67-573: Hilton College may refer to: Hilton College (South Africa) , a high school in South Africa Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management , an academic college of the University of Houston founded by Conrad Hilton [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with
134-468: A codicil to his will reducing the amount of money he left to the school, possibly due to a family financial problem, but instead leaving his eight acre Conduit Close estate in Middlesex : At the time this seemed like a poor exchange, as the estate consisted of undeveloped farmland on the edge of London, however, in time this endowment made Rugby School a wealthy institution due to the subsequent development of
201-499: A Scholarship are capable of obtaining a 10% fee deduction, although more than one scholarship can be awarded to one student. There have been a number of notable Old Rugbeians , including the purported father of the sport of Rugby William Webb Ellis , the inventor of Australian rules football , Tom Wills , the war poets Rupert Brooke and John Gillespie Magee, Jr. , Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain , author and mathematician Lewis Carroll , poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold ,
268-581: A lieutenant of the 73rd Foot Regiment of The British army. He had been one of three surviving officers during the sinking of HMS Birkenhead , in 1852. Following this he was reposted as a district adjutant in Pietermaritzburg . It was here in 1855 that he met the Rev. William Orde Newnham, who had arrived in Natal at the request of Bishop John Colenso to become master of the new Pietermaritzburg Grammar School. It
335-469: A long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other and that they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted). She wrote to John Vickers , the OFT director-general, stating "They are not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fix the price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer. They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow
402-438: A steady growth. Under the headmastership of Henry Holyoake (from 1688 to 1731) the school became more than simply a local concern, and began to take on national importance. By the end of the 17th century, there were pupils from every part of England attending the school. The school was originally based in a wooden schoolhouse on Church Street opposite St Andrew's Church , which incorporated Lawrence Sheriff's former house. By
469-423: A wide variety of sports: The house system at Hilton was created under the headmastership of William Falcon. Today there are seven houses, Churchill, Ellis, Falcon, Lucas, McKenzie, Newnham and Pearce which each occupy their own independent building. These houses serve as both a boys boarding and sporting house. Every new boy entering Hilton College is assigned a house which they stay in until Form 5 (Grade 12). There
536-564: A zoologist and medical doctor, World War I veteran, was President of both Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Medical Society of London , and vice-president of the British Ornithologists' Union . Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly joined the army in 1915, straight after leaving the school, earned a Military Cross during the First World War , and later returned to the school as Director of Art. The Rugbeian Society
603-416: Is a handball game, similar to squash , played in an enclosed court. It has similarities with Winchester fives (a form of Wessex fives) and Eton fives . It is most commonly believed to be derived from Wessex fives, a game played by Thomas Arnold , Headmaster of Rugby, who had played Wessex fives when a boy at Lord Weymouth's Grammar, now Warminster School . The open court of Wessex fives, built in 1787,
670-498: Is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby , Warwickshire , England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up to 1667, the school remained in comparative obscurity. Its re-establishment by Thomas Arnold during his time as Headmaster, from 1828 to 1841, was seen as
737-523: Is a South African private boarding school for boys located near the town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and is situated on a 1,762 ha (4,350 acre) estate that includes a 550 ha (1,400 acre) wildlife reserve and the 150 ha (370 acre) school campus Hilton College was founded in 1872 by Gould Arthur Lucas and Reverend William Orde Newnham as a non-denominational Christian boys' school. It follows English public school tradition and
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#1733119512668804-529: Is a South African cricketer. Paul Maritz was previously Vice President of Microsoft and CEO of VMware Conor Mccreedy Swiss based artist and engineer. In 2022 a rare 4 kg book was made about his work by the publishing giant Assouline . Mccreedy has been described as the Blue Sultan of the Art World. Robert-Falcon Ouellette is a politician from Canada and attended in 1995 for the historic elections. He
