The Trophy Room

This did not occur to me until it was pointed out, but why does the Trophy Room contain Riddle’s 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.