MAGAZINE - Newcastle High School for Girls

MAGAZINE

C E N T R A L N E W C A S T L E

HIGH SCHOOL FOR G I R L S

DECEMBER 1936

GATESHEAD:Printed and Published l)y HOWE BROTHERS

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Staff ... ... ... ... ... ... 3Foreword ... ... ... ... ... 4Editorial ... ... ... ... ... 6Prize-Giving ... ... ... ... ... 7Examinations ... ... ... ... ... 10Junior House ... ... ... ... ... 11Art ... ... ... ... ... ... 12Music ... ... ... ... ... ... 14Lectures ... ... ... ... ... 16League of Nations Union ... ... ... ... 18Local History Society ... ... ... ... 19Camera Club ... ... ... .... .., 20Debating Society ... ... ... ... 22Stamp Collecting ... ... ••• ... 22The Epidiascope ... ... ... ... ... 23Original Contributions ... ... ... ... 23Entertainments ... ... ... ... ... 31Prose and Verse Speaking Competitions ... ... 32Gymnastics ... ... ... ... ... 32Sports ... ... ... ... ... ... 36House Notes ... ... ... ... ... 39Old Girls' Guild ... ... ' ... ... ... 42News of Old Girls ... ... ... ... 45Members of the Old Girls' Guild ... 56

Editor: E. FORREST.

Sub-Editor : J. HEPBURN.

REGULAR STAFF.

Head Mistress ... ... ... Miss ODELL.Second Mistress and Form VI. ... Miss LINFIELD.Form VA ... ... ... ... Miss BODEN.Form VB Miss RANDALL.Form VBR ... ... ... ... Miss HORNE.Form IVA ... ... ... ... Miss POTTS.Form IVAR Miss STRONG.Form IVs ... Miss ALOIS.Form IVBR Miss PARKIN.Form III A ... ... ... ... Miss RANSOME.Form IIlAR ... ... ... ... Miss MACLACHLAN.Form Ills ... ... ... ... Miss GOATES.Form IIlBR ... ... ... ... Miss FORREST.Form HA ... ... ... ... Miss COLTHURST.Form HB ... ... ... ... Miss FRANCIS.Form I Miss CAMPBELL.

f Head of the ^ Miss CRISPi T • -r-r f IfAlHo vyrt-Lo-T.| Junior House JKindergarten -i ... ... Miss COOK.

I ... ... ... Miss GREGERSEN.^ ... ... ... Miss WALKINSHAW.

Art ... Miss HANSON.Gymnastics, Swimming and Games Miss HANDOVER.

Secretary ... ... ... ... Miss COLMAN.

Assistant Secretary Miss Goo OH.

VISITING STAFF.

Singing, Piano, Violin and Orchestra Miss HARMAN.'Cello Miss K. BRADY.Piano ... ... ... ... ... Miss M. DAVIDSON.French Conversation ... ... ... Mme. PEITGNIEZ.Dancing Miss NORA COMBE,

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FOREWORD.During the year our thoughts have been occupied by events

of more than school importance. The death of King Georgebrought a sense of personal loss; on Christmas Day, when thefamiliar voice will be silent, we shall surely remember withaffection, the inspiration of his fatherly devotion.

With the other Trust Schools we mourned the death of MrEdwardes Jones, K.C., a Vice-President of the Girls' PublicDay School Trust and a Member of Council ; and we shared thegrief of our Newcastle friends for the untimely death of ProfessorS. K. Johnson. In February Professor Johnson came to see us—an appreciation of the paper he read on that occasion is recordedelsewhere—and we had been looking forward to another promisedvisit from him in the near future.

Our more personal record seems pleasantly uneventful.There has been one change in the Local Committee, due to Mrs.Knyvett's removal to Peterborough. Her loss is a very real oneto the school and we shall miss her swift responsiveness andready help. She had many interests to occupy her, but yet shefound time to attend not only Committee Meetings but alsoParents' At Homes and even Hockey Dances. In her place wewelcome Mrs. Alan Angus, an Old Girl to whom the Schoolalready owes much. We remember with gratitude that so recentlyas last term we were indebted to her inspiration and organisationfor the excellent tea which the Old Girls so generously undertookto arrange on Sports Day.

In July, to our very great regret, Miss Kirby retired afterteaching in the school for seventeen years. Her knowledge andlove of Northumberland have given many girls a deeper apprecia-tion of their native county, but wider still has been the influenceof her loyalty to ideals and her generous understanding of others.The glimpse we had of her at the beginning of this term has raisedour hopes of future visits and we feel that her cottage at Kirk-whelpington is a safe anchor ! But had she left no material tieswe should still have felt secure in the abiding reality of ourmutual affection.

The School will suffer another keen loss by the retirement ofMiss Boden at Christmas, after being with us for nineteen years.Her mathematical teaching and her general influence in theschool have made a lasting impression and we shall say goodbyemost regretfully. However, we are glad there is a possibility ofher staying in Newcastle and we hope we shall see her often.To her and to Miss Kirby we offer our gratitude and good wishes.

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We are very sorry that after Christmas Miss Harman willno longer be able to teach singing, as she intends to devote allher time to instrumental music. We are most grateful for all theeffort she has expended in achieving such excellent results inthe singing and we are glad that she will still take a considerableamount of instrumental work at the school.

In September we welcomed Miss Francis, who came to takeMiss Kirby's work, Miss Handover, who came as an additionalmember of the staff to help Miss Potts with physical training,and Miss Gooch, who came as assistant secretary. We hope theyare enjoying their new work with us.

In May Dr. Daymond came to inspect the music of the schooland her visit gave us very great pleasure. We were proud toreceive the Council's congratulations on her report.

In July we had the pleasure of a visit from Dr. Esdaile.Although it was her first visit, her informal interest in all ouractivities enabled us to realize very quickly that we were welcomingan old friend.

It was a very great pleasure to welcome parents to thefour At Homes in the Easter Terms. We appreciated very muchtheir interest in all details of the work they saw and we hopeto arrange similar informal meetings in the future.

This term the School has had the unexpected thrill of seeingMiss Hiley's book displayed in the shop windows.* But it is oneof the trials of being young to see good things and to find that theyare joys to be savoured only when one is older. It is doubly hardwhen they appear bearing the tempting label " Pie," a delicacyassociated with youth since the days of Jack Homer. Neverthelesswe must admit that it is the Old Girls who, in their maturity ofjudgment, will best appreciate the plums with which Miss Hileyso liberally fills her dish. For the others " the time will come."Meanwhile I am sure the School would like to plead that MissHiley's next book should be written for her younger friends.

W. A. ODELL.

Pedagogue Pie. Ivor Nicholson and Watson 2/6.

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EDITORIALDuring the year much has happened in a quiet way to give

greater decorum and interest to our ordinary life. The Houseshave adopted more distinctive and dignified names : Red hasbepome Windsor ; Green, Tudor ; Yellow, Stuart ; Blue, Plan-tagenet. Colours have been awarded for deportment, whichsignifies courtesy besides posture and personal neatness. Wehave made a special effort to keep the form rooms tidy andattractive ; here we should like to thank Miss Hanson for judgingthem so long and with her Miss Colman, who now makes the roundsat frequent and unpredictable intervals.

We felt that our efforts had been most bountifully rewardedwhen we came back this term to find the hall and most of therooms re-decorated and utterly transformed. Miss Odell hadpromised a surprise to greet us but we had never imaginedanything so lovely ; and as winter approaches, we rejoice moreand more in the delicate sunlight of our walls. There has beenconsiderable re-distribution of pictures to accord with our newfreshness and dignity : the Raphael Madonna hangs alone in thehall, while " choice and few " seems the motto in the form rooms.

The change is most noticeable in the hall, which now feelsspacious and serene. It made a perfect setting for our first HarvestFestival. The Sixth devoted great care to arranging our offeringson the platform and we realized afresh, with deeper gratitude,the beauty of the fruits and homely vegetables and the lovelinessof autumn flowers : chrysanthemums and glowing anemones,Michaelmas daisies and brown-eyed marigolds. There weregroceries, too, and even these were pleasant to the eye in theirneatness, some of them carrying our thoughts to the harvest ofother lands. After the service the gifts were sent to the FlemingMemorial Hospital and the Northern Counties Orphanage, wherethey were much appreciated.

During the spring and summer the strip of garden was agreat pleasure to us and we hope to passers-by, thanks to MissStrong and her helpers. Each year the bulbs increase in numberand beauty ; the little beech hedge thickens and the trees growtaller—one of the Lombardy poplars can peer in at the dining-room ! Their young cousins at the back are flourishing, too,making a light, leafy screen for many months ; even the darkrockery had its sudden surprise of golden crocuses.


We have received a most welcome gift from an Old Girl,Miss Gertrude Squire—a collection of Shakespearean and othercostumes. We send our warm thanks to her and to Miss Kirby,who also gave us some dresses. She has left us all so much to begrateful for ; each has her own thoughts and there are many weshare ; among the light-hearted of our associations must surelybe her skill in " dressing-up " for our plays and parties, whichalways called forth so much of her enthusiasm and generosity.Miss Kirby has left a visible token of her friendship with theStaff, a large and beautifully made notice-board for their ownroom ; it is very much appreciated and they would like here tothank her once again.

E. FOBBEST.

PRIZE-GIVING.Prize-Giving was held in the City Hall on Tuesday, December

3rd. The prizes were given away by Miss Major and the chair wastaken by the Archdeacon of Northumberland. After recallingour long and friendly association with the Literary and Philo-sophical Society, he spoke appreciatively of the spaciousness ofthe new surroundings ; he hoped that the need for wider hospitalitywas a sign of the success of Miss Odea's first year.

Miss Odell welcomed Miss Major as an old friend of the Girls'Public Day School Trust ; and thanked the Chairman, the Arch-deacon of Northumberland, for his unfailing interest in theactivities of the School.

In her report Miss Odell mentioned that there had recentlybeen a large increase in numbers, in spite of the slightly higherstandard of the entrance examination. The results both of theHigher Certificate and of the School Certificate Examinationswere satisfactory. Of the twenty-one girls who took SchoolCertificate, only one had failed, while ten had gained exemptionfrom matriculation and two had passed in honours. It wasinteresting to note that several girls in the Middle School had wonpublic prizes in French, English, and Natural History in com-petitions which they had entered on their own initiative. A girlin one of the third forms had won prizes to the value of nearlyten pounds in the Everyman's Library Competition.

In games, too, the year had been satisfactory. The FirstXI had lost only one hockey match ; and no fewer than sevengirls had played for the Northumberland Junior County XI, oneof them as Captain. In netball the First VII had won everymatch, and had also gained the Junior County Championship of


Northumberland. In tennis it was the second place which hadbeen won in the tournament for the High Schools' Shield. Indi-vidual girls had achieved distinction in swimming, but the generalstandard needed raising, and it was hoped that the newlyinstituted class lessons would contribute to this.

Old Girls had also added to the School's list of successes.Marjorie Walling had done well in Part I of the Modern LanguageTripos in Cambridge ; while Juliet Brown, Kathleen Harrison,Rhoda Pawson and Jean Gourlay had completed their degreesin London, Edinburgh, and Durham. In the conjoint examinationin massage and medical gymnastics, Eleanor Duncan had beenfirst in England out of two hundred and twenty-eight candidates.The Old Girls' Guild had just produced Dear Brutus, and wonits first competitive golf match. Thanks were expressed to Mrs.Angus for her generous work as Secretary of the Guild.

Miss Odell spoke of the friendly opportunities which aParents' At Home made possible. She hoped in the followingterm to entertain parents in smaller groups, to enable her to havemore leisurely talk with them. With regard to changes in schoolorganisation, special mention was made of the giving of homeworkin weekly, instead of daily, assignments ; this enabled girls towork with greater freedom and with greater concentration.

The resignation from the Local Committee of Miss Daviesand of Professor Nicholson was recorded with great regret. Atthe same time Miss Odell welcomed Mrs. Richardson and Mr. Owen.

Good wishes were expressed for the happiness of Miss Downes,Miss Oxley, and Miss Pattinson in their new spheres of activity ;and Miss Aldis and Miss Colman were welcomed as new membersof the staff. An additional appointment had been made in orderthat any girls who required special remedial treatment mighthave it at school if parents wished. This work would be under-taken by Miss Anderson.

Among the many thoughtful and friendly gifts which the schoolhad received in the course of the year was a prize presented byMr. Thomas Carter, in generous succession to his English essayprizes. It was to be awarded to the girl who had in any spheredone most for the service of the school, and had been fittinglycalled the Rover Prize.

Particular thought had been given to physical training ;and the time allotted to gymnastics had in most forms been in-creased almost fifty per cent. Concurrently with this, the

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Council in London had engaged an expert psychologist to investi-gate and report on every aspect of work in the Schools of theTrust ; and the results of this investigation might well lead tofurther re-adjustments in the balance of the curriculum. Butover and above a training in physical fitness, and in an intellectualawareness of, and response to, the problems of the changingworld, it had always been the tradition of the school to emphasiseloyalty to abiding spiritual values, a loyalty which was crystallisedin the words of the recently adopted motto—Ante Deum Asto.

Miss Major said that she already felt an old friend of theSchool through her connection with Miss Hiley and her longfriendship with Miss Odell. She had read the Magazine withgreat interest and had been impressed by the variety of activitiesrecorded there. School teams and societies provided an excellenttraining for life : members learned to give way pleasantly whenoutvoted ; to take success without conceit ; and to give honourwhere honour was due. When they were grown up they wouldrealize that many of the problems which confronted them werevery like those they had met at school ; perhaps discussions offamily finance with an anxious husband would conjure upinvestigations by a zealous games secretary into alleged extrava-gance with tennis balls or tea.

A still greater training was given by books : there wasmorality in scholarship. Miss Hiley had written in her lastForeword that the chief weakness of the School was lack ofaccuracy and finish. Miss Major's kind and encouraging advicemust have made many of her listeners resolve afresh to mendtheir ways. She said that the devoted carefulness and persistenceneeded in a French prose, for example, or a long arithmeticalcalculation were the qualities which would afterwards make a girlreliable and successful in her profession or business. Then,there would be no prizes, no commendation ; but reward wouldcome in the proud consciousness of being trusted with greatresponsibility.

A vote of thanks was proposed by Canon Knyvett. Thiswas followed by a programme of music.


EXAMINATIONS AND HONOURS.Durham Higher Certificate Examination :—

J. Tait.Durham School Certificate Examination :—

Matriculation :—P. Coote (distinction in History), B. Dierecx(distinction in History and French), J. Elliott, A. Ferrow,E. Green, J. Hepburn (distinction in French), S. Hunter,Y. Massey, M. Parker, M. Scott (distinction in English andFrench), M. Whyte (distinction in History), M. Willis(distinction in French).

