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New England · Schools

Schools, 1887

34 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Church of England Proprietory School

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 4

A MEETING of persons desirous of securing the Endowed Proprietory School for Armidale, was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening at…

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Church of England Proprietary School at Morpeth. (Herald.) West Maitland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 4

A MEETING of persons interested in the establishment of a Church of England Proprietary School at Morpeth was held in the School of Arts West Maitland on…

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Presbyterian Sunday School Picnic

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 4

ABOUT nine o'clock on Friday morning a number of children amounting to over 150 could be seen congregated at the Presbyterian Church. A glance at the motley…

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School Children to Assist

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 4

The Minister for Education has suggested that a circular should be sent to every school inviting the children to subscribe to the fund which will be termed…

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Walcha & District. Saturday, April 9. Walcha School of Arts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1887 · page 2

The following is the half-yearly report or the Walcha School of Arts:—" Ladies and Gentlemen—Your committee, in submitting the bi-annual report…

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Varieties. Eighty Thousand Pounds Fob a School of "Natural" Theology

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 1

Shade of Paley! Lord Gifford has left £80,000 for endowing the study of Natural Theology." Free libraries languish; open spaces are swallowed up…

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Correspondence.. School Allowances. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 8

GENTLEMEN—I have just seen your issue of the 15th instant and the article signed "Progress," reflecting on your senior member, and my friend, the Hon. James…

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The Editors Column. Holy Trinity Sunday School

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1887 · page 4

SIR,--Some time ago a paragraph appeared in your columns to the effect that English Church affairs were in a disorganised state, and that considerable disaffection existed among the church…

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Fuel and Cleaning Allowances to Schools

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1887 · page 8

AS may be supposed, the resolution of the Minister for Education to discontinue the system of allowance for providing fuel and cleaning schoolrooms throughout the…

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A Training School for Dogs

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 3

An institution of this kind is to be found in Vienna, and a writer in the Queen thus describes a visit:--" The establishment was complete in every particular, and consisted of a large general…

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The Abolition of Fuel in Public Schools

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 3

DURING the debate on the above question in the Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Inglis spoke as follows:—…

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Fuel Allowance for Public Schools

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 4

ON Tuesday evening Mr. Matheson moved the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing the question whether the children attending the Public schools, suffered grievous bodily…

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Opening of a Public School

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1887 · page 3

A NEW public school was on Monday officially opened by the Minister for Education (Hon. J. Inglis, M.P.) at Smithstreet, Balmain. The building, which…

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Public School for the West End

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 4

THE meeting called for Wednesday night, at Mr. Jones's Star Hotel, for the purpose of initiating a movement having for its object the establishment of a Public…

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Public School for West End

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 8

THERE was a Committee meeting at the West End on Wednesday night of the gentlemen appointed to procure the establishment of a public school in that…

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Wendell Holmes and the School Girls

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 1

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes read the other day divers poems of his own to the feminine pupils of the Boston Conservatory of Music, and was the object of intense enthusiasm on…

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Visit to the Public School

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 4

At the Superior Public School all was in readiness to receive the illustrious visitors. A detachment of cadets were drawn up on each side of the gateway, and these youth…

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A Surprise for the Teachers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 7

AFTER all, popularity may have its drawbacks. It is embarrassing to be liked too much, because so few individuals can live up to the…

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Cleaning Public Schools

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 3

THE Minister of Public Instruction has received a communication from a "Parent" complaining of the action of the department in inviting parents to contribute 3d. a quarter towards the…

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Glen Innes School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 2

ON Thursday last an inaugural public meeting of subscribers and all interested was held in the new building, and was well attended. Mr. Christopher Legh, J.P., chairman of the building…

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