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Lawrence College Ghora Gali Murree
File:Lawrence College Emblem.gif
Location
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Ghora Gali, Murree, Punjab

Pakistan
Information
TypePublic college
MottoNever Give In
Established1860
FounderSir Henry Montgomery Lawrence
PrincipalBrig (r) Abdul Hafiz Si (M)
Number of students1000 (approx.)
Area150 acres (0.61 km2)
AffiliationRBSE
GCSE
House ColoursPeake = yellow
Wightwick = red
Walker = green
Wright = blue
SchoolsJunior = I to IV
Prep = V to VII
Senior = VIII to XII (including O Levels)
Websitewww.lawrence.edu.pk

Lawrence College Ghora Gali, is an elite public educational institution and boarding school of Pakistan situated at the beautiful foothills of the Himalayas at a height of approx. 1950 meters (6397 feet) above the sea level. The estate covers an area of about 150 acres and lies at a distance of about 2 km from the Rawalpindi-Murree Road, 4 km from Murree and 57 km from Rawalpindi.

Lawrence College was founded in 1860 during the British Raj and named after Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.

History

Henry Montgomery Lawrence proposed the establishment of a military-style boarding school in the Indian subcontinent highlands for the sons and daughters of British soldiers. Eventually four such schools, known as Lawrence Military Asylums were established around Indian subcontinent, namely;

  1. Sanawar (in present day Himachal Pradesh) in 1847
  2. Mount Abu (in present day Rajasthan) in 1856
  3. Lovedale near Ootacamund (in present day Tamil Nadu) on 6 September 1858
  4. Ghora Gali in 1860.

Ghora Gali, 1860-1947

In 1860, Lawrence Military Asylum was established in Ghora Gali.

  • The present-day boarding house building in Prep school is believed to be the first ever building.
  • His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh before leaving India in 1869, forwarded the Principal a donation of Rs. 500/- in aid of funds of the institution.
  • In 1874 Rev. G.C. Peake was appointed Principal of the asylum. He remained in charge of the institution up to 1904. In 1891 a small hospital, a boy’s workshop and a rifle range was provided. The volunteers’ company had started and the children were taught their fathers profession.
  • College Chapel was completed over 34 long years in 1894, at the cost of Rs 40,000. In 1904 the Rev. W.H.G Padfield took over as principal from Rev. G.C. Peake. Padfield left GG to join as the head of another sister institution, Lawrence School Lovedale. Rev Wightwick was Principal from 1910 to 1922.
  • Principal’s House (White House) was completed in 1914 and Rev Wightwick was the first Principal to occupy. The new bungalow was an improvement on the existing three rooms comprising the back of the house. Those three rooms were used to serve as the office and admin block for the C.T.C. Formerly, the present accommodation of Headmistress Junior School was used as Principal's House (named Peake Cottage after Rev G.C Peake).
  • In 1914 Asylum was taken over by Government of the Punjab, as the Lawrence Memorial School. The foundation stone of the Senior School Main Building was laid by Lt. Gov. Sir Michael O'Dwyer, and commissioned in 1919. The Rev. W. Eyre Walker, the Headmaster (since 1907), took charge as Principal in 1922. He died on October 13, 1922.
  • October 30, 1926 was an important day for the Lawrence School, the occasion being the laying of the foundation stone of the new college building by Sir George Anderson, director of Public Instruction Punjab. The college became affiliated with the University of the Punjab.
  • The first Muslim to join the school was Khawaja Abdul Majid, 1925-1927.
  • Shah Zaman was appointed head boy in 1937, the first Muslim student to hold such a high honour in the school.
  • In 1942, Norah Elizabeth Glegg was promoted to the post of Headmistress, Junior School. She had joined the school in 1925.
  • Rev Cotton was Principal from 1934 to 1947.
  • In 1946 A.S. Collier succeeded the Cotton as Principal, staying in office till the end of 1947.

