June 1923 School Magazine
Brisbane Girls' G•·atruuaz School.
rfhe Magazine · of the Brisbane Girls' (;rammar School. Editorial. T HE last half-year has been a very lbusy and interesting one, and has .I As a practical lesson in voting, moek elec- tions were held iu.'!t ·betore the exa.ms., partie~ were formed, representatives nomin- ated !rom each electorate, party platform• drawn up, electoral rolls ·prepared, and secr~t voting by 'ballot arranged. It Is worth); ' · ~~ note that only thr.ee votes were inlor I jects, V•I . and V. Forms adopted the Dalton system of study, •and found it quite worka.ble for Eng!ISih and ·Modern History, ·but no one sllows any enthu.si~sm in its favour, when 1t is mentioned in •connection ·wit:h lan-gua~es and mathematics. vVe are too conscious or our own 1 1 imitations. During the ·first term, a co.mmittee or r\e·le- gates from every tOl' n> was appointed to dis- euss the qu·estion of a school uniform. A ch-ai-l'man and secretary were el·ected , nt•Jtion R proposed, second<>d, and .put to the vote, and minnte.s kept, in a .business-li~e manner. Many wise proposals ·have ·been passed to ar- ran.ge lor every detail o! a school uniform , and we should !ioke to take this opportunity of remin1ling the ~chool tiJat au new ~elw:.l I } ·. /1 I • 3 BR1SBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE . June, 19·23. june, 1923 . BRISBANE Gl!RLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. Notes. other mistres!::ieS have taken us to One rrreo Hill and to d·ifferent beauty spots or Bris•bane. Instead of ·knitting slip-[Jer.s this year ::-:;carves are the v-ogue, and there i:; '~ chC?ice ''·at·iety or colours among them. People .passin.g he-re u11 .Saturday night" might wonder as lo the re>tsou of the s·ho~ts and litugMer issuing from the inside or Lhc· building--the excited •boarders are playiu~.: ping-pong. During tlhe wet weather, which prevenle(l us from goin-g outside itller tea, IVI"iss -M~ckay read us the story of Cranlotcl, w-hich was very delight!ul. Many are eounting the days and even the hour-s till the ·holidays, to whic:h we all are loakin·g ro·rwanl with great expectations. pass over her lace. They seem to kiss t.he golden orb ·and then urearniJ.y float on . But soon they gather, and . more and more come, until t 1 he moon anc~ stars are · hidd~n and the sky is clark. Rain -b0gins to fall, and the tllluHler roars as though to fo:·.IJid the moon to come rorth again. It seems that the moon will ·be seen no more that night . But soon the sh<>wer passes, the clouds slowly drill away ancl the· stars shine r.orth once more. And then the ·moon in au ~1er dory shines forth upon the earth beneath . P.H., IV. D. Boarders' '!'lui Boarders this year are well repre- se·nted in the basket ball and tennis teams, although we are so few; ·but none seem to shine at s-wimming. Miss Lockington is coaching \U:i in 'ba.::!ket ball, ·anU we hotle to have quite a creditable team wit•h whieh to race the day g-irls at the end or the season. Owin~::;)·o the frenuent matches on our courts, ou·.r .Saturday afternoons have l>een spent at home, as those who are not tean1 girls are very interested in watching· the nard-fought contests. We s·hall be very sorry to lose Doris next term, as she ha.s been here a consideraible time, and has won a Illace in the B te:.1111 of both basket ball aud tennis . ~wo very enjoy-a-hie pienics were spent at Sand·gale · last term with Miss Wall, and our 1t is nigb.t and all is still save .for the sound or the wind in the trees. M·illions ol stars twinkle in the heavens and soft 1V1hile clouds fioat dreamily -across. The moon has not yet risen ·but the patch ol light in the east heralds 11er approac:h. Then the clouds on the borizon become li!