December 1957 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December 1 1957

December, 195'7

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Maga2:ine

CURRENT EVENTS An innovation this year was School Day. A combin- ation of Parents' Day and Old Girls ' Day, it proved a great success. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. England, Mrs. England, Miss Lilley, and many old girls and parents were present. Matches were played between Past and Present Pupils, the Past Pupils winning the "A" Tennis . The Parents and Friends Association arranged the Afternoon Tea and other stalls , and each form displayed and sold articles made by the girls. The proceeds of the day enabled the Library Fund to be completed. Mr. Brandon came again to adjudicate the Choir Com- petition for the R. T. Jefferies Memorial Prize. Miss A. E. Jefferies was present and presented the print of Picasso 's " Girl with a Dove" to the winning form, VIA. At the Interform Sports the competition was keen. Mrs. T E. Bain , President of the Old Girls ' Association pre- sent-ed the trophies . Our congratulations to IIIC on their win. We hope this is an omen that the Stephens Cup brought home from the Inter School Sports for the first time in seven years , will remain with us. In Inter-School Tennis and Basketball our teams reached the finals and won the " B" Grade Tennis and Basketball Pennants. In the Inter-Form matches VA was victorious in bas ketball , while VIA won the tennis . Swimming has begun again and Mis~ Rooney is coaching many girls for their Bronze Life Saving Medallions. Si xth and Fifth Forms were given the opportunity to see the Elizabethan Theatre Trust 's production of " Hamlet " and all enjoyed Paul Rogers' interpretation of Hamlet as a man of action thwarted by circumstances rather than the irresolute melancholy thinker to which we are accustomed. This year all the clubs have been very active as can be seen from their notes . Third and Fifth •Forms attended an Orchestral Concert for Schools in the City Hall. This concert was conducted by Sir Bernard Heinze, the oriqinator of Youth Concerts in Australia. One very enjoyable item was "A Walk Through the Orchestra " in which various instruments were explained . Now, with the Jacaronda trees in flower everyone realises examinations are close and another school year is nearly at an end . 10

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