December 1956 School Magazine

December, 1956

December, 195S

BrisbaJl,e Girlsi Grammar School Maqazine

'Brisba:Qe Girls' Grammar School Ma.:;razine

At the beginning of the year six team members were chosen. Members of the team take it in turn to conduct the meetings. Early in the year a film, "God the Creator," was shown after school on a Friday instead of the lunch hour meeting. We have been visited by manY speakers, one of whom was Miss Turner of the British Syrian Lebanese Mission. Other speakers were Mr. John Moody, B.A., who belongs to the School of Linguistics, Mrs . Chenoweth, our former leader, Miss Alleyne, lecturer in Social Studies at the University, and Miss King, a staff worker of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship. Crusader Camps, held during all vacations, have played an important part in the lives of Grammar Crusaders who have attended them. The May Camp was held at Tamborine with Mrs. Fisher as Commandant. Nine girls went to Warwick for the August Camp. In January a Camp will be held at Lamington. At one meeting, some of the girls who went to Warwick spoke on Camp Memories . Before the end of term, a presentation of badges and certificates will take place. Grammar Crusaders were represented at two important Crusader gatherings, the Com- bined Rally and the Picnic. We feel that Crusaders have played an important part in our school lives by helping us to applY our Christian principles to practical everyday living, at school, at home and in our churches. -J.Z. In the beginning the meetings were held fortnightly but are now held every Tuesday during the lunch hour. There are two study groups led by Miss Campbell and ~iss Wy~ey ..we ~ave been studying St. Luke's Gospel and some mterestmg d1scuss10ns have arisen from this studY which has proved helpful to many members. The Rev . Gregory Needham presented badges to a number of girls in second term. These badges are in the form of small blue crosses and denote membership of the World Student Christian Federation. Members of the Movement have attended Interschool evenings during tne year organised by the Schools Committee and a combined camp was held at Tallebudgera in the August holidays . Although membership has been small this year we hope that when the Movement becomes established the numbers will grow. -M.G. STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT NOTES The Brisbane Girls' Grammar School branch of the Student Christian Movement began in first term this year.

a one-act play and III and V Forms will also present one-act plays . Before play night we are hoping to purchase some light- ing equipment. We would like to extend our thanks to Miss Munro and other members of the staff who have helped and encouraged us through- out the year. -J.R., VII> SCIENCE CLUB NOTES Take a large group of Grammar School girls, add a number of prominent guest speakers and mix we11. To the mixture add some girls who volunteered to give short talks and perform unusual experiments; mix thoroughly again and what have you? The B.G.G.S. Science Club. This year has been another very enjoyable one from all points of view. We have held our meetings regularly every fourth Thursday, and the attendances have always been good, especially when we have had a guest speaker. Our guest speakers have included Mr. S. B. Watkins, the Government Analyst, who spoke to us about the "Work Done in the Government Chemical Laboratories," which was of great value to girls wishing to make analytical chemistry their career; Mr. Puregger, who told us about the purification of Brisbane's water supply, which gave us an insight into what is being done behind the scenes to safeguard our health; and Mr. Mack, Curator of the Queensland Museum, who told us about an expedition into the Atherton Tableland to obtain specimens, some of which he brought to show us how rich in animal life Australia is . Our thanks go too, to Mrs. Powell , who told us about her work with metals during the war to make alloys suitable for ships, and alsc to those girls who gave us interesting talks and performed short experiments . As you can see 1956 has been an excellent year for us , and we thank all those who have worked to make it so successful especially Miss Crooks, Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Ryland. ' -K.B., YL CRUSADER NOTES For most of the year Crusader meetings, under the leader- ship of Mrs. L. C. Fisher, B.Sc., have been held during Friday lunch hour in Sixth Form room, but our meeting-place has now been changed to Ilia Form room, where the piano is used to accompany our chorus singing. Most meetings have been well attended .

33

32