Mr Barraclough has very kindly undertaken to start a class in order to teach the art of boxing to all boys who are interested. The class is open to all boys who are over 14 years of age. All necessary material (gloves, punching balls) will soon be ready.

The school has lately supplied each of the Cambridge classes with four badminton racquets thereby making badminton a popular game. Each day three badminton courts are filled with boys who are eager to compete in a tournament which is about to be started.

For the first term of 1923, the school football team has worked off 13 matches, winning nine, losing two and drawing two. Mohamed Thamby is the skipper of the school team and is a very fast forward.

A short scout camp was held in August 1923 at Batang Kali. There the scouts climbed Gunung Ulu Kali, visiting the sakais in the interior of the jungle, under the leadership of C.A.S.M. Akbar. Chief Patrol Leader qualified as a King's Scout, being the first Boy Scout of the First Selangor Troop to earn this badge.

The trustees of the Victoria Institution have awarded the annual scholarships as follows:

The Rodger Medal to Tan Huck Sean;
The Treacher Scholarship to Leong Ah Tee;
The Nugent-Walsh Scholarship to Sapuran Singh.

On Friday, 6th April, 1923, the first school prefects were installed at a special assembly. The following are prefects:

Othman B.M. (School Captain), Wong Koon Yow, Pala Singh, Choong Wan Chan, Leong Ah Tee, Sapuran Singh, Hashim bin Omar, Loh Pak Soon, Ang Kim Sim, Lee Yew Chong, Claud Marcus, Moey Liam Thoon, Mohamed Ali Abdul, Tamby, and Selvadurai.

The following are Junior prefects: Loke Ah Meng, Sulong bin Mohamed Ali, S. Thambirajah, Kwok Ah Keng, Abdul Aziz.

Chitra Raja Besi, a Malay play written by teacher M.A. Akbar, was performed in the Town Hall by the Musical and Dramatic Society.

The annual school sports were held on 14th August. The Sultan of Selangor and Miss Hose were among the large gathering of guests. A new record for High Jump was set, with the winner clearing 5 feet and 1 inch. Unfortunately, rain marred the show at 5 p.m. and the physical show and Morris dancing had to be abandoned. The prize giving took place at the head master's house at about 6 p.m.

The last practice for the long run was held on Tuesday 21st November. The trail was laid by Mr Mcleod and Balasingam and the pack of hounds, in the charge of Mr N.S. Rajalu, followed the trail. Though the hounds ran strongly, they were not able to view the hares. Some of the hounds dropped back at the Wireless Station while the rest continued. A pleasing feature of the run was the increased number of boys who finished the complete course. An exceptionally fast time was registered by the winner, Tiam Nee of Thamboosamy House.

The Inter-house football tournament for the Relfe Shield was arranged and concluded by the second term. Each of the five houses (Hepponstall, Treacher, YKS, Shaw and Thamboosamy) registered three teams for the A,B and C divisions. Treacher House for the third year in succession won the trophy.

The school relay team has at last achieved its ideal. It has for the first time in the history of the school won the Inter-school relay race at the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association's championship meeting. Under the strenuous training of Mr. G.G.L. McLeod, the relay team has become one of the fastest and best schoolboy teams of Malaya.

On Sunday September 24th, during the G.O.C.'s inspection of the local voluntary forces, the V.I. Cadet Corps provided the enemy forces in a mimic attack on Kuala Lumpur which was defended by the Volunteers.

The work done by the prefects, in addition to the daily and weekly duties, is as follows:

Every Monday morning 4 prefects take down the names of late-comers;
Daily, two prefects are sent to the library to assist the librarian;
Two prefects are sent to the tuckshop to assist in the selling of the food;
On debate days three prefects are to assist in taking down names of all present and absentees to be passed to the duty master;
Daily from 2:30 to 4 p.m., a prefect is to be in charge of boys put down for weeding in the field.

Six P.S.C. pupils, including the School Captain Saran Singh Sekhon, went on Science Scholarships to Australia. Zain Azraai was appointed School Captain and Jagjit Singh, Vice Captain.

