Giddy and guileless Grammar Girls Cartoons

Mary-Jane Hickey’s 1966 sketch perhaps reveals that future in this rendition of the overburdened Grammar Girl: academic demands in the maths book, encyclopedia; sporting commitments with tennis racquet, balls, and golf clubs; not to mention personal needs as seen in the hairbrush, hand lotion, and an apple to keep hunger at bay. Other students and bits of uniform appear to spill out of oversize ports and perhaps, for the first time, we come across the new style of bag for sports regalia, a precursor of current general school bags, with the School logo clearly visible.

1966 Artist Mary-Jane Hickey from the Doreen Thomas Album Collection