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The Magazine of the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School.
Editorial.
ONSIDERED merely from the some- what narrow aseot of school life, tMhis half-year *has been uneventful- so uneventful, indeed, that a poor editor mtght well despair! But several things have happened these asix months that affect the school as part of the wider community of the State. The out- standing event, of course, was the Prince's visit In July. It seems scarcely possible to over-rate the importance of the royal tour as a unifylng i luence In our vast Empire. for some sense of the reality and greatness of Enland and the Empire has been awak- ened even nl the moat indifferent. We til enjoyed the exltement of that vlsit-what girls would not? But most of us realised something, if bet litle, of Its true altni- fance. Other politiales events of Importance
are 'the State elections and the Referendum on Prohibition. But, however important these may be, they can scarcely rbe dealt with here. But it is time to pass to matters affecting more directly jr school life. Just before Midwinter Miss Wilkinson, a former head- mistress, paid a visit to the school and dis- tributed the nineteen Junior certiflcates won last year. There are very few girls here now who remember Miss Wilkinson, but It is not necessary to have been at school during her term of office in order to appreciate her continued interest in the school. At Midwinter a large number of new girls Joined us, and various additions were made to the buildings to accommodate them. But even these girls are not "new" now: they
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However, our welcome in February will be a warm one. Even the coming of the hot weather causes no abatement of enthustiam in eports. Ten- kib, baeket 'bll, and swimming are still .s papular as ever. On the 18th August vhe School Sporte were held very successful y on the Boys' Turf, the proceeds earlathng ou. ports' Improvement Vlea. Inter-school orts were held in the hbltilon Grounds on September 3rd. After a very baud 4ght, hobwever, the High Iehool carried of the cup. We heartily congratulate thu! Of course, from our point of view at least, the result was disappointing, but everybody went home with the intention t lhtilnag still harder next year. In other things beside lessons we find to our sorrow, ............... "Nil sine magno Vita labore dedit mortaliaue." D. H. ments:-Dtris Waraker to Lieut. David Broughton, M.C.; Ethel Jones to Mr. C. E. Chuter; Hilda Campbell to Mr. A. Wallace; thona Campbell to ,Mr. Gavin Murray; Jean Dollar to Mr. Roy Sparkes; Elvina Lord to Mr. Norman Nevitt. Miss Grace Wilson, C.B.E., R.R.C., has re- cently been appointed Matron of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne. WBEDDINGS. July 10th--Robert Jesse Wrench to Thelma Alexandra Moffat. August 4th.-Jack Crampton Andrews to Mollie Phelan. August ltbh-Arthur P. Bowerman to Frances Merer4mith. Se~it. lnd--F. J Sides to Minnie Oorinth Galley. Oct. 7th--F. J. Allen to Amy Davy. ---- . Dixon to C. Loltch.
have 'had ample time to take their place n the echool life. It is with very real regret that we hear that Miss marith is leaving us at the end of the year. Regret? It ia more than re- gret! And we ask each 'other disconsolately, 'But what soll we do without Miss Smith?" For Mis Smtth has been with s so ong sad has worked so hard for the school, that Ire can only regard her resignation as a serious loss. We have to record still another loss, for we hear that Miss Watson is leaving us to be married. Miss Watson has been with us only a short time, but It is quite long enough tor everyone to miss her very much when she goes away. We all wish her happiness in her new life. We have been looking forward very anxiously to Misa Lyons' return next month, and It was a great disappointment to find that the holidays came before her ship was due. On August 27th, the O.G.A. held their annual jumble party and dance, when about 130 gubsts were present. The prizes donated by Miss K. Jones (President) were won by Miss Launder and Mr. Hall, and Miss College and Mr. Flint received the consolation prise. Miss B. Hugall kindly supplied the dance music. The Sixth Form girls were also the guests of the O.G.A.. Miss Mackay presented the prises at supper. The annual river trip on Nov. 6th was the usual success. The O.G.A. were very pleased to have the Boarders and some of the Sixth Form girls with them. We look to the Sixth Form to strengthen the O.G.A. membership ere long, and hope some of the present tennis team will be on the O.O.A. side in the future. The river trip always seems to be the most enjoyable outing of the year. We had about 125 guests present, and the O.G.A. were very pleased to enrol eeveral new members. Cupid has been busy of late, and the fol- lwilng old girls have announced their engae-
Old Girls' Notes.
Notice to Subscrberu.-The B.GA.G.. Magatne (issued half-yearly) is ent post free to Old Girls for 9/8 per annum. The Editor would be very glad if Old Gitrls would forward any items of interest suiltable for ineartlom in these colomns.
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Word has also come that Dr. Utel Parnell who graduated at the Sydney Univerilty, has been offered and has accepted a partnership wt.h Sir James Barrett, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G.. M.&., M.D., the well-known Melbourne special- ist. We are very proud of Dr. Parnell's success. In April, 19290, Dr. Eleanor Bourne quali- fled for the Diploma of Public Health, Uni- versity of London, and was then appointed assistant medical officer of health to the city of Carlisle.
