My brother and I ran out to Stellenbosch University (our alma mater) on Sunday.
We stopped at the Faculty of Engineering, at Dagbreek Men’s Residence and at the Neelsie Student Centre.
A major remodeling of the main wing of the Faculty of Engineering is underway.The buildings for the individual departments of the Faculty of Engineering look a little different from 40 years ago, with lettering and new windows. The engineering library is now called the ‘knowledge center’ (Afr. kennissentrum). Hmm.A little house remodeled into offices, across from the Faculty of Engineering.Here’s Victoria Street in summer time, with the trees a neon green, and the sky azure blue. The historic dormitories of Stellenbosch University as well as administrative buildings are found here.The tennis courts where I had spent countless hours playing on as a student, are still there, as is Helshoogte Men’s Residence, and Simonsberg mountain in the distance.The Neelsie Student Centre is quiet now, but will be abuzz with students come February when the new academic year gets underway.Red Square* (Afr. Rooiplein) with its sun dial. *Officially, it is the Jan Marais Square. A long time ago, though, students jokingly started calling the Administration Building nearby the ‘Kremlin’ because the notice boards (where exam results and class marks were pinned up) would declare their fate as a students. So this is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the main city square in Moscow that is the real Red Square.