383:. The school Arms and Crest were designed by Mrs Evan Sealy, wife of a former rector of St John in conjunction with Mr Emtage in the first decade of the 20th century. The school crest of the leading seahorse comes from the Barbados Arms. The coat of arms has a white field, indicative of purity and uprightness; a black and fess, hinting that the qualities signified by the field would be strenuously defended; and finally three Maltese crosses, the device of St John the Apostle and the Knights Templar of the same name. The fess and white field were adopted from the arms of Codrington College, the lions of the latter being replaced by Maltese crosses
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number of boarders on the first floor, but also to provide for more classrooms. Construction of a new science/laboratory block accommodating additional classrooms on a second floor also took place. The number of applications to join the school increased, especially from neighbouring islands, and when
Gooding retired in 1941 the school roll had passed 150, which included about 70 boarders.
254:, The College, The Mansion School, the Codrington Grammar School, The Codrington Foundation School, Codrington Collegiate School, Codrington Endowed School, Codrington Lodge Grammar School and The Lodge Collegiate School. By 1882 the school's name had finally settled on The Lodge School, after the Chaplain's Lodge where some of the early classes were undertaken.
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new wings were constructed to provide a library, improved science lecture rooms and a reading room. Also at the turn of the century, Mr Emtage instituted the annual speech at which athletic meetings were held. Prior to 1900 these were only held occasionally. In 1903 the Cadet Corps at The Lodge started and was the first such unit in the West Indies.
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This shortcoming was rectified in late 1903 when the then
Headmaster of The Lodge, Mr. O. Emptage considered that the psychological moment had arrived and he approached the science master, an officer at the time with the Barbados Volunteer Force, with the suggestion to develop, either a regular Cadet
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On the retirement of Tracey in 1892, and with frequent changes of headmasters, the school floundered somewhat. In 1899, when O. DeC. Emtage was appointed
Headmaster, the school began to flourish again under his leadership and by 1902 it had outgrown its accommodation. Building works were started and
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For much of the 1960s, the school population was quite static but pressure by government was beginning to be placed on the school to increase its numbers and the
Governing Body acceded to the wishes of the Minister of Education to expand into a three form entry such that the 1967 school roll of 438
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In May 1944, the
Sanatorium and Library was destroyed by fire. The Library was temporarily rehoused in locked cupboards in a classroom until 1953 when a small room became available where the books were stored. The new library rebuilt from subscriptions and re-opened in 1955. Further building works
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and the training of elementary school teachers was undertaken. In 1850 the first
Education Act was passed which also raised the grant to secondary schools to ÂŁ3,000 per annum. By June of that year under the headship of Rev. W. Webb the numbers at the school had grown to 39 boys and two years later
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A BD$ 25m project has begun involving the construction of two blocks, a hall, pavilion, new bathrooms, additional exits and other refurbishments to the school's facilities. The
Memorial Hall will be kept but many buildings will undergo improvements. As of Jan 2015 significant work has taken place
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In 1971 the government instituted free secondary education which immediately impacted on the boarding establishment of the school, such that by 1979 this 234-year aspect of the Lodge School became uneconomic to maintain. In the mid-1970s girls from other schools entered the sixth form. Earlier, in
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The government leased the lands containing the school from the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the school reopened in 1881 as a grant maintained First Grade School administered by a governing body with Mr Tracey as Headmaster. An Education Commission established by Bishop Mitchinson
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In the first term of 1904 the attempt proved so successful that it was decided that a Cadet
Company, with proper military establishment be formed. Thanks to the efforts of the Governor, Sir Fedrick Hudgson, V.D, a gift of 25 drill purpose carbines was presented. These were later supplemented with
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In the latter part of the 1800s and early 1900s, Englishmen coming to the island were struck by the close similarities of the
Barbadian grammar schools to the English public schools. However, they noticed that there was a lack of equivalent school discipline, i.e. there was no system of prefects,
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With the appointment of Rev. H. B. Gooding to succeed Mr Emtage, The Lodge School had finally produced its own headmaster. The new headmaster re-introduced Greek into the curriculum and encouraged the study of Classics. In 1935 the Memorial Hall was completed, partly to accommodate the increased
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Among the upgrades for the school is a new electronics laboratory and four new information technology laboratories. There is a new pavilion to the south of the old one and the final new construction will be an auditorium. Approximately 95,000 sq ft of land on the south eastern boundary of the
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The hurricane of 1780 ruined many buildings on the island, including those of the school. Earlier in 1775, the school was closed as a result of financial difficulties with the Codrington estates and it was not until 1789 that it was able to open again, continuing in a precarious manner with a
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During that time, a system existed where the better cadets occupied the front rank while others occupied the other ranks. When sufficiently good at drill, a boy was eligible for promotion to the front rank. This allowed a system of development and promotion even before being promoted to non
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who had two estates on the island. The Codrington experiment was to baptise and instruct in Christian education which was greeted with much suspicion by other Barbadian slave owners in the 18th century. Codrington managers were ordered to give his people time off for themselves (usually a
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this had increased to 63 pupils, 48 of whom were boarders. In 1878 the governing body of the Lodge School was properly constituted and in the following year, the Government took over the running of the school, meeting all the expenses of the institution and paying a small stipend to the
324:. The Grammar School was transferred to the Chaplain's Lodge on the upper estate (from which the school later took its name) in 1829 under the charge of the Rev. John Packer and finally settled where it is now located on Codrington's Society Estate in the
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The Memorial Hall was built from funds raised almost exclusively by Old Boys in honour of former pupils who died in the First World War. It was opened in 1935 and bronze plaques bearing the names of those who died in both World Wars were added in 1965.
