Newspaper. Successor of The Weekly Mail, formerly The Rand Daily Mail

The original Treverton Preparatory School for Boys operated on the present Prep School site in from 1939 until 1957 before it closed down. It was resuscitated in 1963 when the property was re-purchased and Derek Hudson-Reed, a teacher at St Stithians, was appointed as its first headmaster in 1964. He later became Rector of Treverton, serving the College until his retirement in 1987.
John Huggett, a Saints alumnus also served as Head from 2017 until 2020.

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. In 1995, with the advent of the girls' schools on campus, the entities serving the boys became known as the Boys' College and Boys' Preparatory schools. Reference to the Boys' College within AtoM indicates the high school years from Grade 8 to Grade 12 for its entire history from 1953 to the present.

A loose association of parents worked avidly from 1953 to 1957, focusing on raising funds to build a school swimming pool. Thereafter, this loose association was formalised into the first Parents' Association in 1957. For a full history and a list of early office bearers, see Mears, W G (1972) The Early History of St Stithians College, pages 73 - 83.

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. In 1995, with the advent of the girls' schools on campus, the entities serving the boys became known as the Boys' College and Boys' Preparatory schools. Reference to the Boys' Prep within AtoM indicates the Preparatory school years from Grade 1 to Grade 7 for its history from 1953 to 1996 and Grade 3 to Grade 7 from 1996 onwards.

First official school photographer

Used where the creation of an item cannot be attributed to an identified single person or group of people.

First Afrikaans-medium high school in South Africa, located in Pretoria.

Company of which Charles Leake was Managing Director.
Details of Leake's early history can be found in the following online article from the 1918 Agricultural Journal: https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0000021_1003

The Church's Doris Elaine Leake Memorial Hall honoured the daughter (deceased 1923) of Charles Leake, founding St Stithians Trust chairman. Three of the church's founding members were also members of the first St Stithians Trust.
The church was demolished in 1961 to make way for the widening of Harrow Road. (See https://johannesburg1912.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/wesleyan-church-yeoville.jpg for further history and photographs of the church.)

First established in 1991, the Saturday School has been providing extra tuition to learners from under-resourced schools for 21 years. In 2006 the St Stithians Foundation established Thandulwazi and incorporated the Saturday School and the Teacher Development Programme.
"The mission of the Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy is to improve the quality of Maths and Science teaching and learning, among historically disadvantaged South Africans, mainly from under-resourced schools in and around Gauteng, through targeted interventions aimed at teacher training; professional development; and the provision of quality extra tuition to FET phase learners on Saturdays."

Girls' Prep and College in Rosebank, Johannesburg.

A voluntary association of those dedicated to the preservation of the history of Sandton and its surrounds. It published a series of annual magazines between 1978 and c.1995 which include a number of articles on Driefontein Farm on which the College was built,

Original entity established by the Trust Deed in 1941.

British tabloid newspaper

The founding body of St Stithians College.
The Trust was formed in 1941 with the aim of establishing the College. The founding document is the Trust Deed.

Body established by Methodists in Johannesburg with the aim of raising funds to build a church.

Government body under apartheid established to run separate education for black pupils.

Newspaper
Possibly a supplement to The Star or Sunday Times newspaper at the time.

A South African daily newspaper published in Johannesburg, South Africa. The newspaper is distributed nationally in South Africa.

Local community newspaper in Johannesburg

Provincial education authority for the former Cape Province.

Former social magazine focussing on South African society.

Boys preparatory school in Westcliff, Johannesburg.

Promoter of Science in schools.

Newspaper

Local area newspaper published by Caxtons.

Cambourne is a house in the Girls' College. It is named after a Cornish village and parish in line with the Cornish history of the College.

Precursor of the ISC and ISASA, founded on the same basis as the British HMC.
For a detailed history of the HMC see Squelch, J M (1997) Private schools in South Africa: the legal status and management of private schools. UNISA Doctoral thesis. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43175412.pdf
This work refers extensively to interviews with Mark Henning, former Head of St Stithians and of the ISC.

Photography studio

Entity consisting of alumni of the College

First grade of high school, previously known as Form II or Standard 6.

Extra-mural society in the BC.

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. In 1995, the girls' schools started with grade 0 - grade 3 in the boys' prep buildings which now serve the Junior Prep under the name St Stithians Collegiate. The first senior girls were admitted to the Girls' College in 1996. In 2000 the names of the girls' schools were changed to Girls' College and Girls' Prep and the junior classes (Grade 0 - Grade 2) became part of the Junior Prep.

South African political party

South African political party

Early Methodist Church in Johannesburg.
Demolished 1973.

American Methodist Episcopal publication.

"The South African Journal of Science is an open access, multidisciplinary journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of South Africa. Its objective is to promote the visibility and impact of South African and African research by publishing high-quality original research from Africa or on African-relevant issues that will be of interest to readers in any discipline and for the benefit of scholars, educators, the general public and policymakers. It also provides a forum for discussion of news and developments in research and higher education." https://sajs.co.za/about

South African distance learning institution

Oldest university in South Africa

Company responsible for early aerial photographs.
Possibly Southern African arm of British company.

South African Rowing club.

