Individual Belgian Schools: Seminary Overijse


Figure 1.--Here we see the young novitiate at Overijse (1919-20). Notice how young the boys are who have decided to become priests. Overijse is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, We do not know the name of the seminary, but it would have been Catholic. Notice the two African boys, presumably from the Congo. We are not sure why they are dressed differently than the Belgian boys. They are a little olde. There was no uniform at the school except for their caps. The school clearly set very clear dress quidelines. The boys all wear suits, detacable collars, knee pants, and long sockings, except for the African boys. The portrait was taken in 1919 or 20, just after World war I and the departure of the Germans. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the group. 

Here we see the young novitiate at Overijse (1919-20). Notice how young the boys are who have decided to become priests. Overijse is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, We do not know the name of the seminary, but it would have been Catholic. Notice the two African boys, presumably from the Congo. We are not sure why they are dressed differently than the Belgian boys. They are a little olde. There was no uniform at the school except for their caps. The school clearly set very clear dress quidelines. The boys all wear suits, detacable collars, knee pants, and long sockings, except for the African boys. This wouls have been see as fairly standard before the War, but would have bee rathr formal after the war. The portrait was taken in 1919 or 20, just after World War I and the departure of the Germans.







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