by Tanky Tang | Feb 13, 2012 | Memories
FROM CHENG TAI PUI, CLASS OF 64 MEMORIES OF MY DAYS WITH A VERY YOUNG MR LOWCOCK AT DBS FLICKERED ON MY MIND AS HIS BODY PASSED BY AMID THE SINGING OF OUR SCHOOL HYMN. MANY PEOPLE SOBBED. WE ALL MISSED A MAN WHO ONCE LIGHT UP OUR LIVES, AND FILLED US UP WITH... by Tanky Tang | Feb 12, 2012 | Memories
念郭慎墀校長 Tribute to Sydney James Lowcock, MBE JP (1932 – 2012) By Paul P Chow Class 1978 男拔萃老校長去世, 幾代師生校友無不暗然神傷。郭慎墀(Sydney James Lowcock) 在任的22 年, 亦為百年學府最精彩輝煌的年代。 男拔創校於 1869 年, 其成功少不了前人和後輩的努力, 當非郭慎墀一人的功勞, 但學校半世紀以來的精神面貌和人文價值卻毫無疑問是 “蝦蛟佬” 的傑作,... by Tanky Tang | Feb 12, 2012 | Memories
Lowcock became Headmaster in 1961, a year after I left DBS in 1960 so I didn’t really know him. Nor has he taught me. I do remember him clipping me on my ear once. Somehow, he knows me. My twin elder brothers left for the US in 1961 so Lowcock was never their... by Tanky Tang | Feb 9, 2012 | Memories
My Deepest Condolences Will always be a part of our lives by Tanky Tang | Feb 8, 2012 | Memories
I cannot say that I know Lowcock well but I am certain that he knew every single boy who came to the School while he was headmaster. By way of proof and in order to dispel a myth, let me recount two pieces of personal experience – both of enormous influence on... by Tanky Tang | Feb 7, 2012 | Memories
「蝦餃」走了！ 對一眾拔萃舊生來說，以「蝦餃」稱呼我們這位前（兩）任校長，比用其全名Mr. SJ Lowcock （郭慎墀）來得更親切。 噩耗傳來，歷代校友紛紛上線留言致哀，當中不少是我這一輩在他任期最末三兩間年入學的「小」師弟。同屆同學雖只與老校長共處不過兩年（他在任二十二年，於八三年我諗中二時因健康問題提早退休），對他卻懷有無尚的敬重。 全因他是個有心的校長。這份心，即使是我這個初中時只管啃書的「薯仔」也深深感受到。...
