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Handwritten 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.

Handwritten 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.

Walter George Amos Mears 1930 - 1951: [extract from RBHS]

W 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.

Masters degree certificate

Slip accompanying UCT citation.

Teaching certificate

Undated BC Rowing TBI

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 Chapel

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.

Trust [an essay]. It is not known if this short essay can be attributed to Leake.

Tribute paid to Den Warren by Mark de Buys, 1999, published in the Boys' Prep magazine, 1999, page 2.

The Star Seaside Fund celebrates 1 000 trips 011
"The Star"

School magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2022.

School magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2021.

School magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2020.

School magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2019.

School magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2017.

Christmas card with school badge on the front, an aerial picture of the College on the inside and a hand-written message sigend by Steyn Krige

Printed menu including names of speakers.

Printed menu including names of speakers.

Invitation to the event, ticket no. 86

Circular letter announcing the adoption of the first OSA Constitution.

Programme of the event

Programme of the event
School records are included on the back page, including a hand-written correction.

Contains programme and list of events
Includes 1954 Open record holders on back cover

First constitution of the PA

List of members of the first PA Committee

Opening lines identify this as he first ever PA Committee newsletter.
The newsletter refers inter alia to the raising of funds, including for the proposed swimming bath.

List of officials for the event

Letter explaining the need to increase school fees

Article describing the College, focusing on what it has to offer and its values.

Invitation to the event at which Mr Mears performed the official opening at 16h30.

Printed invitation, including a personalised note from the Deputy Headmaster, Vernon Clegg, to Mr & Mrs Tickton. The Norman Tickton memorial trophy was to be presented for the first time at this event. Norman (Class of 1964) had passed away in June, 1973.

Single issue of a school newspaper produced by Form II (Grade 8) boys. The articles reflect the interests and humour of the boys at the time of publication. Certain boys are named within the publication.

Programme of the event which combined the induction of the 1963 prefects with the farewell to the Class of 1962.
The inner back page is signed by the Mountstephens House Matric boarders of 1962

Programme of the event which combined the induction of the 1964 prefects with the farewell to the Class of 1963.

Programme of the event
Contains school records on the back cover

Programme of the event
Contains school records on the back cover

Programme of the event

Programme of the event

Invitation to the first annual prize-giving

Version of the programme that appears to be a working copy.
Includes events from BP U6 up to BC Open events

Programme of the event with hand-written notes and times
Includes winner of the Old Boys race

Programme of the event

Invitation to the farewell event for the first Headmaster, W G Mears.

Programme of the event which was the second ever Matric Dinner and which included 15 foundation students.

Invitation to the event which was conducted by the Rev Dr J B Webb

Invitation to the event

Programme of the event which was the first ever Matric Dinner for the foundation matriculants.

Circular letter advising parents and guardians advising them of the appointment of Steyn Krige as the second Headmaster of the College.

Programme of the event

Catalogue of artworks produced by the Art Club students

Catalogue of the exhibited items with an introduction on the activities of the Art Club

Photograph of Hockey 2nd XI team, 1961

Includes dates for the period when we were a four-term school and half-term consisted of a Saturday off.

Circular of school terms

Extracts 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.

Extracts 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.

Extracts 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.

Extracts 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 1953 and July,1961.

Programme of the event
Contains details of records held at the time.
Some hand-written annotations.

Circular letter inviting old boys to attend the gala performance to mark the opening of Mears Hall.

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #7, 1983
Contents:
1) NEWSLETTER
2) MEMBERSHIP FORM
3) QUARTET
4) INTRODUCTION by the Editor to a series of four articles concerning the farm DRIEFONTEIN which is of special importance
today as the historical WEBER HOUSE still stands on this farm.
5) FROM 1859 : LANDOWNERS OF DRIEFONTEIN by E. J. Carruthers. The story of the land and its various owners over the 120 years since the first farms were proclaimed in the Transvaal.
6) THE LOST HOUSES OF DRIEFONTEIN by Professor R. J. Mason. Report on an investigation of the site of the 1890 - 1926 Wilhelmi Farm, which remains only as a ruin, carried out by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand.
7) WHY THE WEBER HOUSE IS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION by Juliet Marais Louw. Mrs. Marais Louw, who spent much of her childhood in what is now Sandton, makes a plea for the old WEBER HOUSE to be saved for posterity.
8) 1908 - THE WRIGHT FAMILY ARRIVE AT DRIEFONTEIN by Juliet Marais Louw. A portrait of some of the people who have lived at
Driefontein.
9) PASSING OF A PIONEER. Poetic Tribute to Mrs. E. Wilhelmi

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #5, 1981
Contents:
1) Local history in the Sandton context by Jane Carruthers
2) St Stithians College by Sheila and Jimmy Verner
3) The Brolins of Linbro Park by Juliet Marais Louw
4) Alexandra Township by Maud Goedhuys
5) The Sandton Fire Brigade by Jane Carruthers with information supplied by R.D. Schmidt
6) Newsletter

