WHO WERE OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS?
Headmaster
*Robin "The Boss" Whiteford (1950 - 1972)
Vice-Principals
*Doug J.R. Brown
*H.O. Skillicorn
Special-Grade Assistants
*Geoff. G. Dennis
*Des B. Dyssell
*Dave F. "Doodles" De Kock (1956 - 1993)
Assistant Teachers
*G. W. "Japie" Irvine (1927 - 1966)
*John Ince
*Andre' Abrahams (1963 - 1977)
*D. A. Norton (1960 - 1971)
*N.H. Adendorff (1949 - 1966)
*A. N. J. "Nancy" Rowland (1924 - 1966)
*R.H. James
*John H. Badenhorst
*Louis N. Knoetze (1965 - 1986)
*Mike J.H. Orford
*Ralph A. Kelly (1961 - 1992)
*W. L. Ferguson
*A.J. Hagan
*A. Smit
*J.P. Smit
*B.J. van der Feyst
*J.H.S. van der Merwe
*M. van der Merwe (replaced Mr. Adendorff)
*M.F. Vogt (replaced "Doc" Freund)
*Miss G.M. Parker
*N.B. Woodbridge
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A. M. du Raan
Lex. J. Basson
Ernie Spencer-Smith (1933 - 1963)
M. Fielding
Hans "Doc" Freund (1950 - 1965)
N. A. Vlok
E. H. "Impie" Stierlin (1941 - 1966)
Laurie Karstadt (1935 - 1964)
Leo H. Benning (1963 - 1984)
"Droopy" van Rensburg (Math)
Mrs. Pataki (Afrikaans)
"Snoek" Hawks (English and Latin)
Mr. Blake (Latin)
Mr. von Hoeslin (Math)
Kurt Strauss (Gym)
Brian Esterhuizen (Gym)
Edwin Tyler (Gym)
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Headmaster's secretary:
*Mrs. J.M. Danks (replaced Mrs. Audrey Ortlepp)
School head janitor:
*Mr. Stanley A. Williams (1960 - 1998)
*On active staff at end of 1966 (source: school magazine December 1966; Vol XIX; #6)
Longstanding Teachers who retired in 1966
Junior school principal Stanley J. Hunter (1950 - 1966)
Junior school vice-principal Willie Westall (1924 - 1966)
A.N.J. Rowland (1924 - 1966)
N.J. Adendorff (1949 - 1966)
......please help correct any errors or omissions!
*Robin "The Boss" Whiteford (1950 - 1972)
Vice-Principals
*Doug J.R. Brown
*H.O. Skillicorn
Special-Grade Assistants
*Geoff. G. Dennis
*Des B. Dyssell
*Dave F. "Doodles" De Kock (1956 - 1993)
Assistant Teachers
*G. W. "Japie" Irvine (1927 - 1966)
*John Ince
*Andre' Abrahams (1963 - 1977)
*D. A. Norton (1960 - 1971)
*N.H. Adendorff (1949 - 1966)
*A. N. J. "Nancy" Rowland (1924 - 1966)
*R.H. James
*John H. Badenhorst
*Louis N. Knoetze (1965 - 1986)
*Mike J.H. Orford
*Ralph A. Kelly (1961 - 1992)
*W. L. Ferguson
*A.J. Hagan
*A. Smit
*J.P. Smit
*B.J. van der Feyst
*J.H.S. van der Merwe
*M. van der Merwe (replaced Mr. Adendorff)
*M.F. Vogt (replaced "Doc" Freund)
*Miss G.M. Parker
*N.B. Woodbridge
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A. M. du Raan
Lex. J. Basson
Ernie Spencer-Smith (1933 - 1963)
M. Fielding
Hans "Doc" Freund (1950 - 1965)
N. A. Vlok
E. H. "Impie" Stierlin (1941 - 1966)
Laurie Karstadt (1935 - 1964)
Leo H. Benning (1963 - 1984)
"Droopy" van Rensburg (Math)
Mrs. Pataki (Afrikaans)
"Snoek" Hawks (English and Latin)
Mr. Blake (Latin)
Mr. von Hoeslin (Math)
Kurt Strauss (Gym)
Brian Esterhuizen (Gym)
Edwin Tyler (Gym)
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Headmaster's secretary:
*Mrs. J.M. Danks (replaced Mrs. Audrey Ortlepp)
School head janitor:
*Mr. Stanley A. Williams (1960 - 1998)
*On active staff at end of 1966 (source: school magazine December 1966; Vol XIX; #6)
Longstanding Teachers who retired in 1966
Junior school principal Stanley J. Hunter (1950 - 1966)
Junior school vice-principal Willie Westall (1924 - 1966)
A.N.J. Rowland (1924 - 1966)
N.J. Adendorff (1949 - 1966)
......please help correct any errors or omissions!
