1983 School Magazine

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Besides this invaluable survival-kit of information, n have learni a tremendous amount about myself, and about others, including teachers, who change drarnatically in the Senior years, and reveal themselves as human beings after all. My ruminations bring me to the conclusion that although all things change continuously, this cycle is something to be treasured, not ignored in the hope that it will go away. .After all, things can only get better! Claire Wrighton

,As n think baek over {ny years at Gral.nmar, n realise that aitleough they have given nae the opportunity to learn, my forrnal edueation has conaprised oiely part of ttais learning experienee. Anthougtl I now know a huge and useless amount of l-atin Granuaar ("amo, atrnas, atrnat, amamus' arnatis, affIant ."), and that Roebuek is a girl's best friend, n have gained rnueh rnore than inerc facts and figures. My edueation hras also taught n'le how to get rny lunch without having to queue for it, how to get an e;

Editor: Claire Wrighton; Assistant O'Carroll; Photographers: Deborah Member: Megan Jenner.

Editor: Libby Lynch, Deirdre Mahoney, Alison Maskill and Jane Paterson; Graphics Editor: Sally Munday, Felicity Cribb and Wendy Keyes; Assisting Teacher: Mrs. Colwill; A,ssociate Committee

l9B2 does not only mark the centenary ofthe separation from Brisbane Grammar.School, but also the eentenarr sf the school library, which is now signifieantty .atil'ril* Beanland Library. Miss tseanland encouraged ihe Trustees of the day to start the library for staff and in hei first report invited all "the, lovers and upholders af highei education of women to help in the work' , . It is fitting tha; during the forthcoming vacation, the present librar! wiln be altered slightly to allow increased space not only for books, but also for audiovisual materials and rnemorabilia that are so much part of libraries today. New carpet wili also be provided in the entire area. Our library is the resource centre of the school and as such musi be continually upgraded so that the latest inforrnation ean be made available to the staff and students.

During the year a new Board of Trustees was appointed to govern the school for the next four years. The Board consists of three members elected by subscribers to the Centenary Euilding Fund and four members appointed by the Governor in Council, on advice frorn the N4inister for Education. The three elected representatives are Dr. Gehrmann, Chairman; Mrs. Yvonne tsain, Deputy Chairman and Mr. Earry Seale: while the governmeni representatives are Mr. R.ichard Bernays, Treasurer; Frofessor iVtrargaret Eullock, Dr. George Fielding and Miss Helen tr-ynch.

PR{IqCIPAL'S RmPCIR.T, X982 Dr. Gehrmann, h4embers of the Eoard of Trustees, Mr. Golding, ladies, gentlemen and girls: It is with much pleasure that, as Fnincipal of the school, I present the Annual Report for 1982. trt is particularly fitting that this year the report is again being presented in Centenary F{all at Erisbane Grammar School, as 1982 marks an important milestone in our history. On 2lst July, 1882, Girls' Grammar School became a schooi in its own right when it obtained an endowment under the Grammar Schools' Act of 1865, and was also given its own Eoard of Trustees. Miss Beanland becan'le the first Frincipal not to be subject to the direction of the X-{eadrnaster of tsrisbane Grammar School. For the seven years prior to 1882, the school had existed as the giris' trranch of Brisbane Gramrnar School under the direction of the F{eadmaster and tsoard of that school. iMiss Beanland started her report by thanking the FXeadmaster and Staff of the Grammar School for their support and help in the initial years of the school and 100 years later I too, in presenting this one hundredth report, do Iikewise.

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Frior to ttrre lloard. eleetions, Mr. L-{arry Eolton retired after tr9 years, the naajority of whieh time he spcnt as Treasurer, and -nudge F{arry Matthews resigned after 1tr years, serving as Deputy Chairrnan for six of those years' n wound iike to take this opportunity to thank those two gentlemen, not ontry for ann the time and expertise they gave the sehool, but also for the hetrp and siLrpport ttrey gave to rne. We wish them both well in the future. Not a year seerns to go by without some physieal changes to the school. This year is no exception, with extensions to the art area being completed-. The school now has an extra art classroom, a pottery toom, and an art staff room. Covering was also placed oia the floors of the entire complex and extra storage facilities provided. With the completion of this work, space was released in the eastern wing for developrnent of an English classroom and language staffroom. The developrnent also allowed for relocation of other staff and the provision of a much needed parent interview room.

