1969 School Magazine

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During the year, providing a break fronr ordinary classroom learning, were several interest- ing and informative excursions to Dunwich, Highvale, the Brisbane Valley, Point Cartwright, Central Austrulia and Fruzer Island. We would like to thank the staff for making these excursions available to us. , Con gratulations must go this yeffi to those who have been successful icholastically : Cecily Greaves ( 5B ), who won The R"obert Funnel Medal , and Robyn Chenoweth (3C), Robyn Hanscomb ( 3C), and Elizabeth \X/oods ( jn ), who were awarded Trustees Scholarships. In the French Verse Speaking Competition, Diana Marshall ( 68 ), Anne Knyvetr (4C1 , and Helen Gehrmann (2C), gained places, #hil. in the German Verse Speaking Competition, Vivian Hyam ( 5C;, Eltzaberh Bingham (:e ;, Alison Do! ( 4C ), Patricia S7ebber ( 4C ), Helen Hayes (4-C) , and Alison Rowlands ( lC ;, were success- ful. In the Dickens Reading Competition held in June, Diane Stadhams ( 5A ), u/on the Senior section and Margaret Hoare ( 4C) was placed first in the Junioi secrion The school has also done very well on the sporting field. This yer was highlighted by the winning of the Interschool Athletics and, for the first time in many years, the Aggreg ate, Senior and Junior cups went to Grammar. With a lot of hard work, the girls showed their prowess in other fields as r,vell. In Basketball, Softball and Tennis a total of six pennants ,were uron. \ile would like to thank aLl the other schools who participated in any of the fnterschool fixtures and to congratulate the Brisbane State Hieh School on winning the fnterschool Swimming. In the Interhouse events, $(/oolcock won the Swimming, and Lilley the Athletics. Again in the singing, Mr. Speamitt kindly gave up his time to judge, and placed Griffith first in the closely contested competition. In June, Sir Alan Mansfield opened Com- monu/ealth Youth \feek and the Fifths and Sixths brought up the rear in the Annual Youth march, while, next duy, the Head Girls attended a Garden Parcy at Government House. In June, also, Grammar had the pleasure of welcoming Sharon Inaharu, an American Exchange Student, who stayed with us till the end of Second Term. School Day this year was a uronderful success and girls worked enthusiastically on a vanety of stalls. \X/e now thank all those visitors who came to support the school on that duy. \We thank, too, the Parents and Friends' Association for organi zing Careers Evening, for

This yearwe had the pleasure of welcoming at the end o{ first term, NIiss Shaw as Head- mistress during the absence of fuIrs. McDonald overseas. \We were also fortulrate to have Mrs. Adam, Mrs. Sharma, fuIrs. Blumson, Miss Lane, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. R.eville join our staff. Once agatn, the Second formers had the pleasure of being able to hear more of the A.B.C. concerts given at the City Hall. Our own School Concert proved a great success in June. For the first time in many years it was held in the school gymnasium and, thanlcs to Miss Lane's wonderful management behind stage (with the help of many of the Sixths ), the three nights were really entertaining and enjoyable. The Annual Combined Schools play with Boys' Grammar "school for Scandal" bv Sherid dn, was another of the more lighthearted of the school activities this year.

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