General Editor: Miss Clarke
Sub Editor: Jean Cole
Literary editor: Miss Jupe
Secretary: Miss Hawcridge
Treasurer: Miss Gillespie
Committee: Miss Lister, Miss McClymont, Miss Ritchie. Miss Weitzman
Form Representatives: P Kirkby, K Smith, J Bratherton, T Gordon, N Yarker, G Williams, P Lincoln, M Cowan, E Butterworth, E Haughton, D Lightollers, K Hoy, M Downs, M Bryce, H Dawson, D Spencer, D Seneschall, B Heedham, P Ashworth, P Cartmell, F Hargreaves, M Adams, J Young, V Woodcock
Prefatory Notes
Notice about current competitions. Appeal for more systematic news from old girls.
Miss Clarke's Letter
Thanks for the welcome she received when she first came to the school. A new Liverpool branch of the Old Girls' Association has been set up.
Staff News
Leavers: Miss Wright [m. Farquharson]
New Staff: Miss Joyce Yeoman
Other News: Miss Humphrey
Prefects
Winifred Race has been appointed Head Prefect in place of Margaret Turner who has left. Mollie Coppock has replaced Freda Strange as Sub-Prefect.
Girton Scholarship
Dora Andrews has been awarded a Girton Scholarship.
Music and Drama
Girls have attended performances of The Tempest and Alkestis and went to a Halle concert. "The new grand piano in the hall is greatly appreciated. At the dinner hour musical recitals it has proved a great asset."
Founders' Day
The guest speaker was Douglas Miller, High Master of Manchester Grammar School. The theme of his speech was the meaning of the classical virtue, pietas.
The Junior Sixth Plays
Reviews of the Junior Sixth plays, Spreading the News and The Poetasters of Ispahan. Thanks to Miss Lister. The performers were the following: Margaret Fowden, Averil Stephens, Betty Gray, Molly Brewis, Joan Hinchcliffe, Adrine Kamberian, Mabel Gleave, Elsie Boyars
J C [Senior VI]
Annual Debate with the Manchester Grammar School
Description of the visit of the boys who were accompanied by Mr Collinge and Mr Poskett. The debate was held in the school library "with the busts of Caesar and Augustus frowning at our levity." Miss Lister and Miss Weitzman presided. The topic was "Great men are the curse of civilization," proposed by Jean Cole and Mr Wilson [arguments given], opposed by Mr Cohen and Eveline Buck [arguments given]. The motion was defeated.
N B E [V A]
The Old Oak Chest
Poem about the way in which a chest reflects the past.
Jean Cole [Senior VI, Prize Story]
Love's Labours Lost
Story about Queen Elizabeth.
D H [Upper V Arts, Prize Poem]
Speed
Poem about a train.
F H [Upper III Transitus, Highly Commended]
The River
Poem describing the power of a river.
H L
Henry VIII
Doggerel poem about Henry VIII illustrated with linoleum cut.
J C [Senior VI]
An Impression of Hereford Cathedral
Description of Hereford cathedral.
N B E [V A]
The Haunted House
Poem about the lingering life of an old house.
E L T A
Cheval sur deux pays
Written in French
Competition Results
Comments made on the work submitted by the following:
Art Competition
Modelled Figure: Joyce Bratherton, Nora Thompson, Joan Schofield, Kathleen Cheetham
Linoleum Cut and Block: Dorothy Hindshaw
Cookery Competition: Lesley Ratcliffe, Enid Erbrick, Joan Fairclough, Margaret Brierley
Collectors' Competition: Margaret Seddon
Motto Competition: examples given, submitted by the following: N Edlin, D Bowden, E Betesh, M Hadfield, D Hudes, J Christopherson
Historical Story: Jean Cole, Kathleen Pursglove
A Comic Episode: Howie Smith, Mary Eaton
An Animal Story: general comments made
Verse Competition: Dorothea Hardisty, Freda Hargreaves, Kathleen Robinson
Nature Diary Competition: general comments made on the entries.
