GIBSON BEQUEST SUB-COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING
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CORK MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
THE FUNCTION OF EDUCTION
‘The sixteenth session of the Cork Municipal School of Commerce opened last evening in the Lecture Theatre, School of Art when Mr. D.J. Coakley, F.A.A, Principal of the School of Commerce, delivered an interesting address on the important subject “The Function of Education”. There was a large audience, and the lecture was followed with the closest attention…’
‘…In the course of his lecture …Coakley said the objects of education, with which he was immediately concerned, might be briefly stated as follows:-
The individual, the lecturer said, was self-educated with the assistance of the home, the school and the world. The parent, the teacher, everyone who influences the training of young people, should realise that the object of training is to produce a self-reliant, decent member of society….’
[Extract from Cork Examiner, 7 September 1923]
FREE STUDENTSHIPS
‘An Examination will be held at the School of Art on Tuesday Evening, September 18th at 7p.m., for the purpose of Awarding Thirty Free Studentships at present attending any of the Primary Schools in the City of Cork.
Candidates are confined to those who are placed in the Sixth Standard Class. Pupil Teachers in receipt of Salary are not allowed to compete.
Full particulars on application
F.B. Giltinan, Secretary
[Source: Cork Examiner, 15 September 1923]
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