.. '$"+,i!,,*.,",.,""irr*'v**' s .. : .. . , Other physical improvements have been made through the fiilancial and practical support of the Farents and Friends' ,Association, Mothers' Group, Fathers' Group and Old Girls' ,{ssociation. T'he F & F provided funding for extension of computer facilties and provision of a prograrnmed keytroard familiarity programe. The Mothers' group carpeted and curtained the music classroorn and made large cushions lor the room, carpeted and curtained three room in the western wing and carpeted two others. Fathers continued to man Working Bees to beautify the school and, as well, provided the outdoor education programme with six canoes, safety equipment, tents, and shed to house them. The Old Girls' Association provided the Boarders with a rnuch needed commercial dryer and speakers for the organ which was installed some three years ago. Our thanks must go to all these groups and their chairmen and committees lor the support so generously given each year. Without such support, either fees would need to be higher, or facilities poorer. The year started with 806 on the roll, of whom 99 were Boarders. Among staff welcomed in 1982 were Mr. Don Francis, F{ead of Mathematics, Mr. Rod Wakefield, as Director of Music and Mrs. Maxine Kelleher as my secretary. This year the school has been enriched by an artist in residence (Mr. John O'Brien) who was funded by the Australian Council and appointed to tsrisbane Girls' Grammar School by the Education Department. One of the many outcomes of this appointment has been the production of a cassette recording of the school's major rnusic groups. This year staff members have been very busy implementing R.O.S.B.A. in years 9 and 11. The majority ol our work programmes have been accredited and next year students will receive junior and senior certificates under the new format. in association with R.O.S.B.A. many staff have contributed to seminars organised for staff in other schools and Mr. Greg Geise has been on leave of absence as a consultant in mathematics lor schools in Fhase II and Phase III.

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Despite an increased workload, staff have still found time to attend professional development workshops and conferences associated with their areas of interest, bringing back to the school the latest knowledge that can be incorporated into work programmes. Students have continued to excel in all areas and during the year a new publication, The B.G.G'S. News, which appears every Thursday, has kept Farents and Girls informed of these achievements. In addition, the School Magazine has again recorded the names of girls receiving special awards, not only in academic fields, but also in sport and cultural pursuits. Students completing their senior last year achieved some excellent results, with 80Vo going on to Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education. This year Amanda Rooney won the National Japanese Speaking Contest and Elizabeth Jameson, one of our head girls, was national winner of the Youth Speaks for Australia Award. Deidre Mahoney, in Year 11, visited Canberra for a national seminar run by the Queen Elizabeth iI Silver Jubilee Trust for Young Australians. It was designed to bring together 100 students from around the nation and to give them an insight into the processes of western democracy.

Year 12 students of Speech and Drama were asked to prepare tapes which could be used for the Isolated Childrens' Special Education Unit, a part of the Queensland Department of Education. Three of these tapes have been selected and are now in their library and two of the students have been asked to read additionai material. Through such activities, courses taught in the school become more realistic and relevant to students, and help to teach the girls that it is often better to give than to receive. Other activities which have encouraged students to put others before self have included the visit of the tr-Xirayama Gakuen Girls' F{igh School in July/August, when the Japanese Cultural Group organised for the visiting students to be billeted in homes. ,A greater understanding of the culture of Japan was realised and next year we plan a return visit. Mrs. Thornquist took several girls to F'rance, giving those students first-hand knowledge and experience of European culture. Mrs. Lewis took three girls to Fiji for the Open Mental Abilities Tournament and they were again very successful in this activity.

In music, enthusiasm ran high and a music committee was set up under the chairmanship of Mr. Ian Curtis. We were pleased to see how well each section of school music performed in competitions in and around tsrisbane. Four girls were selected to play, with five students from Brisbane Grammar School, at the official opening of the Cultural Centre by Her Majesty the Queen. This was a great honour for the school and is indicative of the high standards developed in this area. In sport, high standards have been set and sound results achieved. As sports and training becomes more complex, greater amounts of time are required, time which the girls give willingly; this effort in sacrifice is evidenced by the increasing number of students gaining representative positions in teams and we thank the parents in the support so readily given to their girls each year. A tradition appears to be developing where a selected group of Grammar sportswomen travel either inter or intra-state. The policy we have developed is that each year a different sporting group is given this privilege. This year a selection of winter fixture teams visited Townsville Grammar School in September, and we hosted 40 gymnasts from the Methodist Ladies' College and Strathcona Baptist Girls' School in Melbourne. Two representatives from the school ran in the Commonwealth Games Baton Relay in the final stages before the baton was presented to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.

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assistance is assessed against the cost of educating a child in a state school and at present represents approximately 3890 of our income. T'his still leaves a considerable arnount to be contributed from private resources. Not a day goes by that we are not confronted by attacks on the rights of governrnents to give funding to independent schools and yet in practically every other area of life we are able to exercise our freedom of choice without criticism. For example, we can choose whether to travel by public or private transport, to use public or private health schemes and so on. It is only in the area of schooling that strong sectional interests try to deny us our rights. trn Australian society there presently exists a large group of people who do not like the so-called independent "system" and are using the State Aid Issue to cause division in the community. Demonstrations such as occurred in Melbourne last week in the Right-To-Work Demonstrations, and the Associated Stock Exchange and Melbourne Club incidents, are sad indications of this situation. It is no accident that the State Aid Issue is becoming as hot as it was in the early 70's. There are very powerful pressure groups that are ensuring that it becomes a hot issue again. tr believe that as parents you need to be interested and informed about such issues, so that you can answer, with correct information, the opponents of our basic rights. .Ail parents, irrespective of income, should be entitled to exercise freedom of choice in relation to their childrens' education, and it is because of that belief that present funding policies were originally developed by the government. These funding policies allowed fees to be kept low in under-privileged areas so that access to independent schools could remain a reality, and so that equality of educational opportunity also might become possible' The fact that this is working is indicated by the increase in students attending independent schools and by the increasing number of smaller independent schools that are now opening. I believe it is time that we support moves to provide all students with a base rate from the Commonwealth Government for educating children' Parents are tax payers who contribute to the educational purse and therefore are entitled to such a basic grant and are just as entitled as anybody else to basic educational funding. Couple this Basic Grant with an Appropriate Needs Grant, and the heat would go out of the debate. Differing schools have differing needs and they should have these needs recognised by a scale of relevant financial support. At present it is the Commonwealth Government which gives the greater part of funding to independent schools and although a change to this policy would require State Governments to re-assess what they are doing, it would still appear to be fairer. It is no longer sufficient to say that many of the parents in independent schools suffer considerable hardship to exercise their freedom of choice because the immediate retort from opponents of the system is that they do not have to make that choice. You have shown by exercising your democratic rights that you are prepared to contribute to the development of education. We rely on you for the support that allows injection of large sums from private income into our

