1988 School Magazine

'1988 aged 91

Eessle i:onster died peaaef uliy on April 4,

JEEE '1888 found Girls' Gramman School, Brishrane, firmly established as an independent school on its present splendid site on Cregory Terrace. ln her annual report, Miss Sophia Beanland, the Lady Frincipal, placed the-'school's enrolment at 124; this included eighteen State Scholarship pupils. N4orning school opened at 9. l5 a.m. and closed at 1.15 p.m. Afternoon school opened at 2.30 p.m. and closed at 3.30 p.m. There was an interval of f ifteen minutes during morning school for refreshment and recreation. For the convenience of girls living a distance f rom the school, meals were provided in the dining room at a cost of f2.10.0 per quarter. The charge for an occasional meal was one shilling. Miss Beanland indicated her satisfaction at the real progress made in "true education". Annie C. Campbell won the.f unior Fairfax Prize awarded to the girl who received the highest pass in the University o{ Sydney's Junior Fublic Examination. 18BB saw the completion of a fine gymnasiurn designed by Mr R.ichard Cailey, the architect responsible for the school building. Miss Beanland herself enjoyed lawn tennis and encouraged the girls by offering four prizes for competition. 1888 was a year described as "one of much prosperity" for the girls' school. S3REU5 CH,qMffiER fuTUS$C ENISEMMfl-E Brisbane Girls' Crammar School celebrated Australia's Bicentennial year in music, with a performance by the Sirius Ensemble in the Gehrmann Theatre on Tuesday night, luly 5th. Unfortunately, the elements that brattered Brisbane that night must have rivalled the conditions experienced by Captain Phillip and the f irst f leet on the historic voyage to Australia in 1788. Those brave enough to venture forth were rewarded with very fine playing by the nine talented Australian professionals in a program of works by Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven. These young musicians, who between them have won every prestigious instrumental award in Australia, came together for just one week to provide a Festival of Ch-amber Music in Brisbane and various regional ce ntres. On Friday, July 8th, 8.C.C.5. hosted a Chamber Music Masterclass conducted by the Sirius Ensemble Craeme Jennings, violin; Elizabeth Jones, violin; Bernard Hoey, viola; Rosemary Quinn, cello; Lance Bartholomeuz, double bass; Paul Dean, clarinet; Leesa Bauer, bassoon; Michael Dixon, French horn; and !tephen Emmerson, piano. Assistance from the Bicentennial Authority made this possible and we are most grateful. Croups from participating schools, Somerville House, Anglican Crammar School, Brisbane Crammar School and Brisbane Cirls' Crammar School spent a few hours learning the f iner points of ensemble playing and at the same time realising that serious music can be fun. Barbara Hebden /,1

yea{s. t;st December she made sure that no deserving girl ,-,tu'd be deprived of a Grammar School education L, -du5€ of financial di{[iculties' I l,e generous Forster Bursarywillbe awarded forthefirst r.r,re"!n 1988, to a student in Year Ten, who has achieved a consistently high academic standard, has represented the school in sport and who shows potential leadership. preference is to be given to a girl who, without the bursary, would be unable to continue her studies. The ,jL 'al-ion of the bursary is trnro years. Tliis is Bessie Forster's way of thanking the school for what it did for her and her two sisters, Lucy and Margaret. Earbara l-iebden

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The Corrigan CoNlection

THE CORRIGAN CO]-tECTION Her family's long association with Girls' Grammar School, Brisbane, ensured that Joan Mary Corrigan's Japanese treasures would enrich the school's f ine arts. Born in 1906 and educated at All Hallows Convent, this remarkable lady rose f rom the position of Hansard writer at Brisbane's Parliament House to become one of the world's foremost authorities on Japanese military strategy in World War ll. Miss Corrigan Ieft Australia with Ceneral Douglas MacArthur's staff in 1946, and worked as Historical Editor, Japanese Research Division until 1959, when she was appointed Chief Foreign Editor, Historics Division U.S. Army. 5he wrote many of the 160 volumes covering the strategy of naval, ground and air forces in World War ll. She died in Brisbane in 1974. Barbara Hebden