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Annual Magazine of Pretoria Boys High School

www.boyshigh.com The

Pretorian

2019

Valediction 4

Matric Results 12

Matrics 14

Academic Awards 15

Staff and Governors 17

Tributes 22

House Reports 24

Annual Events 44

Special Events 61

The Beauty of Boys High 66

Service 67

The Bush School 76

‘Scene" Around Boys High 80

Music Department 82

Cultural Activities 96

Clubs and Societies 100

Creative Writing 140

Art Department 170

CONTENTS

Production Credits

Editor: John Illsley

Layout: Elizabeth Barnard

Typing: Cathy Louw and Heather Chapman

Advertising: Jamie-Lee Fisher

Proof Reading: Heidi Stuart

Printing: Novus Print

Sub Editors

Art: Debbie Cloete

English Creative Writing: Penny Vlag

Afrikaans Creative Writing: Amanda Krugel

French Creative Writing: Hedwig Coetzee

German Creative Writing: Corli Maartens

Sepedi Creative Writing: Brenda Bopape

Photography

Formal Group Photographs: Gordon Harris Photographic

Sports Photography: Duncan McFarlane

www.dmcfarlane.photium.com

PBHS Photographic Society members

PBHS Photographic Society Contributors:

Sachin du Plooy-Naran; Pierre van Hoven; Oliver Exter; Callen Stephen; Khyal Kara; Keaghan van der Merwe; Adolf Jonker; Devin Allen; Kyle Solomons; Kopano Bopape; Benjamin Anthony; Ntokozo Dlamini, Keanin Kamp; Vincent Peters.

Other Photographs

Jamie-Lee Fisher; Malcolm Armstrong; John Illsley; Mervyn Moodley; Debbie Cloete; Erlo Rust; Rob Fourie; Wian Geldenhuys; Chris Oldnall; Ryan O'Donoghue; Jocelyn

Oakpics

; Philip Loots; PBHS Old Boys Association: Inge Paulsen-Liddle. 172

Art Gallery

178

Photo Gallery

180

Athletics

186

Basketball

194

Climbing

198

Cricket

218

Cross Country

223

Fencing

224
Golf 225

Hockey

244
Rugby 268

Soccer

276

Squash

281

Swimming

284

Tennis

287

Table Tennis

289

Water Polo

Front Cover

The newly completed stone bridge at the Loch. Modelled on the Swilcan Br idge at St. Andrews golf course in Scotland, its construction was made possible through contributions from several reunion groups. (photograph: John Illsley)

Title Page

"Sunset at the Loch". One of the most picturesque parts of the school grounds photographed during the Form One camp. (photograph: Sachin Du Plooy-Nar an)

Back Cover

The decorated window on the western staircase of the main building, designed by Debbie Cloete and installed during 2019. (photography: John Illsley)

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Headmaster's address

Valedictory Speech by Mr Reeler

Figure it out yourself

Figure it out for yourself, my lad,

You've all that the greatest of men have had,

Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,

And a brain to use if you would be wise.

With this equipment they all began,

So start for the top and say "I can."

Look them over, the wise and great,

They take their food from a common plate

And similar knives and forks they use,

With similar laces they tie their shoes,

The world considers them brave and smart.

But you've all they had when they made their start.

You can triumph and come to skill,

You can be great if only you will,

You have legs and arms and a brain to use,

And the man who has risen, great deeds to do

Began his life with no more than you.

You are the handicap you must face,

You are the one who must choose your place,

You must say where you want to go.

How much you will study the truth to know,

God has equipped you for life, but He

Lets you decide what you want to be.

Courage must come from the soul within,

The man must furnish the will to win,

You were born with all that the great have had,

With your equipment they all began.

Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."My brief address to you tonight, is inspired by the words of this poem by Edgar Guest, an American to inspire young people to reach their potential, a theme very close to my heart.

