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Badges and Hat Band:- Badge worn on hat & for gym
tunic. House Badge: Boarders were in North House with pupils from the Antrim
Road area. Four Houses - North, South (Malone and Ormeau areas) Blue
East (Knock, Stormont and Dundonald Purple). Country areas outside City
boundaries Green. Boarders Prefects Badge: Boarders were not usually School
Prefects but the Head Girl at Drumglass was made a school prefect in
1938-39. She was Hazel Lindsay, now Mrs. Roy Bradford.
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1) Daily Mail - The Old School Tie Keeps it's Sheen here. The old school tie
of Victoria College, Belfast, really means something. Old girls now meet
monthly, and schoolday friendships never die. There are more than 180
members of the association in Ulster and many more scattered abroad. The
monthly magazine is sent to girls in all parts of the Empire. Mrs. M. L.
Watts, secretary of the association, told me to-day that letters of
appreciation come regularly from girls as far away as New Zealand and
Canada. "The girls like to read about their old school friends," she
said.
2) Marriages: Keegan - O'Hegarty - Miss Maire Caitriona
O'Hegarty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. O'Hegarty, Highfield House,
Rathgar, Dublin, was married on Saturday last at St. Philip's Church,
Milltown, to Mr. George William Keegan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keegan,
Ramleh Villas, Milltown, Co. Dublin. The Service was conducted in Irish by
the Rev. John Desmond Murray, assisted by the Rev. W. H. Coulter, rector of
the parish. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of
white brocade and a Brussels lace veil. She carried a bouquet of white
chrysanthemums. She was attended by two bridesmaids, her sister, Miss
Grainne O'Hegarty, and the bridegroom's sister, Miss Joan Keegan. They
wore blue crépe dresses and headdresses of mixed flowers, and they carried
bouquets of pink chrysanthemums. Mr Seán O'Hegarty (brother of the
bride) was best man. After the ceremony a reception was held by Mrs.
O'Hegarty at Highfield House.
Bradford - Lindsay: The wedding took place on Saturday last at the
McCracken Memorial Church, Belfast, of Mr. Roy Hamilton Bradford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Bradford, Glenwood, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, and Miss Hazel
Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. Lindsay, Ard Solus,
Sligo. The Rev. David Dowling, M.A., officiated. The bride, who was
given away by her father, was attended by her cousin, Miss Rosemary Danter.
The best man was Mr. Norman Bradford, brother of the bridegroom. A reception
was afterwards held by the bride's mother at the Midland Hotel, Belfast.
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1) Norah Gertrude Bullick: at school at Victoria in 1920's and qualified as N.F.U. teacher in the late 1920's. N.F.U. now N.F.F. because the National
Farmer's Union adopted the old initials! - Lisburn photographer
2) Betty McCreedy
3) Kathleen Ferris
4) Mary Erskine
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2) Betty Anderson
3) Harriet Acheson
4) Hazel
Drumglass House Sept. 1936 - June 1939
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1) "Winter" by Anne Acheson in Dutch Garden
2) Sports on Drumglass Hockey Field
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1) Vera MacFarland, Hazel Lindsay, Mary Erskine
2) Betty McCreedy & ? Vera, Hazel, Joan Shaw, Mary
Groups on grass tennis court 1937
Back: Vera - Margt. Peoples - Prudence Park - Rita McCay - Betty
Front: Harriet Acheson - Florence Orr - ? - June Walkington - Betty
Stevenson - Marjorie Shaw
Sitting: ?
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1) Vera outside the Drawing Room
2) Betty outside Miss Wasson's Study
3) Laurie Boyd
4) Hazel Lindsay
Staff Tennis Tournament 1937
Staff at Sports 1937
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1) Miss Barry & Miss McAlister
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3) Miss Loughrey (Music)
4) Betty Anderson - Miss Brazil - Samina McCay - P.E. Teacher - Betty
Carlisle - Miss Loughrey (?)
5) Staff at Sports 1937
Prefects 1936 -1937
Head Girl: Eleanor Megaw
Front Row: - ? - Laurie Boyd - Muriel MacGregor - Eleanor - Jean Adair (?) -
Joan Barry - Florence McKeown (Professor of Pathology)
First XI 1936 - 37 Captain Florence McKeown
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1) Lottie McCallion & Rita McCay
2) as 1)
3) Hazel - Betty - Sheila - Vera - K.F.
