Public School, Penrith
ON Monday evening last, the annual presentation of prizes in connection with the Public School, Penrith, took place. Mr. T. R. Smith, M.L.A., presented the prizes…
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The Bigots and the Mittagong Public School. Full Particulars of the Case
A DEPUTATIONS from Mittagong, consisting of Messrs. Wright, Snowden, and Ruane, were intro-duced by Mr. Garrett, M.L.A., to the Minister for Education on Tuesday, to bring certain facts…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Boycotting at Mittagong— an Orange View of How to Admin-ister the Public Schools Act. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—The former teacher being promoted, Mr. Jacob Knopp, a Catholic teacher, was sent by the Minister to take charge of the Mittagong Public School, on 9th instant.I know that the…
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A young gentleman, who said that he was the head teacher of a school situated within the district of the Thames police court, applied on May 6, to the magistrate for a summons against a woman for assaulting…
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By the time a man is a good schoolmaster he is not fit for much else. He has become so accustomed to laying down the law to children that he finds it exceedingly difficult to stand the sturdy contradictions of men who live and fight…
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A deputation from Mittagong, consisting of Messrs. Wright, Snowden, and Ruane, were introduced by Mr. Garrett, M.L.A., to the Minister for Education on Tuesday, to bring certain facts under his notice with reference to the…
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We recently called attention to the discontent of many of the Protestant parents of children attending the Public School at Mittagong, because of the strange…
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A few days ago a deputation waited upon the Minister of Public Instruction to ask him to remove Mr.Knapp from his position as head master of the Mittagong publio sohool, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Stanmore School
The work of erecting the new public school at Stanmore is proceeding satisfactorily, under the contractor, Mr. Mayes. The school will supply a want long felt. But residents of Stanmore are justly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School of Arts Debating Club
The usual weekly meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club took place upon Monday evening, Mr. P. J. Gandon, president, presided, when the adjourned debate winch had occupied the attention…
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The experiment of establishing high schools in connection with the Department of Public Instruction in the principal centres of population in the colony is about to be tried, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Physiology in Schools. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Everyone will agree that "if the young could be trained to understand a little more about the structure of their bodies it would be a good thing for society." The elements of physiology ought to be taught in the schools, if…
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A deputition, introduced by Mr. John Sutherland, M.L.A., and consisting of the Mayor of Waterloo and Aldermen Evans, Brethall, and Anderson, waited upon the Minister of Public Instruction (Hon. G. H. Reid)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Correspondence. Mr. Reid and the Mittagong School. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)
SIR,--From reports circulated by the children of the Mittagong School, the parents have had just cause for asking for the removal of the teacher. If the teacher told the children that for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[?]Mittagong Public School. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir--Being one of many that took a stand against the recent appointment of a Roman Catholic teacher to the Mittagong Public school, I cannot allow the opportunity to pass without making some effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Granvile School of Arts Ball
Last evening a ball was held in Messrs. Hudson Brothors' new factory ut Clydo, in aid of the building fund of the Granville School of Arts and Working Men's College. The present School of Arts building is a temporary…
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The history of Schools of Arts and Mechanics' Institutes began here in 1885. At that date what is known as the Sydney Mechanics' Institute began its honourable career; it has lived therefore to celebrate its first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening the New Public School
In the afternoon a procession was formed to conduct the Ministers to the new public school, which was about to be formally opened by the Minister for Education. The procession was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Teaching of Physiology [?] Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Because I believe "that any human being, howe[?] humble or liable to error, may render an essential service to society by making through their lifetime a steady, uncompromising, dispassionate declaration of his or her convictions…
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