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MARITZBURG COLLEGE Nº 154 June 2020 MAGAZINE Nº MARITZBURG COLLEGE 2019 Magazine 2019 1 Covers 2019 in 2020 APPROVED.indd 1 2020/05/17 11:06 AM Directing potential since 1863 2 3 Covers 2019 in 2020 APPROVED.indd 2 2020/05/17 11:07 AM CONTENTS Contents Days of Yore: from the College Archives 4 Governing Body 6 Staff and Staff Notes 8 Sports and Cultural Awards Ceremony 20 Speech Day 24 Prize-giving 29 Awards and Scholarships 32 National Senior Certificate Results 2019 34 Outreach 35 Magazine 2019 Leadership and Pupil Development 36 Prefects 38 Subject Departments 40 Creativity at College 52 Nº 154 • English Writing 52 for the 2019 calendar year • Afrikaanse Skryfwerk 61 • Art 66 Cultural and Social Activites 68 • Performing Arts 68 • Music 69 • Clubs and Societies 71 Other Activities 85 Out & About – the year at a glance 98 House Reports 104 • 2019 Inter-House Competition 109 Boarding 110 Sport 118 Provincial and National Representatives 212 Sixth Form Photographs 214 Form Lists 219 Old Boys’ Association 224 Editor Tarryn Louch Editorial assistance, proof-reading and advertising Liz Dewes Proof-reading and editing Tony Wiblin, Gertie Landsberg, Matthew Marwick, Tony Nevill Photographs College Marketing, Sally Upfold, College Camera Club, Debbie Gademan, Justin Waldman Front cover photograph – Z Desebrook (Third Form 2020) Design and layout Justin James Advertising Printing Colour Display Print (Pty) Ltd Physical Address: 51 College Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201 | Postal Address: PO Box 398, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 Information and Enquiries: [email protected] School: Tel: 033 342 9376 | Fax: 033 394 2908 | Website: www.maritzburgcollege.co.za 4 5 DAYS OF YORE DAYS OF YORE From the College Archives 130 Years Ago 90 Years Ago Extract from College Magazine #3, dated April 1889 Extract from College Magazine #54, dated December 1929 In one of the school’s very first school magazines, the following was As we contemplate the 1 350-strong Maritzburg College of today, it is quoted from the Speech Day address delivered by the then Governor hard to imagine the modestly-sized school it was only 90 years ago, at of Natal, Sir Arthur Havelock: the onset of the Great Depression: “And now boys of the Pietermaritzburg College, you who have the good “There continues to be an encouraging increase in numbers. There are at fortune to be scholars here possess very special advantages, and present on the roll 300 names, of which 122 are those of Boarders.” being possessed of very special advantages, you have also increased responsibility. Your school, although still in the freshness of youth, has already obtained a high reputation, and I ask you to remember that 80 Years Ago Extract from College Magazine #68, dated December 1939 you individually and collectively are responsible for its good name. Let your aim be to heighten and brighten that good name.... And let this be “HJ Behrmann [later a distinguished professor], who is in his fourth year done not only by strong efforts to attain a high standard of excellence in at Pretoria University, has sent us news about fellow-students, ‘Bushy’ learning, but let the public opinion of the school be on the side of all that MacIntosh and I Mowat. He also mentioned the latest doings of the is right, honest, and truthful, and let meanness, shuffling, and lying have Roberts Heights Old Boys. Lieut. A Colenbrander is back at Roberts no place amongst you, and let them be put down with a strong hand. Let Heights, after three months in Durban and a few power-dives over it thus be always in your power to consider that it is a distinction to have College! Second Lieut. B Hutchinson is with the Durban Squadron.” been a Pietermaritzburg College boy.” Sadly, Major MacIntosh, Major Colenbrander and Sgt Hutchinson – who all served in the SA Air Force – were all to be killed in action in the Second World War, which had started only months earlier. Major Adriaan Montague Colenbrander, who had after school played rugby for Transvaal, was in November Maritzburg College as it would have looked in 1889. Mr RD Clark is 1942 shot down by anti- the gentleman in the academic gown and mortar board closest to the aircraft fire in his Kitty-Hawk front door. fighter and crashed off the Egyptian coast. 