December 1956 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

December, 1956

BrisbaJ1,e Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

December, 1956

SWIMMING AND LIFESAVING NOTES

Owing to the hard work of Mrs. Jackson and her assistants, catalogues of the History and English sections of the Reference Library now exist. Many new books have been added to this section of the library. Among these books is Australian Literature (extended to 1950) by E. Morris Miller, M.A., and edited with an historical outline by Frederick T. Macartney. This book has been said to be invaluable as a reference book for students and people with library interests. Miss Elliott has said that there has been an improvement in use of the books available to Thirds and Fourths in their Form Libraries . The number of books in each Form Library has been increased this year. Members of the school thank Mrs. Boulton for her generous gift of books to the fiction and reference sections of the librarY. To those Old Girls and friends who gave books to the library during the past year, we express our appreciation, and remind those girls leaving school this year, that the donation of a book to the library is a fine tradition to maintain. As a point of interest, two representaitves calculated the number of books in the Fiction Library to be 1200. This means that to each of the 500 girls in the school there are two books available . Many do not take full advantage of all offered them. Next year, much more use should be made of all sections of the library . All members of the Library Committee have worked inter- estedly and well; we especially thank Penelope Rogers who has done good work as Treasurer; Marjorie Neil, who has been ·responsible for the cataloguing and entering of all new books into the Fiction Library, and Joy Rackemann, who has been the most enthusiastic and helpful of the Book-binding Committee, and Janice Pollard who gave up so much time in trying to solve the problem of lost books. This year, the foundation stone of the new building to house the Library was laid. We look forward to the day when greater opportunity for more and enjoyable reading will be afforded the members of the Girls' Grammar School.

After a very successful and enjoyable season of trammg under the guidance of Miss Marks, the team succeeded in being placed fourth in the Inter-school Swimming Carnival this year. We extend our heartiest congratulations to Clayfield College on their well deserved win. Swimming blues were awarded to Barbara Bell, Elizabeth Jessup and Robyn Johnson, and pockets to Wendy Churchill, Roslyn Mathers, Jill McDonald and Merridy Sands for their success in individual events. The Inter-form Swimming Carnival this year was held at the Boys' Grammar pool and we congratulate IVc, the winners of the Lieutenant Colonel Plant Cup and Va, who came second and won the Burrell Cup for relay. Shortly after the Inter-schoool Swimming competition, our Lifesaving team competed for the McWhirter Cup. This was won by Clayfield College with 84.6 points, while our team was placed fourth with 75.15 points. We congratulate Clayfield College on their win and thank Miss Marks for her co-operation and help. The members of the team were Erica Deaville, Elizabeth Jessup,

Y.H., Secretary

Yvonne Harris, as can be judged by her report, has been an efficient and co-operative secretary and we appreciate her work very much. - D .M.T.

SWIMMING AND LIFESAVING TEAMS. Swimming Captain : Judith Histed. Lifesaving Captain : Moya Colledge. 23

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