Frontispiece
Photograph of Miss Burstall sitting at her desk with a pen in her hand.
Editorial
The 50th anniversary of the school was celebrated in the first week of the Spring term with Founders' Day, a party for the 700 girls in the school given by the governors, a presentation to Edward Donner the only one of the founders still on the governing body, a hockey match, a service at Manchester cathedral and "the biggest Old Girls' Party the school has ever had."
Miss Burstall's resignation takes effect at Whit and Miss Mary Clarke takes up the post of Headmistress in September. Miss Simpson is retiring. The school is fortunate in its continuity with Miss Harrison and Madame Alice Lamb, both original pupils, still members of staff.
The main changes to the buildings of the school have been the addition of the Domestic Department, the Biology labs, the temporary acquisition of the Annex [three houses in Dover Street], the Day Memorial Gymnasium and the playing fields which are still not yet paid for and to which Edward Donner contributed £500.
Constance Bagshaw, Tilly Dembowsky, Clara Williams and Fanny Woodward
Founders' Day Address by the Bishop of Manchester, Thursday 17 January
The speech is printed verbatim. The Bishop of Manchester spoke of the courage of the founders in believing in the education of girls, he paid tribute to Edward Donner and Miss Burstall, asserted the equality of men and women and said that the "brute strength" which distinguishes men from women is "a powerless thing." He stressed the importance of higher education for women and of the role of education in unifying character and finding purpose in life.
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The Jubilee Party
Detailed description of the party for the school. The guests were received by Miss Burstall and Mr Padmore. Prof Dixon paid tribute to Miss Burstall.
[The initials F H are those of Fanny Harrison]
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The Presentation to Sir Edward Donner
Description of the presentation to Edward Donner of a printed address paying tribute to his work for the school. It was presented by Miss Burstall, Miss Harrison, Mr Padmore, Miss McClymont [President of the Old Girls' Association] and Nancy Ashworth [Head Prefect].
The Hockey Match
Description of the Past v Present hockey match. The result was a 1-1.
The school team members were: Nancy Ashworth, Gwen Bradbury, Hilda Mennell, Elsie Emmott, Ruth Taylor, Ida Wraith, Evelyn Buck, Muriel Barnes, Beryl Pugh Morgan, Elizabeth Dick, Wendy Smith.
Kathleen Lawson and Sheila Powell were unable to play.
The Old Girls� team members were: Ruth Haring, Grace Barlow , Doris Stanley, Eileen Threlkeld, Rhona Barlow, Norah Willoughby, Gladys Brice, Freda Pritchard, Violet Ellis, Maidie Zucker, Hilda Grindrod.
The spectators included Miss Burstall, Mr Padmore, Mrs Young and Edward Donner.
Alice Stoneman [Park School, Preston]
The Cathedral Service
Description of the cathedral service to celebrate the school jubilee. The Dean of Manchester gave an address on the theme of man in the image of God.
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Postscript to the Cathedral Service
More detail about the cathedral service. There were about 350 visitors who were entertained later at Manchester Grammar School. They included Mr and Mrs Padmore, the Dean of Manchester Canon Scott, the Archdeacon of Manchester Dr Roberts and Prof Peake.
[S A B are the initial of Sara Burstall]
The Old Girls' Jubilee Party
Description of the Old Girls' Jubilee Party. Among the guests were the following: Miss Cheetham, Miss Dendy, Mrs Brooke [nee Miss Bulley], Miss F Harrison, Miss E Harrison, Miss P Simmons, Miss Wroe, Mrs Finlayson [nee Nellie Lakin], Miss Fanny Leach, Madame Alice Lamb, Herbert Leach [the first old boy to become a governor].
Telegrams Received at the Jubilee Celebrations
Telegrams of congratulation were sent by the following: Nita Burditt, Margaret Curtis, Nancy Edwards, Lucy Geiler, Jessie Headridge, Agnes Pochin, Elsie Simon, Kathleen Wilson, Miss Burras, Mr Carson, Ruth Danziger, Marion Headridge, Constance Lamb, Amy Krohn, Frida Jorgensen, Miss Scott, Mrs Wood [nee Ethel Greengrass]
Some Jubilee Letters
Letters of congratulation from the following printed in full: Edward Wood, Sir Michael Sadler, Emily Penrose, Louise Day, Margaret Gardner, Lady Savory [GPDST], Frances Gray, Sir A W Ward [pays tribute to Miss Day and Miss Burstall], Henry Miers [pays tribute to Edward Donner and Miss Burstall], Horace Lamb [pays tribute to Miss Day and Miss Burstall], Dr Mary Scharlieb [pays tribute to Dr Huxley, m. Mrs Falie and Dr Catherine Chisholm]
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Miss Day - An Appreciation
Tribute to the work of Miss Day. Article taken from The Manchester Guardian, 18 August 1917 and printed in the Day Memorial issue of the School Magazine.
