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The Stellar 60s
The Stellar 60s
The 1960s were marked by a dramatic increase in enrolment. The school had to establish two sessions to cater to the increased demand and classrooms spilled over to the Brothers’ residence.
In 1963, St Patrick’s became a co-ed school with the introduction of pre-university classes. The Brothers, together with an excellent team of teachers, were indeed pillars of the school and a good team spirit prevailed. The school made its mark in interschool quizzes, debates, judo, soccer, tennis and cricket, smashing 27 sporting records in 1969! The Pre-U classes had outstanding performances at the national level, and most notably, Barry Desker obtained the coveted President’s Scholarship in 1965 – the first from the Brothers’ Schools in Singapore to do so. We went on to produce two more President’s Scholars – Dennis Yong and Moses Lee from the class of 69.
The 1960 cricket team with Mr Subramaniam, who was a teacher in 1958 and later went on to become the first Vice-Principal in 1979 |
For the first time in the history of the Christian Brothers, a Superior General came to visit in 1962. Bro. Nicet Joseph is inspecting the guard of honour accompanied by Bro. Justinian |
The 1963 tennis team |
Bro. Lawrence at his happiest among children |
The champion debating team of 1969, bringing honour to the school on national television. Moses Lee, Edmund Pereira, Dennis Yong, Victor Khoo (left to right) |
An aerial view of the school in the late sixties
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