The accident of our birth placed us on this planet and into whatever circumstances were lying in wait for us. Some of us were born into tremendous privilege which we must always acknowledge. Some of us have had to overcome great challenges, many of them not of our making. Either way, you have come this far and stand now at the end of the life-phase of childhood, about to take the step into adulthood and all that it represents. Thousands of boys like you at this school have taken that step. I remember being excited yet nervous. Adulthood only really hit parents and had to work out what medical aid was, the things that we never really noticed or perhaps understood as children. - not quite paying tax and so on, but certainly more independent than you currently are. You will be responsible for more and take more control of your life and you will succeed or fail. Either will be good for you, as long as you learn lessons along the way. But the reason I chose this poem is that is speaks of something simple - opportunity. No matter what your past or your background, people like you have succeeded before and it really is now up to you as to whether you will be successful or not. Yes, some may get more opportunities than others, but your destiny will be largely in your own hands. Justin Cross, the 2019 Head Prefect, receives the PBHS Old Boys' Prize from Mr Eddie PenzhornThe Headmaster, Mr Tony Reeler, addresses the leaving

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The poet talks of us all having arms, legs and a

brain and having the equipment you need to succeed. That equipment is in the form of the lessons you have been taught and learned and the skills you have developed thus far. He talks of the wise and the great taking "their food from the common plate", using the same cutlery and tying the same shoe-laces. No matter how successful any person has been, most started from the same position that you are in now.

And some succeeded and some not - why?

I think the answer lies in the fourth stanza:

"God has equipped you for life, but He Lets you decide what you want to be."

I emphasise the word "you" because that speaks

of the choices you will make on your road to success.

If those are good or bad choices they are choices

nonetheless, and you will be making them. Know that every choice you make: whether to study for the test or not, hand in an assignment on time or not, arrive at work early or not, use free time to learn more about yourself and empower yourself or not, these choices will determine your success. You have, as the poet says, been equipped for life, some more so, some less so but all of you have a start. Your choices will be what determine how well that life turns out.

It is easy to use good choices with successful

outcomes as a tool for learning but I feel we learn more from failure. We learn more from bumping our heads and making mistakes - provided we actually do learn from these. And again, this speaks of choice - you can choose how you accept success or deal with failure. The last stanza is, to me, the key to all of this and I quote these lines: "Courage must come from the soul within,

The man must furnish the will to win,You were born with all that the great have had,With your equipment they all began.Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."

Five years ago I welcomed you and your parents

to the school. I asked parents to have faith in us and quoted Martin Luther King who said "Faith is whole staircase."

Now that you have seen the "staircase" that was

to trust us and you have seen growth in your son. I warn you though, that this next "staircase" will be harder still as you let go completely. But I also ask that you encourage your son to make the most of chances that come his way and encourage him to learn from the choices he will make. for failure and who don't accept that failure is part of growth. Don't be one of those who constantly externalise failure. But also note that success most certainly does not mean perfection. Being successful includes living with mistakes but learning from them.

And so I conclude by thanking you all for the

contribution you have made to our school and exhorting you to take life on with the tools each of you already possesses to be the best you can be. I close with the words of John Wooden who had this to say about success:

Success is peace of mind which comes from knowing

you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Mr AD Reeler

Headmaster

Christiaan Holm and Brendon de Beer performing one of the musical itemsThe Second Master, Mr John Illsley, announces

the prize winners

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Guest Speaker

VALEDICTION

Valediction Address by Justice Yvonne Mokgoro

from my own experience, proud grandparents, and all guests present here today, it is certainly a great honour to have been invited to speak at this 2019 Matric Valediction ceremony. It is certainly a great honour. To the boys I would like to say, it is also a great pleasure addressing a group of young men from a high school which has over and over again, in the many years of its existence, produced some of the greatest compatriots our country has encountered.

Since its establishment, we count among the

we count some of the earliest and most cherished the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court from whose pronouncements our own democracy I believe we owe much of their courage to innovate and their capacity for hard work to a culture instilled early on at this, their alma mater.

To the graduating boys of this evening, you have

probably heard accounts of this history of the success of Boys High repeated as many times as you have had guest speakers here. In my view, that historical

account of the contribution of this institution to the respect South Africa enjoys among her peers is worth repeating. It is knowledge that you must internalise, from. Some day in the future, self-doubt can set in. It generally and in particular when you experience challenges relating to aspects of your career. In those circumstances, the knowledge that you come from the same culture of courage and hard work that those who have come before you did, and that they Ϳin good stead. It should prompt you to gather your courage, unleash your potential, overcome your self-doubt and work even harder to achieve your goals.

