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Schools, 1913

3,437 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 172

King As Bible Reader. Sunday School Union's Work. London, Thursday, 12.35 a. m

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 7

The Sunday School Union, in a memorial to the King, states that its members are profoundly gratified at the intelligence that his Majesty is a daily reader of the Bible…

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Mr. P. Board and High Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 6

Mr. P. Board, Director of Education, speaking at Bathurst, said that, though he would like to see the high school doors wide open, he would not like to see them wide open to…

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Commonwealth Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 6

The Commonwealth and State Governments have completed, an arrangement by means of which the Department of Public Instruction will continue to administer education in the Federal…

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Boarding-school Charges

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Armidale sent his daughter to a boarding-school, paying £15/15/- per quarter. The girl contracted typhoid fever, and the principal of the school…

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Cricket Edition. (A Portion of This Afternoon's News Will Be Found on Pages 4 and 5 of This Issue.) More Scholarships. Probationary Students. Training to Be Teachers

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 7

The award of probationary [?] scholarships as determined upon the results of the intermediate certificate examination has now been made available. These scholarships…

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Sunday Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 5

Modern educational methods have advanced into a science of paedologics, and at last our Sunday schools are awakening to the fact that the boy is not a miniature man to be dealt…

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State Schools' Doctor. Dr. Gertrude Halley's Application. Why It Was Refused

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 1

Mr. Board, Director of Education, this morning replied to the comments of Dr. Mary Booth with regard to the refusal of the Department of Public Instruction to…

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Ladies' Swimming Carnival All Schools' Championship

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 12

"Father" has a complaint:-- "Might I be permitted to suggest to the ladles of the Amateur Association, who are to control that fine carnival, that a division be…

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Women As Chief School Medical Officers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Sir,--Some recently published remarks congratulating Dr. Gertrude Halley on the well-deserved distinction she has achieved in being appointed chief school medical officer to the…

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The An[?]elon-chapman School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 12

The pupils of Mr. Douglas Ancelon and Miss Stella Chapman gave their first, recital of the year at St. James'-hall last night, appearing in a number of Shakespearean scenes. Amongst the success were scenes from…

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The Shining Example. Lesson for the Children. Into the Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.--The "Evening News," with the hearty support of Sir George Reid (Australian High Commissioner), and others, has arranged with the authorities to…

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State School Movement. Official Notification

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 10

Mr. Flowers, who is acting as Minister for Education during Mr. Carmichael's absence out west, consulted with the Director of Education an soon as he saw the cable message that the…

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For Women. "A Word to Mothers." Domestic Science for Girls. the New Superior Schools. Exit Arithmetic--enter Household Accounts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 15

Feeling that it was necessary to explain in simple language the alms of the new Domestic Superior Schools, the Education Department has issued a leaflet under the title "A Word to…

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Redfern School Additions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Redfern School Board a communication was received from the Education Department to the effect that tenders had been called for the erection of a new building at the local superior…

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Mrs. Haffenden-smith's Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 17

A vocal recital will be given by the pupils of Mrs. Haffenden-Smith at the Town-hall on Monday, March 31, in aid of the Mission Zone Fund. The plan will be at Nicholson's on March 1…

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School Building Contracts

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 7

The following tenders for [?] with public [?] by the Tender Board of the [?] Department:—…

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Eye Troubles. Among Country School Children. Medical Inspection to Be Extended

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 11

During his four of the western districts, from which he has returned to Sydney, Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Public instruction, travelled 1680 miles, of which over a thousand was…

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Teachers and Arbitration

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 11

The New South Wales [?] Association, at the meeting last night, passed the following resolution—"That this association informs the Minister for Public instruction that the…

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Truth for the Teacher

The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 7

A s[?] of Seotch honesty comes from Dund[?]. A small boy had taken the prize for [?] exe[?]ptionally well-drawn map. After the [?] [?]nstion the teacher, a little d[?]btful, asked…

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Rugby School. Its History and Progress. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 5

In our days Governments have come to recognise that it is one of their functions not merely to control, but to provide, education for the children of their people. Probably…

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