871-474: Is a full boarding school, which means all pupils live at the school, and is one of only two such remaining single-sex boys' schools (the other being Michaelhouse ) to continue this practice in South Africa. Hilton's 500 pupils each have access to a personal tutor and have a bespoke academic plan. It has maintained its position as the most expensive school in South Africa. The grounds on which Hilton College
938-415: Is a rivalry between the seven houses who compete in inter-house tournaments such as swimming, athletics, rugby, general knowledge, debating and pancake eating. The matrics take responsibility for the running of the houses under the supervision a housemaster and deputy housemaster who live in adjoined apartments. Hilton is a non-denominational Christian college, and Christian worship, values and principles are
1005-485: Is compulsory at Hilton College and every form 1 is required to play a team sport in term 1. Hilton's most popular sports are Rugby, Cricket, Water Polo and Hockey. The school has seen success particularly in rugby, producing several Springbok Rugby players and also lending its colours to the Natal Rugby Union, which would later become the provincial colours of Natal and subsequently Kwa-Zulu Natal. The school offers
1072-670: Is for former pupils at the school. An Old Rugbeian is sometimes referred to as an OR. The purposes of the society are to encourage and help Rugbeians in interacting with each other and to strengthen the ties between ORs and the school. In 2010 the Rugbeians reached the semi-finals of the Public Schools' Old Boys' Sevens tournament, hosted by the Old Silhillians to celebrate the 450th anniversary of fellow Warwickshire public school, Solihull School . The buildings of Rugby School date from
1139-458: Is located were established as farm by pioneering Voortrekkers. Ongegund , as it was then known, was sold to a young Englishman, Joseph Henderson, by Johanna Grobbelaar, widow of the original owner, in 1849. Later in 1857 Henderson and his wife renamed the farm Hilton , after Hilton Hall in Staffordshire, England. The first of the founders, Gould Arthur Lucas, left for South Africa in 1851 as
1206-647: Is named, and Herbert Armitage James (1895–1910) In 1845, a committee of Rugby schoolboys, William Delafield Arnold , W. W. Shirley and Frederick Hutchins, wrote the "Laws of Football as Played At Rugby School", the first published set of laws for any code of football. Rugby was one of the nine prestigious schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission of 1861–64 (the schools under scrutiny being Eton , Charterhouse , Harrow , Shrewsbury , Westminster , and Winchester , and two day schools: St Paul's and Merchant Taylors ). Rugby went on to be included in
1273-665: Is situated on a 1,762 ha (4,350 acres) estate that includes a 550 ha (1,400 acres) wildlife reserve that borders the Umgeni River . The school campus, which has been described as one of the most beautiful in the world, is home to all school buildings including the Crookes Block (main academic building), the Centenary Centre (which incorporates the theatre), the William Campbell Building , Memorial Hall and
1340-479: Is still in existence at Warminster School although it has fallen out of regular use. Rugby fives is played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles), the aim being to hit the ball above a 'bar' across the front wall in such a way that the opposition cannot return it before a second bounce. The ball is slightly larger than a golf ball , leather-coated and hard. Players wear leather padded gloves on both hands, with which they hit
1407-1006: Is sung during chapel services such as Remembrance Day and Opening and Closing Services. The informal 'School Song' is Oh Boys of Hilton, which was written by Bobby Skinstad in 1993, and is sung to the tune of Flower of Scotland . Hilton College has a student exchange programme with Eton College , Harrow School , Wrekin College and Framlingham College in England , Gordonstoun and Strathallan School in Scotland , Schule Schloss Salem in Germany , The Scots College , Knox Grammar School and Canberra Grammar School in Australia , and Charlotte Latin School and Woodberry Forest School in United States. Hilton College
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#17331195126681474-535: Is the birthplace of rugby football . Rugby School was founded in 1567 as a provision in the will of Lawrence Sheriff , who had made his fortune supplying groceries to Queen Elizabeth I of England . In the last few months of his life, Sheriff had drawn up a will which stipulated that his fortune should be used to found almshouses and a free grammar school "to serve chiefly for the children of Rugby and Brownsover ... and next for such as be of other places hereunto adjoyneing.". Shortly before his death, Sheriff added
