1890 - 1923 1923 - 1953 1953 - 1963 1964 -1968
About Milton
Milton
School started life on the 25th July 1910, named after Sir William
Milton, however the buildings situated on Borrow Street Bulawayo, are
now home to Milton Junior School. Milton and Eveline became the first
state-maintained high schools in Rhodesia. Milton and Eveline were
officially opened on the same day by Sir William Milton, his wife Lady
Eveline, Sir Charles Coghlan and the Mayor and Town Council.
It was in September of 1927 that some 300 boys and staff moved to
Milton's present home, which is situated between the suburbs and the
racecourse. However it wasn't until the 1st June 1928 that the School
was formally opened by Sir John Chancellor as "The Milton School". The
school's colours are plumbago (dark grey) and Oxford blue with the
school crest based on an early version of the City of Bulawayo's crest,
whereas the motto is Greek and translates as "Quit ye like men".
The school was initially divided into four houses;
Charter (boarders), Pioneer (boarders), North Town and South Town,
however due to the dominance of the "boarders" four new houses were
introduced in 1938, they were; Birchenough, Borrow, Fairbridge and
Heany.
At the start of 1950 Milton had 420 boys, but by the end of 1951 this
figure rose to 581 creating a "housing crisis", two classrooms were
built in 12 days along with two marquees which were erected on the open
space between the main block and the dining hall. In 1953, after ten
years of planning and fund raising (£5000 from State Lotteries and £1000
from the Baron family as a memorial to their father), Milton's swimming
pool was opened at a cost of £17,500
In 1954 there were 644 pupils, by 1957 this figure had risen to over 700, a year later there were in excess of 900. With over 200 boys per house foru new games houses were created; Brady, Chancellor, Malvern and Rhodes.
In 1961 Milton had 1150 boys, which made it the
largest school in the Federation. Malvern and Brady Houses were dropped
and the boarding houses of Charter and Pioneer were re-established once
again. 1961 also saw the completion of the new economics block, commerce
department with a staff room, a double story administration block and
the official opening of the Department of Sixth Form Studies by the
Minister of Education D.B.Goldberg.
During 1962 rooms were built to house the woodwork shop, metalwork shop,
technical drawing office, storerooms and construction of locking cycle
sheds, a rifle range, even stands were erected on the playing fields.
The Old Miltonians were relocated into new premises just across Third
Street from Milton High School. Funds were raised to enable the first
part of a new clubhouse to be built in 1964 and by 1970 there were
facilities for rugby, hockey, cricket, basketball, baseball, bowling and
tennis.
1968 - 1969 1969 - 1979 1980 1970 -2010
