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Schools, 1891

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

K. E. Grammar School v. DCMARESQ C.C.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 4

The Grammar School boys has most enjoyable trip to Dumaresq on Saturday last, and defeated (be local club easily by six wickets and one run. run. weather…

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Some Ill-Schooled Geniuses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 6

Newton and Scott were both di[?]iry scholars, though on occasion they would make a spurt and prove what they could do. Galds with earned for himself among his…

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Our Local Public School

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 2

WE are pleased to learn that this school has now been raised to the rank of a Superior Public School from the 1st March instant. As it may not generally be known what this alteration in rank means,…

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Should Schoolmasters Marry Schoolmistresses? To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 4

GENTLEMEN — By a paragraph in the QUEENSLANDER I noticed that the above question was discussed in some other paper. What the major portion of the…

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Shannon Vale Public School

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 2

EASTER Monday is in all English-speaking communities a day given to holiday-making, aud the people of "The Centre" are never loathe to take advantage of any opportunity for casting aside the…

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Trials of Art Teachers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 7

THE patience of artists who teach mast often be tried well-nigh beyond endurance by the foolishness of some of the pupils who come to them, says the Boston…

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School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2

THERE was a full attendance of members at the half-yearly meeting of the above institution, which was held in the reading room on Thursday evening. The President (Mr. Healey) was in the chair, and…

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The " Guardian'' on the School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 2

SIR-- Judging from a paragraph which adorns your local contemporary's last issue, the editorial " mind" seems much agitated by the naughty proposal of the Committee of the School of Arts to…

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School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

IN conformity with the notice published, a special general meeting of the School of Arts took place in the reatin[?] room of the institution on Thursday evening, at which there were in…

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Sketcher. An Umbrella School

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

It is said that a school is about to be founded for the purpose of teaching young men how to carry an umbrella properly over the head of a fair companion…

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Poetry. a School Idyl

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 7

THE following satire on the cramming system of modern schools originally appeared in New York Puck, and is becoming a standing dish in the educational…

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Arbor Day at Tilbuster Public School. Tilbuster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 4

ARBOR Day was celebrated here on the 21st August, which was the general Arbor Day throughout the colony, and great preparations had been made in order that…

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School History of Australia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 3

SO long a time has elapsed since the prize competition for the history of Australia to be used in public schools took place, and the first and other awards were given, that many people have quite…

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The New Public School Buildings

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 2

IT is of equal credit to teachers and pupils alike that the Glen Innes Public School should be promoted to the class of " Superior schools." The accommodation that it is proposed the projected…

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A Serious Charge Against a Schoolmaster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 2

At the Tenterfield police court the other day, Edwin Hickey, schoolmaster at Sunnyside, was charged with indecently assaulting (with intent), one of his pupils,…

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A State School Master in Trouble

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 3

AT the Tenterfield Sessions, last week, Edwin Hickey was charged with that being a teacher he did unlawfully know one of his pupils, Elsie Elizabeth Talbet…

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The Convent School Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 2

THE annual concert of the pupils at St. Joseph's Convent School took place in the Music Hall on Wednesday evening, and proved, if possible, even a greater success than its predecessors, thanks to…

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Anglican Sunday School

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

AN exceedingly well rendered service of song was delivered in the Music Hall last Wednesday evening, which had been lent for the occasion free of charge by Mr. P. M'Cormack, with the genial zeal…

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The School of Arts Library

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

SIR,--It is proverbially no use crying over spilt milk, and likewise it now is too late to lament over the expenditure of a considerable sum of money in the purchase of a number of costly books for the…

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Superior Public School Breaking Up Day and Prize Distribution

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1891 · page 2

FRIDAY last was the jolliest day of the whole term from the pupils' point of view, for it was the festival commemorative of the cessation of studies for the merry Yule-tide holidays. The ceremony took…

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