Manchester High School For Girls
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Database : Newspaper Articles and Miscellaneous, 1818 - 1952

1923

NA 1923 H 1

Miss Burstall to Resign

Report [partly damaged and illegible] of the forthcoming resignation of Miss Burstall as Headmistress. Includes a tribute to her work as Headmistress and her contribution to education.     

Includes references to Edward Donner, Miss Day.

 

NA 1923 G 1

22 August 1923, Manchester Evening News

Seaside Orchestral Benefits

Description of the pier women's orchestra at St Annes - on - Sea conducted by Clarice Dunnington.

 

Misc 1923 G 1

1923, Transactions of the Chemical Society

Reduction of Ethyl Ethylidenemalonate as Affected by Choice of Reducing Agent

Offprint of an article, "Reduction of Ethyl Ethylidenemalonate as Affected by Choice of Reducing Agent" written by Lucy Higginbotham and Arthur Lapworth.

 

NA 1923 E 1

28 July 1923

Miss Burstall's Last Prize Day. A Valedictory to the High School. Fifty Years of Tradition which will Go On

Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker Dr Ernest Barker, Principle of King's College, London.

F Padmore commented on the developments at the school and plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation. He paid tribute to the work of Miss Burstall.

Miss Burstall commented on the development of the school, she criticised the reliance in education on exams and the tendency of girls in Manchester to remain there instead of going abroad.

Includes a reference to Mrs Barker.

 

 

   
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