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Schools, 1920

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Rhodes Scholars Victoria's Representatives MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 6

Mr. Charles G. Berbridge. (Trinity College) and Mr. W. Merrilee (Queen's College) were selected to-day as Victorian Rhodes scholars for 1920-21…

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Public School Teachers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 6

The regular meeting of the delegates to the Cumberland Confederation took the form of an excursion to Kurrajong on Saturday, July 10, the arrangements being…

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Schools and Teachers This column appears regularly in Saturday's "Evening News." Schools' Art Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 3

Mr. Branch, Superintendent of Drawing and Art Work, is busily engaged in making the preliminary preparations for the public schools' fifth annual art…

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Death of a King's School Boy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 6

On Friday morning the flag of The King's School was flown at half-mast in respect to the memory of a bright young lad. Jack Rice, son of Mr. Thomas Rice, of Peak Hill. The lad was a student at The…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 11

There was a crowded hall on the occasion of the School of Arts annual meeting on Monday evening. The secretary's annual report showed the splendid position that the institution was in. The…

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The Life Of the Teacher Is the Life of His Teaching. Decision Day Blessings

The Methodist · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 4

FOREST LODGE (Miss Matheson, Hon. Secretary). —The Rev. W. N. Lock conducted Decision Day Service in the Forest Lodge Sunday School on Sunday, 27th June. The scholars nobly responded, 49…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "Daily Telegraph" a letter by a schoolmaster referred to the great opportunity offered the churches by the Public Instruction Act for giving religious instruction to the children. The letter…

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High Schools in "Henry V."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 16

On the regular stage "Henry V." is largely a [?] procession of antique figures in ceremonial [?], trumpet alarums, and spectacular battle tableaur, amidst which some of the finest speeches even…

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Great Public Schools. Sports Meeting Innovations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 15

At the next athletics carnival of the Great Public Schools, to be held on October 9, only one representative from each school or college will compete in each event, except team races. This decision was…

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Schools of Art Inter-institute Debating Competition, 1920. Prank Flanagan Shield

The St George Call · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 6

Bight Clubs have entered this year in the above Competition—St. George District supplying two, viz., Carlton and Kogarah, the winners and runners-up last…

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Vocational Schools Showing What Soldiers Can Do

The Sun · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 7

The Department of Repatriation has fitted up showrooms in the most modern design at 219 Castlereagh-street, Sydney. The whole of the work has been…

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Sunday School

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 24

"Can any boy tell me how Noah used his time in the Ark?" "Please, sir, Ashing!" Then up shoots the hand of another…

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Under the Magnifying Class Understaffed Schools Swab : Cleaner Buggins: Assistant

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 4

Swab is the cleaner at a Sydney school. His wages are £23 per month. At the same school is Buggins, an assistant (classification, 3A). His salary…

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Enter the Boy! New Political Day Deputation to Minister Pupils' Views of Lessons

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 2

Times change, and old conditions give place to now. Yesterday two schoolboys, Brian Dooley and Harold Coutts, interviewed the Minister for Education…

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Stop Homework Schoolboys Tell the Minister for Education How It Looks to Them

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 2

Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, had, yesterday, a most joyous deputation. It has been written that all the world loves a lover, but nobody loves a scholar…

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Great Public Schools Newington Surprise Grammar

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 7

In the thirD round of the Great Public Schools' Competition, Newington College, who had lost their two previous games, played a draw with the premiers Sydney Grammar School. The only…

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Health of School Children

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 4

In reply to a complaint from Bathurst school district that the sick children of poor parents are not being given the medical attention to which their illnesses…

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High School Wanted Forbes

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of Forbes Chamber of Commerce it was decided to send a deputation to Sydney to wait on the Minister with the object of…

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£5000 a Week Support for Teacher Strikers Victoria's Attitude Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 2

The Ballarat branch of the Victorian Teachers' Union carried a motion unanimously today, expressing its disapproval of direct action…

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School Clinics Medical Scheme Contemplated

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1920 · page 2

Following upon an examination by the State Medical Officer of the school children at Bathurst, it was complained locally that the system was…

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