SJ Lowcock – Page 13

28 Jan00:00am

In Memoriam – Paul Lai 1962-1971

I was not close to Mr Lowcock. I doubt that he knows my name or who I am even though he was my headmaster all 9 years in DBS – I wasn’t into athletics, and I never required disciplining of the rattan kind. I was as distant to him as he was to me. But the stories that came out about him afterwards tells me that Mr Lowcock was a good man. That’s how I shall remember him. I can scarcely think of an honour higher than that.

Paul Lai

1962-1971

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28 Jan00:00am

Teach Us to Delight in Simple Things – Edward C. Kwok

Some memories of Mr. Lowcock.

Our Primary Six English teacher, Mrs. Helen Leung, called him “Jimmy.”

There was one year we were called into the Hall and Mr. Lowcock gave a talk. Today, I can remember neither the content nor the purpose of the talk, except for one thing. That one thing was his illustration in Cantonese 坐井觀天，曰天小者，非天小也。

Then there was the time Mr. Lowcock read aloud in assembly a note that my father wrote to ask the PE teacher to excuse me from PE class. Nobody noticed.

Mr. Lowcock told me once that “the first 13 years of a gentileman’s education is to keep him off the streets.”

Mr. Lowcock always treated with respect 亞佐， the school carpenter, and 黃志強, the man who maintained the chalk lines around the field.

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Edward C. Kwok
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28 Jan00:00am

Our Headmaster – Philip Wu Class of ’77

WE MISS 蝦餃佬

Philip Wu

Class of ’77

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28 Jan00:00am

Our Dearest Headmaster – Henry K.S. Lee (75)

Dear Mr. Lowcock, you will always be remembered as a symbol of DBS. You set a high standard for the students who looked up to you as an example of what a gentleman should be. You are strict, yet approachable and you have a wonderful sense of dry humour. You called a spade a spade and never have a problem in speaking your mind. You have taught us to be upright citizens and be key contributors to society. Mr. Lowcock, you will always be fondly remembered.

Henry K.S. Lee (75)

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28 Jan00:00am

Our deepest condolences – Michael Tsang

Dear Mr Lowcock

May The Lord openly receive you into His Home the same way you heartily welcomed us into your home those hot summer days after soccer and cricket for a nice cooling drink of ice water. Your warm and sincere compassion will be sorely missed by my brothers and countless others in your DBS family.

Michael Tsang (曾文傑)

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28 Jan00:00am

Condolences – S.C. So

I am indeed very sadden to learn of the news that my most respected Jimmy Lowcock has left us unannounced. I am sure many of us in H.K. and overseas are sharing the same feeling. He was a tower of strength for all DBS boys. May he rest in peace.

S.C.So

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27 Jan16:42pm

Global Call for Sharing from Old Boys and Friends

In memory of Mr. Lowcock, the DSOBA is initiating a global call for old boys and friends to share their words of condolence, memories, thoughts and feelings about Mr. Lowcock and his enormous passion for the School. Please send your sharing to sjlowcock@dsoba.net at your earliest convenience. The sharing received will be featured on the DSOBA website (http://www.dsoba.com) and other appropriate media.

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27 Jan00:00am

From John Hung

To Family and Friends of SJ Lowcock

Please accept my deepest condolences for a much respected and loved friend Jimmy Lowcock. May he Rest in Peace.

John Hung

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27 Jan00:00am

From Robert Young, Class of 1965

David,

Thanks for all the updates. In a way, many of us are saddened by his passing. To some, he was like a father. To many, he was a giant. I am sure that most of us would share in this grief.

I was not one of his god-sons. Never represented the school in any sport or music – not for lack of will, but lack of talent. Just an ordinary school boy who was not outstanding in anything. Not even noted for visits to his office (for caning) or even DC’s. Just someone who should not have been noticed by the HM, much less remembered.

Yet somehow, he was good to me. He admitted me into L6S even after I flunked School Cert Chinese – for which I would be forever grateful. Grateful for giving me a second chance. Grateful – because I owed him.

After graduation, I had not dared hope that he would still remember me. He has been HM for a long time, and has seen thousands of DBS boys. I was only one among thousands. Yet I had another piece of good fortune. One day, while I was Head of Shell Hong Kong, a letter passed my desk. The signature was unmistakable. It was Jimmy, writing to Shell praising the service of the Shell LPG dealer who serviced him. I was overjoyed, and i wrote back, identifying myself as an old boy, a ’65-er, and also included in the letter saying that the dealer, a Mr. Cheung Chun Hoi, was one of the best in the whole Shell network. And suddenly I was re-connected with him, and I thus had the privilege of being invited to his annual birthday parties.

Some of us last saw him only a couple of weeks ago, at the wedding celebrations of David Sung’s son, Simon. He looked fine, and was in great spirits. So the news of his passing came as a big shock. In a way, it is a reminder of the fragility of life itself. In his life, he has touched, and may have even changed the life of many of us. The fact that he passed away peacefully is in itself a blessing.

I know that I am speaking for many old boys when I say that he will always live in our hearts.

Robert

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27 Jan00:00am

A sympathy poem in classical Chinese for Mr. Lowcock – Nicholas L. Chan (’93)

七律．為郭慎墀校長大行作

初度祁寒待曉春。

忽傳帝闕竟為賓。

彤雲漫此乘鳴鳳，

紫社依然賦采蘋。

七粟終存無盡藏，

耄期不倦有涯身。

道成九九登霞處，

撫鼎長思壽者仁。

-composed by Nicholas L. Chan (陳煒舜) of Class ’93,

Assistant professor, the Department of Chinese Language & Literature,

the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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