Governors
Chairman: F A Padmore
Miss Margaret Ashton, Miss G B Ayre JP, Miss F Barlow JP, the Venerable A Selwyn Bean, Mrs Bromley Davenport, C Clegg, J G Crozier, Councillor S Fairfoull, Prof H Fleure, Councillor G Grindley, Mrs A M Iliff, Prof E Jacob, H L Joseland, Miss E F Knott, Mrs J Mather, Dr J E Myers, Sir Robert Pickard, Miss D L Pilkington, Miss Dorothy Porter, Lady Simon, A P Simon, Prof J L Stocks DSO, Prof J Stopford,Prof T B Webster, Mrs J Wilde, Mrs T M Young
Treasurer: J G Crozier
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 the following: Mr W C McGrath, Mrs Hope Hogg, Prof J Stocks.
Welcome to J G Crozier as Treasurer and Archdeacon Selwyn Bean as a new governor. Congratulations to Sir Robert Pickard on his knighthood and appointment as Vice Chancellor of London University.
The speaker on Founders' Day was John Coatman of the BBC who was accompanied by his wife Theo Coatman [nee Pitt].
The speaker on Speech Day was the Bishop of Middleton. Regret at his subsequent death.
The Whit holidays were extended in honour of the coronation of George VI.
Details of the following staff: Miss Watson, Miss Taylor, Miss Bourne, Miss Saunders, Miss Goodwin, Mrs Monton, Miss Agathe Schwarzschild [sic].
General comments on scholarships awarded.
Percentage given of school attendance.
Joyce Rhodes, aged 12, has died of typhoid fever.
General comments on sporting successes.
Between January and July ?289 was raised by pupils for the new buildings at Grangethorpe. Gifts and promises amount to over £5,000. About two rooms and the grounds there were used in the summer term.
There were visits to Paris and Germany. The latter was undertaken by twelve girls as part of an exchange with a school in Brunswick.
Thanks to Miss Ashton for her help with the camp at Anglesey.
This year saw Miss Bourne?s last gym display.
Past and present Head Prefects took part in a Rally at the Albert Hall and a service at Westminster Abbey for the youth of the Empire at the coronation. The girls involved gave an account to the school of the "profound impression which they received from this experience."
Thanks to the following for their gifts to the school: Mr Farrell, Mr Hitchmough, Mr Croasdell, Mr Feibelmann, Muriel Abdela, Dr Burstall, Miss Taylor [m. Mrs Clark-Hutchinson], Miss Ludlum, Miss Watson [m. Mrs James], Prof Webster, Lady Simon, Mr Lawrence Haward [sic], Miss Joseph.
Details given of an Old Girls? Federation meeting which was attended by Dr Burstall.
Philippa Esdaile is the only woman member of the government educational commission to investigate "native education" in Uganda.
Thanks to the following for their continued help with the guide company: Barbara Honeyburne, Barbara Longbottom, Marjorie Burgess.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1937: Miss A E Kemlo
School Housekeeper: Miss N B Turner
Departmental Mistresses, September 1937:
Miss Marion Hawcridge, Miss Gladys Marten, Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss M Dorothea Callinan, Miss Catherine Dunlop, Miss Dorothy Whiteley, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Joan Roberton, Miss Jessie Leese, Mrs Herbert, Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Simone Avis, Miss Elizabeth Malloch, Miss Katharine MacKean, Miss Beryl Collingwood, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Joan Roberton, Miss Meta Cashin, Miss Ella Holman, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Dorothy Scott, Mrs Seddon, Miss Mary McNicol, Miss Margaret Lever, Miss Norah Turner, Miss Alice K Knight, Miss Rhona Barlow, Miss Irene Dimmock, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss Ruth Brownson, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss E Arthan, Miss Edith Webster, Miss Hilda Sargisson, Miss A M Shaw, Mr H Wilson.
Some Recent Appointments
Details given of the appointments held by the following: Cecil [sic] Callender, Doris Coulthard, Peggy Craig, Philippa Esdaile, Jean Halstead, Ellen Hampson, Nesta Herbert, Joyce Horner, Margaret Johnston, Grace Leask, Jean MacAdam, Rita Meyer, Pamela Robinson, Joan Schofield, Molly Shaw, Erica Smith, Phyllis Spafford, Constance Spurr, Margaret Walton
Business and Secretarial Posts
Details given of the appointments held by the following: Ruth Almond, Andree Djaddah [sic], Doris Herdman [sic], Barbara Hill, Heather Kenward, Margaret Langford, Marjorie Leech, Myra Leonard, Marjorie Lewtas, Vera Louden, Edith Mason, Josephine O?Neill, Betty Pennington, Mary Ravenhill, Myra Robinson, Margery Sephton, Irene Whitworth.
