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The school also attenclecl a matirree given by Allan Wilkie, whieh inelucied scenes taken from both our Senior ancl Junior plarvs. Mr. Wilkie anil Miss lltrnter:-Watts irnpressed. Lrs all u,it]r their interpr eta- tion of th e dig'nity and charm of Shakespeare. Our o\4rn sehool eoncert has been a great success, and was enthusi- astically attend ed by nr any of the par:ents of present girls, as well as by rranY olcl girls. We f eel gratef ul to all those by whose assistance ancl supervision the prograrnr]le \ ras arrangerl. Miss Felgate and Miss Hollinshecl especially n'orkecl verrr hard to make the play ancl the c1ancing successful. fn the, beginning of the year an unkn on'n olcl girl macle to the school a present, which was as charrning as it \vas novel ancl urrexpected. This is the print of Sir Walter Scott, rn'hich rlow hangs in the School Hall, b)- the request of th e anonymous clonor. Since \,ve have been unable to thank her in person, rve llo\y tahe this opportunity of cloing so, During the first term Mr. Bor,vns. in a lantern lecture on Canacla, impressed us atl with the beauty and grandeur of that country. His maehine, which showecl slicles e\,'e11 in daylight, brought ac]clitional enjovtuent to the lccitttre both orr accourrt of its effrelerrcy and its novelt)'. A smaller section of rrs also en terecl into a rl ore intimate acquaintance wittr the nlatl Shaeklc-.ton, in a lecture which gave fult value to the courage of his party, ancl the rnoral effect proclucecl by his o\i!'n enduring faith antl s;'mpathetic leadership. These were truly invaluable in combating harclship in e land of eternal clesolation, yet of an abicling ancl spiritual beauty. [tOO a great nutnber of girls, this ]rea{ is the }apt of their school I' life; and even no\\r many are u,onclerirg what paths their lives rvill take next year. But thoug;h most of us have formecl our icleal of what we wish to make of the future, retrospect alrn,ays holcls pleasures more tangibty real than clreams. We rvho have been through the school know the real val-,-re of its traclition; ancl ,its real strength, its pleasures ancl its lasting frienclships. Their influence, we know, will be with us ahvays

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We are again inclebtecl to the o] ctr girls f or the splenclicl runnin,'- trach r,vhich was their present to uf iast, ye.ar. Practice for. the Ali- Schools' Athletics has .ialreaflv iregun witli gr.at :vigotir. \\re realtze hon' much tirne is spent b)' Mrs. ISoulton anrl Mr. Robiu,son in trailing" our girls, anql thartli thetn both for the irrrliloi-s.flrerlts ilatle in oLrr athl etics. fn the inter-school slvimrning contests this year our team dicl well, thanks to their steacly practice ancl the training given thern by Miss Venning. Both ottr tentris ancl our net-Jrail teams have won four of the live matches alreaclv pla1'ecl in the seasorl ,s fixtures. tlnfortunately, a mateh has hacl to be postponect' .Ori aceount of the rn-et g,eather. Alreacly half of a very busy Jrear has gone, and the renraining months are only too few for the fulfilment, of our cluties towarcls th; school. Ilnswerving, we rnust continue the trirclitiols that have hecl f ormecl or preservecl by those lvho hal'e passecl through the school imitlediatelv before us. Ancl rvhen u,e, too, erirbark orr the great aclr'err- turous seas of life, there will come to us reminiseences of ollr school life, nracle strong,er. bv affeetion. ( ( oh not more subtly'' shall olrr thoughts be, ( ( silence str:rvs, Among the winds, betr,veen the. voices,

THE WOOLCOCIr PRiZE POEM, 1930. (IIazeI Muirhcad. )

PATT,T I. Concerning 'a Prince beseigecl in the' eapit:rl city, ancl the alrival of his King, rn'ho is ignorant of the seige.

' Fair stancls the city at the close of day; The clying sun still lives upon tail spires fn r]ran)' a golclen lav Before its light retires, Bef ore the azvre sk;;' is lit with twinkli ng fires.

(rThe I(ing: the King: tire King!" Hear the swift, lorn' murmurs arise TilI even the twiti.";ht cries, Ancl'the sn'a).ing brernches sing. The dust on the rvesterrr plain Te1ls of his fiery hor.ses, Tells of his stoutest forces, And the rt- nlour flics again. But'tire King sweeps olt r,vith ttrre breeze1 Ife sees not the guarcls on the wall; He hears not the tnrrnpet call, Or the men of his enernies fn the failest city of all; Wirere the Frince in his gard,en frorvns, Ancl the eourtly laughter ancl singing fs gone with the silver bells ringing The rlin of the hunt olr thc tlorvus. The trees, ancl the -rithering flor,vers Pine for the flienclly shov"crs; Ancl the Prirlce rA'alhs frowning on. A leap o fer the garclen wall Where the \,van d"ering Wisteria trails, And f ull-blown roses f all fn the havoc the leap entails I Ancl enters the Prinee's son. He is up to the Prinee, he smiles Ancl c (T knor,v a w.'l.y,' ' lie saicl, With a nocl of his golden heacl, ( ( To carry wol:cl to th e King. Wall< west of the palace two miles, Ancl turn at the olcl oak-treel Hiclclen there by a guard.ian briar

Ufingling alike rvith pensive lays, Ancl with the irrnsic ilrat rejoi..,*, Than thou at.t present in my rl;rys. , ,

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VER,SES ACCOMPANYING THE PICTUR,E MENTIONED rL.?Er ErT\TrTrn- IN THE EDIfORTAL. When I lvas at sehool at the B.G.S., I \n'as verv foncl of reacling, A'cl lost in the Lancl of sr,veet Roma*ce, . The time. r,vent b.v unheecling. , The \\raverley Not'els \r.ele il,y clelight, Ancl alt the joy that great malr g ave, Wou1d r*u.tr from here to 1\{a1ta. Anrl I ltat'e thought, irt the oicl Sr:hool llall. I

Above the girls. both small ancl tall, llhat the goocl Sil Walter's kincli;' face Migirt fincl in eaeh heart a ttubpy Plaee.

