DURBAN High School hosted its 150th Special Assembly for parents, staff, old boys and learners recently.
This special day, held as part of the school’s 150th anniversary celebrations on the Theobald Oval, marked both the official opening of an old metal memory box/time-capsule which had been sealed behind a foundation stone of the new Blackmore House in 1938, and the placing of a new time capsule.
The Memory Box, which had been filled with mementos from the school’s centenary celebrations in 1966 as well as coins and newspapers from that time, was refilled with mementos from the 150th celebrations and various other items, including newspapers and coins from 2016, will be sealed behind the same foundation stone. The stone was rededicated by Father Michael Fourie of St Thomas Road Anglican Church at the 150th Special Assembly.
Current headmaster Leon Erasmus, together with Trevor Bennison, the 12th headmaster of the school, placed the time capsule in a hole in the wall, to be sealed and opened again in 50 years’ time – at DHS’s 200th birthday celebration in 2066.