4) Moira Sloan
Kitty Acheson - K. F. - Florence Orr - Betty McCreedy - Ruth Heenan - Mary
Erskine - Vera - Muriel Furey
Sheila Burrowes (now Mrs. David Burke) - Marguerite Weir
"CROC" about to walk to school. Note hats? Summer Uniform
1st XI 1937 -38
Back: Muriel Hunter - Margaret Macdonald - Betty Carlisle - Rita McCay -
Norah Hunter - Lalage Campbell
Front: Mary Harrison - ? - ? - ? - Samina McCay
In Dutch Garden
Hazel - Harriet & Kitty Acheson (nieces of Mrs. Faris and cousins) -
Margaret Macdonald - ? - Kathleen Henderson - Lorna Hastings & K.F.
NB Moire Sloane was youngest boarder - 5 years old
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1) Sports 1938
2) Miss Patrick - Margaret Craig (N.F.F. Student) - Betty McCreedy - Isobel
Kane - Eva Gross
3) Miss Brazil
4) Mlle. Obelliane
5) Mlle. Diebold
VIth Form Picnic 1938
 
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1) Head Girl - Sybil Chapman (Mrs. Reggie Livingstone)
2) K. F. - Margaret Megaw - Sybil Chapman
1st XI 1938-39
? - Joan Reid - Suzanne Tweedie
Muriel Hegan - Annabel Dunn - ? - Lalage Campbell - Isobel ? - Betty Mackle
- Muriel Hunter
Margaret Megaw - Margaret Crosland - Sybil Chapman - Joan Surfleet - Hazel
Lindsay
Second Round of the Schools' Hockey Cup - (Left) Victoria College, who met
Methodist College (right) at Bladon Drive yesterday.
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Miss White
Instonians Hockey XI who were defeated 2 goals to 1
Belfast - Fermanagh Wedding - Mr. Thomas Harold Pinkerton (son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Pinkerton, Flowerdale, Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh) and his bride,
Miss Annette Elizabeth Benson (daughter of Mr. John Benson, Eglantine
Avenue, Belfast, and the late Mrs. Benson) leaving St. John's (Malone)
Parish Church, after their marriage. (Matron at Drumglass, Miss Benson)
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1) Some of the Pupils in Drumglass Hall for the annual meeting and prize
distribution of Victoria College, Belfast
2) At Drumglass Hall - Laurie Boyd (left), head girl at Victoria College,
and Betty Fulton (right), head girl at Strathearn. "Northern Whig"
  
 
 
 
 
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1) (to go with above Prize-Giving photographs) - The Victoria College,
Belfast, Prize Distribution, A Year's Good Work, The Chairman of Governors
Addresses the Pupils. - Rt. Hon. J. Milne Barbour, D.L. - Mr. H. M. Pollock
- Mrs. G. Faris, M.A.
2) Victoria College, Belfast - Platform party at the annual meeting and
prize distribution held at Drumglass Hall, Malone. The Rt. Hon. J. Milne
Barbour, D.L., M.P. (centre), chairman of the Board of Governors, presented
the prizes. Also included are Miss A. T. Wasson, B.A.; Dr. Jones, Mrs.
Hume, O.B.E.; Mrs. Watts, M.B.; Miss Holland, Professor G. Waterhouse, M.A.;
Rev. R. A. Deane, Miss E. Miskelly, B.A., and Mrs. G. Faris, M.A.,
principal. "Northern Whig"
3) Victoria College, Belfast - Platform party at Victoria College prize
distribution. The Rt. Hon. J. Milne Barbour, who handed over the awards, is
in centre of the group. Also included are Mrs. G. Faris (principal of the
college), Miss E. Miskelly, B.A. (principal, Strathearn School); Miss A. T.
Wasson, B.A. (head resident mistress, Drumglass House); Dr. R. M. Jones,
M.A.; Miss Holland, Mrs. Hume, O.B.E., and Professor G. Waterhouse, M.A.
Inset - Laurie Boyd (left) and Betty Fulton, head pupils of Victoria College
and Strathearn respectively.
4) Some of the Pupils of Victoria College at the Annual Prize Distribution
held at Drumglass House, Marlborough Park, Belfast, yesterday.
5) Platform Party at Drumglass House - Included in group with Viscountess
Craigavon (in centre), who presented the awards, are Mr. J. Milne Barbour,
D.L. (Minister of Commerce), who presided; Mrs. G. Faris, M.A.
(Principal); Miss A. T. Wasson, B.A.; Miss M. E. Moore, M.A.;
Miss E. Miskelly, B.A.; Mrs. Hume, O.B.E.; Miss Holland, Mrs.
McCaughey, Mrs. Watts, M.B., and the Very Rev. Dr. Waddell.
