From the Editor

In the first issue of The Old Cranbrookian Magazine in 1962, the Editor, Rex Morgan (OC 1954), suggested that the publication of this periodical would cut administrative costs, increase connectivity with all Old Cranbrookians and provide them with items of general interest. I would like to emphasise that over the 50-plus years I have been associated with Cranbrook School there have been solid connections among the Old Cranbrookian community, from the men who play Old Cranbrookian cricket (OCCC) to the many reunions I have attended and the events that were connected to the school’s recent centenary celebrations.

I have been immensely impressed by the ways that you keep in touch. I applaud the deep affection and love of friends, former school-mates and school that you exhibit. The warmth shown to each other and to me and other members of the teaching staff has been palpable.

As Rex Morgan also encouraged and I do the same now: please provide us with materials that will continue to enrich your magazine and please send us comments, favourable or otherwise, with regards to this and future editions.

We are at the cusp of exciting times for the school with the completion of Masterplan 2 on the horizon and the possibility of a co-educational environment for the first time in the senior school’s history. I am honoured to have been asked to assume the editorship of your magazine and in the tradition of Rex Morgan, Ken Felton and Harry Nicolson, I encourage you to be in touch and maintain the essence of Esse Quam Videri.

Dr David Thomas
OCA Magazine Editor, Hone Housemaster and History Teacher