Governors
Chairman: F A Padmore
Miss M Ashton, Miss G B Ayre JP, Miss E M Barlow JP, F W Bates JP, G F Burditt CBE JP, Prof H B Dixon, Sir Edward Donner, Councillor G S Grindley, Mrs F M Higham, Councillor Kingsmill Jones,JP, H L Joseland, Miss F Knott, Herbert Leach, Councillor Annie Lee, Mrs Primrose Mather [nee McNicol], J Moodie, Rev R G Parsons, Prof F M Powicke, Councillor Shena D Simon, Prof J L Stocks DSO, Councillor E F Sutton JP, Mrs Temple, Alderman Turnbull, Councillor J M Watson, Mrs T M Young
Treasurer: Mr J Moodie
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Cedric Johnson
Medical Inspector and Referee: Miss C Chisholm
Report
Regret that Prof and Mrs Tout have ended their connection with the school on their removal from Manchester.
Details given of Prof Hickson?s contribution to the school.
He and A E Steinthal have also resigned from the governing body.
Regret at the death of Councillor Lane-Scott.
The guest speaker on Speech Day was the Duchess of Atholl, MP, Under Secretary of State for Education. The speaker on Founders' Day was Douglas Miller, High Master of Manchester Grammar School.
Details given of the following staff: Mrs Dymond, Miss Clarke, Miss Hardy, Miss Miles, Miss Weitzman, Miss Wright.
The year has been "an unusually successful one" in academic terms.
The financial year now ends on 31 March to synchronise with that of the Board of Education. The school's financial position is now sound.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1926: Miss Adams
School Secretary: Miss Berta [sic] Humphrey
Medical Clerk: Miss Nancy Powicke
Departmental Mistresses, September 1926:
Miss Eira Jupe, Miss Gladys Marten, Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss Mary Bennett, Miss M D Callinan, Miss Catherine Chell, Miss Mildred Gibbs, Miss Marion Hawcridge, Miss Mabel Hurford, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Phyllis Sharp, Miss Frida Sorensen, Miss Constance Treloar, Miss Margaret Adams, Miss A H Bannerman, Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Beatrice Ludlam, Miss Elizabeth Tait, Miss Eleanore Tiano, Miss Hannah Lister, Miss Katharine Matheson, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Edith Willis, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Ruth Ashworth, Miss Mary Gillespie, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Marjorie Illington, Miss Mary Rickards, Miss Mary McNicol, Miss M E Mitchell, Miss Joyce Yeoman, Miss Edith Brighouse, Miss Lily Myers, Miss Mary Bennett, Miss Helena Bourne, Miss Gwendoline Lloyd, Miss Rhona Barlow, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Barbara Niven, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss E Arthan, Miss Edith Webster, Miss Margaret Clark, Madame Alice Lamb.
Recent Appointments
Details given of the appointments held by the following: Margaret Curtis, Mary Boullen, Rhona Barlow, Hilda Birch, Elsa Burstall, Doris Byway, Muriel Cooke, Kathleen Dawson, Hilda Dobson, Winifred Hardisty, Dorothy Hockenhull, Gwendoline Lloyd, Molly Riddall, Kathleen Simpson, Frida Sorensen, Doris Whitworth, Caroline Wilkinson, Jessie Hutchinson, Sheila McNicol, Violet Schofield, Dorothy Kitchener, Dorothy Fleming, Millie Broadhurst, Kathleen Boaler, Muriel Atterton, Kathleen Barlow, Ida Collens [sic], Dorothy Collyer [sic], Isabel Currie, Winifred Hotson, Frances Jones, Margaret Lancashire, Nina Lister, Nan Morris, Betty Shaw, Margaret Taylor, Margaret Turner, Gladys Williams.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Christabel Dean, Alice Byway, Hilda Grindrod, Christine Gulbenkian, Beatrice Whatmough, Caecilia [sic] Pugh, Harriet Dick, Effie Carter, Grace Lees, Eileen Tuer, Marjorie Wright, Taube Yaffey, Joan Buckley, Alice Ashcroft, Louisa Fothergill, Mary Miller, Ellen Morrison, Phyllis Moss, Laura Bell, Christina Goudie, Winifred Story [sic], Nina Marshall, Dorothy Geiler, Elaine Peeling.
University of Cambridge: Irene Carter, Margery Willoughby, Kathleen Wilson, Irene Sutcliffe.
University of Oxford: Isabel Young, Dilys Warrington, Catherine Alcock, Molly Shaw, Kathleen Chrimes.
University of Edinburgh: Marjorie Morris.
University of St Andrews: Kathleen Bridge.
