Ethel Trew

[1] In 1894 she was teaching maths at the West Cornwall College where Marion Waller was the head.

It was a Methodist school that had originally been "The Educational Home for the Daughters of Wesleyan Ministers" when it started in 1869.

The latter was said to be inspired by her own temper which she usually kept in check and she demonstrated its power and her hold over the school by successfully banning coughing in chapel.

[3] The original school and the head's house was burnt down in 1936 and was replaced with a nearly identical building.

Trew had many successes and school roll grew to 300 but she became out of touch and was said to be a "benevolent despot".

[1] She was superseded by Enid "Emma" Essame when Baron Stamp was the chair of governors, but she refused to give up complete control.