Cookery and needlework were also featured regularly, as it was at that time "considered vital that young girls knew how to cook and sew.
This was partly down to [Schoolgirls' Own] having a very attractive appearance, Leonard Shields drew the covers (when not used as adverts instead), and interior for the Morcove stories throughout its run, which very much added to and contrasted well with Marjorie Stanton's (Horace Philips) writings.
The main characters revolved around Betty Barton - the whole saga really began with her coming to Morcove from Lancashire as a penniless scholarship girl .
Over the years there were many adventures and many ups and downs, but she maintained her position as a more demure Tom Merry — "We'll manage" becoming a kind of catchphrase for her.
12 coterie, staunch friends being madcap Polly Linton (almost Bob Cherry), languid Paula Creel (a feminine [Augustus] D'Arcy),and later playful Naomer Nakara arrived in a Hurree Singh role.