St. Joseph's Boys' High School
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St. Joseph's Boys' High School located on Museum Road in Bangalore, Karnataka, India is a famous boys' school. It has a very long past and has many famous people as its old boys. The school building has recently been reconstructed. This project which started a few years ago systematically demolished wings of the original aging building and replaced them with a modern structure.
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[edit] The Houses
The House system is a feature common to Public Schools in India especially Christian run schools (based on an equivalent system in England). The four houses at St. Joseph's are:
* St. Andrew's (Blue) * St. David's (Yellow) * St. George's (Red) * St. Patrick's (Green)
The four patron saints are identical to the patron saints of the four constituent nations of Great Britain, viz. St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. George of England and St. Patrick of Northern Ireland (who happens to be the patron saint of the entire island of Ireland).
The Houses compete with one another in studies, games, track and field sports, aquatics and dramatic and music competitions.
[edit] School Song
Ring out the battle call of Duty! Unfurl the flag of Faith and Toil! We deem our soul's eternal beauty A life-long Victor's worthy spoil. A thousand such have proudly gone before us To win and spread our School's renown; 'Tis ours to swell with our voices the chorus And with our deeds enrich her crown. Faith and Toil, conquerless alliance Wherein we clasp human hands unto God's! In His control find we true self-reliance, My hand and God's - Whate'er the odds My hand and God's - Whate'er the odds My hand and God's Evil's onset hold in defiance!
Words by: Rev. T Gavan - Duffy
Music by: Rev. G. Leroy
[edit] Famous Old Boys
Here are some famous Old Boys of the school:
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- Rahul Dravid, former captain of the Indian Cricket Team
- Mark Mascarenhas, the founder of WorldTel
- Nikhil Chinnapa, VJ on MTV
- Robin Uthappa, Member of the Indian Cricket Team
- Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Sports Journalist with Cricinfo
- Hakimuddin S.H., Represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Swimming
- Anup Sridhar, Currently India's National Badminton Champion
- Nikhil Prasad, India's tennis champ
- Jimmy Anklesaria, Anklesaria Group
Famous Josephites include : . Anil Aldren - A former captain of the Indian National Hockey Team . Sandeep Somesh- A former member of the Indian National Hockey Squad . A number of Ranji Trophy cricketers including Fazeel Khaleel & Sudhindra Shinde . A number of Junior National Representatives in various sports; such as Sudhindra Shinde (cricket), Karan Shetty (hockey) Rehan Poncha ( swimming)
