1980 BC Matric Class tie
Sans titre2010 Jeremy Havard letter to Susannah Knowles containing description and context of donated items.
Sans titre1976 OSA Cricket team founders Johnny Arthur and Rob McLaren
A note from Jonathan Arthur identifies the location as follows:
"My friend Rob McLaren and I were interested upon reading about the Cricket Club and thought we should send you the founding photo dated 10th October 1976 which was taken at Bruma Park, as at that stage we had no cricket field to play on and sport at the College on Sundays was not allowed".
1966 Surrey CC 2nd XI Ken Cooper
Legend not available, but Ken Cooper (Class of 1963) is pictured in the back row on the left at the time he played for the Surry 2nd XI.
2006 McLaren tribute to Walter Macfarlane on the passing of his former Prep School headmaster.
Sans titreContains programme and list of events
Includes 1954 Open record holders on back cover
Version of the programme that appears to be a working copy.
Includes events from BP U6 up to BC Open events
Letter explaining the need to increase school fees
Sans titreIncludes dates for the period when we were a four-term school and half-term consisted of a Saturday off.
Sans titreFormal group photograph of the 1952 Grade 1 Class at an unidentified school that Norman Tickton attended before he joined the BP mid-year, 1953.
Sans titre1954 photograph of the Chapel from the Cheetah slopes. The date of the photograph was estimated from the state of the grounds surrounding the building.
Sans titre1957 BC Matric Dinner: "Farewell dinner to the Second Company of the '53rd Pioneers" dinner, 7th December 1957.
Program contains menu and names of Class of 1957 as well as those of Staff and Council members.
1959 OSA Annual Dinner, Wanderers Club, 14th October 1959: programme and menu.
Sans titre1960c BP holiday trip to Natal South Coast group photograph
Sans titre1963 BC Collins Grade 8 dorm
TBI
1974 BC Hockey U14 TBI NIS
Sans titre2011 Paul Krige tribute to Steyn Krige at the time of his passing 26th September, 2011.
Sans titre2011 Patrick Laurence obituary.
Laurence served on the College staff from 1964 - 1967 before taking up journalism as a career.
Article available online https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/14/patrick-laurence-obituary
1970 BC Rowing team Woods Collection ST p058
Legend:
Back row: C. Brand, A. Bruton, R. Wakefield, T. Chilwell, I. Dodds, D. Hulbert, R. Kennealy;
Middle row: R. Dansey, I. Crichton, B. Lincoln, J. Brandt, R. Kippen, K. Davis, H. McDonald, S. Robb, V. Goodbrand, D. Tatlow;
Front row: A. Groenewald, G. Paton-Ash, P. Smit, Mr J. C. Dickson, K. Goodbrand (capt.), I. Woods, D. Lincoln, D. Heney.
Absent: B. Jenkins
1971 BC Matric Class Woods collection ST p012
Legend:
Back row: P. C. Cosmann, M. S. Willis, R. R. Logan, P. R. J. Dewes, C. D. Stein, R. H. Ludlow, B. Crane, G. P. Watson, C. V. Kaplan, R. A. Burge, J. F. Santiago, K. Davis, N. A. Andrews.
4th row: R. O. Gilbert, T. E. Hoy, A. C. Burrow, W. A. v. Aswegan, M. A. Basnett, P. K. Hough, C. A. Fergusson, D. G. Beckett, T. J. Falkiner, R. E. Plastow, M. Muller, C. B. Williams, G. D. Peace.
3rd row: J. R. Edmeston, P. F. Legh, P. J. Laburn, D. P. McKie, M. C. Wilford, I. C. Woods, B. S. Hosford, P. V. Smit, P. A. Lamont, R. P. Cooper, R. C. Shearer, K. G. M. Pratley.
2nd row: Mr. P. Pearce, Mr. J. Helliwell, Mr. G. Mascall, Mr. H. Jansen, J. A. Robertson, G. C. D. McSweeney, P. R. Cooke, M. D. Wood, D. C. Cumming, A. R. Sparks, C. B. McEwan, N. L. Janet, Mr. O. Roberts, Mr. M. Stalley, Mr. H. Thorpe, Mr. H. Huggett.
