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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 128

Recreation Movement's School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 5

The Recreation and Leadership Movement will hold a summer school at the W.E.A. House at Newport, from January 26 to January 29. The programme includes lectures on…

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Teachers Will Meet Menzies

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

"We feel it is a recognition of the place of education in the affairs of the nation," said the secretary of the Australian Teachers' Federation, Mr…

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Schoolboys Win First Surf Races

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 12

Two schoolboy life-savers won club handicap surf races at their first starts yesterday. They were B. See (Bondi) and S. Allard (Coogee)…

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Dead Headmaster Was Pupils' Friend

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

Herbert Stanley Dettmann, headmaster of Sydney Grammar School, died early yesterday morning, aged 64. Mr. Dettmann was a notable classical scholar and…

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Minister and Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

Sir,—I thank the president of the Teachers' Federation for the moderation of his reply to my letter. I should be sorry to lose the goodwill of members of the federation, for many…

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50 Years' Work at University. Mr. L. Schaeffer Retires. Services to Medical School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

Having completed 53½ years' service on the staff of the Sydney University, Mr. Louis Schaeffer, Chief Laboratory Assistant of the department of Anatomy of…

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This Racing Game Hurdlers' Fees Schooling At Randwick

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 19

In future, horses schooled over hurdles at Randwick will cost their owners 2s 6d for each lesson…

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School Buses Popular in U.s.a

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 6

School buses in the United States carry five times as many passengers as the railways of the whole country. There are now 87,000 school buses in…

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Famed Duettists for Here Both Pupils of Artur Schnabel

Daily News · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 5

Arrangements have been made through the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Federal controller of music, Mr. W. G. James, who is at…

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700 Schoolboys at Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 6

Seven hundred Sydney Grammar School boys attended the funeral yesterday of their headmaster, Mr. Herbert Stanley Dettmann…

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Must Pay to School Horses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 14

Trainers who do not hold No. 1 licences, are to be charged 26 for schooling horses over jumps at Randwick. The A.J.C. secretary (Mr. G. T. Rowe)…

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There Are 447 Greek Schools in U.s.a

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 1

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Hurdle Horses. Schooling at Randwick. Fee for Those Not Generally Trained There

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 15

From this week trainers of horses schooled over hurdles at Randwick will be charged a iee of 2/6 if the horses are not generally trained at Randwick. An exception will be…

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Shortage of Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 7

Sir,—There is reported a considerable shortage of teachers in non-Government schools. Strange to say, this applies to women teachers and not to men, for it might have been expected…

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Inspectorship of Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 22

Mr. Kevin Ryan, M.A., B.Ec, has been appointed Inspector of Schools for the Archdiocese of Sydney, and will take up duty immediately…

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Sex Instruction in Schools. Agitation Revived

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 21

Any attempt to introduce into New South Wales State schools the teaching of definite religion, or of morals based en Christian doctrine, would create an uproar…

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Prize Day in Our Schools. Marist Brothers', Darlinghurst. a Spectacular Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 11

Marist Brothers' High School, Darling-hurst, has a flair for doing things well. In recent years that good habit has been extended to the matter of full length…

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The Aim of Geography. Practical Suggestions for the Secondary Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 10

Why is geography in the curriculum? "The function of geography is to train future citizens to imagine accurately the conditions of the great world stage, and…

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High School Debating Hints. Training Catholic Speakers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 10

In answer to several letters we are reviving a guide to speakers in debate. The following hints are given with regard to debating which will help to bring…

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Christian Brothers. Teachers Gain Degrees

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 19

Rev. Brothers E. C. Fields and E. B. Healy, of the Lewisham Christian Brothers' High School, J. A. McGlade, of St. Patrick's, Strathfield, and B. J. Carter, of…

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