Magazine Representatives
General Editor: Miss Clarke
Sub Editor: Leila Goller
Literary Editor : Miss Hawcridge
Secretary: Miss Taylor
Treasurer: Miss Andrews
Old Girls� Representative: Miss Collingwood
Committee: Miss Callinan, Miss McClymont, Miss Ritchie, Jessie Thompson, Muriel Dent, Sona Setna, Lilian Buttery, Jeannette Halpern, Jan Justham, Betty Pennington, Pamela Duckworth, Rita Ennor, Beth Sillitoe, Sylvia Bernard, Asenath [sic] Wright, Barbara Thompson, Margaret Nicholson, Heather Oldfield, Jean Flint, Audrey Taylor, Joyce Seddon, Hazel Symon
The Royal Jubilee
The Royal Jubilee coincided with the AGM of the Old Girls' Federation.
Uniform
The girls are wearing "the new summer frocks with their attractive checks of varied hue." This will surprise parents on Speech Day.
Sara Burstall
Congratulations to Sara Burstall on her work "in connection with Scripture courses in Church Training Colleges."
Magazine Competitions
Details given of the categories and rules of Magazine competitions.
The Magazine Cover
Explanation of why the two designs for a new front cover for the School Magazine which received most votes were not adopted. The design by Violet Taylor was chosen. If money permits, experiments will be made with other designs.
Sir Edward Donner
Appreciation of the work of Edward Donner who has died at the age of 94.
Staff Changes
Leavers: Miss Ludlam, Kathleen Moorhouse, Miss Langton, Miss Humphreys, Miss Fisher, Miss Barker, Mrs Proudlock, Miss France, Miss Kamberian, Mlle Neuville, Mrs Sinclair, Miss Dyson, Miss Kent
New Staff: Miss Sargisson
Others News: Miss Warburton, Miss Maddocks, Miss Goodwin
Miss Ludlam
Appreciation of the work of Miss Ludlam.
Dr Chisholm CBE
Appreciation of the work of Dr Chisholm on the occasion of the award to her of the CBE.
Legacy
Edward Donner has left £1,000 to the school.
Gifts
Gifts [details given] have been received from the following: Mrs Hocking, Mrs Young, Sara Burstall, Stella Gough, Miss Langton, the Old Girls� Hockey Club via Nancy Ashworth.
The Warburton Trophy
Miss Warburton has given "a silver trophy for musicianship."
Founders' Day Address
Verbatim account of the speech at Founders'Day by Prof Dodd. He spoke of the aims of education as training for a career, knowledge of heritage, a sense of values and above all the importance of freedom and wisdom. He criticises the role of the media in "imposing upon vast multitudes of people a standardised outlook."
The School Concerts
Details of concerts including a staff concert in aid of the Eira Jupe Memorial Fund which raised £16 10s. The performers were the following: Miss Arthan, Miss Shaw, Miss France, Miss Webster, Miss Warburton, Miss Sargisson, Mrs Proudlock.
Elizabeth Fleure
The Festival Choir
Brief description of the Choir Festival held at Pendleton High School at which the school won the rose bowl. Thanks to Miss Warburton.
Mr Padmore's Lecture
Outline of Mr Padmore's lecture on a tour of Scotland.
Patricia Goldsbrough and Margery Hampson
Professor Webster's Lecture on Greek Pottery
Description of lecture by Prof Webster on Greek pottery.
Mary Jackson and Joan Smith [Upper IV A]
Visits to Theatres: Herr Brann's Marionettes
Description of a visit to a puppet show at the Milton Hall.
D M Wilde and M H France [Junior VI]
Visits to Theatres: Hamlet
Outline of a visit to see Hamlet starring John Gielgud. Joan Winstanley understudied Ophelia.
Notes on a Tour to Germany
Diary of a visit to the Rhineland with 2 photographs of girls [unidentified].
Old School Magazines
Description of the first School Magazine which was issued in 1878 "by an enterprising little committee of girls, one of whom was Miss Frances Harrison and it contains a short story, essays, riddles, school news and an article on Health during Schooldays from which we learn that girls frequently sat up till eleven doing their homework in gas lit rooms and that because games was not compulsory in girls' schools many preferred to walk about with books in their hands. But that all the girls were not so studious is proved by a passage quoted from the Cambridge Examiners' report upon the first public examination: 'It must not be supposed that teachers are to be held responsible for more than a very small part of the occasional failures.' The youthful editor hopes that the extract may be 'both useful and interesting' to her readers and adds severely, 'If an idle girl does not work and get on as a matter of course her parents lay the blame on her teachers while it is really the girl's own idleness and stupidity or ignorance before she came to the school.'" The article traces the history of the growth of the school in the 4 years of its existence from 50 pupils to 375 and gives a list of mistresses which includes "Miss Bulley who has proved the opposite of her name."
