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Schools, 1917

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Summer Schools in Sydney-- Teachers as Learners

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 30

Teachers receiving: instruction in Arts from Mr. J. E. Branch in the grounds of the old Fort-street School. School teachers receiving instruction in music from Professor Tearne at the Girls' High School, Elizabeth-street, Sydney…

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N.S.W. Technical Schools the System and Its Happy Results. Avenues to Progress

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 5

In earlier articles of this series, appreciative reference has been made to the advances made in the technical education of the people in America and on the…

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The Schools Some Personals : About Old Boys in Action Scholarship and Sport Count

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 12

The recognition of sport in building the fabric of manhood in our leading schools is worth noting. The Sydney Grammar School Old Boys' Union has established for the school a…

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Veteran Teacher Retires

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

After a service in the Education Department of 48 years, retired from active service on Monday. He commenced as a pupil teacher in Muitland, and after studying at…

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The Schools. This New Inspectors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 5

The most persistent inquiries yesterday afternoon failed to elicit either from Mr. Board or Mr. Dawson the faintest idea as to who the four new inspectors are going to be. A…

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Rates on Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 12

A deputation, numbering twenty residents in Sydney, suburbs, and shires, and mainly composed of members of the Free Trade and Land Values League, waited upon the Minister for…

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Patrician Brothers' School, Bathurst. Prize Day

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 25

Brother Bernard Evan had some interesting matter to deliver in the annual report which he read at the prize day of the school. After an excellent concert by the…

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St. Mary's Convent High School, Wollongong

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 24

At the commercial examination, held during the month of December, the following pupils from St. Mary's Convent High School, (Wollongong), were successful: Shorthand…

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5t. Nicholas', Tamworth. School Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

The breaking-up of St. Nicholas' Primary School was celebrated by a singularly successful concert, at which His Lordship the Bishop of Armidale, Dr. O'Connor, was…

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North Queensland. Convent High School Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 41

With the advent of Christmas the schools have been holding their usual yearly entertainments. The most popular school concert is undoubtedly that of tho pupils…

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Convent School, Ravenswood

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 45

The following are the results of the shorthand and book-keeping examinations, hold last month, in connection with the Queensland Shorthand Writers' and Typists…

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Prayers in Common. a Letter. a Matter for Boarding Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 12

Sir,—I notice in your columns a subject put forth as being debatable, re that prayers said by college boys, in common, or "after the fashion of monks," is blameworthy…

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Topics of the Day. Various Views. Taxation of School Grounds

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 9

Quito a number of gentlemen, whose names we forget, with the exception of Rivett the parson, and the evergreen Huie, waited on the Minister for Education to protest…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 16

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

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The Primary Schools. a Fresh Start

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 16

It is wonderful what an incentive to better work is given by a fresh start. The boy who begins a new exercise book will, for the first few pages at least, write better and…

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Wardell. St. Joseph's Convent School Concert

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 39

The pupils of St. Joseph's school, Warden, held their annual concert in the Victoria Hall on Tuesday week. A very fair crowd were present considering the many…

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A Merry Xmas Night. Concert at St. Francis' School Hall

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 27

Despite the many charitable calls and appeals in the Eastern Suburbs, the entertainment arranged by Mr. Fred Leston, entitled "Our Merry Christmas Night," held in St…

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The Marist Brothers. Centenary Week of a Great Order of Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 24

This is Centenary Week for an Order which has spread throughout all the continents, and which, in spite of expulsion from France and Mexico and the ravages of the…

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Summer Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

In a report regarding summer schools, which appeared in last Friday's "Herald." it should have been stated that Mr. Aucher was lecturer in modern languages at the Technical…

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Duntroon Officers' School Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

The No. 6 Officers' School in connection with the A.I.F. will be held at Duntroon from February 1 to March 6. The personnel of this school is restricted to permanent…

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