'.....We had no organised physical drill or athletics; anything like Boy Scouts or Cadets would have been frowned upon; dramatics were taboo, as also was the singing of secular songs (and even hymns for a while); no music, vocal or instrumental, was taught or even allowed; novels were absolutely forbidden; theatre-going and public entertainment (except lectures) were not to be thought of and anything like games of chance, such as card etc, were equally regarded.'

School on the Hill - 300 Years of Friends' School Saffron Walden