1913 School Magazine

Gl RLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

20

Dec., 191rL

is ' called. All the old stud'ents who are able come, and sometimes we have fanoy dress. We have our annual College dance in the first week of second term. That day we all cut lectures and work very hard, as we do everything our- selves-g,et. the supper, and decorate the College, which lends itself ,easily to ·decoration. The dining hall is so beauti- ful .that we do nothing there except put a few palms on the dais, and it serves as the ballroom. Our c·ommon-room and the verandah we turn into supper rooms. The last two Mondays in the month the Principal (Miss Macdonald) and' stu- dents are at home to visitors, and all rooms are thrown open on those days . There is much more to tell, but space is limited, so I shall just wish success to the magazine and to the propos~d ;Women's Coll<>ge in Queensland. "Be calm", the wise old sage remarks "Things don't disturb the soul; They're motionless without, can't hurt, You make yourself the whole Of the disturbance for yourself By th' opinion formed within," All very well, philosopher! Hadst sat amidst the din Of demon hordes of tropic pests, Mosquitoes, flies and gnats, Philosophisings would have ceased, And with resounding pats. The alighted foe thou would'st have slain And fled incontinent To meditate upon thy bed, Beneath the friendly tent Of well-tucked in mqsquito net, And, peace r e'stored once more. , "Things don't -Confound that wretched skeet- Disturb the soul, of yore. Philosophers-that imp again Sings right into my ear. "I'll have your blood," and so he will. This much to me is clear. Unless I first have his-the fiend, I'm lumps from brow to chin, My hands are all one mass of bites, I'll have the candle in." And so that calm philosopher Found no rest to his soul, Until he had well-killed his foe, Then laid him down and smole Sad-reflective smile- "Things don't- Well, yes, sometimes they do , When they're '/Iut motionless without They're oft a pesky crew." -<' "( Things don't d isturb the sOlll: They remalll mo ti onl ess without." -- ,MARCUS AURELIUS.

Queensland University.

Dear Girls ,-- I have been asked to give you an. outline of Academic life as it exists at present i,n the Vniversity of Queensland, Borore I ):legin I should like to offer ' you, on behalf of all the pai?t GrCj,tnmar School girls at the University, our heartiest congrutulations on the appear- ance of your magazine. Life at the Universitv divides itself up into three main divisions-work, sport and social activities, the greate,st importance being attached to any one- in accordance with the tastes and am- bitions of individual students. The choice of a course for women is limited to two faculties , Arts and Science, though either faculty offers scope ,enough to satisfy even the most energetic. The Honours courses in the ' Arts fa culty are Classics, Philosophy. Mathematics, Modern Languages, His- tory, and in Science, Biology, Geology,.. Chemistry. Arts students spend .prac- tically all their morning hours in the lecture rooms , but are free in the after- noons, while their scientific brethren are toiling in the laboratories examining the inner workings of various creatures,. stones or chemicals. It is a noteworthy fact that towards the end of the year each student finds that for some reason or pther, her course is far the moslt difficult of all courses. Interest in work is supplemented-if not supplanted--by interes t in sport. In this respect the men are of course far- more active than the women, who con- fine their energies as yet to tennis and hockey. There are two tennIs courts, for the use of the students and the football fi eld on the Domain has, by the courtesy of the footballers, been used as a hockey ground. Perhaps in the futnrea rowing club may be within the realms of pos~ibility for women. The various clubs are affiliated under the Sports Union, which I".:; governed by an executive and' committee elected' by the members. Side by side with the Sports Union is .the University Union, which controls the Musical Society, the Dramatic So- ciety, the Women's Club, the Debating