COURTESY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 53, 3 November 1913, Page 4

COURTESY.

In New South Wales special attention is paid in the new syllabus of education in operation at the public schools to the hundred and one litttle rules that govern social intercourse. Boys and gitls are trained as far as possible in little acts of courtesy. That: the syllabus is achieving the desired result is evident from the number of interesting letters being received! daily by .Mr Carmichael, minister for] Education, thinking him for allowing] country schools to be represented at I the recent fleet celebrations. Mr Carmichael, it is stated, though much j gratified at the receipt of these let-! ters, regretted that the number received precluded him from answering] them personally. The following is a| type of the letters, and shows clearly | that the selected pupils not only rea-| lised, hut appreciated, the unique occasion through which they were able i to take part in the historic event, j The pupils of Gulargambone, in the | Dubbo district, wrote as follows;—j “We, the undersigned pupils, wish to j thank you for the privilege you allow-] eel ns to represent the above-named school at the arrival of the Australian Fleet, and feel certain that what we saw will live .in our memory for a great many years, as it was both interesting and instructive to all who had the privilege to represent their respective schools.”