Catholic school for girls in Boksburg, with renowned Drum Majorettes who have won the World Championships three times.

Informal BC Club consisting of parents, staff and boys which organised regular theatre outings.

Johannesburg started as a dusty mining camp in 1886, but grew so rapidly that by the following year it established a municipality and appointed a mayor.

Second BC boarding house to be built.

Touring Cricket side from Chile.

Afrikaans medium high school in Krugersdorp.

National Department responsible for education policy throughout South Africa during the apartheid era.

A daily English-medium newspaper established in 1898 in South Africa's capital city Pretoria.

National Daily newspaper in Afrikaans

Premier role in the Transvaal Province during the apartheid era.

Body consisting of mostly Catholic schools. No further details can currently be established.

South African national broadcasting service.

Historic Cape Town high school. Mr Wally Mears was a former headmaster.

Boys' high school in Johannesburg

South African Sunday newspaper

Newspaper closed down by the government because of its opposition to apartheid.

Boys preparatory school in Pretoria, gauteng.

"Good Things Guy is on a mission to change what the world pays attention to. We believe that there is good news all around us and over 25 million South Africans agree with us. We hunt down and report on the best Good News stories from South Africa, and the World."

Established by the Trust in 1953.
Body with responsibility for the overall governance of the College. https://www.stithian.com/content/page/governance

Photographic company in Johannesburg in the early 1950s.

Methodist school founded on a portion of the farm Driefontein by the Trust from the proceeds of the bequests of Cornishmen: Albert Charles Collins and William Mountstephens.

St Stithians College was founded in 1953 and consisted at the time of the founding BP and BC classes. Planning for the girl's schools began in 1994. In 1995, the girls' schools started with grade 0 - grade 3 in the boys' prep buildings which now serve the Junior Prep under the name St Stithians Collegiate. The first senior girls were admitted to the Girls' College in 1996. In 2000 the names of the girls' schools were changed to Girls' College and Girls' Prep and the junior classes (Grade 0 - Grade 2) became part of the Junior Prep.

Diplomatic service

Association tasked with promoting Johannesburg.

Beaufort West Inn

A voluntary association of those dedicated to the preservation of the history of randburg and its surrounds.

UK body responsible for the registering of births and deaths.

Sub-Committee of the Methodist Church at the time it was attempting to become part of the HMC.

Methodist co-educational College in Makhanda, Eastern Cape.

"Johannesburg came into being on 20 September 1886 and took at least 10 years to resemble something that could be called a town. It took another year before the first mayor, a magistrate, was appointed." [Source: https://www.joburg.org.za/]

Provincial education authority for the former Transvaal Province.

Extant school in Soweto.

Newspaper https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/page/construction
Creamer Media

Neighbouring institution: Forest Farm is a specialist care centre for adults with cerebral palsy conditions, and special needs

Photographic Studio

South African branch of AFS International student exchange organisation.

Sponsoring company

Radio station that sponsored an event at the College.

Local Sunday newspaper.

St Stithians Singers was founded by Walter Macfarlane, Hugh Huggett and the Director of Music, Anthony Lomberg. The choir consisted of parents and staff and eventually grew to 120 members. It later became the Johannesburg Singers.
During its extant years, the choirs put on many successful performances ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to major choral works such as Elijah and The Messiah.

Boys and girls preparatory schools in Paulshof, Gauteng.

Construction company responsible for the erection of the original school buildings. Company founded by Daniel Fargher Corlett.
Corlett House is named after DF Corlett.

"Sandton's most important civic organisation, the Sandton Civic Foundation, was also created in response to the Milstein report. The genesis of the Foundation is directly attributable to Mr Eric Gallo, who, together with men such as Mr "Punch" Barlow, established the Foundation on 10 Decelnber 1973 to "...preserve and restore 'indigenous trees and shrubs along the river trails"; "save hundreds of areas' .:. for the preservation of the natural beauty of the area"; and to ensure that "...the town should not attempt to compete with other towns and cities for industries and commercial enterprises...". The Sandton Foundation aimed to keep the area "...in the same way in which we found it". Another objective was to provide social, cultural, and artistic amenities."
Extract from:
Carruthers, E. J. (1982) THE HISTORY OF NATURE CONSERVATION IN SANDTON. Available online: https://repository.nwu.ac.za/

Johannesburg boys' school founded 1902.

Anglican independent school in Pretoria established in 1963.

International education organisation founded a St Stithians in 1997 to bring together educators from diverse backgrounds. https://globalconnections.org/

BC cultural club started by Charmian Kennealy in 1962.

Johannesburg Newspaper

Photographic studio extant in the 1940s in Johannesburg.

Charitable organisation founded by Charles Leake.

Merged with the Alliance Building Society to form the Allied Building Society, which later became ABSA Bank.

South African weekly magazine.
Superceded by Personality magazine 1957 - 1965.

Archive of the College, formerly established in 2013 to manage the historical physical and digital assets of the College that have permanent value to the institution.

South African government body responsible for the education of white children during the apartheid years.

Association of the Cornish settlers ho came to work the mines of the Witwatersrand.
Dates TBI

Methodist School for girls in Pietermaritzburg.

Association formed to organise Johannesburg's centenary in 1996.