>·!led with gol offer our congl'atulations to the successful candidates in the Junior and ·Senior, especi- ally t<> Jessie .Stephenson, rwho is the first girl to bead the li~t in the Senior. Not only has she had ·a ,wonderful series of scholasl.!c succes~es , ·CO!mmeucing ·with the :winning of the Byrnes' nledal in the Junior, ,but she alsD represented the school in swim))l·_illg, ·l!asket ball," ~nd a~hletics. Jessie ls :·· ·wholl:Y a 'Grammar School •p roduct, for she Gall\e to us whe11 she was quite -a little >girl. We .wlah her great success in the very difficult cours,, she is und~rtaklng ;>.t •the Un·i-versity. We have also to congratul-ate Lexie ·Drake on winning the Mackinlay Scholar~Ship, and Katharine :McGregor and Un-a •Morris on tal<- ing their B.·A.'s 1with ·honours. The~-~ · fine e:> vantage::s of .po::u::~esslng a school ,s·wimming bath. We realise, .however, the >mpossi·bi!- ity ot achieving It unaided, -and the most sanguine of us hope against hope that some ki ndly millionaire will take pity on us, and provide the where;withal. At the invitation o! Vhe B_qy,~· (iraml!nar Hchool, we wer~ present at the lay!n·g o! the foundation stone o! th-e War . Memorial · I,Lln·a•·r, tC~ward -·--**-- The Moon. "T·he wisest thing·s, .Is the 1work that lies under his nose, •Wi·Vh the tools that lie under ·his hand." --**-- Honouring· the Anzacs. A choir wa.s .formed by .members ,f rolll the · B'OYS' and Girls' Granunur Sr.;hool.s, \'¥"hich rendered Kipling'1s Recessional and other ap- propriate lllUSic during the afterno·on. Anzac Day was observed in London by an impressive memorial service, ancl ftoral tr>bu:tes were paid to our Australi-an solc\iers. The ce11tre wrea•th was cqmposed or real Aua-· tralian golden wattle. Sir Joseph Oook pre- sented a wrea-th of Australian tiger lilies. un which was inscribed, "In gloriou'S me.mory of the Anzacs who fell tor their country un April 25th, 1923.' ' The heroic l-anding of our soldiers proved that Australians are to be depen-ded up•on to help their mother country in her hour ot ueed. N. C. (Commercial). -**- Our Form. It o-ften drives tls nearly crazy, And makes our urains feel rather hazy . I think a better plan would be, (If we coul!l make the teachers see), To quit the rooms these sunny hont·s. Aud sport ourse·lves in nature'.s b9wers. M. Cri·l>b, L. Ill, We are a lorm ol 10 in all, Who love to play tennis and baske t ball; Hut F"rench, Algebra, Latiu, and Hi;tory . Seenl to us the Inost nerve-1'~\cking lllJ !::ite1'Y . In ::~umrnrn· time our roout ·is lJn~ezy- When winter comes it's fearfully ft:eezy- - ( : BRISBA)' June, 1923. ukiSBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR· SClH)OL MAGAZiN.El. June, 1923. Much Ado AbotJt Nothing. giving the co:w a final pat, we departed still laughlx>g. Anon. So great wa.s our relief 'that we laughed loudly and heartily. Laug·hecl at the cow, at one ano(.her, at everything, u.ntil the whol laughed heartily at her, and when she round she had no bones broken, she joined in. Weak with laughter we cautious1y sat on an o1d battered couch. This, •hapJ!ily, _heltl us. The moon \\-·as risen nO'.w, and, through thi..! open door we could see the little clouds scudding across its su rface. The moonlight served as a lamp, lor although both ol u~ hac! our bike lamps neither had brought matches. We lay down on the couch and spoke scarcely at all . After a whill' we went to sleep. Suddenly I was ruwakeued l>Y heavy root- steps in the other room. Then I heard·· a dull thud, as or a falling ·body, and then silence. "Ethel! Ethel!" 1 whispe·red, and shook her. · "What's up?" she murmured sleepily. Then I shook her again and begged l]er to wake up and listen. ThLS s·he did. We beard faint breathiiig, W·hich sometimes became so laint that we could scarce1y heat: it at all. Although we were very anxious to know what was in the next room neither of us dared to investig~te. · ' To g:o to sleep after that was impossible. Wide a wake we Jay there hardly daring to · breathe . The back door, which Jed into the other room, creaked and slammed, and the eerie cr.y of the curlew sent shivers dOown my back. · Then ca•me a movemellt from the other side or the partition. I drew close-r to Ethel . and ;;taretl at the doorway. f-IO'wever, nothing ·a,ppeared. A!ter some minutes ol awful silence I concluded that, whatever it was, it hact de·cidecl not to slrow itself. Time dragged fearfully. As soon as clay- light came we stealthily arose, au '"It's clearing up, Ethel," ·I ·shouted, "we can go for a ride atter all ." Togetller we got our bi-kes, and were soon speed·if\g menily along. After 'about a quarter of an hour, we came to the creek, w~1ich we forded on our bikes, lor it was only a few inches deep . On and on we went. This was our fav- ourite ride and we had often picnicked here for a whole (Editor's N'ote.