Armstrong College Matriculation :—B. Byers, J. Gordon-G. Longlands.

Pass :—A. Coates, E. Dempster, S. Durno (distinction inFrench), M. Fenwick, S. Moorhead, J. Scott.

Scholarship awarded by the Council of the G.P.D.S.T. :—B. Dierecx and M. Scott, 1936-38.

Medaille de 1'Alliance Fran§aise : D. Forster.

Vacation Scholarship awarded by the Anglo-Italian Society tothe University for Foreigners, Perugia : D. Forster.

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music :—Grade III (Transitional) Violin :—J. Grant.Grade IV (Lower) Violin :—M. Cowans with honourable mention,

F. Lilburn.Grade V (Higher) 'Cello :—D. Kingsley.

North of England Musical Tournament :—Bronze Medal for Senior 'Cello (17 years and under) :—

D. Kingsley.

Awards of the Royal Life Saving Society :—Proficiency Certificate and Bronze Medallion :—M. Angus,

S. Dickinson, J. Sheriff, E. Smith, E. Strang, M. Thomson,W. Watts, M. Williamson.

Intermediate Examination :—N. Brown, H. Gradon, N. Haggar,J. Pearson, B. Rogers.

Inter-School Swimming :Cup for Style :—S. Brown ; Second place : V. Humble.

Schoolgirls' Swimming Championship of Newcastle-on-Tyne :—J. Thaxter.

Students' Careers Association :—Prize in Photographic Competition : J. Martin.


JUNIOR HOUSE NOTE

When we came back to School this term, it seemed almostimpossible to believe that we should not find Miss Kirby tuckedaway in her form-room with IA, as nobody ever thought of onewithout the other. Now that she has gone, it seems right thatIA should go too ; the top form in the Junior House is now HB,and IB has become Form I. Miss Kirby has left us a reminderof herself in the shape of a most welcome seat in the playground,which is much used in playtime. She managed to visit us beforegoing to Winchester, and we hope to have accounts from 'timeto time of excursions as interesting as those which have delightedmany successive I A Forms.

Last term Miss Gregersen's brother gave us a lovely family ofbudgerigars, which is now quite at home in the large house inthe playground, and does not seem to mind when we crowd roundto watch. The first eggs hatched out in the holidays, but morehave been laid, from two of which the most extraordinarylittle pink creatures, with wobbly bald heads, and weak sprawlylegs, have appeared. That they can ever become like their fatherand mother seems quite impossible.

Those girls in the Senior School, who were ever in FormPreparatory, may be interested to know that the sycamore tree,which one of them planted about eight years ago, is still flourishingin the window garden. It is more than five feet high, coveredwith fine healthy leaves ; even the lower buds have wakenedup this year, and opened into leafy little shoots.

Agnes has been away ill this term, but we hear that she ismuch better, so hope that we shall soon have her back again.


The A.S.G. has done some useful work this year. Pictureswere mounted for the Art Library, and the Guild had a busytime before the At Homes in the Spring Term, making labelsfor the parents and helping to arrange and set up the drawingsfor the Art Exhibition in the studio. The two studio orderlies,Joan McKie and Marian Drummond, have been very helpful inkeeping the studio tidy.

At the beginning of the year Sybil Durno kept the Art boarddisplaying interesting Christmas Cards of various sorts.

The ever popular Social was held in the studio early in theSpring Term. We all very much enjoyed the puppet plays,The, Witch's Curse,, and The Haggle Taggle Gipsies, both writtenby their producers, the first by Pat Allinson and Joan Carr,the second by Marion Finley and Wendy Watts ; they werehelped by Ruth Goldstone, Jean Kaye, Winifred Finch, BettyBrooks and Mary Steel. The old witch sent shivers down ourspines with her bloodcurdling curses. The beautiful princess inthe other play looked charming in her green silk dress and pearls,and the gipsies with their swarthy faces and black stragglinghair, were very real. The prince, too, was very fine, and thedonkey added a touch of humour. The verses of The Baggie.Taggle Gipsies were sung by Joan Tait, Jean Kaye and JeanScott. After the plays everyone joined in puppet charades.

We had a sketching expedition on June 13th. The A.S.G.and Camera Club held a joint meeting on St. Mary's Island anddespite the grey outlook we all spent a very happy day sketchingand exploring. Two old girls joined us, Hazel Carr and MarjorieRedfern. An exhibition of the sketches and photographs bythose who went to the Island was held in the studio on July 10th.

The Holiday Drawing Competition this year was dividedinto two sections, Junior and Senior. The Juniors kept sketchdiaries, and the Seniors of each house contributed pages to aguide book, advertising Newcastle-on-Tyne.


On June 9th, Mr. Bertram kindly came to judge the entries.He also gave us an interesting talk with slides on book illustrationfrom early mediaeval times to the present day. Tudor wassuccessful in winning the competition, with Windsor second;Stuart and Plantagenet tied for third place.

The trophy for the best kept form room was won by FormsVB and IIlA ; it was not awarded in the Autumn Term.

RUTH GOLDSTONE.A press has been kindly given us by an Old Girl, Mrs. Saunders.

This will prove an invaluable asset to all those who take any kindof bookcraft in the studio. P. H.

THE ART SERVICE GUILD.There are many people who, although they have heard of

the Art Service Guild, do not know anything about its functionsor activities. In order to make these people understand whatthe Guild really stands for, Joan Tait has written the followingdescription of its activities.

The Art Service Guild was founded in the Spring Term of1932, with Marick de Collongues as its first President. BarbaraTodd succeeded her, then Sheila Smith, and after her Hazel Carr.Joan Billow was the next President, then Vera Ryott, JoanHawdon and Ruth Goldstone, who is the present President.

The A.S.G. is a society formed to help the School in allmatters concerning Art. It consists of twenty members includinga President, Vice-President and Committee of six, and these lastchoose new members from the list of volunteers which may besigned at the beginning of term. The A.S.G.'s range of activitiesis wide, including the making and painting of scenery, mounting,and making of printed notices and posters—in fact, it is preparedto tackle many and varied jobs.

The Guild runs the Holiday Drawing Competition each year.It does not, however, exist solely to work ; it gets up socials andpuppet plays, and in the summer sketching parties, and it alwayswelcomes any old members who care to join in. The Guild'ssocial activities are greatly enjoyed by everyone, especially asduring these we feel ourselves to be more of a united society thanwhen doing separate things, however important or interestingthey may be.

Some people are perhaps under the impression that a girlmust be able to paint and draw particularly well to become aGuild member. This is not necessarily so, because there is workfor people of all talents and interests, provided that they arekeen and energetic and the Guild will be pleased to welcomeany new members who are interested and ready to join in itswork and play. JOAN TAIT.


PAT. ALLINSON, VA.

The most important event in the musical life of the Schoolthis year was undoubtedly the visit on March 2nd of Dr. EmilyDaymond, one of the Musical Advisers of the Trust Schools. Itwas a busy Monday for everyone, as Dr. Daymond heard all thesinging classes (massed and separately), the orchestra, two per-cussion bands, and a great many of the instrumental pupils. Shevery quickly made us all feel at home with her, and showed somuch appreciation of our efforts that all trace-s of nervousnessquickly vanished and everyone was happy.

On March 20th we had a visit from Mr. Sidney Newman,Professor of Music at Armstrong College, who delighted us allby his very human talk on the life of Mozart. He gave manymusical illustrations with members of the music staff ; MissOonah Sumner kindly came and played the viola in the movementsof string quartets which were given. The programme also includedmovements of piano sonatas, one from the Trio in B flat and amovement from a sonata for violin and piano.

At Prize-Giving we had an innovation as Miss Davidson'spercussion band made their first appearance.

The orchestra and pipe classes have done some very goodwork, though we should be greatly encouraged if more peoplecould find time to join. Some very nice pipes have been madeand played on. Doreen Forster and Jean Kaye played D treblepipes, which they had made themselves, at Windsor social. Atthe April breaking-up, we had a performance by the Pipers'Band, augmented by enthusiasts from the Staff ; they playedBarbara Allen, Robin Adair and All through the Night.

The competition for the individual prizes was held in Julyand Miss Plummer, who very kindly adjudicated for us, seemedpleased with the candidates, especially the Senjors.

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The picture for instrumental music was awarded to FormVBR and they also carried off the singing picture. The sight-singing picture was won by Forms VI and VA.

The hymn-playing competition for Miss Ethel Page's pictureis being held over till next term.

The Pupils' Recital, which had been arranged to take placein July had to be unavoidably postponed, but we hope it will bepossible to have one in the course of the winter. A very interestingrecital was given last December by Miss Davidson's School andprivate piano pupils, and the programme included items by thepercussion bands.

We were very sorry to hear of the death of Mr. Alfred Wall onOctober 8th. He was on the Staff for many years and was notedin the musical world as a violinist and composer.

THE PRIZE-GIVING PROGRAMME OF

1—The Keel Row2—Alpine Song (John Ireland]

MUSIC.

The School

TUB

LA.

Forms VI,3—Carols—

Ye shepherds so drowsyForms IIlA,

The King's BirthdayIs it far to Bethlehem ?

Forms IVs, II.4—Two-Part Songs—

When evening shadows lengthenLullaby

Forms VI, IVA.The Sower Forms VI, IVs.

5—Percussion Band—Minuet and TrioBallet Music in GHungarian Dance No. 5

Form II.French Songs—Ma Normandie.

II plent, il plent, bergere.North Country Ballads—Water of Tyne.Maa Bonny Lad.Doon the Waggon Way

The School.•Here's a Health unto His Majesty.

The School.

arr. Whittaker

R. R. TerryBeney

Martins'Elgar

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Bainton

MozartSchubertBrahms

arr. Whittaker


LECTURES.THE MAGIC OF VIRGIL.

On February 18th Professor Johnson gave us a delightfullecture on The, Magic of Virgil. He quoted several passages fromthe first book of the Aeneid with which we are more familiarthan with the rest, and he also read the lines describing Aeneas'journey to the underworld. Professor Johnson explained thatthe lacrimae rerum in Virgil's work was due to his deep religiousbeliefs and to his feeling that suffering was inevitable in this world.

We especially appreciated Professor Johnson's reading of thelines describing Dido, with tortured heart and mind, in the calm,peaceful night. Here most of all we realized Virgil's magic,because we were able to feel the beauty and suggestiveness ofthe very sound.

KATHLEEN SHARP.

JAPAN.

On March 10th, we had a very enjoyable lantern-lecture onJapan, given by Miss Baker. She told us a great deal about theschool where she taught, and about the Japanese girls who wentthere, and she showed us the photographs of some of the girls,seventeen of whom were killed in an earthquake disaster. MissBaker herself only just escaped.

Miss Baker also showed us some lantern-slides of pilgrimsjourneying to shrines, and beautiful Japanese temples. One ofthese temples was so magnificent that when it was finished itsbuilder feared that the gods might be offended at seeing such aperfect piece of work created by a mortal, and so he deliberatelyturned one of its pillars upside-down in order to spoil its perfection.

MARGARET LIVINGSTON.

THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.In November of this year, Mr. Donald Grant again came to

talk to the Sixth and Fifths on some aspects of contemporarypolitics. After mentioning some manifestations of the peacefuldevelopment of humanity, he turned to general causes of unrest.By explaining the growing pains of nations, the interaction ofcommerce and ideals, he enabled his listeners to understand someof the profound currents which lie beneath the restless surfaceof the world to-day.


LIFE-SAVING.On Wednesday, February 5th, Captain Daintry gave a most

interesting lecture on Life-Saving.

Using a " patient " to illustrate his talk, he showed us howto restore to life an unconscious person, and what to do whenbreathing recommenced.

We also learned several methods of releasing oneself from theclutch of a drowning person, and the correct and easiest waysof bringing him on her back to the shore.

Then, with miniature life-saving apparatus, Captain Daintryperformed a rescue complete from the firing of a rocket life-line,to the triumphant journey of the crew (a little woolly man) tothe shore, in a breeches buoy.

After his lecture Captain Daintry instructed a class in methodsof life-saving, and questioned various members of the School.

We all enjoyed the lecture and demonstration very much,and we are quite anxious to encounter an unconscious personwhom we can aid with our newly found knowledge.

JOAN TAIT.

A FILM ON LIFE-SAVING.On Wednesday, October 28th, Miss Boddy came to School

and showed us a most interesting and instructive film on thenecessity of Life-Saving, and the various methods taught by theRoyal Life-Saving Society.

The first part of the film showed us how one man was able tosave a girl from drowning and afterwards administer artificialrespiration because he had studied life-saving at his Club, whileanother man stood by helplessly. The incapable swimmer thenvisited the Club, where admirable demonstrations of swimmingand life-saving were given both on land and in the water.

After a period of training, the previously inefficient man wasawarded his Bronze Medallion.

We all enjoyed the film very much and we are extremelygrateful to Miss Boddy who came to show us the film ; we hopethat we may welcome her again in the near future.

MARGARET SCOTT.


LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION.

The activities of the branch this year consisted of threemeetings for the Seniors and one for the Juniors. The membershipis eighty-eight, but meetings are open to all interested.

Early in October wo had the privilege of hearing M. Toledano,who talked on Abyssinia—the subject that was interesting us somuch at that time. He helped us to understand the difficultiesin the situation that determined the French attitude.

Continually we hear references to currency problems, andhave always regarded them as entirely beyond our understanding.In February Mr. McCallum made the subject interesting to usand explained what money was, and what the gold standardwas, and some of the principles that underlay the exchange ofgoods between one country and another.

At the meeting held for the Juniors, pictures of Abyssiniawere shown, and the life of the people described.

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LocaLHiSTORvSociE1:

The Local History Society is still flourishing. We have hada most successful year. Membership has been high and theexpeditions have been well attended.

In the Christmas Term some of us began to study EnglishArmorials and we hope to continue our very enjoyable meetingsthis winter. We are interested, too, in Masons' Marks, and someof our members are noting those on buildings which we visit.

Our first expedition of the season was to Finchale Priory.It is part of the tradition of the Society that it rains when wego there ; that tradition was nobly upheld. Later in the termthere was an expedition round the city walls and afterwardssome of us saw the election of the Lord Mayor.

In the Easter Term our first event was the Annual Meetingand tea. We are grateful to Dorothy Jennings for giving us thetea and for preparing a surprise for us. She and the membersin VBE had decorated the tables with candles and an illuminatedmodel of a mediaeval castle. After tea and the business meetingabout thirty members attended a lecture given at ArmstrongCollege by Professor Morison and Professor Mainds on Scott'sEdinburgh. In March a large party of us visited Alnwick andHulne Priory. The Duchess's School shewed us their usualkindness. We watched the netball match, then had lunch in theschool and afterwards some members of the Marco Polo Societycame with us to Hulne.

