Governors
Chairman: F A Padmore
Miss G B Ayre OBE JP, Miss F Barlow JP, the Venerable A Selwyn Bean, Mrs Bromley Davenport, C Clegg, J Coatman, 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 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 death of Margaret Ashton in October 1937.
Welcome to the governing body to Joan Coatman. Congratulations to Mr Padmore on being awarded an honorary LL.D by Manchester university on the occasion of the centenary of the Law Society. Congratulations to Dr J Myers on being appointed Principal of the Manchester College of Technology.
The guests on Founders' Day and Speech Day were Rev Dr Manson and Miss Eleanor Rathbone MP respectively. Summaries given of the themes of their speeches.
Details given of the following staff: Miss Marten, Miss Collingwood, Mrs Seldon [nee Feber], Miss Dunlop, Miss Dimmock.
Student teachers have done teaching practice at the school.
Miss Clarke has participated in the Board of Education investigation into the Higher School Certificate.
The Royal Schools of Music have appointed the school as an examination centre.
General comments on scholarships and exhibitions and exam results.
Details given of sport successes. No awards for individual gymnastic cups were made this year. One innovation was the replacement of the Gymnastic Eight with the award of certificates to all leavers who have achieved "a good standard" in gymnastics. A gymnastic team took part in a demonstration of physical training organised by the Ling Association "for the benefit of the medical profession."
Two pupils have died during the year, Ruth Owen aged 15 and Marjorie Hillson aged 10.
£8,000 has been paid or promised for the building fund. A bazaar is planned for November 1939 to raise money.
The school participated in the Manchester Civic Centenary and the pageant which was organised to welcome the king and queen to Manchester.
General comments on school visits including a French language course in Bruges.
A Film Society has been set up.
The School Guide Company celebrated its 21st birthday in February 1938. Some details given of their activities.
There was a parents' meeting in the summer term which evinced "lively interest" in school uniform and discipline.
Singer Sewing Co gave a course of lessons at the school.
Thanks to the following for their gifts [details given] to the school: Mrs Wood, Margaret Ashton, Mrs Mark Ashton, Miss Callinan, Miss Collingwood, Miss Dunlop, Dr Hanson, Miss Marten, Mrs Seddon, Mr Taylor, Prof Webster, Mrs T Young.
The new President of the Old Girls' Federation is Mrs Mather [nee Primrose McNicol]. Thanks to the Manchester branch of the OGF for the garden fete which they organised and which raised ?120 for the building fund.
Thanks to the following for their work with the guides: Nellie Walker, Margaret Brydon, Joan Hardman.
Staff
[The academic qualifications of the staff and the subjects they taught are included]
Head Mistress: Miss M G Clarke
Deputy Head Mistress, 1938: Miss Jessie Leese
School Secretary: Miss A Kemlo
School Housekeeper: Miss N Bancroft Turner
Departmental Mistresses:
Miss Marion Hawcridge, Miss Evelyn Andrew, Miss M Dorothea Callinan, Miss Elizabeth Law, Miss Dorothy Whiteley, Miss Jean McClymont, Miss Joan Roberton, Miss Jessie Leese, Miss M D Leigh, Mrs Herbert, Miss Alice Chisholm, Miss Simone Avis, Miss Elizabeth Malloch, Miss Katharine MacKean, Miss A E London, Miss Theodora Mellor, Miss Meta Cashin, Miss Ella Holman, Miss Margaret Dunkley, Miss Annie Ellis, Miss Muriel Goodwin, Miss Dorothy Scott, Miss Mary McNicol, Miss Margaret Lever, Miss Norah Turner, Miss Alice K Knight, Miss Rhona Barlow, Miss Jane Pallot, Miss Hannah Ritchie, Miss Dorothy Saunders,Miss Ruth Brownson, Miss Annie Warburton, Miss E Arthan, Miss Edith Webster, Miss Kathleen Forster, Miss Hilda Sargisson, Miss A M Shaw, Mr H Wilson.
Some Recent Appointments
Details given of appointments held by the following: Kate Brett, Jean Cole, Dilys Dew-Jones, Dorothy Dinsdale, Dorothy Edge, Beryl Evans, Clare Hornby, Nancy Kerr, Ann Kirkpatrick, Mervyn Lewis, Denise Nuttall, Madge Peacock, Eileen Perkins, Joan Salthouse, Marjorie Swain, Beryl Trickett, Sybil Trickett.
Business and Secretarial Posts
Details given of appointments held by the following: Margaret Cutter, Pamela Duckworth, Gwen Harper, Joan Haydock, Audrey Hayes, Margaret Norbury, Joan Shatwell, Flora Thomason, Marjorie Wood.
