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No. 29. MAECH, 1913.

EDITORIAL.T^VEKYONE connected with Netting Hill has felt the deepest regret at losing Miss Paul.-*-̂ The time she was Head Mistress of our School, though short, was amply sufficient for herto endear herself to all, and to win the lasting regard of those who had the privilege ofexperiencing her kindly influence and sympathy.

On her appointment to succeed Mrs. Woodhouse as Head Mistress of Clapham HighSchool, we sincerely wish her godspeed in carrying out the work with which she has beenentrusted. We hope that in the wide fields of educational activity she will have happiness andsuccess.

Miss Paul has been succeeded by Miss M. Berryman, M.A. (Lond.), Mental and MoralScience Tripos, Cambridge, to whom we extend a most loyal welcome, in all confidence thatshe holds the interests of Netting Hill very much at heart, and that under her guidance we maylook forward with certainty to the development of the work and the future well-being of theSchool.

THE BUILDING FUND OF THE GIRLS' PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLTRUST.

AN APPEAL.

SIR,

[Reprinted from "The Times" of July 6, 1912.]To the Editor of The Times.

We venture to make an urgent appeal for financial help to all those who believe thatthe higher education of girls is of vital importance to the welfare of the nation.

Within the last year the public has given generously to the funds which have been raisedto provide buildings for Bedford College and King's College for Women. We now mostearnestly ask for similar assistance in building and improving the schools from which thestudents of these and other colleges are largely recruited. At no period in the history of thiscountry has the necessity of a broad and liberal education for the sisters of the boys who go toour public schools been more apparent than at the present time, and yet provision of thiseducation under conditions suitable for such girls is still chiefly dependent on private enterprise.Progress in this direction is now considerably checked by the increasing financial burdenspbced on this section of the community, which is obliged to make large contributions to publicelementary and secondary schools maintained by Government grants and local rates. Publicschools for boys have been generously endowed by benefactors in the past, but, in general,schools for girls of a similar class have been obliged to fight their way without endowment. Itwas the need of efficient schools in which such girls could receive a sound general education,open to all religious denominations, and with moderate fees, which led to the formation of the

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Girls' Public Day School Company. This Company was founded in 1872 by the late LadyStanley of Alderley, Mrs. William Grey, Miss Shirreff, Miss Mary Gurney, Sir James KayShuttle-worth, Bart., Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P. (afterwards Lord Aberdare), and others, with thesympathy and active support of H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, in whose drawing-room the movement took shape. The office of President of the Company was filled successivelyby the Earl of Airlie, Lord Aberdare, and Earl Spencer. It has developed into an organizationnow known as the Girls' Public Day School Trust, which has been responsible for the educationof over 60,000 girls. The schools of the Trust exist in and near the Metropolis and throughoutthe country, and in these schools, which now number twenty-eight, 6,000 girls are beingeducated. The schools are under the management of an influential Council, which includesmen and women of distinction and educational experience, who have freely given, withoutremuneration, their time and attention to advancing the interests of the schools. Dur ing theforty years of its existence, the Trust has maintained these schools well to the front as inst i tu-tions of the first educational rank in which highly qualified teachers are employed, and theneeds of the average girl kept prominently in view, in methods of education as well as in theopportunities for physical training and recreation. Without undue pressure a long list of educa-tional distinctions has been gained by girls from these schools, including many universityscholarships and exhibitions, presenting a record of which any public school for boys mightwell be proud. In fact, these schools, as regards education and general training of charactermind, and body, with their games and school clubs, and their strong public school spirit foster-ing high traditions, now stand on a level of full equality with many well known public schoolsfor boys. For the convenience of pupils whose parents live at a distance, boarding houses areconnected with certain schools. The cost of providing suitable school buildings has beenhitherto defrayed from capital subscribed by parents and others interested in the higher educa-tion of girls. On this capital the Trust has paid a low rate of interest ; the main income,derived from school fees, being devoted to maintaining the general educational efficiency of theschools. In recent years the financial task of the Trust has become more and more difficult.It is true that the Trust receives from the Board of Education some aid in the form of grantsbased on the efficiency of the teaching, which have assisted in obtaining the services of speciallyqualified teachers in certain subjects. But this assistance is far more than counterbalanced bythe increased cost of education, the necessity for augmenting the salaries of teachers, and thecost of equipment, especially m connection with instruction in science, art, and domesticeconomy. The educational success of the schools generally is well known. Improved methodsof teaching in music, science, and art have been carried into effect with the assistance ofAdvisory Boards of Experts in these subjects. Even in face of this greatly increased expendi-ture on education, the Council of the Trust has considered it of the first importance to keep thefees of the schools at as low a level as possible, having regard to the many calls on the limitedmeans of the parents with whom the schools of the Trust are so largely concerned. The schoolfees, which have been increased in recent years, now average about £16 a year, and it has notbeen found desirable or practicable to increase them further. It is now necessary to providenew buildings for some schools and to improve the buildings of others. The Council of theTrust feel that the strictly educational demands made on their limited resources have becomeso great that they must raise a special fund for this purpose, and they therefore ask all thosewho realize the importance of the work they are doing to assist them in obtaining a sum of.£50,000, to be devoted exclusively to building purposes. We appeal to the many former pupilsof the schools, to parents who appreciate the need for this effort, and to all who realize thenational importance of the work, to send donations, great or small, in aid of the Building Fund.Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patroness of the Trust, who signsthis appeal, has most kindly consented to act as Treasurer of the Fund, and will welcomedonations, which should be marked on the envelope " Schools Building Fund," and addressedto Her Royal Highness at Kensington Palace. Cheques should be made payable to" G.P.D.S.T. Building Fund." Former pupils of the schools of the Trust may send theirdonations through the head mistress of their school, and may, if they so desire, earmark theircontributions for improving the buildings of the school in which they were educated. Apart

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from such earmarked contributions from these and other sources, the Fund will be employed bythe Council for improvements in the school buildings in the order of their urgency. It may'beadded that funds are greatly needed at the present time for the new buildings at Brighton andat Putney. We also wish to state that an arrangement has been recently entered into with theGovernment, by which the schools and all the property of the Trust will eventually become anational trust for the advancement of the work which, during so many years, has been carriedon by the present voluntary association; The improvements in school buildings to which theFund now to be raised is to be devoted will, therefore, ultimately become a permanent asset inthe educational system) of this country. We are glad to be able to announce that severaldonations to the Building Fund have been already promised by friends of the Trust.

The following have most kindly consented to act as Trustees of the Building Fund :His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., the Right Hon. Lord Burghclere, the RightHon. Henry Hobhouse.

A special pamphlet aud further particulars respecting the schools of the Trust may beobtained on application to the Secretary at Broadway Court, Westminster, S.W.

LOUISE, Patroness oj the Trust and Treasurer of theBuilding Fund.

CREWE, President of the Trust.LANSDOWNE, Vice-President.E. C. PETRIBURG, Vice-President.REAY, Vice-President.M. E. JERSEY, Vice-President.MARY GURNEY, Vice-President.J. S. NORTHCOTE, Chairman of the Council.WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, Chairman of the Building Fund

Juiy,\f)\i Appeal Committee.

HISTORY AS A HOBBY.

I HAVE often wondered whether the fascination of footnotes has ever fallen upon otherNotting Hillites, as it fell upon me, a fascination so powerful in my case that it has

determined the spending of all my years ever since. If any of you have lingered over thesometimes cryptic small print that lured me on with so strong a call, it may interest you toknow a little of the pleasures of realization that may be yours, if you take but a short journeyfrom your own library at Notting Hill. There are records in many parts of town and country,cared for and neglected, known and waiting to be discovered, but the great home of all ourEnglish history is in the Record Office in Chancery Lane. There you will find the materialwhich has formed the base of all your history lectures, material still eagerly explored by scoresof workers day by day, whose work produces new views of much discussed events, or throwsthe light of knowledge on some subject hitherto obscure. The ease with which one may seethese national treasures makes it possible to turn a perhaps dull history lesson into somethingwe ourselves seem to have lived through. You hear of the Gunpowder Plot, and its discoveryby means of an anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle. At the Record Office you may see theletter itself, a slip of paper of about 7 in. by 4 in. closely written, in now faded ink, which washanded to Monteagle as he sat at dinner on October 26, 1605, and the King's directions tothe commissioners appointed for the examination of Guy Fawkes, to use the gentler tortures ijcither methods fail, and the wretched man's signature after these same gentler tortures hadbeen applied, when he was too weak to finish his name. You may go to the very heart of thepast, handle Drake's letters at the time of the Armada, turn over the log-books of Nelson andhis captains, make the nearer acquaintance of Burghley and Bacon, and other baffling persons,through letters they have written, often in the stress of events that bring out a man's character

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in spite of himself. There is a long correspondence between Burghley and his son and son'stutor while the latter were making the Grand Tour of Europe. The man who had to manageElizabeth and England yet had ample time to direct what material should be bought, and ofwhat quality, for his son's clothes.

It it is the later history of the Empire that interests you most, you may read the beginningsof our Australian Dominion in the hand of the first governor, sent out with a party of convictsto attempt a settlement which should make them reputable members of society again ; uncon-scious of the imperial future of his little domain, he mourns the loss of their only cow, so weakthat when drinking she fell into the shallow pool and was drowned; his chief anxiety is for thesafe arrival of the promised provisions, without which they must all starve, and he earnestlyimplores the sending of a few gross of iron spades.

In the Museum attached to the Record Office, which is open every afternoon but Saturdayfrom 2 to 4 o'clock, you may see without any forrriality enough to occupy you an hour—theDomesday Book, in two volumes, the smaller of which is supposed not to have been fair copieslike the other, owing to William's impatience to get the book into actual use, the great iron-bound chest in which it was formerly kept, numbers of Exchequer tallies, which are woodensticks cut across with notches according to a certain system, and then split down lengthwise,so as to produce two sticks with exactly the same cuts, the notches representing certain sumsof money. When money was due to a man from the Exchequer such a tally was made, oneside was preserved in the office, the other issued to the creditor ; when the tally was broughtin for payment they had thus a perfect check, for if anyone had tampered with the notches,the two sticks did not tally. This same system was used with indentures, which derived theirname from being indented. Two copies of a deed were written on one piece of parchment,and between them some long word, usually CHEIROGRAPH, was written in large letters tooccupy a whole line. The two deeds were then cut apart in a waved or indented line, andnone but the orginal counterparts would fit together, which was an ingenious way of providingagainst forgery.

There are records of various kinds, public and private, in likely and unlikely places.Sometimes one finds such things oneself, and is able to prevent their destruction. It becomesa very interesting hobby to collect a history of one's own family. I have seen many suchcollections, some enriched with letters telling of the Mutiny, or a diary kept in the early daysof steam, recording impressions of everyday life which the passage of time has made a matterof deep interest for us. But I have specially in mind a big book dealing with a family derivingon one side from quite unenterprising yeomen, on the other only from village carpenters andtradesmen. Here there have been collected in various out-of-the-way corners and old rubbishdrawers photographs and silhouettes going back to the great-great-grandfathers, all that theoldest members of the family can remember about their own lives and the doings of theiruncles and their cousins and their aunts has been collected and set down in orderly fashion ;there is the bill for the wedding bonnet of a grandmother, and an order from the Board ofGreen Cloth to one ancestor, who was a forester, to bring a good fat buck to St. James's Palace.This was found by opening out a paper of funny figures drawn to amuse the children of thefamily sixty years ago and put by in an old workbox. There was a family tradition withregard to one old silver cup, that early in the eighteenth century the eldest son had beendisinherited by his father, and when the will was read had thrown down this cup upon thetable saying, " As you've got all the rest, John, you can have the cup too." You can thereforeimagine the delight of finding the very will, which said : " To my eldest son, Richard, I give£20 and my silver tankard, upon the express condition that he behaves himself in an orderlymanner, and gives no interruption or disturbance to rny family and executors ; otherwise thislegacy shall be void, and I give him one shilling and no more."

If you have never contemplated a family history as a hobby I would strongly recommendit to your notice. It is astonishing how much you find you can collect, which in a short timemight be thrown away as rubbish, and which indeed is rubbish unless arranged and cared forWe cannot all have our ancestors smiling down on us out of canvases by Reynolds and Gains-borough, Sir Peter Lely and Holbein, but photographs, daguerreotype, and silhouette may be

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found carrying us back a century; letters, signatures, diaries can be hunted out ; when youhave exhausted all that actually remains in your own family you can turn to publicly keptrecords and find wills and settlements and deeds, in many cases records of bygone squabbles,which will carry your family existence back, making a new life for the fathers and mothers towhom you owe what now you are, and forming no mean part of the inheritance you areresponsible for handing on to those who come after you. ETHEL STOKES.

THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.TN August, 1903, a representative Conference of Trade-Unions, Co-operative Societies andJ- Educational bodies met to consider the idea of the Workers' Educational Association andto settle its organization and practice. From that time to this it has run a straight courseand rallied many to the war against ignorance and evil. Its aim, briefly speaking, is to openthe broad highway of education to all who wish to walk on it.

There are many methods of work in the Workers' Educational Assocation, but its mostcharacteristic instrument is the University Tutorial Class, which consists of not more thanthirty students, men and women, who meet weekly through three successive winters to studysome subject, selected by themselves, under the guidance of a University teacher. A largemajority of the Tutorial Classes study Economics, Economic History and kindred subjects,also Literature, Nature Study, Industrial History, Health and Hygiene. The students' workoften reaches a very high standard of excellence. As part of the general or preparatory workthere are classes for women only. Some of these help students whose elementary educationhas been neglected, enabling them later on to pass into the Tutorial Classes.

Quite recently classes have been started for Home-Study. The following is a brief outlineof the matters taught and discussed in these classes :—The development of the home from acave or mud-hut to the houses in which we now live ; the different ways in which women havedone their household work in various ages; the housing problem, and what the ideal homewould be like ; labour-saving devices ; the care of the home as an industry; the effect of ourpublic health laws and soon. The work of the home is, or should be, of a highly skilled nature,and the more brain-work and thought that are brought to bear on it the greater will be thechance that the work will be not only well done, but also more easily done.