In the Summer Term we were able through the kindness ofthe Rev. G. W. Feiiwick to visit Prudhoe Castle. We spent avery interesting morning in Prudhoe and we are most gratefulto Mr. Fen wick for acting as our guide and for shewing us partsof old Prudhoe we should otherwise have missed, and to Mrs.Fenwick for providing very thirsty members with refreshingdrinks in a garden gay with tulips. In early June we went to


Melrose for our annual week-end. We stopped at Jedburgh onthe way and visited Queen Mary's House, where Mary Queen ofScots stayed. On Saturday most of us climbed the Eildons beforebreakfast. In the morning we visited Darnick Tower, a veryinteresting Border pele. Mrs. Heiton and her daughter, whosefamily have lived there since the fifteenth century, shewed ustheir treasures, many of them " collected " by ancestors inBorder raids. Prom Darnick we walked through the woods toAbbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott. We went in our 'busto Dry burgh in the afternoon and spent a long time admiringthe splendid abbey founded by David I of Scotland. On Sundaywe went to the service in Melrose Abbey for it was the eighthundredth anniversary of its foundation. We came home HornMelrose by Jedburgh and visited the abbey. Here an excellentguide thrilled us with many stories of Jedburgh's turbulenthistory. We returned very reluctantly to Newcastle.

The Society is grateful to Miss Parkin and Miss Ransomefor giving us so much of their time and to all who have been sokind to us on our various expeditions.

MARY WILLIS (Hon. Sec.)

CAMERA CLUB.

During the year the membership of the Camera Club hasincreased greatly. We are now some twenty strong with membersthroughout the School.

We have had an active year. In the Spring Term Mr. Parkgave us an interesting lecture on Eyes and No Eyes, which heillustrated with slides taken from his own photographs. Ourthanks are also due to Miss Randall who told us how the cameraworks in her lecture on The Scientific Side of Photography.

In the Summer Term we had a joint outing with the ArtsService Guild to St. Mary's Island. The weather was not verynice but we enjoyed ourselves just as much in the rain.

Throughout the year there have been meetings to developfilms and we are now hoping to save a great deal of money in doingour own developing.

We congratulate Joyce Martin on winning the photographicCompetition held by the Students' Careers Association with herfine photograph of Swan in Reeds.

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Joyce Martin,


In the Club's Competition which has just been held, theSenior prize was awarded to Yolande Massey, the Middle to NancyHaggar ; the Junior was not awarded. We should like to thankMr. Park of the Kodak Company for so kindly judging the entries.

STELLA VERTIGAN.

DEBATING SOCIETY.The Debating Society held two meetings in school this year,

both of which were very interesting and entertaining, althoughthe attendance was rather poor—only between 25 and 35.

At the first meeting, the motion was " The Cinema is a moresatisfying form of entertainment than the Theatre." The motionwas lost by 10 votes to 12.

The next meeting consisted of sharp-shooting debates, whichwere, as usual, very amusing, the subjects being :—

" The Moon is unnecessary."" Hunting is cruel."" The Uniform of State servants should be abolished."" One friend is better than many."" It is better to have a cottage in the country than a mansion

in the town."" There should be a Trades' Union for hens, horses and cats."

On October 16th the Society visited the Royal GrammarSchool, where we were entertained to tea, followed by a debateon the subject that " The Arts are more important in educationthan Science." After much discussion, the motion was lost by61 votes to 72.

This most enjoyable evening was a very good beginning forthe Debating Society's year.

MARGARET SCOTT.

STAMP COLLECTING.So many girls are interested in foreign stamps that an

informal society has been formed, which meets once a month.Joan Brewer is the Secretary and will gladly give particulars toany who would like to join ; new members would be very welcome.


THE EPIDIASCOPE.

This year we were fortunate in being able to buy an epidiascope.It is a great help since slides need not be made specially for it,and pictures in books and even home-made diagrams can be used..It is often in demand and is very much appreciated. The Middlesand Juniors regard it as a source of entertainment ; and it isnever so easy to learn as when we think we are playing.

JEAN HEPBURN.

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

CHRISTIAN PASSING THE LIONS.

As Christian came up the passage,He saw in front of the doorTwo lions so fierce and snarlingThat he thought he could go no more.

But the Porter, seeing him falter,Said, " Is thy strength so small ? "So Christian walked in between themAnd they did not touch him at all.

MARY HEATHERINGTON, IIIsR.

THE TREES.

High stand the pines in the greenwood fair,Their branches out far in the air.The wood pigeons coo and circle aroundOn their beautiful wings, never touching the ground.

PAT ELLIOT, II.

THE LARK.

A throbbing heart, a throbbing throat, a throbbing little brain,In the blue, blue sky of the morning brightDoth that little lark remain.And in the early morning looking up towards the blueThat little lark doth sight with joy a glimmer of golden hue.

SHIRLEY MILES, IIIsR.


AN AUTUMN SUNSET.

The day was dying fast and night was drawing nigh,And all the Heaven's glory was painted on the sky."Twas a dream of marvellous colours, of ever-changing hue,Of red and gold and orange, and green and purple, too.

And as the sun was sinking, I saw the orange fade,The red and gold had deepened to a dark and dusky shade.The purple and the green were now an indigo,And slowly night had fallen and home I had to go.

ETHEL GILLAIT, IVBR.

FAIRY-LAND.

Oh, for a life in Fairyland,A life in Tir-van-og !

My bower would be a buttercup,My sentry, a wee frog.

My home would be a mushroom brown,My butler a wee mouse,

My furniture of tiny shells,To match my tiny house.

My steed would be a butterfly,My coach a daintv shell,

My throne of purple violetsWhich I'd gather from a dell ;

My robes would be of pimpernelAs soft as thistledown,

And I would wear some lovelyGolden petals for a crown.

My page would be an elfin boy ;I'd give him clothes so fair,

And also dainty golden shoes,Gleaming with jewels rare.

But wishing must have lost its power,I wish and wish in vain,

For fairies, they have disappeared,And won't come back again.

JOSE ATKINSON, Ills.

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THE SCARECROW.I am a scarecrow. I stand in the middle of a large field

which faces the King's highway; I shall never forget the daywhen I was born. First the farmer made my legs. Then he mademy body. Last of all he made my head and arms. Then hefastened me together with nails. He clothed me in an old hatand a shabby coat. One day as I stood in the field I saw a crowdof people on the pavement. Suddenly I heard a loud cheering,and I saw a grand looking man with a golden crown on his headpass by. I knew that this man was the king. He was riding ina golden coach drawn by two snow-white horses. Then the coachslowed down and the king got out and faced the people.

'' Ladies and Gentlemen," he said in a loud voice, " I am veryglad to meet you. To-day I am going to speak to you aboutsome important matters. The first is that I have lost a pursecontaining fourteen pounds, a lump of silver and a diamondbrooch. The second is that it is the princess's birthday and sheis having a party to which everyone is invited. The party willbe tomorrow night at nine o'clock." The crowd cheered lustily asthe king drove off. Later I saw a newsboy in the streets, and Iheard him say that the king had offered ten pounds reward forthe person who could find his purse. A month afterwards alittle boy came into the field and examined me.

" What a funny coat," he shouted. " Look at the pocket."As he said this he slipped his hand inside my pocket. His handfelt something hard, he drew it out and there was the king'spurse ! Suddenly I remembered that a long time ago a man hadslipped the purse into my pocket. The little boy ran home andtold his mother. Then his mother told a policeman and thepoliceman gave the purse back to the king. Then the policemanhid himself in a hollow tree near me. Late at night a man cameup to me and searched my pockets. I recognised him as the manwho had put the purse into my pocket to hide it. Now he wascoming back for it so that he could hide it in a more convenientplace. The policeman immediately put him in prison. As for thelittle boy, he got the ten pounds reward.

JOAN HANNAH IA.

THE VILLAGE IN THE HILLS.I remember . . .Three wonderful holidays, spent so long ago that now they

seem as one, in a Cheviot village, hidden in the hills, with woodsand mountains, haughs and tarns all round us.


Every cottage had a thatched roof. There was even one, Iremember, which had a bed in the thickness of the wall. Therewere pumps in the village with lions' mouths for water spouts.In the mornings mothers would send their children for water,their pails on panniers like those of the Dutch girls of picturebooks.

Everything in the village was as it had been since the firstcottage was built. The farmers' wives salted their hams them-selves, the daughters of the house milked the cows. Each nightafter tea, when the sun's rays were turning rosy and the eveningair was cool, Jenny-from-the-farm would put on her clogs andtake me and the old sheep dog, Bess, to bring in the cows home.We went across an old, stone bridge, spanning the river where thewhirlpool is, along a path by a high, stone wall—there werenettles here and Jenny used to carry me on up the hillsideand into the field where the cows were.

We came home, I remember, down a very muddy lane, withbig " umbrella flowers " growing in its hedgerows. Jenny usedto drive the cows across the ford while Bess ran ahead, barkingfor the byre doors to be opened, and I jumped about on the littlewooden bridge, laughing and dancing with excitement, helpingto bring the cows home.

There was a little hill at the end of the village, Venchen,the last of the Cheviot range. Thither we went some part ofnearly every day, for to reach it we passed a little white-washedcottage where they made the loveliest toffee, sugary and candied,with nuts in it, and a very special flavour.

The hill had other attractions too. About halfway up it-began to be wooded, and just below the first tree there was a well,a real nursery-rhyme well, with a low stone wall round the top,a handle to turn and a little, red roof to cover it all.

It was a big, village, with a village shop, and a cookhouse,a Travellers' Rest with two green parrots in the doorway, and aforge which worked all day long. It had its crafts too ; thewatchmaker, the blacksmith and the craftsman of Venchen-side;to say nothing of old Granny Cairns who kept the village shop.Granny's fingers were always busy ; she knitted, crocheted andspun her own yarn. If she was not doing one of these she wasmaking rag mats.

Granny's was a " lift-the-latch-and-walk-in " shop. She kepteverything from fresh orchard fruit to rag dolls. I sometimes went


there on a wet day, to " help her keep shop." Then it was throughher tuition and example, that I, restless, impatient little puppythough I was, knitted a little frock for my badly mutilated ragdoll, Wendy Belinda—a feat I have never since repeated.

So happy were these long, summer holidays that I cannotremember ever leaving the village. Often in my dreams I go there,though the same fierce thunderstorm that heralded our firstvisit, but I do not wish to revisit it, to look with mortal eyes,lest when I go there I find my recollections broken, my fairieglades the lounge of some modern villa.

SHEILA HUNTER VA.

A UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGNERS IN AN ETRUSCAN CITY.

About half way between Florence and Rome, in the beautifulprovince of Umbria, lies Perugia, spread out on the tops of fivehills on the border of the Apennines. It was built by the Etruscans,and much of the original wall and many old buildings still standto testify their great and skilled workmanship. This city hasalways been mistress of the other hill towns, and to-day whenthey are nearly all dead, she is still flourishing, and owes herlife chiefly to her two Universities ; one for Italians, founded in1276, and the other for foreigners, quite a recent institution.

As during the middle ages Perugia was stormed by the troopsof the Pope or the Emperor, to-day she is stormed by legions ofstudents, who, alas, do not make the correct entry which theancient Romans did on horseback through the great gatewayssurmounted by the Perugian Griffin, but are deposited at thestation, some distance from the city, and then are eitherslowly and laboriously conveyed up the hill by a creaking tram,or rushed up at breakneck speed, the only and consequentlythe very much shaken occupants of a hotel bus.

Nearly everyone arrives at Perugia at midnight, so thefirst real view one has of it is in the morning when, after a goodnight's rest, one is ready to wander round the quaint old town.There is one main road, the Corso, where at midday and aboutseven o'clock in the evening, it is practically impossible to edgeone's way along, as the whole population, students and all, seemto congregate there and stroll up and down in a leisurely butlively stream. To find the old Perugia of the past, however,you must wander down the little cobble streets, full of queerold arches and flights of steps, which once were red, but are nowa dusty pink ; many of the streets are at such precipitous anglesthat it is some time before the foreigner can negotiate them

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without looking and feeling extremely clumsy. One wondershow old people ever exist in the hill towns ; perhaps they justsit in the sun at their doorways. Perugia is full of the spirit ofthe middle ages, yet at the same time the foreign students giveit a very lively and cosmopolitan air, and the general feeling isone of pleasure and work combined.

The University itself is in a stately old palace, with largerooms, beautifully carved doors, and delicately painted ceilingsThis year students from over thirty-two nations gathered ther.during the summer months, students of all ages, from girls andboys up to old men of seventy. It is most interesting to meet allthese different nationalities together, to discuss things with them,to hear their views on life, and, occasionally, to talk good-humoured politics. It is nice too to feel that there is a commonbond between everyone, that the old German Professor and thevery youthful looking English schoolboy are both there with thesame object, to learn not only the Italian language, but all abouther art treasures, her literature, her great past and her greatpresent. This town, ravaged alike in the olden days by Popeand Emperor, and whose streets often ran with the blood of herrival families, now lies in peace and happiness under the threeemblems which surmount her gateways : the Perugian Griffin,the Guelph Lion and the " Fasces," emblems of three eras, twopassed and dead, one present and living.

The Italians have a very sensible way of not letting theirpalaces degenerate into mere relics and museums, but of allowingmodern life to continue in them, thus keeping them alive and moreinteresting. In the " Palazzo Publico " at Perugia there is avery beautiful hall, with the shields of old nobles hanging allround the walls, a beautiful vaulted ceiling covered with frescoesand windows with lovely leaded panes. The room was used inthe middle ages by the lawyers of the city. Nowadays it is stillused occasionally, and I was fortunate enough to hear a lecturein it on The Spirit of Modern Italy, given by an author, infull Fascist uniform. The old hall was packed with students,both foreign and Italian, and with soldiers and children ; in fact,everyone who could squeeze in, was there. It was an impressivesight, and at the end, the whole palace seemed to live again inall its ages as the room rang to the old Roman cry revived by theFascists of " Eja, eja, alala ! "

DOREEN FORSTER VI.


SENIOR HOCKEY DANCE.We defied superstition by holding the Hockey Dance on

Friday, the 1 3th of December, and have decided that super-stition may be safely disregarded in future, as the dance was anunqualified success ! We should like to offer our warmest thanksand congratulations to the Games Staff and all those who workedso hard for our enjoyment.

