Database : Newspaper Articles and Miscellaneous, 1818 - 1952

1928

NA 1928 H 1

Secondary School Notes. Training Women Citizens [From the Head Mistresses' Association]

Description of the conference of the Headmistresses' Association. Miss Clarke called for a "bold reorganisation of our curriculum and methods of teaching" in the direction of more practical subjects and commented on the success of the League of Nations Union at the school.

Also given are the views of Miss Martin, Miss Jones, Miss Moore, Miss Hargrave, Miss Lowe.

Reference made to Josephine Butler.

NA 1928 H 2

19 November 1928, Manchester Guardian

Employed Women and Marriage

Details of a speech given by Miss Mary G Clarke at the Pioneer Club, Manchester. She called for the right of married women to choose to have a career.  

References made to Margaret Pilkington, James Watts, T D Barlow.

NA 1928 H 3

24 November 1928, Daily Dispatch

Women Who Fail in Business. Attitudes of Public Bodies. Head Mistress�s Comment. An Individual Right

Details of a speech given by Miss Clarke at the Pioneer Club, Manchester. She called for the right of married women to choose to have a career.  Includes a photograph of Mrs Neville Chamberlain.

Misc 1928 H 1

Manchester and Salford and Stretford Secondary Schools for Girls Employment Committee. First Open Meeting

Description of the meeting of the Manchester, Salford and Stretford Secondary Schools for Girls Employment Committee. Miss Clarke as Chairman commented on satisfactory progress during the year.

The views of the following are given: Miss Reta [sic] Oldham, T D Barlow, Miss Geen [sic], Miss Forbes.

Misc 1928 H 2

26 November 1928, Manchester Guardian

Careers for Secondary School Girls

Description of the meeting of the Manchester, Salford and Stretford Secondary Schools for Girls Employment Committee. Comments on the careers advice given to girls on leaving school.

References made to Miss M G Clarke, Miss Reta [sic] Oldham, T D Barlow, Miss G Geen [sic], Miss O M Forbes.

Misc 1928 H 3

23 November 1928

Manchester and Salford and Stretford Secondary Schools for Girls Employment Committee. Open Meeting

Poster for the meeting of Manchester, Salford and Stretford Secondary School for Girls� Employment Committee.

References made to Miss M G Clarke, Miss Reta [sic] Oldham, T D Barlow, Miss G Geen [sic], Miss O M Forbes.

NA 1928 St 1

Manchester Artists. Two Members of the Modern School

Appreciation of the work of Miss Ritchie and Miss Saunders who are described as modern artists. Includes comments on some of their paintings and their views on art.

Includes references to the following who were among their teachers: Walter Sickert, Frances Hodgkins.

NA 1928 G 1

Clever Schoolgirls

Brief article about the academic and sporting success of the school in 1928.

Misc 1928 G 1

7 September 1928, Christian Science Monitor, Boston USA

A High School League of Nations Union Branch

Description of the first model assembly of the school's League of Nations Union. Rev Ronald Allen presided and commented on the ideals of the League. References made to disarmament and the views of the delegates representing the following countries: France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Norway, Britain.    

Misc 1928 G 2

18 April 1928

The First Model Assembly of the League of Nations

Agenda of the First Model Assembly of the League of Nations which would debate disarmament. Reference made to Rev Ronald Allen.

Misc 1928 G 3

"Junior" League of Nations. Model Assembly at the High School

General comments on the meeting at the school of the First Model Assembly of the League of Nations.

Misc 1928 G 4

MHSG. Model Assembly of the League of Nations. The Assembly Hall

Seating plan of the delegates at the meeting of the First Model Assembly of the League of Nations.

Misc 1928 G 5

18 April 1928

League of Nations Union Model Assembly

Description of the meeting at the school of the First Model Assembly of the League of Nations. Includes details of the speakers, the countries they represented and the length of time they were allowed to speak. The speakers were E Wood, V Gilbenkian, M Cohen, E Berry, M Ashforth, E Jones, J Powicke, K Pursglove, E Caldwell, N Holmes, M Challiner, M Higham, P Wright, M Armstrong.

Misc 1928 G 6

February 1928

Manchester High School for Girls. Entrance Scholarship Examination

Details of the scholarship exam including the subjects and skills to be tested, the eligibility of candidates, the date of the exam and the aims.

Reference made to Dr Catherine Chisholm.

4 April 1928

School report of Gwen Strange for the Spring term.

27 July 1928

School report of Gwen Strange for the Summer term.

20 December 1928

School report of Gwen Strange for the Autumn term.

4 April 1928

School report of Dorothy Gradwell for the Spring term.

27 July 1928

School report of Dorothy Gradwell for the Summer term.

20 December 1928

School report of Dorothy Gradwell for the Autumn term.

4 April 1928

School report of Nora Spedding for the Spring term.

27 July 1928

School report of Nora Spedding for the Summer term.

20 December 1928

School report of Nora Spedding for the Autumn term.

1928, Journal of the Chemical Society

Obituary of Lucy Higginbotham.

Misc 1928 G 17

Report by Kathleen Pursglove on the negative outcome of a complaint to Miss Clarke about school meals.

NA 1928 Sp 1

Lancashire Girls' School League

Results of matches played between schools at the 34^th annual tennis tournament of the Lancashire Girls� School League. The school won the final.

NA 1928 E 1

A Born Headmistress

Report on Speech Day. Includes general comments about Miss Clarke and the school's sporting successes. Includes a photograph of Miss Clarke.

NA 1928 E 2

28 July 1928

High School for Girls. Education the Key of life

Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was Dr W H Moberly, Vice Chancellor of Manchester University. He commented on the importance of fulfilment in life and striving for the best. Miss Clarke criticised over reliance on exams. Includes a description of what the girls wore.

References made to Mr Padmore, Miss A O Warburton.

NA 1928 E 2

Manchester Schoolgirls Say Farewell to Lessons with a Sing-Song

Photograph of girls celebrating Speech Day at the Free Trade Hall.

NA 1928 E 3

Home Study. School Leaving Appeal to City Girls

Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was Dr W H Moberly, Vice Chancellor of Manchester University. He commented on the importance of education and called on girls to spend more time at home.

NA 1928 E 4

Call of Pleasure. Appeal to Girls to Spend More Time at Home

Description of Speech Day. The guest speaker was Dr W H Moberly, Vice Chancellor of Manchester University. He called on girls to spend more time at home.

Reference made to F Padmore.

NA 1928 E 5

Success in Classics

Description [partly damaged and illegible] of Speech Day. The guest speaker was Dr W H Moberly, Vice Chancellor of Manchester University. He commented on the importance of having sympathy with the views of others.

Miss Clarke gave details of the academic successes of unnamed girls, commented on the work of the Girls' Secondary Schools Employment Committee and condemned the view that girls' education should be the same as that of boys. She thanked Miss Burstall for the gift of a fire screen which she had made and which had 126,000 stitches.

References made to F Padmore, Miss Lister.

NA 1928 E 6

27 July 1928, Daily Sketch

Photograph of Speech Day.

NA 1928 O 1

Zimmern Travelling Fellowships

Details of the Zimmern Travelling Fellowship established on the death of Frida [sic] Zimmern.

NA 1928 O 2

The Times

Women Settlers

Article about the difficulties of emigration by women to countries in the British Empire  

Misc 1928 O 1

20 and 26 October 1928

Shakespeare’s Sister

An extract from A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf published in 2007 by the Guardian newspaper as part of a series, Great Speeches of the 20^th Century, No 12 with a forward by Kate Mosse.