Editorial
The return of the Magazine has been welcomed. Appeal for contributions.
Elizabeth Day
A Child�s Life in the City of London Fifty Years Ago
Description of Elizabeth Day's childhood in London. Includes a description of a Chartist procession.
Maud Venables Vernon
The Economic Man
Poem about an avaricious man.
Adela Pankhurst
John
Story about a boy who saves a girl's life.
Review
Review of the book, Songs of Greater Britain and other Poems by Cecily Fox Smith, an old girl. [See February 1899 Magazine and below].
No Author
The Song of a Farm-yard
Poem describing a farmyard.
Hilda Johnstone
Some Problems of Existence
I: The Weather
The problem of bad weather in the school holidays.
II: Pencils
The problem of losing pencils and other people borrowing them.
Mary Tout
The Hall of Residence: The Owens College
Description of the establishment of Ashburne Hall as a hall of residence for women students at Owens College, of the accommodation there and the equality between male and female students at the university.
Sara A Burstall
Echoes from a Swimming Bath [in Triolets]
Poem about the pleasures of swimming.
Necessity the Mother of Invention
Exam howlers.
Cecily Fox Smith
The Loss of the Birkenhead
Poem about the sinking of a ship. [See above].
Jill, 14 Years Old
A Story for Little Ones
Story about a girl who is left alone in a house and who thwarts a burglary.
Rhoda Zillah Smith
Golden Rule Society
Description of how to join the Golden Rule Society, sewing garments for poor children, a tea party and the Society's accounts.
Gymnastics
Description of a gymnastics competition between Manchester High School and Pendleton school.
Translation Prizes
Passages of Greek, French and German for which prizes for translations are offered. They should be submitted to Miss Macklin, Miss Adamson and Miss Tafel respectively.
Spring Term
References to hockey matches, the Tennyson Evening, the Gymnastic Competition, exams and an inspection.
Details given of the exam success of Elizabeth Edwards.
Cynthia Kelley was omitted from the list of those who received leaving presents.
Miss Shannon has successfully opened the Boarding House.
Mr A E Steinthal has succeeded Canon Lyttleton as the governor appointed by Cambridge University.
Miss Lawton took a group of girls to a meeting of the Manchester Shakespeare Society at the art gallery to hear a lecture.
Changes in the Staff
Miss M W Kett has left. Includes an appreciation of her work.
Miss Cecile Walsh has had to take leave for a term after having flu. Her class is being taken by Miss Hamilton and Miss Edith Drummond [details given].
Visitors
The following have visited the school [details given]: Mrs C E Schwann, Fraulein Rein, Father Sircom, Mr Mark, Mr Hawcridge, Mr le Roy Phillips, Judge Parry.
Meetings
Descriptions of meetings of the Assistant Mistresses' Association, the Manchester Child Study Association and the Teachers' Guild at which Sara Burstall read a paper on American Education.
Spanish
Miss Adamson has begun a Spanish class [details given].
Sara Burstall
Miss Burstall is giving a series of addresses in school on "Duty and what it Includes."
Tennyson Evening
Description of an evening of music and literature devoted to the work of Tennyson. The pupils of Mrs Byron Cooper provided the music.
Gifts
Miss Katherine Lowndes has endowed a Memorial Scholarship in memory of her friend, Miss MacNichol, "a Manchester lady who took great interest in education and was herself a teacher."
There have been several gifts to the library [details given] from Dr Wilkins, Mr A E Steinthal, Mrs Watson, Sara Burstall, Miss Simons, Elizabeth Day.
Old Cambridge Students' Club, Manchester
Description of a meeting which was chaired by Miss Wilson. The guests at the meeting were Mrs Sidgwick, Miss M Calder, Miss Frances Hardcastle. The meeting was attended by Mrs Corbett [nee Woodhead one of the school's first teachers when it opened in 1874], Miss Bulley, Miss McCroben, Sara Burstall, Miss Coignou, Miss Tafel, Miss Thring, L Morris, E Boullen, E Bullock, J Lees.
The speakers included Mrs Swanwick.
Toy Exhibition
Description of a toy exhibition. The toys which were made by girls have been sent to several institutions.
Visit to the Day Nursery, Hulme
Miss Lawton took a group of girls to visit the nursery. They were shown round by the matron, Mrs Greenhalgh.
Appointments and Work of Old Girls
Details given of the occupations of the following: Margaret Taylor, Sarah Brierley, Joyce Shaw, Mrs H H Watson [nee Rogers].
Marriages
The marriages of the following have been announced: Hester Beard, Rhona Cowell.
Elizabeth Day
Report that Miss Day is well and a description of her visit to Manchester.
Fives Courts
An anonymous donor has provided the money to pay for the making of two Fives courts on some vacant ground beyond the science wing.
In Memoriam
Fanny McCrae, a teacher at the school between 1876 and 1879, is now a "mission worker in Japan."
College Letters
Frida Zimmern
Somerville College, Oxford
Description of the history of the college and other women's colleges, the position of women at Oxford, daily routine at Somerville and leisure activities.
Games and Hockey Matches
A Games Club has been set up and is well supported. The officials are:
President: Sara Burstall
Secretary: Miss Lawton
There is now a clear timetable for the playing of each sport.
Hockey
Reports on hockey matches [details given]
The following are members of the First Team [positions given]: G Geiler, E Greengrass, J McNicol, M Birch, M Vaughan, L Mallalieu, A Taylor, L Geiler, M Wells, A Collier, M Taylor, S Stenhouse.
The following are members of the Second Team [positions given]: M Hobdey, E Royle, E Horkheimer, C R Sunderland, M Blackstock, M Sheldon, C Taplen, E Wainwright, H Lloyd Jones, R Kerr, L Sternfeld.
Tennis
The tennis champions are Agnes Collier, Margaret Birch, Efi Horheimer.
Search Questions in English Literature
Details given of the rules, answers to and comments about the Senior Paper, the Junior competition and answers to Junior Paper
Calendar of Last Term
Calendar of events.