-'Wllat were parents doing i.n the· meanti~me?) --**-- The Story of the Jacaranda. ,I ,, ,:;:\,. ln the " early spring when all the tree:; unda were amazed to see her •breaking out in- began to burst out into new green shoot• , the to blossoms which in the course of time be- jacaranda stood stark and naked. When the came ·beauti'!ul lavender bells. I I When l'hs fairy made her next visit. shi!' said to the ja-caranda, ''Your tlowe11s are not to •be picked, but as th ey fall your bells w!.JI riug and call all the fairies to their midnrg t revels. They will use your fallen ftowers as a car-pet on which to dance." ·'l'he jacarand!J. than'ked the fairy tot;' this great honour, and said she was glad she could no'w give pleasure to the sprites or Fairy- land. '!'he jacaranda lost her ftowers at the ·be- ginning of summer, but instea,d or bells tha branches were covered with green 1e11ves, which helped to make a ·beautiful shade in which weary trave.Jlers could rest. P.E..P., IV. B. "Ha! lla!" cried the ·kookalJurra, wiping his eyes; "How a·bout t'he winter, when the basket•ball Hes On a court surrounded bY laughing .girls, All sporting and merry with straight hail• and curls?" Then the wise old oiwl ·heaved a montrous sigh: ""'l'llat wouldn't do me, I'm a~raid. I 'm to.o shY. . I'll have to stay here in . this lovely, green tree, Sleeping and wakin 1 g: , careless and free ." 'l'hen Vhe ·kookruburra laughed and rulllerl h-is wings, li'lew through the air, saying pointe!} things , Ant! the owl remainetl on his perch all d;!Y. Not caring at all ror song or play . L. G., IV. B. ~'airy of Spring came round to see how all the trees were managing with their young leaves she . found the jacaranda crying. Being- -very kind-hearted she as keel her what w a" the matter. The jacaranda replied: "Kind li"airy , all the tree-s o.f the B u::;h shun -me, and say 1 am a disgrace because I am bal'e or leaves in svrlng. 1 am a tall anti shady tree when there are leaves on my branches, bu ~ 1 am u·gly without them." The !airy promised to remedy this , :-:;aying· ·she would make her prettier than her neigh- bours. In a few weeks the sc_orners of the jaear- A kooka•bnrra sat in a gum tree tall, Lau·glling, till lli·s lau.gh resounded through all . 'l'hen t.urni,;g to a wise old owl, he said, "Aren't you up yet, old sleepy-head?" Tile <>WI shook out il llu!ly grey feather, Warm and tlry iu all sort;; of weather. Wibh a grunt he ans•wered the kookal.>urra rude, "Why should I get UJJ "I I've had my rood."' Then the other bird cocked his perky heail, And with ~ puzzled frown , nodded and said. "What would you do if yon went to school, · You couldn't lie ther~ . keeving nice and cool. 11 'fhe ow1 1 with a yawn, ope·necl one ~lee1)Y f~yc, Antl replied. in a voice. or laziness ::;ly, "'I'd be the basltet-bal!, Lheu J could staY, Resting "II summer, from day to day." BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. June, 1923 . June, 1923 . BRISBANE GXRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE 7 I Notes. Sports i! she <:ould cat-ch the lball instead o~ h·itting it. 1\furgaret i• a good back; she stands round the . opposing thrower well and knows to who•m to pass ·her .ball an SWL.)DJING NOTE~. Our swimming team ha·s not ·been at all successf.ul this year . \Ve were beaten in the Brocklway Cup, and came third in t•he int·er- school carn ival. We are hoping to do bt-t t e r next year, as there are a num1ber of proinising sw•im'mers in the third for.ms, and per haps there will be some amongst the new girls who ocome in after the holidays. It will •be necessary ·tor us to put in som e har-d practice when the season opens i! we wish to be successful in any event, because our captain left during the year . At the e!ld of the year •we w!ll 