MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
28 January 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Mr Donner; Prof Tout; Mr Steinthal; Miss Burstall
Apologies
Mrs Buller; Mrs Tout
Matters discussed
The dismissal of Miss Faraday.
Leave of absence for Miss Hartley.
The appointment of the following: Miss Frances Corson [sic], Miss Dorothy Holme, Miss l Pearson.
Rules for the examinations for the award of music exhibitions.
The excess expenditure on the school exhibition at the Manchester Educational Conference.
Miss Burstall and Miss Field to take drill lessons during Miss Bourne's absence.
A burglary at the school and arrangements for Mr Millward to close the school in the evening.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 February 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Mr Donner; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Buller; Prof Dixon; Miss Gaskell; Dr Heywood; Mrs Hopkinson; Mr King; Mrs Roby; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Mrs Tout; Mr Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Greenwood
Apologies
Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Lamb; Alderman Robinson; Dr Wilkins
Matters discussed
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The establishment of a committee of the following to consider how to make the three schools equal in the award of scholarships and exhibitions and to consider the award of leaving presents: Miss Gaskell, Mr King, Prof Tout, Mr Worthington.
Manchester School
The dismissal of Miss Faraday.
Leave of absence for Miss Hartley.
The appointment of Miss Francis [sic] Corson [sic] and Miss Dorothy Holme.
Rules for the examinations for the award of music exhibitions.
Request to the Council of the Whitworth Institute that a plot of ground be made available for pupils to study plants and flowers.
The garden plots in the playground to be put in order.
The purchase of equipment.
Term dates.
Pendleton School
Rejection of Miss Butcher's offer to reduce her stipend so that assistant mistresses� salaries can be increased.
North Manchester School
An inspection of the school by a representative of the Board of Education at the request of the Teachers' Registration Council.
Permission for Lee Brown to remain in the school.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS SPECIAL SUB - COMMITTEE
18 February 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Miss Gaskell; Mr King; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Mr Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Greenwood
Matters discussed
An application to the Board of Education that the Scheme for North Manchester School be amended so that pupils can be entitled to exhibitions and scholarships on the same terms as for those at Pendleton School.
The following to consider awarding scholarships to girls aged 15 - 18 and giving prizes to girls in Classes III, IV and V:
Miss Burstall, Miss Butcher, Miss Clarke.
The award of leaving presents to be confined to those who are not eligible for exhibitions.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 March 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Buller; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Dr Heywood; Mrs Hopkinson; Mr King; Mrs Roby; Mrs Schwann; Mr Steinthal; Prof Tout; Mrs Worthington; Mr Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Greenwood
Apologies
Mr Tatham; Dr Wilkins; Dean of Manchester
Matters discussed
An application to the Board of Education that the Scheme for North Manchester School be amended so that pupils can be entitled to exhibitions and scholarships on the same terms as for those at Pendleton School.
The award of leaving presents to be confined to those who are not eligible for exhibitions and be limited to the value of £1 1s.
About £10 to be spent on prizes for girls in middle forms.
The following to consider ways in which the three schools could co - operate more closely: Prof Dixon, Mr King, Mrs Roby, Prof Tout, Mr Worthington, Mrs Worthington, Prof Lamb, Mr Donner, Mr Tatham.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The drawing exam to be undertaken by the Royal Drawing Society.
The examination and inspection of Pendleton and North Manchester Schools to be undertaken by the Victoria University.
Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Ashby Jones.
The Manchester School Committee to consider teacher training in the school.
The terms of the exhibitions awarded for the Manchester Royal College of Music.
The appointment of Miss Rose Jordan.
Permission for the Old Girls' Association to use the school for meetings.
Pendleton School
Miss Burstall and Miss Butcher to organise the sewing exam.
The appointment of Miss Winifred Bedale.
MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
11 March 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Tatham; Miss Burstall
Matters discussed
The terms under which students can do teaching practice in the school.
An application to the Board of Education for recognition under a regulation issued by Order in Council on 6 March 1902 authorising the keeping of a register of teachers.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
25 March 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Buller; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Dr Heywood; Mr King; Mrs Roby; Mr Steinthal; Alderman Thompson; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Mrs Worthington; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apologies
Mr Worthington; Dean of Manchester
Matters discussed
Recommendation of Miss Burstall for the Education Committee of the City of Manchester.
The adoption of the report of the committee established to recommend greater co - operation between the three headmistresses. [A transcript of the report appears after the minutes of the meeting].
