Textbooks not superseded
With continuing increases in the price of school text- . books, the time might be approaching when microfilming ■ would be cheaper than con- ' ventional books, Mr C- E. , Fenwick told a meeting of the Hillmorton High School i Board. . t Mr Fenwick said that there - probably had been a rise of i about 20 per cent in the cost . of textbooks during the last ilB months. He asked what i the cost was per pupil On this years textbook ■ grant, the cost to each pupil i is about $7, the total coat in the school’s budget being ■ about $6300. "Then microfilming is still far off,” said Mr Fenwick. i The headmaster (Mr F. W. i Murdoch) said the Depart- ’ ment of Education reckoned i textbooks to have a life of four years. There was howi ever, a problem in changes in syllabus: most textbooks were outdated within 10 years and often in five years.
Chopping ffltae.—J. Alexander of Australia, has won ths underhand Choppins UUe at the world lumberjack championship! In Hay Ward (Wlaconelni He -cut through Ma log in SS.laoc Mexander also won lhe standing chopping event JHa time waa SS.3sec. ■
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32676, 4 August 1971, Page 15
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194Textbooks not superseded Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32676, 4 August 1971, Page 15
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