"Passes" for Teachers
In connection with the examination of teachers, and as an encouragement to examinees, the Minister of Public Instruction has decided that passes with "honors" shall be…
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Speech Days. St. Mary's Cathedral Girls' School
The distribution of prizes in connection with the St. Mary's Cathedral Girls' School took place on Thursday at the schoolroom, the prizes being handed to the successful scholars by…
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After repeated representations by the Local School Board and the Head Master, Mr. J. W. Baillie, as to the absolute necessity of having increased accommodation at the Parramatta South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Patrick’s Convent Schools, Parramatta. Annual Exhibition
THE annual exhibition of the pupils attending St. Patrickâs Convent Schools, Parramatta, took place in St. Patrickâs Schoolroom on Wednesday afternoon. The room presented a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Non-sectarian Schools. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I read your leader of yesterday on the breaking-up at the Grammar School with much pleasure. I should have thought, indeed, that such an elaborate vindication of the head master of the Grammar School, and the moral health…
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In connection with the examination of teachers, and as an encouragement to examinees, the Minister of Public instruction has decided that passes with "honors" shall be awarded, subject…
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The report en this year's examination in Scrip ture knowledge which has been submitted to the London School Board by their inspectors is an elaborate one. It appears that the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Retrenchment in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In those days of retrenchment it is strange that attention has not been drawn to the condition of our girls and infant schools. According to the lost report there were only 14 first-class mistresses in the service, yet Iam credibly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country Teachers and the Christmas Vacation. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--There is a deal of uncertainty in the minds of country teachers, and perhaps others, as to the deration of the Christmas vacation. We are certain of three weeks from the 19th…
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FORBES, This Day.--The funeral of Mr. J. Alfred Fletcher, who died rather suddenly on Wednesday night, took place to-day. It is stated that the deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of an Overworked School Inspector. (By Telegraph.)
FORBES, Thursday.--Mr. J. Alfred Fletcher, inspector of schools under the Public Instruction Department, died last night, after a very brief illness. At the post-mortem examination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patrician Brothers' School, West Maitland
The annual entertainment and distribution of prizes in the Patrician Brothers' school, West Maitland, before breaking up for the Christmas holidays was a genuine success. it seems the brothers were expecting a great…
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ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL GIRLS' SCHOOL.—The girls' primary school attached to St. Maty's Cathedral, and conducted by tin: Sisters of Charity, had their "breaking up" three days before…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Bush Schoolboy. a Attempts to Bribe a Newspaper
The following letter, written for publication in the columns of an esteemed contemporary, requires no introductory comments; but its perusal is recommended to all fathers in all parts of the…
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THE Bishop of Bathurst, speaking at the Christmas exhibition in connection with the Patrician Brothers, Bathurst (referred to in our correspondence columns), said—Only yesterday I drew…
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NOT the least pleasing feature—if one should not cay, absolutely the moot so—of this gracious season is its annual ocular demonstration of the splendid progress amongst us…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Religion in Schools
The Rev. Mr. Fletcher, for many years president of the Wesleyan College at Newington, has written to the Herald a very sensible letter on the subject of morality in schools. He speaks with the authority of…
Continued on Trove, page 1372 →How Disloyalty Is Taught at Convent Schools in Ireland
"E." writes to the Times:--"The special correspondent of the Radical Manchester Guardian in Ireland has sent to that paper the following account of the great convent…
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The Protestant Standard of Philadelphia, in its issue of October 27th, contains the following paragraph:-- " A missionary in Mexico writes that a Protestant school was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watch the Teachers
It is a fact that notwithstanding the public disapproval of the Public non Sectarian Schools, by the whole Papal hierarchy, the ranks of the teachers in…
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