School), I will be posting something about the school and some notable Hermonites (alumni of the school) and alumni chapters as a Tribute to Mount Hermon School on the occasion of its 125th anniversary (1895-2020).

   In my forthcoming book: “Hail Mount Hermon: A Tribute”, I have not been able to include many aspects of the school and its alumni. I hope this endeavour will, to some extent, make up for my lapses in the book, and also encourage Hermonites to pitch in and throw more light on the subject and pay their own Tribute to MH during its 125th anniversary year (March 11, 2020 to March 11, 2021).

  That apart, it would be in the fitness of things to take note of the importance of the historic day of May 26, 1926, and honour and commemorate this special day annually as a Tribute to the school and all those who have made their valuable contributions for the establishment of this great educational institution. Hail Mt. Hermon!

(This piece is being posted in all groups of Hermonites in Facebook and also in my blog (jigmenkazisikkim.blogspot.com) and my Facebook page, 'MH Souvenir', which is being renamed: 'Hail Mount Hermon: A Tribute'.)