Scotch College

Features

• The mothers of Scotch celebrated in new sculpture
• Perelberg Award honours an Old Boy who changes lives
• Max Foster (Year 11) wins ABC and Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award
• Tollway Update
• Kapumfi School Update
• Inaugral Scotch Global Villiage Program
• Scotch farewells eight Senior School teachers

Principal

• Strands of a rich tartan

Chairman

• Global Changes Hit Home

Chaplain

• A beautiful Scotch moment

Junior School

• The importance of family
• Junior School vegetable patch: A microcosm of sustainability
• Consideration for others continues in the Junior School
• Junior School Olympics steal Beijing’s thunder

School Captain’s Report

• ‘To friends and the future’

Senior School

• Vale the Class of 2008
• Year 7 boys get right into tree planting
• Class of 2008 leave their mark
• Tattoo shines in wet
• A rewarding way to celebrate achievement

Senior School Sport

• The cricket opportunity of a lifetime
• History of APS sport published
• England cricket exchange – an amazing experience
• APS Athletics
• All about APS sport – online
• An excellent rugby season
• Diving to a record
• Old boys collect Olympic medals of all hues
• Scotch rowers make their mark in youth rowing

Senior School Music

• Percussionists were a big hit
• Jazz cabaret – a Wilde night!
• Foundation Day Concert showcases Scotch’s musical talent

Senior School Drama

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe works its magic

Boarding

• Boarders tread the boards

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December 2008 issue

Great Scot is published by Scotch College
ABN
86 852 826 445

Editor
Tim Shearer

Assistant Editor
David Ashton

Graphic Designer
Kathryn Cairney

Printed by:
New Litho, 124-138 Union Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria 3177

Photography: Photoplay, Andrew Murdoch, Jocelyn Pride, Kathryn Cairney, Tim Shearer, John Ferguson, Lachie Bell (Year 11) and Scotch College staff

Cover: The new statue recognising the contribution that mothers have made to the well being of Scotch College Photography: Kathryn Cairney
Inside cover - The breadth and depth of the Scotch Family

Selected articles from this issue.

OSCA

• Queen’s Birthday honours 2008
• OSCA’s Les Misérables enthrals the Scotch Family – and beyond
• OSCA Merit Awards
• OSCA President’s Dinner and AGM
• Tom Wills and his links with Scotch
• The mystery man of the rules
• Just imagine! SOAK is a world first in managing water
• Good thinks come in threes
• ‘When we look back ....’
• Scotch weddings

What They’re doing now

• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

OSCA Events

Photo Gallery

• 60+ Year Reunion Luncheon
  Old Scotch Staff Club Afternoon Tea
  Bellarine Branch Luncheon
  Hamilton Branch Drinks
  Sydney Branch Cocktails

Old Scotch Clubs

• Direct competitive tennis for the Scotch Family
• Bowls club members on the rise
• Koomerang skis confidently into its second half-century
• Young Lodge members make their mark
• Cycling club on a roll
• Soccer club eyes promotion after successful season
• Football club continues to build
• Former staff meet the future

Foundation

• A committed circle
• Investment Art Show moves to the JFA
• Tennis fun for fathers and their sons
• A most convivial WA dinner
• On behalf of our boys – thank you!
• ‘Ninety-Sixers’ Leadership Prize – new to the Pipe Band

Archives

• An old boy lost and found
• The battle
• Pets at the School
• Bob Withers’ name graces plants
• What the Old Scotch Heritage Club is all about
• More about Max Hutton?
• The 20 oldest Old Boys

Obituaries

• Obituaries
• Vale Garth Tapp (staff 1948–1977)