MEETING OF GOVERNORS
5 February 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mrs Birley; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Cunliffe; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Mrs Heelis; Mr King; Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Mr Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apology
Miss Gaskell
Matters discussed
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Arrangements for the Cambridge Syndicate examination.
The end of the terms of office as governors of the following: Mrs Anson, Mrs Behrens, Mrs Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, Mr Donner.
Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Welch.
Permission for the Cambridge Local Examination, the Manchester School Mistresses' Association, the Teachers' Guild and the Assistant Mistresses' Association to use the school for meetings.
Leave of absence for the following: Fanny Crockwell, Maud Hobday, Lucy Pidduck, Alice Cornthwaite, Jeanie Statham, Ethel Wayte, Remission of the fees of the following: Amy Forster, Dora Allen, Amy Greengrass, Maud Caldwell, Constance Hobdey, Arthur Hobdey.
Permission for the following to remain in the school: Helen Lamb, Annie Nuttall, Bertha Smith.
Pendleton School
Remission of the fees of the following: Emmeline Hilton, Nancy Hilton, Fanny Leeming, Ethel Rawlinson.
Permission for Ida Robinson and Douglas Kennedy to attend the school.
The appointment of Miss Sutcliffe during Miss Wroe's absence.
Permission for Miss Hankey to give some lessons to gain teaching experience.
North Manchester School
Permission for Garth Stonestreet and Arthur Stonestreet to attend the school.
Permission for Harry Horsfield to attend the school during the first half of the term.
Leave of absence for Beatrice Clarke and Cicely Heywood.
Remission of the fees of Mildred Woolley and Eric Woolley.
The appointment of Mrs Nourry to teach singing.
Permission for William Poel to give a lecture on the Elizabethan playhouse.
MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
26 February 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Dr Ward; Prof Lamb; Miss Day
Matters discussed
The applications of Miss Florence Field and Miss Nona [sic] Thring for appointment as mathematics mistress.
SPECIAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 March 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Mr King; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward
Matters discussed
[A notice of the meeting and the agenda is glued into the volume].
The re - election of the following as governors: Mrs Anson, Mrs Behrens, Mrs Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, Mr Donner.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 March 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Dean of Manchester; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Heelis; Mr King; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Dr Ward; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apology
Prof Lamb
Matters discussed
The resignations of Mrs Birley and Mrs Prestwich as governors.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
An request from the High Master of Manchester Grammar School for use by the Grammar School of the building previously used as the Manchester High School Preparatory School.
Manchester School
Permission for the Assistant Mistresses' Association to use the school for a meeting.
Remission of the fees of Jessie Collier and Alice Edwards.
Leave of absence for the following: Amy Greengrass, Lucy Pidduck, Jeanie Statham, Fanny Crockwell, Maurice Hobday
The School Committee to consider art teaching in the school.
Permission for the women students of Owens College Hockey Club to use the playground on Saturdays.
The arrangements for the examinations by the London Institute for the Advancement of Plain Needlework and by the following: Miss Agnes Ward, Dr J C Bridge, Miss Cameron.
Pendleton School
Permission for the son of Mrs Forster to attend the school.
The appointment of Miss Sutcliffe during Miss Wroe's absence.
The appointment of Dr Worley as medical attendant at the school instead of Dr Judson Bury.
Permission for Miss Wilkinson to give a piano recital.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Enid Jones.
Remission of the fees of Lilian Litherland.
ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
4 March 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Dr Ward; Mr Tatham; Miss Day
Matters discussed
Consideration of the appointment of Miss Nona Thring as mathematics mistress.
MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
25 March 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Mr King; Miss Gaskell; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Prof Lamb; Miss Day
Matters discussed
The withdrawal of Miss Thring's application as she has been appointed to her old school at Cheltenham.
The resignation of Miss Bower.
Miss Day's report that drawing lessons could be given in the school by Miss Jones more cheaply than those at the School of Art and the notice to the Corporation that the contract with the School of Art will not be renewed at the end of the current school year.
The lease to Manchester Grammar School of rooms previously used by the Preparatory School.
Estimates for the installation of electric lighting.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
15 April 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Mr King ; Miss Gaskell; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Miss Day; Miss Butcher
Apologies
Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington
Matters discussed
The appointment of the Dean of Manchester as a governor.
The re- appointment of the following as governors: Mrs Anson, Mrs Behrens, Mrs Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, Mr Donner.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The notice given to the School of Art that drawing lessons will no longer be required.
Manchester School
The appointment of a mathematics mistress.
The appointment of Miss Jones as a drawing teacher.
The following to consider the lease to Manchester Grammar School of rooms previously used by the Preparatory School: Prof Wilkins, Mr Tatham, Mrs Darbishire, Miss Day.
Pendleton School
The appointment of Dr Worley as medical attendant at the school instead of Dr Judson Bury.
