Database : School Magazines, 1883 -1952

1904 December

Editorial

There has been a lot of building work, as a result "a fine greenhouse has been rising at the top of the kitchen wing overlooking Portsmouth Street. All this means we are to have a Biological Laboratory for the study of botany and zoology under the proper conditions and that a new Cookery School is being built and fitted up on the middle floor of the wing over the kitchen and scullery. The old Physical Laboratory, as it was originally, has had extra windows in walls and roof put into it and is to be furnished with benches etc. The greenhouse will open out of the laboratory."

The school was inspected by officials from Manchester University and the Board of Education. The inspectors were Mr Cardew, Mr Fletcher, Mr Hards, Mr Allport, Mr Lloyd, Dr Somervell, Miss Degani, Prof Conway, Prof Weiss.

Charles Rowley has loaned the school some valuable paintings.

Mrs C E Schwann, one of the governors, has given the school some pictures.

The Magazine is smaller in an attempt to make up the financial deficit.

The music was conducted by Mrs Byron Cooper.

Dr Lamb paid tribute to the work of Mrs Derbishire.

Manchester Education Committee has given the school �300 for scholarships.

Miss Burstall thanked Mrs Huxley for the gift of £25 "to be spent on some object that will be of permanent use and beauty in the school." She also thanked the Old Girls' Association for the scholarship for girls in the middle school which they have endowed.

The guest speaker, Alfred Emmott MP gave a speech on the meaning of success.

Some Notes on Mr Charles Rowley's Loan of Pictures

Charles Rowley has loaned a number of pictures [see below].

Katherine Hothersall [VI Transitus]

Description of the paintings of classical themes which Charles Rowley loaned to the school.

The Pictures in Upper IV A Class-Room

Description of the paintings loaned to the school by Charles Rowley. They depicted British and foreign scientists, British statesmen and divines and British writers. Miss Willis has promised to give lessons on the scientists.

Edith Wheeler [Upper V]

The Pictures in V Upper Class-Room

Description of the religious paintings loaned to the school by Charles Rowley.

No Author

Winter Whins [sic]

Poem about the flower which blooms in December and is a symbol of hope in life.

The Good Old Times

Paper read at the Field Club meeting in which the author criticises nostalgia.

Description of the school's first horticultural show. Special prizes were given by Miss Burstall, Miss Harrison and Miss Coignou. The judges were Prof Weiss and Mr Winwood who is Mr Donner's head gardener. Mr Donner gave some plants.

The prize winners of classes [details given]:

M Banks;  L Bentz;  E Bryant; 

C Faulkner;  E Forrester;

E Hinson;

Miss Richmond;

C Scott;  N Stafford;  K Stewart;

E Wilkinson

Junior School:

L Brookes-Clarke

K Carter;  I Challenor;

W Eastwood;  R Eaton; 

D Fletcher;

D Hale;

M Johnson;

P McNicol;  M Metcalfe;  B Mumford;

D Sussum; 

E Watts

Town Girls [sic]:

D Constantine; 

M Harrop;

W Knight

G Leach;

B Mumford;

J Stewart

Old Girls :

E Fleeson;

E Hollings;

M Wroe

C Alsop;

M Banks;  D Bloomfield;  E Bryant;

M Cadness;  W Casson; L Chaffers; 

Miss Dendy;  K Duffy; 

D Hale;  A Hallam;  D Hotson;  A Hothersall;

M Johnston; K Jollie;

G Langley;  W Lawton;  G Leach;

L Matthews;  B Mumford;

G Neale;  A Neild;

H Pearson;

R Radcliffe    

N Stafford;  C Stott;  N Stuart;  M Sutcliffe;

W Turner

W Ward

Enid Grundy [Aged 14, IV Upper A]

The Story of the Sunflower

Classical story about the origins of the sunflower.

Winter in Germany

Description of winter in Jena.

Sonnet

Translated from Les Regrets by Joachim du Bellay. A poem about home.

Hilda Johnstone

The P R O

Description of the origins, accommodation and some records in the Public Record Office.

Miss Steedman

Copy of a Letter from Miss Steedman

Letter describing a farm in S Africa from Miss Steedman, ex-science teacher at the school and now Headmistress of the Girls' High School at Bloemfontein.

C C

Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Description of the meeting and the social events at Cambridge of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. All the school science teachers attended. Dr Lamb, the chair of governors, gave a paper

[C C are the initials of Caroline Coignou]

Primrose McNicol [Form II Upper, aged 11]

Princess Cassida

Story about a fairy who takes the author to visit the man in the moon.

Paths and Byways round South Manchester

Description of walks near Moss Lane East.

Honours List [Summer Term 1904]

Details given of the successes of the following:

Former Pupils

Victoria University of Manchester:  Hilda Johnstone, Eva Hollings, Ellen Hadfield, Annie Latham, Emma Titterington, Muriel Wiilson.

Teachers� Diploma:  Winifred Woodcock, Elizabeth Boss, Isa Hiles.

Matriculation Examination:  Mary Maclean, F Greenwood.

Oxford University:  Mildred Spencer, Sarah Reynolds.

London University:  Olive McDougall, Dorothy Frazer, Edith Wainwright, Jenny Tait, Sarah Stenhouse.

