December 1927 School Magazine

Bt•islJoatw Gil'ls' Gt'llJmnar Srhool Maga~Ziue. v.

Brisba-ne Girls' Gt·ailmllal' School :\Iagazil1e.

.desertecl us, and now we are one of the smallest junior forms. As this is the last term of school for most of IV. A, we take this opportunity of thanking very much .the mistresses who have helped us and prepared ·us for the Junior. \Vishing everyone a. _happY! Christmas and the best of holidays , we shall now adjourn to .the l\iain Hall of the University for three gruelling hours of History. IV. B. " The old year went, and th·e new returned-." So it is ever ·in this world, aucr.. now it is our turn to go-to leave the dear old School and embark on the river of life in our own fr.ail barks. ·Thoi1gh the future looks vague and mysterious , still we are al-l sure 't·hat we shall 'win out in the long run, for which we he

When at tlle beginning of the year we took up our abode lm ~he S~~kespeare room, we fervently hoped that we should develop· mto lnerary geniuses. But as after some months' residence our· environment failed to produce the desired result,. we endeavoured. to improve the sit,uation by shifting the portrait of Shakespeare to· a more prominent position, so that· our eyes could dwell on him at all times, and thu s we should have every opportunity to draw inspirafiou from him. \~Te are confident that, by thi-s time there- ~re ~everal "mute inglorious lVIiltons" in the form, but that modesty forb1ds them to display their talent by writing the form notes lVIiss Steedman took th·e Modern History class and others of. us- t? see St. John ·s Cathedral. Dean. de "Witt Batty generously spa reel. t1me t o show us through the Cathedral and explain points of in- terest. Some of us had never entered the ·Cathedral befo 1 ·e, and: all were impressed by the beauty of the architecture, and greatly· apprecwted Miss Steechnan's kindness. _ Three enthusiastic biologists from Vth form were includ~cl In th-e party which went with Miss Irving to ·Caloundra during: the first week-end of the Michaelmas holidays. They enjoyed tllem- selves immensely, and are eager to go aga.in next year if possible. \1\Te were very sorry to lose Meg. at the end of last term. Meg won her "blue"' for tennis thi-s year. vVe congratulate her. The· form has decreased slightly since the beginning of the year, but we hope we sh-all not lose any more of our number. Vth Form is well represented in the_ sporting sphere. We · have a representative in "A" tennis team , and one in "A" net ball team. Our enthusiastic swimmers may be seen practising energetic-- ally at the baths twice a week . I 'Ve wish the Seniors and Juniors the best of luck in their exams , and h·ope they will emerge from the ordeal covered ~vith. glory. 117. A. 'l'he exploits of this year's IV. A have n-ot been very interesting,. but perhaps that may be because we ha.ve been busily workin~ for · the examin-ation. which has at last arrived. We have< not been"' able to arrange a form picnic so far, but we hope to have one at the beginning of the ·Christmas holidays. The occasion of the Inter-School Sports was one on which we were ~'ell represented at the Exhibition Grounds , and we did ou 1 share Ill cheering our girls who carried home for us the Senior Cup. We had representatives in both th-e Inter-form and the senior- champion.ship tennis, and though be-aten in the finals our players- were well up to standard. During the year three of our member~