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Of his father's barons, ancl the strife They workecl, to live, or to die. IIe clrearns a moment of cleath, An cl the unhnown world afar Briiliant with planet and. star. Now passecl is the d.reaclecl wall; Oh, lif e with the laughing sea Ancl its green luciclity Is his ! But, Hark ! A call From the rampart I an arrow, f ast As the singing wind", cleaves the air. Ancl he falls in the d.arkness. There On the ltreeze sourrcls the hostile blast Of a horn, ancl reirreinbering That he is heir to a King, Ani{ a I(ing is the greatest of melr Who never faiis at a wound He is up ancl away again. He is out on the twistecl road, He is racing ttre rvlr.etted rvincl Ancl the faltering moonlight showecl That the gap was behind, behind. But far is the Kingts night camp, Ancl torn are his gannents, and damp With his heart 's \\'arrl blood ; but on Till the morning star shall pa1e, Now flecl is the phantom fear That the lon,g night race is vain I He has enterecl the stiil, black plain, Ancl the sleeping solcliers are here. Wildly he ealls to the l{ing, Ancl f alls like a wound ed, cleer, Ancl gasps like a stricken thing, ( ( The Capital f alls, make speed ": Ah, tasteless the pure recl wine Tliat they press to his pallicl lips; Ancl useless the linen fine That staunches the crimson drips; For life is fled to the land Of music, ancl laughter, ancl slln, That the Master Worker planned 1'or rest u'hen the game is won. Or his numbecl senses fail, He must go, a Prince ts son.

Is a cleft in the masonry Of the c,rty wall, near the sea, And I coulcl pass there, O Sire The guarcls alone must be fearecl. " Ancl murnrurecl, (( A village lad Or a merchant's son, would be glacl To go, for the sake of a King Their mean lives venturing, With the ner,vs of the seige, O Prince. t' But the Prince he shook his head; Ife cleeperred the lines on his bro\,r', " My son is royal," he said, His f athers have ruled 'ere now; We shall suffer no commoner's boy To cleny thab a Prince is bolcl; For in r,oyal hearts no alloy fs mixecl in the fearless golcl. To the King, nly son, you must go; Remember, the lasting fame Of your erty, your l(ing, your name I)epencls on your work I t ' ancl so As the shades of evening drew Dark curtains across the sky And the soft night breezes blew, He brushecl a tear from his eye. ( ( It is little he recks or heeds; But I loved rrry son, ' ' he saicl; ( ( Antl Prinees owe princely deeds. ' ' PART II. Ah, there is the ok1 oak-tree l 'Tis shroucled in black to-night. And there is the glimmering sea Shining clark rvith a sombre light From the clouclecl shy; there the briar :\ncl the eleft in the city wall; B;t the fzrint stars' r'avering fire The yourlg Prinee sees them all. Ancl he heals the seritries' treacl Break the stillness overheacl, As he steals to t'trle silent gap. He d reams a mo'r:rrent of lif e 'Of the f orest, the sea, and the sky;

Coneerning a race, ancl the result.

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The prograrume openecl with the Australian Na,tional Anthem, the worcls of whie h were written by Brunton Stephens, ancl were set to music by the late R. T. Jefferies. This ;lvas' sung by the Senior Class, .who follorvecl it with ( ( Ye Spottecl Snakes ' ' (Afred Wheeler), and then gave a pleasing renclition of " Lonclon Town " (George Rath- bone ). The Junior Singing Class also contributecl three items in a rnanner which reflectecl great creclit upon them. A pleasant variety was given to the programme by a nurnber of dances; the lfungarian, Scarf, ancl l\[aori d.ances being arranged. by Miss Hollinslr.ed, the Lancers by Miss St. Leclger. Physical eulture was creditably illustratecl in the Junior ancl Senior clrill iterns ar' rangecl by Miss Brockviay. The clramatic sicle of the school ts attainments found. expression in a series of ilelightful ancl striking tableaux arrangecl by Miss Lilley to iilustrate reaclings from the Rubaiyat of Onrar l(hayyailr anil in & ch armingtry clressecl ancl effective pla)', ( ( The Seven Olcl Ladies of Latr- en d er Town, " which was proclucecl uncler the clirection of Miss Felgate. We woulcl like to thank Miss Lilley, the'staff, and. all those outsid.e the school $'ho, by their assistanee, macle possible a performance which gave genuine pleasure to a large auclience I ancl we would like also to thank those who comprisecl that aud.ience, ancl who, by their loyal sup- port of the School's efforts, helpecl to make the concert such a success. -8. F, \\r,. VI. ST'ATEMtr}IT OF CONCtrRT. R,eeeipts. Sale of Tickets. . Sale of Programmes Expend,iture. Hire of Theatre. Stage Staff Stage Materials Procluction Printing . . Aclvertising Cartage Unemployment Relief Tax. . Workers t Compensation Policy. . 0 Hire of Uo.i" .. :: 0 Hire of Pianos . q 1 Fees (Prof essional ) 72 Petty Cash 3 By Balance 61 fi s. cl. 14 10 0 618 0 for 210 0 594 176 012 6 16 100 76 100 \20 147 15 10 S s. d. 106 16 0 539 Total f111 19 The proceecls of this Concert are clevotecl to the Pfize tr'und. Total f111 19

r\nc1 the Holy Father saith As he raiseth his eyes to look On the colcl, pure mask of cleath,

Ancl kisseth th e Holy Booh, Ancl his voice is soft ancl low, ( ( 'Tis even so ' '; ( (It is not growing like a tree fn bulk, cloth mal

TI{E CONCER,T. Shakespeare says-( ( A11 the lvorlcl ts a stage. "

And" so incleecl it was on the evening of May 27 th to tlie School, whose whole interest was centerecl upol] the production of the School Concert. This interest \vas loyally ancl enthusiasticall"v share d by par- en.ts ancl friencls, who calne in large numbers ancl shorn'ecl b,v their enthusiastie applause their appreciation of the iterns pror-idec1 for their entertainrnent.

