Last Night's Dance Broughton School Ex-students
Many schools were represented by past and present students at Broughton School Old Boys' Union Dance at Tyrrell Hall last night…
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Schools, 1939
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Gay Night at Waratah Boys' High School Dance
The large crowd of young people who gathered at the Assembly Hall at the Boys' High School on Saturday night had a very happy time. The dance was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Appalling" State of Schools Federation Secretary Critical Wants Royal Commission Sydney
A Royal Commission to inquire into "the appalling conditions existing in the majority of primary and super-primary schools" was urged by the General…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rhodes Scholars, Animate And Articulate
The "Australian Rhodes Review" is described by its editors as "the fourth attempt of the Rhodes Scholars resident in Australia to convince a somewhat sceptical community that they are animate, sentient, and at least reasonably articulate."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assets for Free Library "Could Advocate Use Elsewhere" Warning to Newcastle Meeting With School of Arts Sought
The President (Mr. F. J. O'Malley Jones) said at a meeting last night of the Newcastle branch of the Free Library Movement that if Newcastle did not want…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dance for School Funds St. Joseph's Club
The third of a series of monthly dances was held by St. Joseph's Young People's Club at the Supper Room at the City Hall last night. The funds will reduce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School of Arts
Sir,—I fully endorse Mr. Scorer's remarks regarding the handing over of any of the assets of the School of Arts. It seems a remarkable thing that the Press,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Teachers Say Homework Should Be Curtailed Sydney
THE TEACHERS' FEDERATION believed there should be a drastic and immediate curtailment of homework, said the General Secretary (Mr. W. Hendry),…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Primary School Sport Draw For
The P.S.A.A.A. has arranged the following cames to be played by Primary School teams on Friday— Rugby League…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cessnock School Buses
Following complaints made by the Bellbird A.L.P., the Traffic Inspector of Kearsley Shire Council (Mr. G. Walters) reported to the meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Timetable Makes School Problem Muswellbrook
Owing to trains from Merriwa and Denman not being run at suitable times, children from these places are unable to attend the craft classes at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Inquiry Into Cramming at State Schools Sydney
A two years' departmental inquiry into the effects of cramming, homework and the examination system, in a cross section of the schools, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Health Menaced in Schools Urgent Reforms In System Urged SYDNEY
Severe breakdowns in health, among both teachers and pupils, point to the need of quick reform of the State's competitive education system, the outstanding evils of which are cramming, homework and external examinations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Aid Instruction "Half Baked" Teachers Are Critical
At a meeting held last night, the Newcastle Secondary Teachers' Association criticised the recent addition of extra subjects,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£1 Worth of Fuel to Warm 400 W. Wallsend Scholars
"To provide warmth for ten classes aggregating 400 pupils on the meagre allowance of £1. made available by the department, is ridiculous," declared Mr. G. Pearce (President) at last night's meeting of the West Wallsend Parents' and Citizens'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Teachers Oppose Show Exhibits
The Singleton branch of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation unanimously carried a resolution refusing to sponsor any form of show exhibits this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Teachers' Salaries Federation Issues Log SYDNEY
The now log of claims issued by the Teachers' Federation is based on a mini mum salary of £312 for teachers and £260 for probationers. The top salary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Party Funds for Hamilton South Infants' School
The reception rooms at the home of Mrs. R. E. Turton, Kenrick-street, Hamilton, were bright with poppies for a bridge party, yesterday arranged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Boys' High School Purpose of Secondary Education
"To my mind," said a recent lecturer, "the real value of secondary education is the change effected in the pupil, not in the assimilation of the subject as such."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schoolmaster in Literature
The Headmaster of the Cessnock High School (Mr. J. Gibson) was the speaker at the weekly dinner of the Cessnock Rotary Club last night. His subject…
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