Groton Answers Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Community
Nearly sixty years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Groton School, students, faculty, and staff celebrated MLK Day by examining the challenges in King’s teachings and exploring ways to make his vision of a Beloved Community come alive on the Circle.
In many ways, the themes of Dr. King’s February 1963 Groton address are echoed in the historic “I Have a Dream” speech he gave later that year in Washington: The strength of nonviolent resistance. Love’s redemptive power over hate. The promise of an American Dream for all.
As he took the stage at the Campbell Performing Arts Center (CPAC), the morning’s keynote speaker, best-selling author, activist, and rower Arshay Cooper, admitted he felt pressure following in Dr. King’s footsteps at Groton, even decades later. Continued
Cultural Day Returns
Groton students warmed up a cold and windy winter evening with food, dance, and music, celebrating the school’s fifth Cultural Day, and the first since 2020, on January 14. Continued
Mudge Fellow Transforms Beauty and Pain into Art
Some artists work with brush and canvas, or chisel and stone. For Boston-based visual and street artist Cedric Douglas, this year’s Mudge Fellow, his medium is whatever tells his message best, whether that’s a roll of police tape, a battered tambourine, or a rose. Continued
Did You Know? Fred Gwynne '44, an actor known for his role as Herman Munster on the television show The Munsters, was a talented artist who wrote and illustrated several children's books and created the campus map pictured below, which still hangs in the Alumni Office.
How many trees are currently standing on the Circle?
For this question, we define the Circle as the uninterrupted grassy area bounded by the paved road that passes in front of Brooks House, the Schoolhouse, and Hundred House and by the paved walking path that passes in front of the Chapel and the Dining Hall.
Submit your answer here. The first correct answer will receive a Groton T-shirt.
Last Issue's Answer
No one correctly answered that, in Groton's early days, boys who didn't want to play on a team could opt instead for a work squad.
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