December 1951 School Magazine

December, 1951

Brisbane_ Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1951

Brisbane- Girls' Grammar School Magazine

LIBRARY NOTES

the shell was dragged through the sand and quickly pulled up when a worm rose for it. With these worms as bait we fished in the ocean for quite a while and ihey proved a tempt- ing bait for our numerous catch of whiting. As the sun was low in the wes cern sky, we decided to walk back around the edge of the island. Ahead of us we could see the many seagulls drawn up in formation. Upon our approach, they rose with much shrieking and noise. The half feathered fledglings cried pitifully for their evening meal and it was quite difficult to avoid walking on them or the eggs. By the time we had assembled a t the boat again, the sun had long sunk below the western horizon. On the way home we quietly exchanged news on ihe afternoon's activ- ities while some of us sorted our catch of fish in the dinghy. A tired but happy crowd of people embarked in the waning light, and that night tumbled into bed, well satisfied after a most pleasant day. -Gillian Kleinschmidt, Form IIID

This year has seen great changes in the Beanland Mem- orial · Library. Three weeks were spent by Form represent- atives in classifying cooks under such headings as, "History", "Biography" and "Travel " and in arranging the books in al- phabetical order within those groups. Users of the books seem to think that the delay in opening the Library was worthwhile, for the new system facilita tes the selection of books. It is felt that this is as great an improvement as can be made until a special room is alloted to the library. Considerable attention has been paid to Fourth Form libraries this year. The representatives take a keen interest in Library affairs, and have offered many interesting suggest- ions at Library meetings. As a result of their work Fourth Form libraries should be greatly improved by 1952. · The Library is made the responsibility of all , for suggest- ion books are placed in every Form, and when the time comes for buying ' new cooks, they are selected from those that the girls profess a liking for. Our thanks are due to the donors of new books to the Reference Library; a group of German books were given by Miss McLelland. The Committee wishes to thank our President, Miss Lilley, our new Vice~President Miss Thomas, and the Editress of the Magazine, Mrs. Meyers, for their help and encouragement in 1951.

-MARTA KIRKPATRICK, Ill A

JEANETTE YOUNGER, Ill D

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