December 1952 School Magazine

December. 195Z

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

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EDITORIAL Most people on hearing the phrase " Nil Sine Labore " accept its truth but restrict its meaning in their minds . It would perhaps best be interpreted as referring not only to one's own work but to the work of others taken in conjunc- tion with one 's own. An eye consists of an almost unbeliev- ably large number of parts, but it functions well only when each of these is doing its share of the work. This is clearly recognisable in school life where we notice the interdependence of teacher and pupil. The required amount of knowledge is gained only as a result of the con- certed effort of both, working together in close association. In much the same way the members of the school must all work with those in authority if discipline is to be maintained and the tone of the school upheld. Everyone knows that the success of any team is measured in the final instance by the power which the members possess of working in harmony with one another , and not by the brilliance of one particular member. We find the same thing in the State as in the school. Townspeople depend to a large extent upon country people, especially for their food and the raw material of their cloth- ing. At the same time country people could not manage without the workers of the town . As well as depending upon them for all their manufactured articles they need the wharf labourers of sea ports and all other people connected with the shipping of their goods to other places. The results of any conflict of interests between workers in city and country are extremely serious. While we are working in a proper spirit we contribute to the State, the State contributes to the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth to the British Empire and the world in general. Such problems as those which arise in international diplomatic relations and world food production are caused by the inability of the contributing countries to work in harmony with one another. So let us all contribute in every way pos- sible and add to "Nil Sine Labore" the watchword "Labor omnia vincit ." K. Hedges , VI.

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