Paul Roos Gymnasium
| Paul Roos Gymnasium Paul Roos Gimnasium | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 33°56′31″S 18°51′41″E / 33.9419°S 18.8614°ECoordinates: 33°56′31″S 18°51′41″E / 33.9419°S 18.8614°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public |
| Motto | Semper Splendidior (Always Brighter / Always More Splendid) |
| Established | 1866 |
| Chairman | Antonie Jacobs |
| Rector | Jannie van der Westhuizen |
| Vice-Rector | Frans van Niekerk, Werner van Rensburg, Jantjie Müller, Gwen Olivier, Kobus Badenhorst |
| Staff | 120 |
| Number of students | 1200 |
| Colour(s) | Maroon, Gold and Navy |
| Nickname | The Roos, The Maroon Machine (neither in common use) |
| Rival | Grey College |
| Website | www.paulroos.co.za |
Paul Roos Gymnasium is a government school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, founded in 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium.
The school was renamed three times, Stellenbosch Boys High, Victoria College (after the Queen) and in 1940 Paul Roos Gymnasium. Paul Roos, a former captain of the Springbok rugby union team, was himself a former pupil and teacher at the school, and was the school's rector from 1910 to 1940, after which the school was renamed in his honour.
Associations and facilities
Boys from grade 8 to 12 attend Paul Roos; some subjects are offered in conjunction with its two sister schools, Bloemhof Hoër Meisieskool and Rhenish. The school is dual medium;[1] Afrikaans- and English-speaking pupils study under one roof, but classes are largely separated according to mother tongue. The school shares sport and internet facilities with Stellenbosch University.
The school is well endowed with facilities including a library and computer labs. Sports facilities include hockey fields, the Markötter rugby fields, a swimming pool, an Olympic Waterpolo Aquatic Centre, tennis courts, and a gymnasium.
Prima and Prima Nova, the two boarding houses, accommodate over two hundred boarders, mainly from Southern Africa.
Notable attainments
Paul Roos was classified as a 'prestige' school, being among the best-performing schools.[2] In the first 39 years in which the Chancellor's Medal has been awarded at Stellenbosch University, nine (23%) of the recipients have been Paul Roosers.[citation needed]
Paul Roos has produced more Springbok rugby union rugby players than any other school.[3]
Notable alumni
- J.B.M. Hertzog, prime minister of the Union of South Africa
- D.F. Malan, South African prime minister
- Jan Smuts,[4] South African prime minister and Field Marshal in the British Army, as well as one of the founders of the, League of Nations and United Nations
- Andries Bekker, Springbok rugby player
- Schalk Brits, Springbok rugby player
- T.O. Honiball artist and cartoonist
- Francois Hougaard, Springbok rugby player
- Uys Krige, writer, poet, playwright and rugby union footballer
- Tjol Lategan, Springbok rugby player
- Willem Mulder, Free thinker,painter and poet
- Paul Roos, Springbok rugby union captain
- Johann Rupert, executive chairman, Richemont
- Josh Strauss, Captain of the Currie Cup champions 2011, the Lions
- Peter van der Merwe, Springbok cricketer
- Arnold van Wyk, composer, musicologist
- Cobus Visagie, accountant and former Springbok rugby player
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship was instituted in 1903, and Paul Roos is one of four schools in South Africa entitled to award a Rhodes Scholarship annually to an ex-pupil to study at the University of Oxford.[5]
References
- ↑ Malherbe, Ernst Gideon (1946). The bilingual school: A Study of Bilingualism in South Africa. London: Longmans. p. 122. ISBN 0-405-11086-3.
- ↑ Marking Matric: Colloquium Proceedings, Vijay Reddy, 2006. HSRC Press. [ISBN 0-7969-2116-4]
- ↑ "Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame: Schools Overall". Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ↑ van Onselen, Charles (2003). "The Modernization of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek: F. E. T. Krause, J. C. Smuts, and the Struggle for the Johannesburg Public Prosecutor's Office, 1898-1899." (PDF). Law and History Review (American Society for Legal History) 21 (3): . 483–525. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ↑ Rhodes, Cecil John. "Will and Condicils of the Rt Hon. Cecil John Rhodes." (PDF). Rhodes Trust, University Press Oxford. p. 10. Retrieved 2009-09-06.