Queensland Schools. Preparing Textbooks
BRISBANE, Thursday.--The matter of preparing textbooks for the use of the State high schools, which commence operations next month, is receiving attention. The work is in…
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Penrith School of Arts
The monthly committee meeting of the above institution wis held on Wednesday night last, there being present—Messrs A E Baker (president), J W Woodland, T M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Pictorial Page. Obligatory Physical Education for Young England. "The Model System," Which Is Officially Recommended for Elementary Schools
That physical education should be made compulsory seems to me as important as that mental education should be obligatory. I might even say more so, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teaching Teachers. Military Camp at Moore Park
If there is one thing a junior officer fears more at his first parade than his O.C., it is the sound of his own voice. Its volume appears to be as thin as "boardinghouse milk."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English and History. No Special Classes. at Sydney School of Arts. Mr. W. M. Fairland Explains
It is remarkable, yet a fact all the same, that while the notice board outside the Sydney School of Arts acts out that special classes are conducted in bookkeeping, clocution, French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, January 21, 1912. The Birth of Jesus.—Luke 2: 1-20
Golden Text.—"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2: 11. Introduction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sunday School This Page Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Our Boys and Girls. When I Was a Boy
My Dear Boys and Girls,—Does your father ever say "When I was a boy"? Some fathers are constantly reminded, as they look on their own boys, of the time when they were about the same age and liked the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parramatta School of Arts. To the Editor
Sir,—I have been absent from Sydney for a fortnight since writing the letter to your columns, which you were good enough to publish on the 13th ult. Hence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"New " School of Fiction. Two Prominent Authors at Variance
One of the chief topics of discussion in London literary circles last month was Mr. H. G. Wells' article on the new school of novelties, in the "Fortnightly Review."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy Duellists—quarrel Over a Girl
Owing to a quarrel over a girl, aged 13, two schoolboys, aged 17 fought a duel with pistols in a wood at Detmold, Germany. One was seriously wounded in the chest. The victor callously left him on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sunday-school—langrine Learns and Loves
As in last week's list, another "Uncle Johnny" bobbed up as co-respondent in one divorce case. This was John Langrish, formerly waiter at the Norfolk…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Educational Reform. What Queensland Is Doing. Free Secondary Schools. Itinerant Teachers for the Bush
Knowledge as to what is being done elsewhere in regard to education, just as much as that relating to developments in other directions, can hardly fall to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Banksia Wants a School
The Rockdale Council, at its last meeting, received a letter from the Bankela Progress Association, asking the co-operation of the council in its endeavor to obtain a public school at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dressmaking at School. Creditable Work by Children
At the opening of the new wing of a Sydney public school the other day, there was a most interesting exhibit indicative of the trend of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teachers' Entertainment
The teachers visiting Sydney during midsummer vacation have been well provided with a good programme of sport by the P.S.A.A.A. The special committee having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Superior Public Schools
These are the schools of which the Director of Education has said there has been nothing in their aim to differentiate th[?]m from the elementary schools on the one hard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Education. Secondary Education. the High Schools
Though secondary education was reorrganised during 1911, and a complete syllabus issued, the number of high schools actually operating as such was only six. They are:—Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teachers' Appointments
As no new inspectors are being appointed this vacation, there are not so many important changes as usual among teachers. A number of country removals have been made…
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Mr. Elliott, whose appointment as inspector of secondary schools was announced some few months back, has commenced his work, and is accommodated with rooms at 55…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summer School
The fifth summer school under the auspices of the Church Missionary Association commenced in earnest yesterday at Austinmer, when there were about 200 delegates present…
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