 
 
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1) Victoria College, Belfast, Prize Distribution at Drumglass House -
(below) Mrs. G. Faris, M.A., Principal, receiving Lady Craigavon, who
distributed the prizes. (1) Miss Sybil Chapman, head girl, who presented a
souvenir to Lady Craigavon, and (below) the platform Party. Included
are Lady Craigavon, Rt. Hon. J. Milne Barbour, D.L., M.P., who presided;
Mrs. G. Faris, M.A., Mrs. Hume, O.B.E.; Miss Holland, Mrs. M. Caughey, Mrs.
Watts, M.B.; Miss M. E. Moore, M.A.; Miss A. T. Wasson, B.A.; and Miss E.
Miskelly, B.A. "Northern Whig"
2) Sybil Chapman, Head Girl at Victoria College.
3) Ceremony Performed By Lady Craigavon: Principal's Splendid Report.
(Click to enlarge)
4) Victoria College,
Belfast - Session 1938-1939: Distinctions of Former Pupils - Queen's
University, Belfast - M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. Degree, G. Hill; B.A.
Degree, K. G. Faris (with Second Class Honours in French and German), R.
Calvert, M. M. Cameron, E. G. Chapman, N. C. Fullerton, D. E. McCammon;
B.Sc. Degree, M. M. Chapman, L. M. McCay; B.Com.Sc. Degree, M. Stewart;
Higher Diploma in Education, R. Calvert; Certificate of Distinction
(French), D. Megaw. University of London - Ph.D. Degree, Mrs.
Bathurst (nee G. McCormick). Trinity College, Dublin - Moderatorship in Classics (Second Class) - E. M. Shummacher.
Examination Results - Queen's University, Belfast,
Entrance Scholarship - Emily, Lady Pakenham Scholarship - E. M. McCraith.
Matriculation, University of London - F. J. Buller, I. I. Moore, H. T.
Mostyn.
Examinations Held By Ministry of Education 1939 - The
following pupils obtained the Senior Certificate - P. Brownell, S. M. E.
Burrows, L. Campbell, I. E. Coates, M. Crosland, M. S. Dowling, E. L. D.
Duncan, M. A. Dunn, K. M. Ferris, K. Flanagan, L. E. Hastings, M. E.
Hegan, N. J. Hegan, M. E. Hunter, M. H. Kerr, H. E. Lindsay, M. E. K.
Megaw, K. J. Reid, M. F. Shilliday, S. Stewart, D. M. M. Webb, M.
Wilson. King's Scholarship Examination - M. H. Kerr.
The following pupils obtained the JUNIOR CERTIFICATE -
V. K. H. Acheson, E. A. Alexander, M. Bates, M. Bell, M. M. Bell, L.
Brown, E. T. Burnett, G. M. Caskey, S. E. M. Davies, M. Donaldson, H. E.
Faris, E. G. Frame, E. J. Gamble, O. Gillies, D. Handley, D. R. Harris,
D. Hastings, S. J. Hunter, M. H. Jeffrey, M. Kelly, M. G. Kent, D. M.
Lauder, F. M. McBride, L. McCallion, M. W. McCready, M. J. Sloan, O. C.
Smith, E. Stevenson, M. Vance, A. H. Williamson, A. D. Wilson, E.
Wilson, E. S. Wilson.
EXHIBITIONS - Senior Certificate Examination, Group A
(First Place) - M. Crosland, Exhibition, £40. Junior Certificate
Examination - A. H. Williamson, Exhibition, £30.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIZES - M. Crosland, First in N.
Ireland. L. Hastings, Second in Victoria College.
HIGH PLACES - SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION - First
Place in French - M. Crosland. First Place in German - M.
Crosland. First Place in Domestic Economy - D. Webb. Second
Place in English - E. Duncan. Third Place in Latin - M. Crosland.
Third Place in Elementary Mathematics - M. Megaw.
JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION - First Place in Algebra
- A. Williamson. First Place in Geometry - A. Alexander.
First Place in Domestic Economy - O. Gillies. First Place in Music
- H. E. Faris. Second Place in Music - M. M. Bell. Second
Place in Domestic Economy - L. McCallion. Fourth Place in Domestic
Economy - A. Alexander. Fifth Place in Domestic Economy - A.
Williamson. Fifth Place in Arithmetic - S. Hunter.
SCHOLARSHIPS - Gamble Scholarship, £80 a year (Third
Year) - E. M. Megaw. Leaving? Scholarship - S. Chapman.
Elizabeth Steele Scholarship - E. Duncan. Jane McIlwaine
Scholarship - M. M. Bell. Margaret Morrow Scholarship (Resident) -
K. Acheson. Sixth Form Scholarship - Muriel Hunter. Junior
Scholarships - Senior Division (Second Year) - M. Bell, £15; E.