Births
Births to the following have been announced:
Elsie Dakin [nee Lawton]
Beatrice Iles [nee Till]
Nora Wood [nee Rigby]
Dora Royle [nee Rogerson]
Emma Clements [nee Manton]
Nancy Edwards [nee Conway]
Dorothy Johnson [nee Kyffin]
Dorothy Rebbeck [nee Langley]
Theo Wadsworth [nee Pearson]
Marjorie Petch [nee Derbyshire]
Melita Isaacs [nee Btesh]
Constance Meanock [nee King]
Zerifa Tchira [nee Shammah]
Marriages 1925
The marriages of the following have been announced: Kate Scott, Gladys England, Dorothy Bunn, Doris Btesh, Jessie Taylor, Hilda Pratt
Marriages 1926
The marriages of the following have been announced: Mary Throup, Margaret Wilson, Hilda Wright, Dorothea Osborne, Margaret Atkinson, Elfrida Vipont-Brown, Vera Wait, Elsa Frischmann, Olive Howard, Jean Allan, Gladys Lye, Winifred Young
Death
The death of the following has been announced: Irene Barclay [aged 16].
Old Girls' Association
Ex officio President: Miss Clarke
Acting President: Florence Higham [nee Evans]
Secretaries: Edith Brighouse, Nora Hardman
Treasurer: Grace Barlow
First Hon Life Member Miss Burstall
Miss Burstall attended the Christmas meeting and mentioned the plan to set up a branch of the Association in Liverpool. Miss Burstall also attended the Easter meeting.
Sara A Burstall
Proposed Old Girls' Missionary Union
Outline of Miss Burstall's plan that a group of old girls should join together "to keep in touch with our missionaries in the field, to remember them in prayer and to work for the increase of our missionary representation." She hoped that it would be modelled in a similar organisation which has existed at North London Collegiate School since 1898. Miss Burstall knows the following missionaries: Dr H Byles, Mrs Cyril Knott, Maud Willis, Ethel Turner, Lois Lodge, Kathleen Farrer [m. Hartley], Miss Harrison
The London MHSG Society
President: Miss Burstall
Vice Presidents: Gertrude Clement, Dr Philippa Esdaile, Cecily Fox Smith,
Mrs Heather, Prof Hilda Johnson, Miss Macklin, the President of the OGA
Secretary: May Hewitt
Treasurer: Nellie Roberts [nee Meadows]
Committee: Miss Beggs, Miss A M Clarke, Ruth Danziger, Jane Mutch, Margaret Sharp [nee Tout], A Dixon [nee Higginbottom], Dr Stewart Stalker [nee A Oberdarfer]
The London Society was founded in June 1923 for old girls and teachers in London. There are 129 members. Meetings are held twice a year.
There was a visit to Windsor at the invitation of Margaret Curtis. Florence Ruscoe is the history teacher at her school, the Girls� County School. Miss Willis also joined the visit. There have been other visits [details given].
The New Liverpool MHSG Society
Hon Presidents: Miss Burstall, Miss Clarke
President: Eleanor Redfern [nee Rhodes]
Secretary: Eileen Evans [nee Threlkeld]
Treasurer: Doris Mielziner
A preliminary meeting was held on June 17 and chief officers were elected. The following old girls and former teachers live in the Liverpool area [addresses given]: Alice Aldous, Dorothy Barrow, Rachel Boullen, Doris Burns, Ena Eldridge, Ruth Pugh [nee Bowman], Una Haxby, Eva Hollings, Nellie Solomon [nee Casper], Mary Hollings, May Middleton, Katherine Hothersall, Doris Mielziner, Ellen Moakes, Eleanor Redfern [nee Rhodes], Bertha Panter-Brick [nee Smith], Eileen Armstrong [nee Spafford], Vera Spafford, Eileen Evans [nee Threlkeld]
Sara A Burstall
Miss Burstall's Letter
She has visited various institutions and has met the following: [details given]: Lily Varley, Mabel Boon, Miss Burras, Hilda Birch, Kate Grime, Ena Duthie, Peggy Bowman, Dorothy Parker [nee Hale], Jessie Skemp [nee Clarkson], Nora Caiger [nee McNicol], Evelyn Lavalle [nee Garnett]
Frances W Harrison
Miss Harrison's Letters
Detailed description of the Mission Station near Rusapi and the attitude of the children to education.
Kathleen Bridge
St Andrews University
Information given about Kathleen Bridge and Mary Lyall. Detailed description of the traditions at St Andrews.
Marjorie Morris
Edinburgh University
Information given about Eveline Buck and Vera Levy. Description of Edinburgh and the social life at the University.
