Hilton College in the small town of Hilton, South Africa, is unique in many ways. Certainly no other school in the country can boast such a generous sweep of land, on which stands the beautiful complex of Cape Dutch-inspired buildings and stone Romanesque chapel, the stark white facades offset by the brilliant green and scarlet of coral trees in bloom; nor can any other school point to its own farmlands and plantations, not to mention its own nature reserve stocked with small game and birds.
Hilton College was founded in the mid-1800s, becoming one of South Africa’s top schools for boys. Today, it has a proud heritage and continues to mould future generations of pupils into great men of the country.
Hilton, possibly more than any other historic school in South Africa, illustrates the efficiency with which the pattern of the Victorian pub...
The year 1906 was a critical time for Hilton College. Archibald Pearce's sudden death had followed closely on the resignation of Weeks, and ...