Mr Alf Morris
ample testimony to his outstanding efficiency in this branch of school administration. On the academicside. he first taught Biology. then Geography from 1949 to 1988. and was Head of the Geography Department. He also taught English from 1947 to 1988. and in due course took on the arduous but invaluabletask of becoming an outside examiner in Matriculation English Languagefrom 1964 to 1985. Shortly before a School Matric Dancehe accepteda "blind-date" partner. Helena van Heerden. who was then teaching music at the Wynberg Junior School. This fortuitous plan was perpetrated by Jan Oosthuizen. and soon developed into a closefriendship. culminating in marriage in 1957. In a world where marriage is often by no means a binding institution. this union has been conspicuously successful. Alan and Catherine being a tribute to a happy. close-knit family setting. Helena was soon to become one of South Africa's most celebrated pianists. regularly playing concerts throughout this country and also giving many recitals in Zimbabwe. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra. the Cape Town Symphony
ALF MORRIS RETIRES Alfred John Adriaan Morris would havebeena superlative asset to any leading school. But to Wynberg he is more than that combining as he does. intense loyalty. dedication and a comprehensive affection. not only for the boys he taught and coached. but also for the abstract image of the institution he served so well for forty-one consecutiveyears. Integrity. intelligent tolerance and the facility of getting on with people earned the support respect and affection of the boys. staff and parents. In addition he was popular with the coachesand representatives of the many other schools with whom he came in daily contact. . Alf jOined the Wynberg staff as physical education Instructor in April 1947. the concluding year of Mr Clegg's regime: a perspicacious choice by the retiring headmaster. On the arrival of the new principal. Mr Bowden. he was appointed assistant supervisor of The Glade (an annexe of the Hostel). and in 1949 he was transferred to the Hostel itself (later rebuilt and named LittlewOOd House). a post he ably held until he In. 1957. He later had two shOrt spells in cha rge of LlttJewOOd House. The fact that he was twice
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