December 1942 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1942:

l!risbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1942

III. C. Although we have spent a very happy year in III .C., it is with sorrow that we record the death of our friend and com- panion, Estelle Markwell, and we extend our sympathy to her bereaved parents. On hearing that our Form Tennis team had won the Third Form tennis there was much speculation as to whether we would win the Tennis Cup! However, after a very exciting and well-p layed match the honours were taken from us by IV.B. June Robertson, the captain, backed by Nola Eichorn, Shirley Jackson and Vonnie Knudsen practised very hard and III.C. wishes to thank them for their splendid efforts. Although we gained no honours in the Inter-form Athletics we wish to thank Miss Elliott and Miss Tomlinson for the many hours they spent in coaching us. Our heartiest congratula- tions go to the Sixth Form for their success . In the School Net- ball teams were represented by Gabrielle Webster, Vannie Knudsen and Audrey Hoskins who were members of either A. or B. Net-ball team. Our greatest disappointment was that owing to war-condi- tions, we were unable to go to our much-looked-forward-to Form Picnic, but, when we think of the privations suffered by the children of other countries we realize that we have nothing of which to complain. During this year we have added our pennies to those of the rest of the school for the Prisoner of War Fund, the Hut for the Women's Services and a bed at St. George's Hostel and we made a knitted rug. Some forms made two. Perhaps we will be able to make more .next year. In closing we wish to thank Miss Lilley, Miss Elliott and all other mistresses for having made our first year a t the Grammar School a very pleasant one. A Happy Christmas to every- one and a Peaceful New Year. III. D. Time marches on, and our firs t year at the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School has proved, on the whole, a very happy one. At various times our lessons have been in terrupted by Air Raid Drills, when we have seized our coverings and hats, and as quickly as possible proceeded to our trench p laces. Although we d id not excel at the Inter-form Sports, we had seven representatives in the Inter-sch ool Sports-Leah Grant, Val Sneyd, Margaret Borrodale, Jill Queitzsch, Joan Gillman, 23

vived the first match against III.B. , but were not so success- ful when we played a hard game against III.B. We were -defeated in the Inter-form Tennis by III.C.-not for the lack ·of good playing - but in the Junior Tournament III.A. is holding its own. We have n ot yet been able to show our ·ability in swimming, but hope to do so in the near future. We were proud to have seven competitors in the Inter-sch ool Sports, who all did their bit towards the School's victory. We were very sorry to lose our Form Captain, Joy de Vis, ·so near the end of her term of office, but her duties have been taken over by the Vice-Captain. We all regretted that there was no form picnic for the thirds this year, due to war conditions, but we hope that during our F ourth Form year the shadows of invasion w ill be lifted from our la nd. We wish to convey to the Junior and Senior candi- dates, whom we have come to know, even in a year, our best w ishes both for their forthcoming examinations and also in their .after lives away from the School of which we are all so proud. III. B. The first year of our life at the School will soon be over and ·we feel it has been a privilege to be counted as part of this school. We hope that we have helped to keep up its high :standards and fully recognised its old traditions. We were all very sorry when our Form Mistress, Miss Jones, left at the end of the first term, but we were glad to welcome Miss Maclardy as our new form mistress and we sincerely hope she does not think tcio badly of us, a lthough our irrepres- :.s ible tongues must have caused her much anxiety. We have not proved very successful at sport but we have ·enjoyed our practices. We congratula te the Sixth on w inning the Inter-form Athletics and the Net-ball Shield. We were rather disappointed when we discovered that we -could not have a Form Picnic, but we hope that next year con- ·ditions w ill have altered and it will be possible for us to go. Owing to the scarcity of wool our knitting contributions have not been very great but we have almost finished our second rug and several girls have knitted comforts for the :soldiers which we trust will be appreciated. We wish the Seniors and Juniors every success in their ·exams, and hope that their results will be even better than ihose of previous years. 22