Admission to Universities and Training Colleges
Details given of the universities and training colleges at which the following are studying: Margaret Adams, Ruth Appleby, Christine Bailey, Audrey Bayfield, Margaret Brabbs, Barbara Cope, Margaret Dowler, Jean Fletcher, Rito [recte Rita] Goldstone, Josephine Greaves, Joyce Greenwood, Phyllis Harry, Kathleen Hicks, Florence Hindle, Dorothy Hobbs, Winifred Johnson, Kathleen Liddell, Ena Lord, Marian Nicholson, Doreen Peake, Dorothy Quick, Nora Warhurst, Annie Wilson.
Former Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
University of Manchester: Constance Lyth, Margery Hampson, Irene Salter, Margaret Stansfield, Marjorie Burgess, Stella Fildes, Mary Garner, Annie Somerville, Christine Edlin, Barbara Longbottom, Beryl Trickett, Bessie Cleworth, Marjorie Adams, Vivien Snow, Annie Lofthouse, Asna Boltiansky, Prudence Benington [sic], Jennette [sic] Halpern.
University of London: Gwen Jones, Gwen Strange, Muriel Roch.
University of Edinburgh: Sylvia Palmer.
Present Pupils
Details given of the successes of the following:
Exhibitions and Scholarships: Marian Nicholson, Margaret Dowler, Joan Rigby, Joan Spencer, Hilda Ellam, Margaret Collinge.
Alliance Francaise: Margaret Dowler, Flora Thomason.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: Barbara Moor, Margaret Petford, Kathleen Holt, Vera Lamb, Margery Whiteley, Eileen Caldwell, Eleanor Gray, Ursula Rodd.
Lena Peacock Scholarship, 1938 ? 1940: Margaret Jones.
Mary Bradford Scholarship, 1938 ? 1941: Marian Nicholson.
Lady Whitworth Scholarship and Exhibition, 1937 ? 1940: Joyce Horner, Marjorie Owen.
MacNicol Scholarship, 1938 ? 1940: Louisa Hawthorn.
Old Girls' Federation Scholarship, 1938 ? 1939: Sylvia Reisler.
Hulme Trust Scholarships and Exhibitions for Higher Education: Margaret Dowler, Phyllis Harry, Margaret Adams, Audrey Bayfield, Rita Goldstone, Christine Mason.
Junior Scholarships: Felicity Bridgen, Sheila Finnemore, Barbara Hall, Joan Pennington, Rosemary Sutherland, Jean Brown.
Free Place Entrance Scholarships: Millicent Brown, Kathleen Burton, Betty Charlesworth, Doris Coutie, Edith Davies, Helen Davies, Odette Faulkner, Valerie Hanna, Elizabeth Henstock, Jean Higham, Betty Horne, Margery Jackson, Shirley Reece, Sheila Ridgway, Alwyn Rowlinson, Vivienne Samuels, Audrey Smith, Clare Smith, Sheila Stelfox [sic], Alyce [sic] Townend, Mavis Turner, Jeanne Wood, Mary Wood.
Form Prizes: Kathleen Barnes, Sylvia Bernard, Winifred Hobson, Joan Rigby, Joan Smith, Mary Williamson, Emily Boardman, Dorothy Edge, Joan Caldwell, Marjorie Geary, Jessie Million, Sarah Davies, Eva Saunders, Patricia Lord, Jane Hodgson, Barbara Stirrup, Eleanor Gray, Thelma Hoyle, Marjorie Hume, Joyce Finniecome, Betty Smith, Emily White, Barbara Harper, Yvonne Manley, Beryl Attwood, Jean Geary, Jean Kershaw, Madeleine Hodgkinson, Dorothy Holmes, Gene Robinson, Mary Bentley, Doreen Lea, Cristine [sic] Parish, Joan Pennington, Corinne Whitaker, Felicity Bridgen, Sheila Finnemore, Joyce Cornish.
Chairman's Prize: Joan Shatwell.
Adamson Memorial Travelling Scholarship: Phyllis Harry.
Lena Peacock Prize for History: Margaret Jones [i] [sic].
Hadfield Prize for Classics: Marian Nicholson.
Hadfield Prize for Secretarial Work: Joan Shatwell.
Coignou Prize for Botany: Barbara Cope.
Art Prizes: Audrey Bayfield, Annie Wilson, Joyce Brisbane, Beryl Higginbottom, Marjorie Hulme, Sheila Brooks, Yvonne Hayes, Rosemary Sutherland, Joan Holman.
Needlework Prizes: Barbara Moor, Mary Seddon, Gladys Mizrahi.
Warburton Musicianship Trophy: Joan Spencer.
Harrison Music Trophies: Upper IV A, IV A, Upper III A.
