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Schools, 1917

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 94

School Athletics Tennis Coaches for Children Soccer Team for Newcastle Queensland Boys Next Month Sports Meetings

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 7

The programme for the combined High Schools' sports, to take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground on September 7, includes ago championships (12 years and under, 13 years, 14 years, 15 years, 16…

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Engineers' Training School'

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 5

Melbourne, Tuesday.--The next engineer officers' training, school will commence at Reseville, Sydney, on September 25, Candidates desirous of entering this school should…

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The Schools Holy Cross College Magazine : Items of Sport

Referee · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 11

When the average literary publication is Shrinking in size on account of the war, one finds the magazines issued by our schools and colleges reaching a standard the most…

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The Schools. Claims of Headmasters

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 11

On Saturday morning a deputation waited upon the Minister for Education to voice the grievances of headmasters and urge their claim to increased salary. Usually deputations…

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English Schools' Athletics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 43

We have in Australia many who, in their youth were English public schoolboys. They will be pleased to hear that there was a representative gathering last May at Stamford…

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School Influence

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 8

Chief among the agencies which contribute to moral 'raining are the following: The directed or controlled activities of the will, and the exercise of sustained attention…

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New School-church at Burwood Heights. Blessed on Sunday. the Archbishop on Education

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 14

The new church - school at Burwood Heights was blessed and dedicated by his Grace the Archbishop on Sunday last, in the presence of a congregation which filled…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 16

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

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Returns of Unsatisfactory Attendance. Teachers' Neglect

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 16

Attention is invited to the fact that many teachers have neglected to furnish the requisite certificate of attendance in cases where the excuses offered by parents are…

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"Doing the Devil's Work." Public Schools. the Archbishop's Rejoinder

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 19

His Grace the Archbishop at the Conference of the Clergy held in St. Mary's Chapter Hall yesterday, referred to the statement of the Minister for Public Instruction,…

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The Archbishop and Public Schools. a Charge and Attempts at Reply

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 26

"If they drive true religion out of the schools, and teach what—he did not know what to call it—a neutral religion, they were doing the devil's work," said his…

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A Kelly Slander. Schools Doing the Devil's Work." Crushing Rejoinders

Watchman · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 5

After a period of comparative quiet Archbishop Kelly, on Sunday last, again laid himself out to abuse State Schools in New South Wales…

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Sport in Our Catholic Schools. Paddington Beats Darlingnghurst (37— 19)

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 32

Paddington: A. Purser (capt.), Bray, Knight, R. Browne, Punch, H. Kavanagh, King, Hanly, Herbert, Gauhavour Costello, Thompson, Peoples, Considine, Kerrighan, J…

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What's Wrong with Our Girls? After the Convent School— What Then?

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 10

In these stirring days, when women must be prepared for all sorts of upheavals, from which even the very rich are not exempt, the question often crops up: Are our girls…

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Politicians and Education. The Archbishop and the Schools of the State. Catholic Progress in the New Parish of Burwood-Enfield

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 20

The new parish of St. Joseph's, Burwood-Enfield, in charge of the Rev. Father J. P. Considine, has established within twelve months a remarkable record for parochial…

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State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 8

Archbishop Kelly, at the conference of the clergy held in St. Marys Chapter Hall yesterday, referred to the statement of the Minister for Public Instruction in reply to his…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Sun · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 9

Mr. E. P. Pearce has been re-elected unopposed to the position of president of the Parramatta School of Arts; Dr. Bowman, Messrs. J. W. Hill, J. Arundel, and H. Mason…

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Dairy Instruction. a School Opened at Lismore

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

A dairy science school, under the auspices of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, was opened at the Lismore factory of the North Coast Co-operative Company on Monday last. The students…

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Successful Scholars

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

The following pupils of St. Joseph's convent were successful in the recent examinations held in connection with the National Business College, Sydney:—…

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