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Aug. 2nd--To MT. and Mrs. Christopherson (MoUle Collin)- son. Sept. 6th-To Mr. and Mrs. King-Harman (Lucy Bell)-a daughter. Sept. 18th--'o Mr. and Mrs. Needham- Walker (D. KHroe)-a daughter. We wish to offer our heartiest congratula- tions to all these old friends of ours and to wish them many years of happiness.
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insight into Engliah educational Our very best wishes go with her.
With feeling of very great regret ve learn that Miss Smith is leaving us at tho end of the year. Miss Smith is an old girl of the school and has been on the staff for about tea years. At the beginning of 1916 she was eppointed Second Mistress. For many years she given ungrudgingly of her best to further the Inter- ests of the school, and her departure will leave vacant a position that it will be hard to Hll. Her conscientious work, stimulating per- sonality and public spirit have been of the utmost value to those who have had the privi- lege of working with her on the staff, and to the girls who have gone through the school during her term of office, especially to those who have come into personal contact with her. Miss Smith leaves at the beginning of next year for England, where after enjoying a much-needed holiday, she hopes to gain an
Miss Watson is resigbing at the end of the year in order to be matried, and one and all we unite in wishing uer many years of happiness. She has not been very long in the school as actual time counts, but in that brief two years she has made herself a popular and esteemed colleague. Next year we are looking forward to wel- coming Miss Lyons back to the Grammar School and to hearing of her adventures in Europe. She is already on her way back, and it is a great pleasure to know that her holiday has in every way exceeded her expectations. In order to cope with tae large number of new girls who entered the Grammar School after Midwinter Miss Dath and Miss Drake joined the staff. With Miss Hensell, Miss Dath and Miss Drake (all old Grammar School girls) graduated with second class honours, heading the list in Classics.
Jacob's Ladder.
To think that angels have big wings, And do not fly. If I were on, 1 would not walk From earth to sky. On days like this 1 would be gladder, To fly than walk Up Jacob's Ladder.
The summer sun is streaming straight, I'm sure I'll melt, This is the hottest day for months That I have felt. Just mised that tram! My heart grows sadder, I'll have to walk Down Jacob's Ladder.
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BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR 90HOOL MAGAZINE.
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Sports Notes.
strokes. Her back-hand has also considerably improved. E. Doak: 'Has a good forehand drive and her backhand has greatly improved. Needs to play more at net. M. Stephenson, G. Drake, J. Stephenson, E. Jones, M. Alder, and M. Hawes deserve men- tion as *promisingplayers. M. H. BASKET-BALL NOTES. This year we did not win the Basket-Ball Pennant as rwe lost thr'ee matches-the re- turn match against the High School and both matches against Ipswich. But although we managed to obtain third place only, our team was seldom rough and the style of play was fairly good. At midwinter R. Sylow left and B. Carr was made runner in her place. The B team has worked hard and improved considerably towards the end of the season. Some of its members play a good game, and should help to form a strong team next year. The Third Forms have taken great !n* rest in the bsBket 'ball, and some of their mem- bers have worked hard, and helped the team in practice. If they continue to work as hard next year we shall have strong teams. and perhaps be more successful. In the Inter-Form contest for the basket ball Shield, Sixth and Fifth tied after a hard- fought match, and both forms have decided to share the shield. The Lower Third Forms took great interest in their Inter-Form matches. Some of the members of their teams show great promise for the short time they have played. The A and B teams sin- cerely thank Miss Lockington for devoting her time to coaching them. SWIMMING JfOTSB. The swimming season opened this term with renewed vigour and excitement. Most of the newcomers go to the baths, and as the lower school go at three o'clock there is a great difficulty in obtaaing a "box" at 3.30. On approaching the baths one can hear a terrtc ePtashlag and a number of voices shouting gleefully from the spring- board.