Outdoor education is now firmly established in the school with Year 9 and 10 benefiting from the activities organised by Miss McAdam and support staff. {f nothing else, these camps allow students to develop a greater tolerance for each other and to help them to learn how to stand on their own feet. nn all we do we try always to encourage students to seek excellence and. not to be content with the mediocre. I would like to think that girls leaving the school today will carry this goal with them into the future. {t has been a pleasure to work with the seniors this year and to know that the majority have not only taken advantage of all the school has to offer, but have also given much back to the school for future generations. Elizabeth and Janet have been leaders with high ideals and have helped to set standards, not only for girls in their own year group, but also for those in more junior years. We are grateful for their contribution and wish them well in the luture. I would like to address my final remarks to the parents gathered here today. I-ast year I reminded you that freedom of choice exists in Australian education because of the existence of independent schools, but to exercise that freedom of choice costs money' Government

schools and for the benefit this ultimately gives to education in Australia. We are grateful for that continuing support and in so doing, you have joined with the parents of the girls who have attended this school over the past tr00 years. This school is one of the original Grammar Schools which were set up as the first State Secondary Schools in Queensland, where parents were required, and were prepared, to pay for the privilege of higher education for their children. When Sir Charles X-illey laid the Foundation Stone of our present main building in February 1883, the Honorable S. W. Griffith (later Sir Samuel Griffith) pointed out that though those connected with the establishment of the school had "for some time laboured under great difficulties for want of funds, they had eventually got through" . . . Ereat effort was made to raise subscription necessary to obtain a separate endowment from the State Government and yet parents in those days, were prepared to make such sacrifices. You are building on and continuing their work. And although it is your right to choose to do so, I hope you consider it a privilege to be a member of this school family as tr consider it a privilege, and not my right, to be the Head of this school. I hope the girls assembled here today come to realise the responsibilities which go with this privilege. tr hope you girls will leave the school not only aware of what the school has done for you, but able to think with pride of what you have done for the school; that you witrl not merely appreciate the sacrifices your parents have often made for you, but be conscious of having done as much as you could to avail yourselves of the opportunities they have given you. It leaves me now only to express my appreciation and thanks to members of the Board of Trustees, staff, parent and student bodies, for the help that they have given me throughout the past year, and in particular X thank Dr. Gehrmann, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for his continuing help and advice, and my secretary, Mrs. Kelleher, without whose good-humoured efficiency things would rarely be done when they should be done. Judith A. F{ancock (Principal) ldovember 19,l9B2

ADDRESS BV MR. J" GON,DIiNG, CFnainmam 8"0"S.S"S" SFEECF{ M,AV NOVE$,flSER N9E2

I suppose there are two ways in which I could claim some affinity to your school. First of all, I had all of my secondary schooling at the R.ockhampton Grammar Schooi; and secondly, if there were such a body, t .outC claim membership of the Fast Parents' Association as mv daughter was a student at your school for five years in the 1960's. The R.ockhampton Grammar School has for the past few years been a co-educational day and boarding school - the only Grammar school in Queensland which is completely co-educational to my knowledge. I had the privilege of attending the Centenary Celebrations of my old school last year, and it brought to mind that Grammai

Schools as a group are by far the longest estabtished secondary schools in Queensland; were pioneers in the field of seondary education and as such have long and great traditions of education scholarship and service to the community and society in general. I was proud to be part of the Centenary Celebrations ol my old school, and it brought back memories ol my school days, long dormaret. I realised tr still have a great affection for the school, even though tr left nearly 50 years ago; and one of the highlights for me was that my old physics and maths master was one of the chief architects of the organisation of the week's festivities. Of many memories that tr have of my scleool days, strangely enough one that always comes to the fore is that we had to attend school on n-abour Day, when everybody else was enjoying the holiday - perhaps a lingering sense of injustice may be the cause - but X must not be tempted to reminisce. tr left school during the Depression of the Thirties; tiiose of you who are leaving school this year will be leaving in the throes of an economic Recession when placement in tlee workforce is not as easy as it might be. F.{owever, { suspeet that many of you will be seeking and obtaining entry into

