G'day Kerry, On 25/07/2012, at 17:29 PM, Kerry Edwards wrote: > My understanding is that the papers for the Senior and Junior Cambridge > were sent to England for correction, so I wonder if the Uni of Cambridge or > Education Dept in UK should have some record of these??? Are we sure about this? Were the papers marked in india? > BTW I still have my mother's SC certificate of 1928!!! She studied at St > George's Grammar School Hyderabad 1915-1928, taught there 1930-1953 and was > Headmistress of the Preparatory School 1953 till 1992!! A canny woman eh? I'll bet that she was an outstanding teacher and a great communicator. ooroo

This is an extract of "A Headmistress' Story from my website www.oldmhs.com It is the account of the term as Headmistress (Lila Engberg) of Quen's Hill School (changed to Mount Hermon School) in Darjeeling, in 1934. The exam papers for both the JC and SC were prepared by a University in Cambridge, then sent back to England for correction. The exam results followed after a few months. The exam results must be held somewhere in the Archives of some university in Cambridge - don't know which, as there were several. Jim Sinclair. "Queen's Hill School was primarily for the children of missionaries and other Europeans as most white people were called. The students were taught a British curriculum which prepared them to take Junior and Senior Cambridge Examinations sent out from England These examinations were administered each December following the end of the school year which ran from March through November." From: John Feltham <wantok@me.com> To: india-british-raj <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 2:58 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Senior Cambridge Examination G'day Kerry, On 25/07/2012, at 17:29 PM, Kerry Edwards wrote: > My understanding is that the papers for the Senior and Junior Cambridge > were sent to England for correction, so I wonder if the Uni of Cambridge or > Education Dept in UK should have some record of these??? Are we sure about this? Were the papers marked in india? > BTW I still have my mother's SC certificate of 1928!!! She studied at St > George's Grammar School Hyderabad 1915-1928, taught there 1930-1953 and was > Headmistress of the Preparatory School 1953 till 1992!! A canny woman eh? I'll bet that she was an outstanding teacher and a great communicator. ooroo ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Jim ! Your email has reminded me of one you wrote earlier which I had forgotten to respond to. My apologies. The Cambridge exam papers were indeed, shipped to the UK and continued to the best of my knowledge ,to be so after the start of hostilities IN 1939. My Mother had sailed to London in September 1939 and was unable/disinclined because of hostilities at sea, to return to India. The period in question re exam papers is therefore 1939-194546. Good wishes Sally -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jimsin12@aol.com Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 4:55 PM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Senior Cambridge Examination This is an extract of "A Headmistress' Story from my website www.oldmhs.com It is the account of the term as Headmistress (Lila Engberg) of Quen's Hill School (changed to Mount Hermon School) in Darjeeling, in 1934. The exam papers for both the JC and SC were prepared by a University in Cambridge, then sent back to England for correction. The exam results followed after a few months. The exam results must be held somewhere in the Archives of some university in Cambridge - don't know which, as there were several. Jim Sinclair. "Queen's Hill School was primarily for the children of missionaries and other Europeans as most white people were called. The students were taught a British curriculum which prepared them to take Junior and Senior Cambridge Examinations sent out from England These examinations were administered each December following the end of the school year which ran from March through November." From: John Feltham <wantok@me.com> To: india-british-raj <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 2:58 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Senior Cambridge Examination G'day Kerry, On 25/07/2012, at 17:29 PM, Kerry Edwards wrote: > My understanding is that the papers for the Senior and Junior > Cambridge were sent to England for correction, so I wonder if the Uni > of Cambridge or Education Dept in UK should have some record of these??? Are we sure about this? Were the papers marked in india? > BTW I still have my mother's SC certificate of 1928!!! She studied at > St George's Grammar School Hyderabad 1915-1928, taught there 1930-1953 > and was Headmistress of the Preparatory School 1953 till 1992!! A canny woman eh? I'll bet that she was an outstanding teacher and a great communicator. ooroo ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message