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The Concert Openeil rvith a Song.

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sinrply beautiful, isrr't itV " yoo rcplv, ancl proceed- to ponder over the laet that you have spoken on the f orbid clen subject before you are a, hunclrecl yards'from honie. But you exeuse yourseif on the score that polileness clemandecl a reply to that question. Having reachecl the street corner, )'ou step into the first tram that, comes anc1, for once, fincl a rracant seat. Soon *yoo become conscious that the girl opposite you is srniling at you a ncl rllurmuring your name. You knorv her face, but cannot renrember u'ho she is. She is obvi- ously waiting f or: you to speak, so you stammer out sornething like this: '( What a long tjme it is since I last saw you. Do you iike the cold rveather ? " A f erv minutes later During the course of the clay )'ou speak on the salne subject with & gentlernan, who is a friend of )-our father ts, with a shop dssistant, ancl r'r'ith your hairclresser. Also, to vary the monotony a little, y-ou enter into a discussion with a friencl on the respective rnerits cf Sum- ruer ancl Winter. Of course, there m?ry have been ot'h er conversations, but these ate all you can remember when you go to bed and. think over the d ay ts 'events. Recalling a certain maxim which was instilled into you in very early clays, you clecicle to begin again on the rnorrow, though you try in vain to conjeeture whether your second attempt will meet with better success than the first. Ifowever, ( ( Dum spiro, speror'' ancl-this weather really is too co1cl for nre to write any more. -Alma Hartshorn, YI. It's a funny thing, rvhen you think of it, but I always knew I l\ras meant to be. A, poetess. Tirne ancl again when I saw the sun rise or :s€tr I have felt a poetic fire in me. What a, poetic fire is exactly I ,don't know; nevertheless tliat is what I have often f elt. ( ( Po etry " rsomething rvhisperecl inside tne ( ( is lvonderful, it is glorious. '' I always meant to write poetry, but, then, I though I had, better wait till f learned. how. I never coulcl make words rhyme, ancl soinehow the lines would never measure rrght. ( ( Why, can't we rvrite poelr;r just as \ve like ? , , I said. ( ( No rhymes or feet to it-just poetry, if you know what I mean.,' Nolv, in our stucly of literature at school we reached the Classical period., ancl to my clelight here were the verl rules I had been looking THE PATHS TO FAME AR,E THOR,NY. you stancl up f or an elclerly 1ac1y, who seems a kindly worcl in return for your good, deed. my dear. What a cold. clay it is! t t Fortun- mincl, she expects no answer from ;'ou, but next her, and aclilresses a sirnilar remark to to think that you cleserve / ( Thank you v€r;r much, ately for vour peace of turns to the nran sitting hinr.

ANZAC.

O Gallipoli ! fn the mist of clawn's clim twilight, touchecl b;' the blooctr-recl sun, To the ghostly zipl of bullet, ancl boom! of foeman's gun Once more they keep their tr;rst on your barren, bloorl-stained shore: Their race is run, their battle won; their nam.e lives everrnore. O Solclier ! See norlr' yorl torv'ring rock-ghostly grey a,nd. griin, Tracecl by the hancl of rnernorv on the f ar horizon's rim: If ear now the inufflecl swish ! of oars, ancl roar es the endless wav e Breaks in a clreary monotone at the foot of the Anzac ts grave. O llf other ! There is no cause to \l'eep: srnile then, content anrl. proud, He gave his life for his eouutrt--his glory' is his shrou.cl!" O Australia ! Remember Anzac! . On the roil of cleathl ess f ame Inscribecl is tirat glorious dt-.ecl. Australia! reverence their nanre, Sons of a greater Britain, l3ritons, and proucl of their birth, Loyal sons of Austraiia-their country knows their rn'orth. O England, ! Shoulcl vour clarion-call echo agzrin througir the yeal's, ( Out I\{other Country need s us t '-wliere a re Au,stralia 's f ears I ( ( Who loseth his life shall find. it. " Lif e that is ours to gir,'e Attains at last its zenir"h, if rve tlie that sh.e lrray live. But the clreaclful thuncler of battle no longer rumbles afar: The storm of hatrecl is over-clethronecl is bhe Gocl of War. Let the lamp of fraternal peace burn rvith a, steaclfast liglit Sheclcling its beam,q eternal on a worlcl of truth ancl right. -l{onica Crooke.I, Vf. WHETHER THE. WEATHER. You hal'e macle up yorlr nrind th:rt, regarclless of u'hat other people nlay clo, Iour at least, will not ollerl conversations rvith trite remarks about the weather'. Neu' Year's Da;' is months ahead. You wou.lcl not clream of waiting as long as that to put your resolution into practice. No, you seize Time by the forelock and begin irirmecliately. Yorr walk clolvn the street in the morning ancl see a neighbour standing in her garclerr. :\s you pass she smiles lirightly at you and says: ('Goocl morning. Ifow do you like this weatherg " ( ( Oh, it is What comforting voie e raises the gre), bent heacl ? ( ( IIis spirit is immortal. He cliecl-yet is not cieacl.