We made merry in the hall changed beyond all recognitionby bunting and paper chains, and there were " Oh's " and " Ah's "of admiration as the curtains parted, showing us that the bandhad chosen to be Dutch boys and girls, and were playing vigorouslyon a platform decorated with a gaily painted backcloth andbunches of red and yellow tulips.

After supper, served in a strange land of fairy lights andChristmas trees (which we left reluctantly, knowing that onMonday we should find it the School dining room again) we wereprivileged to watch, in a series of shadow plays, not only howthe staff see themselves in School, but also how they spendweekends and holidays ! We saw that Miss Ransome has evenmore difficulty than usual in finding a duster at her Heraldryclasses, but we rejoiced to see that her angling was so successful ;we could really sympathise with Miss Parkin's despair at ourrenderings of Latin, and longed to accompany her and MissColman on their tramp, while Miss Randall's and Miss Campbell'sdancing made us " curiouser and curiouser."

We were very grateful too to Miss Combe, who, accompaniedby no less a personage than a Mandarin, in the person of MissHarman, delighted us with a charming Russian dance.

The band's presentation) (of Jj4 Gilbert and Sullivan Schoolentertained us so much that we have seized this opportunityto publish extracts from the libretto evolved by our anonymousparodists. BETTY DIERECX.

A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SCHOOL.Opening Chorus — Prefects, Seniors and Juniors.Tune — " If you want to know who we are " — The Mikado.

If you want to know who we are,We are schoolgirls of this age,And we love to curl our hair,For we're not very wise or sage.


Perhaps you suppose this throngCan't gabble all day long.If that's your idea, you're wrong. Ah !

Senior.

Tune—" A reg'lar Royal Queen"—The Gondoliers.

She'll go to School in a big blue 'bus,With a pass held in her hand,And, what is not surprising to us,She'll probably have to stand.The conductor will say " Are you sixteen ? "She'll answer, " Oh, yes, sir, quite,But you see I have my little 'bus pass,And so it will be all right. "

Chorus of Seniors, surrounded by mirrors.

Tune—" Comb the raven hair "—-The Mikado.

Comb the raven hair,Smooth the supple wave,Deck the maiden fair,Make the prefect rave.Pout the pretty faceAt the cloakroom glass ;Emphasize the graceOf a growing lass.Comb and mirror thus alliedWere ever by a schoolgirl plied.

Chorus of Prefects, creeping up unseen.

Tune and words : The Pirates of Penzance.

With cat-like tread,Upon our prey we steal . . .

Head Girl.

Tune and words of first verse : The Mikado.

My object all sublimeI shall achieve in time,To make the punishment fit the crime,The punishment fit the crime . . .

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All chattering noisy JuniorsWho yell from nine till four,To the Sixth are sentTo be tortured and bentTill nobody sees them no more.The Senior who sits and prides herselfUpon her lovely face,Her teeth I've enactedShall all be extractedWithout a moment's grace.

My object all sublime, etc.

Gym. Mistress, demonstrating as she sings.

Tune—" Now a gavotte perform sedately "—The Gondoliers,

Make a little curtsey, not too stately,Holding out a hand, with conscious pride,Bending the right knee (not too ornately)In an attitude sufficiently dignified.

Here's your prize, dear,Now then rise, dear ;

Curtsies never should be prolonged.

Botany Mistress.

Tune and words—" The flowers that blooni in the Spring "—The Mikado.

Chorus of Seniors.

The flowers that bloob in the Spring, tish-oo,When the boisterous Ba-arch winds blows,We weed ad we hoe ad we dig, tish-oo,Alas, we cannot quide sig, tish-oo,For we've all god codes in our dose,For we've all god codes in our dose.And thad's whad we bead whed we say or we sigOh, bother the flowers thad bloob id the Sprig.

OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.After the parents who came to the At Homes had seen the

exhibition of art, needlework and handwork, they were invitedto a short entertainment—a different one each day. The Sixthand Fifths repeated their Gilbert and Sullivan ; Form WARacted The Discovery—and ruffianly seamen they were, too',


surging round Columbas, a confident, lonely visionary ; FormIIlAB, had a happy and vigorous gym. lesson to show some oftheir physical training ; and Form IB acted The Elves and theShoemaker, which they had dramatised themselves, delightingthe audience with their gay costumes and clear voices.

The only other play given outside the Form-room was ThePrincess and the Woodcutter, which was given by Form IVA atthe Cripples' Home, Gosforth, in which they have been interestedfor a long time ; their audience ranged from big boys and girlsto tiny children who liked the crowns best of all. After a surprisetea, they were shown all round by the Sister, who most kindlygave of her time to explain some of the wonderful work whichis done there.

PROSE AND VERSE SPEAKING COMPETITIONS.The old Prose and Verse Speaking Competitions have now

been put on a House basis. Each House, through its electedrepresentatives, contributes to the final and public competitionits best speaker of prose, and of poetry, in each of two sections,the Junior and the Middle. For the Seniors this year the com-petition took the form of a dramatic reading contest. They wereoffered four scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream or SheStoops to Conquer and they chose the latter, each House drawinga lot for its scene.

There was some good, though not brilliant work in allthese sections, and the results were remarkably close. Windsorwon the cup with 66%, Tudor followed with 63% and Plantagenetand Stuart were close behind with 62 %.

GYMNASTICS.Twelve girls competed in the Leblique Memorial Com-

petition, in which Harriet Hutchison (Tudor) won the medaland Edith Wilkinson (Windsor) was a close second. In additionto the colours held by H. Hutchison, E. Wilkinson, J. Hawdon,V. Humble and J. Scott, full colours were awarded to S. Brownand K. Sharp, and half colours to E. Green, M. Fen wick, P.Coote, P. Holmes, E. Newbigin, and G. Longlands.

The Inter-form Gymnastic Competition was won by FormVA, whose work fully deserved this success. Forms VI and IIlARtied for second place and Form IVA was third.

We wish to thank Miss Grimes from Sunderland High Schooland Miss Jakes from Heaton Secondary School for their helpfulcriticisms of our work and the care and time spent in judgingthese competitions.


GAMES.NETBALL

The first team has had a fairly good season. There was goodteam spirit except on one or two deplorable occasions whenseveral members suffered from laziness. Generally the teamplayed a controlled game but many times there could have beenmuch more speed without any loss of control. We must also cureourselves of the dreadful habit of allowing the other side to gainan easy lead and then to consider the match lost before half-time.

The second team did not do nearly so well either from thapoint of view of results or standard of play. They never managedto play as a team but were always a collection of individuals.Usually their play was wild and uncertain with now and then aspark of brilliance on the part of one or two of the more experiencedmembers. KATHLEEN SHARP.

G.D.B.C.C.

A.C.A.S.

1st VIIS. BrownB. Holbrook

*H. Hutchison*P. Coote

( Vice-Captain)E. Newbigin

*K. Sharp (Capt.)*J. Hopper

* Colours.

2nd VIIG. LonglandsR. GoldstoneE. WilkinsonS. Dickinson

J. HawdonJ. ScottC. Veitch

Junior VIIA. BellM. MeikleD. HaighM. Bisset

M. McQuillenJ. SalkeldJ. Dunford

Autumn Term.1st VII—v. Heaton Secondary School2nd VII—v. Heaton Secondary School1st VII—v. Rutherford College ...2nd VII—v. Rutherford College ...1st VII—v. Armstrong College ...

...Home Lost 19— 9

...Home Lost 16— 8

...Home Won 22—15

...Home Won 22— 8...Home Won 19—10

Spring Term.1st VII—v. Church High School ...Away Scratched2nd VII—v. Church High School ...Away Scratched1st VII—v. Sunderland High School ...Away Lost 7—262nd VII—v. Sunderland High School ...Away Lost 16—201st VII—v. Durham High School ...Home Won 20— 02nd VII—v. Durham High School ...Home Lost 8—221st VII—v. Heaton Secondary School ...Away Scratched2nd VII—v. Heaton Secondary School ....Away Scratched1st VII—v. Duchess School, Alnwick ...Away Drew 28—281st VII—v. Old Girls ... Home Won 22—181st VII—v. Durham High School ...Away Lost 21—16

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HOCKEY.The first and second teams have both suffered from lack of

practice this season. The matches have not been too successfulbut the play has been fairly good. The weak point in both teamswas in the shooting of goals. The forwards rushed well into thecircle but they were not quick enough in shooting. The defencesplayed very well throughout the season ; the tackling wasparticularly good and they combined well.

The first eleven played well in the Inter-School HockeyTournament and succeeded in reaching the semi-final ; therethey were beaten by Heaton Secondary School, one goal all,but having conceded two corners.

In the Northumberland Junior County Trials, P. Coote andH. Hutchison were chosen for the team and J. Hawdon and B.Holbrook were reserves.

HABBIET HUTCHISON.

1st XIG. J. Hawdon ( Vice-CaptainL.B. *S. BrownR.B. *M. WillisL.H. R. GoldstoneC.H. *H. Hutchison (Captain)R.H. M. FenwickR.W. B. ByersR.I. G. LonglandsC.F. J. HapperL.I. B. HolbrookL.W.*P. Coote

* Colours.AUTUMN.

1st XI—v. Heaton Secondary School2nd XI—v. Heaton Secondary School1st XI—v. Rutherford College ...1st XI—v. Sunderland High School2nd XI—v. Sunderland High School1st XI—Durham County2nd XI—v. Durham County

SPRING.1st XI—v. Sunderland High School2nd XI—v. Sunderland High School1st XI—v. Rutherford College ...1st XI—v. Heaton Secondary School2nd XI—v. Heaton Secondary School

2nd XIJ. MartinM. ParkerJ. ScottW. WattsV. HumbleE. WilkinsonE. NewbiginM. ScottE. GreenK. SharpM. Hannah

.Away

.Away

.Home

.Away

.Away

.Away

.Away

. Home

.Home

.Away

.Home

.Home

Lost 2—Lost 1—ScratchedLost 3—Lost 3—ScratchedScratched

ScratchedScratchedScratchedLost 4—Lost 5—

1st XI—Reached semi-final of Schools' Hockey Tournament.

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TENNIS.Although this was not an outstandingly successful season,

yet in the main it was quite satisfactory. As a result of the badweather, of which there was a great deal throughout the Term,we were unfortunately forced to scratch several matches and wereprevented from getting as much practice as we should have liked.There was one particularly exciting match which Durham HighSchool won by the narrow margin of one game !

In the first round of the league we defeated Rutherford butin the second round, after numerous postponements, we werebeaten by Berwick in a close match. We gained second placeon Shield Day, the Church High School winning once more,and we should very much like to congratulate them on theirachievement, especially as this was Miss Gurney's last Shield Day.

PATRICIA COOTE.*P. Coote (Captain).*G. Longlands.B. Holbrook (Vice-Captain).B. Byers.

* Colours.

School Championships.Junior—H. Cotton (Plantageiiet).Senior—P. Cooto (Windsor).

Patricia also reached the final of the Northumberland Schoolgirls' Championship1st VI—v. Tynemouth High School Won 71—281st IV—v. Rutherford College School (League) ...Won 43—351st IV—v. Berwick High School (League) ...Lost 29—371st IV—v. Sunderland High School ... ...Lost 24—431st IV—v. Durham County School ... ...Scratched1st IV—v. Durham High School ... ...Lost 37—38Shield Day—2nd.

ROUNDERS.We were able to play very few matches this season because

of the weather. When we did play, however, the games weregood, though not always successful. The fielding was accuratebut rather slow and the hitting not very reliable.

The second team was slow on the whole but should becomequicker with more practice. The Juniors played keenly through-out the season and both their hitting and fielding were good.

HARRIET HUTCHISON.


1st IX 2nd IX Junior IXBackstop *J. Happer S. Dickinson T. Gibson1st Post G. Longlands J. Scott A. Bell2nd Post *R. Goldstone V. Humble M. McQuillen3rd Post P. Coote S. Elliott M. Meikle4th Post K. Sharp E. Wilkinson W. FinchDeep S. Brown M. Parker H. CottonDeep *M. Fenwick A. Coates J. LoweDeep *H. Hutchison J. Johnston W. WattsBowler C. Hutchison M. Scott P. Home

* Colours.1st IX—v. Heaton Secondary School Lost 0—41st IX—v. Church High School Lost 1—1|A IX—v. Tynemouth High School Won 9|—2A IX—v. Sunderland High School Lost 2—11A IX—v. Rutherford College School Drew 1—12nd IX—v. Heaton Secondary School Lost 1|—42nd IX—v. Church High School Won 9—5Junior IX—v. Sunderland High School Lost 1—9|Junior IX—v. Durham County School Scratched

SPORTS.Sports Day was Wednesday, June 10th, and a most successful

innovation was the catering by the Old Girls' Association, a taskrendered even more difficult by postponement of Sports onaccount of bad weather.

The finals of the throwing were completed before Sports'Day, and records were made in each section, the Senior eventbeing won by M. Fenwick with a throw of 186 ft. 10 ins. TheLong Jump was taken from standing instead of running andSeniors raced in Skipping Pairs, but other popular events recurredas usual.

The Form Trophy was won by IVfiB, with VI second andVA third.

The final order of the Houses was :—Windsor 225| points ; Stuart 222 points ; Tudor 205J

points ; and Plantagenet 194 points.


SWIMMING.Swimming has been much keener this year, mainly due to

the attempts made to pass the House tests.

We are most grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, who gave theirtime and experience so generously by helping us with talks andeven individual coachings in diving.

The House Gala was won by Tudor and Stuart was second.Prizes were awarded to S. Brown, S. Dickinson, H. Hutchison,K. Knox and E. Smith.

In the Inter-School Clala, our Juniors swam fairly well, andJoan Thaxter was third in the Intermediate race. The Seniorswere successful in the Style event only, which was won by ShirleyBrown with Vera Humble taking second place.

This year we have the honour to possess the Shield for theSchoolgirls' Championship, which was won by Joan Thaxter,who wishes it to be kept in School.

HARRIET HUTCHISON.


BRIDGET.

JOAN CABR.

Although she looks very like a pupil of the Gilbert andSullivan School, Bridget actually belongs to a limerick publishedin our last issue ; unfortunately her portrait was not then ready.

The Magazine affords a fine opportunity for collaborationbetween artists and writers ; we hope that more of these willset to work in good time for next year, and that appropriatehead-pieces will be devised for all the Houses.

Editor.


HOUSE NOTES.

WINDSOR HOUSE.

The House has done well this year in the things for whichit has worked unitedly. Our disappointing Swimming resultswere due to the fact that so many people would not or could notpass their individual tests ; instead they left all the responsibilityto a few keen people on the night of the Gala, who could not, ofcourse, make up for the general slackness.

