Christian Fellowship, At a small school, the example set by Staff and senior boys will readily be followed, and we were always fortunate in having among the most influential boys some of highly developed Christian character. The examples thus set were handed down from age to age. The value of such leadership cannot be overestimated, for, when a boy looks up to another, he will Imitate him. There was Beauty. There was a beauty about the surroundings which today one can hardly imagine. We lived among flowers, flowering shrubs and ornamental trees. Bougainvllleas, azaleas, golden shower, roses, yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, poinsettlas, cassias, franglpani, hibiscus, hydrangeas, salvias, petreas, pride of India—they were endless—flooded the grounds with colour and scent. There was loveliness on every hand. In brief, my main Impressions of those days are: Dignity which created respect; friendship that never led to familiarity; harmony within and beauty without. On these qualities was Kearsney founded. On these qualities we must face the third phase of our existence, which extends Into the unforeseeable future. OUR FOUNDER One hundred years ago on May 29th, Liege Hulett arrived in South Africa in the"Lady Shelbourne ". He was the last of the Huletts of Gillingham, Kent, the only son of an only son. He settled on the North Coast of Natal, where he tried his hand at arrowroot, coffee, and then tea. Later on he started the sugar Industry in South Africa, and it is this industry for which he and his family are best famed. He married a Miss Balcomb, and, as his family grew, so they built for themselves Kearsney House, which afterwards was to become Kearsney College. In this home grew up the children whom we later knew as Mrs. Clayton, Mr.Albert Hulett, Mr. Willie Hulett, Mr. George Hulett, Mr. Horace Hulett, Mr. James Hulett, Mr. Edward Hulett, and Mrs. Strapp. As these sons and daughters married, so they moved away from the central home and built homes for themselves in the neighbourhood. Lady Hulett died during the First World War, and Kearsney House became vacant. It was in 1921 that Sir Leige conceived the Idea of turning it Into a school, and so. In 1921, began the small establishment (twelve boys, most of them Huletts) which has blossomed forth so abundantly. Sir Liege passed away in 1928 at the age of 90, but his family remained good friends of the school. Members of Staff, and some211
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