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Vi.iter: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

Tru.teea: ]. S. WOOLCOCK, Esq.,. B.A., Chairman. J. LOCKHART GlBS€);N, ,, Esq" M.D., Vice.-Chainmul. LIEUT.-COLONEL C. F. PLANT, F.R.A .S, Hon. Treasurer. W. J. BYRAM, Esq. M. G. HAYMEN, Esq. E. R. CROUCH, Esq. J. STODART, Esq., M.L.A . Head Miatre•• : MISS M. ATKINSON WILLIAMS, B.A. (Univ. of Lond~n).

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:each' year, and ther.e are various \Uni- versity and other prizes competed for annually. SCHOOL SPORTS" ETC. Tennis, ,Basket Ball. Swim'ming, Life-· saving, Rowing, Gardening (for Board- ers), Club-swinging, Swedish Drill. The' school has thr,ee Tennis Courts and a Basket Ball Court, and the Public Swim- ming Bath is within three minutes' walk of the scnoo!. All boarders a-ce under the pernonal care of tire Head Mistress, a,sslsted' by a competent Matron ,and Dormitory Mis- tress. The school is situated at an elevation of 192 feet above sea and is practically in Victoria P,ark, which it adjoins on two sides. Arrangements have recently been macle by whicn girls whose parents desire it may sleep out of doors, on a properly fi tted-up veran- dah. The school has recently been fitted with mod,ern teaching apparatus and school furniture, and is thoroughly well equipped for the repuirements or a sound, education for girls. ' Pupils are received in the lower scho?l from the age of eight years, provIded t.hat they can read, write legibly from dictation, and work ex- ample in the four simple rules.

In the case of two members of the same family attending the scbiool, a re - duction of lOs. 6d. each, and in the case of thme members or more a re- duction of £1 1s. each is made. ' The same reduction is made in respect of girls, a member or members of whos'e fami ly is or , (Ire attending the Brisbane Grammar School for Boys. EXTRA SUBJECTS. Violin, £3 3s.; Piano, £2 2s.; Solo- singing, £2 2s.; Pai~ting (in upper school), £1 1s.; Danomg, £1 1s. , A hot luncheon is provided for day, pupils at the charge of £2 2s. per quarter. CURRICULUM. The school curriculum is a compre- hensive ,one, and includes Classics, Mathematics, Botany, Physics , Modern Languag'es, Geog'faphy, English in all its branches, Dravving, Theory of Music, Class Singing, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, S.wimming', Gymnastics, Physical Exercises, and in the lower school Needle Work. Brush Work', Elo- cution and Morris-dancing. The pupils are prepared for the Ex - arhinations of the University of Queens- land, the Civil Service and the Royal Associated Board of Music. The Trus- tees offer three vaillable Scholarships,

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, December. 1913.

sented by Dr . Brockway early in the year . Old pupils will be glad to hear news of Miss Wilkinson, who sent by last mail interesting post caras from Wiltshire, where she was then staying after a sojourn in Cumberland among the Lakes, befor e going on to Devonshire. The advent of the magazine may help to brighten the last quarter, which is always a kind of nightmare, with its Senior and Junior examinations, not to mention lhe annual insp2ction and the

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support and by literary contributions, so that we may be as proud' of , tOle magazine as with just cause we are of the school, whic'h has long passed the days of its childhood. On th'e last .day of February every year, we cele-

Girls' Grammar School, Gregory Terrace.

J:>rate its .foundation, of which, in a, later number ,ve may, perhaps, giv~ an account. On special days we fly now our hand- some Union Jack, which was unfurled for the firsL time last year by the Go- vernor-General, Lord Denman. The story of the school life of this year may be gathered from the Form and Sports Notes . The school rejoined the Schools' Assoc:iation this year, and was successful in winning the Brockway Cup, which, together with small sou- v enir cups to the winners, was pre-

Chir;stmas examina tions- and this just when we are all in a 'melting mood.' We should like to wish success to the 'Women 's Coll ege, about to be in- augurated, with the hope that some of our girls will 'be able to take advantage of . its opportunities" and to ,concIud:e with heartiest good wishes for success to candidates for University and .other examinations, ana. to those who are leav- ing school (with which they can still keep in touch: by joining the Old Girls' Association); and to all we wish a happy hol~day " a fter long striving'."·

