Grangethorpe
The publication of this issue of the School Magazine was delayed in order to include definite information about the building of the new school at Grangethorpe.
Staff News
Leavers: Miss Rica Jones, Miss Weiste, Mlle Leveaux.
New Staff: Miss Avis, Miss MacKean, Mlle Mammez, Miss Cox, Miss Barbara Lloyd
Other News: Miss Lever, Miss Joseph, Miss Goodwin, Miss Dimmock, Miss Clarke
Grangethorpe
"�It is about 9 months since the governors heard that the Grangethorpe site and buildings were on the market. This seemed an ideal site for the school as it was not too far for us to maintain our central position and yet was surrounded by trees and green fields. If we were to secure it for our future school immediate steps had to be taken and as there was no money of our own available the governors were compelled to seek a loan from the City Council for the purpose. The formalities connected with the purchase are in the course of completion and a debt of between £11,000 and £12,000 is incurred on which interest will, of course, have to be paid........ A fully representative appeal committee" is about to be formed and a Grangethorpe Fund has been opened.
Addresses of Old Girls
In connection with the Grangethorpe appeal an attempt is being made to compile a list of old girls� addresses.
In Memoriam: Mrs Hope Hogg
Appreciation of the life of Mrs Hope Hogg. She was the warden of Ashburne Hall and a school governor for 8 years. Both her daughters were pupils. Her daughter Margaret Hope Hogg died last year.
Prefects
Head Prefect: Daphne Wilde
Deputy Head Prefect: Joyce Horner
Prefects: Margaret Barber, Margaret Brabbs, Enid Dobson, Alice Heap, Kathleen Hilton, Dora Leather, Marjorie Lewtas, Margery Lyon, Betty McKie, Helen Marshall, Peggy Norbury, Marjorie Owen, Edith Renwick, Barbara Roberts, Joan Shatwell, Nora Warhurst
Gifts to the School
Gifts [details given] have been received from the following: the S African Old Girls, the Manchester Old Girls Hockey Club, the 1936 Senior Leavers, Alice Chisholm, Joan Hardman, Mrs Bailey, Leah Goodman, Lawrence Howard, Miss Rica Jones, Eunice Openshaw, Mary Ravenhill, Mrs Sills, Miss Walter, Miss Weiste, Mrs T M Young, Lady Simon.
Founders' Day Address
Verbatim account of the speech by the guest speaker on Founders' Day, Dr J S B Stopford. His theme was the different ways of looking at life, the gifts which mankind has and the dangers of becoming "slaves to mechanisation."
June Copper [Upper III A]
A Visit to A Midsummer Night'�s Dream
Description of a visit to see the film of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Theatre Royal.
Betty McKie [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Visit to the Deaf Schools
Description of a visit to a school for the deaf as a follow up to a lecture by Mrs Ewing. Describes how deaf children were taught to speak, a lesson which was given by an old girl [unidentified] and the school itself.
Dramatic Society Performance
Description of a performance of The Dumb Wife of Cheapside in which the performers included Winifred Hobson and Joan Smith. Description of a performance of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in which the performers included Dora Leather and Dorothea Bennett. The latter will be performed again at the Central Library for the Alliance Francaise.
Jean Fletcher [Junior VI Arts and Science]
Rossall School - Easter 1936
Description of a visit to Rassall School for intensive modern languages study.
Margaret Barber, Marjorie Crookes and Joyce Greenwood [all Junior VI Arts and Science]
Norbreck - Easter 1936
Description of a visit with Miss Sykes to Norbreck, near Blackpool for intensive modern languages study.
Jean Woffenden [sic] [Upper IV x], Jeanette Rowe and Winifred Taylor [Upper IV Alpha]
Our Visit to Manchester Cathedral
Description of a visit to Manchester cathedral and a little about its history.
Ann Coates and Thelma Christopherson [Senior VI Secretarial]
A Visit to the Tatler Theatre
Short description of a visit to the Tatler Theatre to see some films.
Betty Smith [IV A]
The Junior School Party
Detailed description of the Junior School party which was postponed from Christmas 1935. Activities [details given] involved the following: Miss Watson, Miss Holman, Ruth Taylor, Miss Shaw.
