Committee and Officers
Chairman: Miss Burstall
Staff Rep: Miss Shannon
OGA Reps: Edith Bell and Nettie Schlesinger
Seniors and VI Rep: Lucy Geiler
Co-opted: Mrs Tout
Secretary: Miss Tafel
Treasurer: Miss Pollard
Editor: Miss Burstall
Sub-editor: Mary Reynolds
School news editor: Lucy Geiler
OGA News editor: Miss Bell
Editorial
Request for support for the Magazine.
!900 marks the jubilee of the High School movement and the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of North London Collegiate School. A celebration in St. Paul's cathedral is planned.
Elizabeth Day
The Duke of Wellington's Funeral, November 18, 1852
Description of Wellington's funeral procession in London.
Cecily Fox Smith
Saint Paul's
Poem celebrating those who are buried in St. Paul's cathedral.
Millicent [by Jill]
Story about a girl who gives her Christmas present away to a poor child.
Lucie Geiler
Shakespeare as an Exponent of Nature [Paper read at the Shakespeare evening, Tuesday, Feb 6]
Essay of the ways in which Shakespeare represents nature in his plays.
Emily Howson Taylor
Songs
Two poems about lost love.
No Author
Caterpillar, A Fairy Tale for Children
Story about a civil war which is ended through the intervention of a fairy and the marriage of a prince and princess.
Original Examination Blunders
Exam howlers.
Sara A Burstall
A Ballade of Summer
Poem about a summer holiday.
Annie Day [nee Leach]
From Jerusalem to Nazareth, Part II
Continuation of a description of a journey by horseback to Nazareth. [For Part I see magazine for October 1899]
Review
Cicely Fox Smith, The ForemostTrail
Review of a book of poems.
Maud Venables Vernon
The Poll Degree
Poem about a Cambridge university student's dream.
Grace E Esdaile
Art Study in Bushey
Description of an art student's course at Professor Herkomer's School of Painting in Bushey.
Parties
The Seniors gave a party for Miss Macklin and there was a fancy dress party at Christmas.
Examinations
All the school had exams in arithmetic, geography and dictation and the Examination Forms had exams in special subjects.
The College of Preceptors' Examination, First Class was taken by Isa Craig who was second of all candidates in French and Clara Walker who was second of all candidates in drawing.
The English Education Exhibition
The English Education Exhibition was held in London in January 1900. Among the exhibits were Miss Rhys' history and other charts. The majority were taken to Paris for exhibit there. [See magazine for June 1900].
Theatre Trips
Girls were taken to see Shakespeare plays at the Benson matinees.
M McN
Miss Macklin's Farewell Party
Description of the leaving party for Miss Macklin. It included scenes from The Rivals acted by the following: Lydia Languish, Mary Reynolds, Lucie Geiler, Agnes Taylor. Presentations [details given] were made by Lizzie Edwards, Ruth Alexander.
[M. McN are the initials of Mary McNicol].
Old Girls' Association Meetings. 1899
The Easter meeting was attended by Miss Day. There was also a concert, a picnic at Delamere forest and a visit to Chester.
Golden Rule Society
There was a whole school meeting at which the Society's activities were discussed. It was attended by Dr and Mrs Brown who represented the district nurses. About 30 shawls were crocheted for the district nurses.
Founders' Day
Description of Founders' Day. On the platform were Miss Burstall, Dr Wilkins, Canon Woodhouse. Miss Burstall read the chapter from Ecclesiasticus, "Let us now praise famous men". It is hoped that the head prefect will read it next year and that it will become a traditional reading at Founders' Day. Dr Wilkins outlined the history of the school and acknowledged the debt which it owed to Miss Day.
Music Teaching in School
Music teaching has been reorganised. Small groups of girls are being taught the piano. Two new teachers Mr Isidor Cohn and Fraulein Bruhn have been appointed. Miss Edith Robinson has a string class after school on Fridays which is open to old girls.
A grand piano has been presented anonymously. There has been a substantial increase in the number of pupils taking music lessons.
Changes in Staff
Leavers: Miss Macklin, Miss Thring.
New staff: Miss Lloyd, Miss Hiles, Miss Annie Barnes.