1541-461: Is the chapel, dating from 1872, which is topped by an octagonal tower 138 feet (42 m) tall, and is grade I listed . Butterfield's New Quad buildings are Grade II* listed and date from 1867 to 1885. The Grade II* War Memorial chapel, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson , dates to 1922. Nicholson was educated at the school from the late-1870s. The Temple Speech Room on Barby Road was named after former Rugby headmaster, Frederick Temple , It
1608-702: The Anglo-Zulu War , the South African War , World War I , World War II , the Korean War and the South African Border War . The years of study at Hilton are referred to as Forms 1 to 5. "First Form" is the equivalent of Grade 8 and has boys aged 14. "Fifth Form" is the equivalent of Grade 12, also known as matric, and has boys aged 17–19. In Forms 1 and 2, Hilton College pupils follow a bespoke, semesterised curriculum that draws content and structure from
1675-560: The Chapel . Immediately beyond the campus is the school farm which includes wattle plantations and natural grazing areas and is used by boys for running and cycling. The lower portion of the estate is the Hilton College Nature Reserve. Hilton boys have access to the reserve and make use of the grounds on Sundays for swimming, tubing, mountain biking, fishing, bird watching and exploring. In addition, academic departments make use of
1742-622: The Competition Act, 1998 . All of the schools involved were ordered to abandon this practice, pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 each and to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information had been shared. The head of the Independent Schools Council declared that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following
1809-528: The Public Schools Act 1868 , which ultimately related only to the seven boarding schools. From the early days of the school the pupils were divided into "Foundationers" i.e. boys who lived in Rugby and surrounding villages who received free schooling, as per Sheriff's original bequest, and "Non-Foundationers", boys from outside the Rugby area who paid fees and were boarders . Non-Foundationers were admitted from
1876-652: The University of Cambridge . Hilton College students can also be found in the USA ivy league universities. Harvard University has 1 Hilton College student currently (2019) studying Computer science and Philosophy, in second year. He is joined by a second Hilton student in August/September 2019.He plans to major in Social Sciences with a view to going to Harvard Law School . In addition, another Hilton College student began at
1943-465: The 1740s this building was in poor condition, and the school looked to relocate to new premises. In 1750, the school moved to its current location to the south of the town centre, when it purchased a former Manor House at the south of High Street; this became the Master's house, a new schoolhouse was built alongside. The current school buildings date from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry Ingles, who
2010-592: The 18th and 19th century with some early 20th-century additions. The oldest buildings are the Old Quad Buildings and the School House the oldest parts of which date from 1748, but were mostly built between 1809 and 1813, designed by Henry Hakewill , these are grade II* listed . Most of the current landmark buildings date from the Victorian era and were designed by William Butterfield : The most notable of these
2077-631: The Hiltonian Society, a non-profit sharing association of the Old Hiltonians which take over the original shares and thus would own and control the school. Hilton College and Michaelhouse have enjoyed a history of friendly rivalry. The two schools have much in common and are the only two full boarding schools remaining in South Africa. The schools are located near one another in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands . The bond between Hilton's "old friend and rival, Michaelhouse" has developed since 1904 when
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2144-804: The University of Pennsylvania in August 2018 studying Finance and Behavioral Economics at Wharton School of Business . Two students have been accepted to University of Pennsylvania and have started in August/September 2019. Currently (2023), there is one student in second year at Princeton University , one student in his third year at Brown University</ref> and recently (2018) a Hilton student graduated in public health from Cornell University . Two Hilton students who matriculated in 2019 have been accepted for undergraduate degrees at Harvard University have begun in August/September 2020. Hilton College's sporting tradition stretches back to its establishment in 1872. There are three sports seasons at Hilton College and sport
2211-554: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, lectured on Arnold's time at Rugby. According to Mosse, Thomas Arnold created an institution which fused religious and moral principles, gentlemanly conduct, and learning based on self-discipline. These morals were socially enforced through the "Gospel of work". The object of education was to produce "the Christian gentleman", a man with good outward appearance, playful but earnest, industrious, manly, honest, virginal pure, innocent, and responsible. In 1888