Manchester Municipal School of Art: Elwyn Bacon.
Membership of the Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics: Sheila McNicol, Violet Schofield.
The Physical Training College, Silkeborg, Denmark: Marjorie Crofts Helen Smith, Irene Dickson.
Royal Manchester College of Music: Edith Wright.
Royal Academy of Music: Winifred Lea.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Open Exhibitions and Scholarships: Dora Andrews, Marion Jackson, Honorine Harris.
Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities Higher Certificate, 1926: details given of subjects passed by the following: Dora Andrews, Jean Cole, Marie Hampson, Honorine Harris, Dorothy Hindshaw, Pauline Kirkby, Winifred Leach, Winifred Race, Frances Smith, Edith Winstanley, Kathleen Wood, Audrey Yates, Dora Paterson, Mary Aitkenhead, Evelyn Betesh, Dorothy Bowdon, Joyce Bratherton [sic], Phyllis Chakirian, Marjorie Challiner, Frances Disley, Lena Gemmell, Dorothea Hardisty, Hilda Heywood, Constance Hodgkinson, Lilian Lea, Clarice Leeming, Margaret Lean, Milicent Liles, Jessie Lomas, Ina Milroy, Mary Murray, Agnes Paterson, Edith Pickering, Kathleen Pilling, Frances Ratcliffe, Clara Rieck, Janet Smith, Marjorie Swain, Enid Whitfield, Joan Wilson, Eileen Wood, Muriel Aldhouse, Madge Barlow, Katherine Birtwell, Dorothy Bourne, Eleanor Clapperton, Thelma Gordon, Elsie Haynes, Nancy Helliwell, Emily Hollings, Marjorie Jordan, Grace Kershaw, Winifred McKellan, Mary Martin, Mary Morrison, May Parkinson, Louisa Riley, Esther Stokes, Doris Whelan, Ida Forrest, Marian Jackson, Edna Johnson, Freda Lempert, Hilda Lewis, Ursula Longden, Alice Mills, Bertha Moore, Edith Owen, Hilda Wilson, Nora Yarker [sic], Evelyn Addis, Edna Berry, Marjorie Bridge, Evelyn Caldwell, Kathleen Champness, Mary Clarke, Gladys Cooke, Lily Daniels, Marian Duckworth, Mary Eaton, Edith Fowler, Mary Gradwell, Virginia Gulbenkian, Catherine Hardy, Joyce Hudson, Constance Jarvis, Mair [sic] Jones, Eileen Kirsop, Edith Lincoln, Sheila Lomax, Alice Matteossian, Molly Owen, Kathleen Pursglove, Margaret Rippon, Hilda Steiner, Elizabeth Taylor, Edna Ward.
British Association of Physical Training: Nancy Lupton, Helena Walker.
National Shorthand Association Speed Certificates: Kathleen Boaler, Ida Collens [sic], Vera Holland, Moyra [sic] Parry, Margaret Taylor, Muriel Atterton, Dorothy Collyer [sic], Gladys Williams.
Royal Humane Society Life Saving Medals, 1926: Elsie Bell, Nancy Helliwell, Barbara Marsden, Barbara Ratcliffe.
Book Prizes; Mabel Gleave, Ellen Hampson, Muriel Walker, Muriel Swann, Connie Hodgkinson, Eileen Wood, Thelma Gordon, Mary Morrison, Louie [sic] Riley, Kathleen Boaler, Evelyn Addis, Marjorie Bridge, Mary Gradwell, Vergin Gulbenkian, Joyce Hudson, Eluned Jones, Kathleen Pursglove, Dorothy Jones, Muriel Johnson, Beryl Collingwood, Eunice Openshaw, Magdalen Newland-Smith, Marjorie Allen, Kathleen Allpass, Marjorie Davenport, Ruth Isaacs, Alice Pattison, Nora Adams, Dorothy Demaine, Dorothy Gradwell, Janet Powicke, Margery Smith, Kathleen Atkinson, Elwyn Gould, Madge Peacock, Dorothy Lowe, Lindsay Henderson, Mary Meadon, Nancy Whitfield, Betty Heathcote
Art Prizes: Vera Richardson, Dorothy Hindshaw, Joyce Bratherton [sic], Edna Berry, Doris Whelan, Lily Daniels, Marian Duckworth, Kathleen Champness, Katherine Matthews.
Adamson Memorial Prize for French and Spanish: Marjorie Atkinson
The heading for these names was omitted from the Report. The forms of the girls are included and some are described as being "Highly Commended" or "Commended." Magdalen Newland-Smith, Katie Eurich, Camille Cohen, Barbara Ratcliffe, Rosita Hodges, Mary Blake, Eileen Foster, Marjorie Allen, Janet Powicke, Peggy Anderson, Evelyn Daniels, Kathleen Atkinson, Freda Hargreaves, Eugenia Hershberg, Gabrielle Watts.