TENNIS. For once the weather was favourable, and the O.G. and Presen t tennis match was played on a perfect afternoon. This year the players in A team (0.0.) were Mrs. Macaulay Turner (Beryl Spowers), Mrs. Stanley Roo (Emily Haymen), Mrs. Clark (Kitty Jones), and Keyden Irving, and it was good to see these old school champions play- ing again on the court where they had tri- umphed as school girls, and to hear their encouraging appreciation of the play of their successors, who were very proud to play with "Interstates." B team (0.0.): Jean Dollar, Margaret Campbell, Stancie Drake, and Doris Park- played the school B team, which also ac- quitted Itself most creditaly. The tennis of the school, as a whole, has greatly improved this year. More Interest is now being taken by the Lower Forms, many of which have good teams. Although we have not won the Inter-school Pennant, we 'have had some very exciting matches during the year. In the first round we were beaten by Southport by six points, but in the second we rbeat them by three, while in one 'match we tied with the High School. The Annual Old Girls' Match was played on November 30th (?), and resulted in a win for them. All the same it was very good practice for us as their team contained three Interstate players. Indeed we won two sets from them, of which we are extremely proud. We hope to be able to play them again next year before the Inter-school matches begin. Such good practice as this ought to improve our team considerably. We have Just finished the Inter-Form matches for Miss Wllkin; on's Challenge Cup. After keen rivalry and very close matches V. Form won it by ten points. At present the School Tournameont is in full swing, as we have to finish all the matches before the Senior and Junior Exam- inations, owing to this being such a short term. ('rluMcm of Team. B. Walsh: Has improved, especially in her forehand drive. N. Hebdea: Has cultivated a much stronger service and now puts more force into her
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At the end of this term the Annual Swim- ming Sports will be held, during which the race for the Burrell Cup will take place. The girle are practising hard to obtain a place in their form teams. Last season the school team succeeded in winning for us the Brockway Cup and Sec- odairy Schools' Carnival; the team was greatly helped by Miss Brockway's coaching. The school, however, has unfortunat3ly lost its best swimmers. Ruth Sylow, the team captain, has now left us, and also Nancy Jakes and Marjorie Svensen. However, we must not rest on this year's laurels, but prepare a team for next year, which, it is to he hoped, will prove as successful as this year's victorious one. INTEBR-dHOOL WPORTH.. The Inter-School Sports took place at the Exhibition Grounds on 3rd September. Rain conmmenced about midday, and many glum faces might have been seen in the various classrooms, but fortunately the weather cleared before starting time. Everything was running smoothly when it commenced to drizzle again about half-time, but the r,.in was only light and events were run off jjst the s me, although the ground was r-ther slippery for the Tug-of-war. All competitors Gymnastics still continue to be a popular pursuit, particularly amongst the members of the Lower School, although Sixth and Fifth Forms t tke an exceedingly keen interest in them. The enthusiasm of the Lower Forms was evidenced each dinner hour, when num- bers of small mal" ns thronged the gymnas- ium (often without permission!) in an en- deavour to get rid of surplus energy on the rings and ladder. But. such was the over- crowding of the Gymnasium that each form
were in their glery in middles and bloomers, with the exception of one or two girls who were extremely shy. The grandstand was decorated with the pennants of the competing schools, and the Cup set in the *middle. In the contest the High School Team was vic- torious, defeating us by only one point. The reason of our obtaining so many points was due a great deal to the efforts of a Lower School girl, Molly Pratten. Although we have lost the Inter-School Sports Cup, we were very cheered to hear that we had won the Secondary Schools' Cup, which is given to the school which is best at all sports-tennis, swimming, basket-ball, and inter-school sports. INTKIR-IORM NOTB. The Inter-Form Sports this year were held on the Boys' Turf on August 18th in beautiful weather, and were more successful than they have ever been. Miss Mollison's Cup fell to IV. A., which is anow envied by the rest of the school. Afternoon tea arrangements were skilfully engineered by Sixth Formers, who were not taking part in events. The flag race was v"on by IV. A., the chariot by IV. B., and the Tug-of-war by V. The Tug- of-war and the Egg and Spoon were two nov- elty events, not included in the last sports. whd assigned its own particular day for prac- tice. As yet the annual gymnastic contests betjween the various forms have not been held, but the girls arc eagerly looking forward to them, each form being confident of its own prowess. The Lower Third Porms have made a good beginning, and it is to be hoped that they will continue to follow in the footsteps of their Seniors. P. K. F.
Gymnastic Notes.
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Library Notes.
Another point which is rather aggravating ('perhaps also to the members themselves as well M the llbrarians) is a marked teadency, particularly ti the ease of lower school mem- bers, not to Join the library until the term is nearly ended. Possibly this, too, is due to the coming exams. ,Historical novels and most of the classics have been much in de- mand. We are also pleased to note that the mrany Interesting new books which have been added lately, many of whifh are especi- ally suited to the Lower School, are being well appreciated. We might also add here that itf anyone desiring to present a book to the lib- rary would present school stories in prefer- ence to other books we would be most grati- fied, as the demand for these is very large, and the supply very insufficient. In conclusion let us add that although the number of subscribers has increased lately we hope to see a much larger increase next year, as the library'really contains very many excellent books well worth reading, both for pleasure and profit. We arm able to say with pride that the boarders were among the ,. ners at our own sports, while three of them were among the chosen few to compete In the Interachool sports. We are also well represented nlaour form teams, both tennis and basket ball. We take this opportunity of congratulating Dor- een and Nell on passing their music exams. This half we have revisited many of our old picnic haunts, and we wish to thank the resident mistresses for tasing us for such enjoyable outings. Many of us are proud ipossessor of snap albums, and on their pages may be seen snaps with titles such as these: "The Prince at the Rxhlbtlon," and "Teddy at the Domain." These were secured by the lucky owners as souvenirs of the Prince's visit Ia August. Who will forget that day when we waved our flags and cheered His Royal Highness la company with the other schools? In concluding we wish the Sealor sad Jun- ior candidates the beat dl success in their coming exaus.
