Governors
Chairman: F A Padmore
Miss Margaret Ashton, Miss G B Ayre JP, Miss E M Barlow JP, F W Bates JP, Sir Edward Donner, Councillor S Fairfoull, Prof H Fleure, Councillor G Grindley, Mrs Hope Hogg, Mrs A M Iliff, Prof E Jacob, H L Joseland, Miss E F Knott, Mrs J Mather, M C McGrath, Lady Moberly, Dr R Pickard, Miss Dorothy Porter, Lady Simon, Councillor A P Simon, Prof J L Stocks DSO, Prof J Stopford, Alderman E F Sutton JP, Prof T B Webster, Mrs T M Young
Treasurer: W C McGrath
Auditors: Messrs Halliday, Pearson and Co
Clerk to the Governors: Cedric Johnson
Medical Inspector and Referee: Miss C Chisholm
Report
Regret at the deaths of Miss Myers and Miss Eira Jupe and at the retirement of Miss Willis. Details given of their contributions to the school.
The Sarah Bradshaw Scholarship has been endowed by the gift of £800 from the aunt of an old girl and present member of staff, Miss Norah Turner.
Mr Hadfield, the father of 2 old girls, has given the school £100 to fund a prize.
Miss Coignou has bequeathed £50 to the school.
Miss Bourne has given a trophy for deportment.
Miss Mellor has given a cup for cricket.
The Senior VI have given a cup for tennis in the Lower School.
Miss Willis has given a painting called "The River at Bridgenorth" by Miss Ritchie
Details given of other gifts to the school from the following: Mrs Chandler, Miss Harrison, Mrs Marion Gill [nee Aldhouse], Miss Archer, Miss Callinan, Mrs Allin [sic] Dymond, Miss Farr, Dr Feibelmann, Miss Marie Hopps, Miss Jarrett, Miss Mason, Lady Simon, Mrs Sinclair, Miss E Steedman, Miss Work, the Liverpool Old Girls' Association, the Old Mancastrians Hockey Club [the Old Girls? Federation Hockey Club].
Details given of the following staff: Miss Farr, Miss Work, Miss Jarrett, Mrs Sinclair, Miss Mason, Miss Watson.
Welcome to Prof Webster, Mrs Iliff and Miss Dorothy Porter to the governing body.
The Dean of Manchester was the guest on Founders' Day. The Bishop of Southwark and Mrs Parsons were the guests on Speech Day.
General comments on the success of the school.
Fees have been raised [details given].
Thanks to Dr Chisholm the school is protected from epidemics.
There have been further improvements to the sports facilities [details given].
The Guides and Cadets went to camp in the Cotswolds. There have been visits to the Lake District and to Paris with Miss Tiano and 36 girls. General comments on other school activities.
It is hoped that the problem of adopting a school uniform has been resolved.
The Old Girls? Federation held a Jubilee meeting and unanimously elected Miss Annie Ellis as the new President.
Ethel Lowry swan the Channel in September.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1934 : Miss E Tiano
School Secretary: Miss Reita [sic] Maddocks
Departmental Mistresses, September 1934:
Miss Marion Hawcridge, Miss Gladys Marten, Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss M D Callinan, Miss Annie Taylor, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Mary Fisher, Miss Mabel Barker, Miss Jessie Leese, Miss Beatrice Ludlam, Miss Eleanore Tiano, Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Rica [sic] Jones, Miss Elizabeth Malloch, Miss Eva Weiste, Miss Annie Watson, Miss Beryl Collingwood, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Ella Holman, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Phyllis Kennedy, Miss Dorothy Scott, Miss Mary McNicol, Miss Margaret Lever, Miss Jessie Leese, Miss Dorothy Scott, Miss Norah 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], Miss Hilda Sargisson, Miss A M Shaw, Miss Evelyne Sands.
Recent Appointments
Details given of the appointments held by the following: Dora Andrews, Maureen Armstrong, Hilda Barrett, Beryl Collingwood, Mary Eaton, Molly Faulkner, Caroline Field, Mabel Grime, Connie Hodgkinson, Nancy Holmes, Eileen Howson, Eluned Jones, Brenda Lincoln, Sheila McKay, Eunice Openshaw, Elsa Plant [nee Burstall], Ruth Rapaport, Irene Sutcliffe, Sybil Trickett, Eileen Tydeman, Caroline Wilkinson, Norah Willoughby, Margaret Bower, Ermyn [sic] Brown, Nancie Chadderton, Elaine Clarke, Barbara Freeman, Marjorie Forrest, Mary Knott, Jill McNab, Nancy Murgatroyd, Marjorie Nelson, Margo Sassoon, Kathleen Sharples, Audrey Smith, Ruth Struthers, Claire Wilkinson, Vera Woodcock.
