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STRUGGLE--CHARLES L v. PARLIAMENT. Charles I. (1625-1649) was not beaten by PETITION of RIGHTS…
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School for Detectives in Victoria Melbourne
Victoria's detective force is to be made efficient by means of specialised instruction. The Chief Commissioner of Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Schoolboy Detective The Fire
ROB PEARCE and Lionel Martin halted on the edge of a thick stretch of scrub land. "This'll do." said Rob, slinging off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Show Essay Competition Pupils of All Schools
In connection with the 1937 Royal Easter Show, an essay competition will be conducted by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of (New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grammar School Fete. Dance at Night
Saturday was a gala day for the students of Sydney Grammar School, and the school was looking festive with decorations for the occasion. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Broadcasts Appreciated
Inquiries made by Mr. E. A, Riley, hon. secretary of the Schools Broad easts Advisory Council, concerning the Value of school broadcasts have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surrealist Gallery At School Fete
WELL worthy of the label "surrealism" was the novel art gallery, which aroused a great deal of interest and amusement at the Sydney Grammar School fete, which was held at the school on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Talkies for Schools New Apparatus Acquired
The Education Department has bought an apparatus with which to show sound films in schools, and a member of the teaching staff, Mr. R. Agnew, has been appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →School for Ballet at an Old English Home. Sydney Woman Stays at Dartington Hall
WHEN Irene Vera Young, the dancer, Was abroad, she spent six interesting weeks at Darlington Hall, where the summer school was in progress. Darlington Hall is a lovely old English home in one of the most beautiful parts of England, Totnes, in South Devon. Here an interesting experiment is being…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Out of School... Section for Girls and Boys Conducted by South West Wind. an Inventor's Trials Edison as a Boy
NO boyhood's story teems with more delightful tales of initiative and experiments than that of the great inventor, Thomas Alva Edison. At a very early age young Edison had stocked…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Essays on the Royal Show. Competition for School Children
A serles of essay competitions, has been arranged in connection with the coming Easter Show. These comprise three groups—one for scholars in the fifth and sixth classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Films Shown at School "Great Possibilities," Says Headmaster
Five hundred pupils at Mosman public school to-day saw the first sound films acquired by the Educational Department…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Early School Out of Derby Lord Astor Still Has Two in Race London
Early School was withdrawn today from the English Derby. Lord Astor is still represented by Potboiler and Cash Book…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Carnival Off
MANLY Girls' Domestic Science School's swimming carnival, which was listed for yesterday, was postponed owing to the rain until…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Life of Sydney Schoolgirl's Tour; Easter Visitors; To Wed Tonight; A New Arrival
SO fond of school is Miss Brenda Lambie, daughter of professor and Mrs. C.G. Lambie, that she will remain at Ascham…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Knox School Wins
Knox Grammar School, with 90.5 points, last night won the Kelso Challenge Shield competition conducted by the Royal Life Saving Society at…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →School Crash Feared
The Smithfield Parents and Citizens' Association states that the local school is in danger of collapsing. The Education Department has been requested to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-pupils' Union
Office-bearers elected at the annual meeting of St. Scholastica's Union were: President, Dr. M. Jones; vice-presidents, Mesdames W. Dunn, W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Method of Teaching. "Talkie" in School. Pupils' Interest. How Instructors Work
The fifth class boys at the Mosman Public School had their first lesson yesterday morning through the medium of a "talkie." The film showed every…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Early School Withdrawn From Derby. LONDON, March 15
Lord Astor's colt, Early School, was scratched from the Derby at 9 a.m. to-day. Lord Astor is still represented by Potboiler and Cash Book…
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