Urge New School Deputation To Minister
BATHURST, Thursday.--In an effort to expedite the building of the long-promised new public in school in Bathurst, the Mayor, Ald…
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Schoolboys' Sports
DIVING to a gallery at Manly yesterday. T. Kerr (Manly), a competitor in the senior diving championship for boys from intermediate, junior, high, and central schools…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Sweating" in Schools. Warning by Minister. Disabilities of Pupils
The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, replying in the Legislative Assembly to a question about "sweating" in schools, said that it would not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stories of Success. Baker's Boy Who Became a General Antoine Druot, Napoleon's Friend One day in 1791 the celebrated Professor Laplace was holding an examination in the Town Hall of Metz for candidates wishing to enter the artillery school of Chalons-sur-Marne. All were assembled, and the examination was about to begin, when there crept into the room a strange figure
HERE was no young gentleman, son of a rich father, well dressed and inclined to swagger; Laplace's eyes observed a meanly clothed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Letters to the Editor Re Sunday School Decline
Sir,—That there has been a decline in the number of Sunday school scholars of over 2,500 during the past year is revealed by a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Protection of School Children on Trains. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—During the past three years, the members of this council representing the folfollowing schools, Undercliffe, Marrickville West, Marrickville Technical and Girls' High…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.A.F. Country School. Claims by Many Towns
Protests against the proposal to establish the new training school of the Royal Australian Air Force at Wagga continue to come from other…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New School Wanted. Blacktown
Memebers of the Blacktown Chamber [?] Commerce, at its last meeting, severely criticised the state of the Blacktown Public School, Erected about 45 years ago, the building, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Training for Libraries. New School. Opening for Career
In accordance with the Government's decision to have trained libranins available when it puts its scheme for library service into…
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Manuscripts will be read and discussed at the School of Modern Writers, room 13, third floor, Post Office Chambers, 333 George Street, on Monday, at 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament Calls Judge To Order M.L.A.'s Charge Sweating in Schools
REMARKS of Mr. Justice Henchman in a Brisbane Court on Thursday drew a strong protest from (Labor, Redfern) in Parliament yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Till Age 15 Years
A proposal to raise the Statutory school leaving age to 15 will shortly be considered by State Cabinet as a contribution to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Birth Control If Wives Work As Teachers AUCKLAND
If married women left their homes to go to work, their action involved birth control and the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Schoolboy Detective Unexpected Picnic
ROB PEARCE and his pal, Lionel Martin, had walked about three miles into the bush at River Bend, a densely-timbered locality, hilly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attitude of Teachers on Overworking
In a letter to the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, the secretary of the Teachers' Federation, Mr. R. K. Tilley, outlines the official attitude of the federation on the subject of the sweating of school children by teachers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boys Reform System Finds Critic "Welded Lives," Story of a Borstal School. By George Ingram. Duckworth, London
A few days ago a magistrate in Sydney regretted that this State had not created Borstal institutions for the reform of young offenders. The English novelist George Ingram, whose previous book "Stir," was widely accepted as a picture of gaol life in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wagga Air School Hopes Wagga
Because of the amount of preliminary work carried out, Cabinet is expected to approve of the site near Wagga for an R.A.A.F. training…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Writing in Schools
I wish to comment on the article headed "Handwriting Lessons" ("The Sun," March 6). It seems that everyone, except those directly responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To Probe School Sweating
The sweating of school children by certain teachers who hold classes before and after the regulation hours, will be investigated by the Minister for Education, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Teachers' Plea for Bolder Govt. Plans
The Teachers' Federation of New South Wales decided on Saturday to ask the Government for at least 100 teachers to be trained in physical culture…
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