Re: DUDLEY DICKSON
2007-Mar-30-2245hrs
P.C. Errol, pl see the attached which can be extracted and added to the tributes blog.
Tom
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In September 1963, Government decided not to delay any longer, the opening of the residential pre-service teacher training facility it had under construction at Mausica. This, despite the fact that construction on the buildings as well as equipment and living accommodation and equipment for the intake of students were only partially attended to.
It was thus under these conditions and in response to Government’s offer of free studentships that the first 110 of the hundreds who had applied, entered as the pioneer group of students in September, 1963.
Dudley Dickson was among this first group of Mausica pioneer students and in less time than it would take the proverbial wink of an eye, his uninhibited cheerful and cooperative manner stamped him out as a leader in this community of young people of different social, cultural, ethnic, religious and other backgrounds.. It was in this pioneering situation where the isolated nature of the college campus and the discomfort of its unfinished buildings and living conditions were more than tolerably distressful and unsettling, that he stood out..It turned out that as long as Dudley was around, there would be something to smile about, someone whose easy manner could assist in resolving difficulties however unsettling and in diffusing any clash between personalities and restoring some element of tolerance for the apparent foibles of others.
Dudley touched the lives of all those with whom he came in contact, be it administrative staff, academic staff, domestic staff, student councils or sporting groups. This was so as his generous, valued and well disciplined approach, to efforts launched in the interest of Mausica, all spiced with courtesy and a sparkling sense of humour, will always be the character traits by which we will remember him.
Thank you Dudley, R.I.P.
FitzJames Williams
It was thus under these conditions and in response to Government’s offer of free studentships that the first 110 of the hundreds who had applied, entered as the pioneer group of students in September, 1963.
Dudley Dickson was among this first group of Mausica pioneer students and in less time than it would take the proverbial wink of an eye, his uninhibited cheerful and cooperative manner stamped him out as a leader in this community of young people of different social, cultural, ethnic, religious and other backgrounds.. It was in this pioneering situation where the isolated nature of the college campus and the discomfort of its unfinished buildings and living conditions were more than tolerably distressful and unsettling, that he stood out..It turned out that as long as Dudley was around, there would be something to smile about, someone whose easy manner could assist in resolving difficulties however unsettling and in diffusing any clash between personalities and restoring some element of tolerance for the apparent foibles of others.
Dudley touched the lives of all those with whom he came in contact, be it administrative staff, academic staff, domestic staff, student councils or sporting groups. This was so as his generous, valued and well disciplined approach, to efforts launched in the interest of Mausica, all spiced with courtesy and a sparkling sense of humour, will always be the character traits by which we will remember him.
Thank you Dudley, R.I.P.
FitzJames Williams
