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Issue Details:
First known date:
1923...
no.
283
September
1923
of
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
est. 1896-1932
The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Picture: 'Grey Winter Hath Gone' (unattributed), [113].
- Poetry: 'Spring' from The Revolt of Islam, Canto IX, by English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (q.v), 115; 'My Work' by American clergyman Henry van Dyke (1852- ), 116; 'The Signal' (unattributed), 116; 'Playing the Game' (unattributed), 127; 'At the Door' by American poet Eugene Field (1850-1895), 128.
- Prose: 'Save the Wattle' (unattributed), 114-115; 'The Earth Veil' by English author John Ruskin (q.v.), 115-116.
- Fiction: 'The Spelling Match' from Emmy Lou (1902) by American novelist George Madden Martin [Georgia May Madden] (1866-1946), 125-127.
- Special Reports: 'Victoria's Gift to Villers-Bretonneux' (unattributed), regarding the post-war adoption of the town of Villers-Bretonneux by the city of Melbourne, and the laying of foundations of a school in Villers-Bretonneux funded by the Victorian Education Department's War Relief Fund, with illus. 'Map to Illustrate the German Offensive that was Launched on the 21st of March, 1918', 'The Town of Villers-Bretonneux as it was before the German Bombardment', 'A Tribute of Sympathetic Regard' (featuring Miss W. Tate on behalf of the school children of Victoria), 'The Departure from the Temporary Town Hall', 'At the Site of the New Schoolhouse' (featuring Mrs. McWhae, wife of the Agent-General of Victoria), and 'Scene at the Laying of the Foundation Stone' (featuring John McWhae (1858 - 1927), Agent-General of Victoria, and Frank Tate (1864-1939), Direction of Education), and 'Front Elevation, or Facade (fah-sahd'), of the New School at Villers-Bretonneux', 117-124.
- Notices: 'The Commonwealth Loan' (unattributed), 128; 'Spelling Tests' (unattributed), 128. 'Price of The School Paper' (unattributed), 128.
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Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- September in Australiai"Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest,", extract poetry (p. [113]-114)
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