Plunkett-street School
The public exhibition and distribution of prizes at the public school, Plunkett-street near Woolloomoolloo Bay, look place yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of…
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Christmas School Gatherings. Girls' High School
The Hon. W. J. Trickett, Minister for Public Instruction, distributed the prizes at the Girls' High School at noon yesterday. He was accompanied by the Under-Secretary. The…
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A GENTLEMAN who spent several years reaching gives the following account of a teacher’s interview with a boy about fourteen, in a rural district…
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THE double celebration made Speech Day at St. Ignatius' College this year a more than usually important and interesting event. It was a happy idea of the Jesuit Fathers to have the ceremony…
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Last Thursday evening a large number of the parents and friends of the children attending this school, conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph, assembled at the class-room at 3 o'clock. Dean…
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The visitors who were privileged to attend at the annual distribution of prizes and exhibition of needlework, in the Blackfriars' public school, could have had little difficulty in attaching a practical meaning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Holy Father and the Australian Catholic Schools. London, Dec. 15
HIS Holiness the Pope has addressed a letter to his Eminence Cardinal Manning, upon the education question. The Holy Father refers to the efforts of the Catholics of the colonies in…
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The very pleasing ceremony of distributing the prizes to the juveniles attending the above school took place on Friday, the 11th, and yesterday afternoon. The following is a list…
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The Rev. R. H. Belcher, M.A., one of the masters of King's College School, has been appointed to the rectorship of the Dunedin High School, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. J. Coates, Sydney High School
Mr. Coates, the headmaster of the Sydney High School, writes that he is not in favor of the total abolition of the examination fees, but is of opinion that they should be materially…
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I have always been afraid that the amount of public attention that has been concentrated on the public examinations may divert attention from the more direct work of the University…
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The annual presentation of prizes to the Public School Cadet Corps took place on Thursday in the Protestant Hall. Tho prizes were presented by Mrs. Trickett, wife of the Minister…
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The annual distribution of prizes to the pupil attending the Darlington Public School was made yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large attendance of friends and visitors…
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The ceremony of breaking up the Ryde Public school for the vacation took place on Thursday. Mr. E. Terry, J .P., presided and distributed the prizes to over 100 infants, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Christmas School Gatherings. Modern High School
The annual distribution of prizes and entertainment at the Modern High School was held at the school hall, Liverpool-street, last evening. There was a large attendance. Mr…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The joint celebration of the breaking-up of the Buys' and Girls' Grammar School tool place to-day, in the hall of the boys' school, in the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cardinal Moran on Public Schools. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Cardinal Moran is right. Our State schools do not "select patrons and erect statues." But what right has he or anyone to say that they abjure religion? If this question…
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THE scholastic work of the year terminated on Friday. 11th instant, being a week earlier than usual, five of the teachers being required present themselves for examination during…
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Thinks he should have a day to himself…
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The foundation stone of a new school in connection with St. Aloysi[?]s's college, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, was laid by Cardinal Moran on Sunday afternoon. Among those who attended the…
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