A HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 



into classical and modern sides, and their numbers seem to have been nearly 

 in the same proportion from the first. 



A junior school was opened in April, 1863, at 7 Rodney Place, by 

 Mr. Hartnell. In 1864 a second boarding-house was opened by Mr. T. E. 

 Brown. New houses were added : in 1867, C. H. Lay ; 1870, E. Harris ; 

 1874, T.W. Lunn, 25 boys; 1878, Jews' house, 30 boys, B. Heymann. 

 In 1879 the numbers were limited to 600 460 in the upper and 

 140 in the junior school. A preparatory school for boys under 10 

 was started in September, 1874, in charge of Mr. Escott, at 4 College 

 Terrace. In April, 1875, the day-boys were organized as houses, North 

 Town under Mr. Wiseman and South Town under Mr. Tait, and consisted 

 of 90 boys each. 



On 19 December, 1864, the first stone of the chapel was laid, and it 

 was licensed by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol on 15 June, 1867. 



Organized school games began in the winter term of 1862 with Rugby 

 football, and * runs ' were started with great vigour in the Easter term by 

 H. W. Wellesley, the first head of the school. The great runs of the year 

 are the * Short Penpole ' and ' Long Penpole ' for the lower and upper ' packs' 

 respectively, into which the school is divided. 



The cricket has been on a high level from the first, Clifton providing 

 many university players. The great match of the year is naturally against 

 Cheltenham College. 



The first number of the school magazine, The C/iftom'an, appeared in 

 December, 1867, and about the same time the debating society, which was 

 started by a few boys in the schoolhouse, was thrown open to the sixth and 

 fifth forms. 



The Percival Library was built in 1870. A 'military side' was esta- 

 blished in 1873, and contributes large numbers to Sandhurst and Woolwich 

 every year. An engineer cadet corps was started in 1875, beginning with 

 100, and in 1878 the school eleven first competed for the Ashburton Shield 

 at Wimbledon. In March, 1877, the school became a public school by a 

 royal charter of incorporation, but there is no endowment beyond the site 

 and buildings. 



Dr. Percival resigned the head-mastership in 1879, having been elected 

 President of Trinity College, Oxford. Another Rugby master, the Rev. James 

 Maurice Wilson, succeeded him. He had been senior wrangler in 1859, and 

 a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. 



The Great Quadrangle was completed in 1890 with the Wilson Tower. 

 The impressiveness of the buildings is much increased by the reddish-purple 

 colour of the local stone used. During Mr. Wilson's last days at Clifton the 

 last remaining available open space near the college and outside its territories 

 was bought. 1 



Mr. Wilson was succeeded in January, 1890, by the Rev. M. G. 

 Glazebrook, high' master of Manchester Grammar School. He was a scholar 

 of Balliol, and had been for ten years an assistant master at Harrow. 



Mr. Glazebrook made various changes in the modern side, emphasizing 

 the importance of English and improving the teaching of modern languages. 

 That the classical side was in no way neglected under his care is proved by 



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