Malaysia 2016 : Ulangtahun Ke-200 Penang Free school FDC

ULANGTAHUN KE-200 PENANG FREE SCHOOL.

Selepas tahun 1821, Penang Free School diterajui oleh beberapa British School Masters yang kurang berkelayakan, sehingga tibanya William Hargreaves, seorang pemegang Ijazah Sarjarva Muda Sastera pada tahun 1891. Semasa beliau menjadi Guru Besar, Penang Free School telah mencapai kepujian akademik di mama pelajar-pelajamya telah beberapa kali memenangi anugerah Biasiswa Ratu. Penggantinya, Ralph Henry Pinhorn, telah membawa pencapaian akademik sekolah ke tahap yang lebih tinggi. 

Pada tahun 1896, pembinaan dimulakan di bahagian timur bangunan Penang Free School baharu di Farquhar Street yang mempunyai dua tingkat. Sepuluh tahun kemudian, separuh lagi bangunan sekolah dibina.. 

Pada tahun 1909, Penang Free School telah menerbitkan majalah sekolah yang pertama di Negeri-negeri Selat dan British Malaya. Persatuan Old Frees ' yang pertama ditubuhkan di Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1923, diikuti dengan bahagian Kuala Lumpur & Selangor pada tahun 1959 dan bahagian Singapura pada tahun 1962. Pada tahun 1924, Kerajaan telah memperuntukkan 30 ekar tanah di Green Lane untuk bangunan sekolah yang baharu. Selepas Penang Free School berpindah ke lokasi baharu pada Januari 1928, bangunan lama telah ditukar nama kepada Hutchings' School. Hari ini, bangunan itu menempatkan Muzium Negeri Pulau Pinang.

Guru Besar berbangsa Kaukasia terakhir adalah pada tahun 1963 dan semenjak itu, jawatan Guru Besar disandang oleh rakyat Malaysia. Antara tarikh-tarikh penting dalam tempoh 50 tahun kebelakangan ini adalah termasuk Sambutan Ulang Tabun ke-150 pada tahun 1966, penubuhan Yayasan Penang Free School pada tahun 1996 dan status Sekolah Kluster yang diberikan pada tahun 2007. 

(Diadaptasi daripada Let the Aisles Proclaim, oleh Quah Seng Sun, Terbitan Yayasan Penang Free School, 2016) 

Photo Credit : - SS Quah (70sen stamp) - David E.B.Wong - Class of 1979 (80sen & 90sen stamps) 

PENANG FREE SCHOOL 200 YEARS ANNIVERSARY

Between 1805 and 1816 education was available only for Caucasian children and children of Government Officials. The increasing number of Asian children, however, resulted in an increasing demand to provide for education for the latter. 

On 6th of February 1816, a committee hearted by Reverend Robert Sparke Hutchings, then the Colonial Chaplain of the Prince of Wales Island, submitted a proposal for the establishment of a school to the Governor of Penang. 

This resulted in the establishment of the Penang Free School on 21st of October 1816,. The school is open to all children regardless of race or religion. Hence, its name, Penang Free School. The original aim was to provide a school for the orphans and poor children. They were to be educated, fed and clothed. Since they were to be so completely taken care of, Reverend Hutchings suggested that Penang Free should be a boarding school that also accommodates day-school children. The day-school children were to be taught in their own language by "nation teachers," and English would be taught to them only if they were to desire it. Plan for a girls' school teas also included in the petition using the same basis. Penang Free School is the oldest English School in Malaysia and South East Asia. Its first headmaster was Mr James Cox (1816-1821.) In 1928, the school moved to its current location on Jalan Masjid Negeri (better known as Green Lane). The School received the Cluster School Status from the Education Ministry of Malaysia in 2007. 

Excerpts of the original charter: 

"That it will be the first object of the Institution to provide for the Education of such children as would be otherwise, brought up in idleness and consequent vice, and without any means of obtaining instruction either in useful learning or in any manual employment, and to implant in them in the early habits of industry, order and a good conduct." 

from "The Original Plan of the Establishment of Prince of Wales Island, Free School, 

After 1821, there was a series of relatively unqualified British School Masters until 1891 when William Hargreaves, a Master of Arts degree holder, arrived. During his Headmastership, the Penang Free School achieved academic honours such as students winning the coveted Queen's Scholarships a multiple number of times. His successor, Ralph Henry Pinhorn, brought the academic standards to an even greater height. 

In 1896, construction began on the eastern-half of a new double-storey Penang Free School building in Farquhar Street. It was ten years later that the other half was completed. 

In 1909, the Penang Free School introduced the first school magazine to the Straits Settlements and British Malaya. The first Old Frees' Association was formed in Penang in 1923, followed by the Kuala Lumpur & Selangor chapters in 1959 and Singapore chapter in 1962. In 1924, the Government allocated 30 acres of land in Green Lane for a new school building. After the Penang Free School re-located there in January 1928, the old building was renamed as Hutchings' School. Today, this building is used by the Penang State Museum. 

The school's last European Headmaster left in 1963 and since then, Malaysians have filled the eminent position. Other significant developments over the last 50 years have included the Sesquicentenary celebrations in ,1966, the setting up of the Yayasan Penang Free School in 1996 and the School being accorded the Cluster School status in-2007. 1816". 

(Adapted from Let the Aisles Proclaim, by Quah Sang Sun, a Yayasan Penang Free School publication, 2016) 

Lembaran Mini / Miniature Sheet

School Motto 

The Motto of the school is Fortis Atque Fidelis (pronounced for 'Hz ud' Icway fi' deliz) which is a Latin phrase for Strong and Faithful. 

School Crest 

The background colour of the crest is sky blue (azure), which is the school colour. 

Armorial bearings: 

Middle chief A white tower: Signifies the qualities of strength and truthfulness. Dexter chief Numeral 18: The first 2 digits of the year the school was founded (1816). Sinister chief: Numeral 16: Tha last 2 digits of the year the school was founded (1816). Dexter base: Palm tree: Represents the State of Penang, also signifies the fertility of the mind. Sinister base: A gold lion rampant supporting a flag: Signifies the preservation of the tradition and high ideals o the school. 

BUTIRAN TEKNIKAL /TECHNICAL DETAILS 

Tarikh Keluaran/ Date of Issue 21.10.2016 

Denominasi / Denomination 75sen, 85sen & 95sen 

Lembaran Mini / Miniature Sheet RM5.30 

Saiz Setem / Stamp Size 40mm X 30mm 

Tebukan / Perforation 14 

Kandungan Hetaian / Sheet Content 20 Setem / 20 Stamp 

Kertas / Paper Tullis Russell High Reading Yellow/Green Phosphor Gummed Stamp Paper 103gsm 

Proses Percetakan / Printing Proses Litografi / Lithography 

Pencetak / Printer Southern Colour Print, New Zealand 

Pereka Bentuk Setem / Stamp Designer Old Frees Association & World Communications Network Resources (M) Sdn Bhd 

Sampul Surat Hari Pertama / First Day Cover 55sen 

Folder / Folder RM6.35