Durtig the recent l'heavvals In the school, even the library hs,-aot escaped the general eruption, and in the place it once occupied now stand plebeian wash basins. Instead of the modedt seclusion once enjoyed behind closed doors, it now stands ever open to the common gaze, and, we are sorry to say, also to the common touch, and often we have to remind anxious seekers that "Hands Off" is a rule to be observed. Having now even ac- quired a small step-ladder we are quite highly- finished librarians, and standing thereon 'we feel it adds to our dignity when we inquire the age of some youthful applicant. But we di- gress. Let us speak of more serious matters. There has been a slow and steady increase in the number of members, but we wish to remind one and all that the time to retain a book is one week, not half a term, though perhaps the forthcoming exams. and the neces- sity for much "hrain fag" in the way of Maths. takes all thought of non-returned library books from many minds, and we sin- cerely hope that the transgressors will be- have better in the future. After midwinter the family was reinforced by twelve "newles," bringing our number up to thirty-three, but the babes have departed and now we are thirty. Among these we have found some to possess poetical talent. Some of our members have lately quoted "Wlmi en te poll." which they have probably extracted from the chatterlngs of our "Great Greek genius" who resides in our midst. To relieve the monotony of our after- noon prmecnade, we occupy our time by counting "Zlpihs," and are very Indignant it one of our party sights a "chow," tor then we have to begin again. A few of us also at- tempted to count fflty white horses, but we eacountetted so many ple-balds that we gave it up In despair. One Saturday night our amateur dramatic society entertained Miss Maekay and Miss Pate at our first perform- s*e, when we found some promising actresses ("The Tea Little Nigger Boys"), who will be of great use nlathe future.
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Hospital Notes.
Although contributions to the Red Cross Society have now ceased, we continue to sup- port the two Grammar School cet at thl. Children's Hospital, avnd to this end we still give a "penny a week." On th whole the girls are fairly regular with their small con- tributions, but even yet there are some who
seem to be rather lax in fulfilling what has now become an obligation upon every mem- ber of the B.G.G.S. However, it is to be hoped that this will be rectified and the mc.intenance of the cots will coutinue as long as the school stands. G. S.
Patriotic Work.
Since the closing of the Red Cross Kitchen all our Friday collecting energy has been ex- pended on 'behalf of the B.G.8. War Memorial Fuad, and the result is that for the whole year we have a total of over £20. Occasionally, however, the War Memorial gives place to a stronger appeal, and we de- vote the weekly offering to the Creche and Kindergarten or to the "Save the Children' Fund
Another patriotic work which the school is eagerly taking up is the making of garments for destitute Serbian children; these are to be sent in time for Christmas. Enthusiasm for war-saving has almost en- tirely died out, and the amount for this year sl only £70, bringing the total up to £540 for two-and-half years. K. C. B.
What Are the Girl Guides ?
damrper (black with ashes) placed on a fiat stone in the fire, and billy tea without milk. On Joining one must make the Guide Prom- ise. It is as follows:-"On my honour I promise that I will do my best." To do my duty to God anti the King. To help other people daily, and obey the Guide Law." How about forming a patrol in your own district? To do so you must have a captain over twenty-one. Further Information may be got from the Guiders. K. Grimes and D. Beanland. TWO GIRL GUIDES. TO A JACARANDA. Pale purple echoes of the sweet wistaria, Widespreading tree, with myriad clustering bells; Each softly dropping cup, flower-carpets weaving, Fierce summer's heat, pathetically foretells. M. B. (III. B.) -- -3|13 --
The Girl Guides are a sisterhood. This means that members of it from the highest to the lowest are working together as sis- ters-elder and younger sisters-from joy of the work. As we are not very well known we shall take this opportunity to tell you a little about ourselves. We are the only troop in Brisbane. and consist of about 40 members, including the Brownies, who are the younger members of the troop. We meet every Saturday afternoon to bring the girls togetlfer, and occupy their tinme better than it might otherwise be occupied. The object of the Guides is to supply healthy play and recreation. But play when organised need not be rviste of time. Our uniform is navy blue and it is the aim of every girl to decorate her uniform with well earned badges. We are taught to cook, sew and many other useful things. Often times we go out camping, and, Oh! the tea we cook-t would make anyone's mouth water, to hear of It. Potatoes baked In the coals, susages tried between two sticks.,
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seats, or at best of Sixth Form girls where we should be sitting. It must surely be obvious to every one that we have grown years older in the last six monthe. Even our baby is beginning to show signs of her increasing age, and we fear that she, too, will soon have left her child- hood's days behind her, while the rest of us have all got quite two inches taller since we have been promoted to having lessons with Sixth. It Is also becoming quite a common thing for us to do glove duty for them in the afternoon, and some of us have even been known to officiate at the stock cupboard! At the present time only our absolutely unspoilable (?) natures are saving us from becoming "swelled-headed," as we have Just succeeded in winning the Inter-Form Tennis Cup, which no Form has been able to gain from Sixth for years. We also managed to halve the basket ball shield with Sixth after an exciting match, in which many wounded *warriors were forced temporarily to retire from the field, so that we have accomplished at least some of our resolutions. In the Athletic Sports, although our as- pirations were high and we saw Miss Molli- son's Cup adorning our classroom, we unfor- tunately did not fulfil our intentions and carry all before us; in fact, we came only fourth on the whole. However, after much strenuous pulling we won the tug-of-war, and our girls got first and second places in the high Jump, first in the hurdles, and third in the long Jump, so that we were quite well represented in the Inter-4chool Sports Team. Our fate in swimming is still in the lap of the gods, but even we are not sanguine enough to feel much hope there. Unfortunately this year 'we were unable to get our tartan for our Form caps, so that we were forced to change our colours. After many and fierce arguments in which some of us wanted piratical black and others of us large checks, we compromiaed on large red spotted handkerchiefs of the "honest work- man" variety which we considered almost as original and very becoming. This year our numbers have been con- stantly decreasing, bat our greet attractive* ea hae never allowed us to dwindle to less than eight girls. We seem pretty firmly set- tied down for the rest of the year now, and
