Search Results

Eluned Morgan from Patagonia to DWS,1897 letter translation

TAGS

<p>The writer Eluned Morgan Jones was born in 1870 on board The Myfanwy en route to the Welsh settlement in Patagonia.The daughter of one of the first settlers,she was sent to Dr Williams' School in 1885 speaking Spanish and Welsh. This letter appears in the first edition of the School Magazine in 1897 on her return to Patagonia.
She writes in particular to the Welsh girls on this occasion. Eluned's letter is about a love of the language, speaking and reading Welsh.
She asks would they like to travel the length and breadth of Wales without hearing one word of the old Welsh tongue being spoken?
</p>
<p>NOTE: An English translation of the whole of this letter by this important writer is published as a PDF as a STORY on this website
</p>

'Eluned Morgan's letter to her dear young colleagues' 1897 1

TAGS

Eluned Morgan Welsh language school magazine Patagonia

<p>Writing to the Welsh girls in particular, Eluned notes that according to their own admission, they do not read Welsh almost at all and if they did they would not be well versed in the language to follow the thoughts of the writer.
Such a thing would be unheard of by the English, she says - to hear Welsh children admit that they are not able to read their own language! ....Very little labour would be needed to be able to read and speak Welsh as well as they do English.
</p>
<p>NOTE: An English translation of the whole of this article by this important writer is published as a PDF as a STORY on this website.
</p>

'Eluned Morgan's letter to her dear young colleagues' 1897 2

TAGS

Eluned Morgan School magazine Welsh language English library

<p>This school magazine page concludes Eluned's letter. The 1897 editor (in English) responds to Eluned's criticism concerning the availability of books written in Welsh in the School Library . Eluned doubts whether it contains one Welsh book. Eluned exhorts pupils to remember they are Welsh and to use and read their own language. Welsh was a subject taught at the school the editor says.
</p>

'Eluned Morgan's Letter to her dear young colleagues 1897' 3

TAGS

Eluned Morgan Library school magazine Welsh language

<p>A page from the first ever school magazine. Eluned Morgan has been living in Patagonia, her 'adopted home'since leaving school. She visited DWS in November and spoke about 'many interesting things about the Welsh colony in that distant land'.
Her letter to the Welsh girls is also published on this website.
Interestingly, another item mentions former pupil Mattie Roberts. Mattie had qualified to teach cookery, laundry work, dressmaking,millinery, art and needlework. She had sailed to Australia with Miss Rutter (another DWS teacher) to teach at the Girls' Grammar school in Brisbane. The Headmistress there was Miss Fewings. Miss Fewings had been the Headmistress at DWS from 1886 to 1896.
</p>

News of Patagonian writer and 'Old Girl' Eluned Morgan 1897

TAGS

Eluned Morgan Miss Fewings School magazine Patagonia

<p>Jane and her family are on the left of the picture, her brother is in the grey coat at the front.I'm with my mum and younger brother. Jane was one of my 'best friends'. Like me, she arrived late at DWS so we were natural allies. Jane had some 'street cred'. We all thought her cousin was Tony Hicks from The Hollies (a top 1960s pop group). Surprisingly, I also had some 'street cred' having Mary Whitehouse as an aunt ...well, maybe not exactly 'street cred' in my case! This slide transparency shows us all having a walk around the lake, probably after a sunday lunch at the Tynycornel hotel This was a real treat and a respite from 'Rhino'(roast beef) and the thick apricot tart, smothered with condensed milk, which was our regular Sunday fare at school.
</p>

Jane Hicks and Jen Hutcheson at Talyllyn on a day out 1966

TAGS

Talyllyn day out walk family

<p>Ann Ralphs, (Bong), Pam, Celia Ridge (C.C), Judy Nicoll (Nic), Ann (?), Miller (Milly), Wendy Price (Wend), Ruth Hallam (Goof)
</p>

Choir picnic at Llyn Cynwch 1955

TAGS

Picnic Llyn Cynwch Choir

Atgofion Melys 1952-58

TAGS

Memories 50's hats over Barmouth Bridge

Discipline - 1940s

TAGS

Discipline Do Macbeth

The Christmas Holiday General Knowledge Test Challenge 1968

TAGS

Christmas General Knowledge Test Exam 1968

Model Answers to the annual General Knowledge Test for 1968

TAGS

General Knowledge Test Exam Christmas model answer 1968

<p>Members of the school choir took part in the Youth Choir which sang at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1949. Twelve pupils in the 5th and 6th forms, known as Parti Deuddeg ('Party of Twelve') won with their entry ‘Y mae afon’ (There is a River) by Daniel Protheroe. They were trained by Menna Carrington Jones, a music teacher at DWS from 1948 to 1951.In this photo she is 5th from left.
From left to right, are Gwyneth Powell, Anne Lloyd Davies,Dilys Jones, Menna Carrington Jones (teacher),?, Kitty Williams, Morfydd Parry, Tegwen Harris Jones, Bidi Davies, Jeanette James, Olwen Williams.
</p>
<p>You can hear the group sing their winning entry ('Y Mae Afon') at the Eisteddfod as an audio file on this website. One participant, on hearing it for the first time at Dolgellau library in 2015, smiled broadly and sang along again.
</p>

Parti Deuddeg 1949

TAGS

Parti Deuddeg Eisteddfod music 1949

Dr Williams’ School
Dolgellau
1878 - 1975

Explore The Themes

Search Results

Eluned Morgan from Patagonia to DWS,1897 letter translation

'Eluned Morgan's letter to her dear young colleagues' 1897 1

'Eluned Morgan's letter to her dear young colleagues' 1897 2

'Eluned Morgan's Letter to her dear young colleagues 1897' 3

News of Patagonian writer and 'Old Girl' Eluned Morgan 1897

Jane Hicks and Jen Hutcheson at Talyllyn on a day out 1966

Choir picnic at Llyn Cynwch 1955

Atgofion Melys 1952-58

Discipline - 1940s

The Christmas Holiday General Knowledge Test Challenge 1968

Model Answers to the annual General Knowledge Test for 1968

Parti Deuddeg 1949