In other games and competitions, the House, working as aHouse, has done well. In the Autumn Term we won the Proseand Verse Speaking Cup ; in the Spring Term Junior and SeniorHockey and Senior Netball Cups ; and in the Summer TermJunior and Senior Tennis and Sports Cups.

In the Spring Term we chose new House names, and Redbecame Windsor, but we kept our dragon crest.

Work hard next year, Windsors, and remember that successdepends on the keenness and combination of the House as awhole.

JOAN TAIT (Captain).

TUDOR IT I HOUSE

BETTY BROOKS.

The House has combined well this year and we were successfulin winning the Swimming Gala and the Drawing Competition.

The Juniors and Middles have been particularly keen andhave shown a team spirit throughout the year. This resulted intheir winning the Netball and Rounders Cups. They should,however, show greater individual responsibility in sports andgames generally.

If enthusiasm is maintained there is no reason why the Houseshould not do better next year.

HARRIET HUTCHISON.


STUART HOUSE

SYBIL DUNRO.

The House certainly has no cause for elation this year. Itis not only our lack of trophies which is so deplorable, althoughthat is bad enough, but something really more important. Bythis I mean slackness throughout the House as though everymember had said to herself that since there were ten others orsix others, or whatever number it might be, 011 the team it wouldnot matter if she did not turn up. You surely must see wherethis feeling is going to load us, in fact where it has already landedus. Of course there are several keen individuals, but theirs is athankless task when the House does not work as a whole. Throughthe efforts of a few we reached second place in Sports and Swim-ming Competitions and were second at the end of the Spring Term.There is nothing to prevent us from improving this position withsome' good team-work.

We are very sorry to lose our Vice-Captain, Vera Humble,who has always worked untiringly for the House and give herour best wishes for the future. We should also like to congratulateJoan Thaxter on her winning of the Swimming Schoolgirls'Championship of the City.

Well, now Stuart, what about the coining year 'I Let us makeit one to be remembered by reason of a united effort. Rememberthat a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

KATHLEEN SHABP (Captain).


PLANTAGENET HOUSE.

The House has been very unsuccessful this year. This ispartly due to the slackness of some of the Seniors who are apt toleave all the work to a few people and hope for the best. Somepeople do not even bother to come to play in House matches ;with such slackness as this we cannot expect to do well.

We were fourth in the Swimming Gala, the House DrawingCompetition and in Sports results.

The Middles are quite keen and if they remain so the Houseshould do well in the future. So keep it up Middles !

We are very sorry to lose our Vice-Captain, Barbara Holbrook,who did a great deal for the House ; we wish her luck in her newwork.

GWEN LONGLANDS (Captain).

HOUSE RESULTS.

1st XI—Hockey Matches Windsor2nd XI—Hockey Matches Windsor1st VII—Netball Matches WindsorJunior VII—Netball Matches... TudorSenior Netball Shooting Competition PlantagenetJunior Netball Shooting Competition f Plantagenet

\ WindsorJunior IX—Netball Shooting Competition TudorSenior IV—Tennis Matches WindsorJunior IV—Tennis Matches WindsorSwimming TudorSports WindsorDrawing Competition TudorProse and Verse Speaking Competitiori WindsorSpelling Competition Windsor

FINAL ORDER FOR YEAR.

1. Windsor 272 J points2. Tudor 223f ,,3. Stuart 222J „4. Plantagenet 156J „

42 High School for Girls' Magazine,.

OLD GIRLS' GUILD.

Committee :—Miss Odell (President), Marjorie Angus (Secre-tary), Rosina Cook (Treasurer), Valerie Deane (Dramatic Secretary)'Gwynneth Robinson (Games Secretary), Anna Walkinshaw(Garments), Yvonne Deane, Aileen Maconachie, Miss Parkin.

THE DINNER.

90 Old Girls and Staff attended the dinner at the StationHotel in March and had a very enjoyable evening. Mrs. Angusin the chair welcomed Miss Odell to her first dinner with us andread a letter from Miss Hiley regretting that she could not come.

Rosina Cook proposed the toast of " Miss Odell and theSchool." An interesting feature was the standing up in turn, todrink with Miss Odell, of Miss Moberly's, Miss Hiley's and MissOdell's Old Girls.

Come along Miss Moberly's Old Girls ! Let us have a betterturn-up for the next dinner.

N. SNOWDON.

THE ANNUAL MEETING.

This was held at School on May 26th, when Miss Odellreceived the members at tea.

The Secretary read a letter from Miss Hiley, wishing theGuild good luck.

It was decided that a slip should be enclosed with theMagazine to any member who was in arrears with her subscriptionstating the amount owed and asking whether she wished tocontinue her membership. It was also agreed that a charge of6d. should be made for tea at the Annual Meeting. Other detailsof business are given in the Financial Report.

Alison Rowe resigned from her position of Secretary to theGames Club. Miss Odell thanked her for all her hard work andthis was endorsed by the meeting.

Miss Odell gave a short account of the work of the Schooland then the meeting adjourned to the hall where the DramaticClub gave two plays.

M. ANGUS.


GARMENTS REPORT.I received 164 garments for distribution last year, and 17/6

in money which was spent on new clothing and brought the totalnumber up to 188. This is a slight decrease but the garmentswere all in very good condition and were greatly appreciated.I should like more nightdresses, bedjackets, pyjamas and babyclothing as these things have been specially asked for by theMatron.

Last year several parcels arrived without the senders nameand were therefore not acknowledged ; please accept our thanksthrough the Magazine. I should be very glad if clothing couldbe sent in by the date stated on the " reminder " cards so thatparcels can be delivered to the different hospitals before Christmas.Cathedral Nurses 39Royal Victoria Infirmary 14Salvation Army Home 36Poor Family 9Dame Margaret's Home, Washington 27

(Branch of Dr. Barnardo's)Fleming Memorial 19Princess Mary Maternity Hospital 13Miss Tooke of Gateshead 31

Total 188

DRAMATIC CLUB.The Club has had an active year. In November, 1935, we

gave three performances of Dear Brutus at the Little Theatre ;we were fortunate in having Mr. Neville Binns as our producerand were able to hand over £22 to the Mothers' Rest Home.

We have had fortnightly readings of plays which have beenmuch enjoyed by everyone ; these readings have had a definiteobject in view for we have been endeavouring to find a playsuitable for this year's production. Autumn Crocus hasbeen decided upon, and we are again fortunate in having Mr.Binns for our producer ; the proceeds will be given to the New-castle Eye Hospital.

At the Re-union in May the Club gave two one-act playsDear Girls and Apartments to Let. Miss Odell kindlygave us permission to make a collection after the performancein aid of Club funds.

Our membership is steadily increasing and hope that itwill continue to do so.

VALEBIE DEANE (Hon. Secretary}.


SPORTS CLUB.The Sports Club thanks Miss Odell for the interest she has

taken in the Club ; we are very grateful for the use of the Schoolhall for our Gym. classes on Monday evenings. We should liketo thank Miss Potts who takes these in alternate weeks ; it is agreat help, and we enjoy them very much. We hope some newmembers will come and join in the fun at 6-30 on Monday evenings.

G. ROBINSON (Games Secretary).

FINANCIAL REPORT.INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDING

DECEMBER 31sT, 1935.EXPENDITURE.

Magazines 15 6 0Petty Cash, Post, etc. 5 4 3Garments 0 18 2

INCOME. £ s. d.Annual Subs 12 17 0Badges 0 9 0American Tea 4 2 0

Stationery 3 15 3 j Balance being deficiencyfor year transferred toGeneral Fund 7 15 8

£25 3 8

GENERAL FUND AS AT DECEMBER 31sT, 1935.£ s. d.

Deficiency for year endedDec. 31st, 1935, trans-ferred from Inc. andExpenditure Account 7 15 8Balance carried forwd. 2 1 4 0

£10 9 8

Balance broughtforwardLife Subscription

£25 3 8

£ s. d.

8 7 82 2 0

£10 9 8

An examination of the Balance Sheets for the last few yearsshews that a balance in the bank at the end of each year has onlybeen made possible by the receipt of one or more Life Membershipsubscriptions during that year. This is unsatisfactory, not onlybecause we are drawing from the General Fund money whichshould be kept to cover the annual expenses for Life Members,but also because if a year came when we did not receive anyLife Subscriptions, wo should have a deficit in the bank.

This year's balance of £2 14s. Od. is due to the receipt of oneLife Membership subscription and the American Tea so kindlyorganised by Mrs. Angus ; otherwise we should have had toarrange an overdraft with the bank.

High flrJiool for Girls' Magazine. 45

Three changes which may help to put our finances on asatisfactory footing were agreed to at the Re-union Meeting inMay.

1. The financial year to be changed to Jan. 1st—Dec. 31st,subscriptions being due on Jan. 1st of each year.

2. Names of Old Girls who have not paid their subscriptionsup to time of the Magazine going to print to be publishedin the Magazine.

3. No Magazine to be sent to members who have not paid theirsubscription for two consecutive years.

The expenses of the Guild are conditioned by the number ofmembers on the book, so that deficits are caused by failure ofmembers to pay subscriptions. I am glad to be able to reportan improvement up to the moment in the payment of subscrip-tions for 1936.

ROSINA COOK (Hon. Treas.)

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS.[This is a full and varied budget, but of course not complete ;

we hope that Old Girls who have not sent their news will writeto their representative for next year's Magazine. The order isinevitably haphazard as items kept on arriving until the eve ofgoing to press.—Editor.]

We hear that Miss Hiley, who has now moved to 1, St. Mar-garet's Road, Girton Road, Cambridge, is very pleased that somany Old Girls have been to see her. Any Old Girls are madevery welcome at her house or at The Spindle, where, it is goodnews to hear, Miss Pattinson and Miss Oxley were kept very busy,even during the " dead season " at Cambridge.

It is nice to see so many Old Girls bringing their childrento the Junior House in the mornings. Also to hear of Old Girlswho are looking after other Old Girls' children. Peggy Headshad charge of Mrs. Brumwell's (Nora Coltman's) little girl. Peggyis now at Armstrong College and Marion Emley has taken herplace. Marjorie Roberts has a post looking after two childrenat Benton, one of whom she brings in to the Junior House everyday.

Doreen Smith is on the Handicraft Staff at Coberhill GuestHouse, Cloughton, near Scarborough, where she is teaching craftin some of the classes which are given to the residents duringthe winter months.


Joan Brunskill has a clerical post at Vickers Armstrong.Vera Belyavin has again been broadcasting with the Russian

8arafan and as before she composed the dialogue.Joan Brown is secretary to the younger partner of Messrs.

Joseph, publishers, London, and sees many interesting people inthe course of her work.

Vivien Brown gained firsts in all her final examinations inthe National Proebel Union at Bedford College and is nowteaching at Pendower Infants' School.

Ann Horsley is working for Lady Headlam in connectionwith her unemployment bureau.

Honor Bailey is in South Africa with Seymour Hicks'theatrical company.

Muriel Whiting is studying architecture ; when we last heardfrom her she was in Paris.

Florence Wilson is at home again after spending two yearsjn London as a chauffeuse-secretary. She is an expert mechanic.

Joan Liddell and Eleanor Pawson are working for Part I.Preliminary Scientific Examination and hope later to take thefinal examination in dispensing.

Marjorie Maconachie is dispensing.Marjorie Finch worked in the Almoners' Section of St.

Thomas' Hospital, London, as a trainee until October ; now sheis in the General Hospital at Croydon until the end of November.

Joyce Harbottle is teaching Domestic Science at the ShaftocTrust School, and also at Hexham Roman Catholic School.

Juliet Brown is studying as a Lady Almoner in London.Kathleen Pattie has a secretarial post at the B.B.C.Vera Humble is at St. Margaret's Training College, Ripon.Margaret Livingston is working at Pendower Library.Marjorie Walling is at Newnham.Yvonne Adamson is at St. Hilda's, and Margaret Rogers at

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.Inez Scott is at St. Mary's College, Durham.Jean Gourlay, Barbara Todd, Lucy Ainsley, Dorothy Allan,

Sheila Smith, Joyce Elliott and Peggy Heads are at ArmstrongCollege ; Barbara Holbrook is there as an occasional Art student.

Brenda Morrison, Margaret Purdie and Mary Taylor are atthe College of Medicine.


Hazel Carr and Marjorie Winship are at the King EdwardSchool of Art.

Lucette Peugniez is training at St. George's Hospital, PhyllisNewbigin at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Boryl Smith at theFleming Memorial Hospital.

Mary Brown and Maureen March are studying domesticscience at Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh ; and at the NorthernCounties' Training College of Domestic Science we are representedby Zoe Brown, Lilian Butler, Dorothy Hutchison, Alison Nowbigin,Margaret Strauchan and Aline Veitch.

Jean Kaye is at Cheltenham.Sheila Mackenzie is pupil teaching at North Heatoii.Edith Newbigin is at Lancaster Gate Training College.Betty Byers and Margaret Fenwick are at school in Switzer-

land.Sybil Durno is taking a secretarial course.Joan Tait is studying for the Civil Service.Jean Gale and Eileen Smith are both in business.Muriel Robinson is teaching Modern Languages at Dr.

Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham.Kathleen Harrison, M.A., achieved a first class in her Teaching

Diploma at Armstrong College and was top of the list. She hasbeen appointed German Mistress at Castleford Grammar School,Yorkshire. She was delighted to find that Nancy Fawcett isGymnastic Mistress there.

Nancy Douglas (Mrs. Hill) has been home on leave fromPatna, India, with her little girl, Ann Jaqueline.

Joyce Kimpster has an appointment in London as organiserfor the Conservative Association.

Isabel Taylor has just finished at Chelsea Physical TrainingCollege and been appointed as Physical Training Mistress atWhyteleafe Secondary School.

Dinah Thompson is training at the P.N.E.U. College,Ambleside.

Joan Hawdon is training at the Robert Jones and AgnesHunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, Salop.

Betty Dunford has a post in the Bank of England.Mrs. Janner (Elsie Cohen) in July was appointed a Justice

of the Peace for the County of London. She is probably one of theyoungest magistrates in London.


Marjorie Birchall is at the Cottage Hospital, Cobham.Hilda Brodie is in Cairo.Mrs. Wood (Jean Pickering) and her husband are running

the Northumberland Arms Hotel, Felton, and will be verypleased to see Old Girls there.

Isobel Little is Assistant Librarian at the County Library,Morpeth.

