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Brisbane Girlr' Grammar School.

The Maga zine

of the Brisbane School.

Girls' Grammar

Editorial.

porary had to be increased considerably, and it N-as some time before rve settled down. Since then the new girls have grotwn more or less accus- tomed to our methods, and have entered wholeheartedly into the interests of the school. Several of the,m represented us in the Inter-school Athletic Sports. This year the Grammar succeeded in winning ontce more the ever-cherished S'tephen's Cup, which by con- tinual training we rmust strive to kee'p in our possession. Our oiwn sports were held in the morning this time owing to the difficulty of dbtainintg the t,urf, and this new arrangernent provecl very satisfactory. Everybody s'pent a most clelishtful rmorninrg, and the heat whicb. we had dreacled was for'gotten in the ex{:ite- ment. HE numtber of new girls who ca,me at lIid-winter f ar exceede.d that of previous years. This entailed many diffi,culties; not only had a nerw tem- buiiding t'o be erected, but. the staff

The Tennis and Basketbail teams were not ,so successtul t.his season. In spite oi aiie fatct that they worrkeai very hard urp till the last, they failed to wir the pennants for us, The swi'mming season has begun again, but the next inter_school contest does noL tali:.. place until early next year. There,fore, il rests with ihose who are croming ou to r.etr.ievo the disasters of this year. Our c,rvri s,winrrming carnival .n'i11 be held towards ilre enrl o,f ihe term. The Senior and Junior examinations are drawing steadiiy nearer, antl the git'ls ar.t, ali rvorking feverishly. We wish theilr tlte best of success and ho,ps that the results rvill prove satis,factory. The boarders, ,wir6 s1. sl.o,wly inlrreasinrg in nu,mber each year, certainly deserve to be mentioiled here. for many of them are en- thusiastic supporters of both the Basket Ball and Tennis teann,s, whilst we owe much to those who are in the Athletic tearn. They

BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR scHool, MAGAZINE. Novemiber, r.922.

Library In the ear,Iy part of this year we relieveil the present sixth of their duries as lihrarians. Although the memhership has increased, the perce'nta,ge is small in prorprortion to the size of the school, .and we horpe that next year many more of the Fourths will join. We take this opportunit.y of telling sdm6 of our memtbers that books are not meant to Since Midrwinter a great many changes have taken place. Every six nronths the ho,use see'ms to be different in many respecLs frorm what it was the.last six m,onths. One' of our mist.resses, Miss Robinson, left us to be mar- ried, while two new school m'i'stresses+Mrs. 'Weston and 1\{iss Horton-have corme into the house, Seven "nervies" increased our num- ber, but it is to 'be rergretted that the total has gone down again. Aileen, one of our house prefebts,'became a day girl, anil so did one of t.he nelwies, while Jes,sie lett us alto- gether. As usual, most of the rboarclers have takell a keen interest in sport. In the Inter-schools' we were lepresented'by Olrga, Dorothy, Grace, Margaret, Doris, and Joy. Grace sucrceeded in getting the largest nurmtber of points for the school. To celebrate the occasion of our win, \ye had solme of the B.G.S. oyer to an impromptu dance. Olga and Kathie still hold 2nd and 4tn places in the A Tennis Tealm, antl we all wish them luck in the contest f'or the U'pper School Doubles. Our ho,pes are also centering upon Olga's winning the ;Singles. We would like are also acquittin,g themselves credifably in lessons. fve still suprport two cot,s at the Chlldren's Hospital, but we are afraid that many girls fail to pui their pennies in the lbox on Monday mornings. We hope everyJbody vill contribute in the'tuture, for we llke to save up suftlcient rnoney to give the ,children a present at Chris'tmas. ,Ouf fund torrvards the Memorial Lirbrary, which is to be erected in the B,oys' ground,

