Killikelly (1840–1912) was a school teacher who wrote two books: Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life Designed as a Manual of General Information, vols I-III (1886–1900), and The History of Pittsburgh, Its Rise and Progress (Pittsburgh, Gordon Montgomery, 1906). She received an SSLA gold medallion in 1897 for her historical papers. Oliver McEwan was the principal of the New Metropolitan School of Shorthand in High Holborn in 1883; in the same year he wrote Shorthand: helps to the study of phonography. Mrs Stocken was principal of South London College in 1888. Monsieur Stirn, B.A. was director of the Anglo-French College, Kettering in 1884. Dr Spark was the Leeds borough organist, and he received a diploma from the Society in 1883. Members awarded SSLA medallions and certificates Besides those school children who did exceptionally well in examinations, there were Members other than Fellows who were not engaged in science or art, but who were interested in those matters. They could submit examples of their work for examination in the hope of winning a silver or gold medallion of the SSLA. A fortunate member might receive a silver-plated bronze or gilt-bronze medallion, cast with a figure of Athena, goddess of wisdom and learning, dispensing laurel wreaths and surrounded by her scientific and artistic attributes (pictured above). On the reverse the name of recipient and date of award would be engraved within a laurel wreath. George Hawker's gilt-bronze medallion weighs approximately 24 grams and is a professional and clean casting. These medallions were not, however, cast by the Royal Mint. Miss E.A. Wright was awarded a silver medal for her oil painting in 1892. Florence K. Spencer received a 4th class certificate for her oil painting on 18 December 1894 (pictured right). George Hawker won a gold medallion in 1885 for an unknown work (pictured right). This could possibly be George Charles Hawker, the Australian politician. At an unknown date, J.P. Thompson of Brisbane was awarded a silver medallion for "merit in science." School examinations The society provided school examinations such as arithmetic, geography, history, grammar, drawing, Latin, French, algebra and bookkeeping. In early 1885, Henry Valentine Goold presented the prizes at St John's College, Grimsargh, Preston, Lancashire, where the boys had taken the Society's exams and the principal, Reverend T. Abbott Peters, M.A., was a Fellow of the Society. In 1886 at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ipswich,