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Schools, 1920

2,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 120

Our Secondary Schools. Ii. Some of the Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 6

The Education Department's secondary scheme provides a number of courses or roads radiating from the doorway of the qualifying certificate. It is gratifying to find that over…

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New School Works

Evening News · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 7

The Department of Education has accepted tenders as follow for the week ended July [?]:— Goonumbla School, teacher's residence, etc., R. F. Gosper, Parks £[?]…

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Our Secondary Schools. Iii. Trades and Agricultural Courses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 8

The second of these vocational roads leads to the junior technical certificate. This course is primarily intended for the boy who proposes to take up a trade, but the…

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Schools' Sport Rugger Football the Absorbing Topic Grammar & St. Joseph's To-day: G.P.C. & 'Varsity on

Referee · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 9

Football has all other sports in the Great Public Schools dimmed at present. We are in the midst of a real feast of Rugger in which the schools are playing…

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The Schools in Rugger Rare Game Between the Leading Teams St. Joseph's Get There : River-view Play Finely, Too: Two Great Field Goals

Referee · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 12

The schools game between St. Ignatius' and St. Joseph's Colleges on Wednesday attracted a fine, appreciative gathering to Riverview. Everyone was delighted…

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Our Secondahy-schools. Iv. Paths to Womanhood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 10

In Queen Victoria's day the education of women was purely cultural. A few became teachers; the others either married or else assisted in domestic duties, there being plenty…

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School Girls' Strike

The Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 7

Fifth form girls attending the High School at Spandau, near Berlin, have gone on strike (says the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail".)…

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The Secondary Schools. the Date of the Examinations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 15

It will be a great relief to the school to know that we have an extra four weeks to prepare for the Leaving Certificate, for some of the texts are unduly long, the Latin…

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The Primary Schools. the Teaching of Geography

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 15

The lessons in geography, or earth knowledge, must begin well down in the school, for in this, as in all else, we must get in early. Teaching is, or should be, nothing…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 15

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

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The Abolition of Denominational Schools

Watchman · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 7

In Thomas Carlyle's letters to Sir Henry Parkes he expresses his deep concern and sympathy about the annoyance to Parkes caused by rebellious…

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High School Games Fort-street's Success

Evening News · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 3

[?] School competition [?] of the [?]…

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School Football St. Joseph's Beaten Grammar Wins 11 to 5

Evening News · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 3

Sidney Grammar School defeated St [?] by [?] Park yesterday afternoon [?]…

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The Schools. Salaries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 July 1920 · page 6

The deliberations at the Department of Education on teachers salaries will practically close to-day. A council meeting of the Federation of Teachers has been called for…

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Education Grant Pupils in Town Schools. Boarding Allowance

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 10

A correspondent who signs his letter "One of your readers," asks whether the Education Department will grant any subsidy to a parent whose children…

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How Grammar School Won-the Game St. Joseph's Beaten in the Mud—Coming Big Games

Arrow · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 6

Heavy rain overnight on Tuesday and on Wednesday forenoon caused in-quiries to be made regarding the possible postponement of the looked-for…

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"BURGLARS" Schoolmaster's Chase

Evening News · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 4

When Mrs. Longmuir wake up early this morning and saw a man in the room going through the [?] of her husbands clothes she disturbed her husband…

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Grammar School v St. Joseph's

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 11

A huge crowd assembled at St. Joseph's College grounds, Hunter's Hill, on Wednesday to witness the home team meet the Grammar School XV. in the G.P.S. competition. The visitors won by 11 points…

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