M E B and J M, Two Old Girls
The Mather College
Information given about the following: Nellie Pickstone, Vera Tomlinson, Kathleen Betley, Mary Barker, Janet Moorhouse, Vivian Person, Mildred Taylor, Betty Boyd
Description of the organisation and courses at the College.
The Manchester School of Art
Information given about the following: Joyce Cobley, Mary Travis, Helen Willows, Violet Taylor, Kitty Cramer, Muriel Hargreaves, Annig Gulbenkian, Elwyn Bacon, Sylvia Lamb, May Smith
Silkeborg Gymnastik Institutat
Information given about the following: Marjorie Crofts, Irene Dixon, Helen Smith, Eileen Boardman, Hilda Mennell, Ruth Turner.
Description of the courses at the Institutat.
The British Association Meeting
The following were present at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [details given]: Doris Bailey, Peggy Bowman, Helen Palmer[nee Lamb], Caroline Coignou, Prof Dixon, Muriel Slade [nee Bedson]
The Headmistresses' Conference
The meeting of the Association of Head Mistresses was attended by the following [details given]: Kate Blackstock, Miss Clarke, Miss Burstall, Miss Scott, Miss Sprunt, Beatrice Holme
Resignations
Miss Dolby and Miss Beatrice Holme are retiring from the posts of Headmistress which they hold [details given].
The Federation of University Women
The committee of the Manchester branch of the Federation includes the following: Miss Clarke, Maud Vernon, Marjorie Wigley [nee Duthie], Gertrude Robinson [nee Walsh].
MHSG Girls at Universities
There are 100 former pupils at university and there are former pupils at all the universities except for three [details given].
The Orme Girls' School, Newcastle
Miss Sprunt is the Headmistress of the Orme Girls' School which is celebrating its Jubilee [details given].
Other Information
Other information given about the following: Beatrice Clay, Enid Hartt, Katherine Swaine [nee Clay], Gertrude Clement, Mary Ashton, Nancy Edwards [nee Conway], Kathleen Barlow, Hilda Birch, Mary Boullen, Kathleen Dawson, Hilda Dobson, Ena Duthie, Dorothy Fleming, Edith Hesling, Kathleen Lawson, Nina Lister, Elsie Miller, Kathleen Simpson, Marion Bent, Gertrude Mielziner, Isabel Currie, Marjorie Fairbrother, Winifred Hotson, Nan Morris, Margaret Turner, Gladys Williams
Babies' Hospital Auxiliary Society
President: Miss Clarke
Chairman: Mrs Dymond
Treasurer: Miss Adams
Committee: Miss Brighouse, Miss Chisholm, Miss McClymont, Miss Marten, Miss Myers, A Yates, M Hadfield, M Brewis, N Helliwell, P Lincoln, P Wildman
Knitting and sewing go on as usual but it has not been possible to visit the hospital because of the risk of infection.
Dora Andrews [Secretary]
Classical Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice Presidents: Miss Lister, Miss Mellor, Miss R Bennett, Miss Matheson
Secretary: Dora Andrews
Treasurer: Muriel Walker
Committee: Connie Hodgkinson, Lily Daniels, Kathleen Hoy
Talks were given by Mr Beare and Prof Anderson [details given].
Jean Cole
Debating Society
President: Miss Clarke
Chairman: Miss Lister
Vice Chairman: Miss Weitzman
Secretaries: Jean Cole, Averil Stephens
Committee: Miss Lister, Miss Weitzman, Miss Jupe, J Cole, A Stephens, N Helliwell, H Smith, E Owen, S Lomax, K Shaw, H Saxon, H Pitty, M Bell
Debates have been held: "Woman's true place is in the home," "Science has killed romance," "It is to be regretted that England is an island."
Winifred Leach [Secretary]
French Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Adams
Secretary: Winifred Leach
Treasurer: Winifred Race
Committee: Miss Bannerman, Miss Ludlam, Miss Tait, Miss Tiano, Hilda Lewis, Ripsy Chakirian, Elsie Boyars
Talks were given by Miss McClymont and Miss Tiano. The Society responded to an appeal from a girls� school at Flines-lez-Raches by sending money and some English books. Some members of the Society attended the lectures of the Alliance Francaise at which Eluned Jones was presented with a bronze medal for excellence in French.
