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Sir,—May I crave a little of your space to direct the attention of the Minister of Education to a serious retrograde stop that has been taken quite recently in connection with the classes for junior teachers hold at the Training…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The difference between Australian and English children is nowhere more strongly to be seen than in the general conduct of pupils at schools. The Australian child, as a rule, is quick and intelligent, but in a large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Orange, This Day. —The half- yearly report of the Orange School of Arts shows the institution to be in a flourishing condition, and an advance made by some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOWRA, This Day.—The committee of the Nowra School of Arts have appointed a Sub- committee to interview landowners concerning an allotment suitable for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Times has just fallen foul of the Education Board for the Wellington district and the schoolmasters of the board schools. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—lief erring to a letter in your to-day's issue over the signature of "W. O. Hargreaves," bearing upon the above subject, I think it is to be regretted that in this age of progress anyoue can be found advocating the study by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Rev. W. H. Fitchett, B.A., the Prinoipal of the Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, Melbourne, waa Bet apart by his church in 1881 to organise the college of which he is now the head. Mr, Fitchett is…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sir,—I desire to enter a protest against what I submit is a mischiovous economy in connection with our Public schools. The withdrawal of fires from the schoolrooms I have proved to be detrimental to the health of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Writing under the above heading in your to-day's issue, Mr. F. E. S. Hewison says that he hopes "to see both Latin and Greek completely eliminated from all State and private schools." Had he simply said from all Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BOWRAL, Tuesday.—At a public meeting held in the School of Arts, the Mayor presiding, a deputation was appointed to urge on the Minister for Education the absolute necessity of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOWRAL. Tuesday.--A public meeting was held here last night, the Mayor in the chair, to consider a report from Dr. B. J. Newmarch, Government medical officer for the district, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Mr. H. Tennent Donaldson thinks the majority of your readers would agree with me had I simply advocated the exclusion of Latin from our primary schools I am by no means uncertain that they do not agree with me as it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES has just fallen foul of the Education Board for the Wellington district and the schoolmasters of the board schools. Some time ago it published startling statements alleging…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Rev. Dr. Ambrose J. Wilson was born sn Birmingham on January 13, 1853, and brought up chiefly in the suburbs of London. He was educated in the Merchant Taylors' School, then not yet moved from…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sir,—Those of your readers who have remarked the letters in your columns under the above heading, and who desire to see the pupil teachers attached to our Public schools relieved from the study of Latin, must have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We hear that tho private inquiry into the proceedings of the Works Committee of the London School Board is leading to startling discoveries. Mr. James Stiff has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Catholic Synod has adopted the decree of the Sydney Plenary Council, refusing to administer the Sacrament to Roman Catholic parents who send their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upon the president taking, the chair at the ordinary weekly meeting of the School of Arts Debating Society, on Monday evening, a member rose, drawing attention to one of the roles, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—It is a great pleasure to any mind to be able to read, and properly understand, in the original, such noble works as the "Æneid," "In Verrem," and "Horace's Odes," and it cannot but be a cause of rejoicing to any mind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the absence of the Minister, Mr. Johnston, Under-Secretary of Public Instruction, received a deputation introduced' by Mr. Garrett, M.L.A, praying for the erection of school buildings at…
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