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The Bradford Daily Telegraph; Bradford School Board; Resignation of a Member; Miss...
Catalogue reference: A94/16/A7/4
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- A94/16/A7/4
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Bradford Daily Telegraph; Bradford School Board; Resignation of a Member; Miss McMillan's Retirement.
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Date (When the record was created)
- Wednesday, October 22 1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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Results of a meeting by the Bradford School Board that day. Miss McMillan was to resign on November Th.
The paper summarised tributes paid to Miss McMillan and other members of the Board. The Chairman spoke of the Board's appreciation of her high idealism, her power of grasping the inwardness of educational problems, her introduction of free arm and ambidextrous drawing, lessons in voice production and colour perception.
Two members were mentioned as being ill. The Minutes of the School Attendance Committee showed an increase in attendance to Board Schools. In 1900 there were 47,259 pupils and in 1902 there were 48,658.
The article mentions evening schools and a resignation from the Technical Instruction Committee.
The last item concerned a school teacher's distribution of denominational magazines contravening Board regulations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bd5b1a6d-b3f1-4d95-9dd1-88ab9c6feb28/
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A94/16/A7
Newscuttings - Original Documents.
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The Bradford Daily Telegraph; Bradford School Board; Resignation of a Member; Miss McMillan's Retirement.