Governors
Chairman: F A Padmore
Miss Margaret Ashton, Miss G B Ayre JP, Miss E M Barlow JP, F W Bates JP, G F Burditt CBE JP, Sir Edward Donner, Councillor S Fairfoull, Prof H Fleure, Councillor G Grindley, Mrs Hope Hogg, Prof E Jacob, Councillor Kingsmill Jones JP, H L Joseland, Miss F Knott, Herbert Leach, the Bishop of Middleton, Mrs Mather, Mrs W Moberly, Dr R Pickard, Councillor Shena D Simon, Councillor A P Simon, Councillor Mary Smith, Prof J L Stocks DSO, Prof J Stopford, Alderman E F Sutton JP, Mrs T M Young
Treasurer: H M Leach
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Cedric Johnson
Medical Inspector and Referee: Miss C Chisholm
Report
Regret at the death of Prof Dixon and details of his contribution to the school.
Details given of the following governors: Prof Stopford, Prof Stocks, Prof Fleure, Prof Jacob.
The address on Founders' Day was given by Mrs J L Stocks.
The address on Speech Day was given by Councillor Wright-Robinson.
Details given of Miss Clarke's visit to Canada with twelve other Headmistresses.
There has been a teacher exchange between Miss Hurford and Miss Cecile McInnes of the Commercial School, Providence, Rhode Island.
The school has hosted student teachers from Finland, Germany and S Africa.
Details given of the following teachers: Miss Lister, Miss Fry, Miss Rapaport, Miss Fletcher, Miss Fisher, Miss Denison, Miss Warburton.
There are 84 pupils in the VI Form.
General comments on academic successes.
Speech Training has been introduced as part of the regular curriculum for younger pupils.
New grass and shale tennis courts have been laid. Details given of the percentages of pupils who play sports.
Details given of the gifts from the following: Mrs Young, Dr Catherine Chisholm, Nancy Powicke, the Trustees of the Whitworth Gallery, Heyrod St. Girls? Club.
Thanks to Miss Peacock pf Kirkby House, Bury for endowing a history prize in memory of her sister who was a pupil in 1900. It will be called the Lena Peacock Prize for History and will be awarded for the first time in 1932.
Details given of an Old Girls' reunion
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1931 : Miss Annie Ellis
School Secretary: Miss Ruth Rapaport
Departmental Mistresses, September 1931:
Miss Eira Jupe, Miss Gladys Marten, Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss M D Callinan, Miss Marion Hawcridge, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Mabel Hurford, Miss Dorothy Farr, Miss Mary Fisher, Miss Mabel Barker, Miss Margaret Fenwick Smith, Miss Beatrice Ludlam, Miss Eleanore Tiano, Miss Callinan, Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Ethel Gilby, Miss Elsa Sinclair, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Annie Watson, Miss Marion Jarrett, Miss Emily Mason, Miss Edith Willis, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Ella Holman, Miss Janet Work, Miss Mary McNicol, Miss Margaret Lever, Miss Dorothy Scott, Miss E M Tuke, Miss Nora Turner, Miss Alice K Knight, Miss Helena Bourne, Miss Helen Langton, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss E Arthan, Miss Edith Webster, Mrs Margaret Proudlock [nee Clark], Mrs Kathleen Fogg [nee Moorhouse], Miss Mabel Shaw.
Recent Appointments
Details given of the appointments held by the following: Aileen Barr, Gladys Curtis, Ruth Danziger, Marjorie Digby, Enid Fletcher, Kathleen Hall, Margery Hoyle, Nina Marshall, Sheila McKay, Ruth Rapaport, Mary Ratcliffe, Betty Riddall, Molly Shaw, Erica Smith, Marjorie Stevenson, Eileen Evans [nee Threlkeld], Eileen Tydeman,Edith Walker, Margery Willoughby, Doris Hudes, Florence Flockton, Ray [sic] Walter, Dora Lomas.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Ministry of Agriculture: Mary Morrison
University of Manchester: Nancy Carter, Mary Aitkenhead, Constance Haxby, Vergin [sic] Gulbenkian, Evelyn Addis, Kathleen Pursglove, Marjorie Challiner, Kathleen Champness, Carette [sic] Leeming, Agnes Wyatt, Alice Matheson, Thelma Gordon, Marjorie Bridge, Marjorie Stevenson, Edith Walker, Eileen Hartley, Beryl Collingwood.
University of London: Mabel Clough, Dorothy Bailey.
University of Edinburgh: Eveline Buck, Jean Cole.
University of Reading: Mary Morrison.
