December 1955 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Decembe1·. 1955

December. 1955

DRAMATIC CLUB vVe started the year with a large membership and since then we havE- spent many lunch hours listening to our budding· actresses presenting play readings. Meetings are now held once a fortnight in nrc room. Rehearsals have begun for our Play Night to be held at the end of the t erm and this year we hope to present our plays to· the school one afternoon. Interesting talks have been given to the Club by Miss Munro and Mr . MacDonaugh of Twelfth Night Theatre. A number of our members took part in ' ' The Dumb ·wife of Cheapside ' ' at the school concert earlier in the year. vVe have bought two Penguin editions of plays which the girls of the bookbinding class have bound for us. We extend our thanks to Miss Munro for the help she has given us during the year. We wish to thank Mrs. Road for typing our parts for us.

Early in June our Group was represented at the All Schools' Conference called to discuss Crusader work in second- ary schools. Those girls who attended the August Crusader Camp had a most enjoyable time. The Grammar Group was a lso represented at the Annual Rally and picnic. We trust that God will continue to bless the meetings in the coming year. -H.\¥.

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DEBATING CLUB NOTES

The Club started this year with a marked increase in members. Meetings have been held regularly throughout the year, and, as well as impromptu speeches, forums and debates taking place, the cycle of Inter-form debates is almost com- pleted. The only debate not yet held is the final between VI and VB which will take place before the whole school after examinations are over. Three Inter-school debates have been contested this year. One was a return debate against the State High School on the subject "That the· Written Wo-rd is Mightier Than the Spoken .Word." This debate was won by the State High team. Two other debates have heen held with the Brisbane Grammar School. Our IV Form team successfully contended "That Secondary Schools Should Be Co-educational,' ' while the Fifth from the Grammar School won the debate on the negative side of the subject "That Mercy-Killing Should be Legalised." It was with regret that the Debating Club learnt that Miss Pat E- rson was no longer able to continue work with the club. Miss Paterson has been associated with the Club since it was reformed in 1952 and in that time the standard of debating l1as risen in the school. We are indebted also to Miss Crooks who has adjudicated for a number of our meetings. We have had a very successful year but hope next year will be even more successful with a better attendance at meetings.

-C.S.B.

-M.W. (VB).

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