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Ross McLarty 1919
A future Western Australian Premier and
High School Old Boy, Ross McLarty, later
knighted for his services to the state,
won a Military Medal for gallantry on the
Western Front early in 1918.
Ernie Parker
Ernie Parker, a barrister and solicitor
joined the armed forces as an artilleryman
late in the war and was killed on the
Western Front in May 1918. He is
commemorated in Western Australia’s
Sportsmen’s Hall of Fame as one of the
most talented all-rounders in our history
(he won the 1908 Australian Singles Tennis
Championship and was a triallist for the
Australian Test Cricket Team),
Sir Ross McLarty, KBE MM
Alf Bessell-Browne
Alf Bessell-Browne was High School’s most decorated soldier of the Great War. He was
awarded a Distinguished Service Order for services during the Boer War and then served
right through the Great War, ending it as Brigadier-General, Commander of the 5th
Division Royal Artillery C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D., mentioned in despatches six times, and
with an American Service Medal to add to his array.
Volunteers for service abroad - inspected by Major Bessll-Browne
Altogether, 265 High School ex-scholars served during the Great War, most of them
in the 1st A.I.F. Forty four were killed. They are commemorated in the Hale School
Memorial Grove at Wembley Downs, below the Chapel of St Mark.
In the December 1919 Cygnet, the editor
wrote:
‘The Great War, with its toll of
brave men, has left us bereft of
many who could ill be spared in a
young country while, at the same
time, it had afforded hundreds
that opportunity of the wider
education that travel alone gives.
All schools in Australia will benefit
in the future from the influence of
the Old Boys who have seen the
world, and have stood the tests
of the greatest war in history. It
is more evident every year that
public schools depend to a very
large extent on the support of
men who have been educated
in them, who have lived the full,
rich life that these schools give, Havelock Street School - 1919 Fees and Terms.
and who have carried out into the
world, memories of happy days
and friendships formed for life.’ 4 All Fees become payable on the first day of each term, and pupils subsequently withdrawn are liable for a full term’s fees.
The School Year is divided into THREE TERMS, of practically equal length, the dates for 1920 being as follows:
A reduction of 10% on board and tuition is made in the case of brothers.
1920 - 40 Over 12 years, Board - £18 3/-; Tuition - £7 7/-; Total - £25 10/- per term
1st Term, 10th February to 14th May; 2nd term, 1st June to 27th August; 3rd term, 14th September to 17th December.
FULL BOARDERS.
Under 12 years Board - £16 10/-; Tuition - £6; Total - £22 10/- per term.
Laundry - £1 6/- per term.
WEEKLY BOARDERS.
Under 12 years Board - £15; Tuition - £6; Total - £21 per term.
Over 12 years, Board - £16 13/-; Tuition - £7 7/-; Total - £24- per term
DAY BOYS
1920 Under 12 years, Tuition - - - £6 per term | Over 12 yeasr, Tuition - - - £7 7/- per term.
DAY BOARDERS.
Headmaster Matthew Wilson reported £4 per term, in addition to the day fees.
that at the end of 1920 the numbers at
High School had lifted above 300 for {N.B. - A Meal is provided at the School House for day boys whose parents may wish them to have a hot dinner.
The price works out at about 1/3 per meal.}
the first time. A War Memorial Wing was The above fees include School Magazine, Physics, Chemistry, Cadet Corps, Physical Culture, Games, Sports, etc.; the wages of permanent
added in 1924 and was used as the Junior groundsman, soil, seed, water, materials for cricket, rowing, tennis, football etc. The charge includes all Physical Training excelp Boxing.
EXTRA SUBJECTS.
School section of the complex.
LABORATORY FEE, 5/- per term.
1920s DANCING, £1 1s per term
BOXING 17/6 per term
MUSIC. Arrangements may be made if parents desire their sons to learn the piano or violin.
Where necessary for boys to remain at School during the holidays special arrangements may be made.
Ernie Parker Numbers at the School fell as a result of ELOCUTION 10/6 per term
the Great Depression to 235 by 1928 with
CLOTHING FOR BOARDERS.
only 35 boarders enrolled. The following list is meant as an assistance to parents. All articles MUST be marked plainly with boy’s name.
3 Pairs Boots
3 Serviettes 1 Pair Slippers
4 1919 Cygnet report in Edgar, From Slate to 3 Suits (one dark, for Sunday wear) 6 pairs Socks or Stockings Brushes (clothes, hair, teeth and nails)
Cyberspace, p. 145. 3 Suits Pyjamas 4 Singlets Straw Hat
6 Soft Shirts 1 Rug
12 collars 1 Overcoat
6 Handkerchiefs