one of the tertialy institutions, be it University or Coilege of ,Advaneed Edueation, so that your quest for employment winn be detrayed for a few years. F{opefulXy, by that time, economic conditions witrl have irnproved. Your immediate concern then witrl be the quaiity of your perforrnance and your chanccs of suecess in your preferred eourse of study. Thus your Tertiary Entrance Score becomes an irnportant factor; and it was as an aid to the selection piocess for tertiary entrance that the T.E. Score was designed" The tsoard of Secondary Schooi Studies has always rraintained the view that the T'.8. Score is only one of a nuinber of measures of student achievement; but over the years it has tended in some instances to be the sole criterion for selection for a tertiary place; and has been used as the seleetion rnechanism on a much wider scale than it rnerited or was designed for. X am reminded of the story . . . But enoilgh of that. tr hadn't intended today, to devote my tirne to thc tsoard. Rather, n should say something to the girls leaving sehool and if possible, in such a way as not to appear to be sermonising or pontificating. tr wonder what your expeetations were when you started at Girls' Gramrnar, and to wtra{ extent they have been reaiised? n can thinl< of a nurnber of expectations you could have had, and froin n'ly position as an ex-teacher and education adrninistrator, n'd probably describe them as aims of secondary education. tr suppose the sum of all the aims of secondary education is to fit €ach and everyone of us to take a proper and fulfilling role in society; so education has a number of different roles to play. One feature of today's society is a greater polarisation of though,t and attitude; there is an atmosphere of controversy and indeed confrontation on many aspects of social, rnora! and political issues - and, indeed, no small measure of vocalisation about them. As you move from the relatively protected environment of school and home, you will be nlore exposed to conflicting views on many of these issues. I am confident that your experiences at school will have developed your intelligence, so that you will have the capacity to be critical of what you hear and read, and that you will have developed an independence of thought and action so that you can make independent and well reasoned judgements. Your experiences in the classroom, combined with your experiences within the school cornmunity as a whole, within the community at large, and with parents and farnily, have all contributed towards your character formation. Education and the sum total of your experiences in your adolescent years, cannot force you to choose right from wrong, but they should put you in a far better position to do so. tr hope these experiences will prevent you from becoming a moral jellyfish - just floating with the tide - so that you won't subscribe to such attitudes as - if it feels good, do it! She'll be right mate! It's all right as iong as you aren't caught. Endeavour always to show sympathy, care and concern for people in need, and to keep your own moral values clean and unsullied - as I read recently "when a nation's morai sense decays, so also does its social structure". It is good to remember that rvhat we are is much more important than what we have.

n hope ihat in your forrnative yeai:s, yolt fia.re been able to develop a. love of, and a respeet for, our o'wn euliural heritage, espeeialiy in the fielcls of the arts, rnusie and architeeture, and in the areas of literature and history. We are absorbing into our society the riehes of so many othex and older eultures than our own ,{ustralian heritage, and our society is so mueh the rieher for them" The experieirce and exhilaration of the Cornmonwealth Garnes and Festival '82; the continuing eievelopinent of the Cuitural Centre; and the rnany exciting things that are happening in the whole eultural field shoulcl make us proud of our eity, state and country" lfhese, arid sueh things as a greater awareness of our environment and of our historic buildings and sites, and ttre eontiriuing emergenee of our own country in so rnany asBeels of art, literature and musie shouid encourage us all to play oi.rr part in preserving and advancing our eultural heritage. Frobably the impact of edueatioil as a preparation to earn one's living is greater in the minds of many today. ,{nd I suppose understandably so. nt is an obligation on a school to have a eurriculum that will endeavour to prepare its elients to take a proper plaee in society, and that includes the world of work - activities have been designed, and prograrnmes prepared, that are designed fairly specifically as a preparation for work' But we must be mindful always that TF{E, aim of seeondary education is preparation for iiving, and that undue highlighting of any particular aspect must be to the detriment of all other aspects. Finally, n am sure that the experienees of the pasi three or five years you have spent at your school have helped to develop you spiritually, moraily, mentaiiy and physieally, and so to prepare you to live a fuifilling and satisfying life - whether you do so or not is in your own hands. My best wishes to you ail for the Christmas season and for the realisation ol your plans for your immediate future"

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9" ^'rr, 1 9* "; {l^"r@"r'*f ,9t. f,"/"r'o €"A'A*l On the Sth March, 1983, members of the Board, Staff, students and guests of Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, attended a service ofPraise and Thanksgiving in St. John's Cathedral. In 1882 Brisbane Girls' Grammar School became autonomous and in 1883 the Foundation Stone was laid for what is now the main administration building. This year is therefore an appropriate one in which to remember the past history of the school. The following is from the Principal's introduction to the Service: On the 28th February, 1883 Sir Charles Lilley laid the Foundation Stone of the present school administration building in Gregory Terrace. This marked the Iast major step which put Brisbane Girls' Grammar School on a firm foundation and in 1983, 100 years later, we can look back on the past and thank all those who are involved for the work that they have done for the school. In 1875 the school started as a branch of Brisbane Grammar School in premises in George Street, and shortly afterwards moved to Wickham Terrace. Numbers fluctuated in those early years, but by July 1882 the school became autonomous with its own Board of Trustees and ceased to be a blanch of Brisbane Grammar School. Shortly after this event it was decided that the school should be given a permanent home and land was obtained in Gregory Terrace on the site we now occupy. This Service tonight is a Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to God, for all that Brisbane Girls' Grammar School has meant to so many people across the years. It is a Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for all who have lived and worked to make our school what it is today. It is a Service in which we renew and reflect upon the values and principles on which our school was built and on which it will continue into the future. trt is a Service in which we will endeavour to project all the good and all the strength of our past and present into the future. This Service is an act of community and many people will be taking part, representing not so much themselves, but the many who contribute, have contributed, and will contribute to the many facets of our school life. There mav be some who see our school as primarily concerned with learning things and doing things; but we have learnt across the years that what makes a school is people - the Board of Trustees, Staff, Students past and present, and indeed all the families associated with the School. Even more important is how those people interact and relate to each other. The values on which our School is founded, however, are not only concerned with academic excellence, but include others that are found in the essenCe of all the great living religious traditions where we have primary duty to God, however we may see him and a duty to love our neighbour as we love ourselves.