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Miss Burstall
Tribute to the work of Miss Burstall.
An Appreciation
Tribute to the work of Miss Burstall taken from an article in The Manchester Guardian, 23 June 1923.
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The New Headmistress
Description of the current career of Mary Clarke taken from an undated article in The Manchester Guardian.
Photographs
Photographs of the following: Founders' Day 1924, the present staff, the staff 1878, Miss Day, Miss Clarke, Miss Harrison, Edward Donner.
Sara A Burstall
Memories
Description of Sara Burstall's childhood, including her parents and very early education, her education at the Camden School for Girls, scholarship to North London Collegiate School, education at Girton and winning the Gilchrist prizes and a scholarship to travel in America. Brief references to America and teaching at the North London Collegiate School and coming to Manchester.
E M Harrison
Recollections of the First Day at MHSG by One who was There
Description of the visit to the home of the author by Miss Day and Miss Vernon. The first pupils were E Harrison and her sister Frances [�Fanny�] Harrison, Beatrice Ledward "a brilliant scholar", and Mollie Lamb and Ruth Lamb. Brief description of the previous education of the author by an aunt "when deportment ranked higher than the three Rs." Description of the entrance exam. "Classification was simple at first, all under eleven to one room and all over eleven to another and Miss Day, Miss Turnball and Miss Woodhead grappled nobly with the teaching of their own subjects and many others which were soon handed over to special mistresses." Description of Miss Day's skill in teaching history.
[Mollie Lamb is Alice Mary Lamb]
Alice Lamb
Some Reminiscences of My School Days
The author was one of the first five pupils who were registered to join the school. Description of the entrance exam including her misunderstanding of one of the exam instructions. Detailed description of a callisthenics lesson at the house of a dancing mistress referred to as Miss M. Later "our own play room was built out at the back and the classes were held there." Descriptions of singing lessons and "fierce political fights" in the play room during elections. The author conducting the Toy Symphony by Romberg. What the girls wore and the author's eagerness to wear a long dress for school. Playing football in the playground and playing "a little tennis". Laying the foundation stone of the new school buildings at Dover Street. The exams taken at the school - "the Higher Local, Senior and Junior Cambridge and Oxford Local Exams."
S L Dendy
A Jubilation
Description of the satisfactions of being a teacher and their similarity to those of an artist. Description of the work of Miss Bourne in gymnastics.
Florence Robinson [M B London]
Medicine as a Career for Women
The qualities which are needed to qualify as a doctor and the opportunities in the medical profession.
Edith Hesling
Law
The attractions of working in a legal profession.
Hilda Johnstone
Professorship
The work of a university professor of history.
Gertrude Entwistle
Engineering
Opportunities for women in engineering and the prejudice against women.
C Fox Smith
On being an Author
Description of the author's early attempts to write. Advice given about becoming a writer.
Barbara Abensur
Secretarial Work for the League of Nations
Description of the annual assembly of the League of Nations.
Rosa Hope A R E
Art - Etching
Description of the author's career in etching and the technique of etching.
Muriel Hope
Art - Portrait Painting
Brief description of the author's training and interests.
Charlotte Ledsham [Secretary Collyhurst Guild of Social Services]
Social Work
The opportunities and rewards of social work.
Philippa Esdaile
Biology in Relation to Household and Social Life
Description of the importance of biology on daily life.
Birth
Birth to the following has been announced:
Jeannie Clough [nee McLean]
Marriages
The marriages of the following have been announced: Constance Bentley, Nancy Conway, Leonora Moodie, Phyllis Biggs, Eileen Threlkeld, Janet Shanks, Allegra Maratchi, Gladys Btesh, Lily Thurnham
Death
The death of the following has been announced: Emily Barker [nee Salkeld].
