Centenary celebrations
The school’s centenary celebrations open on 7 May with an official ceremony in the Neumunster Church followed by lunch on the school premises. Two hundred invited guests, including many from the world of politics and business, as well as all those belonging to the school enjoy the speech given by the Rector of Zurich University, Professor H. H. Schmid, as well as numerous good-humoured toasts and after-dinner speeches. In June, on the day dedicated to the students, the entire school travels to Obersee by special train, enjoys sports and games on the banks of the lake in Bollingen and then strolls to Rapperswil where the school community boards a steamship to take everybody back to Zurich. A lively school party with 2,000 visitors, all members of the Freies Gymnasium Zürich extended family, brings the celebrations to a grand conclusion on 28 October.
1988