Alisimon [sic] Strange [Senior VI Arts and Science]
The Danish Camp
Detailed description of a guides camp at Korinth, Denmark. Among those present were the following: Miss Knight [the Great Brown Owl of England], Lady Baden-Powell, the Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark.
First Public Schools' Art Exhibition, London
Description of the Public Schools Art Exhibition in which 73 "�of the best known schools" exhibited paintings. Details of newspapers which reviewed the exhibition. Raymond Mortimer, in an article for The Listener, 30 September 1936, described a painting by Alice Heap. Another of her paintings is being shown at the London Gallery.
Puppet Theatre
During extra art lessons, girls from Vx decided to make a puppet theatre. Plays by Sheila Berry and Mrs Henry have been produced.
The Music Competitions
Description of the school music competitions. The adjudicator was Miss Higginbottom.
Florence Rigg [Senior VI Arts and Science]
The Festival for Secondary School Choirs
Description of the Festival for Secondary School Choirs. The combined choirs were conducted by Cyril Winn.
Dinner-Hour Music
Details of music performed at lunch time. The performers were the following: Gwynedd Lewis, Florence Rigg, Judith Walton, Leila Goller, Dorothy Croadswell, Sarah Davies, Louisa Hawthorn, Kathleen Holt, Ruth Grundy, Enid Withers.
The Music Library
Gifts of music have been received from Miss Arthan and Florence Rigg.
Speech Day 1936
Brief description of Speech Day. Mr Padmore announced the governors' intention to buy the site at Grangethorpe for the new school. Regret at Miss Clarke's absence. The guest speaker, Sir Arnold Wilson, MP spoke of the characteristics of the modern girl and the importance of the women�s domestic role.
Merle Robinson and Dorothy Stappleton [Senior VI Arts and Science]
The Cadet Camp 1936
Description of the Cadet Camp at Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire. The cadets were accompanied by Miss Fisher who had with her girls from her own school. They were visited by Miss Douglas-Jones.
Edith Renwick [Senior VI Arts and Science]
The School Trip to Bavaria
Description of the school trip to Bavaria. The group stayed in Ramsau and walked in the surrounding area. They visited the castle of Ludwig II, went to Munich and saw "the headquarters of the National Socialist party."
Nanette Gregg [Upper III A]
Mumps
Poem about the symptoms of mumps.
Margaret Barber [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Birds in a Manchester Garden
Description of the different birds which the author had seen.
Betty Pennington [Senior VI Secretarial]
Verses
Poem about the beauties of nature.
Joan Heywood [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Twitty, A Devonshire Character
Description of a man called Emmanuel Angel, also called Twitty who was the sexton and caretaker of a church in Dartmoor.
June Copper [Upper III A]
On Leaving the Junior School
Description of the author's feeling on leaving the Junior School.
Betty Pennington [Senior VI Secretarial]
Dancing Feet. A Song
Poem about an elf.
Dora Leather and Betty McKie [Senior VI Arts and Sciences]
League of Nations Lecture
Description of a lecture by Miss Mitchell on The Institute of Public Relations. She also commented on life in China and Japan.
Marjorie Stevenson
Letters from Old Girls
Letter describing Marjorie Stevenson's life in Cartmel and work at the Aynsome Analytical and Technical Laboratories.
Extract from Mary Cooper's Letter to Miss Clarke
Extract of a letter to Miss Clarke from Mary Cooper describing her life in Argentina.
