1990 Annual Report

to the Board's deliberations and I am ·sure my colleagues will agree that the Board has benefited hugely from their active participation in its affairs. The Board will miss Mrs Bain's sense of the history of this School and her stress on changes being not inconsistent with that history. Indeed, the Board has made sure she will become part of that history by seeking her permission to name the Humani ties Building after her and, in future, it will be known as the Bain Centre. They will miss Miss Mittelheuser's very pointed queries about, and constructive comments on, important aspects of expenditure and they will miss Professor Bullock's ability to put into a few words the main thrust of the often desperate arguments led during many of our discussions. Certainly all of them will be missed, but the Board, by definition, will go on and those of us who hope still to be members of it look forward to cooperating with new colleagues in the best interests of this rather exceptional School. This is not just any old School - or even any old gi rls' School. Whether you girls believe me or not and some of you I am sure will have reservations, this is a rather exceptional School. It has a longer history than most schools in this State, it has an academic record that ranks with the very best in the country and in a whole host of educationally and socially worthwhile activities e.g. debating, community care and sports, it comes second to none. None of that is accidental. Your parents rightfully expect these standards and your Principal, Mrs Hancock, and the highly dedicated and qualified staff with whom she works ensure that these expectations are met. You girls are the focus both of high parental expectations and high teaching expertise and it is the coming together of these influences on your abilities and sensibilities which makes this School the place of excellence that it is. On behalf of the Board, I congratulate all of you who will be coming up here to receive from Mrs Goss the prizes and awards you have so well earned. We hope you will maintain these standards in the years to come either here, as continuing students, or in tertiary education. In recognising your abilities and application in this way, we pay tribute too to your teachers. · There is one section of them whose work with and for you must not go unremarked - that is the Music Staff. Staff in other subject areas will not take it amiss that I make special mention of the Music Staff for their special contribution to this afternoon. Finally, my colleagues and I hope you all have a well earned break including Christmas and New Year celebrations and look forward to working with you again next year.

16 November 1990