Art Prizes awarded by the Royal Manchester Institution: Marian Duckworth, Kathleen Champness, Joyce Bratherton.
Sewing Prizes [sic]: Ellen Hampson.
Mrs Buller's Prizes: Dorothy Foulds, Audrey Yates, Janet Prime, Janet Powicke, Jean Pettigrew, Lindsay Henderson.
Dixon Gymnasium Cup: Eveline Buck, Mattie Bryce.
Conway Cup: Marion Moss.
Gymnastic Champions: Eveline Buck, Edith Winstanley, Sheila Powell,
the following names are bracketed together: Dorothea Hardisty, Hilda Heywood,
the following names are bracketed together: Ellen Hampson, Enid Whitfield,
the following names are bracketed together: Eunice Kay, Marion Moss, Elizabeth Dick.
Middle School Gymnastic Cup: Agnes Currie, Mattie Bryce.
Parry Junior Gymnasium Cup: Nora Adams.
Drill Competition Shields: Senior VI, Upper IV Science, IV A, Upper III Transitus.
Swimming Cups: Vera Kershaw, Barbara Colling, Ethel Lowry, Betty Lowry.
Team Swimming Cup: Upper IV General.
Threlkald Net Ball Cup: Vera Kershaw.
Form Net Ball Cups: Upper V Science, Upper IV General, Upper III A, Senior VI, Upper IV Science.
Ashworth [Hockey] Cup for the Senior School: Upper V Parallel.
Lawson [Hockey] Cup for the Middle School: Upper IV A.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Eveline Buck, Dorothea Hardisty.
Form Tennis Doubles Cup: Margaret Champness, Jessie Mushlian.
School Tennis Champions: Margaret Champness, Jessie Mushlian.
Young Tennis Singles Cup: Jessie Mushlian.
Thring Memorial Cup: Sheila Powell.
Chairman's Prize for the Head Girl: Eveline Buck.
Rusholme District Girl Guides? Sports Cup: Manchester High School Company, 1st Chorlton - on - Medlock.
Manchester and District Schools' Cricket Cup: Manchester High School
Prefects, 1925 - 1926
Head Prefect: Eveline Buck
Deputy Head Prefect : Edith Walker
Dora Andrews, Barbara Begg, Marie Hampson, Dorothy Hindshaw, Pauline Kirkby, Winifred Leach, Margaret Turner, Edith Winstanley, Ida Wraith, Audrey Yates.
Exhibitioners
Dora Andrews, Eveline Buck, Mary Hadfield, Marie Hampson, Dorothy Hindshaw, Winifred Leach, Winifred Race, Erica Smith , Kathleen Wood, Audrey Yates.
Lady Whitworth Exhibitioner
Barbara Begg.
Hulme Scholars
Lindsay Henderson, Mary Meadon, Evelyn Neill, Patricia Palmer, Madge Peacock, Marjorie Pear, Nora Pearn, Margaret Reekie, Muriel Spurgin, Dora Taylor, Winifred Turner, Nancy Whitfield, Beryl Trickett, Marjorie Livesey, Evelyn Addis, Mary Morrison.
MacNicol Scholarship, 1926 - 1927
Joan Hinchliffe
Old Girls' Association Scholarship
Ethel Griffiths, Kathleen Robinson.
Entrance Scholarships
Margaret Anderson, Alice Byrom, Florence Cass, Beatrice Chadwick, Kathleen Crees, Phyllis Darrah, Eileen Dryland, Marjorie Dunworth, Dorothy Griffiths, Ruth Hardwick, Winifred Hilton, Christina Hindshaw, Gwen Hughes, Margaret Johnson, Kathleen Kennish, Rene Leigh, Mary Lyons, Lilian Parry, Hetty Rieck, Rebecca Seidman, Olive Smith, Margaret Stott, Dilys Williams.
Revenue Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1926
Details of income and expenditure
Alphabetical Class Lists, July 1926
Senior VI, Junior VI, Student Teachers, VI Secretarial, Upper V Arts, Upper V Science, Upper V Parallel and Housecraft, Upper V Secretarial, V A, V Parallel and Housecraft, V Secretarial, V Science, V Arts, Upper IV A, Upper IV Arts, Upper IV General, Upper IV Housecraft, IV A, IV Transitus, IV General, IV Housecraft, Upper III A, Upper III Transitus, Upper III Alpha, Upper III General, III A, III B