Because I am so circle sensitive, I always stop to see the cafeteria, the dining hall, or dining room of a school. In every case, at every school, where there is a strong sense of community, there are also round tables at which the community eats. Round tables promote conversation. There is no head at a round table. All participate equally at a round table.
Round tables can build community.
We had the help, leadership and guidance of many, including a Chatham Hall graduate, Lisa Rosenberger Moore, class of 1959. Both Hunter McGuire School and our latest adventure in new schools, the Episcopal School of Knoxville, share round tables. Old photographs of Chatham Hall, before the Yardley Dining Hall was built, show that the dining tables in Pruden were round. Remember back to your days at Chatham Hall and the lively conversations at those tables. In the late 60's, when I was a student at Chatham Hall, we heard much about the generation gap.