.....and lets not forget the folks who made it all run.
Thanks to simon perkin for posting this on facebook
John Hendricks was the Senior Caretaker at SACS from 1910 to 1947. The school magazine in 1947 noted: “It was 37 years ago that John Hendricks came to SACS. For 37 years he worked here as Senior Caretaker. He became an institution – just as much as the bell he used to ring, and the Detention Book he used to carry around every afternoon. On the morning of Saturday 15 March he was knocked down by a trackless tram in Darling Street and died the following Monday in Groote Schuur Hospital. He was a loyal worker and one whose love for school and country knew no limit. His record here will testify to the first. The fact that he spent the 1914 – 1918 World War in the trenches of France aptly proves the second. At his funeral four Prefects bore his coffin – a last tribute to a man who had served their school so well for 37 years.”
In 1927 J.E.T. (Willem) Williams started working at SACS and on the death of John Hendricks, ‘Willem’ took over as Senior Caretaker, a position he held until he retired in January of 1960.
On 14 May 1950 at the age of 15, Willem’s son, Stanley joined the SACS staff. On his father’s retirement in January of 1960 Stanley took over as Senior Caretaker – a position he held until he retired in December 1998 having given the school nearly 49 years of loyal service. Stanley Williams endeared himself to generations of SACS boys. He is of the ‘Old World’ – a man with strong religious convictions, absolute integrity and unfailing loyalty. (at the time of writing this article he is alive and well at the ripe age of 90!) SACS thus owes much to the Williams family – a part of its fabric for 7 decades!
Philip Samuels started working at SACS in 1964 and on Stanley’s retirement in 1998 he took over as Senior Caretaker – a position he held until his retirement in 2012, after 48 years of service to SACS.
THUS the four gentlemen served the school as Caretaker from 1910 to 2012 - A REMARKABLE 102 YEARS!!
MRS MAGGIE MOSES: Anyone who was at Rosedale between 1926 and the end of the second term of 1974 will remember Mrs Moses with great affection! Kind, understanding and always gracious, Mrs Moses gave Rosedale an amazing 48 years of her life
MRS LENIE JACKSON: Mrs Jackson worked in the staffroom from 1973 until her retirement in 1990. For 17 years she endeared herself to the SACS staff and was both friend and confidante, serving the staff was never a chore to her and it gave her pleasure to please people.
MRS CHRISTINE FORTUIN: Mrs Fortuin took over from Mrs Jackson and gave the school and the staff nearly 28 years of service. As Mr Chris Jones noted in his fine tribute to her: “she has become part of the fabric of the institution and a fountain of knowledge of all things SACS. Fortuin means fortune when derived from Dutch and little fort if from the French. Mrs Fortuin is both. She has been a fortune to SACS over nearly three decades and equally is a fortress to her own family.” She retired at the end of 2018.
These SEVEN SACS STALWARTS gave the school an amazing 195 years of service – beat that!
