Welham Old Boys' Society

Remembering the Grand Old Lady on Her 137^th Birth Anniversary

Born on 17^th August, 1883 the story of Miss Hersilia Suzie Oliphant is an extremely inspiring saga of a dedicated lady who worked tirelessly for the cause of education in India for several decades.

Once she resolved to set up a Preparatory School in the Doon valley in 1936, the owner of 5, Circular Road, Hukum Chand, informed her that the house could be made available for the school. The first boy to join the Welham Boys’ Prep School in January 1937 was Maqbool Hussain Khan.

Miss Oliphant’s dream of a residential kindergarten and prep school for Indian children was finally realized. She was then 54 years old. There were only six boys to begin with.

Since then, this boys’ school has indeed come a very long way from its sheltered existence as a little prep school in the quiet Dalanwala area of the Doon valley.

It has gone from "strength to strength" as says its motto.

We salute you Ma’am