is sloiwly increasing and the layinrg o[ the Foundation Stone is to take place"next Anzac Day. We take f his opportunity to thank pro_ fessor Priestley for the lecture he deliverecl to us on the Eclilpse. There was m,uclr exlcitemellt alm.ong the girls on the afternoon of that v/onderful event, rfor it is not every- 'body lv19 has the ,chance o'f viewing an almoist tortal solar eclipse. Notes. be double,d back and slept on, as this, we belieye, is the cause of much of our mencling. We wish to remind each memher that, on re- turning her book she must be sure that the numiber is crossed off, othenrvise she cau,ses us much unnecessary labour. tr'orm V. Grace and Doris to win the Lower School Doub1es. ihe Basket Ball season is over now, but we were re,presented in A team by Everil. Several of us had places in B Team. Everlbocly is glad that swimming has recom- mencerl, and Tuesday afternoons are a sfcene of wilrl excitement after the 2.50 bell rings. We are sorry to ,say no poarder is a team girl. A great many of our. Saturday a.fternoons have been most enjoyably spent, o.n'ing chiefly to our lesident mis'tresses. No one could have had a better time than we had ,w,hen we went to Redcliffe, or on our moonlight exlpe- dition to One Tree Hill. We must express our appreciation of the frequent visits of our old girls. It shows that they like to keep in tou,ch rvith us, also that they are sorry to leave the' "dear, old house," for which we all have great affection. All of us will be very sorry 'lYhe1 the time comes for us to leave, and to embark upon the worlcl. This year we have not so many cantlidaies for the public exatmination. OnIy seven of our girls intend to sit for the Junior. Ere rve close we join in rvishing them the best ot luck, and trust that our wishe,s rvili help them in the exam.

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November.lg22.BRISBANEGIRLS'GRAMMAnSOIIOOLNIACIAZINIc Sports Notes.

!-orm IV. IJ ,won the Shield itr the Inler- form contest. Their team colrsisted mostiy of A and B team glrls, and iu tb.elr iest match a,gainst Sixth Irornl t.he)' piayeJ a Yery goocl game. We owe a clebt ol gralitlrde [o I] ie&nl for their vigorous assistauce at ;lraotice and Lhe:r help on match days. 'lhe Boarders, too, by relievin'g us of the respolisi'bilitJ o{ lr|eparing, aft.ernoon tea cleserve oul gr'.lteflll lhtrnks' We airvays appreciate, ioo, tho lrlrle'given up by mistresses to training us all, r:s1rr:cially rby i\{iss Lyons, whO coilcltes t,he teailr. B.P. Swimming practice has been resumed thls term on the ,customary 'Iuesday alfternoon, and so tar there has been a goocl attendance; but. \ye would urge still more girls to co,me down, even il the bat,h,s do becotrne rather crowdecl, as srvimming is a useful and pleasant art. Ns,w gir'ls, too, must practise hard, if \Me are to regain the Bro'ckrrvay Cup next year, tor sorne of this ye,ar's team are leaving, irnd we shali neecl a specially good teanl to win the Cu.p and the Sx'immiug Pennant. Moreovet" the for,ms nust. gel tolgether teams oif four to swim irr the BuI'reI Cup race, whirlh lvil'1 take place at our Scirool Clarnival, dluing the last week of this term. 'fhere is an adclitional iilterest in swinrming noll,, in the form of a nerw contest. rvhiulr is being startecl ilext year. A Challenge Shield f or Life Saving has been oftered. f ol co'mpeti- tion among-st the Se'condary Girls'Schools' the (jolltest to be helcl at the Royal Life'-S3ving Societl,"s Carnival each year. A tearn of tour orrly is requirecl, Lbut we hope to have a large attenclance at |he life-saving tclass this year and theilceforward. Girts rvill thtrs he arble to enter for and olbt'ain the cerlilioates and meclallions whirch the Society ofters for proficieucy. We desire to thanrk NIiss Broch- $'ey for her unfailing help in teaching th*r gil'ls, a1lcl in training the best otles fot fltrl scltool team. M'P' --o*-*.- S\vIMlllNG NOit'lils.

