December 1940 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1940

December,' 1940

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

on the mantle-piece the Tennis Cup for the winning of which we congratulate the members of our team. We are very proud to say that this year the B. tennis team of the School drew its members entirely from Fifth Form. W'e are grateful to Sixth for the invitation to be present at their Dance and our evident enjoyment of the evening marks the extent of our appreciation. Our activities in war work have been very varied. We helped to dress dolls for the Doll's Stall at the Government House Fete. Some of the more industrious .members of the Form have been very busy knitting to keep our soldiers warm and we all combined in the making of a wool rug for the Bush Nursing Association. On the 18th June, the shadows of our examinations having faded into the background for another six months, we celebrated by throwing ourselves heart and soul into the preparations for our Garden Party. We folk-danced, sang and did our best to provide our relatives and friends with an enjoyable afternoon's entertainment. Our heartiest congratulations to Sixth Form on their splendid victory on Athletics Day. We hope to keep up their standard next year. Our congratulations go, too, to Commercial V. for their ex- cellent Net-ball team. We are proud to have played against this year's winners of the Cup. We wish to congratulate the three members of our Form who have reached the finals of the School Tennis Championship events. During the third term some of our members formed a Play Reading Club which met on Friday afternoons. We thank Miss Macmillan who so kindly helped us to spend many en- joyable hours. To Miss Lilley, Miss Maclean, and the members of the Staff, we extend our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

COMMERCIAL V. During a year whose every day brought news of some fresh atrocity abroad, it was strange to find that we could still enjoy the unbroken pleasures that sport and study had to offer. How- ever, as the year progressed, many of our girls found positions, and of the thirty-four members of Commercial Vat the beginni11g of the year, only sixteen now remain. Miss Cottew was very kind in allowing us to use the Studio as our Form Room, but even so, we had to move from room to room for each period. Unfortunately, we became more and more absent-minded, and acquired a habit of shAdding books as we went, which was very perplexing to both Mistresses and pupils. Owing to our sadly depleted numbers we did not shine on Inter-form Sports Day, but some of our members found a place in the School Athletics Teams. After a very exciting game against Sixth Form, we were successful in winning the Net-ball Cup, and we sincerely congratulate Sixth and Fifth Forms who won the Athletics · and the Tennis Cup respectively. We should like to thank Sixth Form for their kind invitation to attend their dance, and those who accepted spent a very en- joyable evening. The more energetic of our members have been busily knitting socks and scarves for the soldiers, and with the help of IIIC., we knitted a very bright woollen rug for the Bush Nursing Association. In conclusion, we would like to extend our good wishes to Miss Lilley and the Staff, and express a wish that the future members of the School may enjoy their sojourn as much as we have ours. IV. A. The past year has been a very interesting one and our time has been completely filled by work and play. When we re- turned to School the first term and realised that the Junior was ahead of us, we anticipated a hard year of work, and we have been so fully occupied that it has passed all too quickly. Our time was fully taken up in second term by our school work as well as by preparing for the School Fete at which some of our members helped entertain (or otherwise) the visitors . Although our tennis team practised hard, they were defeated and our net-ball team met a like fate . Congratulations to Fifth and Commercial Fifth on their respective victories! But greater success attended us on the Athletics field where we achieved third place. Once more we congratulate Sixth on its victory. 13

J. CLOWES-C.V.

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