Visits to Picture-Galleries and Museums, with a guide who can help in explaining theircontents, are popular,' though perhaps not quite so much so as the outdoor " rambles."

Among many other blessings a wider education ought to bring a wider sense of proportion,and the worries of daily life will loom less large when a woman understands a little more ofthe things belonging to the big world outside her own home.

A working woman in one of our large towns has been asked to tell us her experience of thehelp and brightness which may be brought by the Workers' Educational Association into liveslike hers. She is now the president of a large adult school for women which meets on Sundayafternoons for teaching and discussion of various subjects from a religious point of view. Shehad very little opportunity of education in her youth, and her life story has included the most bitterdepths of poverty. She says: " The working hours of a working woman are long ; count them byimproved methods as you will, the fact still remains. That anything but ordinary pleasure couldbe wished for, during the few hours of leisure, was not understood in my young days, nor wasthe craving for higher knowledge considered suitable for a girl under working conditions. Shegenerally marries young, and as the children grow up they are asking for the knowledge whichhas never been hers to give. Her home has been her castle, but it has also been her convent.She will always be " Mother." She has worked and cared for and fed the little ones, but as arule the children of the working classes have only known their mother by sacrifice." Thewriter of these lines was just such a woman—a woman' whose soul had wakened to greaterpossibilities. Very poor, middle-aged, a reader of books, but without the key to unlock theirreasures ; a ready speaker, but without the power of arranging a sentence properly; with a


certain gift for writing poetry, every line of which needed correction in spelling ; that wasthe exact position of this woman as she sat on the back form of an adult school four years ago,when the Secretary gave out that a branch of the Workers' Educational Association was tobe started in the town.

A fund exists, raised annually by Miss K. T. Wallas and Miss Zimmern, to help thewomen students who belong to the various Tutorial Classes. It provides them with books, andalso gives Scholarships to enable some to go to the Oxford Summer School and share for aweek or a fortnight, or even a month, in one of the most real joys of the Workers' EducationalAssociation. It is impossible to speak too warmly of the happiness and inspiration theseweeks bring into lives full of struggle and hardship. Those to whom scholarships are givenmust have shown themselves intelligent and persevering enough to benefit by the time spentat Oxford or Cambridge. They are very small, averaging under ,£3 each, but they make allthe difference between possibility and impossibility. Amongst the most appreciative of thestudents at an Oxford Summer School, four years ago, was a young woman who had worked ina cotton mill since her childhood ; though her education in some points was very defective shewas full of native intelligence and of the wish to help her fellows. At the close of her day'swork she managed to make such good use of the opportunities given by the Workers' Educa-cational Association classes that when Labour Exchanges were established she was madeone of the officials in charge of the Exchange work. She writes : "The Workers' Educa-tional Association, to my mind, is doing more for the education of the adult workers than anyauthority I know. It has opened up opportunities and doors that might have been closed tous for centuries, and it has brought the scholar and the worker together. In the case of themajority of the students, we feel that they will make better mothers and better citizens for theopportunities given them.'

Should any readers wish to know more of the Workers' Educational Association, whetherfor the purpose of learning about it or helping in it, they need only apply to the GeneralSecretary, 14, Red Lion Square, London, W.C. ' MARION H. WCDKHOUSE.

COLLEGE LETTERS.NEWNHAM COLLEGE.—We are realizing the shortness of this term and consequently

the limited period for work. We are to end it with a concert. Our Annual Suffrage Self-Denial Week is just over. The young and eager wait upon the needs and minister to thecomforts of the older and more sedate. Unaccustomed luxuries at exorbitant prices are thrustalike upon the willing and unwilling.

Saturday, February 8, was a gloriously sunny afternoon for the Hockey Match againstGirton, which resulted, as last year, in a victory for Newnham. The score was 3 goals to i.This term two other matches, against Highgate and Cambridge, have been played, and bothwere drawn. The Newnham captain, Miss Rolland, played last year as an Internationalagainst Ireland.

On Saturday, January 25, a debate was held, the motion being "that the moral stabilityof the country is being undermined by modern writers." The Modern Languages Society hasbeen most fortunate this term in hearing a paper read by Mr. A. C. Benson on " Art in Fiction."

Commemoration is close at hand, bringing to us who have known it before a welcomecrowd of familiar faces, and offering to the First Years a new and wholly delightful experience.

HILDA BODLEV.GlRTON COLLEGE.—There are quite a number of interesting events to record since last

year's letter, and it is hoped they may stimulate a desire in those about to leave Netting Hillto join the ranks of Girton, remembering the traditions of the past and the close connectionbetween the School and College.

On Saturday, February 8, we played our Annual Hockey Match against Newnham ; itresulted, unfortunately, in a defeat for Girton by 3 goals to i, in spite of very strenuous play on


our part. The afternoon's event was followed, as is customary, by the Fire Brigade Dance.The Hall was tastefully decorated with ropes, nozzles, and hoses, intermingled with daffodilsand ferns, presenting, when filled with the dancers, a very gay scene. The Debating Societyand the Spontaneous Speaking Society continue to flourish. Last term one subject underdiscussion was "That one's own pleasure should be the end of all action," at first sight asomewhat astounding statement; Aileen O'Brien seconded the motion in a most convincingmanner.

Towards the end of last term we had the privilege of witnessing the Greek play, " CEdipusTyrannus," performed by members of Cambridge University. Even non-classical studentswere able to enter fully into the spirit of the play ; this gives great credit to the actors. Wewere also indebted to Miss Jex-Blake, who had very kindly delivered a lecture at College onGreek plays in general and the plot of " CEdipus Tyrannus " in particular.

We are just now keeping Suffrage Self-Denial Week. To the strenuous enthusiasts itcertainly is a week of self-denial, but to many it is quite the reverse ; one is indulged with suchthings as early morning tea, having hockey skirts brushed and stockings mended, &c., &c., allfor the moderate charge of a few pence. MADELINE WHITING.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—University College numbers at present three NettingHillites : M. Leber, at the Slade School, E. Y. Thomson and myself in the College.

I shall try very briefly to set out one or two things which make University Collegepeculiarly attractive; the first is the facility it offers for research in all branches of learning,literary and historical, as well as scientific ; the research student is always welcome and isgranted many privileges (not the least being a purely nominal fee); in this respect London isequal to, if not in advance of, the older Universities. Only those who have experienced it canknow how delightful College can be when there is not that hideous examination spectre waitingat the end of every year, when the student is able to follow her own lines of work with noregard to a syllabus. This year the College is growing out of all recognition ; the newchemical laboratories occupy the whole of the south side of Gower Place, and the School ofArchitecture is to complete the Gower Street frontage ; the pharmacology buildings openeda few months ago are supposed to be the most complete in England.

Though we are situated in the middle of London our athletic opportunities are notrestricted ; tennis can be played on an asphalt court all the winter months ; for the summer wehave excellent courts at Perivale ; hockey is played three times a week in the south quad-rangle ; the Gymnasium, Badminton, and Swimming Clubs are all flourishing, while morrisdancing and the formation of a corps of Territorial Nurses are projects of the immediatefuture. I hope this very brief and inadequate account of the College may lead some NottingHillites to come here, and we can assure them of a very hearty welcome. ELSIE CHICK.

BEDFORD COLLEGE, LONDON.—There are now three Notting Hillites at Bedford College :E. Wilson, G. Davie, and myself.

Our fine new buildings in Regent's Park are now nearly finished at last, and we are lookingforward to moving into them after Easter, though we shall be sorry to leave our present abode.The new College has splendid large grounds, which go right down to the lake, so that weshall be able to boat from our own ground without having to go down to the ordinary boat-house at the other end of the lake; and there will be no need for lovers of tennis to make suchfrenzied rushes to distant courts between lectures. The Science and Arts sides have separatebuildings, so that we shall no longer be cramped for room, and the lecture rooms are soarranged that it will not be necessary to rush up and down several flights of stairs betweenevery lecture as we do at present.

We have had this year some very interesting lectures at various meetings, a speciallydelightful one being a graphic description of a visit to Delhi, with fine lantern slides of theruins, and of the splendid scenery around. On another occasion we were initiated into themysteries of liquid air, and saw beautiful grapes and flowers turned into veritable stones andsmashed up with a hammer. EDITH MARVIN.

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ROYAL HOI.LOWAV COLLEGE.—There are five old Notting Hillites here besides myself :Kathleen Davis, Rose Exton, Phyllis Willis, Doris Willis, and Winifred Jenkins, who came uplast term. In the two winter terms, there is hockey five times a week, in the summer apossibility of tennis, swimming, or boating, for those who are keen on games. The hockeyclub is in a flourishing condition. We feel especially proud of the first eleven, for, in spite othaving lost five of its team at the end of last year, it won all except two of the matches playedlast term. It will be of interest to Notting Hillites to hear that Kathleen Davis is left half-back in the first eleven this year.

Indoors we have had no lack of entertainment. At the beginning of the autumn termthe second year gave their play, which was Robert Greene's " Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay,"and was very amusing and also well staged. All of the second year Notting Hillites had a partto play in this. Phyllis Willis was the heroine, Margaret, while Doris Willis had a small partas one of the scholars, and Rose Exton was stage manager. This term we have had a fancydress dance and two entertainments. The first was in aid of the Women's University Settle-ment at Southwark, and the performers consisted almost entirely of members of the staff.

Last term we had an exciting novelty in our College politics in the shape of a generalelection. There were three Conservative and three Liberal candidates, each taking the nameof some prominent member of these parties in the British Parliament.

I hope this will give Notting Hillites a slight idea of the life here, and will induce them totry it for themselves. OLIVE C. ELDRIDGE.

WESTFIELD COLLEGE.—We have been very glad to welcome Miss P. Mudie Cooke toWestfield this year as temporary Classical Lecturer. Miss C. A. J. Skeel is on the staff asHistory Lecturer. It ought to be a special inducement to Notting Hillites to come here sinceour new Principal is to be an old Notting Hillite, Miss de Selincourt.

College is a most delightful place. Whenever the weather suddenly turns bright andspringlike the asphalt tennis courts present a very curious appearance. People sally forthwith deck-chairs, cushions, rugs, eider-downs, and every other aid to warmth and comfortavailable, and encamp on the coasts to work. We work out-of-doors a good deal here,especially in the summer.

College societies are all flourishing. The Glee Club gives fortnightly concerts, and we havehad some very exciting debates ; especially good was the one on Home Rule, proposed andopposed by keen Irishwomen. There were a number of experts present, and the speecheswere splendid; there were no pauses ; on the contrary, as soon as one speaker sat down therewere two or three people standing up at once to speak, and most of the speakers had to berung down at the end of their seven minutes. GWENDOLYN M. THOMSON.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—There are five old Notting Hillites who are studying medicineat the Royal Free at present: D. Chick, N. Hamill and myself at the Hospital, and J. Reedand J. Pope at the School.

The latest interest among us is the formation of an army corps for training future officersof the St. John Ambulance Association. We learn how to change a station or a school into ahospital at the shortest notice, and have just had our first military riding lesson at AlbanyStreet Barracks. We most of us ride astride, and find that, if we don't understand the wordof command, our horses do, and carry it out whether we can or no. The Medical Society isvery flourishing and has an attractive and varied programme, from the uses of hypnotism inpresent-day medicine to prehistoric trephining, which is to be the subject of Sir Victor Horsley'saddress at the open meeting.

In a few weeks we are to have a mock Parliament under the auspices of the DebatingSociety, and a little while ago a mock trial was carried out with great success. The actionwas against the chemistry demonstrator for the odour of H2S, which invaded the biology andanatomy theatres; a counter-charge was brought against the biology lecturer for the rivalsmell of dogfish. The judge, a real barrister by the way, summed up very wittily, and thejury, consisting of students, staff, and students' relatives, brought in a verdict of not guilty, butthey warned the prisoner not to repeat the offence.

We shall all be very pleased to welcome any new-comers from Notting Hill to the MedicalSchool, and can assure them that they will find themselves involved in a full and varied life.

META E. E. SMITH.


ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music.—There are now three Netting Hillites here, E. Abraham,M. Fraser and myself. E. Martin has lately taken her L.R.A.M.

The new concert hall is finished at last ; it is really very pretty, with a fine organ. Thewhole building was formally opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught last summer, and onthe evening of the opening day an orchestral concert and reception were given.

The two great events of last term were the opera and the students' dance. The operaperformed was the " Marriage of Figaro." The singing and acting were very good, but thechorus and ballet were rather too much for the size of the stage. The hall was packed.

Some enterprising girls have started a hockey club, but it is very difficult to get a sufficientnumber of members, as it takes one and a half hours to get to the field. We have, however,managed to win two or three matches, and hope to improve by next year.

ELMA MILLER.[The Editors regret that no letter was received from the London School of Economics.]

THE CLASSICAL SOCIETY.Nunquam Hie Hebescat Sapientia.

rriHE members of the Classical Society have shown during the year an energy and goodwill-L both helpful and pleasing. In the Spring Term the competitions were judged ; theilluminated lists of Latin poets were well and carefully drawn ; two were so good that it wasdifficult to decide between them, so both have been framed and hung, the work of MarjorieSmith in the Sixth, and the work of Muriel Towne in the Upper Fifth. The recitations were lesssuccessful, partly perhaps because they were compulsory ; the prize was won by Mary Stopford.In the summer we had the great pleasure of hearing Mrs. Buckler (G. Walrbnd) lecture onher husband's excavations at Sardis. We were told the story of the continuous strugglebetween East and West for the possession of Asia Minor, and we saw many pictures of thepalace of Crcesus and the temple of Artemis, with its two pillars still standing, in whichthe storks can never complete the building of their nests. This lecture was honoured by thepresence of Miss Jones. In the same term a Scientific-Classical expedition was made toDartford ; the followers of the rival subjects went together but worked separately ; while thescientists searched the fields and paddled in the brook, the classic scholars studied the remainsof the Roman factory, now so much overgrown and disguised that some young friends whomwe found there believed it to be the village cemetery. There is an inn at Dartford with anold-fashioned garden and particularly nice tea; it was discovered by Miss Anderson, to whomour wannest thanks must be given for that and many other things. The sun shone, and weall spent a very happy day. In the autumn we spent a busy hour in the Second Vase Room,at the British Museum, wi th a view to drawing in the holidays. We also had a classicalfancy dress dance, to which came Persephone and Demeter, Hecate and Hebe, and many anAurora. Footgear, as usual, was a great anxiety, but no serious hindrance to enjoyment. Thepleasure and profit derived from the Society have been increased by the appreciation whichits members show. E. D. BLAND.