Births
Births to the following have been announced:
Edith Ormerod [nee Middleton]
Elsie Burrell [nee Emmott]
Kathleen Ferguson [nee Wilson]
Gwen Lloyd [nee Clamp]
Lucy Collins [nee Squires]
Eleanor Copnall [nee Wilson]
Hattie Kuchenmeister [nee Broadhurst]
Adrine Bardsley [nee Kamberian]
Muriel Pickwick [nee Maguire]
Betty Gladwell [nee Brentnall]
Marjorie Bass [nee Miller]
Helen Shepherd [nee Winder]
Molly Henry [nee Brewis]
Hilda Harwood [nee Lewis]
Enid Eastwood [nee Almond]
Enid Lendrum [nee Fletcher]
Marriages
The marriages of the following have been announced: Amy Scemla, Lily Mizrachi, Dorothy Ellison, Helen Dawson, Helen Hudson, Phyllis Oxbrow, Evelyn Caldwell, Mary Murray, Muriel Martin, Mary Bradshaw, Mattie Bryce, Katie Walch, Joan Marshall, Hilda Saxon, Mollie Gibson, Jessie Edmondson, Eileen Wood, Alice Dugmore, Nora Henderson, Jean Winstanley
Deaths
The deaths of the following have been announced: Ethel Scott [former teacher], Gertrude Collier, Olive Pilkington, Anne Ffrangcon-Davies [nee Raynor], Eva Dodge, Mrs Hope Hogg [former governor]
News of Old Girls
Information given about the following: Dilys Adams, Kathleen Allison, Margaret Bowman, Constance Cowtan, Philippa Esdaile, Nesta Herbert, Joan Honeyburne, Irene Hyde, Marjorie Jones, Margaret Needham, Katharine Liebert, Betty Mawrey, Hilda Patchett, Madge Peacock, Margaret Rowbottom, Doris Seddon, Marjorie Sephton, Sona Setna, Margaret Smith, Marian Thorpe, Nora Walker, Margaret Walton, Gabrielle Watts, Joan Haydock, Elsie Wynekin, Peggy Anderson, Jose Christopherson, Marjorie Hovell, Sylvia Palmer, Joan Sumner Smith, Enid Withers
Manchester High School Old Girls' Federation
Life Member: Sara Burstall
Hon President: Miss Clarke
President: Isa Wood [nee Morrison]
Secretary: Betty Duff
Treasurer: Frida Sorenson
Old Girls' Netball Club Captain: Agnes Currie
Old Girls' Netball Club Secretary: Marjorie Renshaw
It is hoped that Miss Clarke will attend the next meeting. The Old Girls' Hockey, Badminton and Netball Clubs have just started a new season.
The London Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Secretary: J H G Plant [nee Burstall]
Treasurer: Eunice Openshaw
Fifty six members attended the annual lunch. News was given by Miss Hawcridge, Ethel Bailey and Doris Mielziner. A meeting was held at Royal Holloway College thanks to Miss M E Taylor.
Nina Marshall
The Liverpool Centre
Sara Burstall attended the AGM. Regret that Miss Clarke could not be present.
The Midlands Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Secretary: Edith Tower
Treasurer: Ina Milroy
A meeting was attended by 16 members and they mainly discussed the new finance scheme. Thanks to Sara Burstall and Nancy Ashworth. It is hoped that Mrs Skemp will visit the Society.
Mary Morrison [Secretary]
The Western Centre
President: Jessie Skemp [nee Clarkson]
Secretary: Mary Morrison
Treasurer: Gertrude Mielziner
A meeting was attended by 11 members including Jessie Skemp [nee Clarkson]. Because there are members from S Wales, the name has been changed to the Western Centre. Miss Clarke sent a letter of news.
The Scottish Centre
President: Sara Burstall
Vice President: Bessie Brown [nee Fulton]
Secretary and Treasurer: Helen Strong [nee Birtwell]
A meeting was held at the house of Bessie Brown [nee Fulton] and another at Jean�s Caf�, Sauchiehall St at the invitation of Miss Ewing and Miss Barlow. Sara Burstall was unable to come for a weekend. Welcome to Katharine Walsh [nee Birtwell].
The Babies' Hospital Auxiliary Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Marten
Treasurer: Mrs Seddon
Secretaries: Margery Lyon, Joan Wilkinson
Committee: Miss Chisholm, Miss Knight, Miss McClymont, Miss Turner, M Spink, J Greaves, B Sillitoe, V Wallis, V Hytner
Girls continue to take material to make garments for the babies at the hospital. The Society is short of money and girls have used their own material.
Broughton House Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Mellor
Treasurer: Miss Ellis
Secretaries: P Harry, V Rose
Committee: Miss Hawcridge, Miss Holman, Miss Scott, E Dobson, H Daniels, M Lyon, L Buttery
It is hoped that girls will take a personal interest in the men at Broughton House. Miss Holman will take any girls there in her car. V Rose will give details to girls who wish to write to any of the men.
Daphne Wilde [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Cadets
Captain: Miss Ellis
Company Leader: H Marshall
Secretary: D Wilde
Treasurer: J Horner
Patrol Leaders: J Hardman, J Horner, M Knowles, F Rigg, A Strange
Fortnightly meetings continue as usual. The climax of the year was the August Camp in the Cotswolds with Miss Fisher and other guides.
