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Schools, 1937

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When Catholics BUILD & Decorate a School with an Arresting History St. Mary's College, Rosebank. the Memorial to "Father John." (Concluded.)

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 6

In our last issue we brought the history of Rosebank College, Five Dock, down to the new developments in 1886. We left off, describing the ceremony…

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The Schools. Plans for Coronation Celebrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 5

The main function for metropolitan children in connection with the coronation celebrations is to be held at the Agricultural Showground on May 11, when 36,000 pupils,…

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Milk for School Children. Free Supply Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 7

The establishment of free milk supplies in schools, as a matter of national necessity from the standpoint of the health of Australia's future citizens, was urged by the…

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Marriage of Teachers

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

In the past three months the peal of the wedding bell has triumphed over the peal of the school bell. During this period four lady teachers of…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

The Department of Education notifies the following appointments and transfer of teachers and assistant teachers in connection with local…

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Penshurst School

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 15

Penshurst School was opened on March 3, 1925, by the then Minister for Justice (Mr. T. J. Ley). The site was acquired in 1919, and after…

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Hurstville Public School. Sixty Years of Education

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 15

Although educational facilities have been provided in Hurstville for nearly 80 years, the first school building was not erected until 1876, just…

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Popular School Master

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 15

Remarkable progress was made by Hurstville School under the direction of Mr. W. J. Cunningham in 1919, At that time it was classed as one of the…

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Continuation School

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

The Hurstville Evening School, which re-opened on the 22nd February, has already enrolled over 260 students. Eight classes are in…

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Oatley School of Arts

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 4

A "cup-and-saucer" party was recently held at the Oatley School of Arts in order to furnish the newly-renovated kitchen. As a result of…

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Schools' Gala Off

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

The Domestic Science Schools' swimming carnival, which was to have been held today, has been postponed until a date to be fixed…

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School Days

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 11

PATTERN No. 9096.--A practical style for the schoolgirl for that "special occasion." The skirt has inverted pleats forming a panel, which…

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Schoolboys Cheer At Wedding At Cranbrook Chapel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 9

AS Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert Mathews left the Cranbrook Chapel after their wedding yesterday afternoon they were cheered loudly by the pupils,…

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More Than 500 Pupils Die; School Wreck Building Collapses After Explosion Fire Adds To Horror Of The Catastrophe Frenzied Parents New York

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

WITH the wreckage of their school falling in on them, between 500 and 600 pupils were killed in Overton (Texas) to-day. It is estimated that between 30 and 40 teachers…

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F.S.A. Branch News & Notes Country School Needs Departmental Replies to F.S.A. Requests

The Land · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 19

REPLIES to a number of requests made to the Education Department as results of resolutions carried by the annual conference of the…

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Subsidised School

The Land · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 22

"Parent": (1) Are parents of children attending a subsidised school supposed to pay the teacher's board? (2) what are the hours of school per day!…

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School for East St. Marys. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 8

The St. Marys Municipal Council, at its last meeting, received a request from the local citizens and ratepayers' association for its support for an application to the Department…

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Gas Made the High School Yet Destroyed It And Pupils New York

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

On a blackboard recovered from the ruins of the New London high school, near Overton (Texas), where hundreds of pupils were killed in an…

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Religious Instruction in our State Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

"That a specially chosen ordained minister be set apart as superintendent of religious education in the public schools; that his work be recognised as a sub-department of the Young People's Department, under the control of a conference committee of six ministers and six laymen, half of whom shall be appointed by the Council of the…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 12

The one fundamental of Christianity is, God is love. That is the truth which is to be sounded in the ears of children. The children will only get one half-hour's instruction a week, and that…

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