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE LATIN.Vergil, Geortfic\v., 125-143.

Namque sub QEbalise memini me turribus altis,Qua niger umectat flaventia culta Gatesus,Corycium vidisse senem, cui pauca relictiJugera ruris erant : nee fertilis ilia iuvencis,Nee pecori opportuna seges, nee commoda Baccho.Hie rarum tamen in dumis olus albaque circumLilia verbenasque premens vescumque papaver


Regum asquabat opes animis ; seraque revertensNocte domum dapibus mensas onerabat inemptas.Primus vere rosam atque aiitumno carpere poma,Et quum tristis hiems etiamnum frigore saxaRumperet, et glacie cursus frenaret aquarum,Ille comam mollis iam tondebat hyacinthi,/Estatem increpitans seram zephyrosque morantes.Ergo apibus fetis idem atque examine multoPrimus abundare, et spumantia cogere pressisMella favis; illi tilias, atque uberrima pinus ;Quotque in flore novo pomis se fertilis arbosInduerat, totidem autumno matura tenebat.

For I remember having seenBeneath the high (Ebalian towers,

Where dark Gatesus' banks are greenAn old Corycian growing flowers.

Scanty indeed was his estate,Nor rendered fertile by the plough ;

The vine he could not cultivate,There was no grass for goat or cow.

However, here and there instead,Growing with fragrant herb and weed,

The tall white lily raised its headAnd poppies drooped, weighed down

with seed.

Returning homeward very late,Loaded with many a herb unbought,

His mind was equally as greatAs any king's in happy thought.

His roses were the first ones seen,And early in the autumn time,

When others' fruit was yet but green,He gathered apples in their prime.

Even when streams were blocked with ice,And all the earth was wrapped in gloom,

When boulders cracked in winter's vice,He cut the tender hyacinth bloom.

And while the blossoms sweet he fingeredThe weather he would often chide,

Because the gentle zephyrs lingeredDelaying the late summer-tide.

Possessing many younger beesWhose swarms would settle near his

home,With ready hands he used to squeeze

The foaming honey from the comb.

He planted limes, sweet flowering,And many a fruitful pine-tree shoot,

While every rosy bloom of springIn autumn was a golden fruit.

EVELEEN STOPFORD.Form V. Upper.

We quote two verses of Marian Tooley's rendering of the same passage :—

Beneath CEbalia's lofty towers,Where dark Galaesus glints and glowers

Between the fields of corn,An old Corycian there I knew,Whose untilled acres were but few

And ne'er had produce borne.

Too sterile for the plough that land,Too barren for the reaper's hand,

For corn or yet for vines ;But he 'midst bushes planted thereSlender poppies, lilies fair,

And herbs in widespread lines.


Catullus, xxxiv. 1-12.Faithful to Diana pure boys and girls are we,Oh thou mighty goddess, let us sing to thee.Great Latonia, child of greatest Jove,Near the Delian olive, by thy mother placedTo rule the mountains and the hidden grove,Green wood and babbling stream, oh goddess chaste.

ELEANOR STOPFORD.Form III. Lower.

SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE, 52, NORLAND SQUARE.rpHE Boarding House has just completed a most successful year, having in regard to-*- numbers exceeded all past records. At one time our party consisted of eleven, while at

present we stand at nine. We were very sorry to lose Miss Beaumont at Christmas, butwelcome Miss Gates who has come in her stead. We were also sorry to lose our head girl,Lilian Simpson, who is now a day girl.

Last term we challenged the day girls to a net-ball match, and after a well-played gameon both sides the result was a victory for the boarders by 9 goals to 4. We hope to keep upour reputation next year, and also to make one for ourselves in hockey, since we have threeof the First XI , now in the Boarding House. During the summer term we were each allotteda small portion of the garden to look after, and Miss Paul very kindly gave two prizes for themost successful gardens. There is a Literary Circle amongst the elder boarders which meetsevery Friday evening, when the works of well-known authors are read.

This last year the Boarding House had a stall at the Charity Show. There were severaljerseys, and through the kindness of Miss McNair, Miss Munro, and Miss Beaumont, whoprovided the material for a number of children's dresses, we formed a working party underMiss McNair's direction and finished eight dresses the same evening.

The Saturday outings throughout the year have always been very interesting. We aresure that the boarders not resident in London know as much about their capital as the daygirls whose homes are in it. THE BOARDERS.

A REVELATION.All is silent, all is still,

For the day is young,Not a sound is heard until

Loud the bell is rung.

Then there comes a weary hostLooking all forlorn,

Sad the countenance of most,It is Monday morn !

When the cups are handed roundAnd the bacon passed,

Sit they down, their places found,Breakfast now at last.

Conversation falls away,Little more is said,

But for " Cruet, if I may,"And, " Please pass the bread."

" Marmalade or jam, mam'selle ?'" Pass the butter, please."

" Bread or toast ? " And then a spellOf silent reveries.

Finally we all arise,Gradually depart,

Each one to her bedroom flies,Some to lessons dart.

Shall these breakfasts I forgetWhile my memory's here ?

Firmly in my mind they're set,Long will they be dear.

AN EX-BOARDER,


PRIZE COMPETITIONS.

THE Magazine Committee offered three prizes, to be competed for in the Senior, Middleand Junior School.

The subject of the Poerii which was set for the Senior Competition was, " My Country,"and the prize was divided between Flora Herz (Form VI.) and Eveleen Stopford (Form V.Upper).

The Middle School were asked to write a Poem—humorous treatment of which was notto disqualify—on " Rain in Summer." The prize was gained by Kathleen Stopford (Form IVLower); proxime accessit, Violet Jones (Form IV. Lower).

For the Junior School a "Farmyard Story" was the subject chosen, which was to belimited to 300 words. The prize was awarded to Nals Battye (Form III.).

The prize contributions are printed below :—

SENIOR PRIZE POEMS.

The western wind arose when beauteous dawnHad bathed the heav'ns around with glorious lightAnd started on her travels to beholdThe works of man, ere day was merged in night.O'er battlefields she pass'd, and many a deedOf valour did behold ; she wondered whyHis country's honour and his native landInspired the soldier thus to do or die !The western wind swept on, and sighing o'erThe golden cornfields, heard the reapers sing,Recalled to mind the soldier, as she heard : —" Keep free the people, and God bless the King !"She crossed the1 burning desert, and beheldA single trav'ller wand'ring lone and drear ;The breeze descended, whisp'ring soft and low,And asked, " What is it, friend, that brings you here ?"The trav'ller, grateful for the cooling wind,Answered and said : " It is a glorious thing," In journeying far and wide, to bring renown"And glory to your country and your King."" My country and my King !" what magic liesIn this one thought ? The wind reflected long,Rememb'ring all the things that she had heard,The soldiers' war-cry, and the reapers' song." I have no King," the gentle breeze did moan ;" In this the mortals may the richer be ;" But though a country each may have, yet I" Dwell in all countries, skim o'er every sea."The breeze sang softly, as she rose aloft," God bless all countries, each is clear to me ! "

FLORA HERZ.Form VI.

Oh Erin mavourneen, land of the shamrock,Where upon earth is an island so fair ?

Blessed by the saints and beloved of minstrels,Never a country with thee can compare.


Grey are the seas tossing restlessly round thee,Purple thy mountains, grand and serene,

Thy wind-ruffled waters are shimmering" silverFlowing through meadows of emerald green.

Fairest of countries, in rain or in sunshine,Veiled by the mists or smiling through tears,

Thou weavest a charm over all who behold thee,A charm yet acknowledged through numberless years.

Land of proud patriots, land of sweet singers,Thy children have ever won glory and fame;

Warrior, orator, poet and statesmanHonour for Erin from all men can claim.

Poor wronged country, misunderstood Ireland,Thy story is ever a sad one to tell ;

Thy people, though proud, are large-hearted and loyal,Their love for their homeland made them rebel.

Scorned and oppressed, yet generous and noble,With a hope for the morrow though dark be the day,

It's Erin my country excelleth all others,And nothing her courage shall ever dismay.

EVELEEN STOPFORD.Form V, Upper,

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZE POEM.See the summer comes again, See the sun is disappearing,And the sun shines forth amain. And the people they are fearingSee the children dancing merry, That the rain has come again.And the fisher on the ferry ; See the fisher inward rowing,Everything is bright and cheery, And the children homeward going,Nothing like the winter dreary. For the rain's come back again.

See the dark clouds are now parting,And the sun's bright rays are dartingUp and down the stormy sky.See the rain has now been banished,And the darkness has now vanished,And the sunshine's come again.

KATHLEEN STOPFORD.Form IV. Lower.

LOWER SCHOOL PRIZE STORY.

THERE were seven eggs in our nest; they were a lovely creamy yellow colour ; our mothersat on us and warmed us beautifully. "Are we going to stay here always?" said my

brother. " I am afraid we shall become hard through sitting so long in our shell." Suddenlywe felt a peck, the shell cracks, and we soon popped out of our prison. Our mother wasdelighted to see us. The weather was nice and warm, and the farmer's wife*used to put us outin the field, where we found delicious worms.


I wish you could see the cock in our yard—he's something like a cock ! His walk is like adance, and his crow—well, it's like a trumpet. " Cock-a-doodle-do," he used to say. "Thechickens will grow up nice and big if I only make enough noise "; he used to flap his wings andswell his comb, then crow louder than before.

We were a very happy family ; except for unaccountable disappearances we should have beenvery pleased with life. By the time autumn came I think the farmer noticed how handsome Iwas growing, because he always gave me extra food. Our cock told me it was because I wasto be taken to market, and I quite understood people wanted to see me, because there was nodoubt I was handsome. I think I must busy myself now about my next meal, and then fora rest. NA'J'S BATTYE,

Form III.

We quote one or two extracts from the story written by Mabel Jones, aged 10. The storywas a pretty one and deserves mention. " While I was staying at Wood Farm the cows weremilked at 6 o'clock in the morning. I milked Dumpling. She was the one people alwayslearnt on, because she was so patient." . . . " I wish I could tell the many pretty things I heardfrom all kinds of living creatures. I was always pleased to hear the doves' soft cooing of theirthanks at night; but what gave me greatest delight was lying in my little bed at dusk listeningto the swallows under the eaves telling wonderful stories to their little ones of far-off lands."

Jocelyn Abram (Form III.) also chose the happy name "Puff-ball" for the little ducklingin her story.

LE CERCLE FRANCAIS.*

CE trimestre un cercle frangais a etc forme, dont les membres se reuniront tpus les quinzejours pour discuter sur des sujets des plus intdressants, ayant rapport a la France con-

temporaine : il comporte pres de 30 membres de la VI., V., Vb., qui se sont engages a parleret a s'exprimer dans le plus pur frangais. La premiere reunion, tenue le lundi 17 fevrier, futtres agreable et chacun vint, ayant prepare quelque chose a ajouter a la discussion sur laRepublique frangaise.

Jetrdi soir, 30 Janvier, les eleves de Netting Hill High School, au nombre de trente, sontallees a Clapham High School voir " L'Avare " de Moliere, represente par la troupe parisienne deM. Roubaud. Les eleves sont parties de Netting Hill avec Madame de Boyes en autobus asix heures et demie ; on a place des petites chaises au milieu de Tautobus pour cinq ou sixeleves. Quand nous sommes arrivees a Clapham, Miss Paul est venue k notre rencontre etnous a donne du cafe, apres lequel nous sommes allees a la salle de spectacle. On a tres bienjoue la piece ; le role de 1'avare etait tres bien interprete. Nous ne pouvions pas rester jusqu'kla fin de la seconde piece et nous avons quitte Clapham High School k dix heures avec MissBerryman. Nous nous sommes bien amusees et nous sommes tres reconnaissantes a MissPaul de sa gracieuse invitation.

Cette annde nous nous sommes presentees aux examens de la Societe des Professeurs deFrangais en Angleterre, et le samedi, 6 fdviier, les prix et certificats obtenus au Concours desLaurdats furent distribues par la "Lady Mayoress" a la "Mansion House." Le "LordMayor" et 1'ambassadeur de France, Monsieur Cambon, etaient presents. On pronongaplusieurs discours des plus interessants. A cette occasion Muriel Towne regut une mentionhonorable du degre elementaire et un prix fut donne k Betty Wiskemann. En cours d'annee,un prix fut decernd a Muriel Towne et un certificat a Janet Muirhead et k Nellie Kick. IIfaut esperer qu'un grand nombre d'eleves convaincues de Putilite de cet examen prendrontpart aux concours de 1'annee prochaine. QUKLQUES MEMBRES DU CERCLE.


GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER.

(1) With what coins is it possible to (a) measure an inch, (6) weigh an ounce? What isthe weight of a pint of water ?

(2) What do you know about: Lord Devonport, Thomas Hardy, Hamel, John Redmond,Rodin, Sir George Askwith, Sir George White, Ben Til let t , Roosevelt, Baron Marschall vonBieberstein, Tom Mann, Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema.

(3) Give the numbers and routes of the buses which pass the school.(4) How many of each of the following are there : (i) Playing cards in a pack, (ii) Men

in the Oxford boat, (iii) Members of the House of Commons, (iv) Players in a Rugby footballteam, (v) Players in a hockey team, (vi) Men on a jury, (vii) Posts in the big dressing-room,(viii) Legs of a crab, (ix) Counties of England and Wales, (x) Points of the compass.

(5) (a) What birds migrate and which remain in England all the year round? Give threeexamples of each.

(b) In what way do the following animals lie down and get up ? (i) horse, (ii) cow.(c) How do the following animals drink? (i) horse, (ii) dog, (iii) elephant, (iv) cow.