VI. "Effliciunt clarum stadia."
We sit down, as in duty bound, to rack our brains for Form notes-but nothing is "not- able" in the eyes of the Noble Sixth except the fact that the Senior will be upon us in two weeks! However, knowing how much these notes add to the literary value of the magazine, and loath to disappoint the many small children who anxiously sbtrch the newly-published pages for the aforesaid gems, we feel bound to contribute something. even though it be only an apology. Of course the mere sound of those five awful letters S-I-X-T-H brings before your mind's eyes a vision of hard work; but we would remind anyone who is feeling anxious about such extreme and apparent mental exertion that we also "go in for" sports. We regret- though we congratulate Form V. amid ou re- gret-that Miss Wllkinson's Tennis Cup must leave its ancestral home in Sixth to grace other scenes. Bravo. Fifth! There was such a hard fight between Fifth and Sixth for the Basket Ball Shield, that the match resulted in a tie, and both Forms are still violently laying claim to the Shield. In both the Inter- Form and Inter-School Sports, the Sixth was well represented; and it is surely unnecessary to remind anyone how well we make tea! We are still suffering from the inroads of flying foxes (in the form of 'la verole volante) but we hope no more will be caught. For most of us this is the last year at the B.G.O.S., and we think with sorrow of the days when we may no longer "drape the table" in Sixth Form room. V. During this year V. have been leading a nomadic existence. The new boarders spread- ing over all the upstairs class-rooni' drove Sixth downwards, where they s3ttled in the ancestral home of Fifth, compelling us to seek shelter in what was formerly the old cloakroom. Later, when we moved over to a small classroom, which had been made for us on the new building verandah, the wild blowing of the westerly winds soon drove us back to our old haunts. However, we etill resort there for preps, although our hearts are invariably torn by the sight of empty
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November, 1920.
on tasty little wafers and swallow them? By some unknown process the knowledge leaves the wafers and enters the brain. Quite sim- ple and ever so much pleasanter! But if we cannot do well in exams. we can at least console ourselves with the fact that we have won the Cup in the Interform Sports, and have been in the finals fir the Tennis Cup, our opponents being V., who were vic- torious. We congratulate them, and hope to imitate them ourselves next year. To all the girls going for the Senior we wish the very best of luck. Our notes are finished. What more is there to be said? Value them, not for their appearance, nor for the fine quality of their composition, but for all the hard work they cost us to prepare. IV. B. IV. B. consists of twenty-eight studious girls, although no one has as yet dis- covered our talent, except perhaps for deserving impositions. None of us gained distinction in .-.. .r. nt \nnt- Ination, though we are ',.; . , <,n In the Junior, which is looming very ia. Most of us went to hear Lieut. Flora Sandes, and were so inspired by her lecture that at Miss Mackay's suggestion we are making an outfit for a Serbian child. We were very sorry to lose at Midwinter Ruth who was our mainstay in sports, how- ever, we see her on our gym. days, or rather our gym. day. for it has been reduced to only one lesson a week, owing to some of our members forgetting that we only had one practice day. Fortune did not favour us at basket ball this season, for we lost our first match. How. ever, we came third in tennis which is very creditable for us. We are proud to have two members of the A Tennis team, Ellen and Hebe, in our form. The dreaded Junior and Senior exams. are in three weeks' time, and we wish all those who are facing the ordeal the best of success. Il. A. This year we have experienced some great changes. After the Midwinter holidays, to make room for the new girls, we had to pack our trunks and move across the courtyard,
will all probably return to become august Sixth Formites after Christmas. Quite lately we discovered that we are an extremely musical Form and that most of us possess beautiful voices. Since then bursts of melody may be heard issuing from our classroom in the afternoon, when we endeav- our to delight the world by our rendering of songs, of which "Onwards, Christian Soldiers" is our greatest success. Nothing much remains to be said. We would have liked to fascinate the school by an account of some weird and wonderful adven- tures which have befallen us, but, alas! we have too strict a regard for the truth, and also we are doubtful .whether the sceptics would believe them. It is true that we did find the key to the Morse code in one of the library books, but we have not as yet been able to find any powerful mystery attached to it. We will not enumerate the places held by our girls in the various school teams either, as we have already done so at mid- winter, and because in addition our greatest asset in that line refuses to be enlarged on even for the sake of the notes. Therefore we will conclude by wishing the Junior