Scotch College

From the Principal

• Thank you all for everything

Farewell to Dr Donaldson

• In Principal – we thank you!
• Donaldson’s legacy: a united and vibrant school
• Farewell dinner a fitting tribute to a great Scotch Principal
• Eleven men whose lives Gordon Donaldson touched share their impressions
• Burning bush centre pieces set Farewell Dinner alight

From the Chairman of School Council

• A commitment to service

Junior School

• Developing the whole person
• Farewell and Thanks Dr D
• Our Year 3 river keepers

Chaplain's Column

Music and the Arts

• A great night of pride in achievement
• A few hints of Ireland signal the end of an era
• Energy, humour and pathos to the fore in drama productions
• ‘Second Childhood’ knocks ‘em in the aisles

News

• Tom Batty appointed as new Principal after worldwide search
• Tollway Update
• David Malouf’s evocative address launches Monash Lecture series
• Sir John Monash Lecture delivered by David Malouf
• Neil Cracknell – what a Scotch CV!
• Roger Slade sprints into retirement
• Should auld acquaintance be forgot …
• Stand Up, Speak Out!
• Three messages from Monash
• Harry hooks the 2007 Perelberg Award
• A life-altering Kokoda experience
• Library web page wins another international award
• Good Scotch men, skilled in speaking
• Fostering a greater understanding of mental illness
• ‘Cows and roosters were our alarm clocks’
• Literature with the lot – and yes, there will be chips with that!
• ‘In time of test, family is best’
• Class of 2007 Valedictory Dinner – ‘bewdiful’!
• Senior School staff leaving Scotch
• Scotch team triumphs in Science Engineering Challenge
• Social Service reaches a caring hand out to the community

Boarding

• Minds focused on boarding house leadership

The Scotch College Foundation

• Gordon Donaldson Scholarship Fund off to a flying start
• A committed circle
• Another successful Ken Field Art Show

Archives

• How Scotch Principals leave

Sport

• Scotch swimmers shine in national championships
• Scullers’ success on the Yarra

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December 2007 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:
GEON Group, 181 Forster Road, Mt Waverley, Victoria 3149

Photography: Jocelyn Pride,
Tim Shearer,
Andrew Murdoch,
Cloud 9,
Scotch College staff and other contributors

Cover: 25 Old Boys and 12 Scotch Boys honour 25 years of service
Inside cover images

Selected articles from this issue.

Old Scotch Collegians Association

• Editorial
• 2008 OSCA Council elected
• OSCA Merit Awards for 2007
• 2008 OSCA Council elected
• Big concerts reinforce the ‘Make Poverty History’ message
• A Scotch presence at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Plenty of inspiration for two epic swims
• John Feddersen, Rhodes Scholar – a passion for learning, sport, and humanity
• Drew collects more gold

• Dinners: OSCA President’s and Past Presidents’ Dinner
• OSCA Events
  10 Year Reunion
  40 Year Reunion
  50 Year Reunion
  Remembrance Day Assembly and Luncheon
  Bellarine Branch Luncheon
  Spring Carnival Luncheon
• Mentoring: Mentoring challenges loom ahead
• Pipes and Drums: Pipes and Drums history launched at Ross Campbell farewell dinner
• Wine and Food Club: Wine and Food Club pops the cork for 2008
• Music Club: Cast auditions for Les Mis scheduled for April
• Football: 2008: 150 years of Football and a Team of the Century could match it with the best of them
• Challenging season ends on a high for Old Scotch Football Club
• Bushwalking: A wonderful winery walk
• Soccer: Fairytale continues for soccer club
• Athletics: Back-to-back third placings for our athletes
• Lodge: Lodge warmly welcomes influx of young Old Boys
• Cardinal Club: ‘Robert J Welch’ launched at Cardinal Club AGM
• Koomerang: What goes on at Koomerang once the snow melts?

• The 20 oldest Old Boys
• What they’re doing now
• Obituaries

• What they're doing now
• 1930's
• 1950's
• 1960's
• 1970's
• 1980's
• 1990's
• 2000's

The 20 oldest Old Boys
Obituaries