(6) Draw a diagram of a leaf from the following trees and describe their fruit : (i) oak,(ii) sycamore, (iii) beech, (iv) horse chestnut, (v) elm, (vi) ivy.

(7) With what would you feed the following animals ? (i) giraffe, (ii) toad, (iii) thrush, (iv)donkey, (v) hen, (vi) canary (aged i week), (vii) canary (aged 6 months), (viii) rabbit, (ix)Polar bear, (x) kitten.

(8) Give the positions in the Ministry of the following : (i) Winston Churchill, (ii) ViscountHaldane, K.C., (iii) Augustine Birrell, K.C., (iv) Walter Runciman, (v) Sir Edward Grey,Bart.

(9) Name six historical novels in which a King or Queen of England or France plays aprominent part. Name the author in each case.

(10) What persons or places are denoted by the following : The Eternal City, The Fatherof History, The Bride of the Sea, The Last of the Barons, The Light of Asia, The White Man'sGrave, The Sick Man of Europe, The Grand Old Man, The Iron Duke, The Queen of Hearts ?

(11) Mention three English towns of which the names end in —ham, three in —wich,three in —by, three in —don, three in —Chester. What do these names teach us as to thehistory of the country ?

(12) How many teeth has the normal adult human being ? What different kinds ? How arethey arranged ? What do you know of the teeth of a horse, a cow, and a rabbit ?

(13) (a) What is the origin of the following expressions : (i) The bitter end, (ii) Fly in theointment, ( i i i ) God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

(6) Give the derivations of the following words : Quixotic, brougham, boycott, calico,mafick, malapropisms, damask, bayonet, brummagem, tawdry.

(14) When was Netting Hill High School founded? Who was the first Head Mistressand who have been her successors ? What part of the original buildings is still in existence ?

(15) Who are the heads in England of the following bodies ? (a) The Church of England,(6) The Roman Catholic Church, (c) The Greek Church, (d) The Jewish Church, (e) TheChurch Army, (/) The Salvation Army.

(16) What is meant by a "dangerous trade"? What are the special dangers of: (i)match making, (ii) cutlery making, (iii) cotton weaving, (iv) china making, (v) coal mining ?

(17) What counties touch Middlesex, and how are the boundaries formed?(18) What is the great difference between the electrification of the tubes and that of the

B. & S.C. Railway ? Distinguish between a monoplane, a bi-plane and a dirigible.(19) What is the distance from London to Edinburgh ? How long does it take by mail-

train and by steamer ? How many days would you allow yourself to walk the distance ?(20) Who built or designed the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Hampton

Court Palace? Who founded Eton College, the See of Oxford, Harrow School and GreenwichHospital?

16 THE NOTTINfi- HILL HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE MARCH, 1913

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.

IT is hoped that the distribution of prizes which was postponed last term will take placeearly in the Summer Term 1913.

The following is a list of prize winners during the School Year 1912-1913.

FORM VI.FLORA HERZ, Irene Graham Memorial Prize

for English Essay.AGNES CHURCHER, Latin, Civics (Senior).LILIAN SIMPSON, French, Scripture (Senior),

Miss Gavin's Prize for History.MURIEL HAMMOND, Miss Hodge's Prize for

Mathematics, Mrs. Wiskemann's Prize forScience (Senior).

ALICE SANDERS (Student), Domestic Science(Senior).

JEAN POPE, General Knowledge (Senior).

FOEM V.—(Upper).EMILY TEMPLE, Miss Hodge's Prize for

Mathematics, Third Class Honours in SeniorCambridge.

LONA POPE (Upper School) Domestic Science.

FORM V.—(Lower).JANET MUIRHEAD, Languages (Latin and

French).MARIAN TOOLEY, Miss Gavin's Prize for History.WINIFRED QUENNELL, Mrs. Wiskemann's Prize

for Science (Junior).NANCY JESSON, Scripture (2nd Senior Prize).MURIEL TOWNE, Drawing (Upper School).

FORM IV.—(Upper).BETTY WISKEMANN, ist Form Prize, General

Knowledge (Junior).RUBY HARRIS, Second Form Prize.DOROTHY PRICE, Scripture, First Prize (Middle

School).EVELEEN STOPFORD, Scripture, Additional Prize

(Middle School).

FORM IV.—(Lower).MARGARET POPE, First Form Prize.GLADYS BROWNE, Second Form Prize.

FORM III.PHILIPPA DOUGLAS, First Form Prize.ETHEL LIDGATE, Second Form Prize.HELEN BONHAM, Drawing (Middle School).

FORM II.—(Upper).NANCY WOLF, Form Prize, Drawing (Lower

School).

FORM II.—(Lower).MURIEL FINDLAY, Form Prize.

FORM I.NORAH BROWNE, Form Prize.

COUNCIL'S CERTIFICATES.AGNES CHURCHER, Arithmetic, Latin, French,

Algebra.JEAN POPE, Arithmetic, Chemistry, French,

' Algebra.FLORA HERZ, Arithmetic, Botany, French,

German.WINIFRED QUENNELL, Arithmetic, Chemistry,

French, Algebra.MARIAN KNOWLES, Arithmetic, Botany, German

Algebra.

SOCIETE NATIONALE DBS PROFESSEURSDE FRAN9AIS EN ANGLETERRE.

Prix. — MURIEL TOWNE, DegreElementaire.

Prix.—BETTY WISKEMANN, DegreEnfantin.Concours

Mensueh Certificat (deux Mentions Honorablesaux Concours Mensuelsde 1912):—

JANET MUIRHEAD, Degielnter-mediaire.

NELLIE KIEK, Degre Enfantin


f- (Mention.— MURIEL TOWNE, Degre, J Elementaire.

Lauri ts \p"x-—-BETTY WISKEMANN, Degre\ Primaire.

THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYALACADEMY OF Music AND THE ROYALCOLLEGE OF Music.

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS : PIANO.

I VERA HORSLEY 1MARJORY TKRRY [ Primary.MURIEL FINDLAY jLILIAN SANDERS — Elementary.

Nov., 1912—MURIEL TOWNE, Honours, HigherDivision.

Honours. (Local Centre.),j /MARY LODGE—Intermediate Grade.j\ov., 1912 | LlLIAN SIMPSON—Advanced Grade.

ART ADVISORY BOARD OF THE TRUST.The school submitted twenty-eight sets of draw-

ings, and the following obtained Certificates :—

Stage III.

B. ADAMS.J. CARPENIER.M. COCKERELL.C. CHURCHER.N. DESPICHT.H. GAUNTLETT.M. FINCH.R. HARRIS.R. JONES.M. LODGE.M. PREKCE.D. PRICE.D. PUDNEY.W. QUENNELL.

L. RICHES.A. ROPER.D. STEELE.E. STOPFORD.E. TEMPLE.M. TOMKINSON.C. WIGGINS.E. WISKEMANN.

Stage IV.

M. BONHAM.F. HERZ.I. SALBERG.M. TOOI.EY.M. TOWNS.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY STUDENTS.City and Guilds of London Institute.—In June

IVY POULTON and ALICE SANDERS passedthe examination in Cookery.

ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.KATHLEEN PITE.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MATRICULATION.In June, 1912, Flora Herz.

In January, 1913, Lilian Simpson.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE HIGHER CERTIFICATE.In July, 1912, Joan Higman, English and French (Letter).

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SENIOR LOCAL EXAMINATION.The following girls passed in the examination in July: Emily Temple (Third Class

Honours), Christine Drew, Lilian Howe.

CHARITY SOCIETY.TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT (1912).

Presidents.—Miss PAUL and Miss BERRYMAN.Committee.—MRS. BURNETT, MRS. GRASETT, H. LYNCH, D. MOORE, K. MUIR, H. SPENCE,

H. TARVER, K. WHITING, Miss ANDERSON, Miss MUNRO, Miss HASKELL, MissMcNAlR, and Six Delegates.

THE School Members number 55, the Old Girl Members 85 ; the numbers last year were71 and 89 respectively.

The number of garments contributed by members was 340, of which 118 were ierseys ; of

i8 THE NOTTING HILL HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE MARCH, 1913

toys 420, of which 140 were dolls. The Preparatory again presented a beautiful Christmastree covered with toys.

Of the garments required to make up the necessary number, 163 were cut out by twomembers of the Committee, and made by a partially paralysed woman; 28 were given byfriends of the Society, who also sent 14 toys. Miss Gavin subscribed £1.

The Treat was given at Sirdar Road School on January 24, to 890 children, of whom 450received a garment and a toy and 440 (those under 7) one or other. All had a bun. TheChristmas tree delighted 240 of the youngest in the morning, when Mary Campbell very kindlygave away the allotted presents. The tiniest children are too much scared by Punch's anticsto come into the hall in the afternoon.

After paying all expenses there is a balance in hand ot £26 i6s. nd.The Annual General Meeting was held on March 7, Miss Berryman presiding.The Report and Balance Sheet were read and adopted.Miss Anderson proposed, and Miss Berryman seconded a motion that the Committee be

re-elected for 1913 ; this was carried unanimously.Some suggestions by K. Muir as to the articles likely to prove most useful to the children

at Sirdar Road were much appreciated by the Society.It was proposed and seconded that a message should be sent to J. Ross, expressing

appreciation of the work she does, and hope that she may soon be well and able to take anactive share in the work again.

BALANCE SHEET.

RECEIPTS.

o Old Girls' SubscriptionsMiss Paul's Subscription ...School SubscriptionsDonations ...Interest, P.O.S.B.SalesOne Life Subscription in Bank ..Balance from 1911

£9i3io2

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EXPENDITURE.

' Stamps and Stationery ...Material PurchasedMaking of GarmentsGarments PurchasedToys Purchased ...Cab and Carriage ...Gratuity, Schoolkeeper ...BunsPunch and Judy ...One Life Subscription in Bank ..In BankIn Hand

£o42

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23I

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1319177

12

62

5i0

160

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£43 2 5 £43

JEANIE ROSS, ffaii. Secretary and l^reasurei:Audited and found correct, ]. CALLENDER ROSS, February 7, 1913.

AN IMPRESSION.

THERE they stood, row upon row of them, all with eager upturned faces—waiting.Suddenly a storm of cheers burst forth, shout upon shout of happy laughter pealed out,

laughter that was good to hear, merry hearty laughter, for the squeaky cracked voice familiarto all proclaimed the arrival of Mr. Punch.

Then the show began. How they enjoyed it! Not a word, not an action was lost uponthem, the smallest joke met with the warmest appreciation, and when Punch raised his voicein song, accompanied by drum and whistle, they all joined in, and jumping up and down kepttime to the music. Bravely the painted puppets played their parts as though conscious oftheir enthusiastic audience, for the children's interest never flagged, eyes were glued to the


stage till the last word was said, and Punch, with a graceful bow, had made his final exit.Then more cheering followed as loud and hearty as before, and the National Anthem wassung with rare vigour and strength.

Those looking down from the platform saw a sea of faces, pale faces, pinched faces, tiredfaces, and almost all old faces, yet all were bright, all were thoroughly enjoying themselves,getting the utmost amount of pleasure out of the afternoon's entertainment. What a collectionof "slum flowers" they were!—many barefooted, all hatless, the boys in long (can they becalled?) coats, the girls in rags that were once dresses. One had opportunity to study themas they marched out in single file, each carrying a garment and a bun.

A mite was si t t ing on a step outside the school fastening up her bundle more securely, byher side lay the sticky bun untouched. She was a thin, pale-faced little person, one wholooked as if she needed a good meal, but on being asked why she did not eat her bun shereplied gravely, " I'm taking it home to my muvver."

An afternoon spent at Sirdar Road School teaches many lessons. It leaves one proudat the thought that it lies in one's power to help towards giving children such as these a fewhours of pleasure. It leaves one sad at the thought that hours of happiness are very rare intheir sordid lives, and it gives one encouragement to work as hard as possible during thecoming year at jerseys, warm garments, and dolls.

MARY STOPFORD,Form VI.

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION.President.—Miss BERRYMAN.

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.—M. BYRNE.Games Hon. Secretary.—E. MILLER.

Committee.—Miss ANDREWS, Miss Du PORT, Miss McNAiR, Miss MUNRO, J. Ross,M. CAMPBELL, D. WALLACE (Mrs. Crispin), M. MITCHKLL, E. STOKES,H. STRUTHERS, M. FRASER, P. MUDIE COOKE, H. SCHWABACHER,G. THOMSON.

rpHE Twenty-eighth Summer Meeting was held on Saturday, June 29. P. MuoiE-CoOKK,J- H. SCHWABACHER, and G. THOMSON were elected members of the Committee, inplace of J- HENDERSON (Mrs. Silvanus Thompson), H. MEAD (Mrs. Warren), and D. HARE.Miss Andrews proposed "That this Committee do not see the possibility of publishing themagazine three times a year on account of the expense." M. Hodge seconded the motion,which was carried by a large majority. Later in the evening M. Chick with two friends acteda play, " Between the Soup and the Savoury," which everybody much appreciated.

The Winter Meeting was held on Thursday, January 9. E. Gurney Salter read a veryinteresting paper on " Siena," which was illustrated by most attractive lantern slides. MissBerryman was present at the meeting, and it was a great pleasure to the Old Girls to have thisopportunity of welcoming her to the School.

The Tennis Match was won by the Old Girls by 35 games to 25. The Swimming Matchresulted in a victory for the School by 4 events to 3.

H. Coomber has resigned from the O.G.A. Committee and D. Wallace (Mrs. Crispin) hasbeen co-opted to fill the vacancy. We regret also to record the resignation of O. Joseph fromthe Games Secretaryship ; E. Miller has been elected to fill her place. D. Wallace (Mrs.Crispin) has resigned the Secretaryship of the O.G.A. Her resignation was accepted with thegreatest regret by the Society, which realizes what an immense debt of gratitude it owes toher for her great efficiency and tact. Her place has been taken by M. Byrne. There is onemore resignation to be recorded. Miss Paul has resigned the Presidency of the Society.We shall miss her very much, but we hope to welcome her as a guest to many of ourmeetings.


