Marnix Gymnasium

Marnix, het Rotterdamse Gymnasium
Marnix Gymnasium at Essenburgsingel 58, Rotterdam
Marnix Gymnasium in Rotterdam-West
Address
Map
Essenburgsingel 58

Rotterdam

Netherlands
Coordinates51°55′21″N 4°27′15″E / 51.92257°N 4.454205°E / 51.92257; 4.454205
Information
TypeGymnasium
MottoMarnix, het Rotterdamse Gymnasium
Established1903
Principalmw. drs. S.J. de Leeuw
Teaching staffc. 50
Enrollmentc. 630
Websitehttp://www.marnixgymnasium.nl/

The Marnix, het Rotterdamse Gymnasium is a school located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The school is named after Philips of Marnix, lord of Saint-Aldegonde. It teaches secondary education in the Netherlands and prepares students for a tertiary education at Dutch universities.

History

The school was founded in 1903. Its naming after the Calvinist Philips of Marnix was done out of deliberate jealousy of the name of the Gymnasium Erasmianum, which is named after the far more famous humanist Desiderius Erasmus.[1]

After the Second World War the then deputy head of the school, Jan Karsemeijer, had to go into hiding from the authorities. He had published an article on the teaching of literature that was openly applauding Nazi thought.[2]

School has moved twice in its history. First in 1927, and a third time some three decades ago. It is currently located nearDiergaarde Blijdorp. In 2003 the school celebrated its last centennial. These celebrations included a speech by Maria van der Hoeven, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science.[3][4]

Curriculum

The Marnix Gymnasium teaches the gymnasium variant of special needs education. This means that it normally takes six years to complete the curriculum, and that Ancient Greek, Latin and a general course on antiquity (KCV) are compulsory subjects in addition to the normal college preparatory courses. In 2006 the school became the first in Rotterdam to offer Russian as an optional subject.[5]

Notable people

Alumni

References

  1. ^ Frijhoff, Willem (2001), "Marnix over de opvoeding" in: Een Intellectuele Activist: Studies over Leven en Werk van Philips van Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (in Dutch), Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, pp. 59–76, ISBN 90-6550-669-1
  2. ^ van Kalmthout, Ton (2006), "Literature as a Means of Defence: Humanism and Nationalism in the Teaching of Literature in the Netherlands, c. 1900-1940" in: New Trends in Modern Dutch Literature, Leuven: Peters Publishers, p. 49, ISBN 90-429-1756-3
  3. ^ "Minister: handen af van het bijzonder onderwijs", Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch), 2003, retrieved 2009-06-24
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Speech by Maria van der Hoeven, on the official site of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
  5. ^ "Pionieren met Russisch", Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch), 2006, retrieved 2009-06-22