1930– Music Flourishes

                         

     (Excerpt from "Valiant & True" - the Michaelian Centennial Magazine)  

                                   

Brother Dositheus (Dosithee Le Du)

·        Brother Dositheus, a Breton ( French), succeeded Bro.Henry Jassaud in 1930.   ·        He is remembered for his kindly nature, and he did a lot to encourage music in the school. ·        Soon, St Michael’s had its own Orchestra, and the training  it afforded to instrumentalists was carried on  in an Old Boys’ Orchestra which met for the first time  in 1936. ·        This early zest and flair for music was a foretaste of greater things to come in the years ahead.

 The staff in the 1930s were the following: 

 School Certificate Class:  Brother Dionysius (later replaced by                                              Brother Sigebert)

Junior Certificate Class: Mr Lip Seng Onn 

Standard VII :                 Brother Amedy 

Standard VI:                   Mr Teh Swee Kang 

Standard V:                     Brother Gregory Barry (later replaced                                           by Brother Victorian)

Standard IV:                   Brother Livinius Cosgrave 

Standard III:                   Mr Tan Boon Huat

Standard II:                     Mr Teoh Boon Gim 

Standard I:                      Brother Paternus Paul 

Primary II:                      Mr Tan Seang Kung 

Primary 1A:                    Mr Lim Swee Teck 

Primary 1B:                     Mr Kan Tee Cheng

Art Master (Stds 1-VII) :Mr Chye Kah Loke 

Supernumerary:               Mr Tan Boon Kwee