 There are five houses at STC, four of which are "day houses", for those who do not live in the Boarding House.It was in the time of Warden McPherson that an organized house system was introduced, so to encourage boys to take part in extracurricular activities.In 1926, the day boys were divided first into 5 houses, namely Wood, Buck, Stone, De Saram, and Miller-Copleston.