How old are some of the private schools where David Walker was born?
150 years
Title: Muckle Bluff
Passage: Muckle Bluff is a bluff west of Walker Point on the south coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The descriptive name for this prominent feature was applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971; muckle being an old Scottish word meaning large.
Title: Private school
Passage: As of April 2014, there are 88 private schools in New Zealand, catering for around 28,000 students or 3.7% of the entire student population. Private school numbers have been in decline since the mid-1970s as a result of many private schools opting to become state-integrated schools, mostly due of financial difficulties stemming from changes in student numbers and/or the economy. State-integrated schools keep their private school special character and receives state funds in return for having to operate like a state school, e.g. they must teach the state curriculum, they must employ registered teachers, and they can't charge tuition fees (they can charge "attendance dues" for the upkeep on the still-private school land and buildings). The largest decline in private school numbers occurred between 1979 and 1984, when the nation's then-private Catholic school system integrated. As a result, private schools in New Zealand are now largely restricted to the largest cities (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch) and niche markets.
Title: Madrasa
Passage: The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with the same innocuous meaning in many Arabic-influenced languages, such as: Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Persian, Turkish, Azeri, Kurdish, Indonesian, Malay and Bosnian / Croatian. In the Arabic language, the word مدرسة madrasah simply means the same as school does in the English language, whether that is private, public or parochial school, as well as for any primary or secondary school whether Muslim, non-Muslim, or secular. Unlike the use of the word school in British English, the word madrasah more closely resembles the term school in American English, in that it can refer to a university-level or post-graduate school as well as to a primary or secondary school. For example, in the Ottoman Empire during the Early Modern Period, madaris had lower schools and specialised schools where the students became known as danişmends. The usual Arabic word for a university, however, is جامعة (jāmiʻah). The Hebrew cognate midrasha also connotes the meaning of a place of learning; the related term midrash literally refers to study or learning, but has acquired mystical and religious connotations.
Title: Grace Lutheran College
Passage: Grace Lutheran College (GLC), founded in 1978, is a co-educational, private high school based in Rothwell and Caboolture in Queensland, Australia. Grace Lutheran Primary School is located in Clontarf, approximately a 10-minute drive from the main Grace College Campus at Rothwell. The current Principal is David Radke, who took up the post in 2017 after the school's second Principal, Ruth Butler, retired. The college's enrolment at the start of the 2011 school year was over 1800.
Title: David T. Walker
Passage: David T. Walker (born June 25, 1941) is an American guitarist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued fifteen albums in his own name.
Title: Mean Old World
Passage: T-Bone Walker began performing "Mean Old World" when he was with Les Hite and His Orchestra from 1939 to 1940. After leaving Hite's band, Walker continued to develop and refine his style on the Los Angeles club circuit. On July 20, 1942, he recorded "Mean Old World" for Capitol Records. The song was performed in the West Coast blues style, with a small combo of pianist Freddie Slack, bassist Jud DeNaut, and drummer Dave Coleman accompanying Walker on vocal and guitar. "Mean Old World" "showcased T-Bones's new, and already developed, style, in which he answered his smoky, soulful vocal phrases with deft, stinging, jazz-inflected lead lines on his electric guitar".
Title: Frederick William Dobson
Passage: Dobson was 27 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army during the First World War when the following deed at the First Battle of the Aisne took place for which he was awarded the VC.
Title: Jim Dow
Passage: Jim Dow (born 1942, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American photographer who specializes in photographing places. In the tradition of Walker Evans, Dow examines both high and low - baseball stadiums, universities, court houses, Americana, private clubs in New York. His detailed work is printed from 8×10″ negatives and brings the richness of texture and light to the forefront.
Title: S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela
Passage: S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela is a selective entry boys' private school situated in the town of Bandarawela in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is an Anglican school administrated by the Church of Ceylon and also a brother school to S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. Situated in a picturesque landscape covered by mountains, it is known to be the most prestigious school in Bandarawela and one of the prestigious schools in the country.
Title: South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
Passage: The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is a school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1849 by the Reverend Newton Pinckney Walker as a private school for students who were deaf. The School for the Blind was established in 1855, and the school became state funded in 1856. The School for the Multihandicapped was established in 1977, and the school began providing outreach services in the mid 1980s.
Title: David Walker (West Virginia politician)
Passage: David Allen Walker (born January 16, 1952 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 33 since January 2009.
Title: London
Passage: The majority of primary and secondary schools and further-education colleges in London are controlled by the London boroughs or otherwise state-funded; leading examples include City and Islington College, Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, Leyton Sixth Form College, Tower Hamlets College and Bethnal Green Academy. There are also a number of private schools and colleges in London, some old and famous, such as City of London School, Harrow, St Paul's School, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, University College School, The John Lyon School, Highgate School and Westminster School.
Title: Vices & Virtues
Passage: No. Title Writer (s) Producer (s) Length 1. ``The Ballad of Mona Lisa ''Brendon Urie Spencer Smith Butch Walker John Feldmann Walker Feldmann 3: 47 2.`` Let's Kill Tonight'' Urie Smith Walker 3: 33 3. ``Hurricane ''Urie Smith Feldmann Walker Feldmann 4: 25 4.`` Memories'' Urie Smith Feldmann Walker 3: 26 5. ``Trade Mistakes ''Urie Smith Feldmann Walker Feldmann 3: 36 6.`` Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)'' Urie Smith Walker 3: 37 7. ``Always ''Urie Smith Feldmann Walker Feldmann 2: 34 8.`` The Calendar'' Urie Smith Feldmann Walker Feldmann 4: 43 9. ``Sarah Smiles ''Urie Smith Feldmann Walker Feldmann 3: 33 10.`` Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)'' Urie Smith Ryan Ross Walker Feldmann Urie 4: 16 Total length: 38: 02
Title: Desperados Waiting for a Train
Passage: ``Desperados Waiting for a Train ''is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1973 album Viva Terlingua. It subsequently appeared on Rita Coolidge's 1974 album Fall into Spring, David Allan Coe's third album, The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy (1974), Tom Rush's album Ladies Love Outlaws the same year, before Clark's own rendition was released on his first LP, 1975's Old No. 1. Clark has stated that the song is about his grandmother's boyfriend named Jack who was a grandfather figure to him.
Title: The Ellison School
Passage: The Ellison School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in Vineland, New Jersey, United States, serving students in toddlers ( 15 months old ) through eighth grade. The school has a total enrollment of 118 students and employs 18 teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student/teacher ratio of 10.1.
Title: Charleston, South Carolina
Passage: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston Office of Education also operates out of the city and oversees several K-8 parochial schools, such as Blessed Sacrament School, Christ Our King School, Charleston Catholic School, Nativity School, and Divine Redeemer School, all of which are "feeder" schools into Bishop England High School, a diocesan high school within the city. Bishop England, Porter-Gaud School, and Ashley Hall are the city's oldest and most prominent private schools, and are a significant part of Charleston history, dating back some 150 years.
Charleston, South Carolina David Walker (West Virginia politician)