and Sen- ior girls the best of luck. We have done our best to help Sixth in their work by conferring our presence upon them, and thus no doubt making their work really interesting. IV. A. IV. A. has lost its ingenuity, or rather, we should say. exhausted it in wrestling with mathematical problems. Twice have we es- sayed to write Form notes, and twice have the airy castles of our eloquence come tumbling about our ears. But -"If you can bea . .... to watch the things you gave your time to, broken, and stoop and build t' em up again with worn-out tools"--you know the rest. So, although our brains are nothing more than worn-out tools, in dire need of a holi- day, yet, for the "'third time we hive tried. and out of the ruins have we erected this tine structure, as an example of the power of perseverance in overcoming obstacles. There are twenty-six of us, but we are not very happy, for in the near future, between us and the holidays, looms the Junior. Ah, me! why must there be exams? It seems to us the world would be far happier without them. Why can we not be like certain strang- ers we have read of, who write their lessons
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Ii. B. As the Christmas exams. are not far off, the thirty talented individuals of which III. B. is composed are all suffering from brain fag. This remarkable form occupies the room next to the mistresses' sitting room, and this ac- counts for the docility of the girls who gather there. No noise ever comes from our orom for our heads are always bent over our books -yes, truly! In the recent Inter-School Sports, Gwen Spurgin played an active part, while in the School Sports our form was well represented by Gwen, Polly, Connie, Marjorle, and others, some of whom came first and second. In spite of the practice of our tennis and basket-ball teams we accomplished nothing in those direc- tions. During this term our form had a debate. the subject being Prohibition. boretta Wool- ley was chosen as leader of the party in fav- our of continuance, while Marjorie Bulcock led those for prohibition. Both showed their views on the subject very clearly, while some of their followers made most amusing speeches. As Christmas is drawing near most of the girls are dancing around gleefully dt the thought of eight long weeks of vacation, which they are going to spend, some at the seaside, others in the country, 'hut all of them intend to enjoy themselves thoroughly. We will conclude our form notes by wish- ing every one a very happy Christmas and a most enjoyable holiday. 111. B. Beginners we, Form Low'r III. B., Our class room's near the sky; Miss Dath, our mistress, loved by all, Our ways must often try. Our captain brave is Molly, grave, Who always plays the game; In tennis, sport, and lessons, too, She bids us do the same." Choc'late and gold. our colours old, We hope will lead the way In scholarship and sports as well, When comes the testing day. Our motto spells and always tells That "Manners Makyth Man"; With such as this to be our guide, We shall be in the van. Dorothy L. Mco '1.
to the notorious IV. C. classroom, and there we iIII. A.-ites now reign in all our glory. The one thing which marred our happiness when we returned to school after Midwinter, was the fact that we had lost our old form captain, Annie Dahl, who evidently could stand the responsibility no longer, and so left us. The position has since been successfully filled by Barbara Dutney. We are now working very hard making an outfit for the Serbian children. We sincerely hope that it will be appreciated, as we are by no means professional dressmakers! This half, our classroom has not lacked flowers, as the day girls bring many flowers to beautify our room. Our classroom, by the way, helps a great deal in bracing us up for the coming lessons, by its refreshing cool- ness. In our School 'Sports we gained third place. Of course we had hoped for a better result, but we did our best and hope to do better next time. Our form was also well repre- sented in the number of "Grammars" who helped to win second place in the Secondary Sports in September. We have a very fair tennis team, which beat III. D. in the match for the cup, but was beaten by V. Form after a very hard fight. III. A. Lower III. A. consists of thirty-one girls who occupy one of the favourite classrooms of the school. So far 'we have had very little opportunity of displaying our ability (?) either in sport or in lessons, which reminds us exams. are not very far off. We have our tennis practice on Friday af- ternoons. Most of us have not played be- fore, so when we get together a lively game is not usually the result. It has been noticed by onlookers that we are extremely keen on chasing balls, more so than on the game it- self. However, we are progressing under the supervision of Miss Watson. We regret to say that we lost our match against Upper HI. B. Up to the present we have managed to keep our room supplied each day with flowers, though on one occasion we surpassed our- selves, when there appeared before our mis- tresses' eyes six pansies in a mug. However, we hope to do better in the fut- ture, and by working hard, keep up the repu- tation of our predecessors.