The V.I. Society of Drama presented two plays, The Stratford Lad and Sophro the Wise in the School Hall from 19th to 20th February.

The Malayan Mathematical Society held an exhibition in the Hall on 22nd March.

We were much honoured by the visit of Lady Templer, wife of the High Commissioner, to the school of 31st March.

On 8th April, the headmaster, Mr. J.N. Davis, left for Penang for a new post. We welcomed Mr. G.P. Dartford as our new Headmaster.

On the last day of the term, 17th April, the Society of Drama gave a performance of five excerpts from famous plays.

The Science and Mathematics Society staged an exhibition of Science and Mathematics in the Science Wing from 6th to 9th May.

The School newspaper, The V.I. Voice made its debut on 1st June. A variety concert was staged followed by a special assembly in celebration of Coronation day.

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth on June 2nd. The school was closed from 1st to 5th June.

The school athletic sports were held on 17th and 18th June.

The Society of Drama presented Twelfth Night at the Town Hall from 3rd to 8th August.

Chan Koon Yau was appointed the new School Captain and Dhanwant Singh the Vice-Captain.

The Annual Aquatic Sports were held at the swimming pool from 13th to 15th October.

Davidson House was renamed Sultan Abdul Samad House in honour of one of the original founders and patron of the Victoria Institution. Davidson House was originally named after one Miss Elizabeth Davidson, a Scottish lady who joined the VI staff in 1905.

The Annual Sixth Form Games were held from 15th to 18th January.

The School Captain for 1963 was Kuan Beng Teik while the vice Captain was Eddy Lee. The senior girl was Agnes Kok.

On 14th February eight V.I. boys donated blood at the Lady Templer's Hospital.

On 10th March VI lost to St. John's Institution in the badminton finals of the King's Cup competition.

In the Young Friend's inter-school drama competition on 29th March, V.I. won the first prize.

In the Annual V.I.-Anderson School Cross Country Run, on 18th May, the first place was won by Anderson School, the second by the V.I. and the third place by the M.B.S.

VI's Under-15 XI defeated the M.B.S by a 2-0 margin in the FAS Cup football final.

Our Soccer Eleven fought gallantly only to lose 1-2 to M.B.S. Sentul in the fianls of the Khir Johari Cup competition.

After a lapse of three long years, the Laksamana Cup returns to the VI for six months. This year's match which ended in a scoreless draw, was played before a crowd of over 500 including H.H. the Sultan of Selangor.

The Annual Athletics Sports meet was held on 15th June.

U6A2's two Speech day dance items Sunset over the Vistyans and Zapin V.I. were performed as part of the Malaysia Cultural Show during the Conference of Rulers. The class will contribute its earnings of $600/- from this show to the school endowment fund. U6A1's Speech day item, President Kennedy's Birthday party, which was also performed during the Conference of Rulers, won first prize in the Universarama Comic Sketch Competition.

The Sixth Form Entrance Exams were held from 29th to 30th July.

The V.I. became holders of the Thompson Cup in football by beating the B.B.B.S. on 30th July.

The School Cricket XI beat the King George V School to be the first holders of the Baker Shield.

The VIOBA held a reunion dinner to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the V.I. on 12th October.

On 16th October, the V.I. won the Dr. Lewis Trophy for rugger.

This year's Aquatic Meet on 20th October ened with 14 records broken. The Class One Champion was Lee Yat Loong of YKS who won seven events in all, breaking four records in the process with his favourite breast stroke. YKS retained the overall House championship with Shaw in second place. The Inter-school 4X50 metres relay was won by Bourne School.

On 25th October, the V.I. won the Selangor schools seven-a-side rugger tournament.

In one of the most one-sided games played this season, the School Rugger XV trounced the Klang Combined Schools team to win the Klang Club Trophy. Piling up a 28-0 score in the first half, the Victorians, despite losing two players to injuries, played on with 13 men to complete the massacre with a final 49-0 score.