Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2020-DEC-04

2020-DEC-09-1828Hrs

This was at the river lime in reunion 2003.  A phot of the pioneers.

Felix Edinborough 65

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2020-NOV-27

2020-DEC-01-2302Hrs

The newspapers here have reported the death of Dr. Cliff Bertrand, former lecturer at Mausica, and regular contributor to the blog. Dr. Bertrand caught the Mausiac spirit  from his position as lecturer, and fell in with the alumni. His sharing of photographs of Mausicans as athletes was one of his favourite things to do, and I think a real contribution to the collective of us as we have continued to look back. Clearly the place affected him in the same way that it affected the rest of us. I found him to be a shy man, who had the difficult task of making his content reachable from a lecturn, when more informal spaces might sometimes have been more appropriate for the more dynamic content of his field. But he clearly found the place to be nurturing, and on leaving Mausica kept improving himself. I was on the Mausica track team for  time and enjoyed working with him. A gentle, good person. A Mausican to the end.

Scratchie

Theodore Lewis 69

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2020-NOV-27

2020-NOV-28-0544Hrs

I truly appreciate Scratchie's walk down memory lane with the gentlemen of the three hostels. Sorry I cannot do the same with the ladies. I particularly enjoyed the nicknames by which they were more popularly known. In his wisdom he left out some of the more intimate but 'not so pleasant' ones earned during 'Initiation.' In our year it was Harry Joe who recited for us the poem 'even this shall pass away.' Hymns like 'Lead Kindly Light' sung at the close of that period were most appropriate. But the one that will forever be etched on the momory of the '67 - '69 group is 'Departure' whuch was sung at the funeral service of 2 of our more popular students who passed away under tragic circumstances - Cheryl Gittens and Horatio Hospedales. Thankfully we have made it to COVID and many of us are in the most vulnerable age group. Let us do our best observing all protocols so that GOD willing we come out of it alive

Pearl Yvonne Mulrain 69