Mrs. Alexander During the 60s and 70s, any boy who joined MH in KG or class 1 had one colossal figure standing over their lives. Mrs. Alexander. For those who were under her care in dorm A&B, Mrs. Alexander personified all that MH stood for in their first couple of years at school. She loomed over almost everything save the last refuge and sanctuary, the classroom, where she was never seen. Be it the dining room where her ‘Grace’ before meals demanded pin drop silence (the voices of other matrons paled in comparison) or the Saturday night film show in the Assembly Hall, where her young walked single-file clad in pyjamas & dressing gown to occupy the front row seats. Any boy wanting to visit the ‘bogs’ (or rather the bathroom as the slang term was unknown to the infants then) during the film, was not allowed to return but had to go to bed instead. That was one rule of Mrs. Alexander that I personally found unjust and too severe. So in the end, you just held on to your bladder as long as you could! Sonam ‘Prach’ has described Mrs. Alexander very well in his above write-up. Perhaps others can fill in stories and impressions about Mrs. Alexander. I am sure there would be plenty to share. Personally, I never seem to get on the wrong side of Mrs. Alexander so don’t have any particular incident to recall. If anything, she was distinctly ‘soft’ towards me. Yes, she was capable of that too and I remember Biraj Kalita being the other ‘apple in her eyes’! Where are you Biraj?!!! Mrs. Alexander was and will always be one pillar and the main foundation of Mount Hermon School, for me. 08 By : Bachan Gyawali         Graduated : Date : 11/8/2003 7:16