THE SPIRIT OF ONE – MR GEORGE MACKY – By Bernard VanCuylenburg Rather late on the road of an Anthonian journey, I take my place in line, pen in hand as I endeavour to pay tribute to a gentleman whose name now dwells in the realms of legend in the Anthonian community and beyond. I am at a distinct disadvantage  because, although I was a student of that venerable institution St. Anthony’s College Kandy, I did not study under the great man and in my entire eleven years of life as an  Anthonian, never had any conversations with him particularly about the things that matter in life. We crossed each other many times and apart from the customary greeting, went our separate ways.   One of the disadvantages of being an ‘Arts’ student !!  However, his second son Louis and I were classmates from the 2nd Standard in 1951 right up to ...

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