December 1955 School Magazine

December, 1955

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

:Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1955

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION NOTES

ACTIVITIES FOR 1954-55 President's ''At Home ' '

Founded February, 1899. Annual Subscription, seven shillings and sixpence (7 / 6) due 1st February. Life Member- ship, Seven and a half guineas; Badges, 3/6. Officer_bearers, 1955-56 President: Mrs. Hal Gehrmann (JW 5694 ). VicE.-Presidents: Mrs. M. Lettice; Miss M. 0 'Connell. Past President: Miss E. G. Cavaye (LW 1652). Secretary: Miss D. J. Beech (JW 3200 ) . Ass. Secretary: Mrs. J. Van de Hoef. Treasurer: Miss B. Bannister (XU 1694 ). Committee: Miss I.J. Crooks (ex officio ) , Mrs . T. G. Bain, Miss M. Thomas, Miss J. Payne, Miss J. Malouf , and ~iss F. Muir. RepresentativE. of Tennis Club: Mrs. Sybil Elms. Representative of Parents and :B'r iends' Association: Mrs. Clappison. Hon. Auditor: Mrs. Sybil Jury. Memb ership for 1955 : 605 Financial Members; 46 Life Members. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 56th Annual General Meeting was htld on Friday, 11th Febru ary, at 7.45 ·p .m. It was very pleasing to see so many members present at the meeting, particularly the new members who had just ldt school at the end of 1954. The u sual reports of the affiliated bodies, the National Council of \Nomen, the Q.G.S.S. Club and our one Club, the Tennis Club , were read and received. The Annual Report and Financial State- ment ·were read and confirmed after discussion thereon. Althou gh t he office-bear ers were unopposed, it was pleas- in g to have so many nominations for the fiv E. positions on the Committee. Once again Mrs. G. h Byth and Miss E. G. Cavaye were unanimously r e-elected as delegates to the National Council of Women. Misses G. Nevill , F. Cossins and E. Furness wert also r e-elected as our representatives to the Board o-f Directors of the Q.G.S.S. Club. The appointment of B.G.G.S. represen- tative on the A.B.C. Youth Concert Committee was left to the discretion of Miss Crooks and I wish to report t hat Jeanette Lolua held this position for 1955. Mrs. Sybil Jury was unanimously rE--elected as Hon. Audi- tor for 1955. Activities for the year were discussed. These included a Ball, Old Girls ' Day, and functions (small or large ) to raise money for the library. This concluded the business of the meeting. 40

The President's " At Home" for 1954 was hdd too late for inclusion in last year's notes. Our President for 1954, Miss E . G. Cavaye, invited members to a dinner at Rowe's on ,\,Y ed- n esday, December 1st, at 6.30 p.m. Over sixty Old Girls at- t endE-d and many apologies were r eceived from others who were unable to attend the evening. The banqueting hall was ver y bright with lights and flowers. Many school stories were told befoTe we sat down to ea t our dinner. Following the dinner , members were entertained by Mr. Rex Scott who showed a film of his trip round Australia. This made many people envious and gave them itchy feet. Thank you , Mr. Scott. 'rhis year the usual toasts were eliminated and this move proved very popular. Our President was a recipient of a small gift in appreciation of her active work fo r the Association during 1954. Old Girls ' Day 'rhe fir st funct ion for the year was Old Girls' Day held at the school on Saturday, April 2nd. The customary Tennis and Basketba ll matches were played with the school. Congratula- t ions to the school for downing the Old Girls in the A Tea1ii. Basketball. vVe came up smiling, however, to win both the B and C team matches . The committee wishE.s to thank Jill Malouf and Audrey Morwood for organising the Basketball teams for 1955. The gli·ls who represented Old Girls were: Elizabeth Marks, Audrey Morwood, T.Jois Murphy , Shirley Rooney, LeslE.y Anderson, J ennifer Meredith, Dawn Bartlett, Cla ire Beak, Veryan White, J.Jenore Beak, Judith Payne. 'rhe t eams playing in the A team tennis match were ap - parently very evenly matchE. d as the game was ver y close, the Old Girls eventually winning the day . However , present girls were too good for us in the B and C Grade tennis matches. 'l'he girls who comprised our teams wert as follows:- A Team: Doris \Vitte, Sybil Elms , Bell Kessells and Mar- garet McLuckie. B Team: Jean Scarborough, Janice Bayada, J enny Jones and Maureen 0 'Connell. C Team: Daphne Allman, Ju(lith \Viles, Patricia Henzel! ~mel Patricia Trevethan . Our thanks go , once again, to Mrs. Sybil E lms for organi- sing the tennis teams . 41