Scholarships and Exhibitions
Changes allowing for greater freedom have been made by a sub-committee of the governors. An English essay will be compulsory. Exhibition candidates will sit papers in elementary Latin and maths. For junior scholarships, elementary history will be compulsory, easy maths will be an option instead of either algebra or geometry and only one optional subject will be required. The importance of grammar is reduced and that of composition is increased.
Shakespeare Evening
Description quoted from The City News of the Shakespeare evening. Among those present were the following: Mrs W B Worthington, John Mather, Mr A E Steinthal, Mrs Steithal, Mrs Horace Lamb, Mrs Meek, Professor Hickson, Mrs Hickson, Mr W Hoyle, Mrs Hoyle, Mr T C Abbott, Mrs Abbott, Dr James Niven, Mrs Niven. Music led by Mrs Byron Cooper. Lucie Geiler read a paper on "Shakespeare as an Exponent of Nature." Other participants [details given] were the following: Muriel Hobdey, Ethel Dean, Jessie Taylor, Ethel Greengrass, Ruth Alexander, Zillah Smith, Marion Hawcridge, Gertrude Geiler, Marion Taylor, Constance Moakes, Kate Ashton.
News of Old Girls
Details given of Madame Alice Lamb [Mrs B Scott].
Gifts
Details given of gifts to the school including a grand piano, silver badges for the prefects and gifts from Dr Wilkins and Miss Macklin.
Visitors
Mrs Sidgwick came to the school to meet members of a local association of women Cambridge students including Miss Coignou, Miss Welch, Mrs Hopkinson, Miss Hopkinson, Mrs Drummond, Miss Wilson, Miss Dymond, Miss Barcley, Miss J Sharp.
Other visitors were Miss Collier, lecturer from Newnham College, Mrs Vipont Brown, Dr Vipont Brown.
The [unnamed] registrar of the Victoria University also visited the school.
Lectures
Lectures [details given] were given by Miss Burstall with help from Miss Kiero Moakes and Fraulein Bruhn, Miss Dendy.
John Rylands Library
Mr Guppy of the library, whose daughter is a pupil at the school, has offered to show a group of girls the treasures of the library.
In Memoriam
Nellie Harker
Hockey
The teams have been less successful in the matches played [details given]. This is partly due to the retirement of Miss Thring and the absence of Miss Slater.
Fives
The courts are now ready and there is a complete set of equipment. Girls will be coached by Miss Slater who was the Fives champion at Newnham.
May Higgs
College Letter: Westfield College
Description of the history of the college, the advantages of its position, accommodation, daily routine and societies.
Adela C M Pankhurst
Our School Party
Detailed description of the fancy dress party held at Christmas. Entertainment was provided by the following: Beatrice Taylor, Hilda Macalpine, Elsie Scott, Kate Turner, Grace Ashworth, Zillah Smith, Gertrude Geiler, Ruth Alexander, Lieschen Scheerbart. Miss Burstall appeared dressed as Mme de Stael.
Magazine Account
Details of Magazine finances.
School Calendar
Details of school events
Annual Report of the Old Girls' Association
Committee:
President: Alice Scott
Vice-President: Maud Allison
Treasurer: Alice Bell
Secretary: Esther Jones
Other members: C Coignou, F Crockwell, M A Fisher, Mrs W Fletcher, M Hutton, Amy Latham, Alice Mack, Elsie Mack, Sarah Lowe, J Horkheimer, Ruth Taylor, Grace Wigglesworth, M Wilkinson, Lucie Wihl, A Allison, E Boullen [Mrs F Coutts], S Eccles, N Schlesinger.
Details of meetings.
There are now 396 members, "this shows a great falling off."
Miss Day attended a meeting and brought messages from Miss Ingall and Miss Simons.
Some rules were altered [details given]
Details given of arrangements for cycle outings
Balance Sheet for 1899-1900
Details of the finances of the Old Girls' Association.
List of Members of the O G A
List of members of the Old Girls' Association.
Rules of the O G A
Rules of the Old Girls' Association.
Report of the Holiday Scheme
Disappointment at the amount collected for the Old Girls' Association Holiday Scheme [details given].