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Issue Details: First known date: 1919... no. 234 May 1919 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 Picture: 'The Unity of English-Speaking Peoples : King George with the President of the United States of America at Buckingham Palace, London' (unattributed), [33].
    • Poetry: 'The Sailing of the Long-Ships, October, 1899' by English poet Sir Henry Newbolt (q.v.), 38-39.
    • History: 'Queen Mary' (unattributed), with illus. 'A Silver Wedding Group of the Royal Family', 46-47; 'The Empire's Days of Trial : Past and to Come' by Australian educationalist William Gillies (q.v.), with illus. 'Marshal Joffre, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and Marshal Foch', 34-38; 'Britain's Maritime Supremacy' by the Hon. A. J. Balfour (1848-1930), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister (1902-1905) of the United Kingdom, 39.
    • Non-Fiction: 'The Royal Australian Naval College (unattributed), with illus. 'Germany's 74 Big Ships in the Firth (or Frith) of Forth, November 21, 1918' and ''The Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) and the First Contingent of Cadets who passed-out of Jervis Bay Naval College as Midshipmen, December, 1916', 40-43; 'The British', from El Imparcial magazine (Madrid) by Spanish publicist, Valdes, 45-46; 'A Noteworthy Tribute : Marshal Foch's Message to Australia' by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), 48.
    • Song: 'Thanksgiving Hymn for Peace' by Ruckert (c.1649), 48.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

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The Grey Motheri"Lo, how they come to me!", Lauchlan MacLean Watt , single work poetry war literature
The voice of the British Empire grieves her colonial children who died for her name in war.
 (p. [33]-34)
The School's Memoriali"This is the schoolroom, where their youthful minds", C. R. Bidgood , single work poetry war literature
A poetic memorial to the Australian service personnel who died during the war which remembers them as schoolboys before their travails.
 (p. 43-45)
Note: With illus. 'Title Page of an Honor Book' and 'Case Fastened to the Wall of the Schoolhouse, and Containing the Honor Book'.
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