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That night we had a debate on the topic "Government is too serioris a matter for politicians". It was won by the affirmative. One funny incident happened when Stephen Eertwistle got up and stated, "I'm Stephen Bertwistle from Queensland" to which a boy behind retorted, "It's not yiur fault". The Queenslanders were not amused' We had another talk on "T'he Role of the Public Service" by Dr. Peter Wilenski the next morning' F{e was excellent, ind ttre Department of Education and Youth .Affairs was a bit of a let down after him' Then we went to the Eotanic Gardens, which was lovely (i like trees)' To get there, we went by bus past the Embassy areas' All the Embassies were in their national styles and were very impressive. Telecom Tower is 800 metres high, which is scary for someone afraid of heights, like me, but I found it very interesting. The High Court of Australia is very impressivi, with high ceilings and wooden walls' It has an aiiof solemnity, and a quiet that it seems disrespectful to break. I liked it verY much. We also went to the New Parliament Flouse construction site and decided that the government deserved it, considering the cramped conditions in the current Parliameni F{ouse. Parliament House was very interesting' Question Time and Sitting Time in the-Senate and House oi Representatives were fascinating, although they were not the politest discussions I have seen held' We also saw the War Memorial, the National Library and the National Gallery, all of which were beautiful buildings. We heard many more talks, the best being SenatoiChipp's speech on "The Role of the Democrats" ' "Chippie" is^an excellent and honest speaker and gained many supporters for the Democrats. Altogether, we had a wonderful week and learnt a lot about our country and how it is run. No one wanted to leave. When we left the airport, we were no longer nervous or unsure. We knew what we wanted, and that was another week in Canberra. My thanks go to the school and the Trust who gave me this marvellous opportunity' Susan Warren 11 Griffith

CANBERRA _ VSORE ?'FAAF{ SUST'T'T{E NAT{@NAL CAP{g'AS, (Repont osi the NlationaaB Cnpitan Seamiraan) Weil, you may or rnay not have been to Canberra' Eut whether you have or not, X know that there are not many of you who have had the sort of experience I had at the National Capital Seminar. We arrived at the airport very nervous and a bit unsure about whether we would make it through the next week' The students frorr the year before managed to dispel our indecision, but not our nervousness, with non-stop chatter about how wonderful it was. They all seerned very good friends, and, to our surpise, so were we by the end of the week. F{owever, we boarded the plane as strangers, but as strangers deterrnined to get to know each other better and get tlie most out of the Seminar' That's just what we did' After a brief stopover in Sydney' we greeted our bags and lugged them onto the buses that took us to Canberra Grammir School. We were put into dorms, the girls in Jones F{ouse and the boys in Blaxland F{ouse, each with four people from four different states. After dumping our bags we went to the dining hall and picked up badges with or.i n^*.t on them (security passes in disguise) and black satchels with programe, house rules, map, tutor groups and student list inside' From there we went to a meeting about conduct at the seminar, dinner and a talk on the Westminster system of government. The next day we had four more talks, one on "Pariiamentary Frocedures" plus film, one on "The R'ole of the Senate" by a Queensland Senator who was most pleased to meet our "Dysart, Central Queensland" girl, Wendy, another on "The Role of the Opposition" by a highly biased J. W. Howard and a last one on "The Aistialian Electoral System"' By this time we knew ali about the Senate (four times) and were getting quite tired of sitting down.

F'ATF{ERS' GR.OUF REPORT' No doubt by now, the girls and the staff, and possibly many parents have had the opportunity to admire and enjoy the fathers' handywork in the form of the beautification of the area adjacent to the Boarding house. tr can assure you all that the fathers are most proud and especially very thankful to Mr. Don Webb, the one who made it all happen. Whilst we can all corne up with ideas and provide muscle to do certain projects, it takes a certain person with expertise to carry out the complicated works and organise us all. Again, thank you Don. This year has been rather eventful for the Fathers' Group with quite a number of working bees, all weli attended. We have tackled projects from painting, to landscaping and construction,and so carrying out further improvements in and around the school. Fossibly our last project for the year will be the construction of the log barrier on I(alinga .Avenue adjacent to the Frincipal's home. Don Thomson (Chairman, F'athers' Group)