Independence of Pakistan

Lawrence College Ghora Gali
  • With the independence of Pakistan it became necessary to remodel the institution. The girls section was closed and transferred to a separate school in Murree, St Denys.
  • In 1948, for the purposes of administration the college was divided into the following schools in 1948; Junior, Prep and Senior.
  • H.L Edwards joined the Intermediate College in 1927 as a lecturer in Physics and Mathematics, retiring as Principal in 1949.
  • Mr. Thurley joined in 1932 as a master in the Boys’ School. He married a young woman from the Girls School at the college. After independence she taught English in the Senior School. Thurley retired in August 1952. He introduced the verses he sang and recited at almost every occasion, “To Set The Cause Above Renown…And What You Are The Race Shall Be”, which is now the College Poem.
  • Ch Abdul Hamid joined the institution in 1927, the first Indian and a Muslim to be appointed on the teaching staff. He held many positions in college till he became the Principal, retiring in September 1955. The Senior School Library has now been named after him as Hamid Library.
  • On 15 September 1955, Mr. H.L.O Flecker became the Principal. For the first time after partition the school arranged a trip to Afghanistan.
  • Sheikh Moin Ud Din became the Principal in 1958, remaining in office until 1961.
  • Michael Lindsay Charlesworth, Principal of Lawrence College from 1961 to 1966, has devoted two chapters in his autobiography Behind the Headlines to his stay in Pakistan. These chapters are of special interest not only to those associated with the college in Ghora Gali, but to anyone interested in some insight into Pakistan during the 1960s and into the workings of an educational institution 15 to 20 years after the county’s independence.[1]

The name, emblem and motto

Name

Name Year
Lawrence Military Asylum 1860
Lawrence Memorial School 1910
Lawrence College 1926
Pine Hills College 1973
Ghora Gali College 1979
Lawrence College Ghora Gali 1986-Present

Emblem

The following heraldic description of the Lawrence Arms has been given by Sir Malcolm Hailey. The Coat of arms was granted to Henry Montgomery Lawrence's eldest son, Alexander Hutchison Lawrence of Bengal Civil Service by letters patent dated 19 July 1858. The limitations of the grant were extended to include the decedents of the recipients grandfather (and Sir Henry's father) Alexander Lawrence deceased.

Description

  • Arms: Ermine, on a cross raguly gules, an eastern crown or, on a chief azure, two swords in saltire proper, pommels and hilts of gold, between as many leopards heads, argent.
  • Crest: Out of an eastern crown or, a cubit arm entwined by a wreath of laurels and holding a dagger, all proper.

Explanation

  1. "Ermine" - This is the “field” or colour of the ground of the shield (some colours are metallic like “or” or “argent”, others are furs like “ermine” or “Vair”). Ermine is white with black marks, the latter being the tails of the animals. These tails appear on the ground of the shield.
  2. "Cross raguly gules” – Every shield has partition lines which take various forms: thus “bend” means a diagonal line from top left to bottom right, “pale” means a vertical line dividing into two halves. In our case it is by “cross”, i.e., divided into four quarters. The partition lines are of many descriptions like “wavy”, “embattled”, “crenellated”. “Raguly” is the same as these but with the crenellations put on the slant. “Gules” simply means red, as “azure is blue, “vart” green.
  3. "An eastern crown” or a golden crown.
  4. "On a chief azure” – The “chief is the broad band across the top of a shield containing the uppermost third of the shield. The chief in this case is “azure” or blue.
  5. "In saltire” – used to describe the position of the arms, i.e., in this case meaning the form of St. Andrews cross.
  6. "Proper” – to show that natural colours are used, without any attempt to assimilate it to any heraldic tincture.
  7. "Argent” – silver.
  8. "Cubit Arm” – used to describe the arm couped at the elbow, i.e., cut off at the elbow. A cubit arm is, therefore, only two thirds of the entire arm.
  9. "All proper” – in natural colours.

Motto

The motto of the college is, "Never Give In", being the last words of Henry Montgomery Lawrence at the time of his death at the Lucknow Residency.

The motto embodies the spirit of the Gallians – to pursue a task to its fullest, giving one’s best at all times. The motto is believed to instill in the students, the spirit of excellence and the tenacity to overcome obstacles in the pursuit of their goals.

College poem

Principal Thurley's (1949 - 1952) recited words from Henry Newbolt's work "Clifton Chapel"[2] in an honour board which later became the official college poem and also displayed in Lawrence Hall.


"To set the cause above renown,

To love the game beyond the prize,

To honour, while you strike him down,

The foe that comes with fearless eyes;

To count the life of battle good,

And dear the land that gave you birth,

And dearer yet the brotherhood

That binds the brave of all the earth.

To-day and here the fight's begun,

Of the great fellowship you're free;

Henceforth the School and you are one,

And what You are, the race shall be."

Admissions

Admission to the Lawrence College is highly competitive, and only those applicants are encouraged who possess the academic potential to come up to the college standards, have the physical strength and fitness to cope with the weather conditions of Murree and ultimately enjoy the privilege of becoming the members of the worldwide 'Gallians' community.

It is possible to enter the School (Junior, Prep or Senior School) at any point over the 12 years' programme, from Grade 1 to 12. The applicants are required to pass the admission test and meet the overall merit requirements.

