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Schools, 1915

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 17

Teachers are invited to seek information on any question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—ED. C.P.]…

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Catholic Federation Gazette: Notes and News Is Protestantism Taught in our Public Schools? a Challenge to the Federation

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 13

A few weeks ago I was addressing a meeting at Burwood. Among the objections to our education system, I stated that the teaching of Scripture by unauthorised…

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Fifty-one Years a Teacher. Presentation at Newtown

Evening News · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 2

Miss Kate Ryan, headmistress of the girls department of the Newtown Superior Public School, who is about to retire from the service, was at St. George's Hall, King-street,…

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What Are Necessary Commodities? School Books Not So Classed

The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 20

The Attorney-General of New South Wales, Mr. D. R. Hall, wrote to the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, directing attention to a heavy increase in…

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Flies Cause Ophthalmia. School Children and Infectious Diseases

The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 14

Infectious diseases affecting schools are treated of in the annual report of the medical branch of the Education Department of New South Wales. Outbreaks…

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School Medical Inspection. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 4

Sir,--One aspect of the above has not been touched upon, viz., the question of payment of doctors' fees when a wrong diagnosis is made…

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Medical Inspection of Schools. Criticism Replied To

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 5

In connection with criticism levelled by Dr. Grace Boelke, an ex-member of the school medical staff, at the alleged want of thoroughness in the medical examination of school…

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Some Nourishing School Lunches

Co-operator · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 6

Hardly too. much can be written or said on the subject of school lunches. We all know school children need nourishing food, but some…

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Lieut. Browne. Old Grammar School Boy. Mentioned in Despatches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 6

Lieutenant Lindsay Browne, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, an old boy of the Sydney Grammer School and King's College, Goulburn, and a late resident of Manly, has…

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St. George Trade School

The Propeller · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. Griffith, the new Minister for Public Instruction, and Mr. Bagnall, M.L.A, paid a visit to the Kogarah…

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Hurstville Grammar School

The Propeller · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The Hurstville Grammar School, Forest Road, will open at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7th. We are pleased that the…

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School of Arts C.c. Handicap Tourney

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 11

The second round of the bore tourney was played last week, with the following results : Webb beat Corin, Beeby beat O'Connor, Balcarras beat Jeater Ford beat Blashki. Bradshaw beat Batten Pullbrook beat Crcal,…

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Then the Teacher Ghoaned

The World's News · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 7

A TEACHER who was instructing a class in an infant Sunday-school made her scholars finish each sentence, to show that they understood her. "The idol had eyes," she said, "but…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Sir Henry Lucy.) Germany and America—Probable Duration of the War—The Influence of Black Bread— "Pirates' Day"—Tossing the Pancake at Westminster School. WESTMINSTER, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 7

Within the last few days a notable change has taken place in the attitude of Germany at bay against the civilised world. Hitherto the object of her bitterest enmity, her most…

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Fort-street Girl's High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 10

The annual swimming carnival was held at the Coogee Aquarium Baths on Wednesday, March 31, The results of the championships were as follow:— 12 Years' Championship, 33yds: V. Adlide. 100…

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"Floreat Etona." England's Greatest School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 12

"The grandeur august of tradition" may be said to have thundered a protest against the "Do not Humiliate Germany" address which was delivered at the close of last week…

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St. George Trade School

The St George Call · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 7

On Thursday last Mr. Griffith, the new Minister for Public Instruction, and Mr. Bagnall, M.L.A., paid a visit to the Kogarah Technical School. The…

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Music. the Decadent School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 6

To thine own Belt he true, And it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then he false to any nun. In connection with the annual meeting of the…

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Humor at School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 6

Schoolmasters as well as schoolboys are full of humorous possibilities which can be disclosed for the entertainment of the general reader by an essayist who knows his subject as…

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Big Schools Demonstration

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 6

A meeting of the teachers of district public schools was held on Wednesday to arrange for a great patriotic demonstration, in Parramatta Park on Empire Day…

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