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

1943
NA 1943 H 1

10 March 1943, Manchester Guardian

Announcement that Miss Mary G Clarke will receive an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen.

 

NA 1943 H 2

2 July 1943, Daily Dispatch

Miss Mary Clarke

Report that Miss M Clarke has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Aberdeen to mark the jubilee of the admission of women to the university.

Includes references to Rachel Annand Taylor, Sir Herbert Grierson.

 

NA 1943 H 3

University Honours Two Women. Early Pupils who have added Lustre to It

Report that Miss M Clarke and Rachel Annand Taylor have been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Aberdeen to mark the jubilee of the admission of women to the university. Includes a photograph of Miss M Clarke, Rachel Annand Taylor, Sir Herbert Grierson.

 

NA 1943 H 4

Scots Authoress Receives LL.D

Photograph of Miss M Clarke and Rachel Annand Taylor and others after they had been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Aberdeen to mark the jubilee of the admission of women to the university.

 

NA 1943 H 5

Dr Clarke's Day at Old School

Description of Speech Day at Aberdeen Girls' High School. The guest speaker was Miss M G Clarke. She commented on the importance of taking an interest in the community.

 

Misc 1943 H 1

University of Aberdeen

List of those, including Miss M G Clarke, who had awarded honorary degrees by the University of Aberdeen.

 

NA 1943 St 1

7 December 1943, Manchester Guardian

Mme Alice Lamb

Obituary of Mme Alice Lamb [m. Scott]. Includes references to her early life and training and career in music.

 

NA 1943 St 2

Notice of the death of Mme Alice Lamb [m. Scott]. Beneath the notice is written, "One of the original pupils of the School."

 

NA 1943 G 1

26 March 1943, City News

Announcement that the school had trebled its target for money raised for Wings for Victory Week.

 

NA 1943 G 2

29 March 1943, Manchester Guardian

Wings for Victory. Manchester's £13,540,000 - and More to Come

Report on the amounts raised by the school and others in Manchester for Wings for Victory week.

 

NA 1943 G 3

Christina - of George Cross Island

Four photographs of Mary Christina Ratcliffe in Malta. She is described as "the star dancer of a cabaret act entertaining troops in the Middle East."

 

NA 1943 G 4

October 1943

High School Girls Get Potatoes

A photograph of pupils collecting potatoes and a photograph of Madeline Barber driving a tractor. The girls collecting potatoes are named as Joan Marland, Betty Cooke, Odette Faulkner, Betty Jackson, Pat Murch.

 

Misc 1943 G 1

National Savings Certificate awarded to the school for the money collected during Wings for Victory Week

 

NA 1943 E 1

New Adaptability. School's Gains from War Tribulations

Description of Speech Day.  The guest speaker was Mrs J L Stocks, Principal of Westfield College, London University. She commented on the importance of living in the present. Dr M G Clarke made general comments on how the school was coping with the war. Reference also made to Prof H J Fleure.

 

 

 

 

 

   
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