This is a description of the founders day at the Abraham Lincon
School in New York:
FOUNDER'S DAY
On September 25th, 2000, the Abraham Lincoln School joined its sister
schools around the world in celebrating the birthday of Mr. Leon
MacLaren. It was his unique vision of education that guides all these
schools.

At the Lower School Assembly, Mrs. Solowey asked what qualities could
be seen in a photograph of Mr. MacLaren. With delight they
offered "kindness," "truth" and "bliss." The threefold promise was
then recited by the children, reaffirming their commitment to be
truthful and live according to the fine laws of the Creation, the
cornerstone of their education. The story of the lion who was raised
with sheep, which the children know and love, was retold and they
were reminded of the "real lion" that lies within each of us. In
order to wake up to that, access to a "real lion," who reminds us of
who we truly are, is needed. Mr. MacLaren is that "real lion" to
anyone who knew him and all those who hear of him through their
teachers.

We concluded the assembly with the School Chorus, grades 4-7, singing
O Thou Lord Supreme, a magnificent masterpiece composed by Mr.
MacLaren. The level of attention to this celebration and the joy
experienced was the greatest testament of all to the founder and
leader whose full name bespoke such scope: Leonardo da Vinci
MacLaren.

Taken from the school's web page:
http://www.abrahamlincolnschool.org/herald/00fall.htm


I must say that founders day in the day school in London is not
quite so steeped in SES philosophy (as far as I am aware, again
correct me if I'm wrong): there is no recitation of the three
promises, although some of Mr. MacLaren's 'masterpieces' have been
sung during the day's assembly, invariably coupled with the visit of
Mr. Lambie who will usually give a talk about the founder. This may
be accompanied by ice cream for lunch! Pupils do tend to know what
good answers are after a bit though- 'truth' 'beauty' etc. I'm not
saying that some will not actually see that, just that they become
the words of choice, the words that are being looked for.

I just included this as I found it interesting: the New York day
school seems far more at ease with showing its SES links. Is this
because it has never faced any such daming publication as the
book 'The Secret Cult', which was published about the SES some time
ago, or is it just more accepted there?
I also find it interesting that the SES never reacted to the book,
ie. tried to claim it was untrue or slanderous. Does this show that
the book does contain the truth (although from reading the first
chapter I would say it is written very 'sensationaly' if that's the
word) or is it the way of the SES to ignore critisisms as a matter of
course?
Either way, the book is kept very quiet! I'm am impressed that the
students writing on here found out about it as there is no easy
access to the information at school. God bless the internet!

I believe that the SES were told to take the book as a warning. This
to me furthur implies that the book is based on the truth, a truth
that possibly even the SES had not fully seen.
A need to step back and re-asess the situation, see what's what?
Has this happened? Any oppinions/feedback?