The Trophy Room

This did not occur to me until it was pointed out, but why does the Trophy Room contain [Riddle’s][Riddle] Award for Special Services to the School at all?¹ I do not know if this is typical of British schools or not, by my own high school’s trophy case only contained team trophies, awards won by the school as a whole, and trophies intended to be presented to a student year after year (typically containing a multitude of mini plaques on them one of which would get engraved each year). Something specific to a single student should be that student’s. The trophy case did not contain the various medals the guys on my wrestling team won at tournaments, nor did it contain the ones I got at science fairs.

[Riddle]: </Harrypedia/people/Riddle/Tom Marvolo/>/