December 1955 School Magazine

:Brisbane Girls ' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1955

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 195S.

.sent overseas and we hope they will bring pleasure to those who receive them in England. At the Albert H all, in July, the school held a very success- ful concert in which many Fourth-formers took part. \Vith .an operetta and a play among the items, we saw what a lar ge :tmo·unt of artistic talent there is in the school. Sweets made and so1d by the girls helped make the evening "stick" in our memories. \~T e have had an interesting sporting year, beginning with the swimming carnival held in the B.G.S. pool during fir;;t term. Congratulations to VI form on gaining first place, also to Judith Baxter of IVD who won the Diving Cup. Fourth Form was well represented in the school team at the Inter- School Swimming Carnival by Judith Baxter, Natalie Clarke, -Erica Deaville, Elaine Howe, Meryl Hughes and Diane Tate while Judith Cornish and Erica Deaville were in the team for the Inter-School Lifesaving. The Inter-form athletics held in July were won by IIID with IVB runner -up. Many Fourths were members of the School Athletics Team and pockets were awarded to Patr icia Budd, Natalie Clarke, J oan Farquharson, Sandra Few, Mar- garet Geach, Wendy Hughes, Beverly Nimmo·, Judith Rowe, Janice Tunstall and Vena Wh ite. IVD won the ]i'ourth-form round in Inter-form Basketball, ln1t were defeated by V who succeeded in takin g the Basket- ball Honour from VI form. In tennis, IV gained the semi- fina ls, but VI form won the finals. All these matches were cl osely contested, and we congratulate the team members whose go·od sportsmanship made these matches such a success. Mary and J anice Finlayson and Dorothy 0 'Meara were suc- cessful in gaining places in school tennis teams while Ann Thomas, Pamela Rogers and Kay Vallee gained places in the School Basketball teams. Throughout t he year Fourth Form teams have taken part in several inter-form debates. IVB were successful against IIID in a most interesting debate on the subject "That the Metric System Should Be Adopted, ' ' thus ~inning the junior section. Previously we invited a Fourth Form team from the lJoys' school to• debate on the subj ect, " That All Schools Should Be Co-educational." Other clubs have been well attended and enjoyed by us; too, and we are grateful to the Mistresses and girls who organized them. 14

Finally we send our best wishes to all who are sittino· for the Public Exarninations. May they reap the results ol' two years' honest hard work under t he expert tuition and o·uidance of our Mistresses to whom we all extend our sincerest thanks. To Miss Crooks, Members of Staff and to you all , we ex- tend the r,om}Jliments of the season. ' THIRD FORM NOTES The first year at our n ew school is quickly drawino- to a close . 'vYe have made new friends, learnt new lessons, l~layed sport and have had three very happy terms. The first important event was the Inter-form Swimmino" Carnival. In this IIIE proved to have the best Third Fori~ t eam .by gaining second place. \Ve offer our congratulations to Elizabeth J essup of IliA, Merridy Sands of IIIC and Bar- bara Bell of IIIE who were awarded blues for their outstand- ing performances in the Inter-school Swimming Carnival. IIID carried away ~h e I nter-form Athl etics Cup, and afte1· the Inter-s?hool Athletics, Pamela ~Thittington of IIID ancl Gl~nda ~emgl e of IIID we re awarded blues; Pamela also gamed th1rd place in the Telegraph Blue for Athletics. In t he Inter-form Basketball IliA won the final of t he Third Form matches while IIIE won the Third Form Tennis. Third Forms were well repeesentecl in school teams. Jill Wetherell of IIID and J ocelyn Beak of IliA were chosen to· play in the A Basketball t eam; Helen Pickburn of IIIA, Juanita Turner-Jones of IliA, Noela Carr of IliA and Patricia Stephen- son of IIID were chosen for the B Bask etba ll team· Judith Smith of IIIB played in the B Tennis team. IIID won the Third Form Debate but were unsu ccessful against the Fourth Form. The School Concert was held during second t eem and all Third Forms were represented in the cho-ir. During second term, the girls worb:, d hard makino· ruo·s: ~hich hav_e bee~1 sent to England. vYe hope th~t some ~)eople m need Will gam a gr eat deal of pleasure from them. _Rosemary Johnson of IliA, who came first in the Portr-ait Section of the ' 'Sunday Mail ' ' Child Art Competition deserves our hearty congratulations. · ' , . We '':ish the J~mi~rs and Seniors the very best of luck in Lheir commg exanunatwns, and those who are leaving school, every success in t he future. A Merr-y Christmas to all. 15