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Sir,--Much that has of late been written concerning our present Education Department betrays a wide feeling of discontent and of distrust of its utility as a builder up of national…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Under this heading "A .Parent," writing in the "Daily Telegraph," does more to expose the unqualified rottenness of our education system than that discursive journal has done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The annual "break-up" entertainment of St. Matthew's Primary School, Windsor, held in the school-hall on December 17th, drew a crowded house and was voted…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →It has been for many years customary (says the Queanbeyan "Age") for the pupils attending the Queanbeyan Convent schools to give a varied entertainment prior to breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Seldom indeed has it fallen to the lot of the people of Candelo, or indeed of any other town to be entertained in such a hearty manner as they were on Tuesday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →The annual concert and distribution of prizes in connection with the above school was held on Tuesday afternoon in the school-hall, which was prettily decorated for the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →There was a large gathering of parents and friends on the 11th ultimo at St. Josoph's Convent, Lochinvar, the mother-house of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Maitland diocese,…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The annual entertainment was given last Saturday afternoon by the pupils of the Sisters of Charity at Hurstville before a crowded assemblage which included Rev. Father Grace…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →The annual entertainment in connection with St. Charles' Primary School, Ashfield, was held in the school-hall on Thursday evening hist, the 17th instant. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →The annual "break-up" in connection with the Convent of Mercy High School, Redfern, took place on Friday last under very pleasant circumstances, a programme which displayed…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →The objection brought against our public schools is that they fail to teach religion and that religion is essential to character (observes the "New York Outlook"). The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The pupils of the private school, " Orcadia," Isabella street, Balmain, had a very pleasant time at their " breaking-up," when they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest example of infantile precocity eonies from Peckham (London), where there is a fiveyear-old boy who is too big to go to school. The little big fellow attained school age on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—In your articles on State education, you take it for granted that our teachers don't know science. I am only a junior teacher in one of our city schools, and I hold the following certificates from the Science…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lytton who have been associated in securing a number of engagements on the dramatic stage with leading managements during the past year from the Lytton Dramatic School. have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the June holidays were over, and the dormitories of the academy in this quiet English village of Besthorpe had their temporary silence disturbed by a crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOLDEN TEXT (Matt. iii. 2).—"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Time.—The ministry of John the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The circumstances of the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy named Ernest Alexander Thompson, who had resided with his parents at No. 124 Crystal-street, Petersham, were of such a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The summer school under the auspices of the Australian Christian Union was opened at Mount Barker to-day, when the Bishop of Adelaide, Dr. Harmer, gave the inaugural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speaking to an "Evening News" representative yesterday Mr. Perry, Minister for Education, said that there would, be a conference of school Inspectors next week to consider the report on the…
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