It was planned that the next Magazine would be published in July 1878 but a Magazine was not published until 1883 and Magazines were not regularly published until 1899 when "the Old Girls co-operated in reviving the School Magazine as a link between past and present."
June Copper [III]
The School Field
Description of travelling to Field and the pavilion by tram with Miss Jones.
Betty Pennington [Upper V A]
Wisdom
Poem in praise of the simplicity of childhood.
Jean McIntosh [III]
Spring
Poem in praise of Spring.
Waltraud Feibelmann [Upper V A]
Der Regenbogen
Poem about a rainbow and God's promise of redemstion.It is written in German.
Kathleen M Barnes and Sylvia Bernard [Upper V A]
A Tragedy
Poem about cutting a rose.
Betty Pennington [Upper V A]
Traitor
Poem condemning "hot" music.
R E J
Camels in Spain: A Somewhat Unreliable Account of how some People Spend their Holidays
Description of a visit to S Spain by two unnamed teachers to see wild camels.
June Copper [III]
A Letter
Letter from a teddy bear to its owner.
Upper IV A
Some Recollections
Description of a bandy legged man.
Upper IV A
Some Recollections
Description of coming to England from Germany where the author and her parents "had no chance of living peacefully."
Upper IV A
Some Recollections
Description of a lesson with plasticene for a four year old.
VI Secretarial
Some Recollections
Description of being caught in fog on a Welsh mountain.
Audrey Phillips [in school 1926-1931, Secretary to the Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary]
A Day in a Hospital
Description of medical cases seen during one day in a Hospital.
Ethel Wood [nee Greengrass, The Observatory, Johannesburg]
The Kruger National Park
Description of the wild life in the Kruger National Park.
Upper IV a
Crossword Puzzle
A general knowledge crossword puzzle.
Births
Births to the following have been announced:
Julia Kirkpatrick [nee White]
Tilly Faust [nee Dembowsky]
Kathleen Jennings [nee Mills]
Ailsa Struthers [nee Craig]
Eileen Wood [nee Holder]
Marjorie Fish [nee Savage]
Florence Higham [nee Evans]
Audrey Bowden [nee Pennington]
Mabel Johnson [nee Poyser]
Margaret Hibbert [nee Ashworth]
Marriages
The marriages of the following have been announced: Doris Evans, Elizabeth Riddall, Margaret Wrigley, Evelyne Hartley, Betty Haggart, Helen Winder, Nora Critchlow, Norah Winstanley , Kathleen Betley, Doris Lazenby, Lena Gemmell
Deaths
The deaths of the following have been announced: Ethel Samuels [nee Clough], Mary Barnes, Sir Edward Donner, Edith Gowan, Margaret Adamson [nee Duncan], Amy Barber [nee Garner], Marjorie Wright, Doris Burstall.
Doris Burstall
Appreciation of the life of Doris Burstall.
Ethel Samuels [nee Clough]
Appreciation of the life of Ethel Samuels [nee Clough].
Edith Gowan
Appreciation of the life of Edith Gowan.
Marjorie Wright
Appreciation of the life of Marjorie Wright.
News
Information given about the following: Miss Burstall, Miss E Burras, Peggy Craig, Doris Dean, Joan Schofield, Elsie Vincent [nee Thom], Miss Sprunt, Marie Hampson.
Social Service Activities
Work in the social services [details given] being done by the following: Nancy Ashworth, Jessie Headridge, Lucy Taylor [nee Sherwin].
Manchester Old Girls' Federation
Hon Presidents: Miss Burstall, Miss Clarke
President 1934-6: Annie Ellis
Treasurer Scholarship and Loan Fund: Isa Wood [nee Morrison]
School Magazine Representative: Beryl Collingwood
Federation Report Editor: Ruth Rapaport
Old Girls' Federation Meeting
The meeting was held at Crosby Hall. Nearly 100 members were present, also Annie Ellis and Mary Ormerod [nee Burton]. The service was held in University College London, the address was read by Kathleen Hall and prayers by Sara Burstall. At the lunch the toasts were led by Hilda Johnstone and Miss Harrison.
