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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 167

English Visitor Eager To See Australia Properly Travellers Arrive And Depart By Liners; Schoolgirls Of Canadian Empire Team

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 4

"ANOTHER continent to see, and I am eager to see it properly," said the Marchioness of Sligo looking over the rail of the Aorangi as it berthed yesterday. With Miss Helen Maclean, of Ardgour, Lady Sligo is…

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Our School System. Need for Reform. The Place of the Teacher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

"Ceremonies," said the little girl, when asked to distinguish between the moral and ceremonial commands of the Mosaic law—"ceremonies we keeps;…

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Urges Revision of "Three R's" Archbishop Kelly at Lidcombe Opens New Catholic School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

The revision of the traditional "three R's," reading, writing and arithmetic, and their alteration to "religion, reading, and writing," was advocated by Archbishop Kelly, officially opening the new Catholic school and brothers' residence at St. Joachim's…

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Teachers' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

The 10th annual conference of tile Australian Teachers' Federation will commence at the rooms of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, at 9 a.m. to-day. The official…

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The Churches. Marist School Archbishop Kelly at Lidcombe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

The new school of the Marist Brothers, at Lidcombe, was blessed and opened yesterday afternoon by Archbishop Kelly. A large crowd attended…

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Anglican Missions. Summer School at Hornsby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

The third summer school arranged by the Australian Board of Missions of the Church of England, was opened at Barker College, Hornsby, on Saturday evening, when almost…

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Millions on Arms Similar Need in Schools Minister On Duties Of Democracy

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

"A nation that can afford to spend millions on defence can and must find millions for the first and greatest line of defence--a well-educated, healthy, robust, virile people, capable of utilising to the…

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Lord Mayor Debated At Teachers' Conference

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

CRITICISM was levelled at the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Aid. Nock, when the Council of the Australian Teachers' Federation opened its 10th annual conference to-day, but both the president and secretary spoke in favor of…

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Need Four 'R's' in Education Says Dr. Kelly at School Opening

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

A. NEW school, attached to the parish of St. Joachim's, Lidcombe was opened yesterday by Archbishop Kelly…

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Eddie Cantor Learned To Clown In A Hard School

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

EDDIE CANTOR'S boyhood has become his fortune in trade. It taught him that a real-life gag is better than all the good lines the best script writer in Hollywood can concoct. THE star of "Ali Baba Goes to…

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Canadian Team Cost £15,000 To Send 'Babies' Still at School 79 Athletes Determined To Win "Our Best"

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

IT would bo hard to encounter a more friendly team of athletes than the 70 Canadians and their nine officials, who arrived by the…

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School Boat Sheds to Go

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

The Scots College and Cranbrook College boatsheds will be demolished to make way for the flying-boat base at Rose Bay. The college authorities have agreed to…

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Our School System. Lack of Realism. Teachers' Grievances. Ii

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

Much of what is taught at school is unrelated to life, and becomes so much mental lumber, especially when examination cramming hinders genuine…

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Teachers" Building. Foundation-stone Laid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 12

"We can effect reforms only so far as the public will let us go," said Mr. Hicks, superintendent of State technical education, at a function at the Hotel Carlton yesterday,…

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Conference of Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 12

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, officially opening the 10th annual meeting of the council of the Australian Teachers' Federation at the Town Hall yesterday. From left: Mr. Drummond; the president of the Federation, Mr. M. Mackinnon; Miss L. G…

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Around the World Missions Schools and Communism

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

LONDON. Dec. 23.—Mr. John Murray, principal of University College, Exeter, who was a member of. the Government Commission…

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Subsidy of £5,000,000 Teachers Ask for Federal Aid Money For Research And Visual Education

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

A Federal Government subsidy of at least £5,000,000 for the development of education in Australia will be sought by the Australian Teachers' Federation, following a decision reached at the…

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Education Neglect Deplored Federal Grants Are Demanded By Teachers at Conference

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

FEDERAL grants in support of State education were urged by Mr. M. Mackinnon, president of the Australian Teachers Federation. In…

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Parents Go to School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 14

SEATTLE (Washington), December 26.--A course for parents of University of Washington students, believed only one of its kind in the United States, has…

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School Libraries. Teachers Study Methods. Government's Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 16

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, in an address yesterday to school teachers undertaking a special course of study of library systems, aald that the existing library…

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