The Methodist School Hymnal
Having given more time to this new book since my letter of a fortnight ago—though not as much as the work deserves—I am in a better position to recommend this very fine collection of…
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The New Sunday School Hymn Book. to the Editor
Dear Sir,—It is a pity that Mr. Trevarthen did not look into the new Sunday School Hymn Book more thoroughly before he made his complaint as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Temperance Teaching in Public Schools. to the Editor
Sir, -- "Teacher's" knowledge of temperance teaching in public school is evidently not very extensive. Some of the ladies and gentlemen who waited upon the Minister of Public Instruction on the subject, the other…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Robbery at a School of Arts
On Thursday afternoon, about 3.45, a daring entry was made into the School of Arts, Baulkham Hills, by two men; a third standing guard outside. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A High School Wanted
Mr. C. E. Rawlinson, at last meeting of the Parrammatta Progress Association, moved in the matter of approaching the Government with a view to urging the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Strike. Trouble Over the Fife Band. Melbourne, Saturday afternoon
This morning a teacher at the Queenstown State School stated his intention of making a change in the personnel of the school drum and life band. The proposal did not meet with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thirty Schoolboys Engulfed
Forty-five schoolboys were out walking on the San Remo promenade, at Rome, when the promenade, weakened by rain, collapsed. Thirty of the boys were engulfed, and as a result five lost their lives, and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →School for Brides. Housekeeping Lessons
In response to the growing clamor against the modern girl who marries without first acquiring even an elementary acquaintance with housekeeping, a course of instruction for brides…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Schoolboy Duel
Two schoolboys, aged seventeen, fought a regulation duel in a forest on the outskirts of Detmold, Germany, at daylight, the cause of the combat being their rivalry over a girl aged…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Are Schools of Arts Educative? "Public Import" Presses for Proper Public Control. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—I am glad you published the shuffling, and yet sadly seductive, defence of North Sydney School of Arts, as displayed in Mrs. M. Johnstone's letter. It shows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country News. School of Arts. West Maitland
At the half-yearly meeting of the School of Arts the report showed that the membership was 556. The receipts totalled £618, of which £89 was received from the billiard…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →High School Wanted. a Burwood Suggestion
The Burwood Council for years put has been persistent in bringing before the different Ministers for Education the lack of accommodation at the local Superior Public School, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Weigall Dead. Passes Away in Private Hospital. Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School
Mr. A. B. Weigall, M.A., C.M.G., Headmaster of the Sydney Grammar School died at "Omrah" Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, this afternoon, after on illness extending over several weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MARRIED v. Single Teachers
In Zurich, a municipality of Switzerland, the married woman teachers are indignant at the proposal of their burghers to engage only single women…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Music in the Schools
Mr. T. S. Tearne, who is Superintendent of Music in the State schools, has just published his report for last year. For the assistance of teachers summer classes were established…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public School Cookery
The Department of Education provides a thoroughly systematic course of cookery instruction free of cost for the benefit of all girl pupils over 13 years of age. Each term…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Redfern Superior Public School
Mr. J. S. T. M'Gowen has advised the Redfern School Board that the Minister for Public Instruction has approved of the preparation of plans and specifications for now buildings for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Temperance Teaching in Public Schools. to This Editor
Sir,--In reply, briefly and finally, to Mr. G. D. Clark in your Saturday's issue, let me say this. As to "extensive knowledge of teaching temperance," I have been 30 years a teacher, and am still at it, teaching temperance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New School at Gordon. Mr. Beeby Lays the Foundationstone
Mr. Beeby on Saturday afternoon laid the fouudation-stone of new school buildings at Gordon. Amongst those present were Messrs. C. G. Wade, M.L.A. P. Board (Under-Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Schoolboy's Cycling Mishap
BEGA, Monday.--A youth named Connelly met with a serious accident while cycling to school front Jellat Jellat, owing to the machine skidding. Connelly was found unconscious, with his…
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