'hold our annual ::;wimn1ing carnival.. Last year Six th Form won the Burrell CnJl , but this time the fourth forms 1will have · a hard fight for it. and an oran.ge tree, and now Koong Shee sit; all day gazin·g at the orange blo ssoms . Poor Chang wishes to send her a .letter. but, alas! how is he to do it? At length he has a ·bright idea. On seein~ a cocoanut he picks it u,p and opens it . Ha puts a note iooide and !its a sail to it and then, placing it on the water, watches it fl oa t to his s weetheart , who sends an an~w e r . ·bael< to him, saying i( he is .brave enough to come and retch her, she. is willing to flee w,Itlt him. !Chang hesitates not a minute. hut goes across a nd brings her back. But, all! what a pity! Jus t a s they are crossing the bridge Which spans the stream beside Which g'l'OWS the famous willow tree , the mandarin se es them and chases them with a whip. They 15et ·away, however, and live happily together, till one d.ny the ri ch man who wanted to marry Koong Shee, finds the ir · home a ncl b11rns it, a nd no more is heard of Chang anti his wife . This is the •·nmantie little story which t he picture on the willow pat.tern c: hina tell < u<. M.S .W:, IV. ll. BA5KET BA'LI, NOTES. •At the •beginning o! the year the prospects o·r the Basket Ball •ream were not very •chc·ar- tul, as G·wen and Everil •were the only ones left trom last year 's team. The old girls . however, came to the !ore, and challenged us, thus ·giving us excellent ·pract·ice. A team waa successful, but B team, arter a hard fi.gbt was 1beaten. Nevertheless, the B.'s are not disheartened as they 'had nearly all ole! A team people a·gainst them. 'The lower .school has not started tlractl s- ing, and amongst them are some very prol)l- isin·g players . They must remember that the future teams are to be picked ·!rom the!ll. The ~oalers amongst them might also remem- ber the old ·prover.b "Practice make.s perfect." •Our than~s are aJ.so due to the ·boarde•·s ror hel:pin.g with the artern·oon tea on Sat- urday afternoons; now, however, we have ar- ranged for the day girls to come and do their share. The other schools •must haV'e admired our costume last year, as "Imitation is tll~ sincerest .form a.r flattery." 'We won our .firsi two matches against tlte High •School and St. Margaret's, but the very thrill!ng ·game against Ipswich ended in a draw. HO 1.'ENNL'> NOTES. The annual Old Girls' match .was played ·oil All ril 28th on a perfect afternoon , and resulted in a win f.oc them. All the same it was very · good •practice !or us as their te·am conta:ined two interstate players. Thi• year the vlayers in A lean:' (O.G. ) wet·e Mrs. Roe, Mi~s Haymen, Miss •&powers, . and Miss Lilley, and it was .good to see these old school champions .playing again on the court where t•hey had triumphed ail scl10ol git·ls, and to hear tlieir encoura.ging appreciatiott at the play o! their successors, who were very proud to · play with ' 'Inte·r- states .'' 'The B team (O.G.) cons·isting o! Miss Drnke, Miss Hart, Miss W·a:rr·a:ker, and Miss D ~- Matches (1st halt). ,, 32 B.G.H.S. B .G.G.S. 16 B .G.G.S. B.G:G.S. 14 10 27 18 36 Girls A ·Girls B Present Present Old Girls A . . Old Girls B .. 19 ·21 18 22 B.G.G.S. B.G.G.S. B.Q.G.S. St. Margaret's Ipswich B.S.H.S. -**- The Willow Pattern. ~ I ' , It In olden days, the days or our gra·nd- H10thers , it was considered that. a home was not ce>mplete without a teaset or some china - ware o! the fa-mous willow pattern. 1'1l·is pattern is Jioked by all f·or the <:on- ception as well as !or the beauty of it. F'or Wh£·n we look at its quaint dark blue figures against the white ground o! the plate, and think o! the little story which is given us in picture, we !ind it q·ulte an interestin·g de- ~ign. On the right of the p·icture on a plate we see a pala-ce where the mandarin and his daughter Koong Shee live. The manclarin'.s secretary Chang has fallen in love with this beautiful daughter and wishes to marry her, but her father refuses to give his :permission . !or he wishes her to marry a rich man, not a poor fellow like Chang . Through the palace p;ro~tnd.s