Database : Newspaper Articles and Miscellaneous, 1818 - 1952

1911

NA 1911 H 1

New Books

Book review of The Story of the Manchester High School for Girls, 1871-1911 by Sara A Burstall. Includes comments on the education of girls, an outline of the founding of the school and its development up to 1911. Includes a reference to Prof Tout

NA 1911 H 2

Mrs Bryant's Portrait

Report of the unveiling by Sara Burstall of a portrait of Sophia Bryant, headmistress of the North London Collegiate School for Girls. Includes a reference to Frances Mary Buss. Among those present were Sir William Collins, Mr W Latham, Emily Davies, Rev Septimus Buss, Mrs W K Hill.

NA 1911 H 3

Girls' High School, Gloucester. Prize Distribution 

Description of the Speech Day at Gloucester High School. The guest speaker was Miss Burstall. General comments about her speech including the links between Manchester and Gloucester at the time of the Reformation and her belief that the "chief points" of the tradition of girls? high schools were the opening up of knowledge to women, the loyalty of women to their teachers and to each other and service to the community. 

Misc 1911 St 1

22 March 1911

The Manchester High School for Girls. Rules and Regulations relating to Assistant Mistresses and Teachers

Rules for teaching staff

NA 1911 G 1

Housecraft Education. Manchester Girls' High School's Successes

Report of the exam successes for pupils studying housecraft. Includes the comment that Manchester High School was the first school in the country to establish a department for housecraft in 1901 and its pupils were the first to take the housecraft exams of the Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities. Includes a brief description of the exams.

NA 1911 G 2

August 1911

The Girls' Education Honours

Letter commenting on the changes [details given] in the exam system of the Joint Matriculation Board. Comment that the pupils of Manchester High School were the first and only pupils to take the housecraft exams. Includes a brief description of the exams. Comment on the "cosmopolitan character" of the School which was illustrated by giving the details of the occupations of the fathers of Doris Walker, Mary Bradley, Margaret Hogg, Mary Blackledge, Elsie Brown, Dorothy Davies, Hilda Parish.

Includes a reference to Miss Burstall.

NA 1911 G 3

September 1911

Studying History in London. Manchester Schoolgirls' Trip

Description of a visit of pupils studying history and Miss Burstall to London. Miss Burstall explained that she wanted to make history a "real thing" for the girls. Includes some comments by pupils.

Misc 1911 B 1

1911

Plan of Manchester University

NA 1911 E 1

20 January 1911, Evening News

Girls' High School. Canon Simpson and the Ideal State

Description of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was Canon Simpson. He praised the growth of girls' high schools and commented on the importance of an "intelligent sympathy for high ideals" among girls.

References made to Prof Tout, Miss Burstall, Miss Gaskell.

NA 1911 E 2

20 January 1911

Women and the State. Canon Simpson on Ideals in Education. The Manchester High School for Girls

Description of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was Canon Simpson. He praised the growth of girls' high schools and commented on the importance of the education of girls and criticised those who believed that the proper sphere of women was in the home.

References made to Prof Tout, Miss Gaskell, Miss Day, Miss Burstall.

NA 1911 E 3

20 January 1911, Daily Dispatch

Most Cultured Women do not necessarily ride in Motor Cars

Description of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was Canon Simpson. He stressed the importance of the education of girls, criticised those who believed that the proper sphere of women was in the home, commented on the importance of an "intelligent sympathy for high ideals" among girls and stated that "the most cultured of women do not necessarily ride in motorcars or wear sables."

NA 1911 E 4

19 January 1911, Evening Chronicle

Young Women of To-day. "Not Most Civilised when Clad in Sables." High Ideals in Life

Description of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was Canon Simpson. He stressed the importance of the education of girls, criticised those who believed that the proper sphere of women was in the home, commented on the importance of an "intelligent sympathy for high ideals" among girls and stated that "the most cultured of women do not necessarily ride in motorcars or wear sables."

References made to Prof Tout, Miss Burstall, Nesta Perry.

NA 1911 E 5

20 January 1911, The Courier

The Civilised Girl

Description [partly damaged and illegible] of Founders' Day. The guest speaker was Canon Simpson. He stressed the importance of the education of girls, criticised those who believed that the proper sphere of women was in the home, commented on the importance of an "intelligent sympathy for high ideals" among girls and stated that "the most cultured of women do not necessarily ride in motorcars or wear sables."

References made to Prof Tout, Lady Hopkinson, Miss Gaskell, Mrs Tait, Miss Dendy, Sir Edward Donner, Miss Burstall, Dr C Chisholm, Dr Phoebe Sheavyn, Councillor Burditt.           

NA 1911 E 6

January 1911

Lancashire Education

General comments on education in Lancashire made on the occasion of Founders' Day. Praises the school for its role in educating girls.

References made to the Bishop of Exeter, Alderman Berry.

NA 1911 E 7

1911

Girls' High Schools Presentation of Awards

Description of Speech Day. Miss Burstall commented on the importance of the education of girls.

Includes references to the following: Prof Tout, Abigail Behrens, Sir Edward Donner, Sir William Stephens, Prof Dixon, Bishop Welldon, Miss Patterson, Councillor Behrens, Councillor Howell.

NA 1911 E 8

July 1911

Girls' High Schools. Increasing Severity of Examinations. The Danger of Overstrain

Description of Speech Day. Miss Burstall commented on the importance of home life, the increasing demands of exams. Miss Patterson commented on the value of a year spent abroad and the importance of holidays

Includes references to the following: Prof Tout, Sir Edward Donner, Sir William Stephens, Prof Dixon, Bishop Welldon, Councillor Howell.

NA 1911 O 2

Women's Suffrage Demonstration

Brief notice of a forthcoming meeting for those in favour of votes for women held to coincide with the introduction of a women's suffrage bill in Parliament. The Earl of Lytton will be the guest speaker.