Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown: From 1855 to 1902 |
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1st place Alfred Andrew's College April Armstrong Arthur Assistant Atherstone Barkly East Barry Bedford Bell Bertram Bilbrough Bishop Blakeway Bloemfontein Boer Bowker Brabant's Horse Buluwayo c/o Messrs Cambridge Cape Town Capt Charles Civil Service Exam Class Clerk Corpl Council Cradock Croxford District Douglass Edward Espin Farmer Frederick George Govt Grahamstown Greathead Griqualand Herbert Holland Huntly Intermediate James James Henry Greathead Johannesburg John joined July June Keble College Kimberley King William's Town Lieut Lovemore Mafeking March Master Merriman Mining Moffat Mullins Natal Nesbitt's Horse Norton Office Ogilvie Oxford Passed Civil Service Passed Elem Passed Matric Passed Sch Passed Survey Theoretical Port Elizabeth Pretoria Pringle Queenstown re-entered Resident Magistrate Rhodesia Rifles Robert Ross School Higher Sept Sergt served as trooper Somerset East Standard Bank Surmon Surveyor Tarkastad Thomas Town Guard Transkei Transvaal trustees Uitenhage Walter Webber William Henry Wright
Popular passages
Page 33 - My desire being that the students who shall be elected to the scholarships shall not be merely bookworms, I direct that in the election of a student to a Scholarship regard shall be had to: 1. his literary and scholastic attainments; 2. his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports such as cricket, football and the like; 3.
Page 33 - ... qualities of manhood truth courage devotion to duty sympathy for the protection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship and (iv) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates...
Page 34 - A qualified student who has been elected as aforesaid shall within six calendar months after his election, or as soon thereafter as he can be admitted into residence or within such extended time as my trustees shall allow, commence residence as an undergraduate at some college in the University of Oxford. " The scholarships shall be payable to him from the time when he shall commence such residence.
Page 34 - ... the results of the awards (that is to say the marks obtained by each candidate for each qualification) would be sent as soon as possible for consideration to the Trustees or to some person or persons appointed to receive the same and the person or persons so appointed would ascertain by averaging the marks in blocks of 20 marks each of all candidates the best ideal qualified students.
Page 33 - As mere suggestions for the guidance of those who will have the choice of students for the scholarships, I record that...
Page 34 - Scholarship were 200 they would be apportioned as follows - 60 to each of the first and third qualifications and 40 to each of the second and fourth qualifications (ii) the marks for the several qualifications would be awarded independently as follows (that is to say) the marks for the first qualification by examination for the second and third qualifications respectively by ballot by the...
Page 156 - Subject to the rules prescribed by or under the authority of this Scheme, the Head Master shall have under his control the choice of books, the method of teaching, the arrangement of classes and school hours, and generally the whole internal organisation, management and discipline...
Page 34 - In order that the scholars past and present may have opportunities of meeting and discussing their experiences and prospects, I desire that my trustees shall annually give a dinner to the past and present scholars able and willing to attend, at which I hope my trustees or some of them will be able to be present, and to which they will, I hope, from time to time invite as guests persons who have shown sympathy with the views expressed by me in this my will.
Page 34 - I desire that the scholars holding the scholarships shall be distributed amongst the colleges of the University of Oxford, and not resort in undue numbers to one or more colleges only.
Page 33 - ... moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates, for those latter attributes will be likely in after life to guide him to esteem the performance of public duties as his highest aim.