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neeclecl. Animals anc1 florn'els, and rnice ancl poor people, r rere good enough now. So, here r^'as irly chance. NI;' pet wish realisecl. I tc1 write a Romantic poeln about-about something no one had written about before-no Sunrises or Moonlit Seas for me--yes, il bec1. On Sunclay I workecl in nly room all the afternoorl, ancl just before tea-time I came,clorlrn r.vith a triumphant.smile o11 lny face anrl joy in my heart. I hacl sllcceeclecl. Nothjng like this had. been written before. NIy father ancl nrother shoulcl be the fi.rst to share in lny happiness. ( ( Fath er," I criecl, ( ( at last I have macle your name for you! Congrzrtu* late nie! This," I saicl, r(is Ltr poem that will live for errer. Listen," I saitl' THE BtrD. Silken eurtains axcl Frills and Bon's ancl pillows Drape the Becl My f ather sleeps On. Wonclerful, glorious posts That bear the becl My father sleeps oo, carved With all I{incls of florvers Pillows white, and sheets, and. . Blankets and mattresses And At this point I observecl my

for. ((L liner" reacl the folmula, "cotrsists of five iambic feet llines rhylns in pairs, ancl these are called couplets (comma, I take that to be ) f alls in the miclclle of eacli line Ifere it was, as plairr as clay. The trouble was that the book saicl these couplets were goocl for satire ancl controversy, and I rn'antecl them to clothe profound thought. I resolved to take no notice of tiris last hint" I went home ancl began a rn'ork whj-ch was to beconr-e imrnortal" Tt was callecl ' ( Ren'arcls of Olcl Age. t ' A fin e piece of work that" I{early every line rhymecl. (The book said nothing about not using' the same worel at the enil of eaeh line.) I took it to school with clreams of applause frorn nly friends ancl smiles froin the mistresses. I even hopecl the Head woulcl shake hancls with me. The poen began with the perfect couplet- ( ( The Ant with endless la, bour earns his foocl And in winter it tastes extrem.ely goocl. ', I hacl every reason to be]ier-e uly f ain e was assured. Alas for my hopes ! My reward rn'as riclicule ancl nicle remarks. At every step I took sorireone was sure to give nie a foldecl piece of papei' labellect i r l.[oln' to Become a Poet, ' ' or something like that. But I thought of Keats an d bore it ali ; al I the sane, T l\'as f urious underneath. What ts wrong with the lines I 'r'e quotecl, anyhow ? They rhyme, they make a couplet. There's a pause in the midclle of one line, and it ,s sound philosophy. The comtna cloes fall in the miCclle of a rn ord, anrl rn,inter has to have atr accent to make the foot right, but then what is poetic licence for if a poet can't use Lt1, I u'aited for recogn tion but none came, so I begara to thirik that after all it was as a prose n'riter f 'd make my mark. The rnore I thought of it the surer f became. You mightn't believe Lt, but I drearnt of it every Sunclay evening, and my Sun clay d reams alwat,s colne true, Others hal'e become f etrnotrs just bcearise th eir st;rle was 1otecl for simplicitv ol'energy or clireetness. Norv, nly styie is full of eioqgence and grace. fngenious sentences are aclorned n'ith marrrellous worcls, and d eep thoughts are expressed in such a mysterious way as to cause wond er'. I tracl a,iready thought of e title for m)'novel: ((The Reminiscences of One Once Threatenecl bv a llydroeephalus " (Hydrocephalus being a pre-historic animal) , ancl was look-ing f or things to put in the story when we began to l earn about the Roinaritic movement irt Literature- Now, Romance I love. It's in me. This is not boasting, but even when f tm speaking about very serious subjects, such as ( ( The Applica- tion of lluman fntelligenee on Subjects Divine arrd Otherwise,', or | (The Prerogative of Youth,'' people tell me Itm romancing. From this it"is clear that the stucly. of Romanticism appealed to me. And now things came out just as I rvanted them. Poetry no longer need rhyme. Collins u'rote a famous Ode to Evening without a single rhyrne, and lines of all lengths. Then satires and controversies were not A pause

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I krterv it ! This work of mine My f ather was shou-ing signs heightened voice---

quilts My father here srn'eetly snores;

Mouth open, Toes peeping Ne ath A book lanclecl on a chair behind ffi€, anc-l I flecl. Anct now I've to go to a new school, where the;r dorr tt teach the cletails in the Evolutio' of Poetry' 1 -F /r^-^-^o -8. Cocones, VI.

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NIGI{T. Night is silenee ; bl a.ch and- g1e;rming I-,ies the ri i'er, the great river, Night is tine for bouncliess d rearning, And its secrets hold. for ever,

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Like the secrets of the river. Comc with me, past e hurch, past clwelling, Roaring streets, ancl whispering f ountains, Past the ocean ts ceaseless swelling, Into fielcls, ancl n'astes, ancl rnountains I No light of moon, no light of star, Where the brown night people are ! Do )/ou hear them, whispering, calling, Whispering like the r,r'inter breeze tMid the shivering, shaken trees ? Calling, while the d ervs are f alling Loucl, ancl loud er symphonies Like the ec.,ho of the seas ? They are wiehecl, wrinlilecl, brown, They live within the earth, down, down, Where are no gleaming lights of town. Thev plan ancl p1ot, they' plot ancl plan The lives of beast, ancl bircl, ancl rnan. Do you heilr them chanting, chanting ? Air of night is thick, and loucl, The night sl

Macle fron $'ater, mixecl rvith fire: Pure white .vrrater, pure r:ec1 fire. They live in colcl moist halls of clay IJncler the earth for ]nany a clay. Corne back, I say; eo1r1e back, away Over forest, hill, and clorvn, To the friencllv lights of the busy town. Night is time for boundless clreaming An ci its secrets hidclen are Lihe the secrets of the river, gieaming Ifncler light of moon, ancl star.

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A STON,M AT SEA. The sun has gone. A cross the sullen sky Drift threatening clouds. A chill ancl boisterous wincl Strikes the colcl waters murrnuring plaintivell while sea-gulls scream and rvheel in hurried flight, Out o'er the clepths the thuncler rolls anel dies, And srvift the lightning runs frorn eloud to cloud. r{ow blincling rain pours clown its wrath long-pent, While crash of storm is rlingled with the sob Of angry waves, lashed" by the rvincl an cl rain. Now clo they rear, foam-crested in their rnight, Norv shout ancl roar to clrown the howling wind.; i{ow they crash back, ancl for a moment lie Swirling ancl muttering in their angry pricle; Ancl yet again they rise ancl toss their heads As if to free themsel'es from clinging bonclsl Now yell in mockery at the storm's fierce strength, Now murruuring faintlv, sob tikc souls long-lost; Ancl stilt the wind hou'ls on, and still the rairr Beats mercilessly clorn'n. So on and on Through out long honrs of clark and troubled night 'Ihe storm pours out its fury.' But the clawn Breaks, with the song of birds, on a calm blue sea, And peace comes with the gentie breeze from lIeaven.