Prof Dixon gave notice that at the following meeting he would propose that when vacancies occur in the headmistress - ships of the Pendleton and North Manchester Schools the headmistress of Manchester High School should have general supervision over the educational arrangements of the Pendleton and North Manchester Schools.
The application to the Board of Education that North Manchester School should be equal to Pendleton School in the award of exhibitions and scholarships.
Salaries and fees.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Expenditure on prizes.
Holiday dates.
Arrangements for the Public Meeting.
Manchester School
An application to the Board of Education that the school be recognised as an institution for the training of secondary school teachers.
Miss Bourne's salary during her absence.
Remission of the gym fees of Margaret Sunderland and Frances Kerr because of the help they have provided during Miss Bourne's absence.
The resignation of Miss Slater.
The appointment of Miss Moakes as deputy headmistress.
Redecoration.
The appointment of Miss Agnes C Beale.
Permission to hold a school concert.
Pendleton School
The resignation of Miss Graham.
The appointment of a sewing mistress.
The undesirability of renewing Miss Hooper's appointment.
The resignation of Miss Brighouse, a former pupil during the absence of Miss Wroe.
North Manchester School
The appointment of Miss Russell.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
6 May 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Dr Heywood; Mrs Pilkington; Mrs Roby; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Mr Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The death of Alderman Robinson.
The resignation as a governor of Mr King.
Authorisation for Miss Burstall to accept the post of lecturer in the Department of Education at Owens College.
The School Committees of the three schools shall elect their own chairmen who will convene the meetings and that the meetings should be held in the respective schools.
When vacancies occur in the headmistress - ships of the Pendleton and North Manchester Schools the headmistress of Manchester High School should have general supervision over the educational arrangements of the Pendleton and North Manchester Schools.
The grant from the Board of Education for science teaching.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The satisfactory work and conduct of those to whom exhibitions have been awarded.
Requests to the Manchester and Salford Education Committees for an annual grant.
Manchester School
Confirmation of the appointment of Miss Mills.
The resignation of Miss Ruth Taylor.
The need to cover the playroom floor with wood.
Permission for the following to remain in the school: Eva Cooper, Eva Newton, Lucy Sternfield.
Pendleton School
Confirmation of the appointment of Miss Howson.
The appointment of a science mistress.
The appointment of Miss Jeanne Lutz.
Permission for Kathleen Jolly and Alec Berry to remain in the school.
North Manchester School
Permission for the Old Girls' Association and the League of Pity to hold meetings in the school.
Permission for A Dawe and G Symons to attend the school.
Permission for the following to remain in the school:
Edward Hague, Tom Crossland, Howard Prince.
SPECIAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS
27 May 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Dean of Manchester; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Hopkinson; Mr Tatham; Mrs Worthington; Mr Worthington
Apologies
Mr Steinthal; Mrs Buller
Matters discussed
[A notice of the meeting with agenda is glued into the volume].
The recommendation of the appointment of Mrs Lilian Broadfield Worthington for membership of the Education Committee for the County Borough of Salford.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
10 June 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Hopkinson; Mrs Pilkington; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Alderman Thompson; Prof Tout; Mrs Tout; Mrs Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apologies
Mrs Buller; Dr Heywood; Canon Woodhouse
Matters discussed
Mr M E Sadler to be the guest at the Public Meeting.
Requests to the Manchester and Salford Education Committees for an annual grant.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The conversion of the playroom into a gymnasium.
Holiday dates.
Manchester School
The appointments of Miss Dora Limebeer and Miss Mills.
The dismissal of Miss Winifred Bottomley.
Increase in Miss Rose Patterson's salary.
The purchase of a new piano.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Edith Webster.
Authorisation for Miss Clarke to appoint a teacher for 3 days in the following week.
MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
10 June 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Miss Gaskell; Prof Dixon; Mr Steinthal; Prof Tout; Miss Burstall
Matters discussed
The appointments of Miss Dora Limebeer and Miss Mills.
The need to change Miss Lee's work.
The dismissal of Miss Bottomley.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
8 July 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Hopkinson; Mrs Pilkington; Mrs Roby; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Mrs Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apologies
Mrs Buller; Canon Hicks
Matters discussed
The appointment of Councillor Edwin Mather as a governor.
The end of Prof Dixon's term of office as a governor.
Mr Brodsky's report on music.
The award of exhibitions to the following: Dorothy Lodge, Sarah Stenhouse, Elsie Collier, Winifred Stocks, Dora Bauerkeller, Muriel Bedson.
Estimates for alterations to the large playroom.
Defects in the drains.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Salaries and fees.
Unpaid fees.
Circulation of the reports on the examinations.
