William Archer Way, Rector from 1911–1928, felt that one of the weaknesses of the old School on the Donkin Reserve, was the absence of a Boarding House. Under his energetic leadership, the Grey buildings at the present site in Mill Park were built. The work on the new school started in 1913 but the buildings were only ready for occupation in 1915. These new school buildings included a Boarding House. The first group of boarders was 11 boys who followed Mr Way from Graaff Reinet where he had been Headmaster. The new Boarding House boasted a Rectory, four dormitories, studies and day rooms for 60 boys and an English, country-style dining room that could cater for 120 boys. By 1919, Grey had 124 boarders, far too many for the now too small building to hold. The two balconies off Crusader and Halse dormitories were enclosed to accommodate the increasing numbers and it was only in 1974, under Rector Edkins, that some major alterations were made and additional dormitories were added. The balconies have become balconies again. It was then the first time that dormitories were arranged by standard and the present junior dorms, Black Watch East and Black Watch West, then accommodated the seniors. The seniors were later moved to Crusader and Jerusalem dorm where they still are today.
The Boarding House was divided into two separate houses, namely Way House and Meredith House, and they competed as such against each other and other day-boy houses during inter-house competitions. Way and Meredith Houses even had their own separate Senior Housemasters and the building is still divided into a Way House side and a Meredith House side. As the numbers of pupils in the school increased without much of an increase in the Boarding House numbers, it was felt that the Way and Meredith Houses could not compete against the larger numbers in the day houses and it was decided that the Boarding House would compete as one House against the other day Houses. Thus, in 1980, Meriway House was born. Each House still has its separate identity, spirit and control through its Housemasters and Prefects, but the overall spirit and co-operation makes Meriway House a formidable opponent. Today, boys are still divided into Way and Meredith, but only for the sake of tradition. Boys still sit in the Dining Hall on the Way House side, or Meredith House side. Way House boys traditionally wear red during inter-house competitions and Meredith boys wear black.
Over the last few years, the number of applications to the Boarding House continued to increase as more space had to be created to accommodate the increase in numbers. The Boarding House now has a capacity of 145 boarders.
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