Front row: Rev. D. Henning, Mrs. G. Meumann, Mr. J. Frylinck, Mr. R. Erasmus, Mr. V. Clegg, Mr M. Henning, Mr. E. King, Mr. E. Lipsett, Mr. C. Wilkinson, Mr. A. Carter, Mr. J. Dickson.
Seated in front: A. J. Montgomery, R. J. Morgan, D. Forsythe, A. J. Combrink, J. F. Geddes, R. J. Mulder, D. Heney, A. B. Stead, M. Nicol, R. B. Wakefield.
1971 BC Rowing 1st IV Woods Collection NIS
Legend not available in Stythian magazine, but crew consisted of:
I Woods, A Groenewald, K Davis, D Heney (capt.), V Goodbrand.
Digital link to Terry Ryan's history and achievements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(tennis)
Photograph of Terry Ryan at Wimbledon in 1968 courtesy https://www.ebay.co.uk/
Digital links to alumni story: https://www.provost.vt.edu/cyril_clarke_bio.html
Sans titreDigital links to https://www.goodthingsguy.com/lifestyle/my-better-world-emmy-win/
Sans titreTribute paid to Den Warren by Mark de Buys, 1999, published in the Boys' Prep magazine, 1999, page 2.
Sans titreDave Knowles tributes to Piet van Tonder on his retirement, November 2013 referring to his immense contribution to the College over 30 years.
Sans titreItems collected by Lilian Harris and amalgamated into an album presented to the College following the sudden death of E M Harris in 1961.
Sans titreExtracts from letters written by E M Harris (one of four Founder Members of Staff of the College) to his sister, Lilian, in England between January 1957 and May 1961.
Sans titreTrust [an essay]. It is not known if this short essay can be attributed to Leake.
Sans titreRewards and Worries of Social Welfare Work in Johannesburg. Rand Aid Chairman looks back 21 years. [NC] The Star 15/07/1944. Describes an interview with Leake and includes details of the work done by the Association.
Sans titreClifton Methodist Church. celebrates jubilee [NC] The Star 9th March 1948
Sans titreMen with "histories" given hope of normal life [NC]. Source and date not identified. Date estimated from construction of Cottesloe Hostel.
Sans titre32 Years' service [NC] The Star, 3rd May 1950
Sans titreA quotation identified as follows:
Often misattributed, this quotation is actually derived from an essay written by Bessie A. Stanley of Lincoln, Kansas. This is a link to an article about her essay that was published in the Emporia Gazette of Emporia, Kansas on December 11, 1905 [https://quoteinvestigator.com/]
1907 - 1910 Wesleyan Church Trust record book containing loose items relating to the Wesleyan Trust and the Million Shilling fund-raising effort.
It would appear that the fund-raising effort mirrored that of a similar one in London at the same time. According to the letters and other records in the ledger, the intention of the local fund was aimed at a church to be built on the corner of Kerk and von Wielligh Streets in Johannesburg.
The full contents of the ledger have not been digitised.
1922 CHL Drivers licence issued in the name of CH Leake.
Sans titre1943 Petrol Control permit
Sans titreW Hosken etc. [document]
The purpose of the document is not indicated and it is undated. It contains a list of names including those of the College founders, Collins and Mountstephens and early Trustees such as DF Corlett, C H Leake and his brother E O Leake. It also refers to the [Methodist] Central Hall and may well relate to the efforts to raise funds for the building of a Methodist Church in Johannesburg.
Prose writing, unidentified. Sellotape marks indicate that the document could have been displayed at some stage. Similar items are included in the Leake Collection albums.
Sans titre1927 Leake outside his home in Westcliff
The photograph is dated from its similarity to that appearing on the 1927 election card.
1935c Leake laying a foundation stone at an unidentified building.
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.
1935c Leake admires the Foundation Stone that he laid
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.
1939 Leake in his garden 001
Sans titre1950c Leake family group in garden 003
Sans titre1953 Laying of Foundation Stone congregation
Sans titreDigital copy of an obituary published in the SAJS, January 1964. The obituary provides details of Hall's working and academic life as well as some information on his professional and other interests.
Sans titreTeaching certificate
Sans titreHandwritten letter from Wally Mears to Mr Dunn referring to the publication of the Early History of St Stithians College which Mears was working on at the time. Although not identified as such in the letter, it can be deduced from the reference to the work of the parents, that he is Mr Colin J H Dunn who was the Chairman of the Parents' Association for the period 1969 -1970.
