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1954 HA 031c Chapel opening arrival of families for the opening and dedication of the Chapel on 7th November, 1954 at 15h00.

1954 HA 031b Chapel opening arrival of families for the opening and dedication of the Chapel on 7th November, 1954 at 15h00.

1954 HA 030a Chapel viewed from BC Administration block

1954 HA 026 BC Std 8 (Grade 10) in classroom

1954 HA 025c BP Grade 2 and Grade 3 on gate. It is understood that this was the original gate to the school close to the centre of Randburg. It would have been on the part of the school property that was sold of in the 1980s.

1954 HA 025b BP Burgess Roughton in 1964 HMS Conway. (It is understood that Burgess may have been related to either Harris or Mears hence the appearance of the photograph in the albums.)

1954 HA 025a BP Burgess Roughton individual photograph informal

1954 HA 024 BC Mountstephens House with oxen pulling the grass mower.

1954 HA 023 College buildings view to Sandton from orchard

1954 HA 022 BC buildings from orchard looking towards Sandton.

1954 Grade 2 School report [anon] signed by Mis D Pescod and Wally Mears.

1954 photograph of the Chapel from the Cheetah slopes. The date of the photograph was estimated from the state of the grounds surrounding the building.

Senior boys in an upper level classroom
Legend:
Back row: Abraham and Borchers
Middle row: Craven, Curtis, Swan, Murrish, Graham
Front row: Rankine, Cruddas, Unite, Irons, Frankel

The first Rugby team at the College that played St Johns College
TBI - names of individuals to be confirmed.
Legend:
The photograph is likely to have included the following (amongst others):
Ashfield, Miller, Craven, Abraham, Curtis, Wilkinson, Unite, Mercer-Tod, Driver, Swan, Vickers
Woolley, Cruddas, Buchan, Taylor.

The Rugby 1st XV (U15) Rugby team photograph from the first match against St John's College. The photograph appears in the Stythian magazine of 1964 p.042.

Legend:
Back row: Ashfield, Miller, Craven, Abraham, Curtis, Wilkinson
Middle row: Unite, Mercer-Tod, Driver, Swan, Vickers
Front row: Woodley, Reeves, Cruddas, Buchan, Taylor

Informal photograph including Malcolm Driver, Marinus Endenburg and their partners at a New Year's Eve dance.

Informal photograph of Miller

The BC entrance plaque commemorates the opening day of the College on 28th January 1953.

Photograph of Dining Hall viewed from the north.

1954 St Stithians College. Opening and Dedication of the Chapel, Sunday 7th November, 1954: cover

1954 St Stithians College Council. Invitation to the Opening and Dedication of the Chapel by the Rev Dr J B Webb, Sunday 7th November, 1954

1954 First Annual Athletics Meeting 25th September 1954: cover

1953BC_0024: View across Baytopp playing fields towards BC buildings
Note: This may have been taken in early 1954 as Mountstephens House can be seen in the photo, but the Chapel building is still incomplete.

1953 St Stithians College, Johannesburg. Official Opening of the College and Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel [guests' programme]] cover

1953 Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys 002: cover. The handwritten notes in this copy differ slightly from those in the first copy.

1953 Prospectus of St Stithians College for Boys: cover. The handwritten notes in this copy differ slightly from those in the second copy.

1953 Leake at College Official Opening

1953 Leake and group at College Official Opening.
The group is standing in front of the plaque erected in the BC entrance portico to commemorate the official opening of the College in 1953.

1953 Leake addresses congregation after laying of Chapel Foundation Stone

1953 Laying of Foundation Stone congregation

1953 HA 079 Transvaal Cornish Association trophy presentation. The Chairman of the Association, Mr W T Sherman, presents the trophy to Gilbert Tucker.

1953 HA 021d BC Classroom block construction: view from Chapel Quad.

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction 003 view from Collins House.

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 020 Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 002

1953 HA 019g Chapel Foundation stone Mr & Mrs Tucker 19530811

1953 HA 019f BC Administration Building 19530811 viewed across the Chapel foundations

1953 HA 019e Chapel foundation stone assembly 006

1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811
Legend:
Left to right: [unidentified but thought to include CM Paynter and possibly AJ Marshall who were appointed in 1944]

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone

1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque

Legend:
Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake

1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address

1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811

1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.

1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.

1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly

1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.

1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone

Portrait photograph of Rev Dr J R Webb who conducted the service of the laying of the College foundation stone. At the time he was the head of the Methodist Church in South Africa.

1953 HA 010 BC Std 6 (Grade 8)

1953 HA 009 BC Std 7 (Grade 9)

1953 HA 008 BP Grade 2 1953 informal. Group picture taken looking towards Zandfontein Farm where Sandton City was later built.

1953 HA 007g Collins House east

1953 HA 007f Collins House east

1953 HA 007e Collins House north view

1953 HA 007d Collins House north view

1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953

1953 HA 007b Collins House north

1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3

1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953

1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins

1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens

1953 Foundation staff photo
Legend:
Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears

Noticeboard near the Corlett Gate entrance erected to advertise the opening of the College.

1953 College Opening group 003

1953 College Opening group 002

1953 College Opening group

1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Mrs Mountstephens unveils the Founders' plaque

1954 College official opening group 001

1953BC_0025: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.

1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Congregation at entrance to BC Administration block

1953BC_00014: College Official Opening: Methodist ministers with BP foundation student
Legend:
Rev Ambrose Reeves , Rev Dr J B Webb, Karl Schrader (Class of 1963)

1953BC_0009: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.

1953BC_0010: Foundation staff
Legend:
Mr EM (Monty) Harris, Miss A M Doehring, Miss EC Walmsley, Mr WGA Mears

1953BC_0016: BC Address by Rev Dr Webb at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
legend:
Seated to the left are Mr and Mrs Mears and Rev Ambrose Reeves; to the righ: Mr Gilbert Tucker, Mr Leake, and Rev Arnold J Walker.

1953BC_0023: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards the Dining Hall

1953BC_00012: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone

1953BC_0011: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor

1953BC_0022: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards Collins House

1953BC_0007: BC Address by Rev Ambrose Reeves at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.

1953 Chapel Leake lays Foundation Stone 001

Print from original etching block found in Dave Knowles's office. Created by BC Art teacher, John Hutton, between 1997 and 2002.

Provenance note from print from original etching block found in Dave Knowles's office. Created by BC Art teacher, John Hutton, between 1997 and 2002.

Original etching block found in Dave Knowles's office.