July 1954 School Magazine

Tuly. 1954

Bris·bane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Tuly. 1954

CROSSWORD By V. Middleton., VI. Answers on page 30.

AN ELEMENTAL DRAMA. (With apologies to all scientists). Dramatis Personae : Na, CI, H and 0 atoms. Scene : The Depths of the Ocean. Enter CI (positively annoyed) with Na. CI: I simply won't stand for this Na . Once K took an e lectron from me but you may not. Na : What charge will you lay against me to the other atoms? CI : Larceny, and nothing will stop my action. Na: I don't believe you; you're a gassy fellow and waft around too much. CI: We'll see. Here come Hand 0. Na : Don't water down my spirits. CI: 0, be careful; whenever you, Na and H meet there is always a flare up and much steam is let off. It becomes very caustic. 0 : By the way CI, I saw your cousin Sal a few molecules away. CI: Sal? 0 : Yes, Sal Ammcniac. She seems to be very distressed. CI : Yes she must be. She and Ammonia became very heated, a few cays ago, and they have become separated. always thought Ammonia was a pungent fellow anyway. 0 : Yes, I noticed him with Litmus, some time ago. Litmus turned blue with anger. What are you and Na quarrelling about? CI: Na took an electron from me and I am quite ironed out. H : We'll have to fix this up somehow; Na and CI, if you must stay together you'll have a well-salted friendship. (Na and CI unite to fcrm NaCI merry-making causing much noise;. 0: That's attended to. I hope no current of events ever separates them again. Curtain. J. Winston, IV. B. 25

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12. - Caught yo,u! 13. Cleansers 14. People from the Desert We should hope that the revered gentle- men do not drink the gin 16. jam pie-but no cover 17. Race bugun by thG 20th letter 18. Agricultural implement the O'Hara 's in "Gone w ith the wind" 21. A subject lose s its hs ad. 22 . Dame Commander of the order of the Bri- !ish Empire 23. He treats animc b now 20. The home cf 15 ·

24 . A foreign law 25. Forgotten something 26. Not Mrs . or Miss DOWN l. Spying acre (anag.) 27. One of two across 28. Prefix 29. Where a bachelor's 31. As it sounds but th e spelling is most un- conventional - a dis- ease involving a cat. some Pitch and an in- flamed mucous mem- l:rane 32. There are plenty in this puzzle especially in spelling 33 . Surfeited 34. A lot of business men need them but not to sit on their knees 35. It is inconvenient even if not large 12. Reddish - brown but there ought to be a "Z" instead of the "S" 36. Highlander saying "A man" 37. Not exactly dancing a reel but it still sways from side to side 38. "The night d raws on-" 23. A page- but not in a book 20. Tit for- 39. Namely 21. Int. calling attention in the Oxford Dictionary

ACROSS

l. Ready for a "flipping" time? 2. The wide open spaces. -but not necessarily. 3. Kind of lighting 4. The first two vowels, tail on 7. Go back in again- sounds all right but the dictionary would not condone the spelling 8. He isn't well 9. Of citizens 10. Rhymes with swivel but howls about it l l. For example 5. Alma mater 6. · You

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