December 1952 School Magazine

iJrisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1952

December, 1952

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

the tennis by IVC who also played well to beat V form. Con- gratulations for topping the list among the Ill forms, IIID. Congratulations also go to Ann Huddleston of IVC for secur- ing her second Telegraph Blue. . The "Grammar Fun Fair" turned out to be a great success. The Ill form~ helped considerably .by making baskets and sortmg them mto boxes in their right sizes. yve wi_sh the best of luck to all girls participating in this years Jun1or and Senior Examinations . Good luck to V and Ill forms in their Christmas examination We extend our best wishes for Christ~as and the coming year to Miss Crooks and all the members of the Staff_ THE GRAMMAR FUN FAIR AND SCHOOL TUCKSHOPS The big event of the third school term was the Grammar Fun Fair, held in the grounds of the Boys' Grammar School on the 30th August. It was the largest and most successful function ever undertaken by Old Girls and Old Boys of the two schools, the profit from the afternoon exceeding £2000. The School was in charge of the sweet stalls and thous- ands of baskets were tilled with home-made sweet-s made chiefly by the girls themselves and their mothers . ' There were two of these, in different parts of the grounds. The stalls were attractively decorated by the girls under the supervision of Mrs. Logan . Mrs. Rorke and Miss Brophy directed the filling of the baskets and the arrange- ment of them on the sta lis Teams of girls worked . hard all afternoon, selling sweets round the grounds and also on the stalls themselves. The fact that the sweets were sold out by about half-past four is proof ·of the1r good salesmanship. We made the second largest prof1t of the afternoon and the School was justifiably proud of 1ts grand effort. . Tuck-shops have now become regular Friday events. They_ were started, originally, before the Grammar Fun Fair !o ra1se money for the sweet stall. Groups of forms took it m turn to provide food for the rest of the school and in this way substantial profits were made. They proved such a grand success that since the Fair they have been c~n~i~ued. Groups of mothers have again taken the respons1bil1ty upon their own shoulders. Mrs. Boulton, as convenor, has done invaluable work in ensuring the succ~ss o! the ~c~eme . I know that the school as a whole, will w1sh to JOin with me in thanking Mrs. Boulton and all the other mothers for their unfailing help to th school. e

BOARDERS' NOTES We all began 1952 with the one fervent hope-that we should be able to make Miss Lilley's last term w ith us her happiest, and one on which she could always look back with pleasant memories. At the beginning of the year we welcomed Miss Paterson in place of ivliss Weaver whose help and guidance we all missed very much, and Mrs. Powell and Miss Hood in place of Miss Whalley and Miss Gillam. Towards the end of the first term we spent many pleas- ant hours preparing for the farewell concert we gave Miss Lilley and also knitting squares for the rug which we pre- sented to Geordie. We felt rewarded for our moments of strain when Miss Lilley assured us that she had enjoyed the concert, and promised to remember us whenever she used the farewell gift we gave her. On Miss Brophy's last Saturday with us in the House she took us to the Pine River for an ali-day picnic which we enjoyed very much, even though we did not feel happy at the prospect of losing her. With the arrival of the second term came Miss Crooks, who was not entirely a stranger to us, and later Miss Drum- mond after Miss Hood and Miss Matelen had left. During the three terms we have enjoyed many interest- ing outings. We all saw at least one of John Alden's Shake- spearian plays and have been fortunate enough to attend three Youth Concerts. Most of us helped on the sweets stall at the Grammar Fun Fair and we also went to the Sep- tember Affair at Government House, where we helped Miss Lilley on the Devonshire Tea stall. We used the new radiogram when we entertained the boarders from the boys' school at our dance during the second term. We are sure it would not have been the great suc<;ess that it was, had it not been for the efforts of Mrs . Sears, who went to a oreat deal of trouble in preparing the much appreciated supper . On Tuesday afternoons we have been spending a pleasant and instructive h'31f ~our with either Mr. Pashen or Mr. Field who have very kindlv given up their time to visit us. We have also been hon0ured bv a visit from Archbishop Halse. We practised hard for the Inter-form Athletics and although we were not alto9ether victorious, we feel sure that the couple of events we did win were won because of the inspiration of our mascot, Geordie. J 9

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