![]() ![]() ![]() Instituting the contradictory motto Progress Through Tradition, Harrington replaces the Honors Boards-large placards lining the school’s corridors “inscribed with the names of our old boys”-with glossy advertising posters, imposes coeducation, and promulgates an anti-bullying policy that protects bullies. Smooth, impeccably turned-out Harrington manages to co-opt the school’s older faculty by deluding them into thinking they have a future in the new St. A new headmaster, Johnny Harrington, has arrived, flanked by consultants and spouting modern theories of branding, political correctness, and trigger warnings, to effect the academic equivalent of a corporate takeover. Oswald’s Grammar School for Boys for decades and otherwise leads a celibate and austere life in his nearby flat, his only luxuries being licorice candies, Gauloise cigarettes, and strictly moderate alcohol intake. Roy Straitley is a relic of the English prep school past: he's taught Latin at St. Chips meets Gordon Gekko in Harris’ ( Peaches for Father Francis, 2012, etc.) novel of academe. ![]()
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