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TTIE SLUtr\IBER, SONG.

Sieep, tiny baby " ln your soft nest. Angels aronncl ,vou, Are guarcling your rest.

Figurcs u.'izenecl, faees wilcl, Without father, mother, chilcl,

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Blisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine. THE "QUEEN OF THE COLONIES."

Silver the rnoonlight, Golden the sun, Purple the mountains, Dream, little one. From dqint;'r'iolets, , From b€Il-notes cletrr Of the sweet nightingale, L€arD Gocl is near. He swells in ihe springtime The torrents that roat, He sends the silver frost, And winter hohr. He gives to the flowers Bare magic' hues, Endows theur with fragranee, Bathes them rvith dervs. To glacgful srrrallows Motion in air, Love to a helpless babe, tencler care.

On the very etlge of a, rough, rocky cliff, onlv a, mile or so from orre of Queenslancl's rnost beautiful seasicle resorts, Caioundra, there stands a gnarlecl, weather-beaten panrlanus tree, ol'erlooking the fiercely- srvirling waters below. Out into the bark is this inscription:- ( QUEUN OF THE COLOIV \rrES. 1863. ' ' The letters starrcl out to-da;r quite plainly; the bark has never obliteratecl thern. fn the year 1863 a sailing-ship, the ( ( Queen of the Colonies, , , was elpproaching the Queenslancl coast, when one of the passengers died; a funeral party rn'as sent ashore in the ship's boat. Suclclenly, however, a storm aroser ancl the heavy swell ancl blincling rain effectively prevented their return to the ship. The ( ( Queen of the Colonies t , hersetf was foreecl to leave her dangerous anchorage a,nd seek the comparative safety of the opell ttay. Fortun ately, she herself suffered no serious harnr, but rvhen she re,'uurned for- those on shore the;, coulcl not be found. Search parties were sent from Brisbane as soon as possible, and at last they were rescued, having sufferecl cruellv f rom exposure and lack of proper foocl. Shell fish and water from a near-by spring had sustainecl them cluring their three-weeks r wand erings. onlv one of the party was lost; he was killecl during an attempt to launch their boat through the rough surf. The r,r'orcls were carr,'ecl on ilre tree during ean be reacl by all who so wish, to,day.

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FBOM THE AENEID. Though the house'of mlr father, Anchises, stood back, Screened by the thick ancl green shacly trees, f heard the sharp clanging an d. clashing of arms, Dimly, at first, in;my sleep-laclen mincl, Brrt ever increabittg' ancl throbbi ng afar, Till it waked me 'from sleep, a :c1eep slurnb,ering peai,e, And with haste to the roof I betook me to see, To learn'the true Cause wh)' from sleep I was wakenecl. An{ jSst as when'ilames on the cornfield do fall, When 'the South 'winds are roaring and. raging abroad, Or the rush of inu torrent from mountainous heights Comes whirling and foaming of flelds of ripe cor]l, Destroying the bounteous crops in its rn-rath, While the shepherd stancls by in bewild,erecl d.ismay On hearing t.he sound. fronr. the crest of a. rock, So clid the guile of the treacherous Greeks Break heavy upon D€, with f orce dire hncl deep. Then kindled my spirit to rage and cleep wrath, Ancl f snatched up my arms, inspired by the thought, If orn' glor ous to die in the conquering of Greeks !

therr wanderings, and -N. M., Y.

TWILIGI{T.' ' Pale, elusive twilight- tr'airy blue-the sky;

Never such a, dim light, But when night is nigh. Cooler breezes blo.ming, I)eeper blue the sky; Cioud s are disappearing- Ilorv .the night is nigh. Stars begin to glirnrner, Glimmer in the sky; Dim the trryilightr dimmer ,

Night nol\' reigns oI1 high '

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-Angela Stanley, VB-

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Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST REHEAR,SALS" F ifteen minutes after the appointecl time for tlie retrrearsal, Henry VIII. stood patientlv bef ore the locl

An Old Lacly of Lavender Town (which is eviclently at a clistance): ( (It is a holiday to-clay, and the trains are not running as usual. " George Washington (whorn history represents as an honourable youth, but who foolishlv ate his clinner at eleven o 'clock) : ( d There is no quarter to six train lunning to-ni ght, ancl if we miss the ten past five, \rye shall not get home titl l-ate ! ' ' i(Till eight! Gooclness, if the trains are so altered, I think you liad all better go nolv. Goocl-bye, girls, conre earlv in the mornin g.' ' -Anne X. Aggerater, VA.

TITE CITASE. There was panic in the class-roofr, For the word had passed" around", That the wog seen there that Morning, was at, bay; And was loose among the lockers,- Might have got out to the ground., So all the form hacl gathered to The fray. AII the stern ancl hardy formsters As they reached that tiny room, Had joined the eager searchers like A shot, For that little wog coulc} cause them. Lurking in the cleepest gloom, To inmerse themselves i'n water More than hot; But they chased that errant insect Like young bloodhounds on the track, Till it haltecl small and frightenecl, On the floor t Then they brought the little bottle For to eoa-K the ereature back, And the;r left it in the lab. trtor €v€:rm.or€.

__Ar:clrey (1. ancl Gwyneth H., YB.

THE CITY. I sat upon the hillsicle, ancl below The city spreacl rvith larnp-lights all aglow, And lii

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To'me the city seemecl a loveiy maid, 'With laughing eyes ancl hair in silver braicll IIer vision in the gleaming lights I saw, They flickerect out-I saw the mairl no more.

