Watford

 

The Grove School, Watford

[and Moreton House School, Dunstable]

 

Grove & Morton House Schools

 

The Moretonia

Moreton House School Magazine

 
The Moreton House Girls School at Dunstable produced a magazine at intervals (either twice a year or annually) until 1925, when the school moved to The Grove, Watford.
 
Index to Summer 1924 Issue
 
1   Editorial   E. M. Brent Dyer (Editor)
2   (Letter from the Headmistriss)   Ethel M. Harman
3   School Notes: Autumn Tern 1923    
3-4   School Notes: Spring Term 1924    
4-5   School Notes: Summer Term 1924    
5   Items of Interest    
6-7   Green House Notes 1923-24   Una Croker (House Captain)
7   Red House Notes   G. Cherry (House Captain)
8   Hobbies Club   G. E. Baldock
8-9   Elocution Competition   N. Baldock
9   Account of Bulb Competition    
9    The Bazaar   Ethel M. Harman
10   Hockey Notes   L. Plummer (Games Captain)
10   Swimming    
10-11   Tennis Notes  

M, J, Russell

L Plummer (Games Captain)

11   Tennis: Senior Championship    
12   Tennis: Junior Championship    
12   The Junior Sports    
12-13   The Senior Library   J. M. Godfrey (Library)
13   The Junior Library   E. F. Cherry (Librarian)
13-14   Music   M. J. Russell
14   Music: Examination Results    
15   Cambridge Local Examinations    
15   Entertainments (Miss Harmam's Birthday Party)   G. Dawson
15-16   Entertainments (Miss Russell's Birthday Party)   Rhoda M. Moore
16   Entertainments (Miss Dyer's Birthday Party)   N. Baldock
16-17   Entertainments: Modes et Robes   Connie Cherry
17   Entertainments: The Junior Party   Mary Allingham
17   Shakespeare Readings    
18   Diamond Jubilee Celebrations: Special Service at the Priory Church   (From Luton News)
18-19   Diamond Jubilee Celebrations: The School Pageant: A Pretty Event   (From Dunstable Borough Gazette)
19   Puzzles   Nellie Baldock
20-21   An Adventure in the Tyrol   E. M. Brent Dyer
21   A Tale of '93 (Poem about the school as it was)   "An Old Girl"
22   On Bell Duty   Una Croker
23-24   For the Sake of the King (Fiction)   Gwen Dawson
24   To a Starry Night (Poem)   Margaret Cross
24   The Extraordinary Development of the Jelly Fish from an Egg   Mary Clarke
25   The Clock's Story (School History as seen by the school clock)   V. Sharman
26   Morton House Old Girls' Club   Grace E. Pochin
27-28   Revised List of Members of the Morton House Old Girls' Club    
29-30-31   News of Old Moretonians    
32   Roll Call: School Year 1923-1924    
 

If you know of the location of any of the missing magazines (Numbers 1-10, 12 and 23)? I am sure BLARS would like a copy. Other material about the school could also be of interest.

Did the magazine continue after the move to Watford - possibly with a different name?

Tell me about it

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