The Manchester Centre
Hon Life Member: Sara Burstall
Hon President: Miss Clarke
President: Nancy Ashworth
Secretary: Isa Wood [nee Morrison]
Regret at the death of Marjorie Wright, the Manchester secretary. Thanks to Vera Kershaw the retiring secretary and to Miss Clarke for allowing the Centre to hold their Christmas meeting at the school. Sara Burstall sent her good wishes. The Annual Business Meeting was attended by Sara Burstall, Miss Clarke and Annie Ellis. Sara Burstall gave the members her news. The Games Club held a dance and it was so successful that it is hoped to make this an annual event. There are plans to set up a badminton club and Miss Bourne has offered to hold badminton and gymnastic classes on the same night for old girls.
Report of the OGF Hockey Club, Old Mancastrians
Regret at the loss of Eileen Wood as captain. The new captain is Hilda Grindrod. Results of matches played.
The London Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Secretary: Dorothy Morris [nee Hale]
Treasurer: Margery Willoughby
Sara Burstall, Mrs Tout and Miss McClymont were present at a lunch. Agnes Dixon [nee Higginbottom] gave a talk [details given]. Sara Burstall and Doris Bailey were present at the AGM.
The Liverpool Centre
President: Dorothy Heilbrun [nee Kitchener]
Vice President: Eleanor Redfern [nee Rhodes[
Treasurer: Elsie Moss [nee Foster]
Secretary: Nina Marshall
There has been no meeting since the last School magazine was published.
The Midlands Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Secretary: Doris Burstall
Treasurer: Ina Milroy
The Midlands Centre has 36 members. Nine members were present at a meeting held at the school of which Miss Caress is the Headmistress. Sara Burstall gave news of old girls. A small meeting was held at the Kunzle Caf�, Birmingham. Sara Burstall was present but Doris Burstall was absent through illness. Welcome to Miss Fisher as a new member.
The Yorkshire and North Eastern Centre
President: Annie Nuttall
Secretary: Eileen Evans [nee Threlkeld]
Treasurer: Annie Martin
There was a disappointing response to the last meeting which was held at the home of Elsie Simmonds. Plea for more support.
The West of England Centre
President: Jessie Skemp [nee Clarkson]
Secretary and Treasurer: Mary Morrison
A meeting was postponed because only 5 members could attend. A later meeting is planned.
The Scottish Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Vice President : Bessie Brown [nee Fulton]
Secretary and Treasurer: Helen Strong [nee Birtwell]
The AGM was held at Mrs King�s house. Annie Ellis and Nancy Ashworth were present. A meeting was held at Maxwell Park at the invitation of Ida Greenhill [nee Goodman]. The next meeting will be chaired by Sara Burstall and it is hoped to take her to the theatre and to visit three lochs.
Babies' Auxiliary Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Marten
Secretaries: Daphne Wilde, Margery Lyon
Committee: Miss Barker, Miss Chisholm, Miss Knight, Miss McClymont, Miss Turner, J Bamber, W Earnshaw, B Balderstone, J Wilkinson, J Taylor
Parcels were sent to the Hospital. Thanks to Miss Marten.
Broughton House, Lest We Forget
Gifts [details given] were taken to Broughton House.
Patricia Goldsbrough [Secretary]
1st C-on-M Cadet Ranger Company
Captain: Miss Fisher
Company Leaders: Hazel Honeyburne, Barbara Longbottom
Leaders: Kathleen Allman, Christine Edlin, Margaret Hodgson, Joan Moss, Florence Rigg
Welcome to Miss Malloch. Good work is being done at the gardens at the Field. Two girls help at Miss Hindshaw's play-centre in Dover St and their work has been "mentioned in one of the higher assemblies of this realm."
Guides
Captain: Eleanor Faulkner
Lieutenant: Barbara Honeyburne
Treasurer: Doreen Peake
Secretary: Margot Hayes
Patrol Leaders: Pamela Duckworth, Marjorie Hardman, Margot Hayes, Dorothy Hobbs, Janifred Justham, Doreen Peake, Doris Titterington
Afternoons were spent in Whitworth Park to learn about tracking. New recruits have passed their second class tests. The quarantine for chicken pox has reduced the number of meetings.
Margery Hampson [Senior VI]
Debating Society
President: Miss Clarke
Chairman: Miss Tiano
Secretaries: Margery Hampson, Gladys Murray
Committee: Miss Fisher, Mrs Kennedy, Miss Malloch, S Roditi, M Barber, C Lewis, B Wilcox, W Johnson, H Kenward, B Hyman
A meeting was held with the League of Nations Union to discuss the Peace Ballot. Thanks to Miss Tiano who, despite being second mistress, gives up her time.
