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English Lit. was offered as a core 'O' level subject in 2004. A whole class (4H 2004) took that subject. ωhkoh [Т] 09:03, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Victorian

Does anybody know the history of the Victorian bumble bee? Also, why was 'Victorian' chosen to be written on the shirt instead of 'Victoria', 'Victoria School' etc like most schools?

REPLY: Victorian Bumble Bee started using in early to mid 1987, earlier Victorians wear a White PT shirt with front school logo in standard red-yellow colours and curved VICTORIAN in red at the back.

As for why VICTORIAN is used versus using VICTORIA or Victoria School, it seems to be the tradition at VS to use "VICTORIAN" for standard PT shirts (for all Victorians to wear / use within VS compound); and use "VICTORIA" for Tank Top/singlets, and special sports attire for representatives at national level meets or competitions...

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I think if anyone has photographs of the old PT shirts, it would be good to post them up because it is a part of history. You don't see them anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.10.13 (talk) 05:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PT Kit

I read that LTC red shirts are not allowed to be worn conventionally in public. I understand that as a disciplined and regimented group, LTC has chosen to enforced such a rule. However, is it against the school rules to wear the yellow PT kit conventionally? I have spotted Victorians or Ex-Victorians who wear the PT kit in public even on public holidays, and I wonder whether the LTC rule applies.

[edit] hmm

There is no such thing as the "Victorian Bumble Bee", as far as I know. The clour yellow is from the school's crest. The word Victorian was probably used because of the camaraderie amongst Victorians, but the decision was made a long time ago and I am unable to verify it. But there are other schools which do interesting things with their PE attire, for instance Saint Patrick's School has "I <3 St Pats" similar to the famous I<3NY logo.

Visaisahero 18:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] drama SYF gold

this article overexaggerates that accomplishment, implying that VS won that competition, "..against powerhouses.." such as SCGS and NYGH. This is untrue, the Gold award merely places the school's drama performance in a broad category, akin to a distinction - below Gold w/honours which would denote a top 7(?) school. I find it highly unlikely that the other-mentioned schools would have done worst. Other schools have routinely achieved Gold awards on their first SYF attempts, for example Chestnut Drive Sec, and Gan Eng Seng (Sec), in drama in a year alone. A fine accomplishment perhaps, certainly not outstanding.

I further question the link between a strong drama tradition, should it exist, and a high general standard of english within the school.

does the accomplishment re 2004 debate refer to the Julia Gabriel-organized national competition? or..? can the article attempt to clarify that. If so, there are 3 tiers within that competition, A, B and C, for schools of different ability, which one did VS make it to the quarterfinals for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scyum (talk • contribs)

[edit] inaccuracy

there is an inaccurate use of the pictures and descriptions and rules are slightly inaccurate as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.154.14 (talk • contribs)

A Victorian here - Kindly explain or clarify the above statement. Otherwise it will be just another blowing hot airs type of comments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.220.76 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Victoria Continuation School

Is Victoria Continuation School another name of Victoria School or related to VS? There used to be Anglo-Chinese Continuation (old name of ACS) and St Andrew's Continuation School which is part of the St Andrew's family. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.243.218.4 (talk • contribs)

A Victorian here - "Continuation School" are used after WW2 to indicated schools that took in 'past their ideal age' students that miss their education due to the war. There isn't an official name change, at least not for Victoria School. However, when 1st President of Singapore Yusof B. Ishak was at Victoria School, it was known as Victoria Bridge School. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.220.76 (talk • contribs)

Reply: Thanks for the info. Does this mean to say that when a person attended Victoria Continuation School, he effectively attended Victoria School, but as an overaged student? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.243.218.4 (talk • contribs)

[edit] POV Check

Someone's put up the POV Check but has not included on this talk page why.

I removed it after reading the article (and find it to be rather neutral) but since I'm a Victorian, my POV might be different. Please comment if there's anything that you find biased. Jsamraj 13:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Memoirs

I remember back at the Geylang Bahru campus, there was some notable canteen stalls that students always patronize. 1 of which is the western stall with the squabbling couple and another is the rice with mixed vege stall which offers generous portions at an incredibly cheap price. anyone knows where these stalls shifted to? Or how are these "victorians" coping now.

If you mean to ask for information on your aforementioned topics to be included in the article, please be aware that this is non-notable information. If you were seriously inquiring for your own interest, I believe this is neither the place nor means to obtain such information. Ariedartin JECJY ^Talk 10:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Alumni

It's nice to include a list of prominent alumni, but I believe everyone should be aware that not all of these "prominent" alumni are necessarily notable as per Wikipedia guidelines. Efforts should be made to crop it as soon as possible. Ariedartin JECJY ^Talk 10:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply - Agree. "Former Victorians" will be more appropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soccer174 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ibrahim Falli: Sports Man of the year. 1940s

Can someone shed more light on Ibrahim Falli? It seem that very little if known of him. Thanks!