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Narsipatnam – 31 Feb: On the 31st, the students, staff, parents, and well-wishers of Don Bosco College celebrated our College Day festivities on the feast day of St. Don Bosco. The celebrations were all the more because 2015 marks the bicentenary of Don Bosco’s birth.
Holy Mass in the morning was celebrated by the Most Rt. Rev. Prakash Mallavarappu DD, the archbishop of Visakhapatnam.
The evening College Annual Day celebrations began with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries, guests of honor, including Fr. Rayappa, our principle, Theresa Kennedy, a guest from the United States and others (Sr. Eliemma, Fr. Joseph, and Mr. Rajarao). Followed by Words of welcome were given by Bro. Marreddy, who was bookended with two great dances by Sowjanya and Team (Yahova Naa Mora) and Lavanya and Team (Brundavanamali). After that, Fr. Rayappa gave our annual report, speaking on milestone events and test scores from the past year. The colourful evening continued with further programmes like kuchipudi, classical, folk, Dimsa and other traditional dances, skit on early life of Johnny Bosco and songs. In between these dances, Mrs. Theresa Kennedy gave a speech on the importance of education, not only as a means of developing the mind, but the entire person. She quoted Gandhi, who said the following of education:
The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.
The evening concluded with many warm thanks to all who worked so hard to make the
ceremony possible. Anna and Christina called out the students, the music and lighting crew, the staff, the parents, the VIPs, and the audience for making the evening such a success.
