1913 School Magazine

'~Dec . ) 1913.

GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

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fitting the highest form in the school, and all its attendant duties. The Brunton Stephens essay prize, held in connection with the Junior examina- tion, was won by Olive Adam, and we take this ,opportunity of congratulating: her on her splendid and well-deserved' success in this competition, and also in the e:;,say competition of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Ani- mals. In this latter she gained' the Senior prize. The Head Mistress's Tennis Cup,. which the present Six B has been suc- cessful in winning from r emove upwards through third, fourth and fifth forms, has, this year (very reluctantly we J1lust ad'mit, and only ,after a very stiff tussle ) been relinquished to the present fifth, It is very gratifying, however, to note that although we did not again win the cup, we nevertheless came off victorious in all our matches, ,and were only heaten by 2 points. Every Monday, as the clock in the hall indicates the hour of one, a small group of girls with earnest purpose writ large on Jpeir faces ) detach themselves from the frivolous and care-free mass, and, with determined steps wend their way towards sixth dass-room. On charitable business bent are they, and by the skilful application of paper liber- ally "gloyed" they repair certain library ~:ooks which hav e paid the price of popularity by loosened pag,es ,and broken backs, and r estore them to a fi t con- dition for another week's caveful (? ) handling. Every Friday sees the same band standing before their r,espec!tive library cupboards striving to dissuade certain precotious infants from books which, according to the sage and much- experienoed sixth, .are far beyond their youthful intellects, and to guide them; · into the paths of more suitable litera- ture. In connection with the reoent basket- ball match against S t. Margaret's, the members of the Sixth invited the visi- tors to afternoon tea, which was held in the studio, artistically decorated for the occasion. Miss Williams was un- able to be present, hut Miss Copas , Miss Mackay and Miss Hunt honoured the little function with' their pres ence. The tables (in the words of the poets)

is done in various ways-by weekly meetjngs and addresses, by small circles for Bible study, by doing practical social work such as taking flowers to hos- pitals, giving picnics to c~ild'ren fr?ffi' children's homes, or r eadmg to blmd old ladies. Different schools are always devis- ing new methods , but these are some of thenlain characteristIcs of their: work. Some day , soon, I hope to be able to visit you and tell you more abou,t the work of our movement, but, in the meantime, will you girls in Brisbane think about this and whether you would like sometime to have a branch formed in the Grammar School? With best wishes for the succ,ess of your new magazine, yours faithfully, BILDA M. ALEXANDER, Woman Traveller-Secretary of the A.S.C.M. FORM VI. ~J T is with somewhat varied I feelings that the Sixth: looks I forward to the closing weeks of the year. The dreaCLed ordeal of tbe Senior con- fronting Six: A awabs fear ful tremor s, but these are counterbalanced by the ,delicious thrill of an ticipation o't the time when-if all goes well and the examiners are kind-it will be their pride and joy to style themselves "'Var- -sity girls ," no longer "mere schoolgirls;" ~yet, withal, to ' most there will be a certain sorrow that the oft-abused school days. are really past,. and that in 1914 "thell' old haunts WIll know them no more." Betw'een Six B and the blessed respite ,of the Christmas holidays there inter- y enes only the second half-yearly exams., important enough in themselves, but really quite a min0r affair in com- parison with the all-critical Senior. The 'end of this year, tno, ma rks the closle 'of the happy irresponsible times of the Lower Sixth, for next year they must assume the grave and dignified airs be- Form Notes.