University of St Andrews: Agnes Collier.
University of Liverpool: Hilda Pratchett.
State Competitive Examination for Teachers in French Secondary Schools: Madeleine White.
Law Society: Freda Strange.
Incorporated Secretaries' Association: Ruth Rapaport.
London Royal Academy of Music: Zelda Bock.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Doris Coulthard, Ruth Isaacs, Annie Lofthouse, Monica Job, Betty Mawry, Ena Addis, Caroline Field.
Alliance Francaise: Margaret Noble, Winifred Turner.
Form Prizes: Kathleen Atkinson, Eleanor Faulkner, Vivienne Hughes, Kathleen Owen, Edith Spurgin, Dorothy Travis, Doris Adams, Andree Anzurat, Dorothy Gradwell, Barbara Hadfield, Joyce Weinberg, Ellen Field, Isabel Redfern, Beryl Trickett, Phyllis Darrah, Margaret Johnson, Mary Lyons, Nancie Stott, Dennet [sic] Wise, Asna Boltiansky, Irene Hyde, Edith Sandford, Vivien Snow, Jean Heywood, Barbara Longbottom, Constance Lyth, Renee Manch, Joan Nixon, Jean Rutter, Dorothea Bennett, Irene Salter, Kathleen Sharples, Kathleen Brierley, Elsa Davies, Nancy Deeks, Enid Dobson, Mary France, Maud Gregory, Margaret Manby, Helen Marshall, Gladys Murray, Joan Smith, Jessie Thompson, Daphne Wilde, Audrey Hayes, Alice Heap, Joan Heywood, Joyce Horner, Dora Leather, Doreen Neate, Marjorie Owen, Winifred Richards, Dorothy Stappleton [sic], Margaret Barber, Jeanette Halpern, Joan Hardman, Beryl Nash.
Chairman's Prize for the Head Girl: Mary Strange.
Art Prizes: Margaret Anderson, Betty Mawrey, Francoise Haward, Mary Lyons, Christina Hindshaw, Jean Rutter, Enid Withers, Mary Cooke, Alice Heap.
Sewing Prizes: Ena Addis, Margaret Armitt, Margaret Buchanan, Kathleen Chapman, Margaret Etchells, Marion Etherington, Eve Evans, Kathleen Gamble, Beatrice Gardner, Irene Griffiths, Irene Heath, Barbara Honeyburne, Winifred Ogden, Myfanwy Pickard, Ethel Slow, Alice Smith, Muriel Spurgin, Ella Teasdale, Dorothy Travis, Sylvia Weinberg, Elsie Whitworth, Kathleen Ogden, Alice Heap.
Certificate of Domestic Arts and Science [awarded for the first time]: Margaret Armitt, Dorothy Travis.
Harrison Music Trophies: Upper IV A, Upper III A.
Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities Higher Certificate, 1931: details given of subjects passed by the following: Bella Abrahamson, Gertrude Ashforth, Doris Coulthard, Peggy Craig, Marjorie Davenport, Dorothy Demaine, Gladys Dickinson, Clare Ellison, Joan Honeyburne, Ruth Isaacs, Amy Jessel, Monica Job, Katharine Liebert, Annie Lofthouse, Araxie Mikaelian, Margaret Noble, Margaret Reekie, Dorothy Spencer, Sybil Trickett, Winifred Turner, Norah Walsh, Margaret Ward, Sylvia Weinberg, Andree Anzurat, Nesta Herbert, Barbara Needham, Mary Taylor, Nellie Taylor.
School Certificate, July 1931: Barbara Allen, Margaret Anderson, Dorothy Bailey, Joan Bates, Elsie Bell, Norah Binns, Phyllis Bradshaw, Margery Brayn, Margaret Brierley, Annie Casson, Doreen Costello, Ellen Field, Mary Gibson, Joan Halliwell, Eva Johnston, Margaret Lewtas, Lilian Parry, Isabel Redfern, Rebecca Seidman, Dorothy Slow, Beryl Trickett, Dorothy White, Mary Brennand, Mary Burgess, Alice Byrom, Frances Cayton, Julia Cohen, Phyllis Durrah, Phyllis Hardman, Ruth Hardwick, Winifred Hilton, Margaret Johnson, Nancy Kerr, Mervyn Lewis, Mary Lyons, Cecilia North, Jean Pettigrew, Mary Prendergast, Marjorie Salthouse, Joan Sharples, Margaret Stott, Claire Watson, Ruth Wise, Margaret Bennett, Ruth Farrington, Christina Hindshaw, Margaret Howard, Marjorie Jones, Florence Mitchell, Doris Raffles, Constance Ratcliffe, Elvina Riding, Ethel Rogerson, Gwen Strange, Eirlys [sic] Taylor, Elsie Wykenen, Blanche Haiat, Amy Scemla, Mary Rogerson.