there is a . meandering brook, in t!Hi middle of whi ch stands a small is land. On this is'land a cottage has been built, and now the man - darin sends his daughter here, quite alone, uecause he is displeased with her reluctance· to comply with his wishes. Outside the win· dow of this lonely cottage is a willo•w ancl I I I I .. . . _h)'• · ./. .. ."' June, 1923. BRISBAN~ GIRLS' GRAMMAR l:lOHOOL MAGAZJl:!E. lJRlSBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. june, 192a. Tasks of Fairyland. Something Apout An~ient Egypt. Til~ day was ver.y still and not a sound was b.eard, wb.en the air was sudden'ly filled with sweetc~t music . A tinkle of merry laughter •ounue Queen Starlight then called in turn Joy- fulness, Goodness, and others, and sent them into the world to per·for.m· their di!Ierent tasks . H·ope.fulnes::; sped to a home where all wa~ sad . '£he husband could not find work; the wife WM ill, and the chtldren were starving;. The faiDy became invisible and fi" Deeply interestin.g as we find Egypt to- day we cannot help reeling tltat tile true g·lory and greatness of Egypt lie in ancient Umeti . Let us mount to the top of the G1·eat Pyra- l:Uid an-d gaze down ·upon ~hei woncle'rf\11 panorama. There ·below us i~ tht· full, fto·w- ing Nile, which except in the bad famine sea- sou.s, has .'risen yearly rrom it.!:i L>ed ancl fer- tilised iJ•\J.e green and ye·llow fields witlt ils water . ·.:'Dur-ing all tl1e year·s, perhaps "ix thousand or more, the glorious suu has dai ly ri~::>en from out of the Lender glowing colour~ of the dawn be.youd the £•astet·n de~ert nntl has travelled ·across the bu:;y, fertile Nile · Valley to its evening setting· in a blaze ,,r g·oid and. cri·rnson behind the grim silent hills of the western desert. No wonder that the su~l held. ever ehie·f place among· the numlJer- le:-.;s gotls to w 1 ilom tlle ~gyi>tiall ,!-; prayed, anll · to whom they erected wondel'fnl teUJplc~ \\_'hiJ :~ e ru·ius :3 till form one or the sig ht:;; uf Egy[lt . 'l'he!'e is a great. group of tl1e. ~ e l CoiU1Jle:s 011 tile Nile where the n1agnif1cent t: . t.y o.L' ·rhe·!Je.:;; once stood . The great h::~ll...: , lliLilO~iug · grlte- way~, anLl rows ur pillars J'oJ m a. beautiful sight in brilliant ~un~hine and deep shadow. A::; we gaze a.t them we rau,:y them once mu:·e in their first beauty Wil·h long llroces- sion!:3 of chanting priest::; and IJl'iE.·ste.s.::;es, and •tately monuments or gold and silver. Such a one i" the wonderful temple or the god Ammon at Karnak, which has ·bec:.·n restored in or I I gorgeous display of kingly Inagniticence when ancient Egypt . a king came to pay hi-s warship amidBt the N. M., IV. B. --**-- Limericks. -**- The Rain Fairies. I 'l'here wa:-; onee a Y '£here was once a bad, bold cent.ipe Good4bye, dear fairies! Go away Until another cloudy day, And then come dancing l>ack aga.iu, AU down our shining winuow pane . LiWe feet., go patter home; Sunbeam fairies want to co1me, And take your raindrops, large auu small, To wear w·hen next ·you have a ball. H . B. (Commercial). l ' Dreamy Dan, VI. .~ •.· I .. ....iJ L.--...:._..._...__ ~_ J ~- ' /:. June, 19·23. BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. June, 1923 . 11 BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. 10 We ho11e to cele'brate our su<:ces·s in tlt.8 o.xaminations !Jy hold•iug a · form Jlicuic. The fountain of our inspiration runs dry, so we must end, ·hopin-g that we have not llored you too much. IV. C. •Like the dew u·pon the lilies, or the sceut ot the roses, is the impre .5sion we hope these form notes will produce. They will he like · them.; ]n one respect , Cor they have not much substance, aud we hope that they w·ill .!Je as deli-ghtful in other resp ~'"<> t s. .~The torn} itsel·f is mu<:h th e same a::; any ot 1 her form, but some or our members are in the tennis, basket ball, and s·wiunmin;.;- teams, whiuh is rather c: reclitable, aud we hope to have some sucee::>dCS in the exams. Sir Luncelot., whose picture hangs upon the wa"ll, is our .model, and we ti·y to emulate not always with too ·great oUccess , his deeds . If our notes were longer they would ·be tet!