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Schools, 1901

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

A meeting of the above club was held on Thursday last. Mr. Robert Cowan was in the chair. The election of officers for the year resulted as follows:—President, Mr. P. J. Gandon;…

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Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 8

Tenders in connection with public schools have been accepted by the Government as follow;—Arding, improviments. J. P. Henry, Uralla, £12 Os 6d; Audley, new building, K. Kirkham, 304 Cleveland-street, Sydney, £128;…

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Petersham Baptist Church. Laying a Sunday -School Memorial Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

An evidence of the progress of the petersham Baptist Church was furnished on Saturday afternoon by the laying of the memorial stone of a commodious Sunday school building, which will be a notable addition to the…

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A Home for School Children

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

Mrs. E Blaxland, of 26 Blue's Point-road, North Sydney, is in a position to offer an excellent home to children attending school in Sydney. Mrs…

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School of Arts Club

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 3

This old-established club is now in a flourishing condition, and we are pleased to see that there is likely to be some competition at the annual' election of officers,…

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St. Leonards School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 5

The forty-second annual report of the St. Leonards School of Arts, North Sydney, sots forth that the improvement in the affairs of the Institution continues, and that 1900 was a…

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The Parramatta School of Arts Committee. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 4

Sir,-If, the executive of the Parramatta School of: Arts were a committee of Scotch men, they could hardly be a more cautious lot, under the national attribute of that worthy…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of tho Parramatta School of Arts was held last Friday, Mr. It. H. De Low (President) in the chair. The matter of the proposed billiard room was…

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Technical College and Branch Schools. Examination Pass List for 1900. Passes in City and Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 11

The following are the results of the recent examinations at the Sydney Technical College and branch schools in the suburban and country districts. The returns for botany, theorotical chemistry (second…

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Sydney School of Arts

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 7

The report of the committee of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts for the year 1900 states that notwithstanding the lose and inconvenience caused by the plague during several months of the…

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The Public Schools

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

After the six weeks' holidays, the public schools will be opened on Monday next. In view of the Queen's death we have had several inquiries as to whether the schools will reopen on that date…

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School of Arts

The Australian Star · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 2

As the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts has completed its 68th year of existence it may be congratulated on having safely survived the perils of its infancy and youth,…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 7

The regular weekly meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held last evening. Mr. P. J. Gandon (president) being in the chair, and the attendance of members was larger than on any…

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School Resumptions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 24

St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill (Marist Brothers) and Rosebank College (Good Samaritan) resume studies on Monday next; Holy Cross College, Hyde, on Tuesday next; St Aloysius' College…

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Queensland. Education in the Back Blocks. a Travelling Teacher. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 10

An attempt is to be made to carry education to those children in country districts who are unable to take advantage of the facilities at present offered by the department. It has always been a difficulty to…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, February 3, 1901. Parable of the Ten Virgins. Matt. xxv. 1-13

The Methodist · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 10

GOLDEN TEXT (Matt. xxv. 13).—"Watch, therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."…

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Schoolboys' Essays

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 31

Here are some amusing extracts from some recent essays by schoolboys:— "A Limited Monarchy is a government by monarchy, who in case of bankruptcy would not be…

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The Marsfield School Agitation. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 10

Sir,—Vide your comments on the Marsfield school question in your issue of Saturday last: " Speaking to an ARGUS representative the other day, Mr. Terry, M.P., said he was doing…

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School Cramming. Are Home Lessons Beneficial or Otherwise?

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1901 · page 10

Dear "Vivienne,"-A few final remarks in answer to "Paulus." His supposition that I am a teacher is wholly incorrect. Since leaving school, however, I have taken great…

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Shot at a Sunday School Picnic

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1901 · page 10

A sad fatality occurred at the Presbyterian Sunday school picnic at Ararat (Vic.), when a lad 13 years of age, named John C. Morris, a son of Mr. James Morris, was shot…

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