McCaughey, £7 10s. Senior Division (First Year) - E. Shuttleworth,
£15; P. Scovell, £10; J. Tyrrell, £7 10s; G. Iago
(Resident), £25. Junior Division (Second Year) - S. Agnew, £10.
Junior Division (First Year) - E. Howard, £15; M. Lindsay (Resident),
£25. Special Scholarships in Domestic Economy - D. Webb, £3;
I. Coates, £3; K. Adair, £3; O. Harkness, £2 10s; A. Williamson, £2 10s;
O. Gillies, £2.
DRUMGLASS HOUSE SCHOOL - STRATHEARN -
(CLICK image 4 to read full list of results and
names.)
5) Victoria College, Belfast, Prize
Distribution, Complete Arrangements for Evacuation, Principals' Reports.
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2) Victoria College Prize Day - Some of the pupils listening to the speeches
at the Annual Prize Distribution at Drumglass House, Belfast, yesterday.
 
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1) Schools' Perpetual Tennis Challenge Cup - Victoria College, winners of
the cup which has been presented for inter-schools' competition by Dr. T. B.
Pedlow, Mrs. K. Hadow and Mr. R. P. Corry.
From left - K. Acheson, B. Carlisle (captain), with the trophy; M. McDonald
and C. Young. - Lawn Tennis, Schools' Cup Final: The final of
the Schools' Cup between Victoria College and Londonderry High School was
played on the courts of the Windsor L.T.C. on Saturday, and resulted in a
win for Victoria by 4 matches all, 8 sets to 7. Details (Victoria
College players first):- Betty Carlisle beat Eileen McVicker, 6-4, 6-3;
Margaret McDonald lost to Lorna Clarke, 6-4, 6-4; Kitty Acheson lost to
Barbara Gillespie, 8-6, 2-6, 8-6; Clara Young beat Joan Burgess, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles:- Betty Carlisle and Margaret McDonald beat Eileen McVicker and
Lorna Clarke, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2; Kitty Acheson and Clara Young lost to
Barbara Gillespie and Joan Burgess, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
2) Victoria College, Belfast - Pupils of Drumglass House who performed "A
Garden of Live Flowers" at the Annual Parents' Day Entertainment on
Saturday.
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1) (x 3rd from left) - Pupils of Victoria College, Belfast, who performed a
dainty parasol dance at their annual entertainment in Drumglass House.
2) Victoria College, Belfast - Players in "Joan of Arc," which will be
performed by pupils at their annual entertainment in Drumglass House this
evening. From left - Maureen McKee (Joan of Arc), Maureen Orr
(Catherine de Beaumanoir), Jean Adair (Guy de Laval), J. Hamilton,
(Catherine's tiring woman), and Rene Mulligan (hostess of the inn).
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1) Victoria College, Pupils' Entertainment at Drumglass House. Click to
enlarge
2) A pose from the graceful Grecian Dance, also a feature of the display at
Drumglass House.
3) (arrow pointing at first girl) Senior Pupils who will perform a Russian
dance at Drumglass House entertainment.
They are J. Surfleet, A. Hay, J. Robinson, and J. Walkington
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1) Victoria College, Belfast - Platform party at the annual distribution of
prizes at Drumglass Hall yesterday. Mr. J. H. Robb, K.C. (Minister of
Education), who presented the awards is in the centre. Also in the group are
Mrs. G. Faris, M.A. (headmistress); the Very Rev. John Waddell, M.A., D.D.;
Mrs. Hume, O.B.E.; Miss E. Miskelly (principal of Strathearn), Miss M. E.
Moore, and Miss A. T. Wasson, B.A.
2) Joan Surfleet, Head Girl of Victoria College, Belfast
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1) 1937 - Empire Youth Rally - Ulster Schoolgirls who are to attend
Coronation Rally in Albert Hall, London, and an Empire Service of Youths in
Westminster Abbey, photographed on board Liverpool Steamer prior to leaving
Belfast.
2) 1938 - Victoria College Girls for the Empire Exhibition.
Pupils of Victoria College, Belfast, will be visiting the Empire Exhibition
at Glasgow during the present month. On the 23rd inst. 70 of the girls will
travel with seven teachers, and on the 27th inst. there will be a party of
20 with two teachers.
Art in Ulster Schools - Visitors inspecting a section of the exhibition of
art by pupils of elementary, secondary, junior technical and commercial
schools of Northern Ireland now on view at the Ministry of Education, Tyrone
House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast
(Eva Gross and Isobel Kane (N.F.F. Student)
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