Editorial
Appeal for support.
There are now 434 pupils, this number was last reached in 1892 before North Manchester High School was founded.
Congratulations to the students from Owens College in their Diploma Exam.
An attempt is being made to compile a list of former pupils.
Sara Burstall
Reading as a Element in Women's Lives
Details of the Address given by Miss Burstall to the Old Students' Guild of Alexandria College, Dublin. Includes the following comments:
women's role is still mainly in the home;
reading is more important to women than to men as it enables them to avoid the narrowness which is caused by their constrained domestic lives and it is a consolation in troubles.
Includes a discussion of the different types of literature and different types of books.
Emily Howson Taylor
The Town of my Childhood
Nostalgia poem.
Stella Plummer [Aged 13, Form IV A]
The Eve of St. Bartholomew
Story set against the background of the massacre of French Protestants in the sixteenth century.
H Lee
Strange Schoolrooms
Descriptions of education at Rotherham Grammar School in 1557, Wells School in the 15 century, Appleby Grammar School, Brough School as a "song school," an "English monastery school" in the Middle Ages. The differences between education for boys and girls in medieval Chinese, Japanese and Indian schools are discussed.
Dora Limebeer
The Alcestis at Bradfield College
Description of a performance of Alcestis in the Greek theatre at Bradfield College, Reading.
Barbara W Fiddes [Form V Upper]
Lilac
Poem in praise of the lilac tree.
Kate Duffy [Form VI Transitus]
A School
Description of a school field trip to the Isle of Man to study "seaside biology" with Miss Hiles.
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The Gymnastic Display
Description of the gymnastic display by junior and senior pupils and organised by Miss Bourne. Dorothy Dearden won the Dixon Challenge Cup. The competition was judged by Mrs Walenn from London. Carina Scott played the piano.
Some Lights on Old Subjects
Schoolgirl howlers.
Mabel Hancock [aged 13, Form V]
A Holiday Experience
Description of the birds, animals and plants the author saw at Fairhaven.
Exalumna
The Garden
Description of the plants in a garden.
Sara A Burstall
Valedictory
Religious poem about the passing years.
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The Late Mrs R D Darbishire
Obituary of Mrs Darbishire.
[A S W are the initials of Augustus Samuel Wilkins]
School Successes
Details given of the successes of the following:
Owens College: Amy Harvey, Ada Neild, Edith Hewitt, Muriel Huxley.
Manchester Education Committee Bursaries: Mabel Grime, Katherine Ratcliffe, Winifred Turner, Edith Wheeler.
Pupil Teachers' Entrance Examination: Bessie Hough, Edith Kitchen, Edith Panter.
Shorthand Examinations: Kathleen Bailey, Mildred Hickling, Helen Jane Hotson, Elsie Rigby, Kate Harrison, Ethel Fletcher, Ethel Syers, Jane Carter, Katherine Stewart, Elizabeth Perston Ligat.
Society of Arts Examination - Senior Grade: Madge Plummer, Edith Fletcher, Lizzie Ligat, Ethel Syers.
Singing Examinations: Dora Jackson, Jessie Stewart, Enid Grundy, Hilda Stansfield, Annette Allen, Constance Stenhouse, Philippa Esdaile, Aelfrieda Pyne, Mary Whitehead, Hilda Powell-Jones, Ada Gaul, Mabel Maltby, Ronalie Brown.
News of Old Girls
Details given of the exam successes of the following:
Newnham College: Mary Hewitt, Lucy Geiler, Elsie Collier.
Girton College: Mildred Taylor, Agnes Taylor,
Somerville College: Daisy Byrom, Dorothy Lodge, May Higgs.
Lady Margaret Hall: Ethel Harvey.
St Hilda's: Irene Knowles, Katherine Barlow.
Royal Holloway College: Sarah Stenhouse, Edith Anderson, Gertrude Clement.
Westfield College: May Higgs.
University College, Aberystwith: Hilda Lloyd-Jones, Dorothy Frazer, Jenny Tait.