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How I long to be a bird,

-Jusfr for an hour or two, f'lying among the tree tops, - Or hopping along on the grountl.

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' Sat sbivering in her rags aucl blue with eold. ButwhenclawnbrokeshevanishecIoutofsight-Howsweettoflyintotheorchartl, Thecitybathetlherselfinrnorning1ight.Justforanhourortryo, Joan chadwick, rvF.

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Oh, to feecl on the fat yellow loquats,, -Just for an hour or two, l To thrtrst in my beak, wherever f willed, As the bircls in our garclen clo.

A PERFECT DAY. No better day can e ter be found Than one of es.rl;r Spring. ft stancls alone ancl \eautiful, Its praise all nations sing. ft clawns tmicl eloucls of rose ancl gold, To greet the rising su n, The earefree birds all joyous sing, The brook cloth gurgling run. The florvers seern nl ore beautiful Than oth er seasons ' are, And alrva,vs gentle breezes blow, To bear their seent afay. .A show'r or trn'o may sometimes fall, But soon the sun shines through, And makes bhe trees the greener seem ilhe sky to seem more blue. Then noon doth pass, arrcl shadows fall, The sun doth near the rn'est, tMicl crimson cloucls, touehecl rvith bright golal, The Sun-King sinks to rest. Then fatle the cloucls ancl comes the moon To flood the worlcl w-ith tight, The earth cloth sleep, 'tis sacl to know, Our day hath turnecl to night.

yfargaret fr:win, IVC.

AN EVENING DR,.EAM.

I stoocl alone on the hill-top, The city belorn' me lay; I could see the lights of the houses, And"the ships out on the bay. Alt was still arouncl me,

Not a souncl clisturbed the air, Ancl I salv not the merr.y eity, But a fairyland down there"

The myriacl lights of a fairy-ship, At anchor in tlr.e buy, Lit up the waters rouncl about, As clearly as the clay. Ancl thus I clreamecl of the twinkling lights, Uncler the starlit skyr. IIntiI there broke. ul)on my ear ' A rright-bircl's piereing ery. So I I eft the lon ely hill-top, Ancl the lights 0f the bay behind; tsut the mem ,ries of that evening dream Rank forcniost in nlrz nrind.

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-Gwen Brunchhorst, IYA.

-Ifargaret fngram, IVF.

Brisbane Gir1s' Grammar School Maga"zine,

Brisbane Gir.ls' Grarnmar $chool Magazine.

AN IMAGINAR,Y CONVER.SATION BETWEEN SIR, FRANCIS 'DRAI{E and KINGSFOR,D SMfTH"

' 'Oh, then, yott emplov oxen to draw yolrr crarria,ges nolv ? , , askecl I)rake. But Kingsforcl Srnith hacl become irnpatient b--,, this, and was nrov- ing off. As Drake began to follow him, the clock struek olre, and the rnovenlents of tlte tt'axr,vorks once tnore becanre very slorv ancl j,erky. Just then a cloucl passecl over the moon, ancl everything was in pitch darhness. When at last the cioucl passecl ancl the nroonlight again streamecl into the room) it was only to shorv the lifeless waxen figures stancling as they hacl been before tr,velve o tclock. -Joyce Meyers, IYG. HEAR,D AT T}IE ZAA. A l^ronran ancl her snrall son enterecl the gates of the Zoo, buying a bog of peanuts at the en.trance gate. t'Mny f have a peanut, please, Mumrnie?, t don tt you think that r,vhen you. let a little bov carry peanuts he shoulcl be able to eat sonre afterwarcls ? ' ' ( ( You nray carry them, but you must not eat them. t t Yes, Mrtmurie, but clon't you think that----Ch! r,vhat's that animal over there with tn'o tails ? , , ( ( Where, darling ? " ((Over there; he hets a tail on his nose as lr.ell as beftind.,, ''Oh ! that 's an elephant, ancl it isn 't a tail on his nose I that ts his trunk. t' t'Oh! Why cloes he keep his clothes jn the trunk insteacl of wear- irrg thenl orr hinrsel f ? " ( ( Btit, clear, he hasn tt any clothes. His trunk isn 't to paeh clothes ln.' ' ( ' Oh ! Munr mie ! When two people look very alike an c1 are the same size, what is the lvorcl they are?, , ( ( What clo you rnean ? , , ( ( You krrow-what Erie ancl Bett;- are ? r t ( ' Oh ! Tu'ins. fs that u,hat you rnean ? , , ( ( Yes, that's it. Well, Murnmie, that balci-hr.aclerl rnalr on this sicle of the wire anel the orle on the other s; cle, arc trvins. ' , (Mother reacls) : ( ( Balc1-hearlecl Gorilla of Tirnbuctoo. ' , ,, Oh! ),o.t naughty boy. Keep quiet. t' (Looks at man.) ( ('Oh! clear me, he ts your father 's boss. Come att'al at once. If onlv he hacln tt heard-I rn sure he clid. t t ((Mumurie, look at that clever morrkev over there. T{. has clressecl hinrself in a suit ancl cap.,, ( ( S-s-s-s:hr clarling, that ts ilre keeper ( ( What's a keeper, Mumrnie|,,, " No, certainly not, th ey are f or the rnonhevs. t , ((But, I\'{ummie, let nre carry thenr--lVlummie.

