Rural Camp Schools-what Is Being Done
The rural camp schools have now been in operation for two and a half years, and their influence is being felt. Every city school has the opportunity of sending…
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Public Schools' Display
The Public Schools A.A.A. offered to the Government through the Hon. J.A. Hogue a display in aid of Dreadnought fund to be held on Empire Day. Certain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Monotonous Dances. Teachers Society Petitions the King
At the beginning of the whiter season here, the following petition to the ping is of interest to Australians, who are, generally speaking, very keen, about dancing. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High School Foe Peasants
In some features of Industry and education Denmark can teach useful lessons. Her methods of dairying and market gardening have won her wide attention, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wilbur Wright and His Pupils
When the latest files left England Wilbur Wright, the American a[?]ronaut, had succeeded in teaching two pupils how to handle flying machines of his particular tvpe. Each of the pupils has flown for several miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Empire Day and the Schools
Mr. E. C. Smithurst, hon. sec. British Empire League in Australia, writes:-I learn this morning, with very great regret, that it has been decided to hold on Empire Day a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rowing. Schools' Championship
The Great Public Schools' Association of New South Wales will hold the four-oared annual championship and the race for "second" crews on Wednesday afternoon. The racing will be held on the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Amusements. Pupils' Concert
The pupils of Miss Fanny Holden gave an on joyable pianoforte recital at St. James's-hall last night. The programme was a classical one, which put the youthful performers through a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Schools. 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
A valuable idea of the principal of the Training College for Teachers (Mr. Mackie) has been put into practice this year, in the teaching of English in the College. Quite…
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At the last meeting of Boxley Progress Association the need for a Public school midway between Carlton and West Kogarah was discussed, and it was decided to circulate a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teachers' Efficiency Marks
This question is engaging the attention of the country branches of the Public School Teachers' Association and is exciting no small interest. Reports of the meetings so far held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Board Laxity
A meeting of parents and representatives of school boards was held at Willoughby, and it was decided to send a communication to the Education Department protesting against the lax way in which school boards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Business and Shorthand Schools
As it has become practically a necessity that the boy or girl desirous of obtaining a position on the clerical staff of a mercantile firm or commercial house should he able to use a typewriter, and be fairly proficient in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Teachers and the Technical College
Almost every educationalist of note has recently emphasised the necessity for extending the teaching of science in the public schools, and so the teacher, who usually knows when it is raining, is taking every opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Schools. "H.m.s. Australia!"
On Monday night the council of the P.S.A.A.A. discussed the proposed combined display on Empire Day in aid of the Dreadnought Fund. Mr. Strong reported that the proposal had been laid before the Cabinet by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Church of England Grammar School
The "Torchbearer," the magazine of the S.C.E.G.S., just to hand, is as usual full of interesting matter relating to the school and to the old boys. A number of well-written sketches brighten the pages, one account of…
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The recent action by the parents' associations of Willoughby, Greenwich, and Longueville to secure a more satisfactory arrangement regarding the functions of school boards has not yet brought any useful result…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Teachers' Association
The council of the Teachers' Association will begin the usual winter lectures next Monday, when Professor Anderson, who recently returned from a 12 months' holiday--spent largely on the other fellow's 'bus--will give…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Technical Schools Exhibition
An exhibition of students' work from the various technical colleges and schools of the State was opened by the Minister for Education (Mr. J. A. Hogue), at the Technical College,…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →School Boards. Compared With Teachers' Associations, Acting Under-secretary's Opinion
Interviewed yesterday upon the general question of school boards and parents' associations, which has been called into prominence by the recent action of the Parents'…
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