December 1953 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1953

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1953

Of fluorescence doubly bright, Both in the schoolroom and the hall, Especially at our Sixth Form "Ball." Our chemists journeyed far To Pinkenba, To learn about sulphuric acid· While here at school Miner'va pl~cid \.Vatches o'er us, grave, austere. Talks of interest oft we hear On English, History and United Nations. Our players, from the fields of sport To Sixth have many honours brought In Tennis, Games and Basketball. Congratulations To IIIe, V, and thanks to those Who've shared our joys, endured our woes. Miss Crooks and all the teachers grave, Accept our thanks for all you gave And Miss Macmillan for her aid ' Who cosmos from ~ chaos made Or so we hope who of the chaos ~ere (A cosmos now, we solemnly aver!) We, the departing, joyfully remember Those happy years; And, though December 's dimmed with fears, We will make happiest of all This last November! Merry Christmas ! v

vided such a wealth of outside interests this year. Our form rug was completed and posted to England in good time for the winter , so we are confident that it is now helping someone through the bitter days. November 7th should be a very happy day for us all as we are then holding our Form Picnic at Petrie. A day in the country will provide a welcome break before the school examinations begin. To the girls who are sitting for the Junior and Senior examinations, we wish the very best of luck, and we extend our good wishes for Christmas and the coming year to Miss Crooks and the members of the Staff. As this, our best year at school , draws to a close, "Taking one considerahon with another, With another, The Fifth F01·rn lot 1:s a very happy one.'' IV Fourth-Formers, looking back over events of this closing year, will realise what a truly memorable year it has been. This has been the Queen's year, but it has also been our year and one of promise for the future. This year some excellent industry has gone into our rugs, which we hope will reach England in time for the winter. To aid Fairbridge Farm School for British orphans, mothers of many of the girls helped to make various functions which were held outside the School a tremendous success. We are very proud of all our representatives in the School teams, and in particular of the members of IV D who won the Inter-Form Swimming, and to Jill McAskill, IV D, and Noeleen Cooley, IV B, who were in the Life-Saving team which brought to the School the McWhirter Cup . It was a very pleasant surprise to everyone to hear that Nola Welch, .'of iv E', had won the title of "Sportsgirl of the Year. ' ' On this arid on her success in winning the Trustees Cup, we offer our congrattllations and wish her the best of lu<:k in the future . IV B defeated IV D to win the Fonrth Form Basketball, but were in turn defeated by V. · IV D won the Fourth Form Tennis by defeating IV · E; but III E were successful in their match against IV D. IV E- came ·third in the Interform Ath- r·a

'This year has been one of very pleasant associations for 'Y Form. We feel that we have combined happily together m work and sport, and in assuming new school responsibilities. . We have had a very satisfactory year in sporting activi- ties. W e offer our hearties t congratulations to Sixth F'orm on winning the Inter-F'orm Swimming, and to IV D, who came ~econd. yY e congTatulate Sixth, too, on taking the honours m Athletics and Basketball, in which we came second and in · Tennis. The Life-Saving· Competition is beino· eaO'erl; looked forward to, as Fifth Form is well represent~d i~ the Senior Team. Many of our members have attended the various clubs and keep happy memories of the meetings, which have pro- 12