This paper considers the distinctive and peculiar place that Presbyterianism and Presbyterian Church schools occupy in New Zealand’s education sector
These “detectives” or gomastahs became an integral part of the functioning of the Contagious Diseases Act and the lock hospital system in Madras.Footnote 2 Their indispensable position within this system allowed them to regularly employ coercive measures when identifying women who were suspected of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that any such attack would be considered an act of war by NATO member states. In his speech, Macron claimed that the global system created in the wake of World War II was “incomplete and unjust,” because many modern nations did not even exist a...
The Strategic Fears of the Ruling Class: The Construction of Queensland's Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act of 1877 In early 1877, there were no immigration restrictions in any of the Australian colonies. Queensland's Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act of 1877 was the first of many laws that restri...
1877: George Washington Henderson, a student at the University of Vermont, is the first Black student elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. 1878: Winfield Scott Montgomery, a student at Dartmouth College, is the second Black student elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 1879: Wiley Lane, a ...
We have an example of these things (that act on the senses) in [the sound and fire of] that children's toy which is made in many [diverse] parts of the world; i.e. a device no bigger than one's thumb. From the violence of that salt called saltpetre [together with sulphur and ...
Although child-centred care is increasingly referred to within the nursing literature, a clear definition of child-centred care and clarity around the concept is yet to be achieved. The objectives of this review were to examine the following: (1) What constitutes the concept of child-centred car...
The test battery includes five components (muscle strength, aerobic endurance, flexibility, agility/dynamic balance, and body-mass index (BMI)) and seven tests (chair stand (CST), arm curl (ACT), 6 min walk (MWT6), 2 min step test (2-mST), chair sit-and-reach (CSAR), back scratch...
Social reform had not been the chief cry at the general election, which was fought mainly on the old issues offree trade, temperance reform, and education. In manyconstituenciesthere was evidence ofNonconformistgrievances against the Balfour-engineerededucation actof 1902 that had abolished the school...
“base de toute éducation israélite” (the basis of all Jewish education). This was accompanied by a serious “secular” teaching with the twofold aim of making of the girls “dignes membres du culte et de la sociéte” (worthy members of the religion and society). See “Institution ...