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Schools, 1909

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Bible in State Schools. Dean Phelan Replies to Dr. Chapman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Very Rev. Dean Pholan, Vicar-General of the Roman Catholic Church in Victoria, to-day made references to what he described as "the unprovoked and…

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Technical Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 3

An inspection of the technical classes in Newcastle and Maitland was recently made by Mr. G. Hoopor, assistant superintendent. The temporary additions for accommodating…

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Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 3

There was a full attendance of members at the council meeting on 28th May. The chief subjects for consideration were the circumstances of pupil teachers now in the service…

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Exchange of Teachers. London, May 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 7

The Board of Education of Great Britain has arranged with the French and Prussian Ministries of Education for an exchange of assistant secondary school…

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Our Schools. At Work and at Play

The Star · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 4

[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 toward notes of…

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School Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 8

MANDURAMA, Monday. -- The Gallyment Public School was completely destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock this morning. The origin is unknown. Mr. Miller, the head teacher, lost…

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The Effect of School Gardens

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 6

Speaking on the progress of education of the last five years, the Acting-Under-Secretary for Public Instruction commented upon the excellent effect created by school libraries and…

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The Bible in State Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 5

Sir, -- I sincerely reverence the Bible, out feel that there is much weight in the conclusion of Dean Phelan "that the proposed scheme of Bible lessons without note or comment is now admitted by men once prominent in…

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The Hetvolk Congress. Dutch Church and School Control. Bi-lingual Qualifications for Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- The Congress of the Hetvolk continued its sitting at Pretoria. General Louis Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, unci Mr. J. C. Smuts, Colonial…

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The Schools. the Dying Pupil Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 12

The pupil teacher has been dying for the last two or three years, but it is a lingering death, and he will not absolutely "pass in his checks," as they ray in America, until the end of next year. At the close of 1008, the…

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Public Schools' Rugby Competition

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Paddington Council a communication was received from the hon secretary of the Public Schools Rugby Competition, applying, on behalf of the schools…

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School Discipline

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 6

Alter ascertaining the views of a thousand Sydney school children on the subject of school rewards and punishments, Mr. £. J. Forbes concludes that it would appear fiat from the…

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Burning of a School. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 9

The police are investigating the burning of the Gallymont Public School but no trace can be found of anything suspicious. The building was weatherboard and situated 100 yards…

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Great Public Schools' Competition. Sydney Grammar School v St. Ignatius[?] College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 12

the above much was played at St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, on Saturday, and it resulted in a win for Sydney Grammar School after a close struggle by 8 points to 7. The play was fairly even all through,…

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School Garden. Attractive Plot at Otford

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 14

The Otford Public School garden shows what can be accomplished in the Illawarra district. It consits of a few experimental plots, one-half set apart for vegetables and…

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A Few Reflections. Sensitiveness—the Plain Women—anticipating Trouble—the "Finished" School-girl

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 41

How many there are of us who make little mistakes which afterwards grow into quite big ones. Some mistakes can be rectified without any trouble, others are a little more difficult to arrange satisfactorily, while, again, others increase…

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Empire Schools' Display. Minister Refuses a Request

The Star · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 10

The Minister for Public Instruction yesterday refused a request from the Children's Hospital committee to repeat the Empire Day schools' display in aid of that…

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South Australia's Premier. Praise by Mr. M'Gowen. "The True School of Democracy."

The Star · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 7

Mr. M'Gowen, leader of the N.S.W. Parliamentary Labor party, referred to the death of Mr. Price, the Labor Premier of South Australia, yesterday…

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In Praise of School Athletics

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 12

A report in the last issue of the "Victorian Education Gazette" gives the P.S.A.A.A, the power that Bobbie Bums prayed for. And despite the fact that a Victorian, is popularly supposed to believe that no good can come…

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Southern Section of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 12

Mr. W. J. Rainbow, of the Sydney Museum, lectured to the southern section of metropolitan teachers last (Week on "The Struggle for Existence in Nature." The attendance was only moderate, and, taken with the…

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