<p>The online version of the Pelican is a very poor representation of the hardcopy. The articles in the hardcopy are more substantive and interesting. What’s up with the censorship or alleged censorship? Keep the man down?</p>
<p>Hello All</p>
<p>Is the SSAT number the National Standard Percentile or is the other standard used at SP Admissions?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>The other one.</p>
<p>A brief story of the 3rd SPS Rector
The president of the Alumni Association recently recounted the story of SPS Rector Henry Ferguson’s shipwreck off the west coast of South America in 1866 on the Clipper ship Hornet. </p>
<p>The ship had caught fire and sunk as Ferguson accompanied his infirm brother on a voyage to California. A party of 15 from the Hornet subsequently spent 45 days at sea with little food and water before they reached land in Hawaii. The captain and many of the survivors credited young Henry, then in his early twenties and a member of the St. Paul’s School Form of 1864, as a key to their survival with his calm manner and prayers through the ordeal. The story of the astounding journey was chronicled by a young reporter from the Sacramento Bee who happened to be in Honolulu at the time named Samuel Clemens! Mark Twain would later write that it was the story of Ferguson and the survivors of the Hornet that launched his literary career. </p>
<p>The full story, starvation, eating boots, fearing murder and the tragic loss of two other small boats is worth reading. (one account of the journey is here: [Newsletter</a> Excerpt, Volume 49, Issue 2: The Saga of the Clipper Ship “Hornet”](<a href=“http://www.stamfordhistory.org/hornet.htm]Newsletter”>The Stamford Historical Society, Newsletter Excerpt, Volume 49, Issue 2, The Saga of the Clipper Ship Hornet), and in the book Longboat to Hawaii, An Account of the Voyage of the Clipper Ship Hornet of New York Bound for San Francisco in 1866 by Alexander C. Brown, Cornell Maritime Press.)</p>
<p>Just got a packet from SPS, lots of interesting stuff. Mostly stuff your parents have to sign and passwords for the parent portal. Also got a copy of the pelican and sports schedule. Soccer starts off with games at Andover and Exeter (one on my birthday actually), should be interesting.</p>
<p>Interesting story, Winterset. Reading the link you referenced, it’s fascinating that it would be deemed a good choice for someone suffering from tuberculosis to travel by boat to Southern California via Cape Horn!! I could see seeking out a dry, warm climate but spending months on a damp, dank boat to do so seems counterproductive.</p>
<p>Clearly not good for the brother’s TB, he died. But pretty amazing story. When you hear about the Rector eating shoes and worrying about cannibalism, the school food sounds quite good! That may have been the first time he used the name Mark Twain.</p>
<p>mpicz: Guess it is really sinking in huh! Hope to meet you in the fall.</p>
<p>Old parent with a new question. Has anyone used the apple for education store to buy a Mac for SPS student using the education discount? ITG materials say apple gives a discount, but the apple site seems to show that k-12 discounts are for employees/board members only, not for students as with college. Also, if anyone did buy, did you get the i-touch deal too, or is that just for college, not the k-12 schools?</p>
<p>Alevelon - Plow ahead. It will still work for you and, yes, you can get the free i-touch based on previous year’s experience.</p>
<p>I just read the Pelican…and I don’t see where any editing took place…Every other article had a shot at the administration. It was pretty good to me overall pretty interesting read.</p>
<p>In due time my friend. You will understand next year.</p>
<p>Alright. (10char)</p>
<p>The thing that was odd/annoying about the pelican was that after every negative opinion article it said something like, “I understand that this is simply my opinion, this should not be the final word, other people feel differently…”</p>
<p>And, ugh, A Thousand Splendid Suns was not a fun book to read. I think I should get an A just for finishing.</p>
<p>Really, goldilon? Everyone in our family has already read it and loved it.</p>
<p>Hats off Goldion… I have not started it yet. I know everyone on campus read the summer book including staff. Assume it’s the same this year. Something weird and 1984ish aboy All reading the same work.</p>
<p>It was so unrelentingly bleak (I started to wonder after the tenth graphic, violent scene whether they were really necessary). And all the characters were either really, really evil or saints sent from heaven. And the dialog…</p>
<p>On the plus side, I’ve gotten pretty far with the assignment given with it. Oh, and the Odyssey is wonderful.</p>
<p>Who is it in the school who decides what the school reads over the summer?</p>
<p>Summer Reading Committee
<a href=“http://www.sps.edu/ftpimages/36/download/W_Summer%20Reading%20Letter.pdf[/url]”>http://www.sps.edu/ftpimages/36/download/W_Summer%20Reading%20Letter.pdf</a></p>
<p>No names ?</p>
<p>goldilon: I just read the description of the book and really don’t want to start it. Doesn’t sound like the kind of book I’ll like reading…is it long?</p>