The Wonder Years
Photograph from the Internet Former Goethals Memorial School students relive Billy Bunter days as the institute’s centenary celebrations begin, writes Mathures Paul Over the years you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you through thick and thin, some weave their way through your life and disappear but some earn a permanent place in your heart ~ your school friends. You don't need to study in your parent's school to understand the meaning of reunions, and the generation gap between two individuals is forgotten when they find out they are from the same school. In the course of the last 100 years, Goethals Memorial School has given birth to Olympians, scientists, actors, teachers and, most importantly, honest citizens. Established in 1907, the school begins its centenary celebrations. This is probably the only Indian boarding school to have produced three Olympic gold medallists ~ Joseph T Galibardy (Berlin, 1936), Cyril J Mitchie (Berlin, 1936) and Chaman Sing Gurung ...