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Database : School Magazines, 1883 -1952

1901 July

Committee and Officers

Chairman:  Miss Burstall

Staff reps:  Miss Slater and Miss Smale

OGA reps:  Edith Bell and Nettie Schlesinger

Seniors rep:  Jessie Clarkson

VI rep:  Mabel Huxley

Co-opted:  Mrs Tout

Secretary:  Miss Tafel

Treasurer:  Miss Pollard

Editor:  Miss Burstall

Sub-editors:  Jessie Clarkson and Adela Pankhurst

School news editor:  Lucy Geiler

OGA news editor:  Miss Bell    

 

Editorial

Many of the contributions are now on "lighter themes."

 

Sara A Burstall

Whitsuntide in the Alps

Description of Miss Burstall's journey across Belgium, down the Franco-German border to Lucerne, her visits to the areas around Lucerne and to a secondary school there.

 

No Author

A Dialogue between a Daisy and a Brook

Story in which a daisy and a stream tell each other about their experiences.

 

No Author

A Treasure Trove [from the German]

Poem about digging up a plant.

 

No Author

A Lancashire Lad on the War on South Africa

Story about a soldier's philosophical attitude to war.

 

Mary McNicol

A School Journey to Cambridge

Description of a visit to Cambridge by C Coignou and four pupils including a visit to the Newnham Chemical Laboratory and dinner in the college.

 

F. M. S

A Visit to Girton, 27 May 1901

Description of a visit to Girton college where they met old girls, Connie Taylor and Lizzie Edwards.

 

No Author

The Romany Life

Poem about the freedom of a gypsy life.

 

Adela C M Pankhurst

A King's Son

Story about a prince who gives up his claim to the throne to become a fisherman.

 

H J

Tempus Fugit, a Reverie

Story about a girl who can't sleep on the night before her university finals.

 

No Author

Our First Cycling Tour; A Dramatic Episode

Story about an over-ambitious cycle journey.

 

Marion Dore

The Nautilus Shell

Poem about a shell with a pearl.

 

No Author

Where Klutz Took Me, A Dream

Story about a girl who has a dream in which her cat takes her to see a witch who threatens to punish her for not working well in school.

 

Mabel Harrop [Mid III]

Saved from Death by a Dog

Story about a girl who is caught in the snow and saved by a dog.

 

TWO [sic]

An Oxford Pilgrimage

Description of a visit by Sara Burstall and Miss Smale with five pupils to Sommerville College and visits to other colleges.

 

No Author

The Parks in Oxford

Poem describing the landscapes around Oxford.

 

University Successes

Details given of the following university successes:

Owens College, Victoria University:  Gertrude Dean, Eva Dodge, Mary Hartley, Maggie Davison, Grace Wigglesworth, Hilda Johnstone, Dorothy Holme.

 

Newnham College, Cambridge:  Constance Taylor, Helen Lamb, Edith Smith, Maud Wahltuch.

 

Oxford University:  Irene Knowles.

 

Glasgow University:  Hilda Macalpine.

 

Scholarships

Details given of scholarships awarded to the following: Jessie Clarkson, Dorothy Holme, Eva Dodge, Ethel Harvey.

 

Appointments

Details given of appointments of the following: Helen Fisher, Miss Woodhouse. 

 

Royal Drawing Society of Great Britain and Ireland

At the annual exhibition the following received awards [details of drawings given]: Constance Moakes, Rosie Bauerkeller, Kathleen Davison, Jessie Evans, Margaret Cannan, Dora Bauerkeller, Dorothy Dearden, Nellie Meadows.

 

Society of Shorthand Teachers

The following were successful in the Society�s exams [details given]: Marguerite Sunderland, Mabel Smith, Edith Hewitt, Maude Bailey, Gwen Cooper, Lucy Dook.

 

R Sunderland

Scripture Union

A branch of the Scripture Union has been set up with the following officers:

President:  Miss Smale

Secretary:  Edith Wainwright

Description of first meeting led by Sara Burstall and of the address given by Miss Wrigley.

 

Longfellow Evening

Description of the Evening including the poems read. The guests were Prof Wilkins, Miss Moakes. The participants were Mrs Byron Cooper, Miss Burstall, Mary Hewitt [Senior Prefect], Isabel Morris, Zillah Smith, Dora Allen.

 

An Onlooker

The Gymnasium Display

Detailed description of the display organised by Miss Bourne.

 

Elizabeth's England

Review of a performance of a play written by Judge Parry.

 

Marriages

The marriages of the following have been announced: Edith Hamer, Beatrice Talent, Grace Robilliard.

 

Inspection

The inspection was conducted by Prof Withers.

 

Exams

Numbers given of entries for the Victoria Preliminary Exams.

School exams were held, different subjects [details given] were examined under the supervision of Sara Burstall, Miss Smale, Miss Adamson, Miss Slater, Miss Patterson, Miss Coignou, Miss Hiles.

 

Number of Pupils

There are 405 pupils.

 

Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day visited Manchester and attended on Old Girls' Association party given by Madame Alice Lamb [Mrs B Scott] and the Secretary Miss Esther Jones.

 

Hilda Macalpine

College Letter, Queen Margaret Hall, Glasgow University

Description of the Jubilee celebrations at the college.

 

Hockey

Some of the First Hockey Team are teaching the game to pupils in Upper II during the lunch hour.

 

Fives

The game is very popular. The current champions are Lucy Sternfeld, Lucie Geiler, Ethel Greengrass.

 

Tennis

The champions are Ethel Greengrass, Lucie Geiler, Mary McNicol, Gertrude Geiler, Mattie Shepherd, Agnes Taylor.

Results of matches given

Description of the organisation of the League Tournament which will be held later in July and which has been won by the school during the last two years.

 

First Violin

The Orchestral Class

Appeal for support for the orchestral class led by Miss Edith Robinson.

 

School Calendar

Dates of school events.      

           

           

         

         

 

 

 

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