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| Ferguson High School in late 1940s - Photo by Mr. Jayaratna of Puwakpitiya. | |
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| Primar section Boy's Hostel of the 1940s - Photo taken in the 1980s by Philip GV |
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| The School 'Coat of Arms' and motto. |
"Ferguson High School' had its antecedents as a Girl's school started by the Baptist Mission, at Rathnapura.. Mr.Ferguson was a missionary who's brother was the Editor of the 'Times of Ceylon' and authored 'The Ferguson's directory'.
In 1946 I was in the 2nd Standard and was boarded at the Ferguson High School. Miss Alsop was the Principal and Miss Brook was the deputy. The Primary section accommodated boys also. Miss Van der Straaten was our boarding mistress. It was a very enjoyable time for the two years that I was there. It was a Baptist Missionary School and had the logo BMS on it. One of my young friends told me that the BMS stood for 'Buth Mas Ischolaya' as they served beef in the boarding there. In 1972 when I went to the UK to do my FRCS both Miss Alsop and Miss Brook were still living in the UK.
