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Database : School Magazines, 1883 -1952

1887 December

Committee Members

Editor:  Dorothy Cornish

Old Girls' Editor:  Edith Lang

Treasurer:  Emily Baker

Secretary:  Ada Corbett

Form representatives

Seniors:  Maud Vernon

Upper VI:  Jessie Headridge

Lower VI:  Janet Harlowe

Upper V:  Ada Corbett

Lower V:  Nina Wahltuch

Upper IV:  Grace Mellin

Middle IV A:  Martha Westendorf

Middle IV B:  Ada Birket

Lower IV:  Lena Booth

Upper III:  Ella Southern

Middle III A:  Gertrude Bayley

Middle III B:  Beatrice Vernon

Lower III:  Emily Cockrane

 

Betsy Jane

Aunt Jemima

Story told be a lady to her niece about the soldier she loved who went to war and never came back. With a moral of patience and duty.

 

No Author

Tennysoniana

Essay of the settings of Tennyson's poems.

 

Rosinante

A Return

Poem about the unchanging nature of home.

 

Bint-el-Bellad [An Old Girl]

An Excursion to Sakkarah

Description of a journey in Egypt.

 

Ramleh

From Clouds to Sunshine

Story about four young people who are poor until their grandfather discovers them.

 

Sappho

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Poem in tribute to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

 

Gertrude Russell

Prize Story, The Command of the Princess

Fairy story about a princess who challenges her suitors to bring her what is priceless. The moral of the story is that contentment is better than wealth.

 

M. Vernon [Secretary]

The Debating Society

The following officials were elected:

President:  Miss Ingall

Vice President :  Miss M�Croben

Secretary:  Maud Vernon

Other members:  Alice Cooke, Emily Baker, Madeline Mellin, Grace Taylor, Elsie Windsor, Nellie Size.

Debate held [details given]: "Total abstinence is the only means of checking intemperance." Proposed by Edith Brayshaw, opposed by Madeline Mellin. Other speakers for the motion were A Truscott, N Baker, Miss Rogers, A Hardman, L Rhodes, Miss Dendy, A Coombes, M Vernon, Miss Cheetham, A Cooke. Other speakers against the motion were Miss Dolby, Miss Gaffron, E Windsor, N Size, Miss Adamson, Miss McCroben. Motion carried

 

Puzzles

Examples of puzzles.

 

School News

Margaret Taylor has resigned as Editor of the Magazine and been replaced by Dorothy Cornish.

Miss Rogers has had a story published. It is called An Old World Story and is set against the background of the struggle between King and Commons

Information is given about the gymnastics class conducted by Professor Renshaw at the YMCA.

 

                       

 

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