Morning Mirror
By Margie Kriel
28 September 2010
Eveline High School in Bulawayo celebrated its Centenary on Friday 24
September 2010.
The fabled quadrangle was filled to overflowing with students, staff,
guests, and old girls, and there was even a giant birthday cake for
the occasion.
Senator David Coltart Minister of Education was the guest of honour
and we “Old Girls” all had lumps in out throats remembering our own
glorious days at Eveline School so many years ago.
Several of the girls even had the old school Boaters with the maroon
hat band, although the much more practical brown floppy hat has taken
its place. The summer uniform is the same, that beautiful turquoise
blue with that irritating belt … and the blazers were the same
although unnecessary in the boiling hot sun.
The theme was ” Hundred years existence – 1910 to 2010 – celebrating
diversity in the school system” and the school has great plans for
the future.
The girls were beautifully behaved, sitting patiently during the
speeches, songs and dramas, and the Senator broke the ground for the
new IT Centre planned for the school in the next couple of years. The
staff were elegant and professional in their mortar boards and gowns
and the future of the school is in good hands.
Several groups of “Old Girls” and local companies made generous
donations to the Eveline Rehabilitation Project which includes a
giant recreation and conference centre on the playing fields over the
road from Langdon House, where we once used to hold our sports days.
I can even remember some of the names of the houses. Ours was
Gladstone, then there was Buxton, Langdon, Northwood, Mackintosh,
oops can anyone help me out ? There were 8 in all if I remember.
Milton High had its centenary too this week, a whole week of
festivities which I gather were enormously successful. However, we
Eveline Girls, as was always the case in the past, were far more
ladylike in our celebrations!!
The old memories may have gone but we Eveline Girls still do our best
to remain “Upright and True”…
I have posted some anniversary photos on the Morning Mirror website
www.morningmirror.africanherd.com/