Since last August, we have regretfully received news of the passing of the following well-remembered classmates.

Ruthven Foster, (1959). Ruthven, or Vince, was NC’s initial introduction to the Foster wit – a combination of incisive satire and literary style. Ruthven hailed from the sugar-cane village of Retrench, and made a career as a teacher in Trinidad and New York. He was the epitome of conviviality and fraternity, whom everyone liked to see coming, and regretted to see taking his leave.

Allison K. Gosine, (1959). From the Philippine area, Allison was a career schoolmaster. He will be remembered by his classmates as one of the youngest boys in his class, as a consequence of his scholastic precociousness.

Rajandaye Ramkissoon-Chen, (1949). Inspired by Mr Laltoo’s passion for English Literature, Rajandaye went on to make her own career in this field, as a published writer and academic. Her classroom tribute to Mr Laltoo appears at: www.naparima.org/nchhead.htm