Faculty of Teachers of Commerce: statistics given of successes including those of the following: Gladys Curtis, Marjorie Digby, Florence Flockton, Doris Hudes, Joan Hunt, Ray [sic] Walter, Marjorie Headon, Dora Lomas, Doris Adams, Betty Eckersley, Dorothy Gradwell, Barbara Hadfield, Margaret Stenton, Joyce Weinberg.
Kamberian Speech Cup: Senior VI.
Dixon Gymnastic Cup: Gwen Jackson, Monica Job.
Conway Gymnastic Cup: Gwen Jackson.
Middle School Gymnastic Cup: Ann Kirkpatrick.
Parry Junior Cup: Helen Marshall.
Gymnastic Champions: Dorothy Spencer, Janet Powicke,
the following names are bracketed together: Gwen Jackson, Monica Job,
the following names are bracketed together: Marjorie Allen, Doris Coulthard,
the following names are bracketed together: Marjorie Pear, Myfanwy Pear.
Drill Competition Shields: Senior VI, V A.
Junior Drill Cup: IV A.
Swimming Cups: Elsie Bell , Joan Hardman, Joan Bardsley, Margaret Hardman.
Team Swimming Cup: V Transitus.
Royal Humane Society Life Saving Badges, 1930 [sic]: Margaret Anderson, Margery Brayn, Madge Peacock, Marjorie Pear
Form Net Ball Cups: Senior VI, V A, IV A.
Threlkald Net Ball Cup: Gwen Jackson.
Ashworth [Hockey] Cup for the Senior School: Junior VI.
Lawson [Hockey] Cup for the Middle School: V Alpha, Upper IV General.
Junior Cup: IV A.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Eleanor Faulkner.
Form Cricket Cup: Junior VI.
Form Tennis Doubles Cup: Junior VI.
Young Tennis Singles Cups: Dorothy White, Pamela Marsden.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Camille Cohen.
Other Successes: Manchester and District Senior Netball Shield, Rusholme District Girl Guides Sports Cup.
Junior Cricket Cup competed for against Ladybarn School: Manchester High School
Prefects, 1930 - 1931
Head Prefect: Molly Strange
Deputy Head Prefect: Joan Honeyburne
Camille Cohen, Doris Coulthard, Ruth Isaacs, Gwen Jackson, Freda Jessel, Monica Job, Kitty Liebert, Araxie Mikaelian, Janet Powicke, Margaret Reekie, Winifred Turner
Sub Prefects
Eleanor Faulkner, Barbara Honeyburne, Betty Mercer, Sylvia Weinberg.
Hulme Scholarships
Doris Coulthard, Janet Powicke, Clare Ellison, Ruth Hindshaw, Joan Honeyburne, Freda Jessel, Monica Job, Katharine Liebert, Annie Lofthouse, Araxie Mikaelian, Mary Strange, Dorothy Travis, Margaret Ward, Sybil Bailey, Betty Garner, Marjorie Hardman, Bettie Jones, Helen Neeson, Barbara Powell, Betty Sidebottom, Mervyn Lewis.
Mary Bradford Exhibitioner
Ruth Isaacs.
Lady Whitworth Exhibitioner
Marjorie Davenport.
MacNicol Scholarship
Beryl Trickett.
Old Girls' Association Scholarship
Margaret Reekie.
Entrance Scholarships
Edna Bassnett, Audrey Bayfield, Kate Brett, Mollie Edgerton, Rita Goldstone, Josephine Greaves, Kathleen Harrington, Kathleen Hicks, Barbara Hill, Florence Hindle, Joan Hocking, Winifred Johnson, Ena Lord, Gladys Parsons, Doreen Peake, Margery Sephton, Flora Thomason, Margaret Walton, Nora Warhurst, Winifred Whiting, Annie Wilson.
Revenue Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1931
Details of income and expenditure
Alphabetical Class Lists, July 1931
Senior VI, Junior VI, VI General, VI Secretarial, Student Teachers, Upper V Transitus, Upper V A, Upper V Alpha, Upper V General, Upper V Secretarial, V A, V Alpha, V Transitus, V Arts, Upper IV A, Upper IV General, Upper IV Transitus, IV A, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Transitus, Upper III General, III A, III B