It has been proposed that Old Girls and others interested in the School might help toraise money for the Trust Building Fund (see Appeal, p. i). One of the methods suggestedwas a play to be acted by Old Girls in the summer. Miss Jones has promised to help in anyway that she can. Miss Berryman has also promised this scheme her cordial support. It ishoped that a committee will shortly be formed to consider what can be done.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1912-CASH ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS.

Balance from 1911Five Life SubscriptionsAnnual Subscriptions ...Sale of Cakes ...Transferred from Bank Account, Grant

Interest

£57 10

19 2O I

s. d.4 4

oo4oo

EXPENDITURE.

Five Life Subscriptions transferred toBank Account

Postage ...StationeryTotal cost of MagazinesO.G.A. Prize ICost of Winter Meeting ICost of Summer Meeting ... ... 4Hockey Teas ... ... ... ... oTennis Teas ... ... ... ... oBalance in hand... ... ... ... 9

£ s. d.

7 103 4i 99 oi ii il4 12

IO32

£38 5 8

SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT.

Balance forward from 1911, £80 8s.Consols (costing ^70), Cash

Add Interest accrued until Dec.,Dividends on Consols

1012Life Subscriptions

to1912

£

5°2

s.

1612

d.

9it

Dec.,?j7

f.6i

oIO

IQ

0

o

8

Transferred to Cash Account ...Deduct Grant

Interest...Dividends

Balance end of 1912 ...and /T8o 8s. Consols.

£3i2

35o

£ s.... 63 19o0

o6 S

... 57 i i

d.8

o

8

MARGARET W. BYRNE, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.Audited and found correct, DORIS G. GLAEDOW.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION IN 1912.N.B.—Members with an asterisk prefixed to their names are in arrear with their subscriptions.

Members marked t are Life Members.

ADDRESS. OCCUPATION.Heathfield, Broadstone, Dorset.Richardson Avenue, Coombe Down, Bath.36, Lansdowne Crescent, W.164, Notting Hill Gate, W Private work.18, Denbigh Road, West Baling ... Music Mist., N.H.H.S.

NAME.+May Adams ...fMary Adamson, B.Sc.tM. Adler (Mrs. Cecil Kisch)tEthelAldistMaud Allwright, A.R.C.M.,

Diplomee, LeipzigtWinifred Allwright.A.R.C.M.,

Diplomee, Leipzig,, ,, ,, and

Princess Helena College,Baling.


NAME.tAmy Atkins, B.A.tDora Atkins, B.A. ...*Nora Bathurst''"Ella Bell

tS. Bell (Mrs. Beale) ..."Violet Belltjosephine Bellis, B.Sc.

Margaret Bethell, B.A.t Phyllis BethellMadge BevingtonEdith BirchIrene BirchA. Bishop (Mrs. Werren)

tMildred Bishop*Lucy Black

tMarjorie BlythtOlive Blyth, B.A. ...

Margaret Bousfield ...tMary Bowerly, M.A.

t Ruth Bradshaw, B.A.

Enid Branson...tG. Bucknill (Mrs. Luckham)•Violet BulleytM. Bullock (Mrs.'Burnett) ...tC. Byrne (Mrs. Warburg) ...tD. Byrne (Mrs. Ellis)Jean Byrne

tMargaret Byrne, B.A,

Nona Byrne ...*Fanny Campbell* Helen Campbell*Mary Campbell

Marjorie Cargill*Cycelaye Carlisle'Ethel Carre-Smith ...•Ethel CaveKathleen Chambers

tAnnie Chapman, D.Sc.Econ. Lond.

*Mary Chapman, B.A.'Dorothy Chick

tElsie Chick, B.AtF. Chick, B.Sc. (Mrs. S. H.

Wood)tHarriette Chick, D.Sc.

tMargaret Chick

ADDRESS.148, Sinclair Road, W.

»i j>9, Matheson Road, W. Kensington.12, St. Leonard's Road, Baling, W....

16, Kingsborough Gardens, Glasgow.12, St. Leonard's Road, Baling, W.36, Mount Pleasant Road, Lewisham

31, Lansdowne Crescent, W.,, ,,

4, Binden Road, Ravenscourt Park,W.13, Ladbroke Road, W.

,, ,,64, Southdean Gardens, Wimbledon.Edwinstowe, Chaucer Rd.,Cambridge.29, Ladbroke Gardens, W. ...

48, Clarendon Road, W.

3, Percy Villas, W.'59, Craven Park, Willesden, N.W. ...

1, Surrey Road South, BournemouthWest.

Tanglewood, Letchworth, Herts.47, Winchester Street, Salisbury.69, The Lawn, Shepherd's Bush, W.3, Cottesmore Gardens, W.2, Craven Hill, W.St. Leonard's, Ashley Road, Epsom.35, Lansdowne Road, Netting Hill,

W.

33, Arundel Gardens, W.

Haining, Halfway Tree, Jamaica, B.W.I.Upper Ladye's Hill, Kenilworth.31, Norland Square, W.121, Highlever Road, N. Kensington.c/o Miss Vernon, 32, Cheniston Gdns., W.Monkesbury, Ethchingham Park

Road, Finchley.

Chestergate, Baling, W

4, Brandon House, Mortimer St., W.

Chestergate, Ealing, W

OCCUPATION.

Member of extra staff of theBodleian Library, Oxford.

Asst. Mistress, LewishamGrammar School.

Private work and C.C.H.F.Secretary, Kensington H.S.Student,School ofEconomics.Student, Bedford College.

'Asst. Mist. Stamford H.S.

Asst. Sec., Joint Agency forWomen Teachers.

Asst. Mist., Wimbledon H.S.Math. Lecturer, L.C.C. Day

Training College, Grey-stoke Place.

Student St. Mary's College,Lancaster Gate.

Asst. Mist., St. Mary's Coll.,Lancaster Gate., Hon.Sec. O.G.A.

Typist and Shorthand Clerk.

Historical Research.

Student, London School ofMedicine for Women.

Research Student.Research Scholar, Lister In-

stitute of Prevent. Med.Assist. Bacteriologist, Lister

Institute of Prev. Med.Teacher of Elocution.


NAME.* Alice B. Churcher

tLucy CleavertMary Clover ...tlsabel CoburntMary Coburn ...

Marjorie Cockerell ...

Phyllis Mudie CooketHelen CoomberElla Cooper ...

tHelen Coutts, B.Sc

tEvelyn Cowdell

tH. Cozens-Hardy (Mrs. R. A.Pilkington)

* Alice Cumberbatch ...L.Cumberbatch (Mrs. Willins)

tW. Gumming (Mrs. Cocke)...Irene Curwen, A.R.San.I. ...

Marjorie Curwen

Beatrice Cutbush*Grace Davie ...tEthel DaviesKathleen Davies

tMonica Dawe

Christine DrewLucy Dunlop ...

tC. du Pontet (Mrs. J. W.Gordon)

t Winifred du Port*Dorothy Earley

ADDRESS. OCCUPATION.7, Church Walk, Kensington ... Asst. Mistress, St. Mary

Abbot's School.19, Honey well Rd., Wandsworth Common.Coleby, Grange Road, Cambridge ... Secretary, Girton College.56, Belsize Park, N.W.

Grove Villa, 44, North End Road,W. Kensington.

3, Porchester Terrace, W.c/o Sir Victor Horsley, 25, Cavendish Sq., W.21, St. Ann's Villas, W Asst. Mistress, St. Peter's

School, Hammersmith.High Elms, Eltham Asst. Lect. Nature Study,

Avery Hill Training Coll.Belmont Lodge, Belmont Road,

Cheltenham.Box 2, Palmer, Colorado, U.S.A.

79, Madeley Road, Baling, W.65, Madeley Road, Ealing, W.Cooper House, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Indi14, Buxton Road, Cricklewood

6, Nassau Road, Barnes, Surrey2, Leinster Street, Bayswater, W. ...20, Hazlitt Road, W. Kensington.8, Woodgrange Avenue, Ealing Com-

mon, W.97, Deodar Road, Putney, S.W.

109, Ladbroke Grove, W.Wayside, Dormansland, Surrey.2O, Chesterford Gardens, Hampstead,

N.W.41, Norland Square, W112, Oxford Gardens, W

tBeatrice Edgell, M.A., Ph.D. Oakdene, Bromley Hill, Kent

Olive Eglington'Joyce ElliottfFeodore EllistGertrude Exton

Kathleen FagnaniAlice Falck

"Hildegard FanghanelAlice Findlay...

"Gwendoline Finlaisont Rita Fitt (Mrs. E.A.Robinson)tAlice Franklin

Miriam Fraser

•Christian Gatey, B.Sc.tH. Gatey (Mrs. Sachse)

35, Richmond Road, W. Kensington.77, Holland Road, W.12, Gloucester Terrace, W.24, West Park Gardens, Kew.23, Basset Road, N. Kensington.16, Buckley Road, Brondesbury, N.W.Ravensdale, Shaa Road, E. Acton, W.4, Addison Crescent, W.72, Addison Road, W. ...Nopareil, SangreGrande,Trinidad, B. W. I.35, Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park...16, Prince Edward Mansions, Bays-

water, W.97, Addison Road, W.Mymensnigh, Eastern Bengal, India.

Teacher of Domeslic Science,Battersea Polytechnic.

Certif. Teacher-Artist of theR. Drawing Society.

Civil Service Clerk.Student, Bedford College.

Student, Royal HollowayCollege.

Asst. Mist., Dame Owen'sGirls' School, Islington.

Asst. Mist., N.H.H.S.Student, Avery Hill Train-

ing College.Demonstrator in Experi-

mental Psychology, Uni-versity of London.

Asst. Mist., Bromley H.S.

Lady Almoner, Lond. Hosp.

Social Worker.Student, Royal Academy of

Music.


NAME.*M. Gatey (Mrs. Page)tE. G. E Giuseppi

Doris GleadowJoyce GleadowVera GleadowElsie GoodingIrene Goodman

tE. Grabham (Mrs. Carter) ...tRose Graham...tAlys Grilnbaum

tGertrude Griinbaumtlda Grunbaum, B.Sc.

Beryl HallRuth Hall

*Marjorie Hallward, L.R.A.M.

Kathleen Hamilton

Muriel Hammond

*B. Hardie (Mrs. Blofeld) ...

tMuriel HardieDorothy Hare...

tA. Hatch (Mrs. Sulman)Alice Hayes ...

tA. Henderson (Mrs. Cruicks-shank)

tH. Henderson (Mrs. Walton)tj. Henderson (Mrs. Silvanus

Thompson)tA. Hensley (Mrs. Bishop) ...tCaroline Hensley

tF. Hensley (Mrs. Fuller-Maitland)

tL. Herklots (Mrs. Powles) ...tMabel HodgetRosa Hodge

*M. Hogben (Mrs. Cole)*Mary Horsfall

Lilian Howe ...•Grace HuelintFlorence Hughes-Hallett ...

Margaret HumphreysAnnie Hunt (Mrs. Hadden)...

'Florence Hunt

Mabel HuntertFlorence Jacob*Elsie Jarvis

ADDRESS.

72, Shaftesbury Road, RavenscourtPark, W.

38, Ladbroke Grove, W.

205, Lillie Road, Fulham, S.W.The Manse, Eccles, ManchesterVal Madeira.12, Ladbroke Gardens, W. ...Fron Henlog, Bangor

7, Ashwood Terrace, Headingley, Leeds.20, Bath Road, Bedford Park, W. ...

» »Milton House, The Orchard, Bedford

Park.8, Vaughan Avenue, Ravenscourt

Park, W.Homelands, Icknitld Way, Letch-

worlh, Herts.The Principal's House, Saltley Col-

lege, Birmingham.LintonHouse,HollandPk. Avenue, W.25, Blenheim Road, Bedford Park.31, The Avenue, Brondesbury Park.Kenwyn, Western College Road,

Mannamead, Plymouth.32, Via dell' Erta Canina, Florence.

7, Belford Park, Edinburgh.Morland, Chislett Road, W. Hamp-

stead, N.W.Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.Church of England Zenana Mission,

I, Cornwallis Square, Calcutta.4, Trevelyan Road, Seaton, Devon.

II , Newnham Terrace, Cambridge.13, Langdon Road, Bromley, Kent...Flat 5, 28, Warrington Crescent,

Maida Vale.47, Abingdon Court, Kensington, W.32, Fitzjames Avenue, W. Kensing-

ton, W.24, Ellingham Road, Shepherd's Bush39, Hamilton Road, Ealing.C/o Church Missionary Society, Mien-

chow, Szechwan, Western China.78, Lansdowne Road, WWoodstock, Cunningham Pk., Harrow.Ithaca, Brisbane, Australia ...

13, Blenheim Road, Bedford Park, W.32, Peckham Road, Camberwell, S.E.166, Kensington Park Road, W.

OCCUPATION.

Private Secretary.

Historical Research.Asst. Mist., County School

for Girls, Bangor.

Civil Servant.

Private work.

Private Secretary.

Missionary.

Head Mist., Bromley H.S.

L.C. C. Domestic EconomyInstructress.

Secretarial work.

C.M.S. Missionary.

Art Teacher.

Math. Mistress, BrisbaneGrammar Schools.

THE NOTTING HILL HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE MARCH 1913

NAME.* Grace Jeffreys..,*Eveleyn Jenkins, B.A.*Millicent Johnson*P. Johnson (Mrs. M. Bomford)'Ursula Johnsonf May JohnstonJosephine Joseph

Olive Joseph ..Dorothy Judd...

tM. Judson (Mrs. Sotham) ...Helen KeedDorothy Keeling

fDorothy King-Church, B.A.

fDoris Krauss (Mrs. Val Meyer)Dorothy Krauss (Mrs. Myer)Elsie Krauss ...

tA. Ladenburg (Mrs. Berendt)fMarianne Langhorne, B.Sc.JEdith Lawder (Mrs. Wilkin-

son)tElizabeth Lawder*Decima Leake

Alice LeicesterP. Leigh-Hunt (Mrs. M. D.

