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Schools, 1913

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Sydney Grammar School. the New Master. Interview with Mr. Sloman. the Decline of English

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 13

He is 28, and he hardly looks that Mr. Harold N. Sloman, the new headmaster of the Sydney Crammar School, is a young man to be [?]master of a great school. But it…

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Teachers' College Scholarships

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 15

"Inquirer" asks: "A boy who wishes to become a teacher attends a high school for two years and gets the intermediate certificate, but falls to obtain a scholarship to the…

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Wanted--specialised Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 15

Mr. Dawson, the Chief Inspector, complains that there is a great lack of women teachers capable of teaching certain subjects laid down in the domestic science course for superior…

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The Schools. "Carpenters--this Way!"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 15

Last week, Mr. Board told a meeting of heads of the newly-organised superior schools that if within four years the public, as a body, realised the vocational significance of the new…

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Qualified School Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 10

In connection with the award of oursaries and scholarships at State Secondary Schools, which was made available yesterday, the Education Department…

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Bowled Out! Dr. Kelly's "Lie-with-circumstance." a State School-teacher's Story. the Feast of St. Ananias!

Watchman · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

A reporter on the S. M. "Herald" has got his beloved paper into said trouble with Dr. Kelly! (Also he has got his beloved archbishop into sad trouble with the public,…

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Education in Erskineville. New School and Convent. Description of the Building

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 13

The new school at Erskineville, opened by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday week, is 88 feet long by 30 feet wide and two storeys high. It is of Gothic…

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Central Queensland. The Christian Brothers' School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 26

Ten students of the Rockhampton Christian Brothers' School passed the recent Junior University examination, and seven passed the Public Service examination, a record…

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Anglican School Closed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 26

Surprise has often been expressed as to how the Catholic community in this centre maintains so many schools in a flourishing condition. The…

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The Commercial Night School, Wavekley

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 41

The following pupils of the Commercial Night School, Waverley (conducted by Miss Grace O' Brien), were successful in securing places in Pitman's shorthand examinations…

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The Week in Brisbane News and Gossip. Opening of Charleville School and Convent

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 30

His Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Duhig), by his zeal and enthusiasm in all matters appertaining to the Church, has endeared himself in the hearts…

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Catholic School Papers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 22

All three sets of the "Australasian Catholic School Paper" for the current months are to hand, and one cannot speak too highly of them. The editor, Rev. James Whyte,…

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Council School to University

Watchman · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 6

The London County Council Education Committee announces, "with pleasure," that Mr. Norman Cunliffe, who gained a senior county exhibition in 1908, has been…

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"Public School Religion."

Watchman · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

By the phrase "Public school religion," naturally intended to be contemptuous, the R.C. Bishop (Dwyer) of West Maitland designates the instruction in ethics and…

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State School Scholarships. Tenable at Boys' Public High School, Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

George Camden Cockburn (Summer Hill), Herbert T. Madden (Glebe), Walter W. Butler (Neutral Bay), Henry John Condie (Glebe), Eric T. Cuneo (Drummoyne), Arthur E. Saxby (Mosman), William G…

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Schools Sports. Annual Meeting of P.s.a.a.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association of New South Wales was held in the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street. Mr. P. Board presided…

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State V. Catholic Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 7

Sir,—In a paragraph under above heading in your issue of 1st inst. appears an implied admission of error by Father Murphy, on behalf of Archbishop Kelly, regarding…

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Scholarships. Public Interest Aroused. High School Vacancies

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 1

The interest shown by parents and the public generally in the recent examinations for certificates, scholarships, and bursaries, while particularly gratifying to the…

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Vacancies at High Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 6

After provision has been made at the State high schools' for winners of bursaries and scholarships, there will yet remain a few vacancies, except at the boys' high school (Ultimo)…

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Scholars and Bursars to Start on

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 8

Numerous inquiries are being made as to whether bursars and scholars may attend the State high schools forthwith, or whether they must wait for an Individual notification. In…

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