2278-399: The appointment of Marie Bethell Beauclerc by Percival was the first appointment of a female teacher in an English boys' public school and the first time shorthand had been taught in any such school. The shorthand course was popular with one hundred boys in the classes. In September 2005, the school was one of fifty independent schools operating independent school fee-fixing , in breach of
2345-575: The area and rise in land values. The area of what is now the Rugby Estate includes much of what is now Great Ormond Street , Lamb's Conduit Street and Rugby Street in the London district of Bloomsbury . Up to 1667, the school remained in comparative obscurity. Sheriff's endowment was not fully realized for some time, due to a challenge over the provisions of the will from the Howkins family, to whom Sheriff
2412-512: The author and social critic Salman Rushdie (who said of his time there: "Almost the only thing I am proud of about going to Rugby school was that Lewis Carroll went there too." ) and the Irish writer and republican Francis Stuart . The Indian concert pianist, music composer and singer Adnan Sami also studied at Rugby School. Matthew Arnold's father Thomas Arnold , was a headmaster of the school. Philip Henry Bahr (later Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr ),
2479-499: The ball. Rugby fives continues to have a good following with tournaments being run nationwide, presided over by the Rugby Fives Association. The school has produced a number of cricketers who have gone onto play Test and first-class cricket . The school has played host to two major matches, the first of which was a Twenty20 match between Warwickshire and Glamorgan in the 2013 Friends Life t20 . The second match
2546-574: The best curricular practices in South Africa and globally. In Form 3, pupils choose to follow either the IEB Pathway or the A Level Pathway. As such, Hilton College leavers write either the Independent Examinations Board exams or a set of International A Level exams ( Cambridge Assessment International Education ). Hilton has produced over 20 Rhodes scholars for study at the University of Oxford and two Elsie Ballot scholars for study at
2613-626: The blueprint for Victorian public schools. Arnold's period as headmaster is immortalised in Thomas Hughes 1857 novel Tom Brown's School Days . In the Victorian period, Rugby School saw several further Headmasters of some distinction, these included Frederick Temple (1858–1869) who would later become the Archbishop of Canterbury , John Percival (1887–1895) after whom the Percival Guildhouse
2680-409: The boys retaliated by smashing Mr Rowell's windows and Ingles insisted that the boys pay for the damage. This provoked a full-scale riot , in which the boys blew off doors, smashed windows and burned furniture and books. As the other Masters were away, Ingles called on help from the townsfolk. A party of recruiting soldiers and some townsfolk advanced on the rioters, who retreated onto a moated island in
2747-536: The choice of taking three or four subjects and are also offered the opportunity to take an extended project. The School also offers taking the IB Diploma Programme . Oxbridge acceptance percentage in 2007 was 10.4%. In 2023, 68% of students that took A-levels at Rugby School scored A*/A while 83% of GCSE students scored 9/7. The Governing Body provides financial benefits with school fees to families unable to afford them. Parents of pupils who are given
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2814-420: The early history of the school as they helped to pay the bills. Gradually, as the school's reputation grew, fee-paying Non-Foundationers became dominant and local boys benefited less and less from Sheriff's original intentions. By the latter half of the 19th century it was considered no longer desirable to have local boys attending a prestigious public school and so a new school – Lawrence Sheriff Grammar School –
2881-520: The end of 1877. In 1878 the lease of the school was taken over by Henry Vaughan Ellis. Ellis, a Rugby old boy, sought to reform Hilton College around the English public school system. Ellis brought many of the Rugby traditions to Hilton; thus beginning an unofficial link between the two schools, perpetuated today in the Hilton crest and motto. In 1903, Ellis announced his intent to retire, but wished to ensure
2948-469: The farm Hilton from the Hendersons on which a school could be founded. Newnham arrived at Hilton on 27 January 1872 and two days later, on 29 January 1872, Hilton College was officially opened. The first 50 pupils were housed in dormitories built near the stables and the original farm house was enlarged to serve as the main school building. Newnham continued to run the school until he returned to England at