Browne)+M. Lewes (Mrs. C. Elliott)...tA. Lewis (Mrs. Langdon) ...tDorothy Lewistlsabel Lewis

tjessie LewisBessie LibertyKatie Liberty...Mary Liberty, B.A

tM. Lupton (Mrs. Brock) ...tHelen Lupton

•rHelen Lynch

fMuriel Lynch

O. Lynton (Mrs. Walker) ...fA. Mackenzie (Mrs.McMillan)Ermyntrude Mackenzie

Aileen MarksJ. C. Martin

*Edith Marvin•Rose Masse

fK. McDowall (Mrs. Esdaile)

ADDRESS.21, Hadyn Pk. Rd., Shepherd's Bush.4, Boverton Road, Roath Pk., Cardiff.37, Lansdowne Road, W.

Rothesay, Clyde Koad, St. Leonards.54, Oxford Gardens, W.

5, St. Quintin Avenue, W.High Street, Timaru, New Zealand.35, Clarendon Road, W.45, Lansdowne Road, W.

Blandford House School, Braintree,Essex

12, Marlboro' Place, St. John's Wood.71, Warrington Crescent, Maida

Vale, W.Tandridge Hall, near Oxted.Parkside, Acton Vale, WThe Batch, Flax Bourton, Somerset.

Rose Cottage, Flax Bourlon, Somerset.15, Blenheim Road, Bedford Park ...

5, Tor Gardens, W.29, Lansdowne Road, Holland Park,

W.Oxnard, Ventura County, California.32, Holland Villas Road, W.Bishop Cotton Lodge, Simla, India.45, St. John's Park, Blackheath

51, Holland Park, W.58, Clarendon Road, Putney, S.W.

77, Fellows Road, S. Hampstead.l6A, Upper Park Road, Haverstock

Hill, N.W.17, Upper Addison Gardens, Holland

Park, W.

14, Lauderdale Mansions, Maida Vale.The Vicarage, Malmesbury.4A, St. Charles Square, N. Kensing-

ton.24, Holland Villas Road, W.At 90, Ramuz Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea41, Colville Terrace, W.25, Blenheim Cresent, Nottine Hill,

W.Keynes, Austenway, Gerrard's Cross

OCCUPATION.

Gym. Mist., County Schoolfor Girls, Tonbridge.

Private Secretary.Social Work and Wood

Carver.Principal.

Asst.Mist.S.Hampstead H.S.

Asst. Mist., St. Margaret's,Bushey.

Asst. Mistress, WycombeAbbey School.

Private work.Private work.Lecturer, Stockwell Training

College.

Certificated Dispenser, Asst.Mist., Frognal School.

Asst.Mist.,Clergy Daughters'School,Kirkby Lonsdale.

Asst. Mist., St. Paul's Girls'School.

Asst. Mist., Grove RoadSchool, Hounslow.

Secretary.

Research work in ClassicalArchaeology.


NAME.Beatrice Mead

'Christine Mead*H. Mead (Mrs. Warren)*Margaret Mead, B.Sc.*Phyliis Mead"Cicely Meyer ...fHelen Meyrick-Jones

'Isabel Miles ...'Winifred Miles

fElma Miller

May MitchelltDorothy Mooretjessie Miihlhauser, B.A.

tKate MuirfNina Muir (Mrs. Frederick)..

Katharine Muirhead ...

tCarrie MussonCissie Nash

*D. Nash (Mrs. Eric Burder). . ,

'Edith Nash*M. Nash (Mrs. W. H. Mac-

pherson)'"'Marjorie NashEtta Newman...Mary Newman

*Elsie NewmarchGladys Osborne

Winifred Osborne-Smith1'Hilda Paetow

* Dorothy Pannett

fEthelwyn Pearson

* Dorcas Pickard*Jessie Pickard

Kathleen Pile* Linda Poolman

Jean Pope

Winifred PricetFlorence Putdie

*Jean Reed"Joan Reed"Joyce Reed

ADDRESS.27, Ladbroke Gardens, W

35, Ladbroke Grove, W.27, Ladbroke Gardens, W. ...

,, ,, ...

Stanley House, Stonehouse, Glos. ...

129, Ladbroke Grove, W.

OCCUPATION.Secretary, Maida Vale H.S.Private work.

Asst. Mist., Bolton H.S.Art Student.

Hon.Sec.Mid.Glos.Women'sUnionist and Tariff Ref.Assoc. ; Commandant RedCross Society.

Civil Servant.Asst. Mist., Tudor Road In-

fant School, Southal).Student, Royal Academy of

Music.Social work.

Asst.Mist.,County SecondarySchool, South Hackney.

20, Gunnersbury Avenue, EalingCommon, W.

Halfway Ho.,Platt's Lane, Hampstead32, Cleveland Square, W.6, Stamford Mansions, Stamford Grove

East, N.7, Edwardes Square, Kensington.492, George Street, Peterboro",

Ontario, Canada.9, Balgillo Crescent, Broughly Ferry,

Forfar, N.B.29, Beach Hill Road, Sheffield.So, Airedale Avenue, Chiswick, W.Broxtowe, Ashley Road, Lough-

borough, Leicester.123, Lansdowne Road, W.Broadway House, Topsham, nr. Exeter.

123, Lansdowne Road, W.8, Ellingham Rd.,Shepherd's Bush,W. Civil Service Clerk.

,, „ ... Classical Mist. Sheffield II.S.15, Crossfield Road, Swiss Cottage, N.W.26, Ladbroke Grove, W Student, St. Mary's College,

Lancaster Gate.37, Beddington Gardens, Wallington, Surrey.24, Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Private work.

Paik, W.The Rest, Duke's Avenue, Church

End, Finchley.21, Sheffield Terrace, W

3, West Kensington Terrace, W.

Ethelburga, 13, Elm Grove Road, EalingRufford, Arthur Street, St. Kilda

Road, Melbourne, Australia.10, Frithville Gardens, Shepherd's

Bush, W.IT, Birch Grove, Ealing Common ...Shirley, Jews' Walk, West Hill,

SydenhamPencoyd, The Drive, Wimbledon.

Asst. Mist., St. Leonard'sSchool, St. Andrews.

Secretarial work.

Student, School of Medicinefor Women.

Private Visiting Teacher.Head Mist., County Secon-

dary School, Sydenham.

Student, School of Medicinefor Women.


NAME.i;P. Reed (Mrs. W. Robbing)...

Beryl Reid

tL. Reid (Mrs. E. Galley) ...*Effie Riches...*Dorothy RogerstMargaret Rooke

tjeannie Ross ...

P. Roughton (Mrs. Robertson)*Madge Rouse ...fHelen Roy

tEmma Gurney Salter, Litt.D.Alice SandersEthel Schaap, B.AHilda Schwabacher ...

tOttilie Schwabacher

Frances Scruby

*D. Seaton (Mrs. J. MacAlister)

*Irene Seton

*V. Seton (Mrs. Luffman) ...fH. Seville (Mrs. Hamilton

Price)•(•Winifred Seville, B.Sc.

tGladys Seymour KeaytNina Seymour Keay ...

Gladys Short ...

tMaud SimkinstAnna Simpson

Caroline Skeel, D.Lit.

lElizabeth Skipton, B.A.Lond.^Minnie Skipton•TO. Smale (Mrs. Cookson) ...tBessie Smith

Cecile Smith ...

tCharlotte Smith

"Gladys Smith ...Hilda Smith

Meta Smith

'"'Helen Spence...

Bertha Dykes Spicer...Grace Dykes Splcer ...Marion Dykes Spicer

ADDRESS.Pencoyd, The Drive, Wimbledon.137, Ladbroke Road, W.

Singapore, S.S.Dibdins, 131, Elgin Avenue, W.Hartley House, Plymouth7. Queen Anne's Gardens, Bedford

Park. W.Northfield, Stevenage, Herts.

5, Falkner Square, Liverpool.128, Lancaster Road, Wimbledon.3, Falkland Avenue, Church End,

Finchley.66, Ladbroke Road, W39, Holland Park Avenue, W.35, Addison Gardens, W.107, Sinclair Road, W. Kensington ...

I, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge

55, The Pryors, East Heath Road,Hampstead, N.W.

70, Oxford Gardens, North Kensing-ton, W.

I, Southwoods, Hcndford Hill, Yeovil.c/o Messrs. B. B. T. C. L., Bangkok,

Siam.Colt Park Cottage, Hor ton- in -

Ribblesdale, Yorks44, Bassett Road, W.

» » > »I, Brunswick House, The Msll,

Kensington.Pond Cottage, Chesham Bois, Bucks.25, Brook Green, WHolly Hedge Cottage, Well Road,

Hampstead.Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong..Mount Shadwell, Cleveland Road, Baling.St. Ninian's, Malvern.Mendip Lodge, Godalming.Oak Tree House, March

40, Boundary Road, St. John's Wood,N.W.

7, Layer Gardens, Acton, W.Oak Tree House, March

OCCUPATION.

Student , National TrainingSchool of Cookery.

Secretarial work.Lecturer, Smith's College,

Mass., U.S.A.Hon. Secretary, N.H.H.S.

Charity Society.

Social work.

Student, Battersea Polytech.Math. Mist., Central Founda-

tion School.Asst. Mist., Haines Hill

School, Taunton.

Asst. Mist.. Maida Vale U.S.

Secretarial work.Lecturer in History, West-

field College.Lady Superintendent.

6, Connaught Square, Hyde Park, W.

10, Lancaster Gate, W.

Visiting Cookery Mistress,Norfolk School.

Asst. Mist., S. Hampsteadn.s.

Gym. Mist., Broomfield,Didsbury, Manchester.

Student,Royal Free Hospital.London.

Hon. Sec. Children's (School)Care Committee.

Teacher of Singing andElocution.


NAME.I'M. L. Sprigg (Mrs. Bennett)tMarian StainerfC. de Steiger(Mrs.J. Pilking-

ton Stott)tDorothea StephentE. Stephenson (Mrs. K. H.

Macleod)tElhel Stevenson

tHenrietta Stevenson (Mrs.Grasett)

ADDRESS.Rothsay, West Worthing.The Leas, Llanishan, near Cardiff .Seabrook Lodge, Boys' School, Hythe.

Godmanchester, Huntingdon.34, Longridge Road, S.W.

4, Porchester Gardens, W

48, Addison Road, W.

OCCUPATION.

tHilda Stevenson (Mrs. 8, Barton Street, WestminsterRunciman)

1M. G. Stevenson (Mrs. L.Pilkington)

tMay M. Stevenson ..

Firwood, Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

t Mildred StevensonB. St. John(Mrs. van de Linde)

+ Ethel Stokes':;'J. Stretch(Mrs.J.S. Highfield)

Hilda Struthers•rDorothy Sulmant Phyllis Sulman

Harriet Tarver"Irene Taunt ...t Beatrice Taylort Winifred Taylor

Emily Temple^Constance Thompson

'"'Gwendolyn Thomson'-'Mabel Thomson, B.A.Gundrecl Trotter, B.A.

* Lottie Tupp, B.Sc[anet Upcott

t'.VL Varley (Mrs. E. Reynolds)

"Kathleen Wadsworth*Marian Wadsworth, B.Sc. ...tD. Wallace (Mis. Crispin) ..tEileen WallacetNaomi WallacetG. Walrond (Mrs. Buckler)..*Gladys Westbury, B.Sc.

Beatrice Wharam

* Dorothy Whitfield

•Katharine Whiting"Madeline Whiting* Kathleen Wight*Ruth WigramtN. Willan (Mrs. Robson) ...

Edith Williams

Elsie Williams

100, Kenilworth Court, Putney

4, Porchester Gardens, W.58, Elgin Crescent, W.Lincoln Chambers, 75, Chancery Lane43, Hornton Street, Kensington, W.36, Redcliffe Square, S.W.31, The Avenue, Brondesbury Park.

15, Addison "Road North, W.55, Bassett Road, N. Kensington.98, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea46, Carlton Hill, St. lohn's Wood...12, Wingate Road, Hammersmith.St. Edmund's Lodge, Haslemere ...

18, Rockley Road, Kensington

44, Chepstow Place, W.105, St. Mark's Road, W37, South wood Avenue, Highgate, N.c/o Edward Reynolds, Esq« St. Peters-

burg, Russia.19, Nicoll Road, Harlesden, N.W.

45, Abingdon Court, W.26, Ladbroke Gardens, W.

c/o 49, Charing Cross.13, Etheldean Road, Shepherd's Bush.55, Warwick Gdns., Kensington, W.

13, Bloemfontein Road, W. ... ...

Long Acre, West Ealing.,, ,, ... ...

36, Poplar Grove, W. Kensington, W.24, Gledstanes Road, W. Kensington.Blagdon Lodge, Paignton, Devon.Cartreff, The Triangle, St. Quintin

Park, VV.89, Kempe Road, Kilburn, N.W.

Partner, Swedish Gym., 42,Linden Gardens.

Hon. Sec. Seamen's Mission.Vice-Pres. Kens. Anti-Suffr. Soc.

Hon. Sec., Registry andApprenticeship Comt.,W.U.S., Southwark.

Record Agent.

Art Student.

Visiting Teacher.Private Tuition and Coaching.

Literature Head for LondonG.E.S.

Student, Westfield College.

Research work.C.O.S. work.

I.C.A.A. work.

Asst. Mist., PeterboroughCounty School.

Asst. Mist., Gardley GoldenHillock Road C.C. School.

Student, Girion College.Civil Service.


NAME.Mabel Williams

tMay Williams, B.Sc.

tDoris Willis*Phyllis WillistEdith Wilson

Ethel WilsonfGrace Wilson, B.A

Kathleen WilsonfA.Winterbotham (Mrs. Lilley)

Una Woods ... ...tElza M. Wren•(•Alexandra Wright, B.Sc. ...tDora Wright

tGladys Wright, B.A.

tM. Wright (Mrs. J. Lupton)Dorothy Young

ADDRESS.Clergy Daughters' School, Casterton,

Kirkby Lonsdale.6, Ruskin Close, Meadway, Hendon,

N.W.48, Castlenau, Barnes

190, High Road, Streatham, S.W. ...