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IV{OTHERS GR.SUF Another busy and enjoyable year is about to close. Monthly meetings have been reasonably well attended, and we have enjoyed the talks given by Miss MacNamara and Miss McAdam. Over the last couple of years all the school departrnents have provided a guest speaker, and our understanding of how the school works has increased tremendously. Mrs. Flancock attends alrnost all our meetings for a short tirne and we are able to discuss with her general school matters in an informal atmosphere. Functions this year have been most successful. T'he film shown at the Schonell was not quite what we expected, but it certainly generated a lot of discussion. The Garden Day, held in Autumn this year, was most enjoyable, but perhaps did not have the same rnagic as a Spring affair. The Fashion Farade "Extravaganza'83" held in A.ugust, was most spectacular. Our thanks must go to Jill Kennison who organised it all, did the choreography, trained the girls, and selected the clothes. One of our most successful endeavours was the dancing classes held over four weeks. $1,000 was raised. Someone suggested that the organisers, Dorothy Bourgignon and Jill Cassidy, were now such experts that they could go into business for us, and hold classes every week. There are many willing workers whom I would like to thank: all the sandwich makers who would probably be glad never to see a chicken sandwich again; the ticket sellers for our various functions, especially .Ianice Gunn and Jo Ranson; Andre Axelson who organised the Fashion Farade supper; the organisers of the many sections of our enterprises; the people who cooked chickens, made cakes and savouries, sold raffle tickets, manned stalls, potted plants, poured tea. Everyone was so reliable that it made my job easy. I would also like to thank the school groundsmen, who always seem to know what we want done, and are so obliging and cheerful in doing it, and the office staff, who happily run off notices, not just monthly ones but programmes and dodgers as well. Over the year we have raised about $5,000 which has enabled us to finish carpeting the western wing and to provide new curtains in the chemistry lab. tr wish next years' committee as much fun, friendship and success as we have had this year. Diana Falconer

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E. M. Hastie - June 1983 (Life member) Firth Edmunds - May 1983 Helen Philip, M.B.E. - August 1983 (Life member) Miss Helen Philip, M.B.E. was one of our oldest members, aged92 on her death on llth August, 1983. The Old Girls' Association was saddened by this loss. She was a most gracious lady always anxious to help others and prepared to give of herself to many good causes and was always a loyal supporter of our assosciation. To the members of her family we extend our sincere sympathy. We regret the passing last year of Noel Mclntyre, a loyal member of the association. She was originally secretary of the Board of Trustees (B.G.G.S.) and then for many years also secretary of the Board of Trustees (B.G.S.). Since its inception she was secretary of the Centenary Building Fund. Miss Noel Mclntyre will be greatly missed in many ways. Miss Firth Edmunds who passed away earlier this year was an Old Girl of the School. With her musical colleagues she directed music at the School for 25 years and there developed Choral singing. For her many activities in musical circles, Firth will be missed and through her cheerfulness and enthusiasm, by an even wider circle, she will be remembered. NEWS AIma Hartshorn became a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australian Day Awards for her serviees in the field of Social Welfare. Miss Philip became a member of the British Ernpire in the Queen's New Year's Honours for her services to charity. Rhonda Felgate, one of the founders of the TN Theatre Company in 1936 has become a founder,/patron of the Company. Professor Dorothy Hill, a distinguished Queensland scientist was awarded the 1983 ANZAAS medai.

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATIOI{ REPORT This year opened as usual with the Welcome to New Members and Annual General Meeting held at the Gateway Inn. It was an enjoyable night but it is hoped more Old Girls will be able to support this function next year. The Gateway provided us with a sumptuous 3 course dinner for only $10.00. The following office bearers were elected: Mrs. .Jean Vallis (President), Mrs. Lyle Schwarten and Miss Barbara Lansbury (Vice-President), Mrs. Jenny Gray (Secretary), Mrs. Pam Knudsen (Assistant Secretary), Mrs. Paula McKeller (Treasurer), Miss Lorraine Chesters (Ass. Treasurer), Miss Lorraine Chesters (Past P.resident). Committee: Mrs. Sue Hastie, Miss Elizabeth Jameson, Mrs. Joan Noon, Mrs. Jacqueline O'Dean, Mrs. Olive Thacker, Miss Helen Todd, Miss Philippa Ward, Mrs. Nelma Wright. The newsletter was published in April and we are interested in obtaining more information which would be of interest in academic, career or personal achievements. !n November last year we held our Theatre Night at the Arts Theatre and enjoyed the production "Oliver". On the 15th April a gathering of about 80 attended the play "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw, also at the Arts Theatre. This was held earlier this year to avoid the Christmas Gatherings. A Chicken and Champagne supper followed the play. Most enjoyable. Our traditional reunion was held on Saturday the 4th June and once again was well-patronised. Please reserve this date in your calendar next year and come along and see all the changes in the school. After this year's reunion the School extended hospitality to those who stayed to attend and enjoy the Youth in Concert evening at the school. Our 12th Annual Art Show was held on the 9th, lOth and 1lth September. It was a most successful and enjoyable function. We were indeed honoured to have our very own Old Girl - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Queensland Planning and Finance Committee of the Schools Commission, Member of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, Old Girls' delegate and Vice-President of the National Council of Women of Australia, Treasurer of the Queensland Art Council - Yvonne Bain, to open our show. Many thanks Yvonne. No further functions are planned for 1983 as the committee retires on its successful laurels. The Association would like to wish success to the girls leaving, with their coming exams and the careers they choose. We hope you will all join the Old Girls' Association and keep a bond with the school and its activities. Thank you, Mrs. Hancock, and all members of the school community for your help and support during the year.