In 1927 J.E.T. (Willem) Williams started working at SACS and on the death of John Hendricks, ‘Willem’ took over as Senior Caretaker, a position he held until he retired in January of 1960.
On 14 May 1950 at the age of 15, Willem’s son, Stanley joined the SACS staff. On his father’s retirement in January of 1960 Stanley took over as Senior Caretaker – a position he held until he retired in December 1998 having given the school nearly 49 years of loyal service. Stanley Williams endeared himself to generations of SACS boys. He is of the ‘Old World’ – a man with strong religious convictions, absolute integrity and unfailing loyalty. (at the time of writing this article he is alive and well at the ripe age of 90!) SACS thus owes much to the Williams family – a part of its fabric for 7 decades!
Philip Samuels started working at SACS in 1964 and on Stanley’s retirement in 1998 he took over as Senior Caretaker – a position he held until his retirement in 2012, after 48 years of service to SACS.
THUS the four gentlemen served the school as Caretaker from 1910 to 2012 - A REMARKABLE 102 YEARS!!
MRS MAGGIE MOSES: Anyone who was at Rosedale between 1926 and the end of the second term of 1974 will remember Mrs Moses with great affection! Kind, understanding and always gracious, Mrs Moses gave Rosedale an amazing 48 years of her life
MRS LENIE JACKSON: Mrs Jackson worked in the staffroom from 1973 until her retirement in 1990. For 17 years she endeared herself to the SACS staff and was both friend and confidante, serving the staff was never a chore to her and it gave her pleasure to please people.
MRS CHRISTINE FORTUIN: Mrs Fortuin took over from Mrs Jackson and gave the school and the staff nearly 28 years of service. As Mr Chris Jones noted in his fine tribute to her: “she has become part of the fabric of the institution and a fountain of knowledge of all things SACS. Fortuin means fortune when derived from Dutch and little fort if from the French. Mrs Fortuin is both. She has been a fortune to SACS over nearly three decades and equally is a fortress to her own family.” She retired at the end of 2018.
These SEVEN SACS STALWARTS gave the school an amazing 195 years of service – beat that!
DAVE de KOCK (1956 – 1993): On his return to SACS in January 1956 as a teacher, Dave de Kock simply continued an association with the School which had begun in 1937 when he started in Cape Town as a Sub A (Grade 1) pupil. He taught biology for 37 years and was closely involved with athletics and rugby at the School and in wider South African sporting circles, as well as being housemaster of Rosedale for years. He had a Med degree from UCT, with biology-related subjects and a psychology major – which underpinned his own deep-thinking and generous spirit. An avuncular, loveable man, his well-merited and many nicknames – ‘Davy Baby’, ‘Doodles’, ‘Big Dave’ – dispelled the myth that one has to be fierce to be a key member of the SACS staff.
RALPH KELLY (1961 – 1992): Ralph Kelly was as generous with his own personal talents at SACS as he was expert at teaching English and History, which he did there for 31 years. A musician, playwright, filmmaker, meticulous organiser and cricket coach, he brought calmness and the highest standards to everything he undertook. Although not a professionally appointed music teacher, he ‘bridged the gap’ in SACS music-making for many years until the School was granted music posts. His own example of quiet gentlemanliness was adopted by his many schoolboy devotees. He retired in 1992 when the new music block was, fittingly, named after him.
RALPH KELLY (1961 – 1992): Ralph Kelly was as generous with his own personal talents at SACS as he was expert at teaching English and History, which he did there for 31 years. A musician, playwright, filmmaker, meticulous organiser and cricket coach, he brought calmness and the highest standards to everything he undertook. Although not a professionally appointed music teacher, he ‘bridged the gap’ in SACS music-making for many years until the School was granted music posts. His own example of quiet gentlemanliness was adopted by his many schoolboy devotees. He retired in 1992 when the new music block was, fittingly, named after him.
THE HONOURS.....