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to the fact that they get out ten minutes earlier than usual. Examinations begin soon, and we shall all have to work hard. Though we can not all be top, each must do her best. III. D. Our classroom is the art room, which is a very cool and pleasant portion of the school. We are often worried during roll call (our form mistress, too) by girls.coming in for maps and asking where they are. But this counts nothin'g. If they are new girls we find the maps for them, because It is our duty as a whole to help them. This year we are making an jutlit for the Serbian children. Our captain, Kathleen Grimes, asked for subscriptions, and as she got quite a large sum of money we were able to make a good beginning. We have made i little English dress which, in our minds we do think that they will like, as it is so cold in that part of Europe. Some contributors knitted a cap, a singlet, and a pair of socks. We have still to finish another singlet. a petticoat. and a Serbian style of dress, so, although we do not shine in lessons very much, we can help other people who are weaker than ourselves. II. A. Our form consists of thirteen girls, who are all sizes and ages. We have tennis every Tuesday and I think we are beginning to improve in our play- ing. We played a match against III. B. but were beaten, so we played it all over again and were again btaten, but did very much better than the first time. Every Friday we have stories read to us about all the goddesses, and we all enjoy them immensely. We have a great number of our lessons on the verandah which is ever so mu'h cooler than our class room. Swimming has begun again, and most of the girls In our class go; we always look Torward to Tuesday, for that is the day on which we have It.
III. C. Is III. C. good at Basket Ball? Rather! We won three successive matches, and were only beaten after a hard-fought game. We are not so brilliant at Tennis or Swimming, however, but are looking forward with much interest to the Gym. competition, when we hope our Gym. "snag" will uphold her repu- tation. Concerning our intellectual powers, how- ever, we are afraid it Is a case of "Little girls all have lost their brains, And don't know where to find them." But we all hope they will reappear during exam. time. We can boast of four boarders whom we could not very well do without. One of them (Olga by name) is in the "B" Basket Hall team. The form is sorry to lose two of its worthy members, Vera and Nellie, and we all wish Nellie good luck in her coming exam. Altogether we are a very happy form. All day long we sit and study while library booki, so near and yet so far, smile pityingly from their shelves. Our room is a very useful passage way. This has its advantages, but also its disadvantages, for it really is won- derful how our flowers sometimes vanish quite mysteriously. I think S .rlock Holmes would admire the :,ay we trace them. But then at other tlimrs when cetain little girls are exer- cising th dlr rather weak (?) voices, a mistres:; passes ttirough and, lo! all is silent. But time is sIt rt, so we will conclude these h tppy annals, wishing everybody a "Merry C(hrist- mas." III. C. Oh. dear! how the time files, and here it Is nearly the end of the year. Well, there is on , thing to be glad about, even if exams. are near- -holidays come soon after. This term Lower III. C. has not been very lucky as far as sports are concerned. In Basket Ball we were beaten, the result on our side being anything but brilliant, and in Tennis we were again beaten by IV. A. Still the Gymnasium competition has not yet been held perhaps we shall be beaten; but let us hope for the best.
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November, 1920.
After the Storm.
Sunset-and the earth asleep. Sunset-- with a myriad lingering rays playing over the calm water. They are not anxious to leave this tranquil, beautiful spot. "All the air a solemn stillness holds"-the stillness after a conflict of Nature's forces, the lull after a storm. Anxious faces on the bank scanned the horizon for a white speck, a sail, utterly oblivious of the scene around them. Twilight, with the birds flying homeward; sea-birds soaring gractefully across to that tempting cool, green bank, where evening shadows have already fallen. Still no sign of the missing boat. Night--black night! The moon had hidden in sympathy with the watchers on the bank. For a full minute those watchers peered into the darkness, longing to penetrate the gloom. The moon blazed out. It showed a tiny white In the country children are always eager to hear about the big ciLies with their trams and motor cars, and anyone who is lucky enough to make the trip to a township is always eagerly plied with questions on his return. There are many wonderful things to tell, but the lucky one nearly always ends up by asking for news of some pet pony or dog. The visit is certainly fascinating, but the absence of familiar sights makes the trip lose the glamour it first had. The city children are Inclined to pity the poor country bumpkils, as they are called, but it is wonderful to no'ice how the eyes brighten when Father or Mother proposes to spend the holidays in the country. Perhaps Father has some friends who would like to have them for the holidays. If not. tnere is visiting of agents and advertising for lodgings in some farmhouse. When the day of departure arrives the chil- dren are up early in order to catch an early train which will land them at their destination before nightfall. How the children laugh anti chatter as they gaze out of the windows at the quiet cows grazing in the field. When the train stops at their station they alight to find the farmer ready with a wel- come and a buggy to take them the remaining ten miles to the farm. They only take the
speck on the horizon. It came nearer, nearer, It stopped! Ah! a breeze. A sigh of relief from the bank, for she was safe. No! there was that open passage to cross yet. She was nearly there. Now she sailed gracefully forward, coming: she was over! No! she dipped, she righted herself; she tacked; she was safe. Home, straight for home she headed, that ship with the pure while, milky white sails, home to those anxious watchers; home to brothers and sisters, came this little craft bearing those rash pleasure seekers who had narrowly, so very narrowly, escaped--what? Did they realise? Who can tell!
