November 1920 School Magazine

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Brisbane Glrls' Graumanr School.

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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