Guardians of the Banner (1961)
Louis C. Baum
David van Duyker
Head Boy (1966)
David van Duyker
Head Boy (1967)
Charles Klass
Vice Head Boy (1966)
Rory E. O. McCarthy
Vice Head Boy (1967)
Michael De Wet
Victoria Scholars
Keith A. Engers
Louis C. Baum
Rhodes Scholar (awarded 1973)
C. Sean Day
First Class Passes
L. C. Baum
A. T. Bösenberg
O. S. Byrne
R. F. Cotty
S. Davis
K. A. B. Engers
G. A. Goldin
H. P. Joffe
T. H. Kaye
E. D. Kirsten
N. C. Levin
D. R. Liebeck
A. H. Lipman
R. E. O. McCarthy
V. J. MacRobert
F. Malan
I. J. W. Miller
J. R. Ramsey
S. R. Schrire
D. J. Silbowitz
L. E. Trakman
P. S. Wener
R. E. Zetler
SACS WP Nuffield Cricketers
D. H. Foster 1966
D. R. Liebeck 1966/67
D. J. Silbowitz 1966
H. J. van der Spuy 1966/67/68
D. H. Foster 1967/67
D. G. van Duyker 1967
D.G. Snyman 1968
SACS WP Craven Week Rugby Players
H. Druker 1965/66
H.J. van der Spuy 1965/66
SACS WP Schools Hockey
A. Wylie 1966
WP U19 Schools Swimming
S. Slome Captain 1964/65
D. Abelsohn 1965/66
Spectemur Agendo Award (awarded 2007)
C. Sean Day
Businessman and Philanthropist
Louis C. Baum
David van Duyker
Head Boy (1966)
David van Duyker
Head Boy (1967)
Charles Klass
Vice Head Boy (1966)
Rory E. O. McCarthy
Vice Head Boy (1967)
Michael De Wet
Victoria Scholars
Keith A. Engers
Louis C. Baum
Rhodes Scholar (awarded 1973)
C. Sean Day
First Class Passes
L. C. Baum
A. T. Bösenberg
O. S. Byrne
R. F. Cotty
S. Davis
K. A. B. Engers
G. A. Goldin
H. P. Joffe
T. H. Kaye
E. D. Kirsten
N. C. Levin
D. R. Liebeck
A. H. Lipman
R. E. O. McCarthy
V. J. MacRobert
F. Malan
I. J. W. Miller
J. R. Ramsey
S. R. Schrire
D. J. Silbowitz
L. E. Trakman
P. S. Wener
R. E. Zetler
SACS WP Nuffield Cricketers
D. H. Foster 1966
D. R. Liebeck 1966/67
D. J. Silbowitz 1966
H. J. van der Spuy 1966/67/68
D. H. Foster 1967/67
D. G. van Duyker 1967
D.G. Snyman 1968
SACS WP Craven Week Rugby Players
H. Druker 1965/66
H.J. van der Spuy 1965/66
SACS WP Schools Hockey
A. Wylie 1966
WP U19 Schools Swimming
S. Slome Captain 1964/65
D. Abelsohn 1965/66
Spectemur Agendo Award (awarded 2007)
C. Sean Day
Businessman and Philanthropist
THE "HOUSES"
High School
Baxter
Rosedale
Russel
Shaw
Junior School
Hofmeyer
Kipps
Lewis
van Holdt
.....do you remember which House you were in?
Baxter
Rosedale
Russel
Shaw
Junior School
Hofmeyer
Kipps
Lewis
van Holdt
.....do you remember which House you were in?
SPECTEMUR AGENDO
It comes originally from Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses where it is attributed to the hero Ajax:
Denique (quid verbis opus est?) spectemur agendo!
which most literal translations render as
Finally (what is the use of words?) let us be seen together in action!
Denique (quid verbis opus est?) spectemur agendo!
which most literal translations render as
Finally (what is the use of words?) let us be seen together in action!