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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1925

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 216

New York High Schools. a Strong Indictment

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 18

Forgery, gambling and cheating are the common and accepted practise among a large percentage of high school students in New York City; under their perverted code it…

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The Hedge School. Memories of the Penal Days

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 35

Reading the reports of the Teachers' Dail at Belfast (and making a big noise, too), one's mind goes back to the bad old times, when the 'schoolmaster was an…

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Albion Park. New School Regun

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 25

The ceremony of blessing the foundations of the new school at Albion Park, which was interrupted by the recent storm, will take place on Sunday afternoon at 3…

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Roman Blow at Bavarian Schools

Watchman · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 2

The concordat recently concluded between the Papacy and Bavaria contains the provisions usually embodied in such treaties, including one which turns the…

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Metropolitan Catholic Primary Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 28

Saturday's football in the above competition was marked by the inauguration of a junior grade. Both grades gave good displays of football, the surprise of…

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Great Public Schools' Football

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 28

On Saturday afternoon last Joseph's College engaged the Hunter's Hill A team, of Kentwell Cup fame. Hunter's Hill fielded a fast and heavy team which…

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Football. Rugby Union. Great Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 5

St. Joseph's College beat Sydney Grammar School by 14 points to 6 at Hunter's Hill yesterday, in a practice match. The ground was on the heavy side, and neither side was at full strength…

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Golf Prodigy America's New Champion Schoolgirl's Successes New York

The Sun · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 1

America has a new golf prodigy, Maureen Orcott, aged 17 years, who has returned to a high school to sit for her examinations…

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Vandals and Goats Weston School Suffers Weston

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 6

Weston Public School bus been the subject of vandalism, a number of windows on the southern side of the building being wantonly smashed…

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Schoolboy's Escape Car Stops in Time

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 8

A schoolboy, Jack Cribb, 13, had a narrow escape from death or disablement about 5.15 yesterday afternoon. A Many resident, young Cribb was…

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Schools' Football St. Joseph's Three Victories

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 6

yesterday afternoon, St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, in practice Rugby Union games against Sydney Grammar School, gained a treble success…

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Old Pupils' Union

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 7

The members of the newly-formed Old Pupils' Union, and their friends, held a very successful euchre party and dance in the public school on Tuesday, June 2…

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The Passing Show The "Teacher" Abroad

The Land · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

A member of the Nationalist party who is more noted for the bluntness of his views than for his knowledge of voting systems was…

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Continuation School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 6

Hornsby Continuation School is making encouraging headway. The present enrolment is 120, and the average attendance is about 75 per cent. It is a…

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School News and Sport

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

Members of the teaching staff at the public school entertained at afternoon sea on Thursday, Miss Raves, mistress of the infants' department, and Miss Brooks,…

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Sunday School Startled "Bungers" Thrown Dangerous Prank

Evening News · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

Eric Mobb[?] pleaded guilty at Ryde Court to having behaved in an offensive manner at Carling ford…

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£500 for High Schools Business Man's Offer

Evening News · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

Mr. Phillip Moses, the well-known city dentist, has offered £300 to the Department of Education, to be distributed among the 11 metropolitan…

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Out to Pieces. School Boy's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 3

On wednesday afternoon a boy named Claude Hempated, of Graceville, fell under a train at the Brisbane central railway station and was cut to…

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Windows Smashed. Damage at Hornsby. School Boy's Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 8

Six plateglass shop windows in Florence and George streets, Horusby, valued at more than £70, were broken by stones late on Wednesday night. The windows were the property of…

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Schoolboy Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 12

Patrick Dennis, aged 12 years, a schoolboy, of Wetherall-street, Leichhardt, was knocked down and killed by a motor lorry in Balmainroad, Leichhardt, yeserday. The child was…

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