June 1921 School Magazine

RRISBANE GTRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE,

June,1921.

orously tr.aining for the athletic sports wh,ich are to be held next term. Our team came only second ,in the Bro'ckway Cup race, and ,we have lost the swimming pennant, but our baske,t-ball ancl our tennis teams have both been successful. 'We hope they wili do as well next half. Matches have ,been arr.angeil this year for the first time between our B tennis team and the R tennis teams of the other schools. The girls rvere most disap_ pointed, horvever, when their flrst ma,tch against Ipswich had to be put off owing to the rain,

On Anzac Day we plantecl trees in our Anzac Grove, in honour ol the soldiers who fought anrl died for us in the Great War. The t,ask of keeping u,p this cus,tom and carrying on the old school traditions in future years rests with those girls rvho are now in the lower school, ancl with the new giris who will enter the school after the holiclays. And whether they are working hard at lessons or practising for sports, let them not forget our mo'tto, "Nil Sine Labore.', For you the Captains groan beneath the weight Of Form Notes and the bn66in" poets muse Longing for thoughts sublime, for something gre,at To write about the subjects that they choose, -A,nd rtis for you we spencl our leisure time,: Seeking the baffling ancl elusive rhyme. 8.H., Form VI. "The first thing to be clone,,' saicl Roy, wisely, "is to get out of this creek into ttre bay; we wouldnrt be ilikely to catch many .0sh here." ,iyur," agreed Jack. .,you girls fix the lines while rve row; we,ve wa.sted half the morning already. " It was aftbrnoon when the open waters ot the bay were re,ached, antl the boys and Stelle eagerly began to wait for ',bites,, while Elsie settled herself com,fortaibly a,ncl began to read. The time slippecl by before the children were a/ware of it, but presently a,s the sun began to go doiwn they renlembered that thev were expectecl home bef ore dark. "We'll have to go,', said El,sie, shutting her book with a sigh. ,,We have a long walk, you know." . "Yes," agreed Jack_, ,but lcoking round he discoverecl to his disniay that one of the oers rya.s missing.

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To the Magazine.

As near the times of your appe,arance come, Amicl deep corrugation of the brow, We sit perplexed and thoughtful while we thrum Our metre on the desk. And eyen nor.w A half caught inspiration leaves us, then We groan again, anrl in our deep tlespair, Graspin,g in feverish hands our werary pen, We run our inks,tained llngers thro, our hair,

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A Holiday Adventure.

"I-Iere tve are at last," saicl Jack. ,,We haven't ta'kerr so long af ter al1; there's lhe boat, help ne push her into the rvater, Roy." "Righto," replliecl his brother, and thel' made their rvay along the maugrove-fringecl bank of the creek to the place where their boat had drifted. The two boys rvith their sister, her frienci, and their Iittle brother hacl decidect to spend the clay boating. A fe,w days previously the boat, .$hich haLl been safely anchored in the bay, had drifted away, but this morning the children were told that it had been seen stuck on the muddy benks of the .creek. The pla.ce men- tioned was a good distance from the co,ttage, rvhere they were spending their holiclays, but af ter a cleligh'tf uI, though somewhat lo:rg rvalk through the scrub, they found the boat, and were soon pushing off into the mucldy waters of the creek.