The Abingdonian 2019

90 The Abingdonian Morgan’s House It is rather a sad moment for me to sit down to write my last article for the Abingdonian as Housemaster of Morgan’s. It has been a great honour to lead the house over the last five years, but I know that I leave it in the more than capable hands of Tom Donnelly, under whom I am sure great things will continue to come. This has been a great year in Morgan’s. We may not have won much – indeed we may have come dead last quite a bit – but luckily school life is more than competitions and the important successes in life are rarely measured in certificates. There is much that the boys of Morgan’s have to be proud of. Throughout the house boys have been doing incredible things, from Archie Turnbull and Ben Smith taking the lead role in plays to Charlie Atkinson being selected to represent England for the U18 rugby team, and much in between. The departing Upper Sixth were the first third year group in Morgan’s, and so on a personal note it is nice to be able to say that I have ‘seen them through’. I’d like to thank them for all their support over the years; they have been enthusiastic participators in house life and have done a great job leading the house and setting a good example to others. I’d particularly like to mention house prefects Colm Lambert, James Ashby and Sam Bell. They did a great job and have always been supportive of events and initiatives within the house. Colm’s boundless energy will be hard to replace, as will James’ quiet authority