1974 School Magazine

tsCIAR.DER.S' NOTES; This has been another busy year in the boarding house. We were happy to welcome several new staff into the housc, including Mrs' Kugelman. She has been of great assistance to Miss Slater and many of the 6oarders and we hope she will remain p-ermanently resident. Mrs. Fitz-Nead is the lateit addition-to the boarding house staff. Four trainee teachers, Miss White, Miss Graham, and the Misses Swan have been with us all the year and have been a great help, especially in escortins boardcrs to social functions. Three" house prefects were appointed as well as two' head boarders. These were Sian Lauw, Carol Slack and Fiona McGill. Another institu- tion within the house was the Social Committee consisting of two elected representalives from each form and the two head boarders. This arrangement has been very successful. Social life tiourished in first term, and has gradually ground to a halt as the year progresses. We held numerous dances and coffee evenings with the Brisbane Grammar School, and two dances in our own gym to wliich we invited C.E.G.S. and B.B.C. Some girls attended a dance at B.B.C., which they enjoyed very much. We have had several films here at school, and we thank Mr. Rowell, who has always been very willing to assist us. Fiona McGill still retains her title o-f "Miss Boarding-House", as no contenders for this honoured position could be found. The "Boarders' Blob Shop" which we held on School Day was quite successful and we thank everyone who was connected rvith it in any way. Miss Slater was most helpful to us on this day. Miss Slater amended arrangements in the boarding house this year, allowing every sixth form girl to have her own cubicle. We appreciate this very much. We would like to congratulate the boarders who took part in the inter-school athletics, particularly Sally McGill. Both of us would like to thank the boarding- house staff, particularly Miss Slater, Miss Shaw the Trustees and Mrs. Kugelman, and those members of the day staff who have assisted the boarders, especially Miss Vernon, the sixth form- ers, especially the house prefects, and the board- ers themselves for their co-operation.

VAN.E - MTSS EE[,N, FR.EDER.ICK An elegant figure almost apologetically ac- knowledged a burst of aPPlause. The aiclamation was not for prowess on the sports field, nor in the swimming pool,. nor yet - in response to a stirring oration, it was- ln appre- ciation of sensitive singing by a choir of B.G.G.S. students. And the elegance was that of Beli Frederick' dedicated to the art of music and full of an enthusiasm that spurred her to share her love of it with othels. The choirs she trained to such a pitch of ex- cellence during her teaching years within these educational precincts were witness both to her ability and her missionary zeal and not less to a peisonality that endeared her to the girls who came under her infh.rence. Bell Frederick came to B.G.G.S. with a back- ground of scolastic days at LG.G.S.. followed by studies in advanced music, gaining, the liientiates of both the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity College, London. After a period of seventeen years as a member of stafi at Somerville House she came to the Grammar School in March 1942. After 31 years on Gregory Terrace, Bell Frederick felt last year, the urge for more ieisure. Pelhaps the choristers who had been accustomed to take a hasty, surreptitious snack during lunch-hour rehearsals so that their sporting activities would not be unduly curtailed, might have breathed a sigh of respite, but the woik that Bell Frederick did and her influence on girls who are, or soon will, be out in the world on their own will live on. May she enjoy long years of retirement with her beloved music. B. H.

Christine Nolan Jenny Thompson Head Boarders

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