Old Cliftonian Society

Founded in 1862 as a school for boys, Clifton College is a major  public school, now co-educational, in Clifton, Bristol, England. There are currently around 720 pupils in the upper school - about one third of whom are girls.

The Old Cliftonian Society (OCS) is the Society for the alumni of Clifton College (both pupils and staff) and organises regular reunions at the school and publishes a regular newsletter for alumni.

The Society publishes an annual magazine for alumni called "The Cliftonian".

Clifton College Register

The register's motto:

"There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported..."

The Clifton College Register is the definitive set of records held for Clifton College in Bristol. The Register is kept and maintained by the Old Cliftonian Society.

The record has been maintained unbroken from the start of the school in 1862 and lists every pupil, master and headmaster. Each person is allocated a unique and consecutive school number - and for masters and headmasters the number is prefixed with either an M or HM as appropriate. The Register also maintains a record of the school roll in numbers, the Heads of School and summarises the major sporting records for each year.

The Register is periodically published by the Old Cliftonian Society; at present there are three available volumes:

1862 - 1947
1948 - 1977
1978 - 1994

A new edition is currently being prepared (2010).

School slang and terms

Big School - The school canteen
Big Side - 1st and 2nd XV rugby pitches
Coal Up- an old expression, meaning 'hurry up'.
Congers - (short for congregation) school congregational hymn singing
Exeat - 'Let him go out' (Latin) - permission for boarders to go home at the weekend or for longer periods
Head Man - the headmaster
Holder of the Big Side Bags - Captain of the School Cross Country Team
HoM - used in conversation to mean housemaster or mistress
Little Side - all other rugby pitches
Praepostor (Praep)- school prefect
Rustication - a milder form of suspension that isn't listed on a student's permanent record
Terriers - an activity programme for the 3rd form (year 9) where they learn life skills, such as table manners.
The Close - the grass in front of the school (inc. big and little side pitches)
The Grubber - the school stationers (historically, the school tuck shop)
The Huntsman - Vice Captain of the School Cross Country Team
The Pens - School cross country races (long pen and short pen)
The Percy - the (Percival) library
Yearlings - the youngest year in the (upper) school

List of Headmasters from the register
Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed HM

HM1  - John Percival - Lord Bishop of Hereford
HM2  - Canon James Wilson (1879–1890)
HM3  - Canon Michael George Glazebrook
HM4  - Rev. Albert Augustus David
HM5  - Dr John David King
HM6  - Norman Whatley
HM7  - Bertrand Leslie Hallward
HM8  - Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee
HM9  - Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere Hammond
HM10 - Steve John McWatters
HM11 - Stuart Morrison Andrew
HM12 - Andrew Hugh Monro
HM13 - Dr Stephen Spurr
HM14 - Mark Moore
HM15 - Dr Tim Greene

Old Cliftonians
See List of Old Cliftonians

First entries in the Register
Pupils
Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed P

 P1. Sept 1862 - Francis Charles Anderson (b 14 Nov 1846 - d 1881)

Masters
Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed M

 M1. Sept 1862 - Rev. Dr. Thomas Henry Stokoe. (Educated at Uppingham; Exhibition at Lincoln College Oxford. Left - 1863. d 1903)

Headmasters
Allocated consecutive numbers, prefixed HM

 HM1 - John Percival - Lord Bishop of Hereford

The early years
Numbers of pupils in the school

1862  - 69
1863  - 195 (including the new junior school)
1864  - 237
1865  - 258
1866  - 278

Heads of School

1862  - HW Wellesley
1863  - AW Paul

References

Sources
The Clifton College Register - various editions.

External links
Old Cliftonian Website
Clifton College Website

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