Manchester University - the Owens College
Statistics given of the numbers of old girls at the College and the subjects they are taking and details of the courses taken by the following: Dora Bauerkeller, Elizabeth Boss, Jessie Clarkson, Eva Dodge, Gertrude Geiler, Alice Gowan, Ethel Greengrass, Ellen Hadfield, Marion Hargreaves, Marion Hawcridge, Annie Hewitt, Mabel Huxley, Hilda Johnstone, Mabel Lakin, Isabelle Morris, Mary McNicol, Jane Mutch, Eva Newton, Alice Oberdorfer, Christabel Pankhurst, Elsie Redfern, Mary Reynolds, Elsie Royle, Ethel Stafford, Frances Steele, Mary Taplen, Emma Titterington, Muriel Wilson, Winnie Woollam, Grace Wiggelsworth.
Research Work of Former Pupils
Details given of the research work of the following: Ursula Holme [Mrs Jeans], Alice Cooke, Mary Johnstone [Mrs Tout], Victorine Jeans, Isa Hiles.
Research Work by Former Staff
Details given of the research work of Miss L W Faraday.
Maud I Walenn
The Gymnastic Competition
Description of the exercises performed.
The competition was judged by Mrs Walenn, ex gym mistress of North London Collegiate School.
The participants [details given] were Dorothy Dearden, Edna Byrom, Winifred Young, Bessie Earnshaw, Susie Taylor, W Young, E Simon, Elsie Eaton, Muriel Hirsch.
Elsie Eaton won the Junior Challenge Cup which was presented by Judge Parry.
Muriel Hirsch won the second prize.
One of the Pilgrims
Science Notes
Afternoon science lessons are usually suspended in the Summer term. Miss Coignou took the girls on out - of - school visits in connection with chemistry and botany lessons.
Mr Stenhouse took a group of girls to Rochdale gas works.
A group of girls went to Middlewood.
Junior School
There have been no contributions to the Magazine from the Prep.
There have been two picnics and Miss Rome gave a tea party.
Junior School Natural History Club
Description of the animals which the members of the club look after.
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Golden Rule Society
Flowers, magazine and toys have been collected. There was a self-denial in the Junior School to raise money for the Children's Holiday Fund.
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Field Club Notes
Talks were given by Miss Coignou and Miss Moore. The annual May Day show was judged by Mrs Buller. A ramble was organised.
D Lamb [Hon Sec]
Literary Society
At a meeting on Ruskin, papers were read by Lucy Baynes and Dorothy Lamb.
A meeting on Kipling was held
The success of the Society is such that it has been decided to broaden its scope. Thanks for the support of Miss Leach and Miss Drummond.
Changes on the Staff
Leavers: Miss Rachel Richmond, Miss Beale, Miss Isa Hiles.
Miss Madge Plummer the most advanced of the secretarial pupils has been acting as assistant secretary to Miss Burstall.
Miss Adamson is inspecting schools for Manchester University.
Our Visitors
There have been visits to the school by the following: Miss Hugon [an old girl], Miss Clay, Kindergarten Inspector for Manchester Education Committee, Prof Rein, Arthur Sidgwick, Mme Michaelis "one of the founders of Kindergarten Schools in England," Dr Dearden "of the City Council," Mrs Hogg, Councillor Fildes, new school governor for Manchester Education Committee.
Sara Burstall Lectures
Miss Burstall gave four lectures at Owens College on the curriculum at girls' schools and will give a series of lectures on "the oversight of girls."
At the Headmistresses� Conference she spoke on the training of pupil teachers.
At the Conference of the Guild of Alexandra College, Dublin she gave a lecture on reading as an element in women's lives. [see above]
At the Central Hall, Oldham St, Manchester she gave a talk on Christianity and womanhood.
Committees
The following are members of education committees:
Miss Burstall - Manchester
Mrs W B Worthington - Salford
Mrs Tout - Withington
Marriages
The marriages of the following have been announced: May Chatteris Fisher, Alice Mack, Florence Coutts, Mary Morris, Mary Byles, Marion Taylor.
Birth
A birth to the following has been announced: Mary Tout.
In Memoriam
Elsa Reich [pupil 1899-1904].
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Tennis
Details of matches played.
The school champions are Muriel Huxley and Edna Byrom.
The school was defeated in the League tournament
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Cricket
The school has begun to play cricket using Rusholme cricket ground where hockey is played.
Fives
Inter-form matches were played. Ethel Bailey won the singles tournament.
School Calendar
Dates of school events.