A Family’s Wish
Resonant Echoes of
‘ COURAGE
HONOR
’ TRUTH Honoring a Dynamic Granddaughter and Her Remarkable Grandfather By Katherine Ogden
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Brunswick’s founding president, William J. Hoggson, charged the School’s first Headmaster with teaching boys the lifelong importance of adhering to the principles of “Courage, Honor, Truth.”
During a 1906 Commencement
HIRLEY WRIGHT
in Shirley’s memory be made to
if Hoggson was a mainstay in
was just 13 when
her beloved grandfather’s school,
young Shirley’s life, so, too, has
speech, Hoggson formally turned
she lost one of the
Brunswick.
he been a pillar in the 111-year
over the new Brunswick School
life of Brunswick School.
building to Headmaster George
mainstays of her life, her larger-
Such tribute is a testament
than-life grandfather, W. J.
to the character of the men
Hoggson, the founding President
who founded Brunswick — for
of Brunswick School.
An engineer, designer and builder who served on the Board of Trustees in the early days,
Carmichael, offering this timeless advice: “Take our boys, Mr. Headmas-
It was not very much time to
when Brunswick was still casting
ter, and teach them, if you will,
spend with a cherished grandpar-
about for permanent home, Hogg-
Latin, Greek, Mathematics; but
ent. Still, Hoggson made such an
son offered more than mere bricks
above all else, teach them, I beg
impression on the girl that when
and mortar to the nascent school.
you, Courage, Honor, Truth.”
Wright died last October, her
He offered words.
children thought to remember
And while the original school
not just the grandfather but also the school he helped to found. They asked that donations
Shirley Wright (left) poses with cousin Barbara Hoggson Sutphen in front of her grandfather’s portrait.
building Hoggson helped to erect was destroyed by fire, his words endure and resonate.
Brunswick boys immediately recognized the words for their strength. At an all-school assembly the following fall, they chose Hoggson’s
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