The Town Hall, Kensington190, High Road, Streatham, S.W. ...184, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush.61, Bateman Street, Cambridge.41, Sinclair Gardens, W.Grazeley, Crowborough27, Pembridge Crescent, W.12, West Park Gardens, Kew

27, Pembridge Crescent

Granham East, Marlborough.40, Cambridge Street, HydePark, W.

OCCUPATION., Head Mistress.

Asst. Mist., Aske's School,Acton.

(Students, Royal Holloway| College.

Lady Almoner, St. Mary'sHospital.

Student, Bedford Coll.Asst. Mist., Streatham Hill

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Infant Protection Visitor.

Asst. Mist., St. Olave'sSchool, Southwark.

Hon. Sec., London Societyfor W.S., North Kensington.

SCHOOL SOCIETIES.GIRLS' FICTION LIBRARY.

President.—Miss BERRYMAN.Librarian and Treasurer.—FLORA HERZ.

THE Fiction Library has been well supportedduring the past year, especially by members ofthe Middle and Lower School.

Our best thanks are due to Miss Maynard forthe gift to the Library of one of her own books," Between College Terms."

The funds of the Library are in a very satis-factory condition and a considerable number ofnew books has lately been bought.

They are as follows : " Miss Esperance and Mr.Wycherley," "Mr. Wycherley's Wards," *'TheBrothers," "Concerning Paul and Fiametta,""The Celebrated Jumping Frog," "On theFace of the Waters," " Voices in the Night,""The Life of Browning," "The Caxtons,"" Alice Lorraine," " Miss Marjoribanks," " SalemChapel," "The Beleaguered City," "The Houseof Prayer," "Jackanapes," and "The Story of aShort Life."

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.

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FLORA HERZ.Audited and found correct, K. ANDREWS.

DEBATING SOCIETY,President.—LILIAN SIMPSON.

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.— NANCY JESSON.THE Netting Hill High School Debating

Society has flourished during the last two terms.It has increased both in size and enthusiasm andthe result has been some very animated debates.Perhaps the most encouraging feature has beenthe evident interest and energy displayed byV. Lower, who have attended with unfailingregularity and on more than one occasion readthe papers. Some of the most successful motionsthis year have been : " That games should becompulsory in Girls' Schools " ; " That the desirefor fame is a worthy ideal" ; and " That the penis mightier than the sword." In every caseexcellent and extremely well thought out paperswere read and the debates that followed werespirited and much to the point. The annualentertainment was most successful, and our bestthanks are due to Miss Edith Marvin, whoproposed in a very witty paper "That ClassicalDress should be revived." The motion wasopposed by Flora Herz, and was lost by 46votes to 3. The debate was followed by ashort play entitled "The Burglar." The castwas as follows :—Mrs. BurtonMiss Valerie ArmsbyMiss Freda DixonMiss Edith BrentMrs. Charles Dover

NANCY JESSON.LILIAN SIMPSON.JANET MUIRHEAD.MAY TOMKINSON.MARGERY SMITH.

The play seemed to be very much enjoyed bythe audience, and Janet Muirhead's excellent


acting was loudly applauded. The success ofthis meeting -was largely due to the good manage-ment of Lilian Simpson, who also acted withconspicuous success in the play.


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NANCY K. JESSON.Audited and faund correct, LILIAN SIMPSON.

LITERARY SOCIETY.President.—Miss BERRYMAN,

Secretary.—MARGERY SMITH.

THE Literary Society has been exceedinglywell attended during the last two terms. TheSociety has been supported well by all membersof the form, and some very pleasant eveningshave been spent. There has been an exception-ally large number of meetings and the range ofsubjects has included selections from Ruskin,Dickens, Shelley, and Keats. One meeting wasdevoted to Shakespeare, Hamlet being the playselected, while at the last meeting Essays byrepresentative authors were read.

MARGERY SMITH.

GAMES CLUB, 1912-13.President.—Miss BERRYMAN.

Vice-President.—Miss BOMFORD.Treasurer.—Miss ANDREWS.Captain.—LILIAN SIMPSON.Secretary.—-NANCY JESSON.

Selection Committee.—Miss BOMFORD, MissMcNAiR, Miss PAINE, N. JESSON, F. HERZ,

L. SIMPSON.As regards hockey, although we were unsuc-

cessful in our matches last term we are now get-ting together a more promising team. The weatheris very much against us, preventing many practicesboth this term and last. Nevertheless, membersof the team are not as keen as they might be onattending at the field every games day, and wethus miss many opportunities of good coaching.As usual, the First Eleven defence is its bestpoint, indeed at every match the play of thebacks has been excellent. The halves do very

energetic work, but constant changes have im-peded their progress. The forward line is by farthe weakest part of the Eleven. The individualplay is not brilliant and there is a great lack ofcombination. But there is improvement in boththese respects.

We had again the Campden Hill Tennis Courtslast year, as well as one or two grass courts for theyounger girls down at the field. We were defeatedin the first round of the Shield matches by SouthHampstead. The Inter-Form Cup was won bythe VI. form, C. Drew and L. Simpson playing forit. Last term we began cricket at the field.There was a fairly general attendance and manyof the Lower and Middle School showed greatkeenness ; we were not able however to get up anEleven.

We should like to thank Miss Bomford for allthe trouble she has taken with us, and are alsovery grateful to Miss Paine who assisted her lastterm. Miss Shove is very kindly taking MissPaine's place this term.

LILIAN SIMPSON.

The individual play of the hockey Eleven maybe criticized as follows :—N. DESPICHT : Hasimproved much lately ; must increase her pace andmake much more sure of her passes. She is veryregular at attending practices. M. STOPFORD :Is too slow at present and is inclined to muddle.She is grasping the game better and is playingmore with her head. She needs regular practice.N. JESSON : Plays a good game. Since she hasbeen made Centre Forward the line has shownmore spirit. She is very energetic and uses herhead. She thoroughly deserves the brooch shehas gained. E. RANDALL: Hits well and issteady, but is inclined to muddle her CentreForward. Her passes should be quicker and moredecided. L. SIMPSON : Has been very muchhandicapped of late by a lack of support in theForward Line. She is a steady player and herpasses are very good. There is every hope thatshe will now have more opportunity of distinguish-ing herself. W. QUENNELL : Plays a steadyenergetic game. Stops and hits well as a rule,but should try to mark her opponent better.F. HERZ : Makes an excellent Centre Half andplays a very spirited game. Her chief faults area tendency to usurp the places of the other halvesand to raise her stick, but she is a valuable memberof the team. C. HARMAN : Is a very pluckyplayer. For a beginner she has done well, butmust learn to hit hard and clean and to make sureof the direction of her passes. C. WIGGINS : Hasimproved very much. She shows skill and energyand has done very good work for the defence.She must practise hitting out to the right.J. M U I R H E A D ; Has improved much lately. She


is becoming more sure and tackles better. Sheshould look where she is passing and hit harderand cleaner. She has worked hard for her colourswhich she has just received. M. LODGE : Haslately been put into goal. She played a goodgame last season as Back, and we hope withpractice she will make an invaluable Goalkeeper.She has a good hit but needs experience inmethods of stepping and clearing quickly.

HOCKEY ELEVEN, 1912-13.Forwards : (N. Despicht), (M. Stopford), N.

JESSON. * (E. Randall), L.Simpson.* Halves:W. QUENNELL, F. Herz,* C. Harman. Backs:C. Wiggins, * J. Muirhead. Goal: (M. Lodge).

* Brooches.

NETBALL TEAM, 1912-13.Captain, B. Wiskemann ; Shooter, P. Douglas;

Attack Circle, B. Wiskemann ; Attack Centre, N.Kiek; Centre, N. Wolf; Defence Centre, E.Stopford ; Defence Circle, S. Sutherland ; DefenceGoal, W. Terry.

TENNIS CHAMPIONS.Seniors.—(i) C. Drew, L. Simpson. (2) I

Poulton, L. Riches.funiors.—M. Wood, L. Sanders.

SWIMMING CLUB.Presidents.—Miss PAUL, 1912 ;

Miss BERRYMAN, 1913.Vice-President.—Miss MUNRO.Treasttrer.—Miss BOMFORD.

Captain.—FLORA HERZ.Secretary.—WINIFRED JENKINS.

Committee of Form Representatives.ALTHOUGH we were unsuccessful in the Cup

match, the condition of the Swimming Club lastseason was by no means unsatisfactory. The Cupmatch was an exciting one, and was very muchenjoyed both by competitors and spectators.Kensington won the cup with three events, MaidaVale and Netting Hill having two each. As thelast event decided the match the Senior TeamRace was watched amid breathless excitement.If those members of the club who can swim wouldpractise when they go to the baths, and not playall the time during the coming season, perhapsthe next issue of the Magazine will recount anothervictory for Netting Hill.

The match against the Old Girls resulted in avictory for the Present by four events to threeafter a very enjoyable match.

The Sports took place on June 24, and theresults were as follows :—

Senior Championship ... Flora Her/.Junior Championship ... Beryl Adams.Three-quarter Length ... Nancy Wolf.

Novices' BreadthPlunging ...Senior Back Swimming...Junior Back Swimming ...Novices' DivingDivingLife SavingOne LengthCandle and MatchesConsolation Race (Senior)

„ (Junior)...Team Race, Upper School

,, Middle School,, Lower School

FLORA

Sybil Lanning.May Earley.Flora Herz.Beryl Adams.Lillie Riches.Beryl Adams.Nancy Jesson.Betty Wiskemann.Muriel Towne.Daphne Willis.Helen Bonham.VI., and Domestic

Students.Upper IV.Upper II.

HERZ (Captain).


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SCHOOL SPORTS.Committee.

Miss PAUL, Miss BLAND, Miss BOMFORD, MissDu PORT, Miss HASKELL, Miss McNAiR, MissMUNRO, J. POPE, L. SIMPSON, W. JENKINS, I.POULTON, M. COCKERELL, L. HOWE, G. SHORT,N. JESSON, W. QUENNELL.

THIS year the Sports were held on our ownground at Shepherd's Bush on July 2. Manyparent?, friends, and Old Girls turned up to watchproceedings. Mrs Jesson very kindly came togive away the prizes; these consisled of smallsilver cups and books, and were much appreciatedby the winners. All the races were run " on thestraight," and as we were able to mark out a goodwide course, the heats were not as numerous asusual, two distinct advantages. The Old Girls'race provided much amusement and interest, thepots conveying M. Bonham and A. Churcherbeing " neck and neck " all the way.

The winners of the events were : —


High [ump (over 13) : Beryl Adams and LillieRiches.

High fump (under 13): Helen Bonham andLily Sanders.

ico yards (under 13): Florence Lidgate andNancy Wolf.

100yards (13-15): Beryl Adams.iooya<rds (over 15): Norah Despicht.Preparatory (under 7) : Charlie Carroll.do yards (under 10): Marjorie Terry and Elsie

Riches.Potato Race : Gwen Haxworth and Elsie

Dornberger.Sack Race: Eleanor Stopfoid and Kathleen

Stopford.Sum Race (Senior) . Olive Eglington and Ivy

Poulton, Agnes Churcher and Jean Pope.Sum Race (Junior) : Eveleen Stopford and

Betty Wiskemann.Hockey Race : Kathleen Hamilton and Nancy

Jesson.Obstacle Race : Beryl Adams, Emily Temple,

and Maggie Pope.Team Races: Lower School, Upper II.; Middle

School, Upper IV.; Upper School, VI.Old Girls' Race : Alice Churcher.Consolation Race: Lower School, Barbara

Mitchell; Middle School, Norah Green ; UpperSchool, Flora Herz.

Our thanks are most heartily offered to MissPaul, Miss Gavin, Mrs. Jesson, and the Mistressesfor so generously giving prizes for the Sports.


G. M. I'.OMFORD.Audited and found correct, M. E. M U N R O .

SCHOOL NOTES.WE congratulate Miss Home on her appoint-

ment as Head Mistress of Preston High School,where she is a near neighbour of Miss Stoneman,and wish her all happiness and success.

Miss Beaumont left at Christmas -to succeedMiss Berryman as History Mistress at ClaphamHigh School. During Miss Paine's absence, wewelcomed Miss Little, to whom our thanks aredue for all her interest in the Mathematical work.

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We regret very much that Miss Paine has hadto give up teaching and wish her an entirerecovery of health. Miss Shove (MathematicalTripos, Cainb.) has come to us this term and isForm Mistress of Upper V. In place of MissBeaumont, Miss Gates, B.A.Lond., has Form IV.Upper, and is in the Boarding House. Toboth we extend a warm welcome. MademoiselleMarguerite Jullien, on returning to France, hasleft us her sister Mademoiselle Audree Jullien,who is taking part of the French teaching. InFraulein Rennen's place, we are glad to welcomeFraulein Gene.

Last term we were delighted with a visit fromMrs. Hunt (Miss Dorothea Charles), but it was adisappointment that she was not able to bring herlittle son, Fulford Bertram, whose advent wasannounced on March 27, at 15, Cheyne Gardens,Chelsea. We also send our congratulations toMrs. Cary-Gilson (Miss Dunstall) and Mrs.Price (Miss Vernon-Harcourt) on the birth oftheir sons.

* * * *Miss Mary Hollings has been appointed

Principal of College Hail (London University).* * * *

During the month of March, 191,2, there wereseveral interesting functions at School. On Fridaythe 8th Miss Du Port gave a lecture on India,which was much enjoyed by members of theVictoria League and other friends. The lecturewas il lustrated by beautiful lantern slides.

* * * *On March 15, a "jersey party' ' was given by

Miss Anderson, Miss McNair and Miss Munro,which offered a welcome opportunity for meetingOld Girls as well as present ones. The embryonicjerseys then seen have since been completed andgiven away at the Treat.

Miss Paul's party to the Lower School was agreat event and was held on Tuesday, March 12,1912. Forms II., I., and Preparatory were invited,and also some small visitors of tender age, whowere able, nevertheless, to take part in all kindsof games, which were played with unfailingenjoyment.

