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Schools, 1911

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"Howlers" by Schoolboys

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

As this is the season at which "the whining schoolboy" is likely to be put through his facings at the annual examination table, a few prime efforts…

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Robbing and Firing a School

The Worker · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 23

The public school at the corner of Bourke and Plunkett streets, Woolloomooloo, was entered by boys on Friday last. Much wanton damage was done to the…

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Thoughts for Teachers—and Others

The Worker · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 27

Inadequate attention is given to the [?]ltivation of the quotation habit in many schools. At the ends of the lessons in the various Readers are many beautiful…

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School of Love. Sixteen Days of Marriage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 7

Mrs Marshall E. A they, who was formerly Mrs Leah D. Shane, of Kansas City, Mo., a post-graduate of Cupid's correspondence school, is ready to…

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Captain Marryat as a Schoolboy. A Curious Mixture

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 3

One of the school chums of Babbage, the inventor of a calculating machine, was Frederick Marryat, afterwards Captain Marryat, of sea-story fame. He was, as…

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