July 1967 School Magazine

Erisbans Girls, Grammar School Magazine

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Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

JulV, 196f

1967

THE OTHER IMAGINATION But when imagination comes lor baunting It_-neaer stops; relentless, taunting, AII nigbt it grates inside your braln 4 -small rau hole ol straigled pain, Till you canftot bear to liie adin ' Or rasp another breath. It londles your aching heart to d.eath \Y/,ith sw.eet dreams ol thines that mieht haae been, t ptngs tfiTagtned, neoer seen.

DID YOU KNO\,V_OF THESE COINCIDENCES REGARDING PRESIDENTS LINCOLN AND KENNEDY? Both Presidents were concerned with civil rights issue. Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960. Both Presidents' wives lost children through death rvhile family resided in \X/hite House. Both President's v/ere slain on a Friday, in their wives' plesence and both were shot through the head from behind. The assassins Booth and Oswald were both southerners fav- ouring unpopular ideas. ^ 1. 2. 3. 5. Lincoln's secretary named Kennedy advised him not to go to the theatre where he vras slain. Kennedy's secretary named Lincoln advised him not to go to Dallas. Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran into a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran into a theatre. 10. Both Presidents were succeeded by a man named Johnson, both of whom were Southern Democrats, who *ere members of the Senate. 11. Andtew Johnson was born in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908. 12. The names Lincoln and Kennedy both contain 7 letters. 13. The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswaid each contain 15 letters. 14. The names Andrevz Johnson and Lyndon Johnson contain 1 J letters. 15. The cet' Kennedy 'nvas shot in was a Lincoln. HOl\,' I LOST IT I am an old dog now. I cannot run as fast as once I could, and the hairs on my muzzle are turning silver. I have a com- fortable life; my owner is kind and my home is good. I am useless now, because of the pains in my legs, but I can remember rvhen I was groomed and petted and praised, when I had the joy 9. -Contribution from VB- 6. 7. 8. Both assassins v/ere murdered before facing trial. Booth was bom in 18J9, Oswald in 1939.

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SOLUTION (on Page 53).

-MARILYN BITOMSKY, VIB

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