Pupils Teachers� Entrance Examination:  Emily Bedford, Mary Jalland, Una Pearson.

Cambridge Higher Local Examination 1904:  Agnes Huxley, Jane Mutch, Edith Hewitt, Ada Neild, Margaret Lamb, Edith Edmonds.

Joint Matriculation of the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds:  Lucy Baynes, Edith Edmonds, Dorothy Lamb, Ethel Bailey, Muriel Bedson, Edna Byrom, Dorothy Dearden, Winifred Gowan, Gertrude Leach, Ruth Rogers, Mabel Stephens, Josephine Worswick, Elizabeth Earnshaw.

Lancashire County Council Scholarship:  Louise Chaffers, Hilda Livesey.

Royal Drawing Society of Great Britain and Ireland:  The numbers of entries and successes given. 

Pupil Teachers' Examination:  Mabel Harrop, Annie Ward, Beatrice Wilkie.

Exhibitioners:  Jane Mutch, Muriel Huxley, Edith Hewitt, Katherine Jollie, Margaret Lamb.

Lady Whitworth Exhibition:  Amy Harvey, Ada Neild.

Leaving Presents:  Edna Byrom; Dorothy Dearden; Bertha Stenhouse.

Book Presents:  Elsie Bryant, Marjorie Dearden, Elizabeth Ligat, Hilda Livesey, Kathleen Maloney, Constance Stenhouse, Alice Stott, Dorothy Barker, Margaret Curtis, Elsie Dove, Margaret Elias, Elsie Goodwin, Eleanor Rhodes, Ella Wilkinson, Louise Badger, Doris Bailey, Janet Eastwood, May Fuller, Doris Pearson, Hilda Stansfield, Jessie Stewart, Clarinda Stott, Gwendoline Walker, Doris Welch, Dorothy Almond, Isabel Duffy.

Miss Buller's Prize for Sewing:  Hilda Ashton.

Dixon Gymnasium Cup:  Dorothy Dearden.

Parry Junior Gymnastic Cup:  Elsie Eaton.

Thring Memorial Cup for Games:  Bertha Stenhouse.

Summer Meeting of the O G A

At the meeting of the Old Girls' Association, music [details given] was provided by the Old Girls' Choral Association, Mrs Byron Cooper and Mrs Frischmann.

News of Old Girls

Details given of the appointments of Gertrude Potter, Elizabeth Boss.

Literary Work of Former Pupils

Details given of books written by Violet Guttenberg, Cecily Fox Smith.

Science Notes

The work on the new lab and the greenhouse has been delayed.

Details given of books added to the library. Miss Beale who left last term also gave some books [details given].

L Chakffers and B Barnes

Golden Rule

The annual general meeting of the Golden Rule Society was chaired by Miss Burstall. Dorothy Dearden, the Secretary read a report. There has been too little support. The resignation of Miss Hiles was regretted. She has been replaced by Miss Mills. Gifts were taken to the Nurses� Home in Ardwick.

Dorothy Lamb

Field Club Open Meeting

The chair of the Field Club meeting was taken by Mr E J Broadfield, a governor. Also present were pupils of North Manchester, Pendleton and Manchester Grammar School, Miss Drummond, Miss Butcher and Mr Paton. Mr Paton complemented the school on having such a society. Miss Burstall gave a lecture on Scotland. A vote of thanks to Miss Burstall was moved by Miss Drummond and seconded by A Kirk, head prefect of Manchester Grammar School. The vote of thanks to Mr Broadfield was moved by G D Ascoli and seconded by Lucy Broadfield.

At another meeting Bessie Earnshaw the secretary read a report. The following are officials for the year:

President:  Miss Burstall

Vice-Presidents:  Miss Coignou, Miss Willis, Mona Sutcliffe, Hilda Pearson.

Treasurer:  Gertrude Leach

Secretary:  Bessie Earnshaw

At another meeting the following read papers [titles given]:  Dorothy Bloomfield, Dora Royle, Kathie Clay, Dorothy Fletcher, Theo Pearson, Maggie Hewitt, Edith Wheeler.

Lucy Baynes, Secretary

Literary Society

The Society is now open to all those in the top three classes in the school. At a meeting the work of Matthew Arnold was read and discussed.

A debate was held: "Henry V was justified in his treatment of Falstaff." Proposed by Edith Edmonds [details given], opposed by Elsie Bryant [details given]. Miss Limebeer presided. The motion was carried.

Mrs Byron Cooper gave a recital [details given]. In the absence of Miss Lieschen Scheerbart, she also sang

Details given of the following:

Leavers:  Miss Hartley, Miss Gladys Marten, Miss Bush.

New staff:  Miss Foster, Miss Dorothy Willis, Miss Doeg, Mildred Spencer.

The writing of Miss Drummond.

Appointments:  Miss Limebeer, Miss Moore, Miss Henry.

Lectures given by Miss Burstall, Miss Drummond.

The marriages of the following have been announced: Ruth Kerr, Margaret Ashton, Violet Guttenberg.

In Memoriam

Joan Parry [pupil 1901-1903]

Hockey

Results of matches played.

Greater interest being shown.

Fives is being played and a tournament being planned.

Badminton is now being played.

Dates of school events.