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Database : School Magazines, 1883 -1952

1887 July

Committee Members

Editor:  Margaret Taylor

Old Girls' Editor:  Edith Lang

Treasurer:  Emily Baker

Secretary:  Dorothy Cornish

Form representatives

Seniors:  Maggie Lea, Maud Vernon

Upper VI:  Millie Gumpert

Lower VI:  Rose Tindall

Upper V:  Jessie Headridge

Lower V:  Janet Harlowe

Upper IV:  Ada Corbett

Middle IV:  Nina Wahltuch

Lower IV:  Lilian Hollingworth

Upper III:  Grace Mellin

Middle III:  Rose Davidson

Lower III:  Lena Booth

 

Betsy Jane

The Gem of the Jubilee

Description of the Jubilee exhibition in Manchester.

 

Rosinante

An Allegory

Poem about a shepherdess who follows a stream in search of the sea. An allegory for a girl's journey through life.

 

Rosinante

A Dream

Poem in which the poet wants to carry on dreaming.

 

Slowcoach

Whit Week in Manchester

Description of the Whit Walks in Manchester and working class people's visits to the countryside during Whit week.

 

Betsy Jane

An English County

Descriptions of different kinds of people in an unnamed English county.

 

Sappho

Stanzas a la Byron: A Parody

Poem about the prospect of exams.

 

Morjus Major

The Kindergarten. Part I, Who founded it and what it does for woman

Essay on the early life of Frederick Frobel and the importance of training for motherhood.

 

Rosinante

Lines

Poem on music in nature.

 

Vera

A Rainy Day in the Holidays

Essay on what to do on a wet day.

 

Nannie Dowman

Old Girls' Association

The Committee was elected:

President:  Fanny Harrison

Vice President :  Frances Bowring

Treasurer:  Mary Wroe

Secretary:  Lily Harrison

Reporter:  Nannie Dowman

Other members:  Edith Anstruther, Nelly Baker, Janie Beggs, Eva Cohen, Carrie Coignou, Mary Eccles, Bessie Harrison, Janie Heap, Hilda Hughes, Lucy Kellett, Maud Kelly, Beatrice Melland, Sarah Nall, Annie Rayner, Janie Robinson, Mary Roby, Grace Taylor, Edith Wilkinson, Nita Woodhouse, Janie Worthington.

Miss Turnball was at the meeting.

E Day gave a tour of the new Prep accommodation.

Molly Lamb sang several solos.

 

Reform Society

Miss Ingall gave a lecture on choosing a good book.

A lecture was given on Apparitions.

 

School News

The new wing was opened. There is accommodation for the Prep on the ground floor and they have moved there from Oxford Rd. On the first floor there is a chemistry lab and lecture room. Visitors were shown round and there was entertainment by the Prep.

There have been two extra holidays for the visit to Manchester of the Prince and Princess of Wales to see the exhibition and Jubilee Day.

Beatrice Holme has achieved exam success at Girton [details given].

Miss England married and left.

Miss Eves has taken Miss England's place as Natural Science teacher.

Margaret Nesbit has married.

The Tennis Club has begun again. A new area has been added to the playground. Elsie Windsor is the Tennis Club Secretary.

 

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