December 1954 School Magazine

December. 1954

Brisbane; Girls ' Grammar School Magazine

December. 1954

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION NOTES REPORT FOR 1954

The election of officers followed. In Mrs. Bain 's retiring address in which she thanked a ll Old Girl s for their generous support to her through- out her terms of off ice and announced Miss Beth Cavaye as incoming President. Misses G. Nevill, E. Furness and F. Cossins were re-elected as representatives to the Board of Directors of the Q.G.S.S. Club for 1954. Mrs. G. L. Byth and Miss Beth Cavaye were re-elected as delegates to the National Council of Women. Miss Anne Baird was re-el ected as the school's represen tative to the A.B.C. Youth Concert Committee. Activities for 1954, including the Ball and Fair , were di scussed. ACTIVITIES FOR 1953-54 The President' s "At Home" for 1953, was held too late for in- clusion in last year's notes. Our Pres ident, Mrs. T. G. Bain, invited mem- bers to a dinner at Rowe's on Friday, November 27th, at 6.30 p.m. Ovsr seventy Old Girls attended and many apo logies were received from others who were unabl e to attend that evening. The banquetting hall was ve ry tastefull y deco rated and many old faces were seen talking animate ly over pre-dinner savouries. Following the dinner, Mrs . A. E. Mcluca s, herself an Old Girl, and wife of the Headmaster of the Boys' School, gave a short address on "Life in a Boarding School. " Thi s proved to be very humorous to many of us. Miss Marion Williams spoke on her recen t trip abroad and thus gave many of us ve ry itchy fe et , I fee l sure. The usual toa sts were proposed, and our President was the recipient of a small gift in appreciation of her active work for the Association during 1953. Again, this year, the President's " At Home" will be held too late to be reported in this issue of the magazine . OLD G-IRLS' DAY The first function for 1954 was Old Girls ' Day held at School qn Saturday, April 3rd . The customary matches in Tennis and Basketball were played against the Present Girls. Once again , the Old Girls ' record remained unbroken in the Tennis matches, as they won both the A and B Grade matches, but lost the C Grade to the Present Girls. Our A team comprised: Mrs. Sybil Elves , Dawn Bennett, Heather Lyon and Kath Mcluckie . The B team : Jean Scarborough, Val johnson , Aileen Duncan and Dawn Duncan. The C team : Jennifer Jones , Narelle Cumes, Jean McGhie and Barbara lansbury . The Basketball teams comprised: Audrey Marwood, Elizabeth Marks, Jill Malouf, Pam Napier, Shirley Rooney, Lois Murphy, Veryan White; Lesley Anderson , Jennifer Meredith, Dawn Bartlett, Lenore Beak and Les- ley Clark. This is the first year for a long time that the Old Girls were able to beat the Present Girls, as six of them were memb"'rs of the school 's 1953 premiership team . During the afternoon a Bring and Buy Stall was conducted by the ·convenors of the Variety, Toys and Babies' Stalls at the forthcoming Fun Fair, to raise funds for materials, etc. This proved to be very successful, netting over £10 to be divided between the three convenors. Afternoon tea this year was provided by the Parents ' and Friends' Association of the school. My Association takes this opportunity of thank- ing our kindred Association once again for the ir gene rous help . The Committee wish to thank Mrs. Sybil Elms and Miss Audrey Marwood for arranging the tennis and basketball teams, respective ly . 47

Founded 1899. Anual subscription 7/6, payab le on February 1st. of each financial yea r. Life membership, seven and a half guineas . Badges 3/6, obtainable from the Secretary. Office-Bearers, -1954-55 Pres ident: Miss Beth Cavaye. Vice-Pres idents: Mrs. Hal Gehrmann, Mrs. Marjorie Lettice. Secretary: Miss Joan Beech, 99 Lyon St., Moorooka . Assistant Secretary: Mrs . J. Van De Hoef (Beryl johnston ) Trea sure r : Miss Irene McDonald, Boomerang St. West , St. Lucia . Members of Committee: Miss L. Crooks (ex officio); Mi sses Anne Baird , Audrey Marwood, Maureen O'Connell, Betty Bannister and Fay Coss ins . Representative of Parents ' and Fri ends' Association: Mrs. G. Baird. Representative of Tenni s Club: Mrs. Syb il Elms. Immediate Past President : Mrs . T . G. Bain. Ha n. Auditor: Mrs . Sylvia jury. Our Association Since the writing of last year's notes, very few funct ions have taken place to give Old Girls an opportunity to meet one another. If members are to maintain the traditi ons of the school , we must all co-operate and support any functions, which our committee may arrange for us: Without th is support the committ~e loses heart in any undertakmg and mstead of fostering the growth and expansion of our Association we are endeavouring to unde rmine it. So let us make 1955 a really successful year and take as our aim increased membership and attendance at as many functions as possible. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 55th Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, February 12th in the Main Hall of the Girls' School. The retiring President, Mrs. T. G. Bain , took the chair at a very well attended meeting. The Annual Report was presented by the Secre- tary and after some discussion was adopted unanimously. . The Financial Statement and Balance Sheet for the year end1ng December 31st, 1953, was presented by the retiring Treasurer, Miss Margaret Mittleheuser. . . Owing to a request from the justice Department, the const1tut1o:' of the Old Girls' Association had to be re-drafted under su1table headmgs . On the motion of Mrs. Lettice , seconded by Miss Nevill, Rules 1-14 anc 16-18 as printed and circulated to member on 27th January, _1954 we~e adopted. Rule 15 was the subj=ct of discussion, and the follow1ng amena- ment was moved by Mrs. Byth and seconded by Miss Cavaye:- . . "Members whose subscriptions are unpaid at the end of the f1nanc1al yea r shall be notifi ed of th ':' fact by the Treasurer. Those membe rs who ha ve paid no subscription for two (2) consecut1ve yea rs shall have t~e_ 1r names deleted from the roll, and any person wishing to do so may re101n at a later date ." "The second paragraph of Rule 15 was to be deleted." The amendment was defeated by 68 to 35 votes, and Rule 15 as printed in the suggested constitution remained unchanged. Reports were submitted from our affiliated clubs by Barbara Lans- bury for the Tenni s Club ; Mrs. G. L: Byth, as representative to the National Council of Women, Anne Ba1rd as the representative on ~he A.B .C. Youth Concert Committee and Miss Fay Cossins , as representative on the Board of Directors of the Q.G.S.S. Club . ., 46