SCHOOL HISTORY

According to some senior Citizens of the colored community the first school for coloreds pupils was established in 1911 housed in 1911 in a small building at no .35 Pioneer street. This was sponsored by the church of England under the guidance of the Reverend Parker . The First twenty pupils were under the control of Mr Joseph Myers ,a colored school -master from Bloemfontein , south Africa .
In 1925 The ministry of Education erected the first government school for coloreds in them in Salisbury street ;later and a school for Asian pupils in the buildings separated by the street about the hundred yards to the east was established . The colored school was known as the Salisbury colored school which was renamed Moffat in 19039.
In 1942 there was a growing exodus of colored residential to the new township , Acadia , the necessitated the transfer in 1950 of the Moffat primary school to its present site ,in Woodstock Avenue .

Moffat Upper Top

The school in Salisbury street became the Moffat upper To and catered for both Asian and colored pupils for post primary level . By that time the school across the road was removed to ridge view where a township for Asians was being established The first Headmaster of the Upper Top School was Mr S. stoddart . The first School Advisory Council meeting was held on 26th August 1954 at 5:30 pm . Those present were Mrs . j Rhodes , Mrs E . C peter , Messrs A Adam , P T Shah , N J Patel , J E Jones and G T Thorn-croft who was elected chairmen .
The first business on the Agenda dealt with the renaming of the school to avoid confusion with Moffat Primary school . ” It was ominously agreed that the restring secretary for Education , Mr L R Morgan be approached with the view to renaming the school . after Him. Noted the part played by Mr Morgan bringing bout the establishment of the school he would be doing both sections of the community a great honor
At the same meeting Mr Thorn-croft offered a trophy for inter house competition and Mr A Adam who was building a house on the Kopje offered an earth debris to fill up the holes in the play ground , it is being understood that the school would pay for the cost of cartridge.

Accommodation

Enrollment was growing rapidly at the Upper Top additional accommodation was found in rooms vacated by the Asian School which had moved to Ridge view.Those rooms were shared between Moffat and the pupils who formed the nucleus for the new Ardbennie Primary school which was scheduled to open later.

Morgan High School

In January 1968 Mr P Brett was appointed Headmaster of Morgan High School at his first meeting with the school council , the new headmaster obtained permission to introduce new games houses . He suggested “Shannon and Martin of the Famous Dambuster Squaredron and two names of Eminence , Rabindranath Tagore , The Indian Poet and Nobel Prize winner , and Dr Ralph , the American colored Leader and United Nations official .” Members of the school, Council offered trophies for various games : Mr Ali Adam -Cricket . Mr . G . Ismail-soccer . Mr G R Rounders .

New School

IN 1955 a deputation met The secretary for Education to discuss the provision of a new school as the existing school population had grown to such proportions it had became necessary to have a bigger school . Two sites were suggested , namely ” the colored secondary School site in Acadia, and the Asian Secondary School site Belverdere.”

School In Acadia

Building operations on stage began early in 1961 and were completed towards the end of 1962. | At the end of the second term 1962 half of th school in Salisbury street moved to the new building in Acadia . The rest of Salisbury street was placed under control of Mr . J Jenkins a teacher from the cape who took the supervision from Mr C A Gordon who was Transferred to Que Que as Headmaster . The staff of the two sections became peripatetic dividing their teaching time between the two schools . Pupils who did woodwork were transported to and fro much to the chagrin of Mr Wilson , The newly appointed woodwork master Blantyre. in the last term 1962 the residue of Salisbury street moved to New High School . By the time enrollment had reached 600 and the school council clamored for the erection of hostels which were included in the overall planning of the school . Growing paints and process . 1958-1972

School Moto

In November 1958 the Headmaster gave notice that he wished to make changes in wording of the school moto “Ideas ,Ideals ,success” to “ideas , Ideals Morgan “.

Deputy Headmaster

In January 1960 Mr R J . yon was appointed Deputy Headmaster . In August 1960 the Headmaster Mr Bret proceeded on long leave . The council wished him well a deserved rest and unanimously consented that the acting Headmaster may sign cheques during the Headmasters absence.

School Truck

In 1961 the Lotteries agreed to contribute 875 toward the purchase of a school truck . The school raised $250 . It was Bedford three-tonner which was used for catering soil , pupils and school furniture . In 1964 the Metal -work Department built a canopy and the woodwork department made movable seats . The truck-com school bus had given valuable service over years and to date is still in excellent condition . A school Combi was aquired in 1964 . It served for a number of year but was sold and a sturdier model to replace for the time being .

Break up of federation

At the end of 196 3 with the dismantling of the Federal Structure , there was an exodus of teachers from Morgan to Zambia and other territories and an influx from Zambia and Malawi . Mr Brett was appointed Head of Milt High in Bulawayo . Mr w Staude became Deputy head in1964 as wel l as acting Headmaster during first term . Mr J Jenkins was appointed acting Deputy to Mr Staude.

Head Master

At the beginning of the second term 1964 Mr W Bennett who was Deputy Head at Mount Pleasant was appointed Headmaster at Morgan . He was told the church council that the first tast was going to the federation of certain inadequacies inn the academic policy of the school . Alll candidates who were being prepared for certain courses would be entered for those examinations so that they may gain full certificates . He did not believe in selective entries which although they showed remarkable results , did not reflect the true position obtaining ion the school . He also stressed the need for raising the standard of sport which he believed was the school`s ” Shop Window ” to the public . He was determined to raise the level comparable with that of the best school in the county . . The council expresd its ful support of the headmasters new policy .Subsequent academic results were holders of the major leyland trophy for two successive years ; Kishore Gokal was selected and played in the Nullified against a visiting Australian ; Haroon Ismail was chosen to play in the Rhodesian Fawns

Staff change

June 1965 Mr W Staude was seconded to the ministry in the post of staffing Officer . Mr J . Jenkins was appointed Deputy Headmaster.

Hostels

Work Began in July 1968. Stage i comprised two 104 place , Matins quarters ,Superintendents residence and Housemaster`s residence , canteen and Kitchen complex and African quarters .
Lewis construction co. worked furiously o get everything ready by opening day January 1969 . The bots hostels was a half complete . Borders had to share Endeavor House (Girls Hostel) , for one term . Kichen facilities were not completed but the headmaster who had connections with the army borrowed two huge Gas cookers Which helped to feed the multitude for nearly two months . Staff an pupils who had not eaten Hostel Food before enjoyed the meals . The general comment was ” if such menus were possible under such difficulty circumstances what would not the food be like when all facilities were provided .”
when all facilities were provided , some moths later the complimentary remarks about the excellence cuisine gradually lesed as ” the food became progressively less appetizing .” On the day of the superintend moved into his new residence the Geyser broke and flooded the whole house . At the same time a storm broke . The rain came through the crevices in the kitchen door . The superintend with an umbrella or his head tried to mop up the flooding waters . In spite of all the teething troubles everybody was most helpful and patient . Son the hostels were finally completed . Grounds were laid out , lawns were flourishing , flowers and roses bloomed . By the end of 1969 , Visitors from S. Africa remarked that the hostels were well fitted and maintained in fact they did not look like hostels rather like 4 star hostel . In 1970 another 52 place boys Hostel and Headmasters quarters were completed