Melbourne High School Old Boys’ Association, MHSOBA, was founded in 1907, comprising a football club and an athletics team. In May 1909, the organisation was formally established. During 1921, both a glee club and drama club were formed. The association’s primary aim has always been the welfare of the school as it has given great financial support to the school in many ways in order to give current students the best possible education. The Old Boys raised money to build the Memorial Hall, the Memorial Sport Pavilion and the Peace Memorial Rowing Pavilion at Princes Bridge. Large sums of money have been raised towards the cost of the physical education centre, the library, the forestry school, the cafeteria, the hockey field and the maintenance of the Woodfull-Miller oval. The Old Boys has purchased paintings, commissioned murals, donated musical instruments and other equipment. Each year it grants scholarships and awards academic and general prizes for successful students. At every opportunity, the association does what it can to uphold the school’s tradition and status in the community. The sustained loyalty of MHSOBA has exerted an influence unprecedented in the State school system. In fact, no other high school in Victoria has stimulated such a degree of interest and support among former pupils and teachers.