A Schoolmaster's Epitaph. Written During Illness
When the vital spark has fled, Let me 'neath a tree be laid; Flowers may spring up o'er my bed, My little pupils' hands have made…
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11 stories in Illawarra's papers
Grammar Schools and Their Substitutes
THE advanced state of the preparations for the commencement of the Sydney Grammar School, reminds us of the complaints which are continually uttered respecting the educational wants of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marshall Mount National School
Last week, pursuant to an advertisement, a public meeting was held in there-ilence of Henry Osborne, Esq., M.P., in order to adopt measures for the establishment of a National School in that vicinity. The meeting was numerously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Debate on the School Question. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR—It was my lot to attend, on Tuesday evening last, the debate on the School Question, in the Mercury Reading Room. I went in the hope of hearing the subject calmly und deliberately discussed,—with that decorum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rev. Mr. Wilkinson on the National Schools. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
MR. EDITOR— As the Rev. Mr. Ewing stated in the debate on the National System that the Rev. S. Wilkinson "abominated the National System," I think it but due to the system and Mr. Wilkinson, to state that, to say the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nowra Presbyterian School. Opening Service and Tea Meeting
On Sunday last, the 25th instant, the new Presbyterian School House, in Nowra, was opened as a place of worship by the Rev. John Hill Garven, A.M., pursuant to public notice. The congregation was large and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Word About Schools. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR.—Every well-disposed man wishes to give his children us good an education as he can afford, or as good as he can secure for them. But in this district, as in most others, many of these well-disposed men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Public School Grants
THE recent petitions addressed to the Legislative Assembly, for the division of the usual grant for education, between the National and Denominational systems, according to the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About Schools. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—The Government of N. S. W. has for many years shown a disposition to promote education, and has been willing to support schools wherever they were required. Whether it is properly a duty of the Government is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Free Church Sabbath School, Jamberoo. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
MR. EDITOR—One of the most hopeful features of the times is Sabbath Schools. A flock of children, about forty in number, met and mocked Elisha, the Prophet; and two she bears slew them for their rudeness and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Examination of the Church of England School, Wollongong
The Examination of this School was held on the 22nd instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. The school-room was decorated with evergreens, flowers, &c. All the members of the Local Board, except D. W. Armstrong,…
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