Janet Little is Club Leader at the Y.W.C.A., Swansea.Peggy Little is a District Nurse at Fenham.Nan Little is a nurse at Bradford General Infirmary.Margaret Duncan is training as a Hospital Almoner in London.Eleanor Duncan is on the Massage Staff at the Royal Victoria

Infirmary.Joan Chetwynd is working for her Social Service Certificate

at the London School of Economics.Molly Proctor is a Norland Nurse.Joan Allingham is studying dietetics at St. Thomas' Hospital.Margaret Forgie is in her second year at Bergman Osterberg

College, and Harriet Hutchison in her first.Lucy Severs has been student teaching and is now at Kenton

Lodge Training College.Gwelma Read is teaching at Egbaston College, Birmingham.Emily Snowball is running a Juvenile Educational Centre

at the West End for girls who have just left the ElementarySchools and have no jobs to go to.

Helen Sweet is working for an architect.Gladys Coel is enjoying work in a solicitor's office.

' Mary Griffiths is at the Rodmure School of Needlework.Helen Noble is working in a Gateshead Bank.Daisy Dunn and Marjorie Bunch are now established in

Eldon Place as the Northern Weavers and make and sell handwovencloths and furnishing materials.

Lucy Simpson has taken up medicine and is now workingfor her second year examination at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Moyra Hanks is working in the Advertising Department ofThomas Hedley & Co., Ltd.

Trixie Dodds, who has been teaching at Frodsham, Cheshire,for the last two years, is now back in Newcastle, and is doingsupply work for the Northumberland Education Committee.


Gwen Gregory is teaching at Gordon College, Whitley Bay.

Aileen Maconachie has a most interesting post as governess-secretary with Colonel and the Lady Doris Blacker of Coates,Sussex. Colonel Blacker was Chief Observer of the 1933 MountEverest Flight Expedition and co-author of Wings over Everest.

Elsie Winstanley is now on the staff of the Conservatoire ofMusic.

Patricia Clough is beginning her second year at St. Mary'sTraining College, Lancaster Gate.

Doreen Dight is in Barclays' Bank, Durham.Esther Rogers, second year training at the Royal Academy of

Dramatic Art, London.Margaret Crump has a post in Martin's Bank, Newcastle.Joyce Barnes is doing secretarial work.Doris Philipson is teaching Domestic Science under the

Wallsend Education Committee.Mary Clay has taken her Diploma of Veterinary State

Medicine ; she is the first woman to get it !Elizabeth Brown has been appointed a Cookery Demonstrator

for the Newcastle Electric Supply Company.Vera Boyd is studying domestic science at the National

Training College, London.Dorothy Allan is playing hockey for Armstrong College and

the University.

We congratulate Esther McCracken on her successes with theB.B.C. We have all heard Esther's Tyneside Songs on the wirelessbut not all of us knew that she only sings songs which she herselfhas composed.

Her play The Willing Horse has gained a prize for an originalone-act play and she has just published another, The Jig-Saw.

Esther is also the author of a collection of children's storiesfor the Children's Hour and in January is to begin producingfor the B.B.C.

Marjorie Walling is Vice-President of the Cambridge Mummersand in 1935 was one of the three women students who were thefirst to be allowed to act for the Cambridge A.D.C.

Anne Pickering has taken her L.D.S., Leeds.


AUTUMN CROCUS.Autumn Crocus, by C. L. Anthony, was performed on Novem-

ber 20th and 21st by the Old Girls' Dramatic Club, and was astriking success both dramatically and financially.

The Club is looking forward to producing another successnext season.

Play readings begin in January and prospective new membersshould send in their names as soon as possible to the HonorarySecretary : Valerie Deane, 33, Woodlands, Gosforth.

MARRIAGES.CHRISTIE-BUNTING.—At Lesbury Parish Church on April 22nd,

1936, by Rev. Wilfred Jackson, Charles Alexander Christie,eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Christie, of Elgin, to JoyceLowe, daughter of the late Dr. Bunting, of Newcastle, andMrs. Bunting, of Alnmouth.

CROSS-VICK.—At Newcastle Cathedral on July 18th, KennethCross, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cross, of Cambridge,to Charlotte Randolph Muriel Vick, only daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Vick, of Gosforth.

HoGG-KiRKLEY.—At Jesmond Methodist Church, on Sept. 5th,by Rev. T. H. Kirkman, J. Hogg to Margaret, only daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Kirkby, of Jesmond.

HUNTER-BUCHANAN.—On March 28th, at St. George's Church,George Burton, son of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Hunter, of Newcastle,to Margaret Adamson, daughter of the late Mr. SamuelBuchanan and Mrs. Buchanan.

JEFFERIES-MOAT.—At Sandyford Methodist Church, on October3rd, Alfred, eldest son of Rev. T. A. and Mrs. Jefferies, toBarbara Moat.

RUDGE-PATERSON.—On July 14th at St. James CongregationalChurch, Dr. A. J. Rudge to Nora Paterson.

TAYLOR-TOMLINSON.—At St. Gabriels Church, Heaton, R. W.Taylor to Freda Tomlinson.

TAYLOR-NICOL.—On August 27th, T. W. Taylor to Muriel NicolBoWMAN-CooTE.—On December 21st, 1935, at St. Georges

Church, Jesmond, Benjamin T. Bowman to Cecilia M. Coote.WALTON-BATEY.—At Cape Town Cathedral, on November 14th,

1935, Arthur John, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walton, ofNewcastle, to Muriel Adelaide, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.J. T. Batey, of Newcastle.

POTTS-REAY.—On June 15th, J. Potts to Susan Reay.


BIRTHS.ALLEN.—On August 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Allen (nee

Dorothy Bedford) a son.ANGUS.—On January 3rd, 1936, at 62, Bewick Road, Gateshead,

to Dr. and Mrs. Angus (nee Marjorie Gillespie) a daughter,Katharine Felicity.

BEAN.—On November 30th, 1935, at Penlea, to Peggy (neeOgden) wife of Rev. H. H. W. Bean, 57, Osborne Avenue,a son.

BENNETT.—At 66, Kenton Lane, Newcastle, on December 30th,1935, to Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett (nee Helen Wright),a daughter, Elizabeth Anne.

BLAKEY.—On September 22nd, at St. Margaret's Nursing Home,to Mr. and Mrs. George Blakey (nee Margaret Galloway)a son, James Peter.

BUCHANAN.—On August 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan (neeBeryl Hudson) a daughter, Anna.

GIBSON.—On February 18th, at Hexham, to Joan Margaret(nee Gair), wife of Wilfred H. Gibson, a daughter.

GILLESPIE.—On September 18th, at Dunheved, Brunton Park,to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gillespie (nee Molly Wilson) a son.

HARKNESS.—In September, to Dr. and Mrs. Norman Harkness(nee Mabyl Macfadyen) of Fletton Avenue, Peterborough,a daughter, Judith Noryl.

HAYES.—In London on June 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. NormanHayes (nee Marjorie Francis) a son.

McCRACKEN.—To Dr. and Mrs. J. D. W. McCracken (nee BettyArmstrong) 53, Moorside South, Fenham, a son.

NICHOL.—On March 8th, at Corbridge Maternity Home, toKathleen (nee Brett), wife of Philip Nichol, a son, JohnPhilip Brett.

NICHOLSON.—On May 13th, to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson (neeFosbery) a daughter, Shirley.

SMITH.—On November 27th, at 24, St. Edmund's Road, Ipswich,to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smith (nee Sybil Brodie) a daughter.

TAYLOR.—On April 23rd, 1936, at 33, West Avenue, Gosforth, toMargaret (nee Stephenson) wife of L. T. Taylor, a daughter.

WARD.—In February, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ward (nee EnaDodds) a son, John Teasdale. '

WALTON.—On September 13th, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Walton(nee Nancy Robinson) a daughter.


WILLIAMS.—On September 3rd, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. Williams(nee Gwen Dash) a son.

YEOMAN.—In December, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. G. Yeoman(nee Margaret Jones) a daughter.

CRONE.—February 6th, 1936, to Edith Crone (nee Maudlin) adaughter, Judith.

IRELAND.—At The Gables, on October llth, to Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Ireland (nee Freda Cairns) of Hexham, a daughter.

CLAY.—In July, to Dr. and Mrs. John Clay, a son.

DEATHS.CROZIER.—Gateshead, 17, Regent Terrace, November 30th, 1935,

Mabel, dearly loved daughter of Gertrude and the lateWilliam Crozier.

RAINBOW.—On April 19th, 1936, Maud Marian, beloved wife ofLeonard Rainbow (nee Eden).

WILLIAMSON.—On July 18th, 1936 (suddenly) Isabella Jane(Elsie), eldest daughter of.the late J. B. and Mrs. Williamson,of North Shields.

The following are representatives of Groups of Old Girls.Their duties are to keep in touch with the group and send news ofthem to the Secretary, to see that they turn up at Schoolfunctions, and to collect subscriptions and forward them to theTreasurer. A full list of groups with names and address is beingsent to each representative.

I.—E. Hastewell, 10, Wellburn Park, Newcastle.II.—Mrs. Robinson, 59, Wingrove Road, Fenhaui, Newcastle.III.—Marjorie Potts, 10, Grosvenor Road, Newcastle.IV.—Mrs. Reid, 113, Osborne Road, Newcastle.V.—M. Rowe, 57, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle.VI.—Miss Pavin, C.N.H.S.VII.—M. Walkinshaw, 1, Jesmond Road, Newcastle.VIII.—Mrs. Angus, 62, Bewick Road, Gateshead.IX.—R. Cook, Leyburn, Castleton Grove, Jesinond, Newcastle.X.—M. Hanks, 14, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle.XI.—A. Maconachie, 1, Tynevale Terrace, Ben ton.XII.—Mrs. Pearson, 9, Brandling Park, Newcastle.XIII.—M. Wilson, 36, Sanderson Road, Newcastle.XIV.—XV.—Mrs. Adamson, 30, Osborne Avenue, Newcastle.XVI.—Y. Deane, 33, Woodlands, Gosforth.XVII.—G. Robinson, 32, Moorfield, Jesmond, Newcastle.XVIIII.—A. Walkinshaw, 6, St. George's Terrace, Newcastle.XIX.—Mrs. Bates, Westholme, Two Ball I,onnen, Newcastle.XX.—Mrs. Saunders, 34, Northumberland Avenue, Gosforth.XXI.—J. Pattie, 9, Park Road, Jarrow.XXII.—Norah Allen, 26, Elmfield Gardens, Gosforth.XXIII.—Dorothy Allen, 37, Briarwood Crescent, Walkerville.XXIV.—R. Coates, 27, Highbury, Newcastle.XXV.—J. Tait.


GROUP I.Representative,

E. HASTEWHIJ,.I,. Butler.H. Carr. 'H. Crawford.G. Hildrey.K. Hitchfield.H. Johnson.J. Kennedy.B. Morrison.D. Mothersdale.L. Peugniez.

GROUP IV.Representative,

J. REID.B. BrodieH. Brodie.E. Chishohn.E. Friend.N. Henderson.T. Hodgson.Mrs. Horsley.Z. Hudden I<indon.M. Massev.N. Moffitt.P. Robinson.M. Smith.G. Squire.X. Snowdon.

GROUP VII.Representative,

M. WALKINSIIAW.M. Brett.D. Dodds.D. Duncan.M. Hawdon.B. Holmboe.K. Mawer.K. Nichol.P. Bean.A. Rutherford.D. Roper.D. Smith.E. Stott.L. Simpson.M. Carr.

GROUP II.Representative,

IX ROBINSON.N. Allen.M. Armstrong.J . Brown.V. Clements.J. Fairbairn.J. Harbottle.M. Kirkby.K. Pattie.E. Pawson.D. Philipson.A. Pickering.G. Read.C. Ross.F. Ross.D. Smith.D. Swainston.I/. Tinn.

GROUP V.Representative,

M. ROWK.E. Clapham.D. Cooper.D. Dunn.M. Dykes.M. Gover.B. Kirkhouse.J. Phillips.N. Walton.A. Rowe.W. Rowe.

GROUP VIII.Representative,

M. ANGUS.D. Anderson.M. Angus.C. Gover.L. Haslam.Miss Hiley.A. Homfray.R. Martin.M. Rowell.W. Walton.E. Willis.J. Wood.M. Taylor.D. Crozier.L,. Anderson.E. Forster.E. Williamson.J. Bush.A. Charlton.

GROUP III.Representative,

M. PoTTs.P. Bennett.M. Blow.H. Brown.N. Brown.0. Carter.C. Clayton-Green.M. Forster.A. Richardson.C. Simpson.N. Grinling.1. Uttle.J. Worters.

GROUP VI.Representative,

Miss PARKIN.R. Birk.N. B rum well.C. Coote.M. Darnell.M. Geddie.M. Gibson.E. Hogg.E. Jung.N. Kennedy..B. McHugh.M. Middleirfiss.I. Surtees.N. Redshaw.M. Robinson.J. Stephenson.C. Swan.U. Swan.M. Thompson.N. Westwater.J. Wild.F. Wilson.R. Woodhouso.B. Sparks.

GROUP IX.Representative,

R. COOK.R. Barker.E. Brown.P. Brown.J. Brunskill.M. Eddy.I,. Forman.J. Morley.N. Patterson.D. Stimpson.D. Ketton.E. Winstanley.M. Walling.


GROUP x.Representative,

M. HANKS.J. Allingham.V. BROWN.Z. Brown.G. Coel.J. Gale.M. Griffiths.D. Hutchinson.H. Noble.I/. Stone.B. Todd.L. Simpson.E. Smith.

GROUP XIII.Representative,

M. WILSON.M. Blakey.Mrs. Cohen.M. Cooper.J. Dalgliesh.N. Hope.E. McCracken.G. Pumphrey.L. Pumphrey.M. Vick.B. McCracken.

GROUP XVI.Representative,

Y. DEANE.G. Ay ton.U. Besley.D. Besley.P. Binks.I. Cowden.E. Crook.N. Finn.M. Idle.M. Piercy.V. Deane.S. James.

GROUP XI.Representative,

A. MACONACHIE.E. Batey.T. Dodds.E. Duncan.M. Duncan.C. Ferry.G. Gregory.M. Grieve.P. Harper.M. Horn.R. Spink.A. Eandreth.M. Ijddle.E. Nicholson.M. Mayo.E. Walton.F. Smirk.J. Sparks.

GROUP XIV.Representative,

B. Hudson.M. Finch.E. Holmes.A. Morgan.A. Nelson.M. Nicholson.I. Purdie.E. Read.N. Robinson.A. Pankhurst.D. Simpson.M. Tasker.N. Spain.E. Taylor.K. Webb.K. Wildsmith.M. Wildsmith.N. Little.

