Social and Cultural Life

Anatolia student committee at the 1954 opening of a new school in the village of Mavrorachi to which Anatolia students had contributed, one of several projects to aid the war-stricken village.

“Fairness, equality, I think that was so important, because we had some very rich people and we had some very poor people […] but equality was instilled through the clubs, through the advisors.”

Student relief committee offering food, clothing, and medical supplies.

“[…] they would go during the weekends and offer voluntary work. The boys helped to construct toilet facilities and rebuild the village, we had offered so much to this village.”

Students in front of Stephen’s Hall.

“Anatolia’s was a critical approach to discipline based on cogito ergo sum, it wouldn’t stem from the hierarchically uneven teacher-student power relations, rather from the interactions between students and teachers. Mutual respect was central in Compton’s philosophy, with every student being seen as a unique personality.”