December 1941 School Magazine

December, 1941

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1941

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

October, we went with IV. E. on our Form Picnic to Redcliffe. We were accompanied by our respective Form Mistresses, and also by Miss Tomlinson and Miss Cottew, and we must thank them all for the very enjoyable day we had. Although there were sunburnt faces at the end of the day, the happy time we had made up for all our discomforts. We were sorry to lose our Form Captain, Jennifer McManus, who left us after the Midwinter holidays, but our new Form Captain, Patricia Jones, is carrying on her work as efficiently as her predecessor. · In the Inter-Form Sports, although we were not successful, we enjoyed wearing our golden-brown bandanas. We lost our Net-ball and Tennis matches also, but we must congratu- late Valda Keefer on winning the Junior Singles, and, with her partner, the Junior Doubles Championships. We · were represented in the Inter-School Sports by Esme Kerr, who ran in one of the relays . On the day of the event we were very proud of our School and joined in cheering our teams on to success. Swimming has now taken the place of Athletics and every Friday afternoon ma~w of us enjoyed our swimming lessons with Miss Tomlinson. We are now waiting eagerly for the Inter-Form Swimming Carnival. In Second and Third Terms many of our girls were interest- ed in club work . We heartily congratulate all those girls who passed their First Aid and Home Nursing Examinations. After the second term, some girls joined the Handicrafts Club, where with the assistance of Miss Cottew, they learned to make useful articles. Others joined the Reading and Knitting Clubs. We wish the best of luck to all Junior and Senior Candidates, and we wish Miss Lilley, the Staff and the School a Merry Christmas and a 'Happy and Prosperous New Year. IV. D. We started this year to work hard for our goal, and that of every Fourth Former, the Junior examination. Our mistresses have been wonderful to us with their help and encouragement in our efforts, so we wish to take this chance to thank them most sincerely. We also extend to the Seniors and fellow Juniors our best wishes for their success in their respective examinations. In .March Mr. Purdie visited the School to ·act "A Midsum- mer Night's Dream," and "Hamlet," from which we derive'cil much pleasure and help.

AT REDCLIFFE.

Under the able training of Madame Smikoff, ·Miss Hether- ington and Miss Tomlinson, many of us took part in the School Concert. The remainder of us now sport First Aid or Home Nursing certificates. We wish to extend our thanks to Miss Lilley and all the Staff who have laboured with us throughout the year and con- clude wishing all a Merry Christmas and the best of luck in the New Year. IV. C. 1941! What new joys and hopes a New Year brings in, .and this last fleeting year, I think, has been one of the happiest of our School days. We owe this to Miss .Benney and to the other mistresses who have helped us during · the year. We hqpe to repay their work by our results in the Junior Examin- ation, and our motto, "Strive to Excel" greatly encourages us. IV. C. was very honoured to have the task of making and then selling baskets of sweets to willing (we hope) buyers at the School Concert in June, in which some of the Form took part in French Songs and the Folk Dancing. During the Midwinter Holidays, Miss Benney took a group of girls down to her cottage at Bribie where they had a lovely time. Also, some of us went with her for a picnic to St. John's Wood, where we enjoyed ourselves immensely. On llth

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