The first part of this one from Newtown National School in 1877 was not very kind about the boys of the town...
rough ?
Let's go and thump
him one, lads !
| The rough boys of Newtown |
| Victorian
schools had to prepare for regular visits by the official School
Inspector who came to test the children's work. The reports of
these inspections were copied into the school Log
Book, and they often make interesting reading. The first part of this one from Newtown National School in 1877 was not very kind about the boys of the town... |
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Who are
you calling rough ? Let's go and thump him one, lads ! |
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24th
October
1877 |
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| 24th
October - "Considering the general
roughness of the boys of Newtown I think the discipline of the school does
great credit to the Master..." In 1865 the head teacher of the same school also wrote about the behaviour of the boys - and of the "very nice" girls ! ... 13th September - "Boys are rather rude, especially the older ones. The girls are very nice in their behaviour". |
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We're
much nicer than those horrible boys ! |
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13th
September
1865 |
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Some thirty years later, in August 1895, the school Log Book noted that "Rowland Morris, a Standard 3 boy, was expelled on Wednesday for gross insubordination. He was the worst boy in the school and was the terror of all the other boys". The boys of Newtown are all very well behaved these days, of course ! Well, some of them are, anyway...
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