Editing Falcon College (section)

== Historical background ==

Originally [[Bushtick Mine]], and with 36 boys and a handful of staff, the college was founded on Wednesday 3 February 1954. It was opened by the [[Governor General]] of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], [[John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin|Lord Llewellin]], on Saturday 10 April 1954. Much has changed since then but the college has some remains of its founding days.

The original motto was ''Arduus ad Solem''. The newer Motto is: Sic Itur Ad Astra
The school motto comes from the words of [[Virgil]] (70-19BC) a classical Roman poet who wrote: “nova virtute, puer; sic itur ad astra” which translates: Look to your new-found courage, young man, for that is the way to the stars.

In the beginning, the boys were divided into three colour groups for sport, Whites, Blues, and Khakis. Later, the houses were named A, B, C, and D, and in April 1956, [[Robert Clarkson Tredgold|Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold]], chairman of the Board of Governors, announced that the houses were to be renamed Hervey, Oates, Tredgold, and Founders. Founders was so named to commemorate the Founders of the School; Tredgold after Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, who was also Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia; Oates after [[Frank Oates]], explorer and naturalist who travelled extensively in southern central Africa in the 19th century; and Hervey after Hubert Hervey, adventurer, gentleman and soldier, who was killed in the [[Second Matabele War]] and buried in the [[Matopos]].<ref name=SRRSS>{{citation|editor=[[I.P. Maclaren]]|year=1981|title=[[Some Renowned Rhodesian Senior Schools 1892 - 1979]]|publisher=[[Books of Zimbabwe]]|location=[[Bulawayo]]|pages=120–123}}.</ref>