The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28
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$3.50 New South wales.--l md euriou
ss srom our American boys IN the de
80 Of public instruction in Aus
pA'Ns ome Of our school teachers interes
W. oantls IN geography by having then
'as. o5d With school boys all over tn
s,,ia The school boy writes letter ten
.bont his home and life in the unite'
49, and in return asks the Australian
= renly with letter about his hom'
how things are going on on the othe
8. :, ,bs world. one such letter. which
hIsrs before me, comes from Afcnle ASH
ns'e i2.vear.old boy of Maitland, Mob
n.hs. been answered by one of the sgd
rsy school boys, ana !9uns 10y tait "r tI,'!
laws how BOYS live IN Australia. Here
tao"s low sentences from his letter or
" he lives at Maitland; He says;
wy lice in Maitland, Neb., on the North
..s,srn railroad. Not many wears age
,N.sa was scarcely anybody living here
ae'y .,ms fine ago people began to move
w. rom foreign countries. some of them
w Sweden. Norway, Germany, Denmark
VA Bohemia. This is n fine place, only
ssTy and windy at times.
Next will tell you what we grow here.
Va uSe pl6ws TO stir up the ground and
t,,,ons Id level IL OF. We plant oats ana
ssa riib a machine called corn planter.
Ws cultivate the corn with a cultlvator
,srpe times. We cut the oats with bind.
y shock II mp and when ii Is dry 1t Ia
isrlsd 10 tine house and stacked. In the
i,a when the corn gets ripe we have to
issk Il and crib 1t up to keep Ii for our
Nh or sell Il II we want to.
~0nr school begins at . o'clock In the
morning and closes mt O'Clock in the
,fternoou. Then we 60 home and do our
.upper help In my fathers store.
Most Of the girls help their mothers do
sousevork When they think they get old
ssough they get married Il they can dnd
somebody to suit them. Well. | guess /
~ - "Archic Ashmore.
Australia's Public Schools.
snd that the Australians have good
public school system. Every colony has its
ssl books and its own methods. In Vic.
itna the board OF education publishes
shool papers which come out once month
to take the place Of the reading books used
ID our schools. These papers are composed
Il extracts and such original matter as the
teachers think will benefit the children.
lAeg contain frequent references TO the
tegs Of the month, and the articles pub,
lsaed are on current topics and on matters
n Australian. There are now many articles
\ sbouHthe Beers and the Chinese and the
. Vars which have been going on among
item. There are papers on how plants
ffoE, stories OF geography, poems and
H FlsS Inc papers are Illustrated and seem
'fiy attractive Some Of the poems are
\ Nleies, and one of the songs which was
published a few weeks ago mas the words
4 'id OH Of Columbia beginning:
Britannia, the pride Of the ocean.
ine nome Of the brave and the Free"
The remainder Of the song is about the
nne as our Columbia, the Gem of the |
The School Policemen.
= nearly all the colonies education Ia
60npufsory' and that Notwithstanding the |
alaen have to pay for attending school.
" charge is never more than s cents 4
sM per pupil. and never more than a
,lunps' or % cents, per week per family.
y, ss9 sonih Wales II children between
Ens srhoo, I sa, Sept oui Of school during 7
kN ,ha Ivei season, or during any part Of
IN, wv ns parents are fined S125 For tho
o,,,,"ata' e ,e ana 50 or seven DAYS imnris.
M s0Ao vi eaen subsequent OfTense. There
Elsst NM N olneefs who go around and
EI1is IN ~ aue Pupils and the truants are
I'm i, avs N Victoria, QueensIand AMI
,,s,. ~ New Zealand and Tosmania NJ
fi .,,,s,i.s not as well developed I'm Westnr,
ksl sSSooi nut even that colony has fairly
0'lI'oad Passes for School Children.
@Is o. the colonies school children
Il aired free on the railroads in eoina
n .su itom school. They are given n,syos
=. SCHOOL nearest them, ana everv a.
M Ia tba !" 1--WE glye every one an educa /,
I'm ris. Nnool teachers, men vyho +ro'.nI i
BE- n w place and teach for n short !
Main 10 cav. rr,noer Of families, going hack
4 10 b. donss o. On me work they have laid
4 IL pre.s gvne N their absence az
-5iOois IL there are about som nrh,io
Eisers ana usrana' with about loon :
/ftily evarr. almost 1000, OOO scholars
lscurb e Wwnere the schooling Is secmIar !
a Ttts do not W south Wales where the !,
To- an honr S 9,'Ilect a preacher Is caliad
He. .Ssaslalia religious Inetrnsti ~ n
biz In, school hours. If the nnrents a s
NJ Snnsa, a rule such teaching is teft
nious A. IL 9.aoois, which are about as
" one II Tho country In the world. ;
= Ma hs.1ioois: each church ma 'l , pl
oa Afny lts own. Including tbe sni. a
e rs Of noor Inleh Is teaching many thon. &
n ''V' ooys and girls. ''V'' q
Schools Of Art G
b H., 'as queer features of education /, e. 8
E S.s 3 the world are the schnoIs - b
~ , ~, every town has one AMI oon a
slla It library. m onSens dn con ,, o.
n po1ss s w give dollar for dollar. or N
E y .na 10! pound, to any town which re
ssst II yilIeg. ms purpose. For In.
" I llhArr - VIII raise $1,000 Ia 90
W., ylll supplv 5 Sen9ol OF art the gov n.
q \ Ts4ss ltS gifts as the nanrn'' nuH fc
a nlr,ine muotts or art teach dra WING nj
Nthogranhr usiC' botany, tvpewritino =
ioH viii sa a1q, IN fact, about every y
VArstlan oiangnt in the Young u
49, They aissoclati0n schools In on7 M
studies al ~ teach Painting ana ~ 81
4 aelr librarianey have reading rooms is
laif1nlzea are well supplied md or
aas llbrsrr school nj Arts In W
"a Tasi.I.' OF 5000 volumes. or
,,tItioo'' s .a Schools. i
A'llsl srhoo,. s'y city Of any size has lts "
'i.at classss lnere are seventy. tbrag sv
ma "A taught In sydne{ ana e. II
"a NJ ID mem are 1000 students "a
r. srhhl,s archaeological museum With ke
ss4 TA' Including 1t.O0o snnn,. "isa W,
%, there museum sSe building alone COST e,
ss.sssnlcs' institn,a New South Wales 81
Fl hir af,o. ~ order fha, ~ OF them ar
81, eqknsnell them. In No,t ths worklnz IA
"A ~ AM -, college 1vbinhV ttrhe there an
"a. al shleh has y, worth about 500 IA
600 present In the neigh.
lb the eyenInehts. Tho chief
III 49, nero are ne
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