Remission of the fees of Lilian Bailey.
The absence of Miss Wroe.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Higgin.
The appointment of Miss Nancy Wilkinson as music mistress.
Remission of the fees of Eva Smylie and Vivian Athwood.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
6 May 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Darbishire; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Principal Ward; Canon Woodhouse; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The lease to Manchester Grammar School of rooms previously used by the Preparatory School.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
An estimate for boarding the floor of the basement at the school.
The installation of incandescent lighting.
The satisfactory conduct and work of those to whom exhibitions have been awarded.
Redecoration of the house at Grafton St.
Manchester School
Permission for the Assistant Mistresses' Association to use the school for a meeting.
The appointment of Miss Francis [sic] Shaw as mathematics mistress.
Leave of absence for Miss Rome.
Permission for Rupert Lodge to remain in the school.
Leave of absence for the following: Elsie Cann, Gertrude Crowther, Fanny Crockwell, Edith Crossley.
Remission of the fees of the following: Alice Wilce, Beatrice Wilce, Bessie Barnes, Kath [sic] Woodhead, Margaret Rae, Dorothy Studd, Charles Mason, Arthur Hobdey, Jeanie Statham, Katherine Windsor, Reginald Moore.
Pendleton School
Permission for Muriel Wilson to attend the school.
Permission for Norman Sugden to remain in the school.
North Manchester School
Miss Clarke's report that only two applications had been received for the appointment in succession to Miss Higgins.
The resignation of Miss Merry.
Permission for Garth Stonestreet to remain in the school.
Leave of absence for Edith Royle.
The decision that the North Manchester School would also be the venue for pupils from Manchester High School and Pendleton High School taking the Lower Certificate exams.
SPECIAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS
10 June 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Canon Woodhouse; Mr Worthington
Matters discussed
[A notice of the meeting and the agenda is glued into the volume].
The re - election of the following as governors: Mrs Anson, Mrs Behrens, Mrs Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, Mr Donner.
The appointment of Mrs Emma Jane Mather as a governor.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
10 June 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Anson; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Principal Ward; Canon Woodhouse; Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apologies
Miss Gaskell; Canon Scott; Dean of Manchester
Matters discussed
The appointment of Miss Sutcliffe to the North Manchester School.
The issuing of circulars about the North Manchester School.
A Memorial to Mr Donner.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Re - arrangements of the school exams.
Manchester School
Remission of the fees of Eric Pinkpank.
The appointment of a mathematics mistress.
Pendleton School
The renewal of the lease of the school buildings.
Leave of absence for Mrs Kahn.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Alice Greenwood.
The acquisition by the school of a cricket field through the help of Joshua Bury.
MEETING OF NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
10 June 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Darbishire; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of Miss Sutcliffe.
Miss Clarke to consider what further teaching staff are needed in the school.
Publicity about the school including the Schwann Scholarship.
MEETING OF NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
19 June 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mr Tatham; Mrs Darbishire; Dr Ward; Mrs Worthington; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointments of Miss Sarah Alcock and Miss Ellen Wilkinson.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
1 July 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Cunliffe; Mrs Darbishire; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Heelis; Mr King; Mr Tatham; Mr Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointments of Miss Sarah Alcock and Miss Ellen Wilkinson to the North Manchester School.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The possible lease to Manchester Grammar School of rooms for a Preparatory School.
Term dates.
Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Bower.
Arrangements for the presentation of certificates and leaving prizes and a conversazione.
Miss Day's report on the examinations.
The award of exhibitions or scholarships to the following: Louise Horkheimer, Annie Nuttall, Helen Lamb, May Hartley, Maude Wahltuch, Mildred Taylor.
Special payments to Miss Rhys and Miss Harrison.
The publication of circulars about the Manchester High School, Pendleton School and North Manchester School with a suitable view of the school buildings.
Pendleton School
Miss Butcher's report on the examinations.
The award of a scholarship to Dorothy Holme.
Permission for Eric Smith to remain in the school.
Remission of the fees of Annie Hahn.
The resignations of Miss Gertrude Thomas and Miss Haynes.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Gertrude Thomas.
Remission of the fees of the following: Ruby Palmer, Olive Palmer, Ruth Sutton, Marie Sutton.
JOINT MEETING OF THE PENDLETON AND NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEES
9 July 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Cunliffe; Prof Dixon; Mr King; Mr Tatham; Mr Worthington; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of Miss Ison to teach gymnastics at Pendleton School and North Manchester School.
ADJOURNED MEETING OF GOVERNORS
15 July 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Anson; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Mr Broadfield; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
Miss Day's report on the examinations.
The award of scholarships to the following:
Lucy Meek, Maud Bailey, Mary Dodds, Annie Hewitt, F Mabel Huxley.
The award of a scholarship at North Manchester School to Jessie Wilson.
