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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... no. 307 November 1925 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII

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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Pictures: 'The Rt.-Hon. Lord Forster' and 'Lady Forster' (unattributed), [145].
- Poetry: 'The Fold' by May Bridger Amoore, elsewhere set to music by English composer W. H. Squire (1871-1963), 147; 'So Little Time' by American lyricist D. Eardley-Wilmot, elsewhere set to music by American composer Herman Hohr, 160.
- Prose: 'Manners Makyth Man' from A Primer in English Citizenship (1913) by English school headmaster, Frederic Swain [Swann], 148-149; 'Getting on in the World' (unattributed), 157; 'Truth' by American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes (q.v.), 159.
- History: 'The Story of Strzelecki and Party : Continued' by C. S. Osborne, from an article in The Gap, the school magazine of the Bairnsdale Inspectorate, 1923, with map 'The South-Western Part of Gippsland' by Herbert Hansford, Lands and Survey Department, Victoria, 151-153.
- Speeches: 'Governors-General: The Farewell Words of His Excellence Lord Forster [Henry William Forster (1866-1936)] and The Arrival of the Successor to Lord Forster [John Lawrence Baird Stonehaven (1874-1941)]' with photograph 'Their Excellencies Lord Stonehaven and Lady Stonehaven and the Members of their Staff at Federal Government House', [145]-147.
- Notices: 'The Ministering Children's League', 'Armistice Day', 'Spelling Tests' and 'Price of The School Paper' (unattributed), 149.
- Song: 'O God, Our Help in Ages Past', with words by English hymnist Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), and to the tune of 'St. Anne' by English composer Dr. W. Croft (1678-1727), 160.
- Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 19. Cement and Concrete' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Pipes of Peace : Head-quarters of an Australian Reinforced Concrete Pipe Company', 'A Reinforced Concrete Bath', and 'Centrifugal Action : Note the Container's Whirled by Friction Drive', i-iv.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.

* Contents derived from the 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

The Golden Yesterday"After a spell of chill, grey weather", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry (p. 145-155)

Note: With illustration: 'Scenes on an Alluvial Goldfield, 1852' from The Story of Brown's and Scarsdale (1912) by Patrick M'Grath et. al. (ed. John West).

Captain Matthew Flinders"An art-wrought monument of stone", Henry Davis , single work poetry (p. 150-151)

Note:

With introduction (unattributed) that explains Flinders's history and the rationale for the monument to be erected in the grounds of the Anglican Church facing Swanston Street.
With photograph: 'Bronze Statue of Flinders, Melbourne', "the last completed work of the gifted Victorian sculptor, Mr. C. Web Gilbert' [Charles Marsh Web Gilbert (1867-1925)].

Saved from Drowning : A Story Founded on Fact, Lucy Reader , May Cox , single work children's fiction children's (p. 155-157)

Note: With photographs depicting cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 'Forward and Downward' and 'He Released the Pressure' by W. J. Mildenhall (1891-1962).