The Old Girls' Association
President: Jean McClymont
Secretary: Annie Ellis
Treasurer: Eileen Evans [nee Threlkeld]
The Association has over 700 members. Part of the membership fees go towards the scholarship fund [details given]. Description of the terms of the Loan Fund and the Holiday Fund.
The London MHSG Society
President: Miss Burstall
Vice Presidents: Mrs Barker, Miss Clement, Miss Fox Smith, Mrs Heather, Miss Macklin, Prof Hilda Johnstone, Lady Russell
Secretary: May Hewitt
Treasurer: Nellie Roberts [nee Meadows]
Committee: Miss Beggs, Dr Philippa Esdaile, Gladys Hoffert, Miss Mutch, Norah Rowney, Margaret Sharpe [nee Tout], A Mather [nee Lawton].
The Society has over 100 members. Regret at the death of Emily Barker [nee Salkeld]. Elsie Harrison [nee Simon] hosted the Society�s third meeting at Westminster Training College. Comments about the independence of the Society from the Old Girls� Association and its value in maintaining contacts with former pupils.
Appointments
Details given about the appointments of the following: Phyllis Clarke, Margaret Single, Ruth Niven, Evelyne Hartley, Ethel Weaver, Constance Bagshaw, Tilly Dembowsky, Winifred Atherton.
Irene Carter and Kathleen Wilson
A Letter from Cambridge
Brief references to social life at Cambridge. Information given about the following: Elsie Miller, Ann Bishop, Mary Winstanley, Eleanor Hollingworth
A Letter from Oxford
Information given about the social activities of the following: Kathie Alcock, Joyce Smith, Dilys Warrington, Isabel Young, Kathleen Chrimes, Winifred Hardisty, Christina Goudie, Agnes Young, Mollie Shaw, Letty Webster.
A Letter from Manchester University
Information given about the following: Maidie Zucker, Ena Duthie, Marjorie Thompson, Enid Almond, Mary Dick, Mollie Riddall, Aileen Barr, Muriel Edwards, Edith Hardman, Mary Hollings, Dorothy Hockenhull, Mabel Clough, Frieda Setzer, Hilda Dobson
Freshers' List October 1923
Details given about courses taken by the following: IIrene Carter, Kathleen Wilson, Mary Lyall, Kathleen Nicholson
At Manchester University: Honours: Dorothy Geiler, Florence Kletz, Ruth Haring, Christabel Dean, Ena Drapkin, Grace Lees, Hilda Grindrod, Doris Byway, Kathleen Barlow, Eileen Tuer, Ella Jacobs, Cecily Hagarty, Mary Miller, Joan Buckley, Margaret Whatmough, Alice Ashcroft, Christine Gulbenkian
At Manchester University: Pass: Phyllis Moss, Isa Morrison, Gladys Brice, Muriel Rickards, Louisa Fothergill, Muriel Strange, Marjorie Wright, Tillie Yaffey
Mather Training College for Kindergarten: Mary Barker, Janet Moorhouse
Art Training: Dora Taylor, Eileen Tydeman, Iris Chakirian, Helen Willows
Gymnastic Training: Rhona Barlow, Hilda Birch
Manchester Royal College of Music: Madge Howarth, Nanette Osborne, Mary Lee, Phyllis Oxbrow
The Classical Society
The Classical Society continues to flourish.
The French Society
The French Society continues to flourish.
The Scientific Society
The Scientific Society continues to flourish.
The Historical and Literary Society
The Historical and Literary Society has discussed issues, eg the League of Nations and proportional representation.
The Debating Circle
Debates have included the following:
"British sport is becoming a business," "Women should not smoke."
The Broughton House - Lest We Forget Society
Gifts of fruit, flowers and cigarettes have been sent to the disabled ex-servicemen at Broughton House. At Christmas each form adopts two men and sends them presents.
The Golden Rule Society
The Golden Rule Society is the oldest Society in the school and sends garments made in the school to the Ardwick District Nurses� Home and the Heyrod Street Girls' Club. At Christmas toys and books are also sent.
The Missionary Guild
The Missionary Guild supports two orphans at Chamnapatra and sends toys to China.
The Babies' Hospital Society
The Society raises money to pay for a cot at the Babies� Hospital and woollies and bibs are sent for the babies.
The School Guide Company
The Guide Company is flourishing and at a Divisional Rally gave a display of national dances. The guides will again go to camp at Conway during the Whit holidays.
Hockey
Result of match played.
Net-Ball
Results of matches played.