December 1957 School Magazine

December, 1957

Brisbane Girls ' Grammar School Maga:z:ine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magaxine

December, 1957

DEBATING CLUB NOTES The Debating Club activities have proceeded smoothly throughout the past year. The debate between VIA an~ VIB the semi-final and final debates, have yet to be held , the 'winner of the Third Form round was Ill B, of the Fourth Form , IVD, and the Fifth Form, VB IIIB and IVD debated the subject " That Australia is excessively devoted to Sport" , and the debate was w~n by IVD who as Third Formers last year made a very creditable effo~t . and were defeated by VI Form in the final debate . The Club wishes to thank Miss McNamara, Miss Green and Miss Paterson for their adjudications of these debates and special thanks go to Miss McNamara for all she has done for the Club this year . This year the School team challenged the State High School team and the teams debated the subject "That Y?uth Should lead the World". Our team which took the affirm- ative side , won the debate . Our thanks go to thos.e who participated, and those who helped to make it the enJoyable evening it was . We hope that next year will be another .su~cessful yea.r , and that the number of active members will mcrease stil l more . -H.L. , VB ART GRO·UP NOTES The inaugural meeting of the Art Group was held on 7th March this year and meetings were held frequentl y in the studi o. We had pleasant Outdoor Sketc~ing ~xcursions to the Botanical Gardens , Shorncliffe and Spnng Hill and ~o"': many members have added Outdoor Sketching to the1~ l1sts of favourite pastimes. Our very successful Art D1splay on Schoo l Day showed the high standard o f ~rt at B . ~.~.S . Eight of our entrants. won prizes awarded m compet1t1ons outside the School th1s year . Nanette Buchanan VIA-First prize in Pictl!re ~aking , Eisteddfod . First prize in Freehand Draw1ng, Eistedd- fod . Wendy Pope, VIA-Second prize in Picture ~aking.' Eistedd - fod . Second prize in Freehand Drawmg, E1steddfod . Barbara Harrap , VA-First prize in Designing ( 15, under 17) , Eisteddfod. 30

Janet Faulkner, VA-Second prize in Picture Making ( 15 , under 17) , Eisteddfod. Coralie Mitchell, VA-Second prize in Freehand Drawing ( 15, under 17) , Eisteddfod. Jill Patten, VIA,-First prize , "Sunday Mail" , Picture Mak- ing ( 15 , under 17) . Pam Walker, IIIC-Second prize, "Sunday Mail", Poster Design ( 13 under 15). Geraldine Wheeler , lilA-First prize, Royal National Show, Black and White drawing, School Section . We have , therefore , had a very successful year and we thank all those who have helped to mak·e it a success, par- ticularl y Miss Macmillan , Mr. Timmermans and Wendy Pope , the President of the Art Group. -C.M. VA CRUSADER NOTES As we enter upon the concluding meetings of the year , we wish to express our appreciation for permission given us to hold our meetings in IVD classroom each Friday lunchtime . These meetings are taken by one of the six team mem- bers , who lead the girls in chorus-singing, a short responsive Bible reading , and prayer . Our leader , Mrs . Fisher , then gives us a short talk on the practical aspects of the Chris- tian life . We have a total membership of fifty , with an average attendance of two-thirds that number. The Crusader camps this year have been held in par- ticularl y beautiful places-on the Toowoomba Range , in the Warwick countryside , and on a Bundaberg pony stud farm, overlooking the sea . We were represented in all camps . We are looking forward to a delightful week at the Lamington Hiking Camp in January. We were pleased to have with us a number of visiting guest speakers during the year , including our travelling secretary Miss Coad-Pryor ,- a missionary from India-Miss Allen , and Mrs. Staines. Our Association with Crusaders has played an import- ant part in our lives, both at home and at school, by helping us to apply our Christian principles to practical everyday living . -H. C. 31