Grandmother goes back to school
AFRESH-COMPLEXIONED, grey-haired woman --11 times a grandmother--has returned to the classroom as a student. She is Mrs. V. K…
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Modern schooling, teaching manners as well as maths, would do away with -- The Smart Alec and his inferiority complex
GORDON REDFERN, is 16, sleek-haired, coatless and in search of a job. He will not have to search…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fort Street School (Soon 100 Years Old) Has Fine Record
Robert Louis Stevenson in "Some College Memories" wrote: "Thus by some odd chance I had the very last of the very best of Alma Mater; the same thing, I hear (which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Knox Donee For School Memorial
The most successful dance ever organised: by the Knox College Old Boys' Union took place at the Trocadero last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Minister on School Problem
The problem of providing sufficient schools to meet the normal demand in developing districts was made more difficult by the enforced suspension of building activities…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Joint Committee Suggested to Assist in School Planning
While public school buildings were badly in need of attention from builders, they were neglected for lack of materials and manpower; yet these building materials and manpower were being used to erect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Morning, Dear Teacher
A combined cricket team representing Parramatta District Schools last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Induction Of Prefects At Parramatta High School
The Induction of Prefects at Parramatta High School was conducted before the assembled school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High School Cricket
Parramatta High School was unable to play Homebush in the first grade cricket fixture last week because of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Merrylands East School
A very enjoyable evening was scent at Merrylands East Infant School. when the Mothers' Club held the monthly euchre party. Se advert for date of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conditions at Merrylands Public School Protest Meeting of Parents and Citizens' Associations
The appalling san[?]ry conditions existing at Merrylands Public School were revealed at a public protest meeting organised by the parents and citizens'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Spend Money On Schools, Not On War”
“I want my son to die in bed, not with his boots on. That’s what we all want and that’s what we should tell the Federal Government.” This dramatic plea for peace was made by Mrs. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →78 Teachers For Migrants
CANBERRA, Tues. -- The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) said today that the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Marys Infants School'Mothers' Club
The last meeting of the Mothers' Club was the annual general meeting, held at the school on Wednesday, March 9…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Continental at High School
On Friday, April 8, in the afternoon and evening, a Continental-will be held at Penrith High School. There will be stalls, afternoon tea, drinks, ice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Page For Catholic Schools Instalment No. 8. In A Study Of Shakespear's "Macbeth"
ACT IV., SCENE I. (A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.) Thunder, enter the Three Witches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diocesan News From All Part of the State Canberra-goulburn School Building For Quandialla Convent
Rev. Father H. Leonard, pastor of the parish of Bribbaree, has purchased the Public School at Eurabba, and is having it transported…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Catholic Education Office Notes Free Broadcast Listeners' Licences For Schools
AN amendment to the Australian Broadcasting Act provides for the issue of FREE Broadcast Listeners' Licences to ALL Schools as from March 15, 1949. As this type of licence cannot be issued at Post Offices, It will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolgirls' Camp
During the school holidays, from May 9 to 13, a camp for schoolgirls over 13 years of age will take place at The Grail, Springwood. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm School Gift
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., one of the leading firms in the pastoral industry, this year celebrates the centenary…
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