"And when you see a sailing ship Go out to face the waves, Think of the love that travels Like light upon her sails."
A Visit to a Farm.
light luggage as the cream waggon will brins out the heavier boxes in several days' time. It is nearly dark when they arrive at the farm, and at the soun,1 of wheels the farmer's wife and children come to the door. There are three children, a well grown boy and girl, Victor and Lucy, and a little boy, Jack, of about six. They accord the visitors a hearty welcome and show them their rooms. They then find themselves in a large spotless kitchen where a farmhouse tea is set. There are many good things there, and by the time tea is over, the children go to bed as it is getting late. Next morning they wake up to hear a con- cert given by the roosters in the poultry yard, and the kookaburras or laughing jackasses in the thicket of trees near the fence. They dress quickly and hurry downstairs to find Jack waiting to conduct them to the balls. There they see the esh milk in tie buckets, which are being taken by the two elder chil- dren to the dairy. They follow one bucket and find that it is put into the separator. Their young guide then takes them to the dogs. They admire hi two special pets, Pointer and Dingo, very much as the one is a collie and the other a sheep dog.
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escaped over the fence. They are shown the ladder leading to the barn loft, and in a few minutes they are rolling in the sweet-smelling hay. They are suddenly disturbed by loud bellowing, and Jack proudly informs them that it is the bull who got special prize at the last :'how. They go down to the fields and ride up on a waggon of freshly-cut hay. In this way the days pass. Sometimes they go for a raspberry hunt up the creek, and on another day they go for a picnic, while one datiy they lished in the dam for crayfish. In a short time the holidays are over and the children make preparations to return. They had come up eager for a holiday and were going back full of pleasant memories of the days that were spent at the farm. V. C., II. A. they have passed the rising ground, anmi evi- dently intend to go no furtheri. l,'or here there is ,a tiny blrooklet running under the road. They climb, carefully down the L,.nk and over Uie stones at tie edge :andtl, stooping over the shallow water, begin th> hunt. W\'hat are they hunting? Why, tadpoles, of course! I'p one side of the brook and down the other; rushing to places where the water appears quite black with the "tadlies" wriggling hap- pily among the reeds; little squeals as one of the children slips ankle-deep in the cold water; a triunmphant "I've got such a beauty!" or a timid little cry. "Jack, hold Ie, I'rn slip- ping!" All this tells something of the excite- ment of the tilny hunt'nien. Of course, it is not long before they are wet through, but I defy any water, most r t :ill water with tad- poles in it, to damp suc h ardour. Tired with their hunt. they decide to sit down and enjoy their little hampers. which they had so care- fully carried with them, before sta.rting for home. It is already dusk when two weary. dirty, and very wet child ren gather up their belongings includinlg two Jars full of tadpoles andl trudge hoie to slihow their spolls to an admiring (? family And the tadpoles are so happy, for haven't they corks in the jar to sit on when they get tired, and beautiful new bread for supper! ). H., VI.
After breakfast they visit the poultry yard and, although they are frightened by the fero- cious aspect of the turkey gobbler, they enjoy watching the ducklings ind chickens feed- ing, while they are much amused at the plain- tive cry of the guinea fowl, "Come back! Come back!" They chase the ducks to the pond and are gathering the eggs from the bantam's yar.! when a call comes to Jack to bring them to see the horses. There are many ponies and' horses, and in a separate stable there ate two valuable racehorses. They have several pInie-i saddled and the children are given their first riding lesson. After their lesson they go to, see the sheep and goats. In a st'na'aie pena is a ram who is noted for tossing young peo- ple, and Jack can remember the time he just Two children, brother and sister, are hurry- ing along a path through a flnower nursery. Now, from sheer excess of animal spirits, they chase each other at full speed; now they pause to look at a particularly gay flower, not in- frequently they quarrel Itut one of them h:c- caught sight of the gate which oplen.s into to.' road and, with a lefiant "Heat you to the' gate!" soon outdistances her brother. Then for five minutes they struggle with the stub- born gate, clanmberlng up on its rungs before they can reach the- clasp. At last it is open and the two chillren hurry on to the white road. On each side there is a stretch of grass; to the left, a wide expense of heath with a few desolate evergreen trees scattered here and there; to the right, the nursery bor- ders the road for a little way, t.nd then a green field Is separated from the road by a steep bank where a few spring flowers are already nestling among the grass. Behind, the road turns sharply and is soon lost to sight; in front, it glitters in the bright spring sun for a considerable distance, rising over a tiny hil- lock and then turn turning aside to lose itself once again. It is a lonely, country place. and the passers-by are few, but the children take it in turn to ask the time of everyone they meet -- ust to see if their watches are right! And great*I their delight when some- one informs them it is half an hour earlier than the last person had told them. But
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