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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... no. 304 August 1925 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Pictures: 'Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Commander-in-Chief of the Visiting Fleet' and 'Map Showing the Route of the Visiting War Ships of the United States' (unattributed), [97].
    • Poetry: 'The Call of Duty' by American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (q.v.), with portrait of the author, 99; 'Chicago : October 10, 1871' by American poet Bret Harte (q.v.), 101; 'Pumpkin Pie' from The Pumpkin by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier (q.v.), 104; 'Song of the Chattahoochee' by American musician and poet Sidney Lanier (1842-1881), 105-106.
    • Prose: 'The Visit of the American Fleet' from The Age, with illus. 'Coats of Arms : Australia, New Zealand, United States', [97]-98.
    • History: 'The Ship-Building Effort of the United States in the Great War' from The Geography of the World War and the Peace Treaties (1919) by American educationalist Frank M. McMurray, with illus. 'An American Destroyer' from The Herald, Melbourne, 99-100; 'A Visit to Villers-Bretonneux, November, 1924' by Madame Charlotte Crivelli of the Victorian Committee of the Villers-Bretonneux Appeal, with illus. 'A Birds-eye View Showing how the School will Appear when Completed', 106-108.
    • Natural Science: 'Oranges : Stored Sunlight' (unattributed), with photographs : 'A Cluster of Oranges : Balls of Sunshine' and 'An Orange Grove', supplied by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria, 101-104; 'Wattle Blossom' (unattributed), with illus. 'Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia Baileyana)', 111-112.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 16. Leatherware' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with illustrations: 'Kings of the Year', 'Making Leather Goods in a Melbourne Factory' by Darge Photography, and 'Man's Fitted Travelling Case', i-iv.
  • 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 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitledi"Britain and Columbia, partnered, may direct the course of kings", Benjamin Hoare , extract poetry war literature (p. [97])
The Harbinger of Spring, William Gillies , Robert Hall , single work children's fiction children's
Young Jack learns about the parts of flowering plants when walking with his father on an early Spring day.
(p. 108-111)
Note: With two (unattributed) illustrations: 'The Harbinger of Spring, or Victorian Snowdrop' after Ferdinand von Mueller (q.v.) and 'Parts of a Flower' from Webster's International Dictionary.
Untitledi"Yellow wattle, earth adorning", W. J. McDonald , single work poetry
Two short stanzas about the wattle being the most beautiful Australian flower, especially in comparison to migrated plants.
(p. 112)

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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