REV. BRO. JOSEPH YEOH - A BIOGRAPHY BY DATUK REV. BRO. VINCENT CORKERY

IN MEMORIAM OF 

REV. BRO. JOSEPH YEOH

DIRECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S INSTITUTION KUALA LUMPUR

1969 - 1978

WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 

JANUARY 27, 1982

THE FOLLOWING IS A BIOGRAPHY OF REV. BRO. JOSEPH YEOH, OR FONDLY KNOWN AS 'OLD JOE', WRITTEN BY DATUK REV. BRO. VINCENT CORKERY.

MAY THIS SERVE TO BE A MEMORY OF REV. BRO. JOSEPH YEOH TO JOHANNIANS UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS AN INSPIRATION TO PRESENT AND FUTURE JOHANNIANS

MANY THANKS TO MR. LIM HEAN HWA FOR PROVIDING THIS DIGITAL COPY OF BRO. JOSEPH'S BIOGRAPHY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ST. JOHN'S - JANUARY 18, 2016

St. John's celebrated its 112th anniversary on Monday, January 18, 2016. 

At the same time, we also bade farewell to Mr. Mustafa Kamal, the former PK HEM now promoted as PK Tadbir and Kurikulum in SMK Taman Desa.

The guest-of-honour for the birthday celebration was Mr. Michael Simon, President of the Malaysian Federation of La Sallian Alumni Associations.

As early as 7am, invited guests began arriving at the Board of Governors room to sign the visitors' book. 

 

At 7.45am, the guests were ushered to the assembly area, accompanied by the bagpipes. After the Negaraku and state anthem, a series of speeches followed, starting with the School Captain.

Next to speak was Dr. M. Puvanendran, Principal of St. John's. He was then followed by Mr. Mustafa Kamal who addressed St. John's for the last time.

Last to take the podium was Mr. Michael Simon, the guest-of-honour for the birthday celebration. In his speech, Mr. Michael placed forth a challenge to Tuan Megat Mizan Nicholas Denney, the Chairman of the Board of Governors, to reinstate St. John's as an English-medium school to arrest the slide in English proficiency among students.

The school was then brought down memory lane with a presentation on the 112 illustrious years under the various Directors, put up by the prefects.

The grand finale of the event was the cutting of the cake. This year, every class brought a cake to the celebration and the cakes were cut after the singing of the birthday song.

It was indeed an exciting day for all Johannians, and it was good to see a number of old boys attending the birthday celebration this year.

Here's to a great year in St. John's.

Happy birthday, St. John's, and may God bless you always!

*Pictures courtesy of Deevnish (a.k.a. Jenko Chugani San), Garudamas

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS PERTAINING TO SJI'S 112th BIRTHDAY

Greetings, fellow Johannians.

SJI will be celebrating it's 112th birthday on Monday, January 18, 2016.

The guest of honour for this year's celebration is Mr. Michael Simon, President of the Malaysian Federation of La Sallian Alumni Associations. 

Johannians, you can do your part in expressing joy and thanksgiving in conjunction with our beloved institution's anniversary. The following are links where you can post your best wishes to St. John's:

• The Flog vle site
• http://tiny.cc/SJI-112 
  
  
• Interactive padlet
• http://gg.gg/padlet-112-sji

Come on, Johannians! Express your sincerest wishes in conjunction of the school's birthday either in words or visuals (the padlet supports the latter).

Happy birthday, St. John's, and may God bless you always.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY - JANUARY

Notable events that took place throughout the month of January:

January 6
1969 - Rev. Bro. Joseph Yeoh was appointed as the new Director of St. John's after a 22-year absence. He will be at the helm of SJI for the next decade.

Rev. Bro. Joseph Yeoh's message from the 1968-1969 Garudamas

January 15
1904 - Three Brothers arrive in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the opening of SJI. They are Rev. Bro. Andrew Corsini, Rev. Bro. Cyril Alexander, and Rev. Bro. Julian Francis. Rev. Bro. Francis was appointed the first Director of St. John's.

January 18
1904 - St. John's Institution opened its doors for the first time, with an enrollment of 40 students. The school was declared open by Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, Inspector of Schools.

1994 - The Sports Complex, comprising of an open-air hall, badminton hall, and three squash courts, was officiated by Rev. Bro. Visitor David Liao, in conjunction of SJI's 90th anniversary. The building was part of an agreement with Dairy Maid in exchange of acquiring the field for the construction of an office tower and underground car park.

January 21
1989 - Rev. Bro. Cassian Pappu officially retires and Rev. Bro. Michael Wong was officially installed as the new Director of SJI. Bro. Michael, or fondly known as 'the BMW of St. John's' was the last Brother Director of SJI upon his retirement 14 years later in 2002.

Taken from the 1989 Garudamas

January 29
1982 - The body of former Director, Rev. Bro. Joseph Yeoh, lies in state in the school chapel. Bro. Joseph, fondly known as 'Old Joe', passed away peacefully in Singapore three days earlier, in the evening of January 26, due to a jaundice relapse. He was 52 years old. His remains were laid to rest the next day after service in St. John's Cathedral.

1989 - Rev. Bro. John Svrcek, member of the staff between 1935-1937 and 1978-1989 lies in state in the school chapel. Bro. John was involved in a fatal accident two days earlier and was buried the next day.

GREETINGS OF THE NEW YEAR FROM US

FELLOW JOHANNIANS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016! 

WE HOPE THIS YEAR WILL BE AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.

THIS YEAR, ST. JOHN'S TURNS 112.

 WE AT STJOHNINSTITUTION.BLOGSPOT.COM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES ON THE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN SJI. 

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO WISH TO REVISIT IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN SCHOOL. 

FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A SERIES OF ARTICLES TITLED "THIS MONTH IN HISTORY". 

IN THIS SEQUENCE OF 12 PUBLICATIONS, WE WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT OF THE VARIOUS HAPPENINGS IN SJI OVER THE YEARS. 

MAY ALL THESE HELP STRENGTHEN THE JOHANNIAN SPIRIT AND IDENTITY WITHIN US. 

FIDE ET LABORE! 

P.S. THE JANUARY EDITION OF "THIS MONTH IN HISTORY" WILL BE UP SHORTLY