The following is an excerpt from the pamphlet on the presentation of the School Colours on the occasion of the 91st Anniversary of the foundation of the School.

THE SCHOOL COLOURS the custom of possessing some emblem as a rallying point in battle is a very old one. Standard emblems made of metal , and usually surmounted by a glided eagle , were used for this purpose . The colour has evolved to be an outward symbol of loyalty to the Crown and to the martial spirit and tradition of the race. As a school, battlefield of an Institution and its loyalty to the king and Emperor are fostered by this visible emblem, creating in the institution itself an esprit de crops that is not easily forgettable.

It was Sir Arthur Knapp who suggested that colours should be presented to the School on the occasion of the visit to India of Field Marshal His Royal Highness. The Duke of Conaught and Strathearn . Accordingly, on the 15th January 1921, Colours were presented to the school by its patron at Madras. A Platoon of 40 cadets under the command of the Sergt.- Major and accompanied by the Band, journeyed down to Madras. The Ceremony was marked with deep solemnity. After consecration, Prayer and Benediction, by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Madras, the then Principle, Rev. W.H.G Pad field , handed the King's Colours to his Royal Highness , who presented it to the Captain of the School who received it kneeling .

The School Colours in turn was similarly presented and received by another Senior boy . In his speech to the cadets His Royal Highness said :- "I trust you will look upon these Colours as an emblem of your duty to your School and Country , and I hope that many of those who are henceforth to serve the King-Emperor with honour and distinction in the large spheres of life". The cost of the colours was about 100 pound, gifts from Mrs. Bridges and the ladies of Madras and Ootacamund . Both the King's colour and the colour are of silk with the School's Coat-of-Arms embroidered upon them. The Indian Union Colour will now take the place of the "King's Colour"