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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 158

Unemployed Address School Boys

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 12

The Rev. the Hon. Edward Lyttelton, headmaster of Eton College, permitted the unemployed who marched from Manchester to london, and then to Windsor. to address the boys…

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Madame Marchesi a Famous Teacher HER " WORKSHOP " in Paris

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 8

Wherever Madame Melba goes she speans of Madame Mathilde Marchesi, who prepared her for the operatic stage twenty years ago. The Australian prima donna studied for…

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Schoolgirls' Societies Nerve-Shattering Ordeals

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 6

American schoolgirls are very fond of secret organisations, usually called by some Greek letter. In the case of the Sigma-Gamma Society in New York, which is small…

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A Training School for Husbands

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 6

Why is there not a training school for prospective wives and husbands, with attendance for a certain term made compulsory? Persons are being trained for every…

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Suicide Mania Its Prevalence in Germany Self-destruction by School Children

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 16

The seeming epidemic of suicides which has been spreading over the German Empire has induced the Government of that country to make searching investigations and compile…

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The Rod in Schools. Views of Teachers

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The question of the use of the rod for unruly scholars has been put to the vote of teachers In New York. Of these, 270 voted for the rod, and 200 against…

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The King's School Commemoration Day

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

The 76th anniversary of the foundation of the King's school, Parramatta, was celebrated on Saturday by services in the chapel, cricket matches between old and present boys of the…

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Bogus Teachers. Grievances of Graduates. Trouble oW the Increase

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

Considerable interest Is being shown In the agitation which has arisen in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales for the banishment of the bogus teacher and tutor from the…

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King's School Commemoration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 4

The seventy-sixth anniversary of the foundation of the King's School, Parramatta, was celebrated on Saturday by religious services, cricket matches, and a social gathering at…

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Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child New York Teachers Favour Caning London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 1

The school teachers of New York are apparently very much divided in opinion as to the virtue of the rod as a means of correcting unruly pupils…

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Army of Teachers 5500 in New South Wales the Training System Criticised Defence of the Department

The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

A representative of the "Star" called at the Department of Public Instruction on Saturday to make inquiries with respect to certain statements which had been…

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Rockdale School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 10

His annual meeting of the subscribers to the Rockdale School of Arts was held in the rooms. Bay-street, Rockdale, on Friday evening. Aid. H. Broe, presided. The annual report showed that there were 40 financial…

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Eastern Suburb Schools. Inspected by the Minister for Education

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. J. A. Hogue), accompanied by Mr. David Storey, M.L.A. Randwick, Colonel Onslow, M.L.A, Waverley, the Mayor of Waverley (Mr. R. G. Watkins), and the retiring Mayor of…

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Commemoration Day. at the King's School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 5

Saturday was the 76th anniversary of the foundation of The King's School. Parramatta, and the event was celebrated by the holding of services in the chapel early in the morning and evening, by cricket matches between…

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The Rod for Unruly Scholars. Favored by New York Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--As the result of a vote of teachers, it is expected that the use of the rod for unruly scholars will be restored in the New York primary…

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The Value of Swimming. More Baths Wanted. Meeting of Lady Teachers' Association

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Lady Teachers' Swimming Association was held in the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, last evening. Mr. J. Dawson, Chief Inspector of…

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Efficacy of the Rod. a Teachers Ballot. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 7

At a ballot taken among New York teachers 270 voted for and 200 against the use of the rod upon unruly scholars. As a result of the ballot it is expected…

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The Rod in School

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 4

Apparently moral suasion is a failure so far as the youngsters of NewYork…

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School Baths

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 6

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Lady Teachers' Swimming Association, last night, Mr. Dawson, Chief Inspector of Schools, said that although school swimming was well and…

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School Notes

Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 9

The vacation seems to have dealt more kindly with The King's School and the Sydney Grammar School than with the other three, each of which has lost several…

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