Vetnuus | June 2024 35 For those who attended the festivities, among them, Dr Marius Hornsveld (the houseparent in the 1980s), lecturers and staff, parents and students from the main campus, OP Village was honoured to have you as their guests. v Onderstepoort residence centenary celebrations <<< 34 OP Village Centenary Committee 2024. From left to right - Front row: Vibreezia Solomons, Nikita Gironi, Sarah Biesman-Simons, Middle row: Matsepo Taala, Derick Beytell, Sanje Fourie, Hannah Nash, Elze Stadler, Back row: Solitha Kruger, Salmo Cilliers, Xander Juhl-Jürgens, Lizette Kakebeeke. (Not in the photo but on the committee: Marnus Zaaiman, Cecilia van der Walt, Mari Theunissen, Dr Alischa Henning.) OP Village HC 2023-2024: From left to right: Salmo Cilliers, Ceilidh Ferguson, Luyanda Mashanda, Xander Jurgens, Marnus Zaaiman (Chairman), Tiaan Henning (houseparent with young Rudolph and Laubscher Henning), Dr Alischa Henning (houseparent), Paul-Hendri van der Merwe, Paballo Lekgate and Vosjan Grey. Sitting/ kneeling from left to right: Yusuf Matwadia, Niel van Wyk and Dirk Wijnbeek. Arnold Theiler (left front) as a young veterinary student at the University of Zürich in Switzerland with his ‘lieber Bierbrudern’ c. 1888. As the father of veterinary science in South Africa and the visionary who had Old Res built in 1924, he would surely have enjoyed the festivities! Cecilia van der Walt and Sarah Biesman-Simons created the exhibition in the Common Room for the centenary celebrations.
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