About Us
The objectives of the Association were set out in its rules. First, it was sought to ‘establish a bond of union among Old Boys and present boys to meet each other and for this purpose annual dinners and dances at the School’ were instituted. Second, the Association wanted to put an end to the stigma the bureaucratic circle attached with an Indian education. Third, the Association promised, “ Should anything arise to occasion a demand for the active services of its Old Boys the School has the satisfaction of knowing a number of them are to hand, not only willing but pledged, to assist by every means in their power.”
Almost as if giving visible expression to their pledge, the Old Boys presented the School’s Chapel with the stained glass window depicting the Good Shepherd. This was installed on 19 October 1915.
The Old Cottonians Association completes 100 years in 2010.
Name
Years at BCS
E.O. Wilsey
1863 - 1867
W.J.Crayden
1863 – 1866
W.Cotton
1876 – 1884
T.Archibald Brooks
1876 – 1877
S.A.Blaker
1881 – 1883
W.G. Dollman
1882 – 1890
C.Davis
1882 – 1886
Felix von Goldstein
1884 – 1892
C.W.Kirkpatrick
1884 – 1888
E.A.Reid
1887 – 1891
W.I.Tilden
1887 – 1891
D.A.Clarke
1891 – 1896
Frank I.Tellery
1893 – 1895
A.D.Grindal
1895 – 1899
G.T.Wright
1898 – 1900
G.A.Heron
1902 – 1903
A.Farrar Brooks
1908 – 1910
The History Of The Old Cottonians Association
The OCA was officially started on 13th May 1910 when 17 Old Cottonians assembled in the Freemason’s Hall in Simla. However, it is interesting to note that the first gathering of OC’s was in 1878 when 28 old Cottonians attended the First Founder’s Day function ever to be celebrated. This was held on the 27th of July as 28th fell on a Sunday. These OC’s sat at the High Table for the meal that followed the function.
E.O. Wisley, the senior-most, had organised the meeting and was the first to sign the Roll of Association. With these seventeen acting as the core, the task was now to find and communicate with the numerous old boys who lay scattered across the world – England, Canada, Japan, China, New Guinea and of course, India. In under a year, the Seventeen had become 73. By 1 May 1913, there were eighty-four members and this rose to 101 by October that year.
The History Of The Old Cottonians Association
The OCA was officially started on 13th May 1910 when 17 Old Cottonians assembled in the Freemason’s Hall in Simla. However, it is interesting to note that the first gathering of OC’s was in 1878 when 28 old Cottonians attended the First Founder’s Day function ever to be celebrated. This was held on the 27th of July as 28th fell on a Sunday. These OC’s sat at the High Table for the meal that followed the function.
E.O. Wisley, the senior-most, had organised the meeting and was the first to sign the Roll of Association. With these seventeen acting as the core, the task was now to find and communicate with the numerous old boys who lay scattered across the world – England, Canada, Japan, China, New Guinea and of course, India. In under a year, the Seventeen had become 73. By 1 May 1913, there were eighty-four members and this rose to 101 by October that year.
The OCA was officially started on 13th May 1910 when 17 Old Cottonians assembled in the Freemason’s Hall in Simla. However, it is interesting to note that the first gathering of OC’s was in 1878 when 28 old Cottonians attended the First Founder’s Day function ever to be celebrated. This was held on the 27th of July as 28th fell on a Sunday. These OC’s sat at the High Table for the meal that followed the function.
E.O. Wisley, the senior-most, had organised the meeting and was the first to sign the Roll of Association. With these seventeen acting as the core, the task was now to find and communicate with the numerous old boys who lay scattered across the world – England, Canada, Japan, China, New Guinea and of course, India. In under a year, the Seventeen had become 73. By 1 May 1913, there were eighty-four members and this rose to 101 by October that year.
Name
Years at BCS
E.O. Wilsey
1863 - 1867
W.J.Crayden
1863 – 1866
W.Cotton
1876 – 1884
T.Archibald Brooks
1876 – 1877
S.A.Blaker
1881 – 1883
W.G. Dollman
1882 – 1890
C.Davis
1882 – 1886
Felix von Goldstein
1884 – 1892
C.W.Kirkpatrick
1884 – 1888
E.A.Reid
1887 – 1891
W.I.Tilden
1887 – 1891
D.A.Clarke
1891 – 1896
Frank I.Tellery
1893 – 1895
A.D.Grindal
1895 – 1899
G.T.Wright
1898 – 1900
G.A.Heron
1902 – 1903
A.Farrar Brooks
1908 – 1910
Handover Of The Reins
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REFUGEE VOICES’S STORY
The First Record Of OLD COTTONIANS ASSOCIATION
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