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Greeting from Past to Present. ROM troops of "old girls" in our own sunny State as well as from those who are scattered over the Conti1.wnts- C!r€e·tiIlgs ! Old B.G.G.S. girls-where are they not ? Home-making in tropic isles, in India, South Africa and Eng'land, do · ingi Zenana work, helping to superintend Ron-all excavations lI ear GlasQo\\', while winning cla ss ical honours at the Univer · sity there, working hard at Law in the States, studying in Germany, touring in all par ts of Europe and the British Isles - and everywhere keeping a warm af - fection f OT the old school and an in- terest in its doings . Then at horne, there they a re again- home-building fi rs t of all, teaching in nearly every Grammar and secondary and High School in the State, drafts - women, in various branches of the CivIl Service, nurses and doctors (11 of them). Then lastly, there are the studen ts lat our own University, at present going through the examination mill , and feel- ing that the future looms dark before them, and ihat life holds little joy. From one and 'all of these to the new Ma@a- zine-gre etj n~ 1 Old Girls' Association. , B.G.C.S. rHE RG.G.S.O.G.A. was formed at t he beginning of 1899, its obj ects being to keep up a connection between past pupils and the school , and to promote good fel- lowship among past pupils . At the first general meeting there were over 80 present, from those who had been lamong the firs t pupils of the school to the very young "old girls" of the previous yea r . There were so many remini scences among the various groups, that i t. was rather difficult to g,et to work and launch the Association in a business -like way. However , launched it was; and later, Tennis, Musical and 'fi N .~ "'F '

Dramatic Clubs of 30, 17, and 16 mem- bers respectively, were formed. Many of the older memb ers wilI" remembe·r the successful enter tainments g:iven by the Musical and Dramatic Clubs. In its fi rs t year the Association be- glan the practice, which has neverlaps,ed" oi .giving a prize to the school. ·One . Saturd~y afternoon in each year thll re IS a SOCIal meeting at th ::: school" and a tennis match between Past and Present. ·1'he Association has always wat ched with interes t the University moyement, and in 1906 sent a dele ~ gate to the Congress . Tb.is year an innovation took place in the shape of a combin ed Ball witb the Old Boys ' Association, which proved a great success, mos t of the proceeds (girls') being ha ll ded over to the Women' s Residenti al Colleg'e Fund. T11e Association has 10ng been wish- ing it had a room for itself somewhere in town, but the subscription is so small (2s. 6d. a year ) that the saving's have not ye t got beyond the 'nucleus' stagle. One lasl word. Do not let the As - sociation lose the enthusiastic spirit which characterised · its earlier da¥s. Let there be that fellowship which the Ass ociat ion was formed to encourage ; and-this sJl ~cially to j oung,er ' ,members ;;md those ab.ou.t to join-play your part III the ASSOCIatIOn, and do not join with the mere hope of being amused' and enter tained by others . All old g,irls, especially the ~lder ones who are leaving this year, are heartily inviLed to join 'the Association. . A.M. Old Girls'Association. 191 J. '~ ' HE first general meet ing was held I in Webster 's Cafe Majestic on ,'fi "" March 4t h, when officers for t he • year were elected. ~ M~ss M. Kennedy was appointed P reSIdent, MiSS M

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The Library.

May 10th, in the School Assembly Hall. The members were entertained by a competition and a short music'al pro- gramme. On May 22nd a very succ;essful com- bined ball with the Old Bovs' Associa· tion took nlace in South BrisbaM 'Technical College Hall. " August 4th was the date of our An- nual Ball, w'hich took place in Web - ster's CafE~ Majestic. Although it was not quite as well attend'ed as usual, it was much enjoyed by those present. The Annual Tennis Match was played jn the school grounds on September 13th, the Old Girls being successfuL The final general meeting took t he form of a river trip on the "Beryl" -on Saturday, November 1st. Any girls wishing to join the Association should send their names in to the secretary. News of Old Girls at the University. ----------- F the past Grammar School girls who entered the University in its first year, the two scholars, Lila Mason and Ettie Baird are at present do ing their third year vf dassical honours and have hopes of -completing their third year next March. Florence Phipps is doing her third year in Science and Hilda Plant her third y ear in Biolog,y. In the seaond veal' of their course )1ilo.en Dodds, Vera Forrest and Minnie Smith; two students of classics and one ()f mathematics, ar,e the representatives of the Brisbane ' Gramm'ar School. M. 1Smith has just been awarded the Morrow Prize for an 'essay on "Leichhardt." This year Ivy Shield, Mabel Tinnis- wood and Claire Doran entered upon their University careers . Ivy Shield, holding a Government scholarship, is .doing the firs t year of a Science course. ' Mabel Tinniswood, who was awarded the Mackinlay scholarship, and Claire Doran are doing their first year Arts. E. Peel is doing 1st Year Science.

