December 1940 School Magazine

Brisbone Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1940

Brisbane -Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1940

illustrate the errors which beginners are likely to make . . One afternoon he showed us how to develop and print both in the dark and in the light.

Mrs. Sachs took as a gift from us to the R.A.A.F. recruits for afternoon tea. Then to add to our cooking interests we made savouries for the Sixth Form Dance, and these formed quite a tempting delicacy on the various tables. Our last cooking lesson was spent in making marzipan which we fashioned into a number of fruit shapes. We do sincerely thank Mrs. Sachs for her understanding teaching and the time she has so ungrudgingly given -us. LIBRARY. We should like to express our appreciation of a ll those who have so generously donated books to the Library this year. and to Dr. Turnbull for his very generous donations. Our sincere thanks to all Old Girls(including Madeline Mot!, AudreyBrother- ton, Joyce Jackson, Barbara Given, Lenore Michin, -Marjotie Gibson, Nancy Shannon, Cynthia Hamilton, Mary England, Joyce Cameron, Bernice Lound, Joan Grey, Marjorie Elliott, Joan Affleck and Margaret Morris) who have sent us books, and to Miss May Philp for a copy of "The Memoirs of the Hon. Sir Robert Philp," and to the Rev. John Sinclair for "King's Nurse, Beggar's Nurse" by Sister Catherine Black. The Beanland Library has also been enriched by new books including "The Consolidated Encyclopaedia" in ten volumes, "The Oxford Companions to Music and to Classical Literature," "The Story of the Bible" in four volumes, "The Bible designed to be read as Literature," and "The Companion to Latin Studies." The periodicals seem to have been particularly popular this year, especially as, besides the old favourites including the ever popular Punch, the Reading Table now bears copies of Picture Post, Bystander, Home, and a well illustrated magazine which will be bound and placed in the Library, with copies of the National Geographic Magazine, which, in themselves, are forming the nucleus of a valuable geographical reference library. The Old Girls have been working energetically to provide us with better Library facilities and their efforts have been crowned with a good measure of success . We were indeed proud to see the fine maple bookcase, valued at £55, which they have presented to the School, standing in the hall on Old Girls' Day, and we deem this very expressive of the deep and generous interest which they have shown and are continuing to show in the School. We should like to thank them very sincerely indeed for this gift and say that we, too, are doing_ our 'little bit,' as the Library Furnishing Fund now st0nds at £57/12/1, £5 having been added again this year. · M.N.C,, V. 37 ,

STORY BRIDGE FROM BOTANIC GARDENS

Ph oto by Audrey Wright

During one of his lectures we went out into the grounds of the School and took snaps of the school building, the grounds and groups of people. On another occasion we went down to the Botanical ·Gardens, where there were many interesting views to be taken. Our Annual Form picnics gave the members of the Club an opportunity of showing their skill and many interesting photos have since been displayed. <~ Photography is a very pleasing pastime and I am sure the Camera Club of this year has enjoyed itself very much . COOKING CLUB. Cooking being so essential to housekyeping, we, cookers, must not be content to hide our light beneath a bushel. While others have been directing their skill in diverse activities, the cookers have been spending many anxious but enjoyable min~ u,te.s waiting expectantly for the various mixtures to take shape. We spent our first cooking lesson making sweets, but we soon abandoned these for more substantial foodstuffs . How- ~ver we have treated ourselves to several luxuries including waffles, cream. puffs, chocolate eclairs and banana cr~ams. Then under Mrs. Sachs' tuition we turned our at!Eintfon to emergency cooking, we also made a nut and date loaf which 36