Daphne Wilde [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Dramatic Society
President: Miss Clarke
Vice President: Miss Weiste
Treasurer: Miss Watson
Secretaries: D Wilde, H Neeson
Committee: Miss Andrew, Miss McClymont, Miss Collingwood, Miss Hawcridge, Miss Knight, Miss Saunders, Miss Shaw, Miss Tiano, J Bamber, I Mather, A Hayes, A Heap
The Society has performed The Dumb Wife of Cheapside and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The mime group presented the Book of Tobit before Miss Clarke.
S Bernard [Upper V Arts] and G Murray [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Debating Society
Meetings are now being chaired by members of the Society. This practice was first used at the debate, "School should be run without rules," proposed by Queenie Marsh, opposed by Margaret Barber. Motion defeated.
Debate with the Old Girls held: "It is better to be a Jack-of-all-trades than a master of none," proposed by Gudrun Langford and Edith Renwick, opposed by Gladys Murray and Muriel Spurgin. Motion lost.
Debate held: "Read detective fiction is a pernicious form of enjoyment," proposed by Marjorie Owen and Jean Smith, opposed by Phyllis Harry and Joan Smith. Motion lost
Debate held: "The press should not be free," proposed by Winifred Johnson and Jan Justham, opposed by Margaret Barber and Mary Jackson. Motion lost.
Debate held: "Woolworth has done more for mankind than Wordsworth," proposed by Jessie Million and Marjorie Geary, opposed by Margaret Barker and Margaret Jones. Motion lost.
A debate will be held with Manchester Grammar School, "Chivalry is a nuisance to men and an insult to women."
Florence Rigg [Senior VI Arts and Science]
The Orchestra
Details of pieces being played.
Maud Gregory [Secretary] and Marjorie Gregory [Assistant Secretary]
League of Nations Union, July 1936
Membership has increased to 178 including staff. Miss Jones gave a talk on Spain, Miss Joseph gave a talk on Australia. Miss Whiteley gave a talk in place of Miss Clarke in aerial disarmament and another on the work of the League of Nations. At a meeting with the Broughton House Society there was a discussion on collective security in connection with British foreign policy.
Daphne Wilde [Senior VI Arts and Science]
Cricket
Results of matches played. Thanks to Miss Mellor. The captains of the teams which won the inter-form matches were the following: J Walton, M Hirst, M Hulme.
Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the First Team: P Robinson, A Strange, M Brydon, W Earnshaw, B Roberts, M Norbury, E Dobson, P Harry, M Parker, J Hardman.
E R Davies [Captain]
Hockey
Results of matches played. Thanks to M Lyon, Miss Dimmock and Miss Mellor. Congratulations to Miss Dimmock for her success in America. The school won the League. The captains of the teams which won the inter-form matches were the following: M Lyon, E Ferguson, N Pursglove, M Dunkerley, D Croadsdell, M Holmes, J Brisbane.
Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the First Team: M France, E Dobson, A Ramsden, B Strange, H Marshall, M Brydon, M Parker, J Walton, D Wilde, B Roberts, P Harry.
Comments made on the standard of play of the following members of the Second Team: D Stappleton, M Brabbs, M Norbury, M Robinson, M Nicholson, L Richards, V Louden, K Hilton, M Lewtas, V Field, R Meyer, E Davies.
Margaret Manby [Captain]
Netball 1935-1936
Results of matches played. Comments made on the standard of play of the following: J Horner, F Rigg, R Grundy, M Shrewsbury, E Garstang, J Thompson, M Manby, J McKay, Joan Hardman.
Thanks to Miss Dimmock.
Joan Hardman [Captain]
Swimming Report for 1936
Description of the swimming competitions which were won by the following: Joan Bardsley, Joan McKay, Jessamine Sherratt.
Life saving medals were won by the following: Ruth Bardsley, Margaret Morecroft.
Thanks to Miss McClymont
Elsa Davies [Captain]
Tennis
Thanks to Miss Dimmock. Competitions were won by the following: Joyce Horner, Joan Smith, Jean Farrell.
The two new asphalt courts were finished during the term and will be used for netball in Winter.