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Schools, 1935

3,613 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 181

Swimming. School Boys' Status

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 16

Owing to a number of schoolboys having endangered their amateur status by competing against professionals, the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur has decided that, after October…

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Sky-larking in Trains Warnings Disregarded by School Children

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 10

Concern is expressed by railway workers, including loco traffic and permanent-way men at the action of travelling schoolchildren who…

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Juvenile Ball Merrylands Infants' School

The Biz · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 8

A bright and happy function was held in the Merrylands East infants' school, on Wednesday evening, May 8, being a juvenile fancy dress ball, organised by…

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Granville R.c. School Ball

The Biz · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 4

At the Rivoli, Parramatta, on Wednesday night, a ball, held to raise funds for the Granville Convent school, was attended by 342 dancers and visitors, and…

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Ex-Teacher Killed. Well-known Identity

The Biz · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

Sydney Fuller, 67, a retired school teacher, was walking along the footpath in Church-street, Parramatta, on Friday night, when he was knocked down by a…

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Exhibition Awards Schoolwork

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 2

Writing: Under lOyrs, Don Roffe; under 12yrs, Dorothy Putland, Drawing, under 9yrs: John Lawson; under 12, John Lawson. Manual, Lester Fragar…

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Emu Public School Empire Day Celebrations

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 3

On Friday, 24th May, Empire Day will be observed at the Public School, when all parents and friends are invited to join the teachers and children…

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Sunday School and Youth Workers' Convention Important Conferences on Current Problems II

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 13

The first morning meeting of the Convention was devoted to the discussion of business in connection with the National Council of Religious…

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High School "Misfits." to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 8

Sir,—I cannot but rejoice at reading the Director of Education's statement, that "it would be nonsense to contend that the High school entrance examination, as at present…

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Sydney Girls' High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 12

The Sydney Girls' High School choli will present "The Magic Key," an operetta in three acts, in the School Assembly Hall at 8 p.m., on May 24, May 25, and May 27. The proceeds are in aid…

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Rules of Heraldry. The Badge of a Girls' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 11

There is a large number of coats of arms displayed as badges by girls' schools in Australia, and the writer has not yet seen one which is heraldically correct. It is one of…

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Wrong Way School Teaching LONDON, April 27

The Sun · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 8

"Women teachers for girls, and men teachers for boys," was the demand made by Mr. F. C. Arkless, in his presidential address at the…

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Bad Old Days of Sunday School Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 7

THAT boy and girls who attended Sunday School to-day were far ahead of young people of 50 years ago,…

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My School

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 11

THIRROUL Public School is situated an the South Coast, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and at an Ideal spot for surfing in summer…

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Chill Penury May Close Church School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 9

UNLESS assistance is quickly forthcoming, St. Saviours' School, Redfern, will be closed at the end of the month…

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Boards To Control Tech. Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 7

A SCHEME which would place the Technical Education of the State under Boards of Trustees, was foreshadowed last…

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Sunday School Teacher Is Sent To Gaol Jekyll and Hyde Existence His Victim Was One Of His Young Female Pupils Twenty-three Months

Truth · Sunday 19 May 1935 · page 12

DECEIVED by decent people because of his professed God-fearing principles, generally recognised as a fine example of young manhood, revered by parents for his kindly teachings, Walter James Porter, a presentable young ex-Sunday school…

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Who Murdered Ethel Belshaw? Inquest Clears a Boy Friend Young Schoolgirl Victim Of Brutal Maniac

Truth · Sunday 19 May 1935 · page 11

"I FIND that at Inverloch on January 1 in a clump of ti-tree scrub, Ethel Belshaw died of suffocation, feloniously, unlawfully and maliciously inflicted by some person or persons, who in that manner murdered her." ... An open…

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The Schoolboy Detective Key Mystery

The Sun · Sunday 19 May 1935 · page 2

ROOM No. 9 on the second floor of Granges College had been called "the mystery room" since the loss of the headmaster's report…

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Rule-Ridden Examination System Condemned Give Freer Scope to Schools Principals Press for Review Better Work by Cut in Subjects

The Sun · Sunday 19 May 1935 · page 16

Headmasters of the Great Public Schools support the serious challenge to the educational system of the State contained in the statement of the Director of Education, Mr. G. Ross Thomas, at the secondary school teachers' conference last…

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