Debate held with Manchester Grammar School: "Lack of individuality is the menace of modern civilization," proposed by Mr Hilton and Patricia Goldsbrough, opposed by Irene Salter and Mr Lowe. The motion was defeated.
Debate held: "Artificial aids to beauty should be discouraged," proposed by Muriel Roch, opposed by Edith Renwick. Motion lost
Dramatic Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss McClymont
Treasurer: Miss Watson
Secretaries: Maud Gregory, Joyce Bamber
Committee: Miss Hawcridge, Miss Andrew, Miss Tiano, Miss Warburton, Miss Saunders, Miss Knight, Miss Shaw, Miss Weiste, Miss Collingwood, P Brand, J Walker, J Ashworth, D Adams, M Walton, M Green
�No finished public performance was given� but there was a production of A Safety Match which used all the lighting and stage facilities. Other plays [details given] were read.
D Saunders [Secretary] and G Murray [Assistant Secretary]
League of Nations Union
A debate was held with the Debating Society: "Great Britain should remain a member of the League," proposed by E Edlin, opposed by M Hodgson. Motion carried.
Debate held: "An international military force is necessary for world peace," proposed by M Crookes, opposed by J Bamber. Motion lost.
A Peace Ballot was held and 140 girls voted out of the 200 Vth Forms and above who were eligible. The results were:
Should Britain remain a member of the League of Nations? Yes 136. No 3.
Are you in favour of the all round reduction of armaments by international agreement? Yes 129. No 11.
Are you in favour of the all round abolition of national military and naval aircraft by international agreement? Yes 105. No 34.
Should the manufacture and sale of armaments for private profit be prohibited by international agreement? Yes 123. No 17.
Do you consider that if a nation insists of attacking another the other nations should combine to compel it to stop by the following:
Economic and non-military sanctions? Yes 111. No 24.
If necessary, by military measures? Yes 71. No 57.
Mrs Garnett of the Society of Friends gave a talk on the work of the League. Margaret Manby gave a talk on her visit to Germany. The audience was very interested in the differences between German and English young people and concluded that there are few differences. Thanks to Miss Tiano.
Florence Rigg [Senior VI]
The Orchestra
Details given of the piece which is being rehearsed. Regret at the loss of Miss Langton who played the flute and Mrs Proudlock who has been the leader of the orchestra for many years.
Music Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Warburton
Secretary: F Rigg
Committee: Miss Arthan, Miss Holman, Mrs Proudlock, Miss Webster, M Knowles, O Salthouse, M Reddiford, L Richards, C Cowtan, R Grundy, J Greaves, H Kenward, C Estcourt, J Smith, P Lord, K Wood, M Geary, M Nicholson, P Simpson, L Grunwell, J Cadman
Details given of music played. The performers were the following: Mlle Neuville, Mrs Proudlock, Miss Sargisson, Miss Webster, the pupils of Miss Arthan.
Hazel Honeyburne
Cricket
Results of matches played.
Hockey
The school was joint winner of the League Shield. Results of matches played including form cups. The following were captains of form teams [details given]: Barbara Longbottom, Joan Salthouse, Sheila Berry, Margaret Leask
Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the First Team: C Hyde, E Davies, J Walton, B Roberts, H Marshall, M Brydon, J Jenson, M Parker, B Strange, R Johnson, M France, E Dobson, D Wilde, M Hovell.
Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the Second Team: D Stappleton, H Greenwood, M Norbury, M Robinson, M Nicholson, L Richards, A Ramsden, P Harry, R Meyer, V Field, M Lewtas, K Hilton, J Moss, M Brabbs.
Thanks to Marjorie Lyon, Rosette Levy and Miss Mellor.
Hazel Honeyburne [Captain]
Netball
Results of matches played. Regret at the loss of Miss Langton. Comments on the standard of play of the following members of the First Team: Joyce Horner, Joan Hardman, Maud Muller, Betty Caldwell, D Spurr, M Manby, Hazel Honeyburne.
Marjorie Hovell [Captain]
Swimming
General comments on the success of swimming. Manchester University invited girls to attend the inter-university swimming championships.
E R Davies
Tennis
Results of matches played. Regret at the loss of Miss Langton. Welcome to Miss Kamberian.