- ious, so this is the e1id. m.A. .A happy band of seventeen arc we, and w<: are very thankful that our form is so sma ll. Our form room, which i·s large and airy, holds us easily, and is next thE· studio. Vve shall lle sorry if we have to !.eave it after midwinter. .One .of our fo~m is r.he "'white" represen- · tat!ve o·f the "Bunyip" electorate, so we.· arc all looking for,ward with great interest to the result o·f the coming election, even the three of u.s ·who are 11 IUiuor.s. 11 None· of us are geniuses either at "po~t or lessons, but in :!Joth we mean to try to keep u11 the reputation establi!;heu by the old !II. A.'ti. Everything has been very quiet lately, especially our tongue::; and on rselves-~o Wt.! think, but others don't . We are often worried by map-seekers ancl rowdy artisLs. Unfortunate ly , the artists thiu1k it is we who mal< e more noi:;e. But we mean to t.urn over a new · lettf Hext term. m . n. I }I. B. conslsts o! thirty-one sc,holars . We are rather a large for•m, !Jut are all jolly an cl · ha.ppy when not thinking of the coming exams . Many ot u~ are practising keenly for the sports, in wh ich we hope to Form Notes. W-e 1wish to present our report. of the year's s-port. Our two representatives ac- quitted themselves nobly in basket ball, and frequently ted the goal mouth. wit·h "'t.he elu::;ive leather sphere·." The :follo-wers ot "'Suzanne" are stumbling in ·her footstep•, and they occasionally sh~w sparks of ~er genius. As we ·have no finan·cial report, aucl therefore -cannot present one, we declare the meeting closed. \'I. On lll"t"iving bac:k atler the Christmas vaea- tion we •bade the •Shakespeare room farewell an 1\'. A. (Tune: "Auld Lang Syne.") If we Fourt•h-formers make a row, And -if we try to play, The mistl"esses don't hesitate, Bu-t pounce u-pon IV. -A. Chorus : ~'or ever and IV. A. ; my dears, For ever and IV. A., Our reputation is ·SO great, They pounce upon. IV. A. And when upou the field of s-port, 1.' he !School goes. out to play, You '11 find they all depend upon Choice spirits from IV. A. For ever and IV. A., my dears , F"or ever and IV. A., They al•way.s can depend u.pon Those spirits from I'V. A. IV- B. We ·have long triecl to originate -some new · fashion o·f presenting our form uotes, but., alas! our efforts are of no avail. On an- other page you may see some evidence of our genius , ·but all we can present is a dull . record ol facts. We have re.presen-t_.t·lve•s in Lhe ·bas·lcN ball atHl tennis team.s. On one or our wall~ hangs a I.Jeautirul IHdntin~ hy :\1illet, from which we ::some- tim~:; ··~le<.1.11" Jnrur•mat1on, nnll whtm that (ulls w~ turn to tht- c·alt~lHlar, und count up :he llays to t lw· hullllays. vve hold trovhies won by our lH'edel:essor;; and intent! to try ancl keep them. )"'''" 13 BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAE SCHOOL MAGAZINE. June, 1923 . June, .192tl. IJiUSBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAH SCHOOL MAGA:l:INE. i2 The Way of An Ant. a ~hort Lime, and also obtain 1nore strength lo carrJ• on our stud·ies, so as to ·reflect credil CoJlWlCl'ciul. Our form consists ot thirty-two girls, ant! we are in III. A. class room. Although we try to be quiet I am afraid we are sometimes very l}Oisy. 1Mis::; ~rall is our tor·m mi::;Lt·ess, and we tuition. Every \Vednesda..y we go to "gyll1" and on Fri • i to me almost impossible with such a burden. lt mana·gec\ to get the <:rumb over to the sitfe at the t.ray. No.w, 1 t•hought, it would not be a;bJe to get any further . The ant backed up the side as far as it could reach without letting· go the crumb. and then it began pulling it. It pulled the crumb this way ant! that way; let go its h'olll o! it , and then got a better grasp, pulled again, but oC no avail. When I thought it must surely give u11 it suddenly stopped; then it !\Ot a finn ·hold or the side of the tray with it·> feet and of its burden wilh its claws, and made ~ final struggle. At last It had .su<:)Oeede Have you ever watched an ant care·!ully? When one looks at an ant at first, it ~eems to be just a little insignificant creature that ruu" aibout on the face ot the earth. Some people, only know an ant as such and some:times won- der why it is here and what it is doing. 