~~ - - T HE school library now con- , tains well over six hundred books , and is in a more flourishing condition than it has been for sO'me years' past, which is 'entirely due to the un- ceasing care and pains of Miss Mackay. We feel we all owe her a deep vote of thanks for the valua.ble time she has so willingly sacrificed. After we returned from the mid-winter holidays she set to work (aided in a very minor degree by some members of the sixth), at tile strenuous task of recataloguing: the library, which had not been at - tempted since Miss Cookson did' it some years ago. ·Since then, however, our: number of volumes has increased very largely, and also a number of the old ones have been found to be suffering from "senile decay," so that the task of recataloguing was by no means an easy one. 'When it was fin ished, Miss Mackay g'ave the Sixth a tea to com'mem'orate and , celebrate the auspicious event (to which Miss Williams and Miss Copas were also invited ), and she took the opportunity to relieve VI A of the "keys of office" and hand them over to VI B, with injunctions ,to "follow nobly in the footsteps of their p;redecessors." (N.B.--This we are endeavouring to do, tho112:h it is rather a difficult task !) Although ' our number of subscribers is increasing, there is plenty of room for .more, and we 'hope that the new quarter will see more girls taking' ad- vantage of the excellent opportunity of- fered them of procuring a book a week for the truly minute sum of 6d'. per quarter. P.H. Sports. TENNJS NOTES. ~~ ENNIS ha,' s been taken up'very T ' keenly this year, and Qut of 130 ' giT)s . attending the school, 120 belong to the Tennis Club. Additional interest was attached by the fad that the school this year again

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joi~ed. the Second;ary Girls' Schools' As- soclahon)o~ Sports, after having with- ,dra"vn fol" a year. . In the int.!:lr-school matches the team ;has had a very successful year, having won all tHeir matches :::0' far. there

, On September 13th we played , our annual match' against tli'~ Old Girls, and w~re beate~ by 93 games to 44, . Miss vVllhams kmdly entertained the ' teams vis itors and sixth form at afternoon teai: The Challenge Cup, pres en'ted by Miss

Tennis Club.

J. H URWOOD.

L. C AMPBELL.

0: HERTZBERG.

J. DOLLAR.

L. BRUNNICH.

Wi:kinson, was won this year by Form V. after a hard struggle with Form VI., who were beaten hy two points. The en tries for the School DouMes and Singles this year are not as good as usual. These matches are to he played during this quarter. There has been a good deal of care- lessness during the year in leaving: the school racquets and balls lyingl about, but it is to be hoped that the girls will be more careful, as many have to suffer for the thoughtlessness of a few,

still remains one to be finished and one to be played, both with St. Hilda's , Southport. L. Campbell played in , three ;of the matches, owing to one of the team be- ing unable to play. At the beginning of the year the com- bined teams of the Boys' and Girls' Grammar School rec'eived a challenge from a University team, The match was played on our courts, but we were un- able to fini sh i t. The score, as far as we went \vas University 67 games , -Grammar School 60 games ,

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The results of the inter·school matches .are as follows:- . . , B.G.G.S. v. St. Margaret's, played home, 245--176. B.G.U.S. v. High School, played home, 248-165. B.G.G.S. v. Ipswich G.S., played home, 248--157.

SWIMMING. After the usual break caused by the winter months, swimming is now again in full force. During 'the early part of the year, great improvement was no- ticed on the part of some of the girls, also fortune seemed to favour the team,. namely, L. Bond, J. Lilley, J. Quinlan

Swimming Club.

O. HERTZBERG.

L. BOND.

J. QUI NLAN.

J. LILLEY.

M. LILLEY.

and M. Lilley, who 'won the Brockway Cup after a rather strenuous time, owing to the fact that an emergency had to be put in almost at the last minute in the ,place of O. Hertzberg. The swim- ming sports were ,also held during the early part of the year. The girls were

B.G.G.S. v. Ipswich G.S., played awa~, 248-182. B.G.G.S. v. St. Margaret's , played .away, 233-201. B.G.G:S. v. High School, played away, 243-210. OLGA HERTZBERG.

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very enthusiastic, and the entries were exceptionally good. The chief races were:- Breast and back, won by Olga Her tz· herg; L. Bond, 2. Senior Handicap, L. Bond. Life Saving" O. Hertzberg and J . Quin· Ian. Under 14 Handicap, D. Kennedy. 14-16 Han dicap, L. Campbell. Obstacle, M. Lilley (1 ), L. Campbell (2 ). ' Diving, 1\1 Lilley, .T. Quinlan.