The interior of XIr. Thomas Maeoun's lvaxwork shop lookecl very eerie with the moonlight playirrg on the waxen figures which repre- sentecl some uf the,most notecl personages the worlrl has e\fer llnowu- As the hands of the town ciock pointecT' to fil'e minutes to twelve, :.r general tncr.'etnent might hat'e been perceivec[ ap]o1gst the ]v axclr figures. They began to rnake nlovements, at first verrr slow ancl jerkv, but graclually getting quicker ancl quicker, until the clock struck trn'elve- At the first stroke they began to walh rouncl the roonr, first feeling their wa,y uncertainly ancl then almost at a run. Then each 'figtwe, began to look round for sonieone to talk to. Ancl so it happenecl t'[at Sir Francis Drake and' Kingsforcl Smith, finding themselves togetlaero struck up, a conversation. ( ( Hullo, old boy, ' ' saicl l{ingsforcl Smith, as he g'ave Draire an amusecl glance I ( ( and rvhat 's your narne ? t t t'My name, Sir,' t saicl Drake, with much clignitv, t'i. Sir f'rancis Drake. ' ' Then, as art afterthought, he aclclecl, ( ( Ani[ rrray I :rsk rvhat )zour name is ? t t t t oh, niine 's Kingsforcl Snrith,' ' was the reacly answer ( you knor,v, I'm the fellow that flew around the worlil. , ' t'flew rouncl the u'orlcl, clicl .you s3.yr0: r gaspecl l)rake. ,, Slvorinds" Sir, you clon't mean to say that human beings hal'e c1er,.eioped. rvings since I cliecl? " ( ( Oh, verJr much the sa,me thing, ' ' saicl Kingsf orcl Smith, airily. ( ( We clon't have wings, but I^'e have nranufacturecl a machine callec[ atl aeroplane, rvhich has wings, and this inacliines carries us. through the air." He pausecl to let this sink inl then, bv way of chlrng- itg the subject, he asked, ( (Ancl how is old Queen Bess getting aw?'' ( ( ( Sh-sh," whisperecl Drake l ( ( there she is, over there. , , " Oh, she can't hear Ltsr'' Smith assure-.cl him, gazilig cori.teniptu- ously at Drake. ((Great Scott, nran, it beats nre how ).o11 ever.pluvecT such a great part in the clefeat of the Annacla if you're as timicl as all that. '' ( ( I 'm brave enough at war,' ' retorted Drake I ( ( but r,vhen it comes to a nratter of displea sing Her Majest;', I confess that I am a little timid. " ' 'Oh, well, if she hears us I 'll take the blane, ' ' saicl l{ingsford Sntith. Then, gl ancing at Queen Illiza beth, he said, ( ( I{ 'nr, I woncler tf Lizzie tr'ords are narnecl after her ? " ( ( Who are the Ltzzte Forcls ? ' t asked Drake. ( ( Are they frienrls of yours ?' ' ''Why, you ignorarrt chap,' ' replied Smith, testijy, ( r that ,s the nanie of a c.ar, of course, and in case you ilon't knorv what that is, it's a carriage that moves without horses. "

Brisbane Girls' Grammhr School Ma,ga,zine;

Brisbane Girtrs' Grammar School lViaga,zine.

As the'eggs hacl hacl no rnore pr:otection or rn'a.r'mth tirat night than had been afforclecl thern b)'that coic'l-btooclecl snake, I clespairecl. of their ever hatchirrg'. Neveltliei ess, I prit thenr h,eneath another herr (ir a saf,e spot), aucl rvithin a lveek nine fluffrr little chicks rvere running rouncl her. fvhether or not the snalie sar-ecl tlieir lives -l:y sleeping Llpon ttrerit af,ter he hacl clevourecl their nlother, I cerrr.not sa)', ltut I lrnor,r- that henceforth all snakes are rlly enernies.

( ( He's the man rvho feecls the animals. t , ( ( Why is he callecl a keeper, if he gives f oocl awa;rQ t t ( ( Oh ! But, where are those pearruts ? Yorr tve eaten on! Hurry up! But v"ait till you;get horue, tlly bo;r. I I They tnovecl on, ancl the people loun cl the monkey-cages hearcl rlo mo.f;e. thern ? Ccmc ' '

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THE SONG OT THE ELFIN MUSIEIAN. pipecl of the bell-bircts of S umrner, Ancl then of the srveet Autumn ktreeze, A.wirile of the ert"t, of the u'hip-bircl, Again of the rvincl irr the trces. He plavecl then the Song of the Ternpest, i He

THE, POOL OF DELIGITT. O'ershaclorn'ecl h)' tall, greeil, leafy gulns, There's a rippling, sparlilirrg pool, 'Reflecting a sk)' that is cioucllesslv blue In its waters clear ancl eool. Fair flor-rers bencl e€ntl',' io gaze jn the pool, Ancl bircls lv:Lrble song's gay ancl bright, Tlie wincl whispcrs lory as it stcals thr:ough the By the rn'on clerful Pool of Delight. -4. M.

Raging oycr the rvicle treeless plain, Betimes of the roar of the billorn's, Again of the sprinkling of rain.

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-trileen Reinlers, IVB.

--g_ coT,oMBo, THE ENCETANTED erTY"

MY BANTAM. I once orvnecl a Bantam I-Ien. She was a pet, 'ancl a general fav- ourite atnongst us all, but she hacl orle failing: ancl that was the habit of making her trest herreath thr. house. Sonte tinrber \,vas stackecl there, a,nc1 pelh:rps that:reeorrntecl for the fact that the place seentecl to have a, great nttlaetion for snalies. The last time Bantv chose tlrat Jrorricl place fo.r'a uest I c,leciclecl to let her sit; to tell the truth, I must say that I lackecl eourage to searcli f or the eggs. When the little hen ha cl been sitting upon the eggs f or n earh' tu'o weeks, ancl T hacl Lregun to rnake plans concerning the chicks u'trich f hopect soon to or4'n, a d-reaclful thing happenecl. After clark one night I heard Banty give sonr e funny little squeaks as though in fe ar. I ra:n to the sicle of the house. but all was siient. Not ven- turing further in the clark, I retrirned indoors, ancl triecl to persuacle mvself that my pet was safe. First thing rtext morning I went to the nest, but though the eggs were nicelv cor.,ererl, no Bantanl was to be seen. Ifer place hacl been taken by a huge 'carpet snahe, which was coilecl upon the eggs and sleeping peacefully. I calletl for assistance and soon we killetl the rep- tile, 'which hac-[ slv:rllorvecl the 'poor little hen, tho latter being either stupefiecl, or too faithful to leave her nest.

