December 1955 School Magazine

December, 1955

December. 1955

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

MISS CATNACH'S VISIT TO THE SCHOOL Early this term Miss Catnach, a former Headmistress of the Putney County School for Girls in England, paid a visit to the Schooi. She described the English education system where less emphasis is placed on formal examinations than we know in Queensland. Miss Catnach related in a vivid manner t he E.xperiences of her school when it was evacuated and how it continued under war-time conditions. It was heartening to learn· how this constructive work was carried out in a time of devastation. Miss Catnach told us, too , how she received the Order of Commander of the British Empire, and took us to Buckingham Palace with hE.r, step by step to the Throne Room where the investiture was held by the Duke of Gloucest er . The School thoroughly enjoyed Miss Catnach 's visit. VI FORM NOTES (With apologies to D. H. Lawrence) Next year, sitting in our places, vVhen this year's Sixth, now behind the desks in Sixth Form Room, Departs, and the School is taken by surprise . . \'Then Minerva's solemn brow no longer f rowns upon our valiant efforts Bright rugs designing . . vVhen under the streamers of the decorated hall A milling crowd enters by the door , dress ed in their best , Ag·ainst the current of excited guests Look in, and you'll see old facE.s With n ew-found Virtue shining. Babbling with bobbing of clarkheads " braving the bhmclers" together. A circle swoop, and a swift delivery into the far corner By our well-known ch ampions, 'Twas thus Sixth Form team won the tennis match- and we won the swimming too- Mid cheers from supporters. Congratulations To Fifth and Three D on their wins. Dark clays are looming Not dropped upon us yet, 10

A flick, a flutter , an ear-rending scrape of the pen, And all know that Senior's coming soon But what's better than holidays after it's over? Best wishes all !

' ' Sixths ~ ~ ' ' "Fifths!!!!" ' ' The Sixth Form has gone

" To Miss Croo·ks. Miss Macmillan, the staff, for their aid, we wish Merry Christmas, health and good cheer . Res ting-time. Farewell to t he School! Good luck to the Fourths in their Junior examination, To those who'll return next year and becomE. the fai thful Fifths of 'fifty-six. V FORM NOTES, 1955 This is station B.G.G.S. commen cing tonight's broadcast from the laboratory here on Garden Road and relaying through our dingy studio in Main Parlour Avenue, directly opposite Headquarters . Our subject for tonight's broadcast is called "A Sample of J_.ife in Battalion 5.' ' It is the story of a. group of young greenhides, who fo r one year were marched from one site to anothtr , worked to utter exhaustion with total disregard for their per son al feelings and harried by bawled instructions from Senior officers and Commanders. Nine o'clock is the beginning of a long, weary clay for these recruits. All are gathered together , lecturecl on the day's t'Ou t ine and sent off to the strains o·f a thumping band, t o com- mence their work. To open the day's schedule, something easy ( n' for example, finding the dewpoint or na.ding the barometric pressure is set them as an encouraging foretaste of the work to ccme (?! n. Then they embark on a. much more complicated subjE.ct, that of modern warfare, that i s, the hand- ling of proj ectiles and atomic bombs which brings in danger- ous work on dynamics, calculus, trigonometry, atomic theories and activities of bodies - speaking o·f activities of bodies, there are the Senior officers, Maclean and Jackson, shouting orders for all rtcruits to take part in some type of strenuous 11 Not farewell! Au revoir , best wishes, happiness. Sixth!!