1918 School Magazine

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December, 1918.

GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

had adorned the cup, kindly presented by her for Inter-School competition. However, our teams have all worked hard, which, after all, is the main thing. We have lept up our Red Cross contribu- tions, all the year, but of late they have dropped of sadly. We sent twelve Christmas parcels to the soldiers, two or three months ago. Sometimes during school hours our minds are greatly distracted by distant musie, which Mademoiselle says is "The Spring Song," (al- though some of us do not seem to recognise it); also by a certain trill, which many of the musicians seem to find rather dificult to manage. We were very sorry to say good-bye to Mar- garet Haymen, when she left for Armidale, and we wish her the best of luck at her new whool. Although our school exams, are over, the dreaded Junior is only three weeks' of. May we all be fortunate enough to find the papers to our liking so that many of us may return to revel in the joys of Senior work for the next two yean. We also wish "good luck" to the Seniorsn, who must is feeling even av "wobbly'' than we are, if sueh a thing be poseble. V B. consasts of 2 girls, sand is of rather mixed origin at preseat, being eompowd of IV.a, IV.b, sad IV.e, girls. Although the majority of us do not obtain very brilliant results in examinations, we are fairly well rep* resented in sports, thre o ooar girls being mem- bere of the A Basket-ball team, and onr first emorgesy of the Tennis Team, and several ethe memben of the B. Teams. We managed to some third in Tennis and BU- ket-ball this year, being teaten by Vl. and V. Forms. We did not do very brilliantly in our Rehool Sports, and we all rgret very mush the loss of ew beantiful royal-blue pennant, which was wrested from s by VI. Porm. We are a fairly well-behaved Porn on the whole, hbt it would tend to inerease the respeet- ability of the Form if one or two girls with partieularly loud voices would not exereise them during hamage of leuen. Meet of the girls in our Form are going in for the Junior Examination at the end of this quartr, and ae working very ard. IV.b. hear. tOly wah all the girls who have entered for the rtheseotig examination the gratest sueeus. 9 ,- .

IV.e. We are not not d for our marvellous br in power, but then IV.c. never was, anrd as all can- tiot have brains, the girls of IV.a have a vt.y largv share to make up for our deficiency. (The world is very unfair). We have two girls in the B. Basket-ball Team. and one of *,urgirls distinguished herself both at our Anr.m.1 Sports and the Inter-sehool Sports. We can boast various amateur artists in the Form, some rather troublesome ones, as they exercise their talents at awkward times of the day, but one girl secured first prize for a paint- ing at the Exhibition, and we all congratulate her, and also those candidates who were sue- cessful at the recent music examination, both theory and practical. We all have loud voices, some can keep them under control, and some cannot, but there is still a ray of hope shining, and those girls may have the ant before this term has expired. Though we tried very hard for the Tennis Cup, we did not secure it, but came fifth. The - majority of us are most fortunate in that we are not haunted by the visions of Junior examiners waiting to squeeze and draw dry, but intensely wish success to those of our les fortunate sisters, who must face the ordeal of the Junior in a few weeks' time. ORM Il.a consists of, about 32 girls among whom the Form Captain endeav- ours to keep order. Several of our number distinguished themselves in the Sports held last August. Rome of us dis- display enthusiasm in Basket-ball, the seasor for which, to the general sorrow of the Form, is past, tennis being now taken up with much en- thesiasm. In both Tennis and Masket-ball rneatehes, III.a has not been found wanting, and it is to be hoped that we shall continue to be successful. Nine months of the year have peased. during which we have devoted ourselves, with vary- ing degrees of diligence to our studies, and though we shall all be glad, when the examina- tions are over, we shall not be altogether glad to leave school for eight weeks Our lesson hours are made as pleasant as pos- sible, owing to the fact that we posess a large and cool class-room, with plenty of room for 9** '

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