Manawatu Standard. PUBLISHED DAILY. Suivant La Verite. TUESDAY. JUNE 26, 1883. STATE EDUCATION.
The Melbourne Argus gives this illustration, of ; the ipnor nee of Biblical subjects prevalent among children m Victoria : — " The head master ot the Gordons local school states that, when recently giving a lesson on geography to his fourth class on the mountains of Asia, not a single child had ever heard anything m connection with Mount Sinai, or Mount Ararat, and only two children ou of a class of thirty had ever heard of Noah. The teacher being astonished, askvd the; same questions m the filth, sixth, and upper sixth classes, and found the same Biblical ignorance prevailing there amongst forty-six children, whose ages ranged from twelve to nineteen years, two only being able to answer the questions satisfactorily, both of whom were Sunday school teachers. Only one pupil m the wholschool, a Sunday school teacher, recently arrived from Melbourne, knew the meaning of the <w d Decalogue."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 172, 26 June 1883, Page 2
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161The Manawatu Standard. PUBLISHED DAILY. Suivant La Verite. TUESDAY. JUNE 26, 1883. STATE EDUCATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 172, 26 June 1883, Page 2
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