Governing bodies

  • Head of the institution

The Principal is the head of the institution.

  • Board of Governors

The Governor of the Punjab is the Chairman of the Board of Governors.

  • Executive Committee

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 12th Infantry Division, Murree is the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Organization

The college is divided into three schools. Each school has a separate head, has self-contained buildings and a separate geographical entity.

Junior school

The classes are from I to IV. This section caters for the age group 5 ½ to 9 ½ years and is headed by a Headmistress, with a staff of 12 mistresses and 4 matrons. It prepares boys for the Preparatory School.

Preparatory school

The classes are from V to VII. This section caters for the age group 9 ½ to 12 ½ years and is headed by a Headmaster, 8 Masters and 2 Mistresses and Matrons. The students pass into the Senior School, at the end of class VII Promotion Examination. Organization of house system forms the basis of all curricular and extra-curricular activities and boys come to develop house affiliation and have a keen sense of competition.

Senior school

The classes are from VIII to XII, including GCE O-level fom the University of Cambridge.

  • The administration comprises a Headmaster, a Deputy Headmaster and 4 Housemasters. The faculty comprises about 32 members.
  • Affiliation and sense of competition on the basis of house system is keener and more dominant, here.
  • Houses become separate institutions; each House is run under the supervision of a Housemaster; Assistant Housemaster and House tutors, providing the boys of the respective houses with a platform for leadership.
  • Top pupils in academics and related corporate activities are appointed as prefects who are responsible to translate the policies of the college authorities into action.
  • The Housemaster plays a vital role in polishing, grooming and advising the pupils of his House, to bring out the sterling qualities of their character and leadership. Houses have independent common rooms. They have their organized excursions and inter-house competitions in sports, academics, debates, social activities and plays.

House system

The House system most probably came into being in early 1920s. Initially the boarding houses were Wright, Dane, Godley, Walker, O’Dwyer, Peak, Maclagan and Wightwick, for the boys. The number was then reduced to four with Wright, Wightwick, Walker and Peake, against the names of former distinguished principals.

House system, 1973-2010

Colour House Named after
Red Babar Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur
Blue Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal
Yellow Tipu Tipu Sultan
Green Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah

House system, 2011-Present

In 2010, on the occasion of 150th anniversary, a resolution was moved, regarding the reinstating of old house names and that of college auditorium. The old names were hence reinstated and were officially adopted in May 2011.

Colour House Named after
Red Wightwick Principal Rev. Wightwick (1910-1921)
Blue Wright Principal Rev. W.T. Wright (1922-1934)
Yellow Peake Principal Rev. G C Peake (1874-1904)
Green Walker Principal Rev. W Eyre Walker (1921-1922)

Founders' day celebration

100th anniversary

On September 3, 1960, Lawrence College celebrated its 100th Founders day. Field Marshal Gen Mohammad Ayub Khan was the chief guest on the occasion.

125th anniversary

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125th anniversary commemorative stamp (1860-1985)

In 1985, Lawrence College celebrated its 125th Founders day. To mark this event the Government of Pakistan issued a Commemorative stamp.

150th anniversary

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150th anniversary commemorative coin (1860-2010)

On October 9, 2010, Lawrence College celebrated its 150th Founders day. The prime minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani was the chief guest while the then Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer attended in his capacity of chairman of the Board of Governors of the college. At the anniversary, there was a large turn up of Old Gallians and dignitaries from all over the world.

In recognition of commendable service of nine years Air Cmdr Farooq H. Kiyani was conferred the title of "Gallian" at a ceremony held on 7 October 2010. He is the longest serving Principal after the partition. He is the second principal, after Michael Lindsay Charlesworth, to hold this title.

To mark this event the Government of Pakistan issued a Commemorative stamp and, most unusually, a Commemorative coin. The Rs20 coins feature the words “150 Year Celebration – Lawrence College Ghora Gali Murree” inscribed on them.[3] A four-page supplement was also published on October 9, 2010 in major English and Urdu newspapers.

Principals

The Principal directs and coordinates the college’s activities.