OAITUARTES We regret the passing of our loyal members:

Isobel Dunlop - May 1981 Noel N{c{ntyre - March 1982

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F{E,&D G{RLS' RtrP@R.T' SE&{ESTER @NE What a year 1983 has been! The swimming team's motto of "taking off in tr983" and their subsequent dedication to the task of making it meaningful was an inspiration to the entire school. The interhouse swimming was a display of interschool spirit, and the friendly competition, with England's eventual victory, acted as a build up for the Q.G. S.S"A. Swimming Carnival. The ts.G.G.S. team swam superbly and deserved their placing, and more. School spirit was soaring and the spectator numbers were extrernely impressive.

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The Under l8 E.G.G.S. Basketball team (Belinda Morris, Bridget Johnson, Sally Stewart and Co.) had an excellent first season of 1983. They are now Qld premiers and will be competing in Sydney in December for the National titles and we wish them the best of luck.

B.G.G.S. entered many speaking competitions this year and we had very creditable results: I-ions Youth of the Year: Deirdre h,4ahoney, Cathy N,4artin and { were entered for the school. { won the place in the next district finals. lfhe regional finals showed a bevy of talent which tr couldn't surpass. Rostrum: Deirdre and Cathy entered in their separate districts and Deirdre won in her district final. Qn-D n-aw Association: Deirdne and Melissa 1\.4ead represented the school and once again Deirdre went on to regional finals. English Flain Speaking Compeiition: h4irni Cardell spoke superbly. -Taycees Youth of the Year: n represented the school and won the district finals but, yet again, regional finals eluded us despite all the help {-iz .Iameson (.naycees lNational Winner 1982) and Mr. Coote (ex-deputy head E.G.S.) could offer. Qld Debating (QDu): Deirdre was seiected into the squad this year. Congratulations, Deirdre!

Q.G.S.S.S.A. Ballgames were held at St. F{ilda's but although the weather was beautiful and we were leading early on, their tearns were just too skilled. We were eventually beaten into a proud second place.

The .Iean Trundle Drama Competition was held, and our star-studded cast, under the direction of Miss Burrows met the challenge with the presentation of "Window Dressing". The play was magnificent and everybody concerned is to be congratulated on their effort.

Interschool gymnastics took place on a weekend and E.G.G.S. excelled in both Rhythmic and Artistic gym. Eiilets arrived from New Zealand to play hockey and an exeiting game ensued with the billets eventually claiming victory. Music camp and music tour were held in close succession and ensured that the music department was kept very busy, but the rewards for perserverance and hard work were great. The sports dinner for the first semester sports was an elegant affair and also very formal as the honour board was unveiled in the gym. Sports captains were also announced for third term sports. One of the most exciting things that happened this term was that tr took the plunge and got my ears pierced. Cathy then did so in term 3; copy cat! trn addition,Cathy and tr discovered that our formal dresses were made out of the same material.

Frefects closed term one with an inspiring skit extolling the virtues of using your holidays to clean your shoes. Naturally the school responded magnificently. Then term two, the term of the long weekends, began. One of the weekends was spent on Moreton Island, a trip that brought out the better sides of both staff and students.

First semester is also memorable because of the exciting Waterpolo finals held after hard fought semi-finals. Congratuiations are especially due to all those girls from the school who were selected to represent Queensland in the National Titles. The Interact Easter Party was a roaring success, and the children just didn't want to go home. Megan Jenner (in bunny suit) provided material for lunny stories for months.

Joking aside, first semester was absolutely filled with events which required and achieved full participation, support and encouragement, not to mention skill, to maintarn Grammar's reputation and for us to really "take off" as individuals, clubs and the school as a whole. Thanks to all involved: consider the year and especially Semester i good work-well done!

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T{EAD GTRL REPORT SENTESTER 2 Schootr resurned on July 12 th for second semester after three weeks of glorious holiday, during which many successful tours were held. These included the combined music tour to north Queensland and two holiday trips to New Zealand and Japan. Most of this first week was spent reminiscing over the holidays and gearing ourselves for a busy second semester. A successful demonstration meeting of the Zenith Club was held on the evening of Friday the 15th. The usefulness of this type of club in a secondary school was very evident, as the standard of speaking was high and nervousness kept to a minimum. The winter fixtures started the next morning and all competing girls had been training hard and their efforts were shown in the winning results aginst St. Hilda's.