GROUP XVII.Representative,

G. ROBINSON.B. Abrahams.M. Birchall.P. Brocklehurst.B. Dunford.P. Izod.M. Scott.D. Forster.

GROUP XII.Representative,

M. PKARSON.J. Bellerby.Miss Dixon.Miss Moberly.M. Smith.H. Wilson.T. Hawthorn.M. Temperlev.C. Reid.D. Grant.B. Holmes.D. McEune.R. Wall.

GROUP XV.Representative,

F. ADAMSON.E. Armstrong.M. Holmes.M. Nicholson.M. Pearse.Miss Phillips.E. Rounthwaite.M. Runciman.N. Seymour.F. Simpson.B. Turnbull.M. Beal.R. Towers.

GROUP XVIII.Representative,

A. WAI<KINSHAWN. Challoner.E. Brooks.D. Elcoat.M. Ellis.


GROUP xix.Representative,

W. RATIOS.I). Smith.M. Nicholson.D. Preston.Mrs. Colvin Watson.

GROUP XXII.Representative,

N. ALLEN.M. Mackie.V. Adainson.'J. Bulow.B. Oliver.J . Outhwaite.M. Purdie.M. Redfern.E. Shedden.M. Taylor.C. Watkin.S. Smith.

GROUP XXV.Representative,

JOAN TAIT.S. Durno.J. Elliott.M. Fenwick.H. Hutchison.B. Holbrook.V. Humble.D. Jennings.J. Kaye.S. Mackenzie.S. Moorhead.E. Newbigin.J. Stepheusou.

GROUP XX.Representative,

I). SAUNDKRS.Iv. Arnold.I). Breiinand.D. Cross.M. Cross.M. Duff .S. Hedley.N. Hill. 'I. Morrison.E. Ward.

GROUP XXII I .Representative,

I). ALLEN.M. Armstrong.P. Clough.M. Crump.I). Dight.M. Forgie.J. Wddell.E. Rogers.J . Barnes.

GROUP XXI.Representative,

J. I'AT'ME.M. Brown.K. Grant.K. Hay.J. I-ee:M. March.A. Robson.A. Tasker.H. Tasker.A. Veitch.M. Wilson.M. Winship.II. Sweet.N. Ward.M. White.E. Wilkinson.

GROUP XXIV.Representative,

R. COATES.M. Allen.C. Barker.M. Barker.K. Brown.M. de Collongues.H. Cozens.M. Cozens.E. Elliott.Evelyn Elliott.J. Gourlay.I. Laws.G. Morley.M. Ormston.M. Petrie.E. Thompson.G. Sparks.


MEMBERS OF THE OLD GIRLS' GUILD.*Miss Moberley, 28, Lansdowne Gardens, Jesinond.*Miss Hiley, 1, St. Margaret's Road, Girton Road, Cambridge.*Miss Odell, 17, Archbold Terrace, Jesmond.Adarnson, Yvonne, 30, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond.Adamson, Mrs. (P. Young), 30, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond.Allan, Dorothy, 37, Briarwood Crescent, Walkerville, Newcastle 0.Allan, Nancy, 54, Appletree Gardens, Walkerville, Newcastle 6.Allen, Marjorie, 26, Elmfield Gardens, Gosforth.Allen, Norah, 26, Elmfield Gardens, Gosforth.Allingham, Joan, 24, The Drive, Benton.

fAnderson, Dorothy, 4, Orchard Place, Hexham.Anderson, Lottie, junior Instruction Centre for Girls, Station Approach,

Bishop Auckland.fAngus, Mrs. (Madge Angus), 16, Glebe Crescent, Stirling.•[Angus, Mrs. Alan (Marjorie Gillespie), 62, Bewick Road, Gateshead.*Armstrong, Mrs. (Ethel Bargate), 2, Elmfield Road, Gosforth.Armstrong, Mary, 13, Ashfield Terrace West, Newcastle 4.Arnold, Eda, 10, Belle Vue Villas, East Bolam, Co. Durham.Ayton, Gwen, Rosebank, Marine Avenue, Monkseaton.Bailes, Edith, 4, Baxter Avenue, Newcastle 4.Barker, Constance, 37, Woodlands, Gosforth.Barber, Margaret, 37, Woodlands, Gosforth.Barker, Ruth, 96, St. George's Terrace, Newcastle 2.Barnes, Joyce, Durina, Lyndhurst Road, Benton.Baty, Eveline, 48, Harley Terrace, Gosforth.Bates, Mrs. (Winifred Nicol), Westholme, Two Ball Lonnen, Fenham.Beal, Mrs. (Mary Penny), 6, Churchill Road, Guildford, Surrey.

tBellerby, Jessie, 42, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond.f Bennett, Peggy, Par Pairholme Farm, Norton-on-Swale, near Northallerton.Besley, Doreen, 56, Marine Avenue, Monkseaton.Besley, Una, 56, Marine Avenue, Monkseaton.Binks, Phyllis, 18, Moorside South, Penham.Birchall, Marjorie, 5, The Drive, Gosforth.Birk, Rita, 3, Tankerville Place, Newcastle 2.Blakey, Mrs. (Margaret Galloway), 45, Larkspur Terrace, Jesmond.Blow, Dorothy, Westbourne, Benton.Blow, Marjorie, Westbourne, Benton.Bolam, Mrs., Westmorland House, Otterburn Gardens, Fenliam.Brennand, Mrs. (Doris Batey), North Cottage, Adderstone Crescent,

Jesmond. .fBrett, Mary, 35, Mitchell Avenue, Jesmond.Brocklehurst, Peggy, 40, Eldon Place, Newcastle.Brodie, Beryl, 34, Eldon Place, Newcasrle.Brodie, Hilda, 12, Sefton Avenue, Heaton.Brooks, Mrs. (Elsie Mark), 13, Framlington Place, Newcastle.Brown, Eileen, The Firs, Chester Road South, Kidderminster.Brown, Elizabeth, 15, West Avenue, Gosforth.

f Brown, Helen, 6, Victoria Road, Colchester.Brown, Juliet, Lelant House, Stakeford, Choppington.Brown, Mary, School House, Broomhill, Morpeth.Brown, Norah, King's Norton High School, Birmingham.Brown, Patricia, Redcroft, Rectory Road, Gosforth.Brown, Vivien, 23, Towers Avenue, Jesmond.

f Brown, Zoe, Rossie House, Hebburn-on-Tyne.JBrumwell, Mrs. (Nora Coltman), 10, Sydenham Terrace, Newcastle.Brunskill, Joan, 28, Pern Avenue, Newcastle 2.


Brush, Mrs. (Jean Recordon), 127, Kinghorne Road, Dundee.Buchanan, Mrs. (Beryl Hudson), 123, Park Avenue, Newcastle.Bulow, Joan, Pencarrow, Sandy Lodge Way, Northwood, Middlesex.Butler, Lilian, 26, Hawthorn Gardens, Monkseaton.Carr, Hazel, 3, Greywood Avenue, Fenham.Carr, Mary, 39, Wingrove Road, Newcastle 4.

jCarter, Olive, Dene View, Heaton Road.tChalloner, Nancy, 15, Framlington Place, Newcastle.Chisholm, Ella, 81, Rosebery Crescent, Jesmond.Clapham, Esther, 4, Grange Avenue, Benton.Clayton-Green, Mrs. (Connie Simm), 9, Ashfield Grove, Monkseaton.Clements, Vera, Kenilworth, Rosebery Crescent, Newcastle 2.Clough, Patricia, 34, Granville Gardens, West Hartlepool.Coates, Ruth, 27, Highbury, Jesmond.Collongues, Marick de, 15, Tankerville Terrace, Newcastle 2.

fCook, Rosina, 4, Castleton Grove, Newcastle 2.jCooper, Mrs. (Dorothy Wright), 44, Claremont Avenue, West Dentou,

Lemington.Coote, Cecilia (Mrs. Bowman), 1, Grosvenor Villas, Newcastle 2.Cowden, Irene, 70, Jesmond Road, Newcastle 2.Cozens, Hilda, 217, Wingrove Road, Fenham.Cozens, Margaret, 217, Wingrove Road, Fenhani.Crawford, Hilda, 318, Heaton Road, Newcastle 6.Crook, Ennys, Meadowcroft, Stocksfield.Crook, Marjorie, Meadowcroft, Stocksfield.Crosby, Brita, Earlington, Clousden Hill, Forest Hall.Cross, Mrs. (Muriel Vick).

fCross, Dorothy, 22, Gowan Terrace, Newcastle 2.jCross, Margaret, 22, Gowan Terrace, Newcastle 2.Crump, Margaret, 87, Rosebery Crescent, Newcastle 2.Crozier, D., 17, Regents Terrace, Gateshead.Dagleish, Janet, Patervan, Middleton Avenue, Newcastle 4.Darnell, Margaret Ingarth, Leazes Lane, Hexham.Deane, Valerie, 33, Woodlands, Gosforth.Deane, Yvonne, 33, Woodlands, Gosforth.Dight, Doreen, The Quantocks, White Smocks, Durham.

*Dixon, Miss, 28, Lansdowne Gardens, Newcastle 2.Dodds, Dorothy, 12, King Edwards Road, Heaton.Dodds, Trixie, 51, Rokeby Drive, Gosforth.Duff, Marjorie, 16, Victoria Square, Newcastle 2.Duncan, Eleanor, 37, Grange Road, Newcastle.

fDuucan, Dora, 31, Moorside, Fenham.Dunford, Betty, 3, Eslington Terrace, Newcastle 2.Dunn, Doris, 10, Moorfield, Newcastle 2.Durno, Sybil, 78, Newlands Road, Newcastle 2.Dykes, Marjorie Dunira, Osborne Road, Newcastle 2.Eddy, Mabel, 1, Gladstone Avenue, Monkseaton:Elcoat, Mrs. (Doris Wear), 34, Sanderson Road, Newcastle 2.Elliott, Enid, 34, Heaton Road, Newcastle 6.Elliott, Joyce, Woodlands, Benton.Ellis, Mary, The Lowlands, West Woodburn, Northumberland.Emmerson, Mary, Vallum View, Hexham Road, Throckley.Fairbairn, Joyce, 21, St. Mary's Terrace, Ryton.Fenwick, Margaret, The Vicarage, Prudhoe.

|Ferry, Connie, Bank House, Cottenham Street, Newcastle 4.Finch, Marjorie, 17, Kingsland, Newcastle 2, and 3, Grenville Place,

Kensington. • • - . - .


Pinlay, Doreen, 25, Jesmond Park West, Newcastle.Finn, Nora Heathfield, Moor Road, Gosforth.Forgie, Margaret, Bergman Datenby Physical Training College, Dartford

Heath, Kent.Forman, Linda, 31, The Drive, Benton.Forster, Dorothy, 30, Dryden Road West, Gateshead.Forster, Eleanor, 2, Priors Terrace, Tynemouth.Forster, May, 18, Lynn wood Avenue, Newcastle 4.Friend, Eleanor, 5, Highbury, Newcastle.Gale, Jean, 8, Swaledale Gardens, Newcastle 6.Geddie. Mary, 9, Dora Road, London, S.W. 19.

fGibson, Margaret, 46, Eldon Place, Newcastle.Gourlay, Jean, 59, Campbell Street, Newcastle.Cover, Connie, Redroofs, Alnmouth.Grant, Mrs. (Doris Fleming), 77, Linden Road, Gosforth.Grant, Kathleen, Dilston Close, Corbridge.Gregory, Gwen, 31, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth.Grieve, Mary, 311, Grove End, Gardens, St. Johns Wood, N.W. 8.Griffith, Mary, 37, Moor Crescent, Gosforth.Grinling, Nancy, Hollytrees, Ranleigh, Essex.Hanks, Moyra, 14, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle 2.

fHarbottle, Joyce, 6, Mason Avenue, Whitley Bay.fHarper, Phyllis 73, Rothwell Road, Gosforth.fHaslam, Mrs. (Leslie Cail), 2, Woodlands, Hexham.Hastewell, Elsie, 10, Welburn Park, Newcastle 2.Hawdon, Joan, 25, Sanderson Road, Newcastle 2.Hawdon, Margaret, 4, Stannington Avenue, Heaton.

fHawthorn, Miss C. M., Easton Hall, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle 2.Heads, Peggy, 42, Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay.

tHedley, Mrs. (Sybil Routledge), 22, Wolverley Terrace, Gosforth.Henderson, Nora, Edelweiss, Hexham Road, Dunston-on-Tyne.Hildrey, Greta, The Hall, Forest Hall.

fHill, Mrs. (Nancy Douglas), Patna, India.Hitchfield, Edith, Hartford House, Linden Terrace, Whitley Bay.Hodgson, Tessie, Holmfield, Adderstone Crescent, Newcastle 2.Hogg, Mrs. (Margaret Kirkby), Grosvenor Road, Newcastle 2.Hogg, Mrs. E. M. (Ena Robinson), Holly Lodge, Brinkburn Road, Darlington.Holbrook, Barbara, 11, Lily Crescent, Newcastle 2.Holmboe, Betty, 313, Wingrove Road, Newcastle 4.

tHolmes, Bertha, 9, Rosebery Crescent, Jesmond.Holmes, Elsie, 67, Cardigan Terrace, Newcastle.

tHolmes, Mary, The Small House, Straight Road, Lexden, Colchester.Holmes, Pauline, Heather Lea, Church Road, Low Fell.

*Homfray, Mrs. (Alice Bargate), 49, Queen's Road, Newcastle 2.Hope, Nancie, 21, Victoria Avenue, Whitley Bay.

*Horsley, Mrs., 58, Highbury, Jesmond.Humble, Vera, 39, Hawthorn Gardens, Monkseatou.Hutchinson, Dorothy, 41, Linden Road, Gosforth.Hutchison, Harriet, 5, Philipson Street, Walker, Newcastle. 0.Idle, Margaret, 5, Regina Crescent, Victoria Avenue, Hull,

flzod, Peggy, 23, Sandringham Terrace, Benton.James, Sylvia, 173, Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham.Jennings, Dorothy, 115, Normount Road, Newcastle 4.Johnson, Hilda, 21, Northumberland Avenue, Gosforth.Kaye, Jean, 9, Ravensdale Crescent, Low Fell.Kennedy, Joan, 82, Breamish Road, Jarrow.Kennedy, Nancy, 82, Breamish Road, J arrow.


