subjects, including Latin. The curriculum now comprises 26 subjects at the CSEC level and 30 units at the CAPE Level. The co-curricular activities have also increased to 21. During lunch time, students dined under an air of classical music; a tradition that still remains today, but in a more modernistic form. A more recent tradition has also been embarked upon: the playing of the National anthem of Jamaica at the beginning of school. The House system was introduced in January 1962; two years after the school first opened its doors and the first inter-house sports competition in March 1962. The four houses then, Harry, Henry, Stanley, and Whitehorne, competed. Harry House won that event. Cargill and Clarke Houses were later added. Cargill House was named after the second principal, the late Mr. E. U. Cargill and Clarke House after the late track coach, Mr. Douglas Clarke. The first Cadet inspection was held in February 1966. The Unit has grown over the years and has come to be the most successful in the nation. To date, the school has had five principals: Mr. L. W. Brown, Mr. E. U. Cargill, Mr. P. N. Hamilton, Lt. Col. E. V. Johnson and currently Mrs.J.F. Sadaar. Campus The campus is located in hilly Highgate Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica. It has grown considerably since the time of its opening in 1960 and has the largest campus of any high school in St. Mary. The school has a large auditorium, cafeteria/lunch room, many computer and science labs, a well stocked and professional library adjacent to the sixth form block, in addition to numerous classroom blocks and several staff-rooms. Although St. Mary High School is not a boarding institution, foreign or out of town teachers have on-campus living options with apartment style cottages across from the nurses and guidance counselors stations. The school has a spacious volleyball/netball court that is often called the Cadet Square and a football field across the main roadway that runs parallel to the campus. The school compound is maintained quite well and this is a direct result of the strict discipline and school pride that is instilled from first formers upwards. Uniforms are worn, which for girls is a green tunic with white blouse, and for boys khaki pants and shirt, with green epaulettes with white or yellow stripes to indicate grades. Female students at the sixth form level wear green pleated