At the end of July, twenty senior girls were selected to attend extension science lectures run by the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. These were held at Boys' Grammar with several other schools attending and, over the three mornings of lectures, much was gained in discussion and friendship. Once again the weekend of July 30th brought many sporting matches against Clayfield, but we were also represented in the trnter-Regional Basketball Championships, in which we performed creditably. Those of us who find the intricacies of numbers and theorems interesting were rewarded when the results of the Australian Mathematics Competition were announced. B.G.G.S. received three major prizes, aid 63Vo of our students were awarded a credit or distinction certificate. Four of our Year 8 students also proceeded to the second round of the Mathematics Quiz, and all these results seem to be a fitting tribute to our hard working mathernatics staff. A science survey was heid in the week beginning lst August as our school was randomly chosen to help provide the necessary statistics to improve science teaching in the future. .Another Maths cornpetition was held on the Saturday of this week, with one team of our senior Maths 2 students dispiaying their cornputer skills. Each week of this term our school numbers were depleted as every Year 9 class ieft for one week of canoeing through rapids, hiking through a sea of mud and other "fun". Fortunately they have all arrived back unharmed and hopefully better for their experiences. On the Saturday of the l3th August the Grammar Geriatrics played our A Grade hockey team and many old injuries were re-discovered during the gruelling match. F{owever a barbecue afterwards lifted everyone's spitits and finished an enjoyable morning. The following Monday the hockey players trosted pupils from the English Oakharn school, who were touring Australia to celebrate their 400th anniversary. trt really made us feel inferior to know that thei school was operating before Captain Cook discovered Australia. Ferhaps this was why we were defeated in the hockey match in the afternoon.

The second week saw the beginning of aerobic dance with an enthusiastic band of girls moving into the gymnasium hoping to shed those inevitable extra winter pounds. But moving out of the auditorium at the end of lunch were a sweaty, bedraggled group, whose enthusiasm seemed to dwindle over the next few weeks. The Japanese girls from our sister school, the Hirayama Gakuen, also arrived on Monday l8th and, after some struggling to communicate with their billets, our girls realised that dictionaries would be necessary for the next few days. The assembly to welcome them included a demonstration of a tea ceremony in which Mrs. F{ancock was the star performer, even to the extent of appearing in the Courier- Mail. The Japanese girls were very pleased to see me dressed in a kimono and speaking Japanese, but they tried to tell me politely that the school shoes were not complimentary to their national dress. Wendy Morris and Bridget Johnson were also sworn in as new prefects because of their continued school support during the year. During the weekend starting Friday the 22nd, many Grammar girls were involved in interschool competitions, with a circuit debate on the Friday night and sport against Ipswich Girls' Gramrnar School on the Saturday morning. The prefects tried hard to provide a skit on this week's assembly, but our warped sense of humour didn't seem to have the same appeal to the rest of the school.

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On thc 19th of ,{ugust, the famous Forrnal Fartner llntroduetion Seheme began through the dancing etrasses hend at Boys' Grarnmar. nn the week following many dispirited girls realised that they had been deluded into imagining that a surplus of "knigtrts in sleining armour" wouid be present. The Student Representative Council also produced identification eards whieh, this year, were in great demand. Many peole attended the Fashion Extravaganza and were surprised at the difference in so rnany of our girls, when neinus their school uniform.

,4t last we started the final weetrr of sehool for thirci terrn with the Xnter-house Sports at Marist tsrothers College, Ashgrove. trt rvas a great day with everyone participating and gloriously ended with the presentation of trophies to the winning F{ouses. ,All unbiased observers were not surprised tLrat the best F{ouse, Wooleock, won both ttre tsallgames and overall points trophy, with Gibson winning the R.elay trophy. We are all looking foward to the Year 12 Formal on F'riday 16th September and this should be a fitting end t0 the terrn. Cathy Martin

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good work, good friends, and good fi-ln. We hope they continue to be for you. T-ove, {-ibby & Cathy

Thank-ygq to the Prefects who have done a magnificent job this year. C & L.

The next couple of, weeks were busy ones for the music department, with a workshop for the Concert Band on Thursday 18th, directed by an,American conductor, and a visit by the University of California State Choir. We also had performances on assembly by the Concert Band and Year B Choir, and all of these activities showed the benefit which so many of our girls receive from the efforts of the music department. The school family was also happy to have a lovely sunny area to frequent at the back of the administration block. The students are very grateful to all who made this transformation possible. On August 30th and 31st the senior students sat for their Australian Scholastic Apititude Test and we all hope for the best results, as the school average goes towards our Tertiary Entrance Scores. We appreciated the considerate efforts of the rest of the school to be quiet on these two mornings. The term was starting to wind down with many mid-semester, exams already over, but everyone co- operated to make September 1Oth a very successful School Day. The prefects helped at the Old Girls' Art Show on the Friday night. This was opened by Mrs. Bain, one of our Trustees. The next day was very long for many people, starting at 8.30 in the morning for the last round of the winter fixtures against St. Peters', and proceeding through till 7.30 at night with the conclusion of the annual S.R.C. barbecue and film. The atmosphere of School Day this year was incredibly friendly, with many things to do and see. Some of the more notable of these were, of course, the Year 12 Fashion Parade, Iron Maiden contest, clowning and many other displays portraying school life. The library played an intergral part in the day with many public speaking displays, including Deirdre Mahoney's win in the Merle Weaver Speaking Contest. A mention must also be made of the tremendous displays in other subject areas, particularly those of the Science Department which aptly fitted the theme of School Day - "Taking off in '83".

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