Tot Nut van het Algemeen

Tot Nut van het Algemeen (trans. 'For the good of all'), commonly known as Tot Nut, was a Dutch-medium school in Cape Town from 1804 to 1870.

Description

The school catered for all nationalities and played an important role in educating the Dutch-speaking children of the Cape Colony. Its curriculum included modern and ancient languages, literature, mathematics drawing and vocal music. The school also maintained a preparatory section for infants. Staff were drawn from scholars, divines of different denominations and eminent professionals.^[1]

The precise location of the school has been a matter of some uncertainty. A recent study, however, has identified its original location as being in Strand Street, on the site of the present Cape Sun Hotel. In 1833 the school moved to a new building in Queen Victoria Street, a site which is today occupied by the annexe to the Cape High Court. Schröder's memento states quite categorically that it was in New Street. The school remained on this site until its closure in 1870.^[2]

Alumni

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan)
Sir John Gilbert Kotzé - Chief Justice of the High Court of the Transvaal 1881-1898, Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia in 1900, appointed judge of the Supreme Court of the Cape 1913, becoming Judge-President in 1920. Judge of Appeal from 1922, retiring in 1927.
William Howard Schröder (1851-1892), cartoonist, caricaturist and publisher of the humorous weekly, 'The Knobkerrie'^[3]

Notes

↑ "The Schröder art memento : a volume of pictorial satire depicting our politics and men for the last thirty years, in black and white". archive.org. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
↑ Howes, S - Case Study of the 'Tot Nut van het Algemeen' School, p6
↑ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa - NASOU (1973)

Bibliography

Case Study of the 'Tot Nut van het Algemeen' School - Sigi Howes, University of Stellenbosch

Coordinates: 33°55′29″S 18°25′6″E / 33.92472°S 18.41833°E / -33.92472; 18.41833

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Former schools	Ellerslie Girls' High School Tot Nut van het Algemeen

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