{"id":514,"date":"2009-11-19T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salibblog.wordpress.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2009-11-19T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:31:00","slug":"stromness-school-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/2009\/11\/19\/stromness-school-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Stromness School Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know there was a school song? This was printed in the first The Stromnessian<\/em> in 1941.<\/p>\n

FLOREAT STROMNESSIA<\/h4>\n

W.F. Ritchie A.M.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nobis est amicus pontus,
\nTacta nobis Boreas.
\nHabitamus Orcdenses
\nInsulas pulcherrimas.
\nFloreat Stromnessia,
\nFloreat in saecula! <\/span><\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brencio colli tegente,
\nSita est Stromnessia,
\nPretum spectans ad Scapense
\nGloria clarissimum
\nFloreat Stromnessia,
\nFloreat in saecula!<\/p>\n

Scholam et muros laudemus
\nTraditos a patribus,
\nUnde nautae, professores,
\nPraeceptorem, medici
\nFloreat Stromnessia
\nFloreat in seacula!<\/p>\n

Tibi Matri corda lacta
\nOfferunt discipuli,
\nTibi fata haud inique,
\nProsperos dies volunt.
\nFloreat Stromnessia,
\nFloreat in saecula!<\/p>\n

A Free Verse Rendering of Stromness School Song<\/h4>\n

This isn’t a literal translation of the Latin version of the song above.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our home is in the North,
\nThe Ocean is our friend:
\nIn the lovely Orcades
\nOur happy lives we spend.
\nWish we our Academy
\nHonour without end!<\/p>\n

“Brinkie’s” looms behind us:
\nScapa lies before-
\nScapa famed in story,
\nFamed in days of yore.
\nWish we our Academy
\nOf happy days a store!<\/p>\n

Reverence we the old Halls
\nBy our Sires bequea thed:
\nMen of valiant deed.
\nProfessors, Doctors, Teachers
\nAnd her sons indeed.<\/p>\n

To our Alma Mater
\nJoyful hearts we raise.
\nGreat success attend her,
\nGlory, honour, praise!
\nWish we our Academy
\nLength of happy days.<\/p>\n

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Did you know there was a school song? This was printed in the first The Stromnessian in 1941. FLOREAT STROMNESSIA W.F. Ritchie A.M. Nobis est amicus pontus, Tacta nobis Boreas. Habitamus Orcdenses Insulas pulcherrimas. Floreat Stromnessia, Floreat in saecula! Brencio … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}