Celebrating Extracts from our Centenary School Magazines 1924-2024!

The school’s magazine celebrates its centenary this Autumn. The first edition of the MGGS Magazine appeared in the Autumn Term of 1924. For this week’s edition we have linked to our Centenary School Magazine Writing Competition! – see the article for full details.

In the Centenary Yearbook 1888-1988 mention is given “… the paper is very thin and the reproduction poor by modern standards. Only a few copies were made, and they were passed around – girls paid to read it.”

We do however have so many treasured editions and below are a few extracts as a taster! We will be featuring extracts throughout the term.

FOREWARD TO THE 1ST EDITION OF THE MGGS MAGAZINE (1924)

I feel I must congratulate the first School Magazine Committee on their initiative, energy, and enthusiasm in starting a new source of interest in the school. I hope the magazine will be widely read, and well received so that the committee may feel encouraged to persevere in their none too easy task. We all look to the contributors to the next magazine to give of their very best, and we hope that these will represent every part of the school. There will for financial reasons have to be a limit to the number of items in every magazine, and we want to include only what is worth including. The ages of the contributors will of course be taken into account, but we must in this, as well as in every other school undertaking, have a high standard, which we hope will be raised as time goes on.

Miss. W.M. Kidd (Headteacher 1912-1930)

THE PREFECTS POEM SPRING TERM 1931

Who wear hat-bands with lordly air?

Who turn us from our form-room lair?

Who never have untidy hair?

The Prefects.

Who make us change our shoes at break?

Who always seems to be awake?

When we do wrong, who makes us quake?

The Prefects.

Who turns us out in bitter cold?

Who make us do as we are told?