'rhere is, ot course, more than one kind of ant. For instance there is the green ant the liLlie com.morf~~nt, and the sugar ant. ' 'fhe narne of ·the c·~mmon ant I do not !mow, and I sutJpo-se the.re are many other kiucls or ants of which I kn<>w nothing at a II. There are many kinds in the bush which are to he round on the ground, on th~ trees, and such pla ces. 'l'he peop1e in Queensland--at lea st tlwsa who live about these 1p·arts-are mo~·t I a:niliar with the green ant, the sugar, ancl lhe com- mon ants, the green t on our form. I Ill. I•J. A::; the ' 'huchliug authoresses' ' in the rorm are ::miTering from excessive modesty, it has fallen lo the lot ol a·u incapa•ble person to -set t!own lhe vinues or other\vise o'f the aqove. rurm. Wt: a1·c uoL u. vel'Y brilliant cluss, but we Ul"t! a team ur lrien;, and we work steadily iu out' uwn quiet way. Our form is in the t:nllu~e. and we appreciate very .much . t111~ oullool<, whl<:h is pleasing aud restfltl. "No roBe wit'lloul its thorn," however, u:; we ul't! ju~t opposite the teacher:;' common room. and we ar~:~ often accused or being- rnlh~l' rowdy. The ~'irth rorm i• al•o in the same build- in~ . and lh~y ar~ l'egarllcd as "Snatchers-Ull or llllt.:(JilHitlt!l'ed trltlt::.•.s.' ' Consequently •W(! are uft~n missing va~:~e::~, etc. lnga ::ivemwu is our ronu ·<:avt~\in, and she J'ule::; U!'i with an iron baud. '!'he swimming season i.:5 over, but we did well as one or Uti was in tbe First Vl. Das)cE:!t 11all has commeuc~:~d, and we.' arc tryiu.g hurd lo keep up with the other rorm~. Ttmnis is also hel'e, aud one or our mem- bers is in B team. !:::io (ar nu genius llas been round a.mongsl us . but ·we hoi,e to see our na1ues in blad\ au Pr :~ ·~·:nltly it .appear, and can teach them many lessons of ·-**- The End of a Perfect Night. But we'll keep reiJeating, as on we !!;O - "Are we tlo-wnheartt:::tl'!" "No! No! No!" But here come,:; a nam--it is our.3, we prove, Aud we l:lanrber aboard a~ it starts t -:1 move. Then a gloriuu~ rush 'gainst a JJitin~· wind, And we ~won leave Olll' troubles far behind . I I Evening. Ho.me at last! to our l.ledti we• t.:reep, 'J'o 1iud all our joys again in ::;leep; And there isn't a shade or a shadow ur doubt, 'l'hat's Ihe perfect end to a govd "Nig-ht out." What· thoughts we have ol love and lite, No more we think or petty slrl!e, When far trom hustle, noise, anti dust, 'rhe ·Sunshine dies, a.s all tllings must. D. H., V. 'Jlhl~ 1::\'t.!llillh" (all::J HS gentle deW, Allcl IJL'!Il ' C L:IIShl'UUd:::s the OCE•an I.Jlue; The li~· ht fa Dreamy ll.lll, V[. i· .r r --- - - - - ' -w is Dl~lSDANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOO.L MAGAZiNE. .1une, 1S23 . :~=~~rWX:;J;.:~~; j'. •I ··.i ~. i ~ June, 1923. BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR S:ci-IOOL MAGAZIN.I!l. From the University. Old· Girls' Association. Three . more old B.G.•G.S . girls have tie· parted rrpm our midst, a·fter having none their bit to crown the old seh_ool with glory and honour. Congratulations to 011r uewly- . tledv;ed graduates , Katherine McGregor, Una Morris , anti Stancie Drake- Katherine with first-class 1.1onours in Classics, and Una with thirds in Mathematios. ·Doriihrawlett also lett. us in l•'e·bru:l•'" lor a space,'"'and is at present teaching a; Sl. Catherine's Stanthorpe. However, in spite of all this our numhers have not suffered, tor at the begiuning or ~he year six freshers arrived from the Q..ram·m:u· School-Jessie Stephenson, Lexie Drake, Lyle . Johnson, Kathleen Wearne, Marjorr Park, and Ellen Doak. All or them have talten up an Arts course, exeept Ellen. who ti a b·bles In Science, and all or them, with ,JUt exception. show unmistakallle sig-ns o! e nj.) y- in.g themselves very much. For the rest, Mary Stepheu•on, l!]lizal> ~ th Hart, Amy 'M·onkhouse, an(l li'reda Oxnam are, in t•heir several wa.ys, mak ing the most 'l'he L>ush wns asleep. '£he only sounU.s lre:trd were the restless murmurin-g ot the little •tream, · or the distant hoot or an owl. All around hung the dm·k purple sortnes.o! af a beautiful Australian night. l1,ar ovctherLd the stars shonl! faintly. Below, all lH\ ~ u r0 lay s!eepin·g· . Slowly a change came. The darkness wa·s lifting. Gradually t.h"' stars faded out of sight and grey shad~ws · slo1Wly crept across the skY. A beauti!nl rosY pink soon took the place ot these shadows. Day was breakill.g. 