Are you one of the Old Boy's?
Dugald Mckenzie's first day at Southland Boys' High School started off with his head been forced into a bucket of cold water.
It was part of an initiation process that all boys went through in the 30s, Dugald said.
More than 80 years later, the 99-year-old Southland farmer could be the oldest living person to have attended Southland Boys' High School.
Like many farmers sons from the time, his school days were short lived, leaving to help his dad milk cows when he turned 14.
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