Wayland Student Press Network 12/14/13: Ritchie asks students to alter holiday decorations. Yesterday, Interim Principal John Ritchie emailed a memo to faculty explaining his reason why holiday decorations outside the South Building, set up by an advisory as part of their community service day this past Wednesday, must be taken down. “No matter how well-intentioned the display creators were, or how lovely people might find the display to be, there can be no doubt that this is a Christmas display consisting of elements of Christian symbolism,” wrote Ritchie.