3015-462: The forerunner of the Victorian public school . It was one of nine schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission of 1864 and later regulated as one of the seven schools included in the Public Schools Act 1868 . Originally a boys' school, it became fully co-educational in 1992. The school's alumni – or " Old Rugbeians " – include a UK prime minister, a French prime minister, several bishops, poets, scientists, writers and soldiers. Rugby School
3082-403: The foundation of Hilton College life. Pupils attend chapel service twice a week, including Sundays. About 40% of the school pupils come from Anglican backgrounds; 15% from Roman Catholic ; 13% from Methodist ; the other denominations are less than 10% each. Hilton College has two school songs. The formal 'School Hymn' is Lift Up Your Hearts! , an English hymn written in 1881 by A. Douglas. It
3149-505: The latter in the majority. Originally it was for boys only, but girls have been admitted to the sixth form since 1975. It went fully co-educational in 1992. The school community is divided into houses . Pupils beginning Rugby in the F Block (first year) study various subjects. In a pupil's second year (E block), they do nine subjects which are for their GCSEs, this is the same for the D Block (GCSE year). The school then provides standard A-levels in 29 subjects. Students at this stage have
3216-432: The reserve as part of the curriculum (e.g. Art, Biology, Geography) Hilton College has produced a number of notable old boys. There have been eight Springbok Rugby players including two captains ( Gary Teichmann and Bobby Skinstad ) and two constitutional court judges ( John Didcott and Arthur Chaskalson ). Hilton also educated sports journalist Robert Marawa and Italian Rugby player Sebastian Negri . Lungi Ngidi
3283-465: The rubber inflatable bladder and the brass hand pump. There were no standard rules for football in Webb Ellis's time at Rugby (1816–1825) and most varieties involved carrying the ball. The games played at Rugby were organised by the pupils and not the masters, the rules being a matter of custom and not written down. They were frequently changed and modified with each new intake of students. Rugby fives
3350-539: The same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hilton_College&oldid=755347479 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hilton College (South Africa) Hilton College , more commonly referred to as Hilton ,
3417-518: The school curriculum and administration. Arnold's and the school's reputations were immortalised through Thomas Hughes ' book Tom Brown's School Days . David Newsome writes about the new educational methods employed by Arnold in his book, 'Godliness and Good Learning' (Cassell 1961). He calls the morality practised at Arnold's school muscular Christianity . Arnold had three principles: religious and moral principle, gentlemanly conduct and academic performance. George Mosse, former professor of history at
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#17331195126683484-401: The school grounds. The Riot Act was read out by a local justice of the peace , calling on the boys to surrender, and while this caused a distraction a group of soldiers waded across the moat from the rear and took the boys prisoner. Rugby School's most famous headmaster was Thomas Arnold , from 1828 to 1841, whose emphasis on moral and religious principle, was widely admired and was seen as
3551-465: The school newspaper The Meteor he quotes an unknown friend relating the story to him. He elaborated on the story four years later in another letter to The Meteor , but shed no further light on its source. Richard Lindon , a boot and shoemaker who had premises across the street from the school's main entrance in Lawrence Sheriff Street, is credited with the invention of the "oval" rugby ball,
3618-401: The school. The legend of William Webb Ellis and the origin of the game is commemorated by a plaque. The story is that Webb Ellis was the first to pick up a football and run with it, and thus invent a new sport. However, the sole source of the story is Matthew Bloxam , a former pupil but not a contemporary of Webb Ellis. In October 1876, four years after the death of Webb Ellis, in a letter to
3685-472: The sixth form and the first girls' house opened three years later, followed by three more. In 1992 the school became fully co-educational when the first 13-year-old girls arrived, and in 1995 Rugby had its first-ever Head Girl, Louise Woolcock, who appeared on the front page of The Times . In September 2003 the last girls' house was added. Today, total enrolment of day pupils, from forms 4 to 12, numbers around 800. The game of Rugby football owes its name to
3752-478: The survival of his school. It was suggested to him by Ernest Acutt, a founding pupil and Mayor of Durban , that the farm and school should be sold to a company formed by Old Hiltonians which became the Hilton College Ltd. The capital raised by the old boys was intended to be used to buy the school from Ellis and for the construction of new buildings. Shortly after Ellis' retirement the position of headmaster