Admission to Universities and Training Colleges
Details given of the universities and training colleges at which the following are studying: Marjorie Adams, Blanche Anderson, Asna Boltiansky, Mary Burgess, Marie Challinor, Dilys Dew-Jones, Katie Dreyfus, Vera Easson, Mary Garner, Marjorie Grey, Jean Heywood, Margaret Howard, Marjorie Jones, Nancy Kerr, Grace Leask, Mervyn Lewis, Jean McAdam, Lorna Mettam, Margaret Moss, Margaret Needham, Muriel Roch, Margaret Rowbottom, Doris Seddon, Ethel Slow [sic], Vivien Snow, Margaret Stansfield, Elsie Wyneken.
Staff
Details given of the successes of the following: Miss Catherine Chisholm, Miss A O Warburton, Miss E M Holman, Miss A C Taylor, Miss O I Walker.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Margery Hoyle, Marjorie Davenport, Joan Honeyburne, Alison Bridge, Beryl Cooke, Nancy Porter, Katharine Liebert, Lilias [sic] Appleton, Beryl Collingwood, Kathleen Owen.
University of London: Dora Fothergill, Freda Jessel, Margaret Ward, Ruth Isaacs, Molly Faulkner.
University of Edinburgh: Lily Daniels.
University of St Andrews: Eleanor Riley.
University of Liverpool: Hilda Patchett, Peggy Craig.
University of Leeds: Dorothy Spencer, Marion Dickinson.
University of Birmingham: Ruth Hindshaw, Gwen Jackson.
University of Reading: Nancy Holmes, Caroline Field.
Swanley College, Kent: Joan Schofield.
Royal Academy of Music: Marjorie Pear.
Manchester College of Domestic Economy: Sibyl Trickett, Margaret Armitt.
Institute of Chartered Accountants: Dorothy Vaughan.
Incorporated Society of Chiropodists: Annie Casson.
Civil Service: Daisy Clarke.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Mary Burgess, Mervyn Lewis, Asna Boltiansky, Margaret Stansfield, Gladys Murray.
Alliance Francaise: Mary Burgess, Dorothea Bennett.
Form Prizes: Jane Feingold, Patricia Goldsbrough, Margery Hampson, Sheila Huss, Queenie Massel, Irene Salter, Dorothy Saunders, Doreen Stevenson, Kathleen Allman, May Jones, Kathleen Sharples, Enid Dobson, Gladys Murray, Joan Smith, Jessie Thompson, Daphne Wilde, Margaret Barber, Marjorie Crookes, Joyce Horner, Dora Leather, Margaret Loudon, Doreen Neate, Marjorie Owen, Loraine Richards, Barbara Roberts, Elsie Bradbury, Jeannette Halpern, Kate Brett, Rita Goldstone, Josephine Greaves, Kathleen Hicks, Nora Warhurst, Margaret Dowler, Flora Thomason, Kathleen Barnes, Sylvia Bernard, Gwen Harper, Marjorie Hirst, Winifred Hobson, Myra Robinson, Margaret Shrewsbury, Eileen Walker, Christine Jollans, Louisa Hawthorn, Jessie Million, Jane Hodgson, Ursula Rodd, June Cooper .
Chairman's Prize: Doris Seddon.
Adamson Memorial Travelling Scholarship: Mary Burgess.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Enid Dobson, Daphne Wilde.
Hadfield Prize for Classics: Vivien Snow.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Frances Hepburn.
Art Prizes: Alice Heap, Sylvia Palmer, Ruth Chard, Marjorie Hovell, Dorothy Spurr, Mary Cooke, Audrey Longhurst, Hilary Dobb, Yola [sic] Smith, Gladys Murray, Jane Hodgson.
Needlework Prizes: Gladys Murray, Jane Hodgson.
Harrison Music Trophies: Upper IV A, Upper III A.
Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities Higher Certificate, 1934: details given of subjects passed by the following: Blanche Anderson, Jean Archer, Asna Boltiansky, Pauline Brand, Mary Burgess, Vera Easson, Mollie Greenhalgh, Marjorie Grey, Irene Hyde, Nancy Kerr, Mervyn Lewis, Renee Manch, Lorna Mettam, Margaret Needham, Sylvia Palmer, Margaret Senior, Vivien Snow, Annie Somerville, Margaret Stansfield, Margaret Taylor.
School Certificate, July 1934: Pamela Marsden, Joan Clarke, Marjorie Morton, Marjorie Reddiford, Joyce Sulston, Kathleen Wilson, Phyllis Allchin, Kathleen Brierley, Elsa Davies, Nancy Deeks, Enid Dobson, Mary France, Helen Greenwood, Maud Gregory, Ann Kirkpatrick, Mary Knowles, Gwynnedd Lewis, Margaret Manby, Joan Marsh, Helen Marshall, Irene Moss, Gladys Murray, Alberta Ramsden, Joan Smith, Jessie Thompson, Margaret Wade, Daphne Wilde, Margaret Arnett, Elizabeth Balderstone, Dorothy Dinsdale, Enid Garstang, Frances Hepburn, Denise Nuttall, Margaret Sturrock, Dilys Adams, Alisimon [sic] Strange, Mary Burgess, Margaret Hodgson, Margaret Senior.
