Paarl Gimnasium

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Paarl Gimnasium
Location
Paarl  South Africa
Coordinates	33°43′13″S 18°57′31″E / 33.7203°S 18.9586°E / -33.7203; 18.9586Coordinates: 33°43′13″S 18°57′31″E / 33.7203°S 18.9586°E / -33.7203; 18.9586
Information
Type	Highschool
Motto	"Sol Justitae Illustra Nos" "Sun of Justice, shine upon us"
Established	1858
Principal	Eddie Bateman
Gender	1858-1963 boys Since 1964 coeducational
Color(s)	Maroon, gold, and green
Website	http://www.paarlgim.co.za

Paarl Gimnasium is a high school in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.

Rev. van Lingen founded the school in the centre of town in 1858. The school has produced some of South Africa's top rugby players, including Schalk Burger, Jean De Villiers, Marius Joubert, Handré Pollard and De Wet Barry.^{[citation needed]} Other alumni include the theologian Stephanus Jacobus du Toit.^[1]

The view of the School Hall during assembly

The primary school section of Gimnasium was founded in 1858 as a Dutch Christian school for boys, with the high school being founded much later. In the mid-1930s the school's language of education shifted to Afrikaans. After the high school section was completed the school enrolled its first female student.

Paarl Gimnasium High School has a large sporting program and takes part in the interschools tournament against Paarl Boys' High School, an event which attracts tens of thousands of spectators every year.

Contents

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  1 Notable alumni
  
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    1.1 Springbok Rugby
    
  
  


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  2 References
  


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  3 External links
  

Notable alumni

Springbok Rugby

Name	Test debut	Springbok number
Japie le Roux	10/10/1906	94
Boy de Villiers	17/11/1906	95
Pietie le Roux	24/11/1906	103
Steve Joubert	24/11/1906	110
Gerald Thompson	23/11/1912	142
Attie van Heerden	13/08/1921	152
Pierre de Villiers	30/06/1928	195
xander van der Westhuizen	21/07/1928	203
Manus de Jongh	18/08/1928	205
PK Morkel	01/09/1928	211
Jan Pickard	19/09/1953	301
Hugo van Zyl	26/07/1958	340
Wynand Mans	10/04/1965	398
Schalk Burger (snr)	02/06/1984	535
Kobus Burger	26/08/1989	552
Kobus Wiese	26/06/1993	585
Balie Swart	31/07/1993	595
Chris Rossouw	13/04/1995	624
Mornay Visser	13/04/1995	625
Pieter Rossouw	28/06/1997	652
De Wet Barry	10/06/2000	690
Louis Koen	08/07/2000	693
Marius Joubert	21/07/2001	711
Jean de Villiers	09/11/2002	735
Schalk Burger (jnr)	24/10/2003	754
Handré Pollard	28/06/2014	857

References

1. 
   ^ Giliomee, Hermann (2003). "The" Afrikaners: Biography of a People. London: C Hurst & Co. p. 215. ISBN 1-85065-714-9. 
   

External links

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  South Africa portal
  


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  Schools portal
  

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  Official website (in Afrikaans)
  

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Western Cape Education Department
Private schools	Bridge House School
Public schools	Bridgetown Secondary School Kayamandi Secondary School Labori High School La Rochelle Girls' High School Paarl Gimnasium Paarl Boys' High School Paul Roos Gymnasium Rhenish Girls' High School Stellenbosch High School

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