Sans titre1963 BC lapel badge Graeme Read with notes
Note identifies Mrs Barcza as having named the boys in the first photograph
1963 BC Tree planting Graeme Read
Sans titre1962 BC Swimming team NIS
Sans titre1963 BC Academic staff STp01a
Legend:
Back row: E M Sholand, D R Warren, I Baris, E R Lipsett, E P Cox, L E Gryffenberg, R L Rainier, M Murray, C E Cummings, R Simpson;
Middle Row: D J Saunders, P J Cronje, Miss J W Willis, Mrs E M Driver, Mrs H M Dessing, Mrs M Lehman, Mrs M T McLaren, Miss P Beuchat, Mrs M Joubert, Mrs S Woodhouse, Mrs A Alexander, Rev R Attwell, K C Hovelmeier;
Front row: L A Kernick, J M Robertson, J G Walsh, V L Clegg, M T S Krige, R E Hudson-Reed, R Erasmus, J V Woodley, K G L Mills;
1964 BC Mountstephens House NIS
Sans titre1965 BC Swimming team NIS
Sans titre1975 BC College Prefects NIS
Legend:
1978 BC Matric Class St p013
Legend:
Back row: R A Leigh, R de Vries, L R C Coogan, S M Beck, P A Frost, M K Tucker, M D J Meyer, G M Eckersley, J Rundle, M Holmes, D C A Wertheim-Aymes, N P C Fox, E G Atkinson, G Baker, P D Anagnostaras, M P R Kirby, A C Thomas;
2nd row: D E Xenopoulos, R F Pienaar, M P Halamandres, I R Simms, M E Berger, A D Meyer, R L Pike, S G Keenan, M T Ralston, P L Skala, G A Perusset, R D Lees, K D Lang, I C Hunter, G D Whitelaw, C DE Waldron, P D Middelton, W R Slater;
3rd row: M H Heuermann, D P Anderson, A E Urdang, J S Simpson, C C Carter, D J O’Regan, M P Stonestreet, A N Meintjies, F Provenciani, J C Riley, D M Horne, P O Semple, D J W Osborne, J D Robinson, M R Tyrell, J Gordon-Smith, M J Fussell, T P Clynick;
4th row: M S Douglas, D A Cowan, D L Durandt, A R Carisson, G P Roxburgh, P M Whalley, N van Streepen, S Buys, R K H Fisher, G M Hoffman, D P C Riley, G R Morris, G P Davey, D G Cartwright, G H Inggs, D L Balfe, S D Shires, E R Mitchley;
5th row: R Brack, G M Dunstan, Mr du P Ferreira, Mr M I Clarke, Mr P Reuvers, Mrs J Z Dixon, D G Bradford, B W Barnard, G R Shutt, B J Fieldgate, Mrs R E Bruschi, Mr T Clifford, Mr C E Jeannot, Mr H Huggett, Mr M J Richardson;
Front row: Mr M D Stalley, Mr D S Gear, Mr S Bowen, Mr H J Jansen, Mr V L Clegg (Second Master), Mr M Henning (Headmaster), Mr K C Hovelmeier, Mr A J Carter, Mr E R Lipsett, Mr O J Roberts, Rev H K Nel (Chaplain), Mr D H Jones;
1960 BC Staff Mr and Mrs Clegg Gala performance Bolshoi Ballet TBI
The couple to the left have yet to be identified.
The photograph is dated from the title of the ballet which was revived by the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 1960 and performed on the company's tour of South Africa.
Undated BC photograph TBI
The event is presumed to be a school social event (probably a Matric Dinner) from the presence of the young boy in the photograph.
Undated BC Rowing TBI
Sans titreThis article was read by Mark Henning and retained in his file.
The article is a chapter from the book: Thomas Sowell (1975) Ethnic America: A History of the Rise of the Immigrant Groups, published by Basic Books.
1977 school report for first black applicant [compliant]
Sans titre1978 letter from MH to the TED requesting permission to admit three black students to the Boys' Prep. [compliant]
Sans titre1978 document with applicants details [compliant]
Sans titre1978 letter from the TED to MH advising that the applications for admission had been refused. [compliant]
Sans titre1978 letter from MH to the TED advising noting the refusal of the applications for admission. [compliant]
Sans titre19780407 TED letter to MH re publicity issue and requesting details of all students of colour admitted to the College.