110 Years Ago Extract from College Magazine #28, dated June 1909 70 Years Ago At the time, the foundation of the Natal University College (now the Extract from College Magazine #94, dated November 1959 University of KZN) was imminent. The following is an extract from a circular from the Education Department, published in the Natal Speech Day 1959 was held on the Terraces in what was described as newspapers, that no doubt caused much gnashing of teeth in Old Boy “delightful sunny weather”. The guest of honour was a 35 year-old OC, circles. Happily, the perfidious plans of the departmental mandarins Mr John Nel, who had in 1954 been appointed to the Natal Provincial came to naught. Council (the provincial cabinet of today). His salutary caution remains relevant today, as the school continues to ponder its traditions and “The Maritzburg College, as at present constituted, would cease to exist, rituals: but would continue to occupy its present buildings. It would revert to its old name, and thenceforth be titled the Maritzburg High School. It would “Do not allow yourselves to take its pupils to Matriculation and no further; and the matriculated be bound by long-cemented students . would form the nucleus of the new institution, which would traditions impossible to alter. be known as the Natal University College.” Regard not the past but the future, for it is not good to be too tightly bound by tradition. Some traditions are bad and not applicable to the age in which we live; some are such that it would not be profitable to preserve them.” John Aylmer Nel The modest first home of the Natal University College (now the (Class of 1941) in later life University of KZN) – a tin erection within the grounds of Maritzburg College. The building, which was later used as a boarders’ laundry, was sited not far from the school’s indoor shooting range of today. Mr M Marwick 6 7 GOVERNING BODY AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY OUR BOYS Maritzburg College Governing Body 2019 Chairman: RM Evans Vice-chairman: DM Mundell# Treasurer: ML Bruyns# Parent representatives: JF Finnie# AW Tedder# K Thaver Pro Aris et Focis RP Westley# MR Woodburn# LM Zunckel# C Raw (Third Form 2020) Vision Headmaster: CJ Luman Educator representatives: CR Dutton An exceptional educational environment that accommodates and challenges the individual, Mrs L-A Moffatt ensuring life-long learning and success. Mrs L Akerman Non-educator representative & Secretary: Mrs SM Calmeyer Schoolboy representatives: DKH Dyer J Peens (Fourth Form 2020) Mission Statement NFG Lushozi Maritzburg College T van Aardt has established itself as one of the leading South African schools Co-opted members: MC MacKenzie# whose community manifests RM Delaney a strong sense of pride and belonging. We strive to help each boy prepare for life, GS Little# so that he may fulfil his unique potential Ex-officio members: SM Jager# and take his place as a responsible citizen in an evolving South Africa. T Setipa Co-opted to Disciplinary Sub-committee: MS Dube B Gademan (Second Form 2020) Maritzburg College seeks to achieve this by ensuring a balanced, G van der Walt stimulating and dynamic educational environment; # denotes Old Collegian care for each boy; an observance of Christian values and school traditions; and the pursuit of excellence in all endeavours. A Prayer for Maritzburg College Most gracious God, your son Jesus Christ sat among the teachers in the temple at Jerusalem, Y Martin (Sixth Form 2020) J Munn (Fourth Form 2020) listening and asking questions, and all were amazed at his understanding. Grant to College a like spirit, that all who teach and all who learn may together grow towards that wisdom and love which come from you; Governing Body 2019 through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Back row: Mr ML Bruyns, Mr MR Woodburn, Mr MC MacKenzie, [Composed by Old Collegian Elsie Ballot Scholar, Mr LM Zunckel, Mr RP Westley Bishop Michael Nuttall (1951)] Third row: Mr T Setipa, T van Aardt, Mr SM Jager, Mr CR Dutton Second row: Mr IS Colenbrander, Mr AW Tedder, Mrs L-A Moffatt, DKH Dyer, Prof JF Finnie, Mr K Thaver First row: Mr DM Mundell, Mrs SM Calmeyer, Mr RM Evans, Mrs L Akerman, NFG Lushozi, Mr CJ Luman Absent: Mr GS Little and Mr R Delaney R Froise (Third Form 2020) Y Martin (Sixth Form 2020) 8 9 STAFF AND STAFF NOTES STAFF AND STAFF NOTES STAFF 2019 * indicates Subject Head # indicates Old Collegian Year indicated is the year of first appointment Academic Staff Discipline: GJ Dorling (1998) HDE (JCE, Wits) Geography Headmaster CJ Luman (2013) MEd (UNISA), BA (UCT), PGDIp Sport Housemasters Management (Massey), HDE (UCT) Senior Deputy Headmaster Barns KH Guise-Brown (1981) BA, HDE (Natal) Mrs M-A Rembold (2011) BSc, HDE (UOFS) Mathematics Physical Science, Mathematics Deputy Headmaster: Academics Calder Mrs JK Finnie (1989) BSc Hons, HDE (Natal) M Reed (2018) BEd Hons (Education Management) Life Science UNISA Life Science, Natural Science Deputy Headmaster: Co-Curricular B Swart# (2005) BSocSci (UKZN), Cert Theology (KMBC) Commons English DC Trodd (1991) HDE, FDE (Edgewood) Deputy Headmaster: Pastoral Care Physical Science IM Talke (1993) BA HDE (Potchefstroom), BEd (Natal), Forder FDE (Natal) Geography ND Sutherland (1986) BA, HDE (Stellenbosch) Geography Deputy Headmaster: Boarding Fuller MM Marwick# (2004) BComm, LLB (Natal),