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Development
Director of Development and Foundation Executive Director – Mr Tim Shearer ('85)
MR TIM SHEARER ('85)
DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT,
FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Foundation President’s
Dinner — a great
Scotch project revealed
TOP IMAGE: FOUNDATION PRESIDENT
DOUG LORDING ('64) ILLUSTRATES
SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW
ARCHIVES MUSEUM AND OSCA HOUSE.
BELOW LEFT: FORMER STAFF MEMBER
BRUCE BROWN ('60) DELIVERS A
KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
BELOW: ARCHIVES VOLUNTEERS LIZ
HOWCROFT AND MARGOT YEOMANS
WITH ARCHIVIST PAUL MISHURA.
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One hundred and fifteen Scotch Family members gathered
convivially in the Cardinal Pavilion’s Boykett Room on 31 July for a
highly enjoyable Scotch Foundation President’s Dinner, at which plans
for the Scotch Archives Museum and OSCA House were outlined.
Guests of honour were Bruce Brown (‘60), former Scotch History
and Politics Teacher and 2013 OSCA President, and Paul Mishura,
Scotch’s Archivist.
After OSCA Chaplain, Rev Graham Bradbeer had said the Grace,
the Foundation President, Associate Professor Doug Lording (‘64) told
guests that the Foundation was performing strongly, with over $61
million in hand. More than $1.7 million was contributed to Scotch in
2017 to fund the School’s scholarships and prizes, and for use at the
School’s discretion. Strongly endorsing the new Archives Museum
and OSCA House project, Doug emphasised its potential value to
Scotch and the Scotch Family.
Guest of honour Bruce Brown said although the tangible features
of the Scotch campus have changed to meet educational imperatives,
the intangible aspects of the School’s cultural heritage — its values
and traditions — must be retained. ‘This makes the development
of the Archives Museum and OSCA House project all the more
significant,’ he said.
Mentioning the importance of the School’s oral history, Bruce said:
‘There are thousands and thousands of stories which boys remember
for life but don’t find their way into a written document form.’ Bruce
recalled one incident which he said shaped his belief in what Scotch
meant to him.
He was in Year 11 and the Scotch 1st XVIII was playing Wesley on
a Friday afternoon. Boys were to travel by tram from the Callantina
Road corner, but as they wouldn’t arrive at the game until after
quarter-time, Bruce and a mate decided to take a taxi instead of
the tram and capture ‘pole’ position behind the goals. It worked out
well, but on Monday they were summoned to the Principal, Mr Selby
Smith’s office. Bruce said the conversation went like this:
The Head: ‘Last Friday the School made provision for boys to
attend the football.’
Brown and friend: ‘Y-y-y, yes, sir.’
The Head: ‘And you boys chose to make other arrangements.’
Brown and friend (highly apprehensively): ‘Y-y-y, yes, sir.’
Great Scot Number 154 – September 2018