Sans titre19780415 MH letter to TVL Director of Education re admission numbers for students of colour.
Sans titre19781122 MH letter to the Transvaal Administrator again requesting permission for the admission of 3 black applicants. [compliant]
Sans titre1979 Application Parent 2 [compliant]
Sans titre19790228 Mark Henning Memorandum to Council re Admission of Blacks to St Stithians
Sans titre19790520 ECAR Panel Discussion on Open Schools [record of]
Sans titre1981 Rev Stanley Pitts note to Mark Henning re the "educational soundness" of the Education Department decision. The note is written on a compliments slip of the Methodist Church of South Africa.
Sans titre19810115 Transvaal Education Department letter to Mark Henning [compliant] re refusal.
Sans titre19810710 Lebowa Government memorandum to Mark Henning [compliant]
Sans titre19810727 St Stithians statistical return to Transvaal Education Department on racial enrolment [compliant]
Sans titre1943 £146,800 in Bequests to Charity by Cornish Pioneer of Johannesburg [NC]
Describes the extent and beneficiaries of the Mountstephens bequest.
1955 Standard I School report [anon] signed by Miss Doehring and Wally Mears.
Sans titre1953 - 1956 Stythian magazine [incomplete]
Sans titre1961 Parents' Association dinner [menu]. The menu includes signatures from parents, Wally Mears, W Aronsohn and others.
Sans titre1970c St Stithians College Campus Masterplan. The date is estimated from the presence of various buildings on the plan.
Sans titreLetter written and signed by Madden Cole on behalf of the Society and addressed to Mark Henning. Handwritten note by Carol Botha indicates items sent for publication on 31/10/1980.
Sans titre1986 Saints Action Day (with apologies to Henry V and Bill Shakespeare). Spoof of the Shakespeare lines adapted to the school event. Dated from the year (1986) common to all staff mentioned in the poem.
Sans titreSandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #11, 1987
Contents:
1) NEWSLETTER
2) THESE NAMES TELL A STORY by Juliet Marais Louw
3) THE SANDTON COAT OF ARMS by E. J. Carruthers and A. Pedlar
4) EDUCATION IN SANDTON by W.R. Hedding
Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #15, 1991
Contents:
1) Message from the Mayor of Sandton
2) Family Tree [Wilhelmi and Weber families]
3) Driefontein Farmhouse - Saved at last by Avril Reid
4) Tribute to Mrs. Elsa Wilhelmi by Juliet Marais Louw
5) Driefontein - 150 Years of Change by Dr. Jane Carruthers
6) Driefontein Land Transactions
7) Adolf and Elsa Wilhelmi: Sandton Pioneers by Dr. Jane Carruthers
8) I knew Freya Weber by Juliet Marais Louw
9) Max Weber (1) - The Man by Avril Reid
10) Max Weber (2) - The Diary 31 by Vincent Carruthers
11) The Restoration of Driefontein Farmhouse by Chris Bester, B.Arch(Pretoria)
19811204 Transvaal Education Department letter to Mark Henning re refusal [compliant]
Sans titre19820202 Transvaal Education Department: Mixed Sport directive: cover slip
Sans titre1989 BP Tree planting 03
Sans titre1989 BC Tree planting 02
Sans titre2002 BC Rugby Festival informal group 001
Sans titre1995 GC GP First sod 19950307 001 Founder pupils Laburn Thompson AvZ Pitts
1995 GC GP Launch new winter uniform 001 von Glehns
Sans titre1995 GP Grade 3 Projects 001
1995 GP Grade 2 Architects in the making 001
Note that in the first few years the GP girls in Grades 1 and 2 wore the full GP winter or summer uniforms.
1995 GP Beatrix Potter Programme front page 001
Sans titre1996 GC Landscapes Heavy rains 002
Sans titre1996 GC Landscapes Building the GLT 001
Sans titre1996 GC Landscapes Building the Gym 005
Sans titre1996 GC Building of the Girls Lecture Theatre
1996 GC Landscapes Building the GLT 010
1996 GC Landscapes Building the GC 011
Sans titre1996 GC Landscapes Stream in autumn 012
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