BASKET·BALL NOTES. This game is quite new at school,;, and at first was taken up in April quite eagerly, probably because of its novelty, but in a short time the member:; ·gradu- ally lessened until it was a labour of art. to gently persuade girls to stay and practise. The first inter·school match was played against S1:. Margaret's on June' 7th, on their home court, and our tea:rn; was badly beaten, the score being 51,.

Basket Ball Club.

J. Quinl an

L. Bond

A. Little

M. Appleton

L. Macnish

M. Grimes

C. Wil son

13. The girls at St. Margaret's enter - tained our team at tea and an im- promptu fancy dress ball, which proved great fun and helped to take away the sting of the first defeat. A week later Miss Copas took the team to Ipswich to play against the Girls' Grammar S<.:hool, and they were again defeated, though not so badly, 16--12. Ther e were no other matches until after the midwinter holidays, when the much-dreaded match aglainst the High School took place on 23rd Auglust. A changle was made in the team, M. Ap- pleton becoming free runner and' 1.,. Bond goal defender, both of whom did.

Senior Relay Race , L. Bond's team. .Tunior Relay Race, O. Adam's team. Pick·a ..hack. P. Hertzb erg and I. Par· nell. ChampionshiJl, M. Lille,', I ; L. Bond, 2. .-\ t present the attendance a t the baths i~ not good, and it is to be hoped that the girls will endeavour to stir them· el\" e a littl e and attend the baths mor e re~ularly . Towa rds the end of: the term several girL will be entering for the Bronze )Iedalli()H. whilst the team will again compe te for ,the Barry Cup, for which he: obt ained second place Jast year. l\1.1.,.

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ROWING NOTES. Since the inaug:uration of rowi ng classes ther e has , unfortunately, be en a falling' off in numbers, but the girls who still belong attend twice a week reglularly at the Brisbane Ladies ' Row- inJgI Club shed. At , vresenta follr-oar crew is being" tr.ained b y Miss Rober ts ' to comp·e te ag.ainst the Goy-te- lea Ladies Rowing Club, Southport. This club has a very- largte number of members, all of whom_ are pupils at the Church of England (St. Hilda's ) school f.or giirls. The personnel of the Girls' Grammar School crew is :-D. Park (stroke), J. Bancroft (3), M. Love (2), A. Moore (bow). This race will eventuate either on November 29th or December 6th, and! is being' eagerly looked forward to. At a recent reg'atta held by the Brisbane Ladies' Rowing Club, Doris Park and Mary Love were successful in winning a pair-oar race. It is to be hoped that next quarter more girls will take up rowing, which- has proved such a healthful and useful sport. The rowing club's motto is "utile dulci," which means, "the useful with the agreeable." J.B. GYMNASTIC NOTES. The gymnas ium has presented a busy scene lately owing to tHe compulsory system enforced this year. Gym's., 'like icompulsory military training, came In for their share of abuse from the dis - contented and lazy. This year the eight gym. squad's have' been allowed to g:o to the gymnasium for dinner-hour practioe, q.nd' most · of the g'irls availed themselves of this privi- le'~e . Unfortunately, some rabid socia- lists lived up to their principles by using~ the first gym. suits that came to hand; with the result that when the owners came to look for their suits they found the 'peg's occupied by some one else's, their own having' strayed' to the other side at the opposite end'. Will new- comers please use the pegiS of girls! who have left-not remove present glirls ' snits fo make room for their own? The exams. for g,ym. prizes will not be the usual class exam. only. The

noble work for the team, second only to our popular goal-thrower, A. Little, who has greatly distinguished herself lately. The third match D!,oved more succ essful than the former two, for we were w'inners after an exciting struggle, and won by 8-5. This gave the team some confidence and' hope, with the result that when the Ipswich: team came to play us on our own court we won by 46-7. Miss Hunt, who had coached the team since the beg;in- ning of the season, acted as umpire at the three home matches. On Septem- ber 14th St. Margaret's team, who had beaten us so badly at the first match, came to play on the Gramm'ar c'Ourt. The day appointed for the match hap- pened to be very wet, and the court was more fitted for swimming than for playing basket-ball, when the showers cleared off, so the match took place on the following Wednesday afternoon. The Sixtli Form entertained the visi- tors and the home team at afternoon tea in the studio. Contrary to the expectations of every one "the royal blue" won their third match with great rejoicing, as there was then a possibility of securing the cup for the half-yea:r. The last match of the .season was played agiainst the High School on the home court on October 25th, and re- suIted in a win for the Grammar School. In August and September the various forms collected teams and played against one another. The Fifth Form at first were unwilling' to enter, but were roused' to energy by J . Quinlan, who is to be congratu1ated ,on the team she gathered together after much trouble. The Fifth securel!' second place in the inter-form ,matches. The Fourth had' a glood team, which ought to do well next year, the middle court being very good and' play- ing' well to one another. The Third also have a very promising team, although they were rather unlucky this year. The Removepluckily sent in a t eam in the face of c'ertain defeat. The first inter- form match between the Sixth and the Fourth resulted in a draw. but the Sixth suceeeded in winning 'the final match, thus . securiIJIg firs t place in the form matches. L.M.