T,ast term our Annual School Sporls lvere hetd as usual on the Boys' llur'f, and although there were more enthusiastic competitors than last year, there could have beeu mote entries fro'm the ne+v girls. IV. B easily secured the Mollisotr Cup, for rvhich they are to be 'r:on- grn tulated. As a re'sult of the greater iutelest taken iu the spofts t.his Year we were able to put in a much more rerpresentative team' After atr exciting struggle we regained the Steiphen's Cup from the High School, 'lvho came a close second. We were very proucl of the 220 yards cham- pionship, in which t'wo of our g^irls secutecl first and seconcl places' \Ve hope they rr'ill both be badk next year to repeat the perforlm- ance. .We were also very strong thi's year in most of Lhe under fifteen events, especially in the high jump. In this our girls ca'me first' seconrl. anct tie third. But as these girls will be over fllf teen next year, it is to'be hopetl that there wiil be plenty of the lower school girls aible to take their places in the under fitteen events. We rvish to thank Miss Brockvray and l{iss Weaver for the many arfternoons they gave up to training us,for the Sports' BASI{EI' BAI/' NOT'ES' The Michaeimas holidays saw the close of the Basket Ball season' We were very sorry lvhen it enclecl, as we all enjoyed the practices' and tho.se who are to remain at school are looking forLlvarcl to next season' 1'hg girls lvho have just arriverl will then 'begin prac- tisins^, and we are in hopes that there will be some promisiilg players among them The A and B teams pralctised valiautly up till the last, but in spite of all our hopes ancl labo[rs $'e lost the pennant' It rt'as u-restetl f ro,m us by the Ipswich Grammar School 'Ieam, as l,ve wsre 'lefeated in both rnatcbes against thenr. Tlley w re by f al' the strongest of the oprposing teams' and consiste'l of a number of big girls This is always an asset' Most of oul' team this year $'ere very light' and not verY tali' ho We owe our thanks to Olga Launtler' w playerl f or us in the last match against to"*t.o, ancl who did go'oil work as defendet'

BRISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINT. NOVEMIbET, 1922.

Intepform Challenge Cup will be played dur- in'g the last, week of term, X'orms VI. ancl V. being the two f onms in the finalrs of the iatter event. Criticism of Tea,rn. O. Launder.+A strong player with a goocl drive and serve, though ,back hand is a little weak. E. Walsh.-Has a ,goocl drive and her back- hand has improved, but could selve fewer doubles. K. Coleman.-A steady player with good backhancl; serve and net play coulcl be stronger. E. D. Elle'n Doak has ably captained the team this year, and has provetl herself a keen anal ener- getic leader. We shall mi'ss her very much next year. We are very gratsful to certain giris frorn IV. A who have unsel,fishly given up many Saturday afternoons to corne and score for matches, or to help in 'providing afternoon tea. And rve also than'k the boarders who have given us such generous helip on these sanre occasions' B. B. s. Then he ans'wer€d, smiling at her: "Get you gone, profane enquirer; I will ans,wer not your questions- All your mean and unrfair questions. Go you back unto your teatchers- To your teachers grave and solemn, Bear to them your woe,ful wnilings Of your problems and deductions, Of your gerunds and gerundives. Of your sacl attempts at English, And your weird and rvoeful essays; Co,me not hither with your queries. Go you to the kno,rvledge fountain, To the fountain ever brimming, E.ver weiling up 'lvith knowledge. At ihe Grammar springs the fountain, At the good old Brisbane Gramrmar."