'J'he first or the bush folk to "waken was . the kookooburra. As soon a·s the first blush of pin•k appeared in the sky he awoke and gazed sleepily arou1Hl. Then suddenly, as if mindful or his duty or waking the rest or the bu•h life, he tilled the •bush wilh •his langh- ter. At once a'll the uther birds awoke, nn or their second year of 'Varsity life, wllil~ Kathle·en Camp!Jeli-Brown and Gladys Spur- g-in, though the thought or a.pproaching finals haug·s over them like tl;e sword o:f Damo<:les, are making h~Y while the sun s hines, and enjoying th emselv e :> as much as they can before third term arr ives. Most or the societies -~Musical. Dramatic, Debating-are gracGd h.v the lllt"·lllhet·sbip of some or other• or u.s. Stanci e Dral_(e has just returned from a trip to Adela ide wi!.!l t.he 'Var•ity tennis team; while L. Johnson, 111. Pari< , and G. Spurgin may be s een per.iod!cat:y disporting them.sc;-lves upon the hockey field. Anyon e who has had the energy to do a little• mental arithmetic will have diseovered that there are altogether twe lve or us d:lill ,:~ our best to carry on at the 'Vars ity . Our h·ope is that·the powers that l>e. connected with the Senior, will be kind in Nove·mber . and that a l>lentiful sut>ply of recruits Yr,Hll th~ G·ram- mar will ·he forthcoming nexl year. UI'ldergradess. soon the fo1·est wa::; fille.·d with their morning song. The little rabbits crept out u[ th e ir c:osy burrows while the kang·aroos and otiler bu-sh folk woke up and hurried oft' ill ::.; earch or rb.reakf'a"t. Gre.-at gu.m trees stretched f6rth their arms to the air , and gentll! little winds awoke and playe'l thl'ough their leave::~. The sun rose higher and the !Jeauti!ul pink colouring of the sky .gave way before his gloriou.s light. Little sunbeams flitted dowti through the lattice work o.f leaves and called the flowers to play with them. F'ar off a lyre- l!ird was calling. The little stream joyfully babbled on, while the trees null ferns sprea(l out their leave• to greet the ·moming sun . Every-wllere the litt.le birds tlitted and san~; while soft breezes W:hispered songs o·f hve to the tlo:wers. Joy and happip.ess W3l'€: s n~ preme. The bush wa!5 a.wal{e. · E . L., IV. A:,. Throu.gh all my worl(, 1 have felt the iu- 1\uelice or the Old .School very strongly. 'l'he whole moral atmosphere o·f the Sc)loot will intluenc:e me allways . As a pur>il of the Gram- mar School , I never truly understood or at>t>reciated the worth of attending such a Jiue Institution, but when I lert, I reali•ed wl1at it hatl done for tne." rrhe !llHHll·l.JI!l'Shi.p lh·is year has increased IJy 3 5, and so tar our .meetings have been most encouraging. At the cntl o! April, A and D teams !rom the Old G iris' A"sociation met l'l1e teams or the JJI'esent ;;iris, and the OW Girls were vlcloriou~ in both matches. 'l'his can scarcely be. wondered at when our team containecl two iuter.stale players. The baHket rball match held in May was another decided succe>is. In spite.- at the ta<'L that very rew girt. ·play basket ball after leaving school, our teams put up a splendid light, and considerable interest i.n ·IJolh matchE·.i was shown. by the onlookers. The A team of the lll'eHent girls won by 11 poinrs an l•}!I'GAGEllli!:N'rS. Jean Sincla·ir to Mr. Bennett. Mavi-s Daniels to Mr . Murray Cox. Helen Sto•bo to Mr Bruce Halli(\ay. IHida Jackson to M,r. Glen Voller. Clare Henzel! to :1-1r. L. Coyle. J,yle J ohnsou to l\1r. Dou·glus Harding. May Ji"'~rancis to I\lr. 8rnest Edmit>tOn. Dora Macta•ggart to . Mr. Alastair Macgre- gor. \\'I~)) I)) N _,. .. ~ . --**-- The Awakening of the Bush. Wtl Lender our deepest oympathy to .Jo;· · all
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