December 1941 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1941

December. 1941

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

During the year we have contributed many knitted articles and strips for rugs to the war effort, and a rug to the Bush Nursing Association. We thank Miss Donaldson for her help in making our first year at The Grammar School such a happy one, and .wish you all gocd luck and a happy holiday. ' .. :~ F~r many of us this has been the h~ppiest -year of our lives -our fi~st year at the Grammar School-and we wish to thank · Miss Jones for all the kindness and help she have given us. Our thanks are due, also, to our other subject mistresses, who have· toiled with us throughout ·the year. To the efforts of our many athletes we owe our place- fifth- in the Inter-Form sports; also we were well represented in the Inter-School athletics. Hastily leaving thoughts of our net-ball matches behind us, we dwell on the fine performances of our teml.is players. We hope Misses Jones, Donaldson, Crooks and Tomlinson are now fully recovered from the effects of the Form Picnic with III. A., and thank them for accompanying us. Our after effects, excluding those of sunburn and ant-bites, were extreme- ly pleasant. The ode written on the occasion really ought to go into an anthology of modern verse. We are sorry that, for various reasons, it cannot be inserted here. During the winter months we made two rugs-one of which went to the Bush Nursing Association and the other to the Red Cross. We offer our apologies to Miss Cottew for the disturbances which she has had to quell-these occurred in spite of our motto: "Facta non Verba." The truth of these words will be not!=ld in the ·exam. results~(we hope). We are very proud of Miss Donaldson and wish her the very best of luck in the future, and a safe return before very king. ·we hope also to be undivided in IV. B. next year continu- ing our studies with Madame--and our accustomed alacrity. : --We hope everyone has ~~st -enjoyable holiclqys a:pd that the .New Year -will bringvictory to the Allies. 111. B.

III. C. "Work for Victory." The girls in III. C. have tried very hard, if not always successfully to live up to this motto. We have been well represented in the various spo~ts throughout the year. We are very proud of Eleanor Rod~n and Marion Chalk, who displayed good swimming ability and sportsmanship in the various races in which they took part. We were all excitement when we obtained second place with Sixth Form in the Inter-Form Athletics. We offer our thanks to all our representatives and also to Miss Elliott, and our con- gratulations to Fifth on their success.

III.C. AT PETRIE.

In the Inter-School Athletics Sports our Form was glad to know that we could do our share towards winning the Cups. Here again we thank Pat Hunter, Marion Chalk and Shirley Newnham for the way they worked in the events for which they were entered. Though we gathered no honours in the Net-ball, two of our members, Joan Nash and Joan Reedman were able to reach the finals in the Junior Doubles Championship in tennis, and we hope to get a place in the Inter-Form swimming sports, held at the end of the year. With Miss Lilley's permission, we chose Petrie for the scene of our Form Picnic, and we would like to thank Miss Elliott, Mrs. Gleghorn and Mrs. Marshall for accompanying us there.. and helping in the fun which we shared with III. D.

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