December 1942 School Magazine

December, 1942

llrisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

llrisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1942

Remembering our feelings when faced with the same pros- pects last year we wish those who are sitting for the Senior -and Junior the very best of luck. With the rest of the school, we join in wishing Miss Lilley and the .Staff a pleasant Christ- mas, and the hope that next year may usher in peace once more. IV. A. "Strive for Perfection" is the motto of our form, and although we have undoubtedly striven, we do not know yet if we have reached the point of perfection. The war having come so much closer to our shores, the beginning of the year was very unsettled, but we are proud to say this soon passed, and our school life proceeded as evenly as in other years. IV.A. has combined with other forms in war effort. Although ihe days were beginning to lengthen, and green shoots were -appearing on the trees, when we finally completed our rug, we are sure someone will be gbd to smJqgle under it next w inter. Our Net-ball team, after winning th<7u first match, went :from victory to victory, until they met Fii~n Form, and were defeated by a bare margin in a most exciti:tg match. Con- ·gratulations, Sixth Form, on winning the Shield. In the tennis matches, we were not so successful, as we were defeated by IV.B. We are proud of our team for the splendid effort they made. Owing to war conditions, we were not able to be present at the Inter-school Athletics, but the form was admirably represented by Nora Anderson, Velyian Mac- Donald, Betty Bolger and Jess Duffy. Jess, who is in the A. Net-ball team, distinguished herself in the goaling field. We went to :Petrie for our annual picnic, accompanied by Madame Smikoff and Mrs. Gleghorn and everybody enjoyed themselves. Miss J. Baker was our Form-mistress at the beginning of the year and when she left her place was taken by Madame Smikoff. We have had a very happy time under Madame's guidance, and are very grateful for all the help she has given us. We wish the Sixth Form the best of luck in their Senior Exam_ and wish the Staff and the School a Happy Christmas. 17

millan for her help and would like to thank all who made the evening such a success. Our war work during the year has been of necessity limited, because of difficulty in obtaining wool, but we combined to make a rug which members of the form took to the Lady Wilson Convalescent Home. We hope under the auspices of our patron Minerva to do our school credit in the coming examinations and wish next year's Sixth every success. v. With war clouds looming closer than ever b efore, this year has been a trying one in many ways . However, de spite distractions, which included two air-raid alarms, we hope our work has reached the standard of previous years, and judging by the noise which emanates from our class-room at times, the god-like gift of laughter has not yet disappeared from among us. The work this year, begun by correspondence, has been new, at times difficult, but despite some protests to the con- trary, interesting. We congratulate several of our form members who were successful in their respective events at the Inter-school Athletics. With the help of Commercial V., we fought hard for the Ath- letics and Net-ball Trophies, to be narrowly defeated by Sixth, whom we congratulate also. Whatever slight skill we may have lacked in these pursuits, was compensated for by our enthusiasm. Earlier in the year, the members of Fifth Form might have been seen feverishly knitting brightly coloured squares, with ihe result that we completed two rugs for the Bush Nursing Association. We hope that they proved useful. After forming the sole topic of conversation for several weeks, the Sixth Form; dance proved a great success and our €njoyment of the evening must have been evident. We should like to thank the Sixth, who were responsible for the arrange- ments and the very effective decorations . Fifth Form has been active in club-work, being represented in almost all the clubs. This year has been a difficult one and we appreciate the €£forts of our mistresses, who, we know, have been working under a strain.

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