Citation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951. page 1
Account of Mears' Journey on horseback from the Eastern Cape to Ixopo in East Griqualand (KwaZulu-Natal). The horse belonged to someone called Wellington: cover page
Sans titreWally Mears' Epic Ride: response by Greg Theron to account from Hugh Huggett
Sans titreTribute to Mr Wally Mears on his retirement.
Sans titre1965 Campus view to BC and Sandton. The staff house closest to the squash courts can be seen under construction.
Sans titreDouglas Drysdale documents including CVs and tributes.
Sans titre2003 Derek Hudson-Reed obituary
Hudson-Reed served on the St Stithians College staff from 1955 - 1963 before serving as a founding Head of Treverton College in KwaZulu-Natal.
2004 Malcolm 'Wors' Read obituary
Sans titre1998 Peter Henderson obituary
Sans titre2017 Jon Blair biography
Sans titreDigital links to stories of our alumni from the 1960s.
Sans titreDigital links to articles on Paul Nash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is2c6iD3wmw (footage of his record-breaking 100 yards run in 1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hho1HFAnfI (footage of his record-breaking 220 yards run in 1968) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Nash_(athlete) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C841279%2C00.html
Sans titreDigital links to story of Life Saving in South Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifesaving_South_Africa
Barry Fergusson was selected for the South African Lifesaving team at the time that the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in having South African participation in international sporting events banned.
Digital links to stories of our alumni from the 1980s.
Sans titreDigital links to the story of Gavin Hood's Oscar award for the film Tsotsi: https://writingstudio.co.za/oscar-winning-tsotsi/
Sans titreDigital links to stories of our alumni from 2006
Sans titreDigital links to http://www.alexanderbraczkowski.com/about
Photograph courtesy http://www.alexanderbraczkowski.com/about
Article from The Conversation 10th August 2023: https://theconversation.com/the-fast-furious-and-brutally-short-life-of-an-african-male-lion-211130
Digital links to alumni story https://mg.co.za/partner-content/2023-06-30-anglo-american-youth-campaign/
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2020.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2021.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2010.
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 reunion 01
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 dinner
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 dinner 04
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 dinner 10
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2013: Class of 1963 dinner 18
Sans titreOSA Reunion June 2013: Founder pupils reunion 03
Sans titreOSA Reunion June 2013: Founder pupils reunion 12
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2014.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2016.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2017.
Sans titreOSA Reunion September 2019 visit to BP Library
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2004.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2008.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 2009.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 1997.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions in 1999.
Sans titreItems compiled from digital images and other records from OSA reunions 1970 - 1979.
Sans titrePhotographs of school life in the 1960s and of a visit to Stythian Village in 1975.
Sans titre1975 Visit to Stithian Village: street view
Sans titre1975 BC Tennis team TBI NIS
Sans titre1970 BC Rugby 1st XV Woods Collection ST p055
Legend:
Back row: J de Swart, L Hartman, P Hough, C Bell, W van Aswegen;
Middle row: Mr W J Ellis, A Montgomery, N Janet, O Cook, R Kippen, P Dewes, I Crichton;
Front row: I Woods, B Fergusson, T Gillham, R Schoeman (capt.), I Whyte, M Wood;
Early Kamoka photographs from the time the Kamoka Bush Camp was established
Sans titre1989 BP Tree planting 01
Sans titre1989 BP Tree planting 02
Sans titre1999 VIth Form Ramaphosa visit
Ramaphosa addressed the Entrepreneurial Society and the VIth Form students.
Rob McLaren fonds including school group photographs and OSA Cricket teams
The illustrative image used as the key image to this fonds is the cover of Noseweek, #202, August 2016, which features Rob McLaren on his mission to unearth undervalued properties throughout South Africa's cities.
1976 OSA Old Boys Cricket XI ST p043
Legend:
Back row: John Hosford, John Arthur, Tony Lacey-Smith (capt.), Rob McLaren, Dave Fox, John Fox, Hugh Laburn;
Seated: Nick Barcza, Gavin Coulson, Tony Tyte, Vaughan Coulson.
2019 Noseweek "Too rich to pay rates".
Noseweek (January 2019) article featuring Rob McLaren's crusade to unsure that Johannesburg properties were considered fairly for ratable value.
Doreen Read Fonds: photographs taken during her time as a school parent, 1953 - 1967
Sans titreLegend to accompanying photograph as identified by Mrs Barcza, former class teacher.
Sans titre1954 Chapel Opening programme
Sans titre1956 BC Grade 11 class
Sans titre1960 OSA Annual Dinner, Wanderers Club, 8th September 1960: programme and menu.
Sans titre1961 OSA Fourth Annual Dinner, Wanderers Club, 19th September 1961: programme and menu.
Sans titre1963 OSA Sixth Annual Dinner, Hyde Park Hotel, 23rd October 1963: programme and menu.
Sans titre1963c College: Method of Acceptance of Pupils [circular from the Headmaster].
The date of the document is estimated from the time that Krige became Headmaster of the College.
1970 OSA Twelfth Annual Dinner, 16th September 1970: programme and menu.
Sans titreFive volumes of the complete collection have been digitised as they each contain articles referring to the College or Driefontein Farm, a portion of which was purchased by the Trustees in order to build the College. These articles together form a significant part of the history of the College property from c. 1880 onwards.
Sans titreSandton 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
Photographs relating to the events and personalities of the 1960s.
Sans titre1965 BC Swimming Gala: Mrs Read presents the prizes
Sans titre1965 BC D9 and U9 classrooms under construction
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 1985
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1985, pages 1 to 95.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1985, pages 96 to 192.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1986, pages 72 to 136.
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College and Boys' Prep in 1987.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1988, pages 1 to 73.
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College and Boys' Prep in 1989. 1989 was also the first year that the College had a VIth Form and its report is included in this magazine.
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College and Boys' Prep in 1990.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1990, pages 1 to 75.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1993, pages 1 to 92.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1994, pages 1 to 94.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1995, pages 82 to 167.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1995, pages 168 to 240.
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 1995
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1996, pages 1 - 86
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 1998.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 1998, pages 68 - 145
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2000, pages 1 - 89
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 2003.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2003, pages 71 - 136
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2005.
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2007.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2007, pages 1 - 86
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2010.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2010, pages 1 - 80
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2013, pages 1 - 89
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 2015.
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2015, pages 1 - 102
Sans titreContents of the magazine for the year 2016, pages 80 - 157
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2018.
Sans titreSchool magazine recording the life and activities of the Boys' College in 2018. part 2
Sans titreSchool yearbooks recording the life and activities of the Girls' Prep from 1995 onward.
The name of the school varied during the first 4 years of its existence and thus the name of the yearbook varied from Collegiate through Collegiate Prep to Girls' Prep. These variations have been ignored in the digital versions in order to keep the chronological order.
First issue of the school yearbook recording the life and activities of the Girls' Prep in its foundation year, 1995.
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 1995
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 1996
Sans titreCover of the magazine for the year 1997
Sans titreComplete contents of the magazine for the year 1997
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