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The climb to the top
Between the opening of the school in 1912 and the resignation of the founding headmaster, Ernest Price, in 1937, Calabar climbed to the top of the high-school fraternity. During this 25-year period, the school consolidated its reputation for academic excellence and establishes a major presence in interschool sports’ competitions. The school population increased from 29 to 170, and in the student body, “13 different countries were represented, from places like Cuba, Haiti, Grand Cayman, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Grand Turk, Nigeria … Britain and Australia” (Beryl Russell).
For Country and Community
In 1914, two years after the opening of the school, World War I began, and James Hylton and Harold Darby, both in their late teens, were the first two Calabar old boys to enlist. ....

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