Against a Pretoria Boys High background, I

would be surprised if by now, so shortly before you sit for your Grade 12 exams, you do not already have relatively well structured plans for your future careers, even if they might still be somewhat fuzzy.

During my time, considering the opportunities I

best I could with what I had at the time. With only enough to cover registration fees in my pocket, an amount I had obtained from the Kimberley Rotary Club as a scholarship, together with a one-way third class train ticket, I could not miss what would turn out to be the opportunity of a life-time. I embarked on the two-day slow train journey from Kimberley

The stage party for Valediction:

(L-R) Mr Tony Reeler (Headmaster, PBHS), Justice Yvonne Mokgoro (Guest Speaker), Mr Wayne

Forrester (SGB Chairman) and Mr Eddie Penzhorn

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my planned university studies which turned out be the start of a life-long learning experience. experience tertiary studies, if you think I had no idea what to expect from university studies, wait until I tell you that neither of my parents had the foggiest idea what I was talking about when I told them that I was leaving for "varsity". All I knew was that I was going to study to become a university graduate teacher, just like the Dominican nuns who taught us at the time. My thinking was that, as soon as I arrived and I would apply for a study scholarship, which during those years was made available widely by the private sector on the spot. As an alternative, my thoughts were, I would apply for a state loan to pay for my tuition fees, hopefully before the fee payment fell due. Here too, Mom and Dad and those around me, had no idea what I was on about and I was on my own. But once I arrived on campus I started to put my study plans in place.

Amidst the constant university unrests at the

time, I eventually obtained the various degrees that then a university lecturer of law, later becoming an Associate Professor, a specialist Human Rights Court of South Africa.

Determination, which I believe you have in

abundance, otherwise you would not have come so far, can indeed take you far. Now if you think of it, with all the technology that makes information and knowledge accessible at the press of a button, the skills, resources, support and guidance you enjoy from your families as a whole, have been in your shoes. In your future, you will be exploring a new world and continuing with your educational experience. I imagine that your experience will be so much more smooth-sailing.

However, that is not to say the higher education

landscape in South Africa today is not without its challenges. For example:

What with an ailing economy which has resulted

in increasing reductions in the education budget, thus escalating the costs of higher education and thus making the rise of the #feesmustfall movement increase, campus boarding and lodging have equally become more and more unavailable, resulting in the growing privatisation of student accommodation, with parents having to buy or rent property to O'Donoghue and Mr Laurence Stewart in the background on the right

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Guest Speaker

provide safe accommodation for their children in an environment of an alarming unemployment statistic. Further, think about the core fundamental role of higher education institutions as fountains of divergent views and intellectual debate continuing to wane; consider the violence, generally, and in particular, the continuous debilitating sexual and gender-based violence which, although it represents a microcosm of our broader society, continues to you have not yet prepared yourselves for these

challenging realities. Unless you do so, these challenges will become obstacles that could prevent and meaningful campus life during higher education or occupational training experience, whether you have chosen the path of the university, the technikon or the private or FET college.

Furthermore, remember that whatever education

and training path you opt for after Boys High, it

Your option has to equip you with the knowledge

and information that will, in future, have much application, not only in your professional life, but also in your personal life and as a member of society. 1. Justice Yvonne Mokgoro was the guest speaker at Valediction 2. Justice Mokgoro addresses those attending Valediction P

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VALEDICTION

CEREMONY

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Indeed, what use will an education be if it does not equip you with life skills that will enable you to live positively contribute to the society you are part of.

As you embark on your chosen profession or

occupation, it is important that you stay the course of critical, innovative, independent and creative thinking. In South Africa, indeed the world over, it has become utterly essential that ethical professional training becomes the mainstay of education and occupational training. South Africa has had its fair share of what seems to have become a culture ofquotesdbs_dbs25.pdfusesText_31

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