Joint Matriculation Board of the Northern Universities Higher School Certificate, July 1938: Margaret Adams, Audrey Bayfield, Margaret Brabbs, Kate Brett, Barbara Cope, Margaret Dowler, Josephine Greaves, Phyllis Harry, Kathleen Hicks, Florence Hindle, Dorothy Hobbs, Winifred Johnson, Ena Lord, Marian Nicholson, Flora Thomason, Nora Warhurst, Annie Wilson.
School Certificate, July 1938: Patricia Bridgen, Doreen Courtman, Mary Gahan, Sybil Nash, Sheila Siddall, Muriel Baker, Mildred Constantine, Sarah Davies, Margaret Dunkerley, Hilda Elam, Eva Feinmann, Louisa Hawthorn, Kathleen Holt, Vivienne Hytner, Eva Loewenstein, Margaret Nicholson, Lydia Rothwell, Mary Seddon, Minnie Sieff, Mary Thompson, Nancy Varley, Asenath Wright, Margaret Barker, Barbara Broome, Sheila Clay, Sybil Cochrane, Dorothy Croasdell, Norah Cross, Mary Elding, Marjorie Geary, Margaret Hall, Mary Higgins, Prudence Holden, Margaret Jones [i] [sic], Margaret Jones [ii] [sic], Jessie Million, Brenda Mills, Pamela Pointon, Barbara Seddon, Mary Sharp, Barbara Thompson, Sheila Berry, Joan Nelson, Barbara Bowmer, Margaret Leask, Eva Saunders.
Faculty of Teachers in Commerce: statistics given of successes including those of the following: Audrey Hayes, Joan Shatwell, Margaret Norbury, Margaret Oliver.
First Class Gymnastic Certificates: Kate Brett, Joan Caldwell, Jean Fletcher, Josephine Greaves, Joyce Greenwood, Joan Hampson, Metta Hulme, Winifred Johnson, Kathleen Liddell, Christine Mason, Marian Nicholson, Margaret Norbury, Margaret Oliver, Dorothy Quick, Nancy Varley, Nora Warhurst, Annie Wilson.
Drill Competition Shields
Bourne Challenge Shield, Upper School: VI Arts and Science.
Elizabeth Day Challenge Shield, Middle School: V Arts.
Lodge Cup, Lower School: IV A.
Bourne Trophy for Deportment: V Science.
Swimming Cups
Hardman Cup, Upper School: Janifred Justham.
Middle School: Joan Tierney.
Pearson Cup, Lower School: Dorothy Bradrick.
Team Swimming Cups
Hardman Cup, Upper School: V Arts.
Senior VI [1926] Cup: Upper IV A.
Royal Humane Society Life Saving Badges, 1937 [sic]: Barbara Bowmer, Irene Whittaker.
Thring Memorial Cup and Medal for Games: Phyllis Harry.
Form Hockey Cups
Ashworth Cup, Upper School: Senior VI.
Lawson Cup, Middle School: V Science.
Lower School Cup: IV A.
Threlkald Netball Cup: Margaret Shrewsbury.
Form Netball Cups: Upper V Science, Upper IV A, IV Alpha.
Form Cricket Cups
Senior VI [1927] Cup, Upper School: Upper V Science.
Mellor Cup, Middle School: V Science.
Hodgson Cup, Lower School: IV Alpha.
Form Tennis Doubles Cups
Senior VI [1925] Cup, Upper School: VI Arts and Science.
Farrell Cup, Lower School: Upper IV A.
Tennis Singles Cups
Young Cup, Upper School:Joan Smith.
Young Cup, Middle School: Emily White.
Senior VI [1934] Cup, Lower School: Heather Bentley.
Other Successes: Manchester and District Schools? Cricket Cup, Cadet Swimming Shield, Rusholme District Girl Guides? Sport [sic] Shield.
Prefects, 1937 - 1938
Head Prefect: Joan Shatwell
Deputy Head Prefect: Marian Nicholson
Kathleen Barnes, Joan Bennett, Margaret Brabbs, Beatrix Charlton, Margaret Dowler, Josephine Greaves, Joyce Greenwood, Phyllis Harry, Janifred Justham, Christine Mason, Margaret Norbury, Margaret Oliver, Doreen Peake, Margaret Shrewsbury, Joan Smith, Nora Warhurst.
Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31 March 1938
Details of income and expenditure
Alphabetical Class Lists for the Year 1937 - 1938
Senior VI, VI Arts and Science, VI General and VI Transitus, VI Secretarial, Upper V Arts, Upper V Science, Upper V Alpha, V Arts, V Science, V Alpha, Upper IV A, Upper IV Alpha, Upper IV Transitus, IV A, IV Alpha, IV Transitus, Upper III A, Upper III Alpha, III Remove, Form III, Form II