3819-403: The two schools played their first rugby match at Hilton College, which Hilton won 11–0. Both schools consider each other their main fixture in all sporting disciplines. The high point of this rivalry is the biannual Hilton-Michaelhouse Day. This event, held alternately between the two schools, sees them play one another in rugby and hockey. The culmination of the day is the main rugby match between
3886-575: The two schools' 1st XVs, which is the oldest continuous rugby fixture in Kwa-Zulu Natal . The Hilton College Guard was a mounted unit established on 4 June 1872 by Rev. William Newnham and lasted until its disbanding in the mid-1980s. As the oldest cadet corps in South Africa, the Hilton College Guard enjoyed the position of Cadet Detachment No. 1. Since its establishment, members of the Hilton College Guard and Old Hiltonians have fought in
3953-407: Was Headmaster between 1794 and 1806, was known for his strict discipline and gained the nickname "The Black Tiger". His time as Headmaster is most notable for the 'Great Rebellion' of 1797 : It started when Ingles heard one of the boys shoot a cork gun, and the boy told him that Mr Rowell, a grocer, had supplied the gunpowder. Mr Rowell denied this, and as a result the boy Astley was flogged by Ingles,
4020-481: Was a List-A one-day match between Warwickshire and Sussex in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup , though it was due to host a match in the 2014 competition , however this was abandoned. In the 2015 match, William Porterfield scored a century , with a score of exactly 100. Warwickshire will return to Rugby School in 2024 to play three matches in the One-Day Cup . Rugby School has both day and boarding-pupils,
4087-604: Was a member of Falcon House. The Hiltonian Society is a non-profit organisation that owns and runs Hilton College. It was formed in 1930 by the share holders of Hilton College Ltd., which owned the school at the time. Any Hilton Old boy or past teacher is eligible to become a member of the Hiltonian Society. The following schools are all considered Hilton feeder schools and pupils are eligible to receive closed scholarships to Hilton College. 29°29′31″S 30°18′04″E / 29.49206°S 30.30109°E / -29.49206; 30.30109 Rugby School Rugby School
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#17331195126684154-564: Was during this time that the two became close friends. In 1867, after a period in England, Newnham returned to Natal and left to establish a school in Ladysmith, with the encouragement and support of his friend Lucas. However the school did not prosper and Newnham found "the summer climate there too oppressive". In 1871, upon hearing of Newnham's troubles, Lucas offered to help establish a new school near Pietermaritzburg. He arranged to purchase part of
4221-459: Was founded in 1878 in order to continue Sheriff's original bequest for a free school for local boys. On several occasions in the late 19th century Rugby School was visited by the French educator Pierre de Coubertin , who would later cite the school as one of the main inspirations for his most notable achievement, the founding of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. In 1975 two girls were admitted to
4288-514: Was introduced along with the house system (the first three houses being Newnham, Ellis and Weeks (later renamed Pearce). Falcon also lead reforms in the school's academic curriculum and, foreseeing the inevitable union of the South African colonies , replaced French with Dutch as the official second language in 1907. On 31 March 1928 the original shareholders of Hilton College Ltd. signed a Solemn Covenant of Dedication which, in 1930, established
4355-428: Was opened on 3 July 1909 by King Edward VII . Designed by Thomas Graham Jackson , it is grade II listed. The Macready Theatre is based in a prominent Victorian building on Lawrence Sheriff Street which was built as classrooms in 1885, in 1975 it was converted into a theatre, in 2018, it was opened to the general public. Rugby's most famous headmaster was Thomas Arnold, appointed in 1828; he executed many reforms to
4422-410: Was related through his sister, Bridget. Its history during that trying period is characterised mainly by a series of lawsuits between the Howkins family, who tried to defeat the intentions of the testator , and the masters and trustees, who tried to carry them out. A final decision was handed down in 1667, confirming the findings of a commission in favour of the trust, and henceforth the school maintained
4489-508: Was taken over by George Weeks. However he too resigned that year and another new headmaster was needed. The position was awarded to William Falcon in 1906. Under his headmastership Hilton College grew from 50 pupils to over 200. Many buildings were completed such as the William Campbell building and the school chapel. The original school buildings, which were red brick, were changed to the present Cape Dutch style. The present school uniform
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