ID7211
ReferenceD/3114/
Description

D/3114/1 Printed prospectus of 'The Lodge' school, Fortwilliam Park, Somerton Road, Belfast, 1915. This includes photographs of Miss Elizabeth Rentoul, principal, accommodation and facilities at the school. Also including a list of 38 referees for the school with names and addresses. Methods of Education emphasises non-academic atmosphere of the school: 'since the establishment of the school no pupil sent into any public examination as it is the belief of the Principal that severe competitive examinations, public or private, are detrimental to free education and entirely valueless to all girls except those intending to become teachers.'

D/3114/2 Group photograph of the boarding pupils of the school and Miss Rentoul taken on front porch of 'The Lodge' school, 1918.

D/3114/3 Photograph of Miss Rentoul in her residence in Boscombe, England where she retired, c.1919.

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1915-1919
Century20th
Keywords
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