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1953, several girls from a sister school, Codrington High School, came to The Lodge to undertake Science (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) A Level instruction, but it was not until 1974 that The Lodge enrolled its first girls into the school.
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had passed 550 by 1970. Two new laboratories were added in 1967 eventually leading to two labs for each of the three science disciplines. The following year a new classroom block to accommodate a further three classrooms was opened.
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on 9 September 1745, some recognise this date officially as its inception. Other pupils were fee paying and most were boarders. The Lodge School is therefore one of the oldest secondary educational establishments on Barbados.
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were undertaken and the boarding establishment was enlarged to accommodate 30 more termly boarders by 1945. By June 1946, the school roll had increased to 213. In September 1950 the school roll passed 300 for the first time.
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In 1959 the Government, through the Education Act, instituted the Common Entrance Examinations to The Lodge and similar secondary education schools on the island. Around this time the school roll exceeded 400.
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The appointment of Rev. M. Nicholson in 1797 marked an improvement academically. Under his leadership Foundation Scholarships were offered in 1819 to students to enable them to go up to further education.
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In 1979 the hundred-year lease the Government was given on the premises by the SPC expired and it took the opportunity to acquire full possession of the premises The Lodge School in October 1983.
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with a number of new buildings having been constructed and several buildings refurbished. The original deadline for completion of the Three Phase works was June 2013, but this has slipped.
305:, contributed immensely to the development of education in Barbados. The promotion of education was high on his agenda and the number of schools increased from eight to 83 during his
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When Mr Emtage resigned in 1931, the school could hardly be recognised as the one he took over in 1899. The school roll had increased to over 100, with nearly 60 being boarders.
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The Rolls of Honour commemorating the school's war dead are on two bronze plaques on either side of the entrance to the Memorial Hall, the portal of which has the word
694:(school closed for four years due to financial difficulties with the SPG and its decision to hand the assets of the school over to the government on a 99-lease basis)
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engraved. The Lodge School Old Boys' Association raised funds over several years to have these memorials to their fallen comrades installed and consecrated in 1965.
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Saturday), Sunday being reserved for Christian instruction through which they were to have the benefits of education and the consolations of Christian religion.
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There is some dispute as to the exact date of the school's foundation. Building work is recorded as having commenced in 1714, but was not finished until 1743.
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330:"no longer as a mere Grammar school for boys, but as a strictly collegiate institution for the education of young men, especially with a view to Holy Orders"
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secured an affiliation of Codrington College to Durham University. Improvements were made to the school, but its grammar school ethos remained unchanged.
276:"teach them gratis, the Sons of such Persons as shall be judged not to be in Sufficient Circumstances to bring them up in learning the learned languages"
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Coleridge reorganised Codrington Foundation School so that it became in 1827 a training establishment for clergy as had been intended by its founder,
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of 1838 however records that the Codrington Foundation School was founded in 1721. When the school opened its doors to twelve foundationers to
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That first Company consisted of 43 Cadets, one Company Sergeant Major, four Corporals, four Lance Corporals, four Front Rank cadets.
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The bequest, Codrington Foundation School, was established with the purpose of educating boys who could be subsequently trained in
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by Roman poet Virgil is the school's motto chosen by Mr Emtage, is also the school motto for Christ College, Brecon, Wales
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succession of Headmasters, such that by the middle of the last decade of the 18th century it was not flourishing.
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as well as for The Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles California. The English translation of the motto is
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made its first state grant of ÂŁ750 for education. The Rev. Richard Rawle was appointed as Principal of
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Much of the historical information above is courtesy of P. D. Frost's kind copy of F. A. Hoyos,
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250:, established in 1745. The school has closed and reopened four times, and has been known as
309:. The number of children receiving education in these schools increased from 500 to 7000.
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compound has been purchased from Guinea Estates Limited to accommodate the new building.
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642:(school closed for 14 years due to financial difficulties with the Codrington estates)
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Personal recollection, Dr J. Edward Hutson (attended The Lodge School 1949â55).
