"Secondary school" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... given lessons in sewing for years. And cookery. And mathematics. I used to give evening lessons in mathematics at Longshaw secondary school." ...
— Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) • Arnold Bennett
... principle, as in the case of "evolution" or "culture"; or it may be a general system or practice, as in the case of "commission government," "honor system," or "high standards for graduation"; or it may be a general class of things, persons, or events, as in the case of "secondary school," "professional coach," or "murder." When you use any such term in an argument, it is essential that your readers shall have the same set of details, ramifications, or instances in mind as you have yourself. For this purpose you must define ...
— The Making of Arguments • J. H. Gardiner
... Filipinos call it, having learned to associate these words with it from the enthusiastic shouts of American onlookers. Baseball has taken firm hold, and is here to stay. In Manila every plot of green is given over to its devotees. Every secondary school in the country has its nine and its school colors and yell, and the pupils go out and "root" as enthusiastically as did ever freshmen of old Yale or Harvard. No Fourth of July can pass without ...
— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee
... a school or other institution. The term is also applied to the holder of "a bursary," an exhibition at Scottish schools or universities, and also in England a scholarship or exhibition enabling a pupil of an elementary school to continue his education at a secondary school. The term "burse" (Lat. bursa, Gr. [Greek: borsa], bag of skin) is particularly used of the embroidered purse which is one of the insignia of office of the lord high chancellor of England, and of the pouch which in the Roman Church contains the "corporal" in the service ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various
... Giliak Indian tribe Christ's Hospital. Bristol Lappa Uki Lop Ears Grammar, Bristol. Bromsgrove 'Peary' 'Peary' Bromsgrove School (cost of transport). Colston's Bullet Bullet Colston's School. Danum Rabchick Grouse Doncaster Grammar Sch. Derby I. Suka Lassie Girls' Secondary School, Derby. Derby II. Silni Stocky Secondary Technical School, Derby. Devon Jolti Yellowboy Devonshire House Branch of Navy League. Duns Brodiaga Robber Berwickshire High School. Falcon Seri Grey High School, Winchester. Felsted Visoli Jollyboy Felsted School. Glebe ...
— Scott's Last Expedition Volume I • Captain R. F. Scott |
