December 1957 School Magazine

December, 1957

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School MagaZ"ine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1957

The concert was greatly enjoyed, In which both forms were well employed ;

We are the very model of the modern Junior Candidate , We know the inside working of the latest Russian " satellate", We know the kings of England , information gained from study late, And we have to know the rest before a certain date. As some day it may happen, inspiration must be found, We 've got a little list , we've got a little list , Of forms which have won places , and so have become renowned, Next year they will be missed, next year they will be miss~d . There's IVD which beats other forms in tennis and debates , They also topped the swimming with R. Johnson and her mates; R. Johnson and R. Mathers (who's a member of IVE) , Were rewarded with school blues because they swam so speedily ; And IVF with its sprinters-yes, we really must insist , That many will be missed, that many will be missed. Then the IVB serenaders, of the Fourth they won first place In the Choral Competition-we've got them on the list. And IVC won the basketba II but Ill B trumped their ace- Next year we ' ll all be missed, next year we ' ll all be missed . Then the idiot who praises with enthusiastic tone, All girls who try to study hard and won't leave work alone , And the girls who went to the Junior Dance and dressed to catch the eye , And who, "don't think they could Conga, but would rather like to try". And IVA's Glenis Donaldson the new 220 ran. (They'll all of them be missed, they'll all ,of them be missed . ) Once we sat in solemn silence, at the closing of the day, In a crowded, darkened theatre all were dressed in bright array; There we witnessed the performance of our well-known Junior Play, Which we watched with ceal enjoyment, we are very glad to say . We may have been in this crammed year a little problem- atical, · Not well enough acquainted with all matters mathematical ;. We here announce these wishes in our tones the most e·mphatical- .. We hope we and the Sixth Form in exams. won ' t be erraticalr 15

VB shone at music, VA turned dramatic ; Our efforts, in fact, we applaud . VA, we next have to report, Quite slaughtered poor VB at sport, For, in basketball They overcame all; In athletics, though, both the teams fought . In singing, songbirds of VB, Gained second position with glee , However VA Came next on that day, So Fifth-formers all were happy.

We have Sixth Form to thank for the Dance , When most of us welcomed the chance To titivate, dress up In frillies and make up, To twirl and to mince and to prance. The Third and Fifth Forms went one day , To hear the Symphony Orchestra play ; In spite of the heat We agreed 'twas a treat,

T 0 spend half a day in that way. Those of us who study zoology Enjoyed our excursions immensely, Our bugs, worms and slugs, In bottles and jugs, Are proof of our searching intensely.

The end of the year is now near, And examinations that we fear; So every good wish To Fourth and to Sixth: And to the whole school-Christmas cheer!

FOURTH FORM NOTES (With all apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan)

·With aspect stern And gloomy stride We came to learn- But hope has died. 14