History
Prince Edward was established in 1898 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) as Salisbury Grammar. It is the oldest boys school in Harare and the second oldest in Zimbabwe after its main sporting rival, St Georges' College. It is listed as the 38th oldest school in Africa. Unlike St Georges, which moved from Bulawayo in its early years, PE is still located on its original site. Originally co-ed, Prince Edward is now, in keeping with most of Zimbabwe's bigger and older institutions, a single gender institution.
The School's badge is a crown and three feathers, granted to it by Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII of the UK) in the 1920s. The school's colours are maroon and dark green. For its centenary, Prince Edward School adopted a new coat of arms which does not replace the school's badge. The motto of the school "Tot Facienda Parum Factum" ("so much to do, so little done") is attributed as Cecil John Rhodes' last words.
Read more about this topic: Prince Edward School
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.”
—Imre Lakatos (1922–1974)
“Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
“Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)