Many parents and friends came to School for" Open Day " on the afternoon of Wednesday,March 27, when a Drill Display was given byMiss Bomford's gymnastic classes in the Hall.Previously various model lessons were in progress,Sight Singing, Handwork, Oral French, andRecitation. The Studio, as usual, attracted many,and everyone paid an eager visit to the Domesticdepartment.

On May 29 Miss Paul and the Staff were"At Home" to parents and friends, many ofwhom were surprised to see the Hall transformed


so tastefully into a drawing-room. During theafternoon Miss Allwright and Mrs. Darney playedand sang.

* * * *There was an interesting meeting in the Hall

on May 31, to which our elder girls and alsomany of the Staff came. Among the speakers onthe Christian Education of Women in the Eastwere Lord Hugh Cecil, Miss Douglas, and MissPowell.

* * * *

On Friday, June 28, at 8.30, Mrs. Bucklergave a lecture on Excavations in Sardis, illus-trated with limelight views. The lecture wasmuch enjoyed, many friends of the School werepresent, and everyone welcomed Mrs. Buckler asan Old Girl. The Hall was well filled, theClassical Society's members being prominentand enthusiastic in appreciation.

* * * #At the end of the Summer Term Miss Paul

gave the Upper School a Dance. Ices andprinted programmes added a supreme charm tothe already great joys of dancing. At the closeof an energetic " Sir Roger " ihe girls expressedtheir thanks to Miss Paul for her kindness.

* * * *In the Autumn Term the Classical Society

gave a delightful Fancy Dress Dance, which isdescribed in detail under the doings of theSociety. This took place on November 9.

On June 4 there was a Musical Inspection ofthe School. In the morning Dr. Walker heardSight-Singing tests and attended Miss Hamilton'sClass Singing. The afternoon was spent listeningto the performance of many pupils on piano andviolin. The whole report was very favourable.

On June 22, at the Steinway Hall, a SingingCompetition between eight of our "Trust Schools "was held. Dr. Llqyd and his colleagues judgedfrom the balcony, and the competition consisted oftwo songs for the full choir and two and a sighttest for the select choir. Notting Hill camethird, tied with Putney, and was specially men-tioned for its artistic rendering of some of thesongs. In preparation for this competition,Miss Hamilton and Miss Du Port most kindlystarted an afternoon sight singing class onWednesdays. This hour's work is thoroughlyenjoyed by the select choir, and the sight singingis much strengthened, so that it should bepossible for the School to take an even betterplace in the next singing competition.

Practice for Prize Day is going on and alsodiligent work in preparation for the comingPupils' Concert, to be held on April 4.

Mrs. Darney now comes one day a week andtakes pupils for solo singing.

As usual the first part of the morning ofDecember 19 was spent in viewing the exhi-bition of garments and toys which had beenmade by members of the Charity Society. TheChristmas tree in the Preparatory was magnificentand was burdened down with beautiful toys andsparkling ornaments. Then followed the pro-gramme of recitations, amongst which the actionsong, " Le beau Bebe," Stevenson's " Lamp-lighter," and a scene from " L'Avare" wereespecially appreciated. At the end of the concertMiss Paul was presented with an address fromthe girls, all of whom had signed their names.It was beautifully illuminated by Margery Smith.

* * # *There was an exceptionally large number of

entries for the Irene Graham Memorial Essay,and the essays written reached a very high stan-dard. The subject was evidently popular—" TheLiterary Associations of London." The prizewas awarded to Flora Herz.

» * * *This year the generous anonymous donation,

to be devoted to special prizes in Scripture,Civics, and Domestic Science, was repeated.

* *- ^ *We wish to thank Miss Gavin, Miss Hodge,

Mrs. Buckler, and Mrs. Wiskemann for their greatkindness in giving special prizes. Unfortunatelythe Greek prize could not be given as no one wastaking a sufficiently advanced paper to justify itsaward. We are hoping that there will be keencompetition this year, as there is now a higherGreek class.

* * * *The General Knowledge prizes given by the

Old Girls' Association were awarded to Jean Pope(Senior) and Betty Wiskemann (Junior). Thehighest marks were obtained by Lilian Simpson(Senior) and Eveleen Stopford (Junior), who aredisqualified as being the best informed in theSchool last year !

* # * *The Trust Scholarship has been awarded to

Janet Muirhead, who is also the senior girl in theBoarding House and a Prefect.

* * * *Winifred Jenkins has been awarded a Bursary

of £3° f°r three years to Royal HollowayCollege.

* * * #Mrs. Crowder's prize for work in the summer

holidays was won by Marion Tooleyin the UpperSchool, and byNa'is Battye in the Lower School.

* * * *The prizes for the Drawing Competition at the

end of the Summer Term were won by : ,M. Towne,Upper School—subject, Botanical Drawing of


Plant. H. Bonham, Middle School—subject,a Map of England from memory. N. Wolf,Lower School—subject, a Map of Italy frommemory.

In future no girl will be allowed to take draw-ing prizes in any two consecutive years.

* # * *EXPEDITIONS.—The Sketching Class went to

Kew Gardens this year and some good studiesand drawings of trees were made. There was aBotanical expedition to Hayes and Keston in theSpring Term and the specimens obtained wereexhibited in the Hall,

* * * *At the end of the Autumn Term Miss Paul

invited parents and friends to an " At Home "so that they might have an opportunity of meetingMiss Berryman. The exhibition of drawingsand needlework in the Hall excited a great dealof interest, and everyone welcomed the chanceof seeing this work.

* * * #On Monday, October 21, a recital was given

at the Steinway Hall by Miss Marie Shedlockand Miss Carmen Hill, the proceeds of whichwere given to the Caldecott Nursery School, St.Pancras. The programme was composed of" Children's Songs and Stories for Sundays andother days," and was listened to with greatpleasure and delight.

* * * *This term the Benson Company is at the

Coronet Theatre, and parties have been takento see various plays performed. Miss Gateskindly took the Lower IV. to Julius Ctesaron February 8 ; Miss Bland braved the perilsof fog with her Form III., and they thoroughlyenjoyed As You Like It on Wednesday, the12th; while a large party of thirty-five wentwith Miss Munro on February 22 to a matineeof Macbeth, which is the " set book " for theBoard Examinations in July.

* * * *The following generous gifts of books have

been made during the year to the ReferenceLibrary : " Nature in Italian Art," presented byMiss Du Port; " A Century of ArchaeologicalDiscoveries," " Social Life at Rome in the Ageof Cicero," "Introductory Studies in GreekArt," "The Land of the Hittites," and " Paulineand other Studies," presented by Mrs. Buckler ;" Dean Colet," " Erasmus, a Sermon on theChild Jesus," " Archbishop Wake, and the Pro-ject of Union," presented by Mrs. Brock. Weexpress our very best thanks for these welcomeadditions to the Library.

DOINGS OF OLD GIRLS.OLD Girls offer their heartiest congratulations

to Agnes de Selincourt, who has been appointedPrincipal of Westfield College.

This year we are glad to be able to record thefollowing results in University finals: At Cam-bridge, Naomi Wallace has obtained a SecondClass in the Mediaeval and Modern LanguagesTripos. We were very sorry indeed that VioletStuart's ill-health prevented her from taking herClassical Tripos: she obtained an /Egrotat. Inthe London finals we are glad to see the namesof two Old Girls—Gundred Trotter, who gainedher B.A., Class II., Honours in French, andHonor Browne, who took her B.A., Class III.,Honours in German. At Holloway CollegePhyllis Willis has passed her London Inter-mediate in Arts, and Doris Willis the same inScience. Iti December Gladys Osborne andGladys Short passed the Senior CambridgeExamination. At the Royal Academy of MusicEthel Martin has gained her L.R.A.M., whileMiriam Fraser obtained a bronze medal forsinging.

Emma Gurney-Salter has published a bookentitled, "Nature in Italian Art"—publishers,Black. The book was accepted by TrinityCollege, Dublin, as a thesis for the Litt.D.degree, and this honour was conferred upon herlast June. We offer her our heartiest congratula-tions. Mrs. Sidney Wood (F. Chick) has gaineda scholarship for Research at the Lister Instituteof Preventive Medicine, Chelsea. Kitty McDowallhas had two articles published in the Journal ofRoman Studies", "A Statue in the PalazzoBarberini," and "The Apex or Tutulus inRoman Art." Clarice Cresswell has written abook entitled " The Crown of the North and

• South, and other Stories," published by Mow-bray. Ida Griinbaum and Miss Hall (also an oldNotting Hill mistress) have written a small bookcalled "Chemistry of Housecraft," published byBlackie. Many of us were much interested inhearing Mrs. Runciman (Hilda Stevenson) speaklast June at the Queen's Hall, on the " Religious

.Aspect of Women's Education."Amongst artistic successes we note that last

March Amelia Bowerley gave an exhibition olher pictures at the Lansdowne Road Studios,whilst last November she gave another exhibi-tion, called " When the World was Young," atthe Dowdeswell Galleries. We have to recordthis year several Recitals given by Old Girls.In March, at the Steinway Hall, Marjorie Blythgave a Song Recital in conjunction with Mme.Howell Jones. In June, at 8, ChesterfieldGardens, by permission of Lady Ancaster, DaisyScialtiel gave a matinee, while again in December,this time assisted by Miss Olga Loewenthal, she


gave two canseries at the Little Theatre, " LaChatelaine dans son Chateau au Moyen-age," and "La Parisienne dans son SalonAujourd'hui." In June Marion Dykes Spicergave a concert at the /Eolian Hall in aid of theRugby Girls' Club, whilst last summer alsoAnnette Ellis (Mrs. Nix Webber) gave a seriesof Violin Recitals at the Clavier Hall, HanoverSquare.

In Hockey we hear that Kitty Muirhead wasplaying this season for the North of Scotland.

Contributions for the next Magazine, and allitems of interest concerning Old Girls, should besent in not later than February 14, 1914, writtenon one side of the paper only. Names must begiven, not necessarily for publication.

* * » *Copies of the back numbers of the Magazine

caji be obtained by application to Miss Munro,price 6d. each.

BIRTHS.December 12, 1911, Mrs. Cecil Wilson

(Madeline Jackson), of a son.March 9, 1912, Mrs. Ernest Lesser (Connie

Adler), of a daughter.March 18, 1912, Mrs. Cecil Kisch (Myra Adler),

of a daughter.March 21, 1912, Lady Bull (Lilian Brandon),

of a son.March 26, 1212, Mrs. C. de R. Wall (Faith

Blyth), of a son.April 7, 1912, Mrs. Gower (Ursula Clark), of

a son (John).June 10, 1912, Mrs. Stuart Blofeld (Berta

Hardie), of a daughter.June 17, 1912, Mrs. A. J. Robertson (P.

Roughton), of a son.July 23, 1912, Mrs. Reginald Daniell (Alice

Child), of a son.July 23, 1912. Mrs. Macdonald (Dorothy '

Bolden), of a son (Alistair).September 2, 1912, Mrs. M. C. Bomford

(Pleasance Johnson), of a daughter.October 8, 1912, Mrs. Oscar Warburg (K.

Byrne), of a son (still-born).November 19, 1912, Mrs. Talbot (Ethel

Stuart), of a son.November 21, 1912, Mrs. Browne (P. Leigh

Hunt), of a son (Antony Dudley).December 9, 1912, Mrs. Percy Hopkins

(Margaret Crum), of a daughter.December II, 1912, Mrs. Docker (Connie

Langman), of a son.December 21, 1912, Mrs. Upcott (Alice

Weekes), of a son (John Philip).January 22, 1913, Mrs. G. Charles Crispin

(Dorothy Wallace), of a daughter (Norah).January 23, 1913, Mrs. Durston (M. Clayton-

Greene), of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.January 3, 1912, at Quill Lake, Saskatchewan,

Ruth Cowley to Mr. Cyril Hardy Smith.April 9, 1912, at St. Michael and All Angels',

Bedford Park, May Whittle to Mr. F. J.Maclean.

April 23, 1912, at St. Mark's, Southampton,Lilian Hudson to Mr. J. A. Wilkinson.

April 29, 1912, at St. Margaret's, Westminster,Lesley Clough-Taylor to the Hon. Arthur G.Brodrick.

June 6, 1912, at the Parish Church, Wimbledon,Phyllis Baron Reed to the Rev. W. Robbins.

June 12, 1912, at St. Luke's, Uxbridge Road,Mary Elsden to Mr. E. A. Lloyd.

June 25, 1912, at St. George's, Hanover Square,Olga Lynton to Mr. Charles Walker.

July 17, 1912, Winifred Lynton to Mr. A. H.Hannay.

August 8, 1912, at St. Paul's, Wimbledon Park,Alberta Bishop to Mr. J. K. Werren.

October 5, 1912, at St. Mary Abbots', Ken-sington, Mabel Gatey to Mr. E. W. Page.

October 8, 1912, at the New West End Syna-gogue, Doris Krauss to Mr. Val Myer.

October 10, 1912, at Barthomley Church,Cheshire, Rhalon Zoe Skene to Mr. E. C.Bickersteth.

November 29, 1912, at St. George's, HanoverSquare, Dora Edgell (nee Jowitt) to Mr. W. J.Grubbe.

December 21, 1912, at St. Barnabas', Kensing-ton, Grace Child to Dr. Thomas E. Stanton.

December 22, 1912, in Bombay, Ada Haes toMr. H. E. Bartlett.

January 20, 1913, Helen Jenkins to Mr. D. H.Brown.

DEATHS.November 3, 1911, at 107, Cecil Road, West

Croydon, Millicent Linney (nee Routledge),age 36.

Mary Delcomyn.

MAGAZINE ACCOUNTS, 1912.

RECEIPTS.£ s. d.

O.G.A 8 19 8Sale of Magazines 2 14 oGrant from School

Societies . . 0 9 3

EXPENDITURE.f £ s. d.

Printing Magazine n 14 oPostage ., .. o 2 iiPrizes .. . . 0 6 0

£l2 2 II

May. iQi2.WINIFRED E. D. DU PORT.

Audited and found correct, M. E. MUNRO.

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