1918 School Magazine

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GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

December. 1918.

Editorial.

Sports ground, and being for Grammar School Girls alone, and the second was an Inter-Schools competition held in the Do- main. The proceeds were given to Patri- otic Funds. In the Junior exam. held last November, 18 of our girls passed, and eight of them returned to school with Extension Scholar. ships. Maisie Cheesman passed for the Civil Service, and though she returned to school for the early part of the year, she received her appointment at the end of June. Mabel Terry, who also gained a scholarship, has been away during the fourth quarter owing to her mother's ill- neas and death. We all tender her our sincerest sympathy. A great improvement was instituted in the middle of this year, when the Educa- tion Department decided to grant the State Scholarships for 2j years instead of two years, as has been the custom since 1914. The result was that there was a great influx of new girls after June, which necessitated the formation of .two new forms in Lower III. A. and B. In order to cope with the extra teaching, Miss Merle Weaves, M.A., from Hobart, joined the staff, this being the only change that has taken place in its personnel. We take this opportunity of thanking Dr. Lilian Cooper for her kindness in giv-. ing up an afternoon to us. in order to de- liver her exceedingly interesting address on Red Cross work in Serbia, when all realised for the first time the great hard- ships suffered by the gallant Serbians, and the heroic efforts of the Red Croea work- ers.

HE year 1918 is drawing to a close, Sana as we look back on its crowded months we realise that it is one of the most eventful that the world has ever seen. Fortunately for us, we are not part of the stage on which this tremendous drama is being enacted, and though we breathlessly follow the course of events it is only as an audience and not as aetors. Still, there are things we can do and the school this year has kept up the fine record of consistent and generous giving that it has Itiade in the past. Subscriptions to the amtodnt of about £80 have been sent to the Red Cross, and to Comforts' Fund, while the two cots at the Children's Hospital are still our charge. We still have a col- leciti of' eatables-eggs, fruit and vege- tables-sent to the Red Cross Kitchen once a for tnight, and we are very glad that the 'gifts are acceptable. A War Savings Group has been opened at the School to which most of the girls contribute: the contributions are brought on Wednesday mornings, and every week there is quite a procession of girls going to the Office to receive their certificates. Wye,had a whole holiday for Anzae Day, and a half in honour of Bulgaria's sur- render, but when Turkey gave in, exams. were. too close for another celebration of that kind, but one lesson was cut out of the morning's work, so that the girls of the Upper School could attend the meeting in Market Square if they like 1. o far there have been ,,o entertainments gicvn 'by the various Forms, but the whole scho 'turned its attention to Sports meet- ia.,-the first one being held on the Boys' IBB WILKINSON writes from Londo, M 4ibre she is a Commissioner for the Coa* Les', Visiting Aeoelatlot--"This is tlhe largesthospitli in London. It is auid that when toU.hove walked to, and through eaeh ward ud bleek you have covered 7 mles, and I eau well belie. it. I receive daily an oSelal list of tke convoy of wounded admitted, and it is my

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