Sandton Historical Association Annual Magazine #2, 1978
Contents:
1) Editorial 1
2) How Sandton got its Water Supply by R. I. Louttit.
3) When Ouma wrote to the School Board by Juliet Marais Louw.
4) Witkoppen School by Agnes Kulenkampff.
5) Panner' s Lane - the story of a road by Muriel E. Fisher.
6) St Mungo' s Church Bryanston by W.R. Hedding.
7) Newsletter

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)

Sandton 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

Saints Action Day (with apologies to Henry V and Bill Shakespeare).

Rewards 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.

Retirement of Mr. C. H. Leake: Norwegian Consul for 10 years. [NC] The Star, 5/8/1938.
The image of the page to which the article has been adhered also includes a newspaper photograph of cycling in Norway and 3 seals embedded in sealing wax.

1) Tribute paid to Ken Hovelmeier in November 2000 on his retirement from St Stithians College.
2) Guest of Honour speech delivered to the assembly by Ken Hovelmeier on the same occasion.

Reception at Norwegian Hall [NC] referring to the farewell to Mr & Mrs C H Leake after his retirement as Consul of Norway.
Source of NC is not identified. Item is dated form an adjacent cutting.

Rand Aid Chairman and Minister [NC] The Star, c. May 1950 (date not fully identified)

Rand Aid Association: The Sixty-sixth Annual Report 1969 - 1970.
The cover of this report pictures Mount Collins House, a charity financed by Charles Leake and named after his great friends: William Mountstephens and Albert Collins, founders of St Stithians.

Rand Aid Association: The Sixty-fourth Annual Report 1967 - 1968

A small collection of quotations identified as follows:

"Real kindness means ...". The source of this quotation cannot be identified.

"Life, like war, is a series of mistakes; and he is not the best Christian nor the best general who makes the fewest false steps. Poor mediocrity may secure that; but he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes; organize victory out of mistakes.“ Frederick William Robertson, 1895 [Source: https://quotepark.com]

"There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.“ John Ruskin, 1860. [Source: https://quotepark.com/quotes]

"Twelve things to remember" is derived from an essay written by Bessie A. Stanley of Lincoln, Kansas. Here is an article about her essay that was published in the Emporia Gazette of Emporia, Kansas on December 11, 1905 [Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/]

"Not what we have, but what we use ..." is a quote from Joseph Fort Newton (1880 – 1950) [Source: https://www.preaching.com/articles/past-masters/joseph-fort-newton/]

Motto: "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." Stephen Grellet 1773–1855 [Source: https://www.oxfordreference.com/]

This last quotation is headed Motto and reflects the life that Leake led.

A 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/]

Prospectus produced prior to the opening of the College in 1953. Includes details of the Council members, descriptions of the buildings and grounds, courses of study, fees, games [sports], the boarding department, dress and clothing lists,.

Project Brave Stretch
A report-back from Prof Booysen following an ISC Bosberaad, 12th March 1998.

Catalogue of the exhibition with information about the Society.

OSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 reunion 03 Walkabout

OSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 reunion 02 with spouses

OSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 reunion 01

OSA Reunion September 2019 visit to BP Library

OSA Reunion September 2019 Chapel

OSA tie from the first batch to have been produced. Worn by Bill Moir, Class of 1962.

Original cuff links issued by the OSA for the first time in 1962.

Digital 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.

Obituary for Charlie Somlayi from the OSA, February 2016

The coat of arms is placed adjacent to the programme detailed in item 009 and is presumed to have come either from the event or from Leake's time as Consul. Leake served as the Norwegian Consul from 1928 - 1938.
For further details on the Norwegian coat of arms see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway

Trubshaw Award poems 2007 to 2016

Trubshaw Award poems 1997 to 2006

Men with "histories" given hope of normal life [NC]. Source and date not identified. Date estimated from construction of Cottesloe Hostel.

Programme of the official opening of Mears Hall by Mr Wally Mears.

Married in Johannesburg 50 years ago: Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C Leake [NC] The Star 25/10/1944. Includes biographical details.

Leake's blotter containing reverse images of his signature.
[Blotting paper, dating back to the 15th century was used in the days of dip pens or fountain pens to absorb excess ink. It was a common sight on a gentleman's desk, often in a leather or similar frame. A sheet of blotting paper was also an essential piece of school stationery to prevent smudging up until the advent of the ballpoint pen. Note added by MR]

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is estimated to have been taken prior to the opening of the College in 1953 and relative to later photographs, possibly in the early 1940s.

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is dated from the same image as used on his campaign card for his candidacy for the 1920 Transvaal provincial election. At this time, Leake would have been 51 years old.