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Patterson Cheltenham QC, appointed by the Minister of Education
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C. E. A. Smith 1972â84 (first Black Barbadian to be appointed)
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The Lodge School had its beginnings in a bequest made by Sir
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Two Hundred Years: A History of the Lodge School, 1745â1945
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Influence on the development of the Cadet Corps in Barbados
284:"the study and practice of divinity, physic and chirurgery"
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Rev J. Butcher 1763â75 (first Barbadian to be appointed)
328:. Measures were taken for the opening of the college
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246:is a co-educational government secondary school in
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213:Codrington, Emptage, Gooding, Laborde, Wedderburn
286:there and at other seminaries in the region. In
18:Government secondary school in St John, Barbados
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922:Educational institutions established in 1745
671:(school closed Midsummer 1848â11 June 1849)
806:for 1848, Joseph Bayley, Bridgetown, p. 83.
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817:Constitutional Crisis of 1876 in Barbados
350:Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
334:Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
221:Here we stand where our fathers standing.
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298:on pages 111â123. The first Bishop of
381:"They Can Because They Think They Can"
927:1740s establishments in the Caribbean
461:Rolls of Honour of the two World Wars
455:History of The Lodge School 1745â1900
336:report on Codrington College, 1847).
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375:founded by royal charter in 1541 by
126:They can because they think they can
431:Company or at least a Drill Squad.
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819:, Bridgetown: Herald Press, 1896.
237:Old Lodge Boys, Area 45, DGG, SPB
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170:Chairman of Board of Management
681:Rev W. Allder 1864â65 (Acting)
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442:commissioned officer status.
370:"Possunt Quia Posse Videntur"
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917:Schools with a royal charter
804:The Barbados General Almanac
776:Codrington School (Barbados)
752:R.Douglas 2019-2020 (Acting)
147:; 279 years ago
786:List of schools in Barbados
258:Early history, 1745 to 1880
122:Possunt Quia Posse Videntur
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690:Rev W. H. Prideaux 1872â78
658:Rev H. Parkinson 1823-1829
453:, as well as B. B. Ward's
294:gives an early account of
737:C. de M. Nicholls 1986â91
719:Rev H. B. Gooding 1932â41
356:Middle years 1880 to 1930
302:, William Hart Coleridge
292:Robert Hermann Schomburgk
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815:Charles Pitcher Clarke,
716:O. DeC. Emtage 1899â1931
652:Rev M. Nicholson 1797â21
632:Rev J. Rotherham 1754â58
629:Rev T. Rotherham 1745â53
272:The Barbados Pocket Book
132:Religious affiliation(s)
889:The Lodge School Record
853:The Lodge School Record
841:The Lodge School Record
829:The Lodge School Record
731:P. McD Crichlow 1965â72
728:A. R. V. Newsam 1954â64
687:Rev C. Clarke 1866-1871
646:Rev H. Husbands 1789â92
678:Rev W. T. Webb 1850â64
322:Christopher Codrington
264:Christopher Codrington
189:497 boys and 476 girls
164:Christopher Codrington
684:Rev J. Jaques 1865â66
661:Rev J. Packer 1829â34
649:Rev W. Thomas 1792â96
635:Rev T. Falcon 1759â63
339:In 1846 the Barbados
89:13.16694°N 59.48806°W
912:Saint John, Barbados
843:, Vol. XXXVII, p. 8.
725:W. A. Farmer 1949â54
701:Rev R. Jones 1891â92
675:Rev E. Smith 1849â50
667:Rev E. Parry 1844â48
664:Rev T. Watts 1834â43
655:Rev S. Hinds 1821â23
248:Saint John, Barbados
113:Government secondary
907:Schools in Barbados
740:D. Browne 1992â2003
722:T. L. Evans 1942â49
713:A. Hernaman 1897â99
556:R. E. L. Hollinsed
449:, published by the
288:History of Barbados
94:13.16694; -59.48806
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891:, Vol. LIV, p. 77.
781:Codrington College
743:T. Pilgrim 2003â12
704:W. Burslem 1892â94
483:A. F. M. Berkeley
345:Codrington College
296:Codrington College
252:Codrington College
855:, Vol. LVI, p. 9.
749:W. Dowrich 2016 -
746:V. Dash 2012â2016
698:C. Tracey 1882â91
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610:J. W. S. Skinner
567:T. D. L. Johnson
564:W. L. Hutchinson
451:Barbados Advocate
326:parish of St John
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551:J. A. Greenidge
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486:P. L. I. Archer
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368:The Latin quote
244:The Lodge School
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624:Headmasters
580:J. Manning
537:R. Hancock
513:A. Edghill
341:Legislature
290:its author
218:School song
142:Established
105:Information
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67:Coordinates
901:Categories
792:References
478:1939 â 45
475:1914 â 18
307:episcopate
178:Headmaster
80:59°29â˛17âłW
202:Enrolment
181:R Douglas
77:13°10â˛1âłN
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467:Remember
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136:Anglican
59:Barbados
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708:E. Buck
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160:Founder
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48:Society
38:Address
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210:Houses
186:Gender
118:Motto
874:ISBN
152:1745
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110:Type
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539:DSO
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488:DFC
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