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Country Day's School Colors | Ralph Boothby was the first headmaster at Country Day. One of his favorite areas of the United States was Colorado, so his choice of blue for the stone of Country Day's ring reflects the brilliance of the blue sky. He combined this blue with the richness of the red soil and created Country Day's school colors, red and blue. |
The Country Day Ring  The Country Day senior ring is traditional in design, but unique in symbolism.
The school seal on the ring includes the founding date of Country Day, 1929, the initials of our school, MPCDS, and the olive branch, which denotes the passing of traditions from one class to another and from one generation to another. The symbols on the crest are described in detail below. It is tradition to wear the ring with the school crest facing the wearer until graduation.
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The Crest | The origins of Country Day’s school shield date back to the 1947-1948 school year.
During that year, the classes of 1948 and 1949 decided that it was time for the school to have a school ring. Needing a distinctive symbol for the ring, the students approached Mr. Boothby for advice. Mr. Boothby suggested having a classical flaming torch with an open book superimposed over the torch. On the book, the Greek letters Phi and Lambda were added. The Phi is the initial letter of “philosophomen”, which means literally. “Let us be friends of wisdom.” The Lambda is the initial letter of “lampada paradidomen”, which means “Let us pass the torch.” This phrase serves to remind students of their absolute obligation to pass on to all others all of the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and other advantages that they have received from Country Day. The chosen “livery colors” of the shield were, of course, Country Day’s already well-established, red and blue.
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Flags Fly for Country Day This is the unofficial school song, sung at opening and closing ceremonies and on other various occasions. It was written quite some time ago by a kindergarten class, which explains the straightforward lyrics. Sung to the tune of “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me!,” the lyrics are:
Flags fly for Country Day,
Flags fly for Country Day,
Flags fly for Country Day,
Country Day’s my school, hooray!
It’s good, it’s good, it’s good, to belong to Country Day,
It’s good, it’s good, it’s good, to belong to Country Day,
Flags fly for Country Day,
Flags fly for Country Day,
Flags fly for Country Day,
Country Day’s my school, hooray!
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