Admission to Universities and Training Colleges
Details given of the universities and training colleges at which the following are studying: Sylvia Bailey, Margaret Barber, Margery Briggs, Mary Cooke, Marjorie Crookes, Enid Dobson, Dorothy Elkin, Virginia Field, Margaret Haigh, Joan Heywood, Kathleen Hilton, Susie Lammle [sic], Gwynnedd Lewis, Betty McKie, Helen Marshall, Gladys Murray, Helen Neeson, Marjorie Owen, Nancy Penney, Una Radcliffe, Edith Renwick, Barbara Roberts, Merle Robinson, Marjorie Spink, Dorothy Stappleton [sic], Daphne Wilde, Joan Wilkinson.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Betty Redfern, Katharine Liebert, Asna Boltiansky, Vivien Snow, Phyllis Hardman, Jean Heywood, Nora Binns, Joan Halliwell, Marjorie Adams, Vera Easson, Margaret Johnson, Kathleen Owen, Patricia Goldsbrough, Mary Fleure, Annie Lofthouse.
University of Oxford: Mervyn Lewis, Mary Burgess.
University of Cambridge: Marjorie Grey, Margaret Parker, Jean Coleman.
University of Liverpool: Peggy Craig.
State Registered Nurse and Midwife: Madge Peacock.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Margaret Haigh, Gwynnedd Lewis, Lorraine Richards, Gladys Murray, Edith Renwick, Joan Caldwell, Mollie Edgerton, Joan Spencer.
Sarah Bradshaw Scholarships, 1936 - 1939: Daphne Wilde, Marguerite Deakin, Mary Eagles.
Lena Peacock Scholarships, 1936 - 1938: Margaret Brabbs, Margaret Dowler.
Lady Whitworth Scholarship and Exhibitions, 1937 - 1940: Joyce Horner, Marjorie Owen.
MacNicol Scholarship, 1936 - 1937: Gwynnedd Lewis.
MacNicol Exhibitions, 1937 - 1939: Janifred Justham, Barbara Moor.
Old Girls? Federation Scholarships, 1936 - 1938: Margaret Adams, Christine Mason.
Hulme Trust Scholarships and Exhibitions for Higher Education: Enid Dobson, Alice Heap, Joyce Horner, Lorraine Richards, Margaret Haigh, Margaret Barber, Gwynnedd Lewis, Gladys Murray, Edith Renwick.
Junior Scholarships: Elizabeth Bridgen, Margaret Fine, Dorothy Holmes, Margaret Lawrence, Elinor [sic] Newton, Cristine [sic] Parish, Una Ross, Audrey Smith, Hazel Symon, Emily White.
Junior Exhibition: Astrid Astbury.
Free Place Entrance Scholarships: Joan Barkworth, Mary Bentley, Jean Brocklehurst, Norma Brodie, Margaret Collinge, Jean Dunn, Mary Fernie, Marjorie Findlay, Marjorie Ford, Joan Holman, Margaret Isherwood, Olive Jones, Doreen Lea, Muriel Marshall, Phyllis Roberts, June Roussack, Florence Rowlinson, Rachelle [sic] Silverman, Jean Warburton.
Form Prizes: Flora Thomason, Nora Warhurst, Sylvia Bailey, Susie Lammle [sic], Josephine O?Neill, Mary Ravenhill, Sylvia Bernard, Winifred Hobson, Myra Robinson, Joan Smith, Janifred [sic] Justham, Mary Williamson, Marjorie Geary, Jessie Million, Brenda Mills, Barbara Thompson, Sarah Davies,Eva Saunders, Eleanor Gray, Joan Greenhill, Patricia Lord, Barbara Stirrup, Joan Bridgen, Madge Pursglove, Ursula Rodd, Ruth Owen, Celia Barker, Elizabeth MacGregor, Jessamine Sherratt, Wera [sic] Burawoy, Kathleen Burgess, Betty Hill, Jean Geary, Jean Kershaw, Elizabeth Bridgen, Barbara Hall, Mary Timperley, Jean Burt, Christine Symon, Hazel Symon, Sheila Talbot, Felicity Bridgen.
Chairman?s Prize: Daphne Wilde.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Mary Jackson.
Hadfield Prize for Classics: Gladys Murray.
Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Betty Pennington.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Margaret Barner, Barbara Roberts.
Art Prizes: Mary Elding, Annie Wilson, Audrey Bayfield, Mary Cooke, Barbara Bowmer, Sheila Riddle, Alice Heap, Patricia Lord, Marjorie Cleland, Yvonne Hayes.
Needlework Prizes: Ruth Appleby, Joyce Finniecome, Olive Woods.
Musicianship Trophy: Mary Cooke.
Harrison Music Trophies: IV A, Upper III A.
Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities Higher School Certificate, July 1937: details given of the subjects passed by the following: Elsie Bradbury, Mary Cooke, Marjorie Crookes, Enid Dobson, Dorothy Elkin, Joyce Greenwood, Margaret Haigh, Phyllis Harry, Alice Heap, Joan Heywood, Joyce Horner, Dora Leather, Gwynnedd Lewis, Betty McKie, Gladys Murray, Marian Nicholson, Marjorie Owen, Una Radcliffe, Edith Renwick, Lorraine Richards, Merle Robinson, Dorothy Stappleton [sic], Daphne Wilde.
School Certificate, July 1937: Christine Bailey, Betty Garner, Kathleen Harrington, Joan Hocking, Susie Lammle [sic], Marjorie Lewtas, Kathleen Whiteley, Muriel Wood, Margaret Lord, Mary Mellor,Barbara Moor, Margaret Morecroft, Joan Rigby, Myra Robinson, Beth Sillitoe, Joan Smith, Joan Spencer, Marjorie Wood, Kathleen Barnes, Sylvia Bernard, Emily Boardman, Brenda Burkill, Margaret Cutter, Marguerite Deakin, Kathleen Gill, Gwendolyn Harper, Winifred Hobson, Mary Jackson, Marianne Katzenstein, Joan Bennett, Joan Caldwell, Beatrix Chorlton, Dorothy Dawson, Mary Eagles, Dorothy Edge, Waltraud Feibelmann, Marjorie Hirst, Janifred Justham, Jean Marlor, Nancy Pursglove, Sylvia Reisler,Kathleen Sephton, Margaret Shrewsbury, Muriel Swain, Kathleen Wade, Eileen Walker, Vivienne Wallis, Mary Williamson, Barbara Worsley
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: statistics given of successes including those of the following: Betty Pennington, Ann Coates.
Kamberian Speech Cup: Upper III Alpha.
Dixon Gymnastic Cup, Upper School: Daphne Wilde.
Conway Gymnastic Cup: Enid Dobson.
Senior VI [1920] Cup, Middle School: Sheila Berry.
Parry Junior Cup: Kathleen Burgess.
Gymnastic Eight: Daphne Wilde, Helen Marshall, Joyce Greenwood.
The following names are bracketed together: Margaret Oliver, Barbara Roberts.
The following names are bracketed together: Enid Dobson, Marian Nicholson, Nora Warhurst.
Bourne Trophy for Deportment: Senior VI Arts and Science, Junior VI Arts and Science.
Mrs Clarke's Form Cup for General Order and Neatness: Upper III Alpha.
Swimming Cups:
Hardman Cup: Muriel Wood
Middle School: Joan Tierney
Pearson Cup, Lower School: Mary Shawcross
Team Swimming Cups: Hardman Cup, Upper School: V Science.
Senior VI [1926] Cup: IV A.
Royal Humane Society Life Saving Badges,1936 [sic]: Ruth Bardsley, Margaret Morecroft.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Helen Marshall.
Form Hockey Cups: Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI Arts and Science.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V Arts.
Lower School Cup: IV A.
Threlkald Netball Cup: Joyce Horner.
Form Netball Cups: Senior VI Arts and Science, Upper IV A, IV A.
Fletcher Cricket Cup: Enid Dobson, Daphne Wilde.
Form Cricket Cups:
Senior VI [1927] Cup, Upper School: Senior VI Arts and Science.
Mellor Cup, Middle School: V Arts.
Hodgson Cup, Lower School: IV A.
Form Tennis Doubles Cups: Senior VI [1925] Cup, Upper School: Junior VI, Secretarial General and Transitus.
Farrell Cup, Lower School: Upper III Alpha.
Tennis Singles Cups
Young Cup, Upper School: Joyce Horner.
Young Cup, Middle School: Eileen Ferguson.
Senior VI [1934] Cup, Lower School: Celia Barker.
Other Successes: Manchester and District Schools? Hockey Shield, Manchester and District Schools? Cricket Cup, South Lancashire and Cheshire Netball Shield won by the Old Girls? Team.
Prefects, 1936 - 37
Head Prefect: Daphne Wilde
Deputy Head Prefect: Joyce Horner
Margaret Barber, Margaret Brabbs, Enid Dobson, Alice Heap, Kathleen Hilton, Joyce Horner, Dora Leather, Marjorie Lewtas, Betty McKie, Helen Marshall, Peggy Norbury, Marjorie Owen, Edith Renwick, Barbara Roberts, Joan Shatwell, Nora Warthurst, Daphne Wilde.
Revenue Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1937
Details of income and expenditure.
Alphabetical Class Lists, July 1937
Senior VI Arts and Science, Junior VI Arts and Science, Senior and Junior VI General, VI Transitus [sic], Senior and Junior VI Secretarial, Upper V Arts, Upper V Science, V Arts, V Science, V Alpha, Upper IV A, Upper IV Alpha, Upper IV X [sic], IV A, IV Alpha, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha,Upper III Transitus, III, II