Faculty of Teachers of Commerce: Peggy Lupton, Ruth Struthers, Kathleen Allman, Isabel Ferguson, Molly Graham, Kathleen Kiernan, Nancie Chadderton, Claire Watkinson, Ermyn [sic] Brown.
Kamberian Speech Cup: VI General [after this the name Muriel Roch is written in brackets].
Dixon Gymnastic Cup: Pamela Marsden, Amy Garstang.
Conway Gymnastic Cup: Pamela Marsden.
Senior VI [1920] Cup, Middle School: Ruth Grundy.
Parry Junior Cup: Sheila Berry.
Gymnastic Champions: Margaret Rowbottom.
The following names are bracketed together: Pamela Marsden, Amy Garstang.
The following names are bracketed together: Vivian Snow, Ann Kirkpatrick, Helen Marshall.
The following names are bracketed together: Doris Seddon, Margaret Saunderson.
Bourne Challenge Shield, Upper School: VI General, VI Secretarial.
Elizabeth Day Challenge Shield, Middle School: V General.
Lodge Cup, Lower School: Upper III A.
Trophy for Deportment [presented by Miss Bourne and awarded for the first time]: Junior VI.
Mrs Clarke's Form Cup for General Order and Neatness: Upper III A.
Swimming Cups: Marjorie Hovell, Joan Hardman, Beatrice Lowry.
Team Swimming Cup: V Alpha.
Royal Humane Society Life Saving Badges, 1933: Joan Bardsley, Beatrice Lowry.
Form Net Ball Cups: VI Secretarial and General, V A, IV General.
Threlkald Net Ball Cup: Hazel Honeyburne.
Ashworth [Hockey] Cup for the Senior School: Senior VI.
Lawson [Hockey] Cup for the Middle School: V A.
Lower School Cup: IV A.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Doris Seddon.
Form Cricket Cups: Upper V A, V Alpha, Upper III Alpha.
Form Tennis Doubles Cup [presented by the Senior VI, 1925]: VI General.
Tennis Singles Cups: Pamela Marsden, Joyce Horner, Kathleen Jones.
Other Successes: Manchester and District Schools? Hockey Shield, Junior Hockey League, Junior Cricket Cup competed for annually against Ladybarn House School.
Prefects, 1933 - 1934
Head Prefect: Doris Seddon
Deputy Head Prefect : Vivien Snow
Jean Archer, Asna Boltiansky, Pauline Brand, Mary Burgess, Nancie Chadderton, Irene Hyde, Nancy Kerr, Mervyn Lewis, Margaret Moss, Dorothy Rose, Doris Seddonm Vivien Snow.
Sub Prefects
Ermyn [sic] Brown, Vera Goldstone, Hazel Honeyburne, Pamela Marsden.
Mary Bradford Exhibition
Irene Hyde
Lena Peacock Scholarship
Margaret Manby, Joan Smith.
Sarah Bradshaw Scholarship
Mary France, Irene Moss.
MacNicol Scholarships, 1933 - 35
Patricia Goldsbrough, Prudence Bennington.
Old Girls' Association [sic] Scholarship
Daphne Wilde.
Old Girls' Federation [sic] Jubilee Scholarship
Gwynnedd Lewis, Denise Nuttall.
Hulme Trust Scholarships and Exhibitions for Higher Education
Asna Boltiansky, Mary Burgess, Marjorie Grey, Mervyn Lewis, Vivien Snow, Ruth Struthers, Mary Garner, Jean Heywood, Nancy Kerr, Lorna Mettam, Margaret Moss, Margaret Needham, Doris Seddon, Margaret Senior, Margaret Stansfield.
Hulme Trust Senior Scholarships, 1933 - 35
Sheila Huss, Florence Rigg.
Hulme Trust Junior Scholarships
Louisa Hawthorn, Jane Hodgson, Margaret Hope, Thelma Hoyle, Patricia Lord, Ursula Rodd, Pamela Simpson.
Hulme Trust Junior Exhibition, 1934
Beryl Briggs
Free Place Entrance Scholarships
Mary Bentley, Pamela Bessant, Jeanne Brassington, Joyce Brisbane, Margaret Crawford, Betty Cronshaw, Eleanor Gray, Joan Greenhill, Margaret Hall, Marjorie Hume, Doreen Lomax, Heather Oldfield, Stephanie Richardson, Barbara Stirrup, Freda Thompson, Margaret Tiffany.
Revenue Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1934
Details of income and expenditure.
Alphabetical Class List - July 1934
Senior VI, Junior VI, VI General, VI Secretarial, Upper V Transitus, Upper V A, Upper V Beta, Upper V Parallel, V A, V Alpha, V General, Upper IV A, Upper IV Transitus, Upper IV Parallel, IV A, IV Transitus, IV General, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, III Transitus, III [sic], II