Frontispiece
A drawing of the school at Dover St.
Governors
Chairman: Prof A S Wilkins
Deputy Chairman: Edward Donner
Mrs E Behrens, Mrs E T Broadhurst, Mrs R E Cunliffe, Mrs R D Darbishire , Prof Harold B Dixon, Miss Gaskell, Canon Hicks, Mrs A Hopkinson, John King, Mrs King, Prof H Lamb, Canon Lyttleton, the Dean of Manchester, John Mather, Mrs W Mather,Mrs C E Schwann, L Tatham, Prof T F Tout,
A A G Tulloch, Canon Woodhouse, W B Worthington, Mrs W B Worthington
Treasurer: Mr L Tatham
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Edwin Marshall
The Manchester High School for Girls
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff are included]
Head Mistress: Miss S A Burstall
Secretary to the Head Mistress: Miss Pollard
Assistant Mistresses in the Upper School:
Miss Adamson, Miss Coignou, Miss Dendy, Miss Harrison, Miss Jones, Miss Kett, Miss Lawton, Miss Leach, Miss Macklin, Miss Perkins, Miss Rome, Miss Rhys, Miss Shannon, Miss Simons, Miss Tafel, Miss Thring, Miss Walsh, Miss Welch
Visiting Teachers:
Madame De Pourtales, Miss Marie Jones, Miss Macmillan, Miss Millar, Mrs Byron Cooper, Miss May
Chemistry and Physics
"Advanced pupils are admitted to the Owens College classes conducted in the High School buildings under the direction of Professor Dixon MA, FRS and Professor Core MA."
Lady Housekeeper
Miss F E Walsh
General Information
The school is for girls aged 6 - 19 and boys aged 6 - 9 who have sisters in the school.
Information given about the following:
admissions, fees, school hours, curriculum, religious instruction, homework, school reports to parents, the library, school dinners, examinations, exhibitions and scholarships, absence, holidays, the withdrawal of pupils.
Pendleton High School for Girls, Birch Mount, Eccles Old Rd
A drawing of Pendleton High School
Teaching Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff are included]
Head Mistress: Miss Butcher
Assistant Mistresses:
Miss Hickson, Miss Ison, Miss Lowe, Miss Nall, Miss Rawlinson, Miss Wenham, Miss Wroe
Visiting Teachers:
Mlle. Cameron, Miss Marie Jones, Madame Hahn
The school is for girls over the age of 6 and boys aged 6 - 9 whose sisters are pupils of the school.
North Manchester High School for Girls, Northumberland St. Broughton
A drawing of North Manchester High School
Teaching Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff are included]
Head Mistress: Miss Edith Clarke
Assistant Mistresses:
Miss E Dawson, Miss K Hartley, Miss Jessie Houlston, Miss M Mellin, Miss F Sutcliffe
Visiting Teachers:
Mlle. Cameron, Miss Ellen Wilkinson, Miss Mary Ellam, Miss H Burrows, Miss Ison
The school is for girls aged 6 - 19 and boys aged 6 - 9 whose sisters are pupils in the school.
Honours List 1897 - 98
Manchester High School
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Victoria University: Gertrude Bourne, Cecil [sic] Callender, Rhoda Cowell, Minnie Brown, Elizabeth Boss, Dorothea Popplewell
Cambridge: Amy Headridge, Mary Jackson
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Cambridge Higher Local Examination, 1898: Edith Smith, Maud Wahltuch, Mary Higgs, Mildred Taylor, Emily Taylor, Dorothy Holme.
Victoria Preliminary: Eva Dodge, Emily Taylor, Margaret Davidson, Hilda Johnstone.
London Matriculation: Hilda Byles.
Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board, Higher Certificate: Mary Harris, Marie Uttley
Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board, Lower Certificate: Dorothy Frazer, Margaret Birch, Alice Brayne, Ethel Greengrass, Efi [sic] Horkheimer, Minnie Mottram, Mabel Shaw, Jenny Tait, Edith Thorp, Mabel Wilson, Eleanor Frazer
The Incorporated Society of Musicians Examination: Wilhelmina Anderson, Ethel Kerr, Katherine Turner, Lilian Bishop, Marguerite Ashworth.
Pendleton High School
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Victoria University: Sarah Potts
Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board, Lower Certificate: Hilda Brighouse, Blanche Hugon, Eveline Orchard, Marion Stocks.
North Manchester High School
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board, Lower Certificate: Charlotte Coates.
Exhibitioners
Edith Smith, Maud Wahltuch, Eva Dodge, Emily Taylor
Mary Bradford Exhibitioner
Ruth Taylor
Scholars
Maud Bailey, Alice Barber, Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Hewitt, Edith Hewitt, Nelly Meadows, Lucy Sherwin, Jessie Taylor
Scholars at North Manchester School
Details given of scholarships awarded to the following:
Olive Hartley, Georgina Fielding Crook, Cecily Wood.
L Tatham
Statement of Accounts from 1 September 1897 to 31 August 1898
Details of income and expenditure.
Regulations for Scholarships and Exhibitions
Details of regulations for the award of financial assistance with school fees.
Regulations for the Lady Whitworth and Mary Bradford Exhibitions
Details of regulations for the award of the Lady Whitworth and Mary Bradford Exhibitions.
Form of Bequest to the School
Proforma of bequeathing money to the school.
Alphabetical Class Lists, July 1898
Names of girls in the following classes. [Details given of those holding scholarships]
Manchester School
Seniors, VI, V Upper, V Lower A, V Lower B, IV Upper, IV Middle A, IV Middle B,
IV Lower A, IV Lower B, III Upper A, III Upper B, III Middle, III Lower, II Upper, II Lower, I Upper, I Middle, I Lower, Preparatory
Pendleton School
Form VI, V Upper, V Lower, Form IV, III Upper, III Lower, Form II, Form I
North Manchester School
V Upper, V Lower, IV, III Upper, III Lower, II Upper, I