Term dates.
Manchester School
Permission for the following to remain in the school: Dorothy Dearden, Lily Dodge, Amy Harvey, Margaret Lamb, Jane Mutch.
The award of leaving presents to the following:
Sarah Stenhouse, Elsie Collier, Dora Bauerkeller.
The appointment of Miss Ethel Elliott.
Renewal of the appointment of Miss Corson [sic].
The introduction of the teaching of art needlework and fine embroidery.
Pendleton School
Permission for Kathleen Jollie to remain in the school.
The award of a leaving present to Winifred Stocks.
The resignation of Miss Sandler.
The appointment of Miss Mabel Boon and Miss Edith M Harrison.
PENDLETON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
8 July 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Prof Dixon; Mrs Pilkington; Mrs Roby; Miss Butcher
Matters discussed
An interview with Miss Binney.
The appointment of Miss Mabel Boon and Miss Edith M Harrison.
NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
15 July 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of Miss Ada Collier to teach music.
The resignation of Miss Turing.
Permission for the following to remain in the school: Edward Hague, Howard Prince, Tom Crossland.
The award of scholarships to Ethel Speakman and M Sybil Mills.
NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
24 July 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Mrs Broadhurst; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of Miss Maud Bellman.
ADJOURNED MEETING OF GOVERNORS
28 July 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Dean of Manchester; Mrs Roby; Miss Gaskell; Mr Tatham; Mrs Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Apology
Canon Hicks
Matters discussed
Rules for the award of scholarships for the fifth and sixth forms.
The award of a scholarship at Pendleton School to Millicent Frances Orchard.
The award of scholarships at Manchester High School to the following:
Doris Bailey, Enid Dorothea Grundy, Dorothy Lilian Barker, Hilda Mary Stansfield.
The award of scholarships at North Manchester School to Ethel Speakman and M Sybil Mills.
Manchester School
The endowment by Mrs Buller to a prize for the best needlework pupil.
The recognition of the school as a training institution for secondary school teachers.
The appointment of Miss Pearson.
Payment to Miss Pollard.
North Manchester School
The appointment of Miss Maud Bellman and Miss Ada Collier.
The following to consider the draft of the Amended Scheme: Dr Donner, Prof Dixon, Mr Tatham.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
7 October 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mrs Buller; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Dr Heywood; Mrs Hopkinson; Mrs Roby; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Prof Tout; Mrs Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of the following officers:
Prof Lamb: Chairman
Mr Donner: Vice - Chairman
Mr Tatham: Treasurer
Lady Mather's failure to attend meetings and the consequent termination of her position as governor.
The end of the term of office as a governor of Mr Steinthal .
The appointment of Mrs Buller and Mrs Tout as Visitors at Manchester High School.
The appointment of Mrs Roby and Mrs Pilkington as Visitors at Pendleton High School.
The appointment of Mrs Broadhurst and Mrs Worthington as Visitors at Manchester High School.
The appointment of the following to the Manchester Committee: Mrs Buller, Prof Dixon, Miss Gaskell, Mr Steinthal, Prof Tout, Mrs Tout, Dr Wilkins.
The appointment of the following to the Pendleton Committee: Prof Dixon, Dr Heywood, Canon Hicks, Mrs Pilkington, Mrs Roby, Dr Wilkins.
The appointment of the following to the North Manchester Committee:
Mr Broadfield, Mrs Broadhurst, Dean of Manchester, Dr Wilkins, Mr Worthington, Mrs Worthington.
The appointment of the following to the Library Committee: Dr Wilkins, Mr King, Miss Gaskell, Mrs Hopkinson, Prof Tout.
The appointment of the following to the Exhibitions Sub � Committee:
Prof Dixon, Miss Gaskell, Prof Tout, Mrs Tout, Prof Lamb, Mr Donner, Mr Tatham, Dr Wilkins.
The appointment of Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co as auditors.
The award of scholarships to Ada Neild and Lucy Baynes.
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.
Manchester School
Miss Burstall's report including a special report at the end of her fifth year as headmistress and timetables.
Application to the Board of Education for recognition as a secondary school in Division B.
Grants to the libraries.
The fees paid by diploma students Miss le Jeune and Miss Hall.
Change in the terms of service of Miss Hiles.
The appointment of Miss Lucy Drey.
Grants for the purchase of science equipment.
A grant to the classical section of the school museum.
Pendleton School
Miss Butcher's addenda to her report and timetables.
Grant for the purchase of science equipment.
North Manchester School
The Board of Education's refusal to amend the Scheme concerning the examinations under Clause 4.
