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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 167

High School Improvements. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 6

About £500 is being spent at the newlycreated Lithgow Technical High School. The building which was elected 10 years ago, is being painted and renovated. Application has…

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Additions to Public School. Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 7

Additions to the Crookwell Public School, costing more than £ 4,000, were opened by the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, yesterday afternoon. Crookwell's first school,…

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Attack on Exams. Schools' New Scheme. Aeronautics Chair. by Our Melbourne Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 10

A sweeping attack is about to be made upon the prevailing system of school examinations in Victoria. An entirely new scheme has been…

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Teachers Condemn Magazine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

The School Magazine, issued monthly by the Education Department, was a waste of money, and should be scrapped…

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With the Agility of Mountain Goats And the Minds of Scholars Young Women Behind the Scenes in Large Libraries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 21

AT the Sydney Public Library there is a staff of young women who combine the physical agility of the mountain goat with the mental activity of scholars. They are the library officers, the cataloguers, and…

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English Nursery School Expert Interviewed. Insufficient Time for Music

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 18

SUGGESTIONS for the improvement of the nursery school system in Australia on British lines were made by Miss Mary Bird, newly-appointed Director of the Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools' Association, in an interview yesterday with a representative of the Women's Supplement, after she…

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From Day to Day in Sydney. Back-to-school Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

WEARING school uniforms and carrying their supper wrapped as lunches, members of the Fort Street Girls' High School Old Girls' Union held a "Back to Schcol…

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Walker Cup Golf. British Selections. Schoolboy Included. London, May 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 15

Selections for the British Walker Cup golf team to play against the United States Include A. G. Bruen, the 18-year-old Irish schoolboy, who did a 68 at St. Andrew's last week,…

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Experiment at Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 5

A good idea has been adopted by the Safety First, Council of an English county, according to advice received by the N.R.M.A. The school authorities enforce a statutory five minutes'…

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Schoolboys to Visit Barrier Reef

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 10

A party of boys from the High and intermediate High schools of North Sydney will leave for the Great Barrier Reef, with Mr. M. J. Cusbert, of the Mosman Boys'…

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Schools in Neglect Money Needed To Help

The Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 10

Schools should be temples of learning and not barns or barracks, the headmaster (Mr. A. W. Cusbert) stated…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 10

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been mode by the Director of…

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Wore Their Old School Uniforms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 10

TWO hundred old girls of Fort Street High School borrowed or resurrected school uniforms last night for a "Back to School Night."…

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Diphtheria Causes Schools To Close

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The State schools and the convent at Charleville have been closed because of an outbreak of diphtheria…

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Extra Subsidy for School of Arts "Not Fair," Says Cameron

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

A further subsidy to Parramatta School of Arts of £42/1/2—amount of outstanding rates and interest—was criticised by Ald. Cameron…

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"We Are Seven" Family's Sunday School Attendance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 13

Mrs. F. Hoy, of Smith-street, Wentworthville, is a sound believer in religious instructions. Seven of her large family attend Sunday School at the…

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Dundas School Inspector's Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 3

Acting on a report by the health inspector (Mr. A. G. Winter), Dunda[?] Council decided last week to bring under the notice of the Education…

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Guildford School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 17

Though the final figures are not yet available, the president of the Guildford School of Arts (Mr. Bowen), states that the result of its recent fancy fair will…

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Teacher to Preach

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 18

Mr. C. D. McCutcheon, B.Sc., of Cowra Intermediate High School, will conduct a service on Sunday evening at the Knox Presbyterian Church. Mr…

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Won School Final Irene Travers in Form

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 10

Keen interest was taken in the tennis singles final of the Parramatta Domestic Science Schools which was fought out last week between Irene Treyers…

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