'Ihe tinte set for oul ui:riv:rl at L']olourbo rvas 6 a.ilr., ancl we were to ]eave at g p.nr. Thus \,ve hacl arn plc tinre to look around the gity. \x/e were late in arriving, but ioo-king orr that scere we forgot every- t.hing. If \Ye clicl noJ feel ttrre spicy' hreezes blolving o'er Ceylon,s isle \ve at least hatL ot giirrrpSe of tl,.. " rvitchery of the East that hcld us c,rrclra-rrtec1. The tttuezziu -vvas calling tlie faithful to prayer, the weircl ci'y sourlclirlg mol'e eerie in the quivering silence. The streets were throngecl with robecl figul'es, like characters of long ago-strange, rnystic, ancl faritastie. I shall rtet,er forget our ilullock-calt ride. A roberl figure ch'ove the cart, autl ] re plocecrlcrl tirrough tlre cinnalnorr gartleils. TIrc snrell of the eirtnarnon afterr the previous raiir, was clelightful. But lleace, we were no\v cleniec-I. Whereyerrvve ry€ntr little half-rlakecl ltoys 1'an after our cart. Tire;' triecl to sing ( ( Tippelutl'y, t' but the res*lt was *ot pleas- ant. Then thct' callecl 'for ( ( hacksheesh. ' ' Whenerzer there is the siightest chance those people cali for ((backsheesh." Hoping pity n-oulcl operl ollr pllrscs, the1. c:rllecl out:'(1Vfe no rnr-;ther"1 oI ((Me 'o father." We gave them rxotley, ancl after'nrilnfr ceremmries of thanhs got ricl of thern. It was pitiful to see men wh o hacl cut off' an arrn or leg in orcler to get money by begging insteacl of x'srkirg.

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\Me n'ent into a Buclclhist ternple, hal-ing to remove our shoes before cloing so. The temple was rnagnificent, ancl tlre guicle gave us sonle of the florvers rvhieh had been placecl on the altar in the ear,ly morning. The palm trees noclclec[ lzizilv as a zephl'r stilrecl tireir tops, ancl butterflies flittecl aborit. Rut, alas! rve coulrl linger no longer, for the boat was waitingr so rve sailecl away, ancl Colombo \yas no more than a nlelnory-yes, a memory; but one never to be f orgotten. -Janet Turnbull, III.B. MUSIC NOTES. (Additional to December, 1980.) \\TIGHT I\IEMORIAL. Mr. Bot'le ver\r kinctly ac:tecl as Acljuclicator,4nd selectecl the fol- lorving compositions, f or the Test:__ 1. Bach Prelucle ancl f'ugue No.3, C Sharp }fajor. . 2. Valse Capriciense, Frank Briclgc. Joan Allsop In'as the winner, ancl .Ioyce Heron \\ron the Grice Prize, I]NIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. Theor.r', Gracle V. : Evelyn I,f cKellar, A. Practical, Gracle III.: Evelyn }fcKellar, A. ELOCUTTON RESULTS, 1931. Gracle f f . : Beryl llinkler', C; Alna Hartshorn, C. Gracle Irr. : Ailsa Stor;', R; Vera lrarvey, C I Jessie Stewart, C; Barbara Fairlie, C; Thea Biclclle, C; Phyllis Marhrn'ell, C; Jean Meiklejohn, C. a- RESULTS OF TENNIS MATCHES.

tseanland Memorial LilorarY.

Miss Lilier.. N. Macclonalrl.

Vice-Presiclent: l\Irs. Jackson.

Presiclent: Secretary: Cornrnittee: A.

Treasurer: I,t. Roberts. H. Muirheacl, It. Bow-en, A. Ilartshorn, M. Lovekin, D. Bondn Story, D. Ivory, G. tr'rartklin, D. Cantron, J. Barher, S. MacKillop, M. Orr. Sports Association. Treasurer : J. Tinley- Conrmittee : Miss Macmillan, I\Iiss Drake, If iss Harcling, Miss Elliott, FI. Muirheacl, K. Dorlwell, M. Robelts, R. Watsotr, B. Yance, H. El'ans, M. Comlier M. tr'legler. Prefects. H. Muirheacl M. Roberts K. Doclrvell J. TinleY A. Ilartsh orn B. Watson Senior Boarder: H. Muirheacl. Form Captains. Presiclent: Miss Lilley Secretar-v : A. Hartshorn. Vice-Presiclent: Miss Park.

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TEAMS Tennis.

A. l{ulphy V. Schubert

Doilrn'ell (Captain)

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I.G.G.S. v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. B.L.H.S. v. B.G.G.S.--Won by B.G.G.S. B.G.H.S. v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. S. Hilda's v. B.G.G.S.-Won by S. Hilcla's. S. lVlargaret's v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. Old Girls v. Present Girls-Won by OIcl Girls. R,ESULTS OF NET.BALL MATCHES" I.G.G.S. v. B.G.G.S.-Won by I.G.G.S. B.S.H.S. v. B.G.G.S.--Won b;' B.G.G.S. B.G.H.S. v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. St. Hilcla's v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. S. Margaret 's v. B.G.G.S.-Won by B.G.G.S. Olcl Girls v. Present Girls-Won by Present Giyl s,

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Emergency: J. Snorv Net Ball.

M. CrookeY J. Mac1)iarrnicl S. ThomPson ErnergencY: N. TaYlor

H. Muirheacl (Captain) H. Evans E. Johnson M. Tlill

Swimming.

K. Dodr,vell (Captain) M. Oomrie

B. Parhinson J. Patriilge

M. Doclwell M. Manson G. IIicTclleton B. Vance

J. Penny H. Shaw Y. Sparks

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