11 June 1910
Head Mistresses. Miss Burstall's Conference Address. Weakening of Home Life
Report of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association of Headmistresses at the Godolphin School, Salisbury. Detailed description [partly damaged and illegible] of Miss Burstall's presidential address. She criticised the effects on society of the "new ideas in science and philosophy" which had developed in the nineteenth century, including the weakening of parental discipline, the decline of the family, the reduction in intellectual rigour among the young. She recommended that the home should be the centre of people's social lives, there should be more correction of children and more teaching of history and scripture to strengthen family ties.
References made to Miss Walker, Miss H L Powell, Miss Gavin, Miss Sheldon, Miss Major, Miss Hewitt, the Bishop of Salisbury, Mrs Wordsworth, the Dean of Salisbury, Dr Robert Page.
NA 1910 H 2
The Historical Association
Report on the annual meeting of the Historical Association. Description of the views of members on teaching history in schools. Miss Burstall commented that history teachers should take part in public affairs. The views of the following are also given: N L Frazer, C H Greene, C H Marten.
Misc 1910 H 1
Some Famous Headmistresses
Description of the career of Miss Burstall. Includes a photograph. Includes a reference to the work of Dr Catherine Chisholm.
Misc 1910 H 2
25 November
Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire Head Mistresses' Association
Agenda of the meeting of the Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire Head Mistresses? Association which was chaired by Miss Burstall.
NA 1910 G 1
High School for Girls
Notice that the following have been awarded junior entrance scholarships: Annie L Evans, Margaret Single, Katherine F Pledger, Esther Levin, Doris K Aves, Annie C Patterson, Dorothy Smith, Ursula Whitehead, Edith A Smith, Constance Moseley, Jessie Westerman, Alice L Baguley, Kate Grime, Minnie Yablonsky, Bessie Cleary, Alice Porter, Helen L Sedgley, Hilda Bowker, Winifred Dakin.
NA 1910 G 2
29 July, Manchester Guardian
Manchester High School for Girls
Details of the exhibitions and scholarships awarded to Primrose McNicol, Jessie Davis, F Audrey Lodge, Fortunee de Picciotto, E Irene, P Hunt, Dorothy Dymond, Dorothea Hoffert, Dorothy Fox, Margaret Hogg, Elsie Tyldesley, Hilda Pratt, Mollie Flynn, Desiree Edwards-Rees, Georgiana Duthie, Edith Newell, Dorothy Bunn, Dorothy Holmes.
NA 1910 G 3
Manchester High School for Girls. Important Developments
Report [partly damaged and illegible] of the removal of the secretarial course of the school to new premises. Includes a description of the secretarial course and its aims.
References made to Miss Moore, Miss Burstall.
Misc 1910 G 1
November 1910
Manchester High School for Girls. Syllabus of Work in Housewifery Forms V and VI [16 to 18 Years of Age]
Detailed programme of study in the housewifery course. Includes information about courses in domestic science, cookery, laundry, hygiene, drawing, housewifery, dressmaking, needlework and arithmetic.
NA 1910 E 1
27 July 1910, Manchester Guardian
Girls? High School. Mr George Harwood MP and Educational Aims
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was George Harwood MP. He commented on the important role which educated girls and women had in society, the importance of good manners and of the love of home and parents.
Miss Burstall commented that Founders' Day could no longer be held in the school hall because of the increase in the number of pupils.
Miss Rosa Patterson, Head of Pendleton High School commented on the need for physical fitness.
Details given of the academic successes of Dorothy Lamb, Carrie Morrison, Elsie Simon, Philippa Esdaile, Gertrude Gailer, Dorothy Hoffert, Dorothy Dymond, Fortunee de Picciotto, Audrey Lodge, Marie de Picciotto.
NA 1910 E 2
27 July 1910, Manchester Courier
Manchester High School for Girls Annual Speech Day
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was George Harwood MP. He commented on the meaning of education as a "drawing out" of the mind.
Miss Burstall commented on the academic successes of pupil and the role of former pupils in "political and social activities" as well as in the home.
Details given of the academic successes of Dorothy Hoffert, Dorothy Dymond, Fortunee de Picciotto, Audrey Lodge.
References made to Charles Fogg, Mrs Byron Cooper, Prof Tout, Dr Hoffert, Mrs Hoffert, John Mortimer, Mr Moodie, Mrs Moodie, Prof Dixon, Dr Niven, Mrs Niven, Mrs Hogg, L Tatham, Miss Patterson.
NA 1910 E 3
Ill - Mannered Girls. Mr G Harwood's Short Way with Them. Influence of the Home
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was George Harwood MP. He commented on the important role which educated girls and women had in society, the importance of good manners and of the love of home and parents. He defined education as a "drawing out" of the mind.
Miss Burstall commented on the importance of increasing the influence of the home and criticised the social lives of pupils as excessive.
NA 1910 E 4
Woman's Best Sphere. Mrs George Harwood's Short Way with Ill - Mannered Girls
Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was George Harwood MP. He commented on the importance of good manners and of the love of home and parents.
NA 1910 O 1
30 September, Manchester Guardian and Manchester Courier [sic]
Board of Education
Notice of a scheme [undefined] to be implemented at the school.
Misc 1910 O 1
7 May 1910
Leaflet about the opening to the public of Platt Fields. On the cover is a woodcut of Lieutenant Colonel Worsely, the first MP for Manchester [died 1656]. Includes photographs of haymaking, the making of the lake by unemployed men and St. Peter's church.