  • Brig(R) Abdul Hafeez (2012 - present)
  • Air Cdre. (R) Farooq H. Kiyani (2002-2012)
  • Mr. Noor Mohammad Khan (1997-2002)
  • Brain Robert Manthorp (1996-1996). (Bob Manthrop)
  • Prof Mohammad Asif Malik , (Pride of Performance) (1990-1995)
  • Brig Saeed Ahmad (R) (1986-1990)
  • Brig Shaukat Khurshid (R) (1981-1986)
  • Brig S. Safdar Nawab (R) (1977-1981)
  • Brig Mohammad Rafiq (R) (1973-1977)
  • Lt Col.A. Hamid Ibrahim (R) (1966-1973)
  • Michael Charlesworth (1961 - 1966)
  • Shaikh Moinuddin (1958 - 1961)
  • Mr. H.L.O Flecker (1955-1958)
  • Ch. Abdul Hamid (1952 - 1955)
  • Mr.S.T. Thurely (1949-1952)
  • Mr. H.L.Edwards (1948-1949)
  • Mr.A.S. Collier (1946-1948)
  • Canon W. Francis Cotton (1934-1946)
  • Rev. W .T.Wright (1922-1934)
  • Rev W Eyre Walker (1921 - 1922)
  • Rev Wightwick (1910 - 1921)
  • Rev. H.W.Bush (1909-1910)
  • Rev C.H. Browne (1908-1909)
  • Rev. W.H.G Padfield (1904-1908)
  • Rev G C Peake (1874 - 1904)
  • Rev Smithwite (1868-1873)
  • Rev B. Dexter (1863-1868)
  • Rev H. W Tebernacle (1860-1863)

Notable Alumni

Many former students of the college, referred to as Old Gallians, have gone on to serve as government ministers, members of various parliaments, diplomats and high ranking civil servants and executives.

Alumni of note include:

  • Gen Shamim Alam Khan (Retd)
  • Lieutenant General Imran Ullah Khan (Retd)
  • Admiral Shamoon Alam Khan (Retd)
  • Lt Gen Hamid Rab Nawaz, HI(M) (Retd)
  • Lt Gen Javed Alam Khan (Retd)
  • Lt Gen Sajjad Akram (Retd)
  • Lt Gen Mehmood Ahmad (Retd)
  • Lt Gen Syed Mohammad Amjad (Retd)
  • Rear Admiral Zahir Shah (Retd)(Writer-Painter)
  • Naeem Sarfraz (Intellectual & Businessman)
  • Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (former PM)
  • Mir Farooq Mayer (Olympian - Sportsman- Businessman)
  • Brig Zafar Hayat Janjua ( Olympian)
  • Ajmal Khan (Late) (Politician-Sportsman)
  • Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan (President AJK)
  • Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (Politician)
  • Mumtaz Bhutto (Politician)
  • Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (Politician)
  • Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali (Politician-Artist-Writer)
  • Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Politician-Businessman)
  • Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan (Politician)
  • Naseer Khan (Politician)
  • GG Jamal (Politician)
  • Ismail Gulgee (Artist)
  • Humayun Tallat (Artist)
  • Ikram Sehgal (Journalist)
  • Ayaz Amir (Politician and a Journalist)
  • Javaid Sadiq Malik (Govt. Servant CSP)
  • Shakeel Durrani (Govt. Servant CSP)
  • M. Athar Tahir (CSP Officer)(poet, author, translator, painter and calligrapher)
  • Prof Dr Jamal Islam (Intellectual)
  • Ch Tanvir Ahmad (A.I.G)
  • Waheed Murad (Artist)
  • Munir A Malik (Lawyer)
  • Sheheryar Mirza (G.M Pearl Continental Rawalpindi)
  • Umair Ali Chughtai (AVP Bank Alfalah Limited)

Shuhada

The names of "Old Gallians" who laid down their lives for the defense of their motherland.[4]

Name Date Gallantry Award
Maj. Mian Raza Shah 01-09-1965 Sitara-e-Jurat (Medal of Courage)
Lt. Habib-ur-Rehman 19-06-1965
Capt. Zahoor-ul-Islam Afridi 23-09-1965 Sitara-e-Jurat (Medal of Courage)
Flt. Lt. Mushtaq Alam Khan 20-05-1967
Maj. Sabir Kamal Meyer 06-12-1971 Sitara-e-Jurat (Medal of Courage), Bar
Lt. Tahir Ashraf Mann 15-12-1971
Capt. Ejaz Alam Khan 16-12-1971
Lt. Zafar Ali Akbar 16-12-1971
Lt. (PN)_ Muhammad Imtiaz 04-07-1972 Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Good Conduct)
SQN LDR. Arif Manzoor 12-06-1974 Sitara-e-Jurat (Medal of Courage), Tamgha-e-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct)
Maj. Muhammad Ali Hyderi 15-06-1999 Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Good Conduct)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-9-2003_pg3_7
  2. ^ http://www.poetry-archive.com/n/clifton_chapel.html
  3. ^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/188445/lawrence-college-anniversary-rs20-coins-launched/
  4. ^ http://www.lawrence.edu.pk/shuhada.html

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