Volume 2, Issue 2

St. Peter's Tide - 1999 Issue

June'99

 

The Old Cottonians' Association

Dr. Raja Ramanna - Patron

Dr. A. Ebenezer - President

Managing Committee for 1998-99

Mr. Jagan Muthanna ( 1940 - 50) - Chairman

Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed ( 1959 - 61) - Vice-Chairman

Mr. Nikhil Tivari (1968 - 74)- Hon. Secretary

Mr. P. Oomen Mathew (1966 - 78) - Joint Secretary

Mr. Prem Joe Varkey (1970 - 77) Hon. Treasurer

Committee Members

Mr. V. Kumar subramanian (1965 - 75) -Publications

Mr. Aziz-Ur-Rahman(1947 - 58) -Membership

Mr. N. Prakash (1965 - 73)- Sports

Mr. Rajeev Purnaiya (1978 - 87) - web site

Mr. Aditya Sondhi (1984 - 94) - Public Relations

OCA Representative on the School Board of Management & Committee Member

Mr. William Richards ( 1930 - 39) - Scholorships

 

 

Please address all correspondence to :

The Hon. Secretary,

Old Cottonians' Association

Bishop Cotton Boys' School

Bangalore 560001

India

 

An Appeal

The OCA wishes to streamline its system. We appeal to any OC to come forward and donate a computer to the OCA office. The will help us in making our operations more systematic

 

St. Peters Tide 1999

The reunion Dinner & Dance is at the Le-Meredien Hotel ( Near BGC Golf Course). Tickets are available at the OCA office / Koshy's , BCBS/BCGS Receptions and on St. Peters day at the reception desk in the school.

A Lot of Ocs had to be turned back last year at the socials as there were no tickets left. Please book your tickets early.

All those interested in taking part in any of the games, please send in your names to the OCA Office in the school in time.

Momentos

The following are available at the Association

Gold Plated Lapel Pins - Rs 50
Gold plated Cufflinks, Tie Clip &
Lapel Pin set - Rs 350
Titan Watch with School Crest
printed on the dial - Rs 1300
School Ties - Rs 50
Mugs - Rs. 100
Eton Of the East
( History Of the School) - Rs. 600
Table clocks with School crest
printed on the dial - Rs 300.

Please place your order with the OCA by sending the payment by DD favouring Old Cottonians Association, Payable at Bangalore.

Add Rs 65 for postage.

Please allow upto 4 weeks for delivery

Chairman's Letter

Dear Old Cottonian,

As we enter the last year of the millenium, let us look back to the achievements of the association. The Object of the OCA has been to maintain cordial relationship with the School and to keep all Ocs' in touch with each other. Over the last 2 years, I think we have achieved this objective. This is mainly due to the excellent support given by all the Managing Committee Members and you the members.

As this will be the last issue for the year I wish to place on record, some highlights of the OCA achievements.

  1. The financial position of the OCA has improved. The reserves have been increased by Rs. 1.30 Lacs which is a sizeable amount as the total reserve earlier was only 5.98 lacs. This has been achieved by prudent investments and judiciuos control over costs.
  2. The life membership of the OCA has gone up by 105 and the total now stands at 1056 life members
  3. I am pleased to state that interaction between the OCA & School continues to improve and for this the various initiatives taken by the principal Dr. Ebenezer are well appreciated.
  4. During the year a cricket match of OCs Vs School staff was held which ended in a tie !!
  5. An Old Cottonian Golf Tournament was held at the KGA Golf course followed by an enjoyable dinner at the Bangalore Golf Club. The number of OCs participating increased sizeably.
  6. A contributory meeting of the committee with families was held at "Tusker Trails" at the Bandipur National Park, where the group were lucky to see many wild animals including a king size wild elephant tusker at close quarters.
  7. A subscription Christmas lunch was organized by the Girls & Boys Associations to usher in the true spirit of Christmas.
  8. A farewell for the outgoing competent Principal of the girls' School - Mrs. Joseph was held by the OCA, at the Bangalore Club.
  9. A special group discount has been approved to the UK & back for Ocs' in the first week of September '99 to coincide with the UK get together of Cottonians. The fare was very attractive . For details please contact the Secretary- Mr Nikhil Tivary.
  10. The OCA has a scholorship amount of Rs. 30,000 for the year 98/99 which will be reimbursed during the year.
  11. The programme for the St. Peter'sTide 99 is given with this issue. I request , through this Newsletter, all Old Cottonians to please come and take part in the festivities and catch up with old friends and school teachers & Staff. The Social is being held on the 29 th at 8:00 PM at "Le-Meredien" Hotel and promises to be a great evening.

    12. This Newsletter is one of the new facilities we created. We welcome suggestions from Ocs all over to help us improve this news letter.

    My sincere thanks to the energetic and very co-operative committee which has delivered such good results for the OCA in 98-99

    Wishing you and your family all the very best till we meet again.

    My special good wishes go to all the groups Boys & Girls all over the world

    Yours sincerely

    Jagan Muthanna

    Chairman - OCA

    The OCA Directory Project

    The OCA is updating its OCA Directory for 1999-2000. We urge all members to send us the following details so that the Directory may reflect current information

    1. Name
    2. Permanent Address
    3. Address at which you'd like to get mail from OCA
    4. Year joining and Leaving School
    5. House to which you belong to
    6. Telephone numbers/email Address
    7. Occupation/Profession

 

The OCA Directory is als available on a Floppy. Please place your Order with Hon. Secretary.