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FEATURES
ABOVE : REV BILL MORGAN (' 34 ) ARRIVES AT SCOTCH ; CHANNEL 7 NEWS FEATURE ON BILL MORGAN . BELOW : SCOTT MONTGOMERY (' 85 ) AND BILL MORGAN .

REV BILL MORGAN ’ S VISIT TO SCOTCH COLLEGE 100 YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL

A VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING TREASURES
SENIOR SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
On Monday 5 June , with much trepidation in the air and the presence of a Channel 7 News Crew , the Senior School held a very special Assembly to welcome back one of Scotch ’ s greatest living treasures , Rev Bill Morgan (' 34 ), who commenced his Scotch journey exactly 100 years ago in the Junior School when aged seven .
As he progressed through the Junior and Senior School , along the way :
• he rowed in the 1933 and 1934 1st Crew
• in 1934 he was a member of the 1st XVIII football team
• in 1935 he captained the 1st XV Rugby , three years after rugby started as a sport at Scotch
• in 1934 and 1935 he was Captain of Morrison House
• in 1934 he was a School Prefect
• in 1935 he was appointed as School Captain He was a member of the OSCA Council from 1936-1950 and he was also ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and served as Moderator .
Bill was accompanied by his son John (‘ 69 ), Mr Scott Montgomery (' 85 ), Executive Director of OSCA and current School Captain , Dion Whitfield .
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