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Schools, 1937

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Gurwood Street School Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 6

Eight hundred children attended the annual ball of the Gurwood-street School last night, and 150 were in fancy dress. A spirit of revelry…

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Henty School of Arts Year's Activities Reviewed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 8

At the annual meeting of the Henty School of Arts Mr. R. P. Hunt presided over a good attendance. In the presidential report Mr. Hunt…

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Schools' Championship High School Win Again

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 12

Wagga High School defeated the Christian Brothers' High School by 12 to 8 at the cricket ground yesterday, the High School having won all…

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Wagga School of Arts MR. E. F. Lusher Re-elected President

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 2

The [?] committee on the wa[?] season[?] ejection on offers and [?]…

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School Sport Basket Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 4

Yesterday Gundagai Convent School basket ball team came to Cootamundra and played the local Convent school team. Cootamundra won by 26 to 21…

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Air-mindedness School Children to Study Aviation Mr. Drummond's Scheme Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 4

A drive to inculcate air-mindedness in primary and super-primary school children throughout the State is to be undertaken by the…

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Gurwood-street School's Annual Ball 800 Children Take Part Pretty Fancy Costumes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 3

Eight hundred children engaged in a joyful frolic at the Wonderland Theatre on Friday night last, the occasion being the annual ball of the…

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Weathershed at High School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 4

Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A. for Wagga, has received the following letter from the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond):—"In response to your personal…

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High School Ex-students

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 2

The annual reunion dinner of the ex-students of the Wagga High School will take place to-morrow night at the Australian Hotel at 7 o'clock…

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P.s.a.a.a. Combined High School Sports Cootamundra Wins Senior Section

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 4

On Friday, at Temoro, in beautiful weather, the South-Western Slopes District Branch of N.S.W. P.S.A.A.A. conducted its first annual athletic…

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Schoolboys' Visit Cancelled

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 4

The Wagga town clerk (Mr. C. R. Macdonald) has received a letter from Mr. Frank Shann headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Kew, (Melbourne)…

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Aviation in Schools

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 4

The older generation will view with mixed feelings the decision of the Education Department to begin a drive to inculcate air-mindedness in primary and super-primary schools throughout the State. Nothing of the kind was ever heard of in their day, even in regard to steam engines or…

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High School Win Again Defeat Ex-students

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 6

Wagga High School continued their winning sequence when they defeated Ex-students by 19 points to 13 at the Cricket Ground yesterday…

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"Tragedy of Existing Education" Schools Catering for 3 Per Cent of Children Who go on to Universities SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 3

Addressing the New Education Fellowship Conference to-day. Dr. Malherbe, director of the .National Education and Social Research…

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Wagga High School Ex-students

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 4

The Wagga High School Ex-Students' Association held its annual reunion dinner at the Australian Hotel last, night. It was a brilliant success from…

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Variety Revue Pleasing Performances by Miss Mansfield's Pupils

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 7

Entertainment of a high standard, was provided at the Wonderland Theatre on Tuesday night when the pupils of Miss Mavis Mansfield's school of…

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Gosford School May Go on Strike SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 1

Pupils attending the Gosford Primary School are up in arms at the condition of affairs there, and at a meeting of the local Parents and…

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Wagga High School Ex-students' Association Annual Reunion Dinner a Happy Function

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 7

A spirit of Jollity and good fellowship pervaded the atmosphere at the annual reunion dinner of the Wagga High School Ex-students' Association…

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Triangular Park School Children's Wanton Damage

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 2

YESTERDAY about 15 children had to be hunted out of the Triangular Park near the Leeton School, where they were doing…

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School Notes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 5

THIS week's assembly observed Dedication Day (August 8), in commemoration of the dedication of the Cenotaph in Martin…

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