December 1955 School Magazine

December, 1955

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

'Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

December, 1955

QUEENSLAND GIRLS' SECONDARY SCHOOL CLUB This Club has been forced to vacate its rooms in 0 'Conno·r House, Albert Street, Brisbane, and is now sharing the Q.vV.E.L. Rooms, second floor, City Building, Edward Street, on a 50/50 share basis. Members may obtain light luncheons, tea, coffee, sand- wiches, etc., between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. This year the three delegates for B.G.G.S.O.G.A. are Miss G. Nevill, F. Cossins and E . Furness. The monthly get together lunchton which is held by Gram- mar Old Girls will now take place on the second Tuesday in the month. All Grammar Old Girls, even if not members of the Club, can go to these luncheons which are htld from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Many functions were held this year. A Cooking Demon- stration was given by Mrs. Kerr (United Metal Industries J,td.); Dr. G. \Venzell spoke on Old Laces and displayed some of them; a card and games evening was held; Miss Maida Furness, a member of the Club and also a B.G.G.S Old Girl, arranged a debate; there was a Bring and Buy Day; the B.A.T. Group put on thrte One-act Plays and we had a film evening at which "Back of Beyond" and "The Life of Churchill" were shown. The President's ' 'At Home' ' took the form of a fork dinner. Classes in Lamp Shade and Basket making were held. The Sylvia Dixon Tennis Shield was again won by the B.G.G.S. The team comprised Heather Lyon, Dawn Bennet, Jean Scarborough, Esme Knowles, Eileen Duncan and Dawn Duncan, and Sybil Elms (non-playing captain). All financial memb ers of the O.G.A. may join the above club. If they would like to do so please contact one of the delegates or O.G.A. Secretary. We finish the year with a party on the 9th December. All Grammar Members of the Club wish Miss Crooks and the Staff of the School, the O.G.A. and Present Girls a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. -EUNICE FURNESS (Delegate) ITEMS OF INTEREST ALMA HARTSHORN has been working as a United Nations consultant in medical so-cial work in Burma during 1955. She works under the technical assistance programme of United Nations and i,; the third Australian social worker to be appointed to a U.N. technical assistant post in Asia. For the past four years she has been lecturer in medical social work at the Melbourne University and an almoner at Royal Mtlbourne Hospital. 46

AUDREY NICHOLLS has excelled herself since leaving Townsville in 1952 for London. She danced for two seasons with the Sadler's Wells Company, appeared on television, danced at a Royal Command Performance, a principal of tht Ballet Rambert and was engaged by the Stoll Theatre to play the lead in the curtain raiser to the London o-pera, "Joan at the Stake,' ' starring Ingrid Bergmann. DIANA CAYAYE (England) returned to Brisbane this year from England and was able to give some very interesting comparisons between Queensland and English education, as she had taught in several English Grammar Schools. RHODA FELGATE was honoured by our Queen in the 1955 Honours List . She was awarded the M.B.E. for outstand- ing work in the theatre world. Her fellow Old Girls and others rejoice at this r ecognition of her work. MABYN WALTON has left on an extended tour overseas. RUTH DART has travelled extensively in England and is now in America. PAM KERIN has a very interesting position as director of Maranga Kindergarten (Darwin). CLAIRE MINCHIN left on the Stratheden in August for further studies overseas. JOAN BENNEY (Anderson) and daughter also are on board the Stratheden bound for England to join her Navy husband for a few months. The best wishes of all Old Girls went with LYNDAL EDMISTON vvhen she sailed on the Otranto for England last August for further studies overseas. She is the first holder of .a Queensland University Scholarship to complete a three years ' Conservatorium course outside this State. She has been study- ing at the N.S.W. State Conservatorium in Sydney and last November was awarded an important scholarship, tenable for two years, at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Before she sailed, Lyndal gave a recital in the Albert Hall, Brisbane. MARGARET HERBERT is now at the Columbia Teachers ' College, New York, as a result of a scholarship grant by the American Association of University vVomen to cover a year's tuition and living expenses and a Fullbright grant to cover travel expenses. She is the only woman on the guidance staff of the Queensland Education DepartmfOnt. She will interpret Australian ways to the Americans and when she returns will explain American ways to Australian women. ViThilst overseas she will take her Master of Arts Degree. BARBARA JACKMAN nturned home in the Strathnaver .after sixteen months -overseas. 47