Under MacNeil’s leadership, Knox grew rapidly in size and academic achievement. The boys’ nickname for MacNeil was ‘The Boss’. MacNeil led Knox through the Great Depression; student numbers rose from 28 in 1924 to over 300 in 1939, when MacNeil left Knox to become Headmaster of Wesley College in Melbourne.
As the first Headmaster of Knox, he set a tone for the School which is still evident today - a School that educates the whole boy.
“If the boys learn to overcome difficulties and to form habits of work, they will be well on the way to accomplish the hardest task of all, which is self-mastery.” Neil MacNeil, 1926
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