1 Copy of letter sent to C,Spencer Smith July 29th 1916 Dear Sir I beg to acknowledge receipt of yr letter gladly enclosing
my Thrift Scheme securities & a cheque for £40 in lieu of notice.
I think that after 17 years service, during which time
I have had no notification from either the Head Mistress or the Governors
that my work at Queen Anne's School was otherwise than satisfactory (which
I think I am entitled to assume it was in consideration of the fact that
the Governors entrusted to me the control of the School during the Head
Mistress's absence of four months in India) that I am entitled to
ask them to be more explicit as to the reasons which have inspired
them to dismiss me from their service. It will be easily understood
that a bare statement such as is contained in the resolution passed by
the Committee itself open to several constructions. As the Agreement with
the Governors referred to states that a Mistress is only dismissed from
their service without notice for serious misconduct or other causes
equally grave it will most assuredly leave me open to the
implication that it was for some such reason I was dismissed.
The Head Mistress's letter, stating merely that the Committee did not
think it wise for me to return also gives no clear reason. P.T.O. 2
I therefore ask you to be so very kind as to lay this matter
before the Chairman of the Governors & to ask him as a matter
of common fairness to one who has done her best to render
faithful & useful service to the School for nearly 17 years
to state clearly the real reason for which I am dismissed. Please understand that I do not in any way
appeal against my dismissal, I accept it without
any comment, but I think the Governors cannot fail to
see the justness of my request that I should be clearly
told why they think I am no longer fitted to be in
their service. Yours faithfully GA Bannister