Miss Clarke's addenda to her report and timetables.
Grant to the library.
NORTH MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE
28 October 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, December 1897 - January 1901
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Worthington; Mrs Worthington; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The dismissal of Miss Field.
Leave of absence for Miss Hicks.
Change in the terms of service of Miss Russell.
Increase in the salaries of the following: Miss Sutcliffe, Miss Dawson, Miss Tanner, Miss Gridley.
The purchase of equipment.
The re - election of Mr W B Worthington as Chairman of the Committee.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 November 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Miss Gaskell; Dr Heywood; Councillor Mather; Mrs Pilkington; Mrs Roby; Mrs Schwann; Mr Steinthal; Mr Tatham; Alderman Thompson; Prof Tout; Mrs Tout; Mrs Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher; Miss Clarke
Matters discussed
The appointment of Prof Samuel Alexander as a governor and the re - appointment of Mr Steinthal.
Recommendation of Miss Burstall for membership of the Manchester Education Committee.
Recommendation of Mrs Lilian Broadfield Worthington for membership of the Salford Education Committee.
The following to consider increasing fees for new pupils and the allocation of capitation fees: Prof Lamb, Mr Donner, Mr Tatham, Prof Dixon, Mrs Roby.
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
The examiners' reports and Miss Clarke�s attention to certain passages in the report on the North Manchester School.
Term dates.
Manchester School
The following to consider appointing pupil teachers: Prof Lamb, Mr Donner, Mr Tatham, Prof Dixon, Mrs Roby, Mrs Broadfield, Mrs Worthington.
The appointment of Miss Ruth Kerr and Miss Annie Nuttall.
A gift of fossils from the Manchester Museum.
Application for the inspection of the school by the Victoria University.
Increase in the salaries of Miss Drummond and Miss Nuttall.
Pendleton School
Miss Butcher's addenda to her report.
The appointment of Miss Rawlinson as deputy headmistress.
The purchase of a new piano.
North Manchester School
Changes in the terms of service of Miss Hicks and Miss Russell.
The dismissal of Miss Field.
Increases in the salaries of the following: Miss Tanner, Miss Sutcliffe, Miss Dawson, Miss Gridley.
The purchase of equipment.
The appointment of Miss Dawson as deputy headmistress.
SPECIAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS
4 November 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Prof Dixon; Miss Gaskell; Mrs Hopkinson; Councillor Mather; Mrs Pilkington; Mrs Schwann; Mr Steinthal; Alderman Thompson; Mrs Tout; Mrs Worthington
Matters discussed
[A notice of the meeting and the agenda is glued into the volume].
The re - appointment of Lady Mather as a governor.
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
2 December 1903
From the volume: Minutes of Governors' Meetings, February 1901 - June 1904
Present
Prof Lamb; Prof Alexander; Mr Broadfield; Mrs Broadhurst; Mrs Buller; Prof Dixon; Mr Donner; Miss Gaskell; Dr Heywood; Canon Hicks; Mrs Hopkinson; Dean of Manchester; Mrs Pilkington; Mr Steinthal; Alderman Thompson; Prof Tout; Mrs Tout; Mrs Worthington; Mr Worthington; Miss Burstall; Miss Butcher
Apologies
Lady Mather; Mr Tatham
Matters discussed
The end of the term of office as a governor of Prof Lamb.
The report on increasing fees for new pupils and the allocation of capitation fees. [A transcript of the report appears after the minutes of the meeting].
The report on the appointment of pupil teachers. [A transcript of the report appears after the minutes of the meeting].
Accounts including those of the Pendleton School and the North Manchester School.
Salaries and fees.
Unpaid fees.
North Manchester School
The resignation of Miss Clarke and after a deputation from 112 parents the decision of the governors to delay their decision on this.
The resignations of the following: Miss Dawson, Miss Bellman, Miss Cholmeley, Miss Tanner, Miss Gridley, Miss Laurie, Miss Cameron.
The appointment of Miss Rosa Patterson as acting headmistress.
The following to organise the continued functioning of the school including the appointment of new staff: Prof Lamb, Mr Tatham, Prof Dixon, Prof Tout, Mrs Worthington.
Request that the Victoria University inspect and examine the school.
Manchester School
The continued appointment of Miss Corson [sic].
Miss Burstall to make arrangements for the assistance being given by some senior mistresses to Prof Findlay in the training of student teachers.
The Christmas party.
Pendleton School
Application to the Board of Education for recognition of the school as a secondary school in Division B.
Request that the Victoria University inspect and examine the school.
The Christmas party.