Ketton, Doris, South Lodge, Benton.Kirkhouse, Mrs. (Beatrice Dunn), 55, Fern Avenue, Newcastle 2.Lamb, Nell, 23, Beech Grove, Benton.Landreth, Amy, Northumberland Avenue, Forest Hall.Laws, Irene, 3, Hollywood Avenue, Heaton.Lee, Joyce, Allendale House, Crawcrook, Ryton,-on-Tyne.Liddell, Joan, 10, Beech Grove, Benton.Liddell, Mrs. (Marjorie Douthwaite), Manesty, Ingleby Way, Wallington,

Surrey.Little, Nan, 48, Larkspur Terrace, Newcastle 2.Little, Isobel, 48, Larkspur Terrace, Newcastle 2.Mackenzie, Sheila, 38, Osborne Avenue, Newcastle 2.Mackie, Marjorie, Osborne Avenue, Newcastle 2.Maconachie, Aileen, 1, Tynedale Terrace, Benton.McCullagh, B., 20, Tankerville Terrace, Newcastle 2.March, Maureen, 15, Loup Terrace, Blaydon.

fMartin, Mrs. (Ruth Williamson), 5, Chestnut Avenue, Southborough,Tunbridge Wells.

Massey, Marjorie, Burn Lea, Bridge Park, Gosforth.Mawer, Mrs. (Kathleen Duncan), 99, Nuns Moor Road, Fenham.

fMays, Mrs. (Elsie Robins), 71, Westcote Drive, Leicester.McCracken, Mrs. (Betty Armstrong), 53, Moorside, Fenham.McCracken, Mrs. A. (Esther Armstrong), 36, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle 2MeEune, Dorothy, 4, Cliftonville, South Gosforth.McHugh, Bessie, 42, Westlands, Heaton.Moffitt, Norah, 83, Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton.Moorhead, Susan, 4, Toward Street, Heaton.Mordue, Betty, 14, Wilson Gardens, Gosforth.Morgan, Mrs. (Agnes Hardy), 47, Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City,

Herts.Morley, Gwyneth, 5, Otterburn Terrace, Jesmond.Morrison, Mrs. (Ida Dodds), Westholme, Northumberland Road, GosforthMorrison, Brenda, 291, Wingrove Road, Fenham.Mothersdale, Dora, 8, Cherryburn Gardens, Newcastle 4.Nelson, Ann, Moor View, Backworth.Newbigin, Edith, Clifton Mount, Grange Park Road, Newcastle 4.

fNichol, Mrs. (Kathleen Brett), Kinellan, Stocksfield.Nicholson, Edna, 237, Osborne Road, Jesmond.Nicholson, Marian, 70, Ravenswood Road, North Heaton.

jNicholson, M., 610, Welbeck Road, Walker.Noble, Helen, 53, Nuns Moor Road, Fenham.Ormston, Marjorie, Marbury, Lyndhurst Drive, LOW Fell.Outhwaite, Joan, 65, Fox and Hounds Lane, Pendower, Newcastle 5.Pankhurst, Mrs. (Audrey Stephenson), The Old Manor, Geduey, Holbeach,

Lines.Pattie, Joan, 9, Park Road, Jarrow.Pattie, Kathleen, 12, Montague Avenue, Gosforth.Pawson, Eleanor, 9, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth.Pawson, Rhoda, 9, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth.Pearse, Mrs. (May Fenwick), Westfield, Jesmond Park West,

fPearson, Mrs. (Margaret Bellerby), 9, Brandling Park, Newcastle "1.Petrie, Margaret, Denecroft, Lindisfarne Road.Peugniez, Lucette, 143, Shortridge Terrace, Jesmond.Philipson, Doris, Seaward, The Links, Whitley Bay.Phillips, Mrs. (Joyce Grant), 60, Jesmond Road, Newcastle 2.

f Phillips, Miss, The Small House, Straight Road, Lexden, Colchester.Pickering, Ann, Hillcrest, Carleton Road, Pontefract.


Piercy, Muriel, 26, Graham Park Road, Gosforth.fPotts, Marjorie, 10, Grosvenor Road, Newcastle 2.Preston, Mrs. (Dorothy Anderson), White Gables, Ponteland.Purdie, Margaret, Redesdale, Jesmond Dene Road, Newcastle 2.Purdie, Irene, Redesdale, Jesmond Dene Road, Newcastle 2.Read, Ella, Cathkin, Elgy Road, Gosforth.Read, Gwelma, Cathkin, Elgy Road, Gosforth.Redfern, Marjorie, 29, Brandling Place, South, Newcastle 2.Redshaw, Nancy, 22, Rose Mount, Consett.

fReid, Constance, 66, Queen's Gate, Lancaster Gate, W. 2.Reid, Mrs. M. F. (Jessie Stobo), 113, Osborne Road, Newcastle 2.Richardson, Alice, 1, Holly Avenue, Jesmond.Ritchie, Catherine, 14, Glendale Avenue, Monkseaton.Robinson, Mrs. (Dorothy Atkinson), Roslin, L,oansdean Gardens, Morpeth.Robinson, Gwynneth, 32, Moorfield, Newcastle 2.Robinson, Muriel, Elm Close, Healough, Richmond, Yorks.Robinson, Nellie Rosslyn, Stanley Grove, High Heaton.Robinson, Phyllis, 26, North Avenue, Gosforth.Rogers, Esther, 64, Moorside, Fenham.Roper, Mrs. (Doris Kennaway), Gare Hall, Thornley, Co. Duruam.Ross, Catherine, Parkside, Backworth.Ross, Freda, 23, The Broadway, Tynemouth.

fRounthwaite, Mrs. (Evelyn Walker), 37, Mitchell Avenue, Newcastle 2.Rowe, Alison, 57, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle 2.Rowe, Marjorie, 57, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle 2.Rowe, Winifred, 57, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle 2.

fRowell, Mrs. (Muriel Williamson), 6, Bath Terrace, Tynemouth.Rudge, Mrs. (Nora Patterson), c/o The Mount, Wylam.

fRunciman, Mary, Fernwood House, Newcastle.Rutherford, Alcie, Wisplaw, Osborne Road, Newcastle 2.

fSaunders, Mrs. (Doreen Stephen), 34, Northumberland Avenue, Gosforth.Scott, Mary, 63, Moor Crescent, Gosforth.Seymour, Mrs. (Nell McQueen), 25, Eslington Terrace, Jesiuond.Shaw, Minnie, Holmside, Kells I/ane North, L,ow Fell.Shedden, Effie, Auchers, Glenmorag Crescent, Dunoon.Simpson, Connie, 29, Granville Gardens, Shepherds Bush Green,

London W. 12.fSimpson, Flossie, Wyncote, Jesmond Park East.Smirk, Florrie, Woodside, Brunton Park, Gosforth.Smith, Aileen, 21, Queens Road, Monkseaton.

fSmith, Mrs. Andrew (Dorothy Guy), Balgonie House, Ryton.Smith, Doreen, 1, Roseworth Avenue, Gosforth.Smith, Dorothy, 15, Bentinck Road, Newcastle 4.

fSmith, Mrs. (M. Wilson), Stronsay, Whickham, Co. Durham.Smith, Sheila 1, Roseworth Avenue, Gosforth.

fSnowdon, Mrs. (Nancy L.ewars), 17, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth.Spain, Nancy, 7, Tankerville Place, Newcastle 2.Sparks, Betty, 5, Beverley Gardens, Cullercoats.Sparks, Gwen, 5, Beverley Gardens, Cullercoats.Sparks, Joan, 5, Beverley Gardens, Cullercoats.Spink, Mrs. (Rene Honison), 7, Park Terrace.

fSquire, Gertrude, Cavendo, The Oval, Benton.Stephenson, Joan, 17, Rothwell Road, Gosforth.Stephenson, Joyce, Claremont Cottage, Upper Claremont, Newcastle.Stimpson, Mrs. (Dorothy Alderson), 31, Belle Vue Avenue, Gosforth.Stott, Elsie, Westmeath, Fenhain.Strachan, Margaret, 17, Woodbine Road, Gosforth.


Swainston, Dorothy, 13, Ashgrove Terrace, Oateshead.Sweet, Helen, 40, Lesbury Road, Heaton.

fSwan, Claire, 101, St. Georges Square, London S.W.fSwan, Ursula, St. Ronans, Henley Road, Ludlow, Shropshire.Tait, Ida, Park Heath, Heaton Park Road, Heaton.Tait, Joan, 76, Simonside Terrace, Newcastle 6.Tasker, Audrey, Dunblane, The Crescent, Tynemouth.Tasker, Margaret, 8, The Crescent, Tynemouth.Taylor, Evelyn, 21, Devonshire Place, Newcastle 2.Taylor, Miss, 12, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth.Taylor, Mary, 1, Walker Terrace, Gateshead.Taylor, Mrs. (Margaret Stephenson), 8, Roseworth Crescent, Gosforth.

*Temperley, Margaret, 4, Carlton Terrace, Low Pell.Thompson, Edith, 14, Highbury, Newcastle 2.Thompson, Muriel, 111, Sandringham Road, South Gosforth.Todd, Barbara, Kenilworth, Darras Road, Ponteland.

fTowers, Mrs. (Ruth Young), 53, Fern Avenue, Jesmond.tTurnbull, Beatrice, 7, Moorfield, Newcastle 2.fUldall, Mrs. (Nancy Brett), Lallaguda, Deccan, India.Veitch, Aline, 133, Bede Burn Road, J arrow.Vernon, Smith, Mrs. (Doris Davenport), 34, Sturdie Gardens, Newcastle 2

fWalkinshaw, Anna, 6, St. Georges Terrace, Newcastle 2.Walkinshaw, Marjorie, 1, Jesmond Road, Newcastle 2.Wall, Rosina, Tirril Moor, Penrith.Walling, Marjorie, 8, Castleton Grove, Newcastle 2.Walton, Mrs. H. (Nancy Robinson), St. Monance, Oakfield Road, Gosforth.

fWalton, Mrs. (Effie Smith), Beech House, Whickham.Walton, Mrs. (Enid Sutherland), 88, Newlands Road, Newcastle 2.Ward, Mrs. (Ena Dodds), 25, Moor Crescent, Gosforth.Ward, Norah, 23, Queensway, Tynemouth.Watkin, Constance, Brentwood Avenue, Newcastle 2.Watson, Mrs. Colvin (Annie Maxwell), 23, Beverley Gardens, Cullercoats.Westwater, Mrs. (Nancy Forrest), 54, Bath Terrace, Gosforth.Wildsmith, Kathleen, 4, Osborne Gardens, Monkseaton.Wildsmith, Marjorie, 4, Osborne Gardens, Monkseaton.Wilkinson, Elsie, 15, Northumberland Avenue, Forest Hall.Willis, Mrs. E. H. (Elsie Smith), Ravenswood, Beechgrove, Whickham.

tWilson, Hilda, 82, Overstrand Mansions, Prince of Wales Road, London S.W.IWilson, Florence, The Mount, Ponteland.Wilson, Margaret, 36, Sanderson Road, Newcastle 2.Wilson, Mary, East Park, Prudhoe-on-Tyne.Winship, Marjorie, Sunnymead, Carrs Bank, Dunston.Winstanley, Elsie, 18, Oaklands, Gosforth.| Wood, Mrs. (Jean Pickering), 36, Bondgate Within, Alnwick.Woodhouse, Rhoda, Allonby House, Dene Road, Rowlands Gill.Worters, Mrs. (Joyce Roper), 11, Osbaldeston Gardens, Gosforth.

Annual Membership 261fLife Membership 52•Honorary Membership 7

Total Membership 320

Subscriptions (2/6 per annum) due on January 1st, are payable toRosina Cook (Hon. Treas.) at

4, Castleton Grove, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2.or Central Newcastle High School, Eskdale Terrace.


The following members have not paid their subscriptions up to time otgoing to print :—Adamson, Yvonne ; Arnold, Eda ; Barker, Constance ;Barker, Margaret ; Baty, Eveline ; Bates, Mrs. ; Besley, Doreen ;Besley, Una ; Birchall, Marjorie ; Birk, Rita ; Brocklehurst, Peggy ;Brodie, Beryl ; Brodie, Hilda ; Brown, Elizabeth ; Brown, Norah ; Brown,Vivien ; Brunskill, Joan ; Brush, Mrs. ; Carr, Mary ; Chisholm, Ella ;Clapham, Esther ; Clayton-Green, Mrs. ; Clements, Vera ; Coates, Ruth ;Collongues, Marick de ; Bowman, Mrs. ; Cowden, Irene ; Cozens, Hilda ;Cozens, Margaret ; Crawford, Hilda ; Crosby, Brita ; Cross, Mrs. ;Dagleish, Janet ; Dodds, Dorothy ; Dodds, Trixie ; Duncan,Eleanor; Dunford, Betty; Dunn, Doris ; Elliott, Enid ; Ellis, Mary ;Pairbairn, Joyce ; Finlay, Doreen ; Finn, Nora ; Forster, Dorothy ; Geddie,Mary ; Gourlay, Jean ; Griffith, Mary ; Grinling, Nancy ; Haste well, Elsie ;Hitchfield, Edith ; Hodgson, Tessie ; Hogg, Mrs. J. ; Holmboe,Betty ; Holmes, Elsie ; Holmes, Pauline ; Hope, Nancie ; Johnson,Hilda ; Kennedy, Joan ; Kelton, Doris ; Kirkhouse, Mrs. ; I/andreth, Amy ;Liddle, Mrs.T. B. ; Little, Nan ; Little, Isabel ; Mackie, Marjorie ; MaconachieAileen ; Massey,'Marjorie ; Mawer, Mrs.; McCracken, Mrs. J. D. W. ;McCracken, Mrs. A. ; McEune, Dorothy ; McHugh, Bessie ; Moffitt, Norah ;Morjey, Gwyneth ; Nelson, Ann ; Nicholson, Edna ; Pattie, Joan ;Pearse, Mrs. ; Petrie, Margaret ; Philipson, Doris ; Phillips, Mrs. ;Pierey, Muriel ; Purdie, Margaret ; Purdie, Irene ; Read, Ella ; Read,Gwelma ; Redshaw, Nancy ; Ritchie, Catharine ; Robinson, Gwynneth ;Robinson, Phyllis ; Roper, Mrs. ; Ross, Catharine ; Ross, Freda ; Rudge,Mrs. ; Rutherford, Alcie ; Smith, Aileen ; Spain, Nancy ; Sparks, Betty ;Sparks, Gwen ; Sparks, Joan ; Spink, Mrs. ; Stimpson, Mrs. ; Sweet, Helen ;Tasker, Audrey ; Taylor, Evelyn ; Taylor, Mary ; Taylor, Mrs. ; Thompson,Edith ; Thompson, Muriel ; Walton, Mrs. (E. Sutherland) ; Watkin, Con-stance ; Wildsmith, Kathleen ; Wildsmith, Marjorie ; Winship, Marjorie ;Winstanley, Elsie ; Woodhouse, Rhoda.

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