Committee members
Editor: Alice Crompton
Old Pupils Editor: Edith Kelly
Secretary: Alice Lamb
Treasurer: Frances Bowring
Other members: Mary Baker, Nelly Gumpert, Lily Harrison, Marion Ledward, Nita Woodhouse.
Anon
Epigrams
Essay of different types of epigrams which are heavily laden with classical allusions.
Anon
A Year in the Fatherland
Description of a girl's journey to Freiburg where she will spend two years studying music and German.
Cassandra
School Sketches: No II: The School Girl
Descriptions of the attitudes of different types of girls to school life: those who completely like school, those who completely dislike it and are popular and those who are motivated by a sense of duty. The author contends that such differences are becoming less marked and that now girls are "courteous, obliging and ready to help each other."
[There is no record of No. I].
W. R.
Green Valley
Poem describing a landscape.
Justicia Priscilla
Mrs Jupiter
Story about a cat who fathers some kittens on a stray, the Mrs Jupiter of the title. The stray moves into the house. The names of those in the story are all taken from classical mythology.
Dido Dumb
Carisbrooke
Description of the historical importance of Carisbrooke Castle.
Waldo
Sketching from Nature
Advice on landscape painting.
M. A. R.
Choice of Songs
Essay arguing that songs from the classical repertoire are better than popular songs.
J. W. B.
[The author is Janie Beggs who in the School News is recorded as passing the second part of the Classical Tripos at Girton College]
Girton College
Description of the life of women students at Girton College. Gives a very positive impression of the College.
Nemo
Light and Shade
Poem about the difficult times in life which God has sent to make the better times more enjoyable.
Hawthorne
[The author's name is given in the introduction as Nelly Cohen. The story was submitted for a competition for an essay on an historical theme]
A Wife's Devotion
Story f a man who joins Wyatt's Rebellion in the reign of Mary Tudor. He is captured and sentenced to death. His wife walks for four days to London, she obtains the Queen's pardon and saves his life just as the axe is about to fall.
Professor Wilkins
A Visit to Rome
Summary of a lecture which the author gave at Manchester High School on 31 May 1883 describing the artistic treasures he saw on the way to Rome and the excavations which he saw in Rome itself.
Girls� Botanical Club - Excursions
Description of the excursions of the Botanical Club. Includes a description of tea at Mrs Adamson's house.
The Manchester High School Lawn Tennis Club
Description of the following circumstances which led to the establishment of the Tennis Club. In about 1882 the playground was asphalted and two tennis courts were marked out. In 1883 the Tennis Club was formed. It now has between 70 and 80 members.
A match was played between the VI Form and V Form.
The following are members of the VI Form team: L. Harrison, R. Lamb, N Woodhouse, N. Gumpert.
The following are members of the V Form team: J Worthington, M Roby, E Eckersley, A Leach.
A match was played between present pupils and old girls.
The following were members of the old girls� team: L Ledward, A Stowell, F Leach, F Arrowsmith.
The following were members of the school team: E Cohen, A Cohen, J Worthington, N Gumpert.
School players wore white and gold colours with white caps, an emblem was chosen, this was a racket and ball with MHSGTC embroidered in gold. There were similar small shield shaped badges.
Mrs Behrens gave a "tennis set".
Mr Graves gave rackets
Mr Donner gave some balls.
Puzzles
Examples of puzzles.
School News
At the beginning of the Summer term it was announced that Miss Day would not leave at the end of the term as previously planned but would return for part of the Autumn term.
The results of the Cambridge Local Exams held in December 1882 were published. Details of results in different subjects are given, five out of the six senior girls who took the exams passed [details given] including the following: Ethel Rome, Caroline Coignou, Ada Kyllmann, Mary Baker.
Sixteen of the twenty junior girls who took the exams passed [details given] including the following: Edith Lang, Annie Kay, Frida Kyllmann, Alice Cohen, Gertrude Creeser, E Frame, N Harrison, Hilda Hughes, E Johnstone, May Kent, Annie Leach, F Rayner, M Robinson, M Roby, A Smith, J Worthington.
Edith Lang achieved the second highest mark in England for maths.
The Tennis Club was founded.
The Botanical Club is "steadily continuing its work." A nature cabinet has been placed in the library for girls to display specimens, Mr Donner has provided cards of suggestions about how to collect and prepare them but there has been no interest.
The Mary Bradford scholarship of £18 for 2 years higher education will be awarded.
A school-book library has been set up by some teachers and has aroused much interest.
Professor Wilkins of Owens College gave a lecture on his visit to Rome. The school provided photographs to illustrate it.
In the Cambridge Tripos exams, the following were successful [details given]: Janie Beggs, Edith Sharply.
At Owens College the following was successful [details given]: Annie Eastwood.
Correspondence
Union is Strength
An appeal by "An Old Sixth" for the formation of an old girls' association.
Pro Bono Publico
An appeal for the formation of a society which would include members from all parts of the school because too few girls know their older peers. It should focus on music, drama and other forms of entertainment