Graeme College

Graeme College is a public English medium high school for boys located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It caters for boys from Grade 00 to Grade 12 and offers both boarding and day options to its pupils.^[3] It was founded in April 1873.

Graeme College
Graeme College school crest
Address
Templeton Drive Makhanda , Eastern Cape South Africa
Information
Type	Public high school[1]
Motto	Virtute et Opera (Courage and toil)
Established	1873; 152 years ago (1873)
Sister school	Victoria Girls' High School
School number	[phone]
Headmaster	Kevin Watson
Staff	33 teachers 13 support staff[2]
Grades	00–12
Gender	Male
Age	6 to 18
Number of students	600 boys
Language	English
Schedule	07:30 - 13:30
Campus	Urban Campus
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Hutton Nielson Vernal Wiles
Colour(s)	Gold   Navy   White
Nickname	Graemians
Rival	Muir College St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown Selborne College Grey High School Dale College Queen's College
School fees	Contact the school for current fees
Alumni	Old Graemians
Website	www.graemecollege.co.za

History

Over the years the name of the school has undergone several changes. During the period in which it offered matriculation classes to young ladies, it was known as Victoria High School, and finally in 1938 it adopted the name "Graeme College".^[4]

Notable old boys

See also: Category:Alumni of Graeme College

• Professor Colin Bundy, historian.
• William Philip Schreiner (1857-1919). 8th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
• Squadron Leader Marmaduke Pattle, DFC and Bar.
• Major-General Robert John (Bobby) Palmer CVO DSO.^[5]
• Hennie le Roux, former South African (Springbok) centre (1993-1996).
• William Philip Schreiner (1857-1919). 8th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
• Daniel Cheeky Watson. Former Eastern Province and Junior Springbok rugby union player who, with his brother Valance, was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby game, during the period when mixed-race activities were forbidden by apartheid legislation.
• The Very Rev. Harold Claude Noel Williams (1914-1990), Principal of St Matthew’s College