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3. JUNIOR SCHOOL BOYS WATCH AS THE TOTAL GROWS BEFORE THEIR EYES; 4. EMMA PRATT IN THE ‘CALL CENTRE’; 5. SENIOR
THE FUNDRAISING EVENT; 6. THE BIG SCREEN IN THE QUAD; 7. NICK MARKS HARD AT WORK IN THE ‘CALL CENTRE’; 8. NICK MARKS
WITH SCHOOL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, THE HON DAVID KEMP AC; 10. BOYS GATHER TO WATCH THE TALLY GROW.
Some of our donors alluded to their
own deeply personal connections to war
and family, among them: ‘Honouring
Captain Robert Armstrong Morgan who
died at Villers Bretonneux’; ‘In memory
of Leonard Arthur Horsfall (1889) died
Croisilles France 1917’; ‘In memory of
Private Len Cockcroft 37th Battalion
AIF.’ Other close associations also found
their way into the narrative: ‘In memory
of Philip Hudson, designer of the Shrine’;
and, ‘Just returned from Amiens and the
Somme – very moving and proud to be an
Old Scotch Collegian.’
Previous Scotch College scholarship
recipients were honoured and pleased
to return the favour: ‘Thanks for the
opportunity a scholarship gave me, proud
to give back.’ Along the same theme
from our Year 8 boys: ‘Give someone an
opportunity for what we have.’
The very nature of this scholarship
and what it would invariably mean to
a deserving young man of ‘intellect,
character and ambition’ seemed to prompt
more philosophical reflections from many
donors: ‘A journey into greatness begins
with an opportunity’; ‘Thank you for
teaching our boys to be good men’; and,
‘In support of service, courage, education
and intellectual creativity.’
For all the more lofty ideals – and
because boys will be boys – the odd droll
comment made its way to the screens:
‘Jerilderie rocks!’ or, ‘TS blackmailed me
to do this!’
This article would not be complete
without mention of one very striking act
of determination and sacrifice connected
to this fundraising effort. Alfie Holuigue
in Year 6 decided that he wanted to shave
his head for charity, and this ’John Monash
thing came up’. The big question was
whether it was to be a number 0, 1 or 2.
Alfie says that in the end his dad, Nick
Holuigue (’89) relented to a number 1. He
admits to his hair now being a ‘bit patchy’
– perhaps because his friend Matthew
wielded the shaver– but the very good
news is he raised $661 and his usually
curly locks will grow back!
It is worth saying again that the day
simply would not have been possible
without the exceptionally generous support
of our ‘quadrupling’ matching donors,
in particular: Graeme Whitelaw (’52);
Norman and Pauline Bloom; the Fielding
Foundation; those who supported the
General Sir John Monash Fund through
2019 Annual Giving; and a substantial
anonymous donation.
Thank you to everyone who took part
to make this happen: Scotch boys, led
superbly by School Captain Nick Marks
and the Prefects; Old Boys; past and
current parents; Penny Nicholls and the
marvellous band of volunteers in the Sir
David Zeidler Auditorium ‘call centre’;
Scotch College staff and the Development
Office staff.
Congratulations to the entire Scotch
Family: we now have two scholarships
that will enable boys of intellect, character
and ambition to call Scotch home in
perpetuity.
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PATTY WALLACE-SMITH –
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
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