Marnix Gymnasium

Geschiedenis

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 only the most informidable manner of secondary education in the Netherlands and prepares students for a tertiary education at Dutch universities and a life of mediocrity.HistoryThe 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.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.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.