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,first thre,e will be chosen 'Irom each ·division for a final test, which will -probably be in three divisions as for- merly: upper, mid'dle, and lower schools. There should' be good results seen when ,'Mr. Roe comes. Form III. A" who with few exeeptions ,.areall pupils of less than a year 's stand- ingl 'in the school, Miss Brockway de- ,clares an easy first, beth as reg'ard~ interest and progress in all their gym- nastic werk. Some in the o.lder forms have net yet lost their skill in "dod'gling ,gyn1s.," whieh, we 'hope, the Third' will never acquire. A squad from this form r epresented the B,G.G.S. at Miss Brock- way's recent display. In Remove and' Second Forms' we have some coming gymnasts, Some of them do good work and m:ak;e good headway. Gwen Bell and Nora Halford deserve special mention .as champions ··of their respective forms. Fourth, who should be some of our ~ best g'ymnasts, seem to regard' the lesson in the . gym. as an English conversation class and relaxation time combined. ·,Gyms. do not require much C'oncentra- tion, and they are no less .pleasant if one takes the trouble to do them pro- ,perIy, believe us. As a form, Fifth are not hard workers, though they includ'e some .of our best ..athletes. Fourth and Fifth bring' up the percentag'e of shirkers teo much. In these forms manv do not trouble to ,change into their suits , and consequently cannet do the work well , if at all. Erica 'Karrasch and G. Mackenzie are neat in .their work, 'and J. Quinlan is a good gymnast, but lacks finish. The same may be said of E. Davey, who, by the way, is our champion hig:h-jumper. Very little can be said of Six A work, .seeirug that the average numb er of les - sons atLended bv each for the three borms is approximately one. Not a good' example for the others to follow, by ,any means. Just about half of the B form arc interested, the others finding the work too ' strenuous. Thus the grand total of gymnasts stands at four, three of whom. with Erica Karrasch, are the sole sur~;ivors of the old Third who, as bEginners. watched with admiration and awe the feats of Josey Frost and Emily :.Haymen . A.M., E.K.

The Fourth Form Concert ~~ 0 the surprise of the school T the Fourth Form .announced at the end of the second term that they were giving a concert. So well had they \ kept their secret that no. one b'ad' any suspicion of the approaching ~oncert. The platform in the Assembly Hall was used fo.r a stag'e, and was d!eco.rate:d: with pot plants. Miss Williams and' the staff were present at the co.ncert. In a prologue the Fourth opened' tb!eir: successful concert.. This was followed by a pretty duet, well played by T. Drake and W. Kemp. The' girls of the form who leam Getman, assisted by some of lhe Third Form, ' sang' 'Die Lorelei.' E. Forest played a . piano. solo with much ability and expression. Tile whole fo.rm sang Tennyson's 'Sweet and Low,' familiar to. ,all of tile upper schooL S. Anderson received m'uch ap:plause- for her recitation of Brunton Stephen's, amusing poem, the 'Chinese Cook,' and gave an original po.em as an encor@. Some of the Fourth sang an amusingJ French song, named 'Le petit nav,ere,' sugggestive of .the ballad of 'Little Billee. ' But the success of the afternoon was the New Guinea Princess, who sang a native song in costume. The dress of her Highness caused much amusement and interest, and two m:annerism's (prob- ably common in New Guinea} were no - ticed. The princess wore her hair over her face and entirely covered it, !ind she had a novel way o.f walking back- wards . Royal dignity or modesty pre- vent,ed the princess from giving an en- core. The concert was brought to an end by the distribution of sweets, for which the schoel were thankful. Miss Williams, in a short speech, pre- posed a vole of thanks to the Fout,11fi for so kindly 'entertaining the school, and this vote was seconded bv one of the Sixth. . Miss Mackay is to be congratulated on the su ccess of ' the concert, and her directions were well carried out by the form.

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