Milton Senior Boys High School is a government all-boys high school located in

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. It was the first government all-boys school established in Bulawayo. It was founded in 1910 and is named after Sir William Milton, administrator of the

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. The school's motto is

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and derived from the Biblical excerpt from Corinthians,

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:13, written by St. Paul to Corinthians in the face of Roman imperialism, and the Authorized Version translates it as "Quit ye like men". Milton school's connection with St. John's (the original Milton) is perpetuated in the new church in Rhodes Street where the central light of a stained glass window in the east transept in memory of an old boy, Alfred Perry, depicts the school's crest and motto.

History

Milton School was founded on 25 July 1910.

The Milton Address

The Milton Address, an annual address delivered to the school, began in 1972 to celebrate the anniversary of the school's founding. The first Milton Address was delivered by Sir Henry MacDonald. Following speakers included the Anglican Bishop of Matabeleland

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Mike Constandinos, Senator

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. The 75th anniversary address was given by former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia Sir Garfield Todd. Subsequent addresses were delivered by notable figures including former

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, Anglican Dean of Bulawayo Robin Ewbank,

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List of headmasters

# E. D. de Beer (1910–1924) # John Banks Brady (1925–1930) # H. G. Livingston (1931–1941) # L. R. Morgan (1941–1942) # William Gebbie (1943–1946) # Ball (1946–1950) # H. Downing (1950–1955) # Cecil Raymond Messiter-Tooze (1956–1963) # M. Brett (1964–1969) # R. K. Gracie (1970–1980) # Erik Andersen (1981–1984) # Harry Fincham (1984–1987) # J. Mandikate (1988–1995) # A. B. S. Senda (1996–2001) # D. Swene (2002–2006) # Ngwenya (2006–2013) # William Ncube (2014–2016) # Similo Ncube (2016– )

Notable alumni

* Allan Anderson, Pentecostal minister and theologian * Lewis Banda, Olympic sprinter *

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, cricketer *

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, cricketer * John Eppel, writer and poet *

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, cricketer * Tinashe Mhora, cricketer * Nkosana Mpofu, cricketer * Bonaparte Mujuru, cricketer *

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, cricketer * Njabulo Ncube, cricketer *

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, cricketer * Christopher Ridley, cricketer * Giles Ridley, cricketer * Chris Rogers, rugby player *

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References

External links

Official website

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