1983 School Magazine

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