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Schools, 1909

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South Australia. Adelaide Sabbath School

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 13

The distribution of prizes in connection with the Adelaide Sabbath School, took place in the Schoolroom adjoining the Synagogue, on Sunday, 20th December. Mr. S. Saunders, J,P…

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Queenswood Grammar School

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 15

I would be a splendid idea to go round to all the schools that advertise with us, and have a look at them. so as to be able to say exactly what…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, January 10th, 1909. The descent of the Holy Spirit.—Acts 2:1-21

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

Golden Text.—I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even. the Spirit of truth.—John -14:16-17…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Our Boys and Girls. "A Happy New Year."

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

Girls and Boys.—How time flies! Can you realise, boys and girls, that another year has slipped away for ever from our grasp? Tt does make one feel old to know that, the days are passing away from…

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Correspondence a Methodist Theological Institution versus A University Affiliated College. The Teachers' Training College Not to be Affiliated

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 8

It cannot too frequently or too strongly be emphasised that when the present movement began, the object before us solely was the erection and endowment of an Institution for the training of our…

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England's Oldest Public School

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 15

Sherborne, which has just secured a new headmaster from Marlboroagh, boasts, with some reason, of being the most ancient English public school having a continuous,…

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Our Rhodes Scholars How They Are Selected. the Benefits Op the Experiment

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 6

The sixth Rhodes scholar to represent New South Wales at Oxford University in accordance with the Imperial desire of the into Cecil Rhodes, has been chosen, and…

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Heroic Schoolgirl

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 7

A girl aged 12, a boarder in a convent at Montelcone, repeatedly returned to a tottering building and rescued three nuns and four schoolmates…

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Wanted, Teachers of a Higher Status

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 5

In England recently, Dr. Henry D. Chapin drew attention to the need of teachers of a higher status. He says the entire public school system is wrong in…

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Schoolgirl's Lover. Tech Armstrong Divorce—the Confession. London, November 26

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 12

Strange. revelations by a husband who is alleged to have told bis wife that he had compromised himself with another woman and had consequence been…

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Teachers and Students' in Camp

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5

GOULBURN, Monday:—At Jallong, near here, one of the beauty spots south of Sydney, there has been encamped for the last few days a party of teachers and University students, from…

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Schools and Collegee. Metropolitan Sub-district. Works of the Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 4

The following official return shows the principal works in connection with schools and colleges completed dyring the year in the metropolitan sub-district:—…

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A School for Shopgirls

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 2

A school for the practical training of girls as saleswomen has been started in New York. The course Will be embodied in the curriculum of the evening high schools for…

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Public Schools and Colleges. Principal Works for the Year

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 9

The following are the principal works completed during the past year in connection with public schools and colleges in the State. They represent a total expenditure of about £34,000…

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Teachers' Summer Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The summer school for art work was opened at Fort-street, yesterday, and will be continued until January 20. The class will be held out of doors under the trees in the…

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Teachers' Classification Promotions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The monthly list to be gazetted for January, is rather longer than usual. This may be accounted for by the fact that by regulation classification awards take effect from January…

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Education. Closing of Small Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The attendance at small schools in the scattered districts is often reduced to none in wet weather. The teacher, however, must be in attendance, and after satisfying…

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School Improvements and Equipment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The list of improvements to schools and colleges, published in yesterday's "Herald," gives some idea of the amount of money spent in larger sums in school buildings in this…

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Free, High, and Continuation Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The resolution of the Teachers' Conference that admission to the high and continuation schools (when established) should be free brought about a close division when the vote…

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Our Schools

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

At Work and at Play We have arranged to publish each Tuesday special notes under the above heading. It will assist us and add to the. interest of the column if teachers and responsible scholars will forward notes of anything worth potion. Communications should be addressed to the Editor, and marked "Round the Schools."…

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