The postponement of Helen Lamb's exhibition.
Postponement of a soiree.
The appointments of Miss Lilian Beard and Mrs de Pourtalis.
The resignation of Mrs Dixon - Aegerter.
The appointment of Mrs Anson as a Visitor in place of Mrs Bailey.
The publication for the governors and headmistresses of exam reports.
The revision of the circulars sent to parents.
Estimates for whitewashing.
Communication with Mr Armitage about the terms for the renewal of the lease of Pendleton School.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
7 October 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Anson; Mrs Behrens; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Mr King; Mrs Schwann; Mr Tatham; Canon Woodhouse; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apologies
The Dean of Manchester; Dr Ward
Matters discussed
The appointment of the following officers:
Dr Wilkins: Chairman
Mr Donner: Vice - Chairman
Mr Tatham: Treasurer
The appointment of the following as Visitors: Mrs Anson, Mrs Broadhurst, Mrs Cunliffe, Mrs Darbishire, Mrs Heelis, Mrs Worthington.
The appointment of the following to the Library Committee: Dr Willkins, Mr King, Miss Gaskell, Mrs Broadhurst.
The appointment of the following to the Manchester Committee: Mrs Behrens, Mrs Darbishire, Prof Dixon, Miss Gaskell, Dr Ward.
The appointment of the following to the Pendleton Committee: Mrs Cunliffe, Prof Dixon, Mrs Heelis, Canon Hicks, Mr King, Canon Scott.
The appointment of the following to the North Manchester Committee:
Mrs Broadhurst, Mr Broadfield, Mrs Mather, Dr Ward, Mr Worthington, Mrs Worthington.
The appointment of Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co as auditors.
Governors' attendance. [A printed copy of the table of attendance appears after the minutes of the meeting].
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School. [A transcript of the Savings Fund for Assistant Mistresses appears after the minutes of the meeting].
The publication of circulars about the schools.
Manchester School
Miss Day's report and timetables.
Miss Day's offer to pay the salary of Miss Pollard.
Grant to the Senior Library.
The appointments of the following: Miss Frances Shaw, Miss L Beard, Miss Esther Jones.
Arrangements for the use of rooms by the Owens College Department for Women
The erection of a sign with the school name on the corner of Oxford Rd and Dover St.
Remission of the fees of the following: Helen Lister, Madge Mason, Rosey [sic] Kostoris.
Pendleton School
Miss Butcher's report and timetables.
The purchase of chemistry apparatus.
Permission for Miss Ratcliffe to hold a drawing class.
North Manchester School
Miss Clarke's report and timetables.
The offer of the Schwann Scholarship to Annie Mabel Lakin after it had been declined by Jessie Wilson.
Arrangements for singing and needlework lessons.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 November 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mrs Cunliffe; Mrs Darbishire; Prof Dixon; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Schwann; Mr Tatham; Dr Ward; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Communication with Mr Armitage about the terms for the renewal of the lease of Pendleton School.
The salaries of Miss Harrison and Miss Rhys.
Manchester School
The School Committee to consider housekeeping arrangements.
Permission for the Old Girls' Association to use the school for their Christmas party.
The school Christmas party.
Postponement of the appointment of a new deputy headmistress.
Pendleton School
The re - appointment of Miss Lowe as deputy headmistress.
The erection of a sign with the school name in Eccles Old Rd.
North Manchester School
The appointment of Miss Houlston as deputy headmistress.
Remission of the fees of Garth Stonestreet and Isabel Barnes.
MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
25 November 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Darbishire; Mr Tatham; Miss Gaskell; Dr Ward
Matters discussed
The house in Grafton St to be given up and notice of this to be given to Miss Walsh and the household staff who live there.
The dismissal of Mr Merriman, the Under - Porter.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
2 December 1896
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1894 - November 1897
Present
Dr Wilkins; Mrs Behrens; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Darbishire; Miss Gaskell; Prof Lamb; Mrs Mather; Mr Tatham; Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Miss Day; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apology
Principal Ward
Matters discussed
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Salaries and fees.
Unpaid fees.
The date of the end of term.
Manchester School
The appointment of Miss Lawton as deputy headmistress.
The junior Christmas party.
Pendleton School
The Christmas party.
The poor lighting in the lecture hall.
Remission of the fees of the following: Hilda Wilkinson, Ethel McDougall, Honor McDougall.
North Manchester School
The receipt of £12 12s from Mr C E Schwann for the scholarship he has founded.
The Christmas party.
The appointments of the following: Miss Emily Greenwood, Mrs Nourry, Miss Harries - Burrows.
Permission for Miss Shawcross to hold a wood carving class in the school.
Change in the terms of service of Miss E Wilkinson.
Rejection of Miss Clarke's suggestion that she should arrange a number of weekly boarders.
Permission for teaching staff to use the spare bedroom in bad weather.