ceremony at Whitney Institute's new Assembly Hall? Yesterday, Cabinet Ministers and staff watched as 16-year-old Dathan Byrd and Euline Hart -- the head boy and girl -- broke with tradition by pouring Coke on the roof.

Also present were principal Mrs. Gail Graham, contractors DeCosta Construction, and the hall's designer Mr. Bob Winter, from Works & Engineering.

Whitney students went on to hand over time capsules to DeCosta, which are to be opened in 2020.

In them, are essays, photographs of classes, a Royal Gazette profile of Euline Hart, a survey of what people like best today, and several videos of school activities.

A wall plaque will tell future Whitney students where to find the capsules.

Trustees of the Whitney Educational Trust, who own the school, have handed over a time capsule as well.

Their capsule contains a history of the long wait for the hall, written by retired principal Mr. Ronald Cripps Brown.

TOP CLASS CEREMONY -- Pictured (from left to right) at the roof wetting are chairman of the board of trustees of Whitney Institute, Mr. Jack Outerbridge; Mr. Michael DeCosta, from DeCosta Construction; head boy Mr. Dathan Byrd; head girl Ms Euline Hart; school principal Mrs. Gail Graham; the Rev. Robert Thacker, from St. Mark's Church, Smith's; Education Minister Jerome Dill; Works & Engineering Minister Leonard Gibbons; Mr. Colin Moran, of DeCosta Construction; and Works & Engineering architect Mr. Bob Winter.