Geographical Club
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Marten
Secretary: Molly Coppock
Treasurer: Hilda Heywood
Committee: Miss Treloar, Winifred Race, MargaretWallington
The Geographical Society was set up in the Autumn term. Talks were given [titles given] including one by Mr Barker. "Owing to the General Strike and railway difficulties only one excursion was made" in the summer term.
I Wraith
Girl Guides
Captain: Miss Morrison
Lieutenant: Miss Hagarty
Secretary: I Wraith
Treasurer: M Brewis
Hockey Captain: I Wraith
Patrol Leaders: M Morrison, I Wraith, G Cooke, M Atkinson, V Richardson, S Popper, B Riddall
Nearly all the new recruits have gained the Tenderfoot and 2nd Class awards. The leader of the Cormflower patrol, M Atkinson, has gained her "all-round" cord. The Company was equal top with another in the district inspection and will be inspected for the Divisional Shield. Hockey matches have been played [details given]. A camp was organised in the grounds of the guide home at Foxlease but had to be cancelled owing to the General Strike. Appeal for support.
E Buck
The Historical and Literary Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Mrs Dymond
Treasurer: Dorothea Hardisty
Secretary: Eveline Buck
Committee: Miss Jupe, Miss Lister, Miss McClymont, Miss Weitzman, J Cole, K Smith, E Whitfield, E Bray, H Wilson, G Williams, E Jones, D Fothergill, K Cheetham, D Bristol.
Talks were given by Mrs Higham [an old girl] and Mr Clift. At one meeting historical scenes were read [details given].
Barbara Begg
Lest We Forget - Broughton House Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Mellor
Treasurer: Miss Ellis
Secretary: Barbara Begg
Committee: Miss Bennett, Miss Hawcridge, Miss Myers, R Sussman, D Bailey, F Jones, Z Bock, E Dick, M Challinor
The work of the Society is taking gifts to Broughton House was disrupted by the General Strike. Many gifts were sent at Christmas.
Kathleen Smith [Secretary]
Missionary Guild
President: Miss Clarke
Vice Presidents: Miss Brighouse Miss Rickards
Secretary: Kathleen Smith
Treasurer: Winifred Fowler
Committee: Miss Callinan, Miss Bourne, Miss Goodwin, Miss Andrew, Miss Sharpe, Miss M Bennett, M Hampson, K Smith, J Liles, T Williams, M Jackson, W Fowler, B Brentnall, G Billings, R Walker, H Pitty, M Ward, W Mosely, L Dent, A Ainsworth, H Pickwell, R Hindshaw, D Moss, Y Raner, L Battrum, M Hadley, M Kershaw, D Howe
A talk was given by Miss Taylor [details given]. The members of the Study Circle meet regularly. Some members of the Society visited the Chinese Palace Temple in Victoria Park.
League of Music Bobs
Members: E Bell, M Brocklehurst, L Battrum, M Pear, J Prendergast, C Briggs, G Strange, G Lomax, V Upton
General comments about meetings.
E Walker
Scientific Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Mitchell
Treasurer: Dorothy Hindshaw
Secretary: Edith Walker
Committee: Miss Ellis, Miss McNicol, Barbara Begg, Marie Hampson
Talks were given by Dr Challenger and Dr Carpenter [details given]. A meeting had to be cancelled because of the General Strike. Mr James has promised to give a talk [details given].
D Hardisty [Captain]
Cricket
Regret that older girls do not attend enough practices. Results of matches played.
I Wraith [Captain]
Hockey
More have joined the hockey club and the arrangement of a fixed afternoon for each form to practice has meant that more friendly matches have been played. Results of matches played. Thanks for the help of Miss Mellor. Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the First Team: N Thompson, M Faulkener, E Buck, E Wood, E Dick, P Kirkby, S Powell, S Simcock, M Gurner, J Schofield, I Wraith
The Lawson Cup
The Lawson Cup for hockey was won by Upper IV A.
The Ashworth Cup
The Ashworth Cup for hockey was won by Upper V Parallel.
M Barlow [Captain]
Net-Ball
The team was defeated in the semi-final of the League tournament by Blackburn. Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the Junior Team: H Champness, Ellen Hampson, Molly Hughes, Vera Kershaw, Hilda Heywood, Edith Winstanley, Madge Barlow
J A McClymont
Swimming Club
A Swimming Club has been formed. Members pay a subscription and have free tuition and cheaper entry into the High Street baths.
Pauline Kirkby
Tennis
Little tennis was played in the Whit holidays because of the General Strike.