EHS Pillars - Fall 2018

Ned Smith
Head of School
My desk is a connection to history and home for me. The desk came to me by way of my late uncle, The Rev. Tony Jarvis, who
told me it was once owned by The Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, or so he claimed. Longtime Rector of Trinity Church and briefly
a Bishop of Massachusetts, Phillips Brooks authored the Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” and was a financial
backer of my alma mater, The Groton School, during its founding in 1884. The desk exchanged hands over the years until it
made its way to my uncle, who then gifted it to me after downsizing to a small apartment for his retirement. Now a memento of
my uncle, I also enjoy seeing the family photos laid across its surface taken in my home state of Massachusetts. Before moving
to Texas, my desk had a brief stay in a Minnesotan storage facility prior to arriving with me at Episcopal High School in 2007.
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