The masters enjoying a meal. Did these people have any vista of how highly-regarded the College was going to be in a few years time? Not having any records in the past to build upon, from where did these pioneering academic fathers derive their motivation?

The second year of Prempeh: the student body pose for the camera with Headmaster Pearson and Assistant Headmaster Mr. CJ Bannerman and Mr Riverson and Dr Manshardt.

How pleasant it is that human lives be enhanced by inventiveness of the arts! The boys were very creative back then. The pioneer Headmaster worked out a syllabus for a five years pre-university course. The aim was academic excellence combined with practical subjects – agriculture, forestry and engineering. There was a special factory on campus where student inventions were stored - from cars to trains and many more items developed in the Engineering department. In this picture, the boys displayed their design of the Eiffel Tower. They loved the green Prempeh blazer too, as one can see this young one proudly wearing his, like a typical "krakye" or "gentleman."

The Kings College was started with 4 teachers in 1949, but by 1951, we had recruited many more and the population of the student body began to soar. Critics questioned how any sane man can run a school with that many students. But Prempeh continued to flourish.

In this picture depicting typical Prempeh life, Keith Pearson (born in Kumasi Hospital in 1944) is seen playing with the pioneer students. Keith will later come to Ghana 50 years later (for the Golden Jubilee) to meet the same pioneer students he used to befriend, as one can see in the next pictures.

Two of the great pioneer teachers during a break time enjoying tea at the Staff Common Room.

Some "abongo" cars on the campus in those early years.