TDNNIS NOTES. This year the Tennis Team lost two matJches, one to ,Southport and one to the Bridbane Hi,gh School, so only man'agecl to gain second place in the Inter-school com'petition for the Psnnant. Our C team also playect several matches against the B tea,m,s of the other schools, and as they won every match there ought to be quite a number of good players io fiIl u'p any vacancies in next year's A team. Also a great aleal imore tennis enthusiasm has been shown by the Lower School this year, and the large nudber of entries ;for the Junior events in the school tournalment prom- lses well for the future tenni,s of the school. The oplortunity is taken here t.o thank Miss Steedrman very much for the amount of trou,ble she has taken in helping and cheer- ing the team up on all occasions as 'well as for her u[tiring interest in our varying for- tunes. We were all very proud of the per'formance o'f our last year's captain, Margaret Tlaymen' in the Interstate match belween Queensland and New South Wale,s, in whilch she repre- sented Queensland so successfully. The slchool tournament is now in iull pro- gress, and the finals as well as those orf the --**-* Once in haprpy days of chilithood, Went to hear the prophet Argus, Went through rain and storm to hear hiln. She, the young ancl soulful school i;iri; She, the eagsr one to study, Went to ask him maddening questions: What deductions and rvhat problems At her next exa'm. would face her? Would she pass or woul.d ,she flounder? Oh! rvhat hours of anguish spent she, Choosing questions then to ask him. Then she took her questions to him, Took her list of maddenin,g questions, List o'f questions to be answered, By the mystic man of 'wisdom. He, the milghty prophet, anslerecl, Scorniully he looked utpon her; Turnecl upon her eyes cif sorrow, Haughty eyes of scorn and sQrrow.

The Prophet's Advice.

Jeanne M. Radcliffe ( Past Pupil).

November, 1922. BRISBANE GIRLS' GinAMMAh SCi{OoL MAGAZiNE'

The Tale of a Stream.

and soon farms grew up on its .banks' ancl cattle ctrank from its peaceful waters' But now other streams ioinetl it, an'l it no longer -gurglecl as it Bursued its course' but flowed calmly and rmajestically as berfitted its ne,w importance, for 1o! it was now a river and a stream no lo'nger' Now towns appearecl on its banks' and ships plieat their way busily to and fro' All this ad.cled to the liver's sense of importantce' anrl it swelled wider and wider with priale. At last it bdcame so proud, and con'sequently l? I'ili; J i ll,,T "" ff T"'i' ffi:i 3: : Jl T":tff ' Xl: mighty 1e1cg to meet it. Fiercely the river strurggled, but alas! its efforts 'wefe useless' ana oniy its clistuibed waters mark the place where the ,struggle bebu'een the o'csan and the river took Place' B. James, IV. A. From mountains, o'er ifus plain a river wound The clouds o'erhead reflecteil in its depth; Along its rbanks rBroud. willoiws stretiched their boughs; And many-coloured birds flew to and fro. One twilight sad, the river rip'pling by' Was calling to the willows as it passed: "O willolws! listen to my tale of woe! Across the great, blue mountains, whenco I come A creature strange, ealled Man, has fought his way By laying low whate'er is in his path' Tali gurms, proud pallms, and stately rvattlos ,fall, And even wiilows when he cioes command"' "o stream!" the willows moanetl, "can we not kill 'Ihis rcreature strange, who cotnes to rule our lancl ? " ,'He is too strong, too strong," the stfeam rePlietl, And rlpBle'd on to where the waltles stootl' So Lhen the sorrowing wiildws bowed their heads, And wePt, and woPt' E. Smith, V. "WHY THE NII/rOWS WEPf.''

Among the mountains in the'beautiful hush country liveci a tiny stream-the happiest iittle stream in the world. And indeed it had every reason to be, for on its banks grqw the loveiiest tree's in the tdnd. The will'qws lovingly 'bent lheir heads over it, but there was in their attitude a touch of sorrow, for perhaps they knew that the stream, as it travelled further 'on, would lose its innocence and hap,piness. There on its banks were aiso the bottle 'brushes whose crimson bloom's were mirrored in its cle'ar sur'f ace. Close beside its brink grew maidenhair in proifusion, and here and thele were clusters of wild' violets' Softly the breeze whispered through the trees' minglinrg \trith the happy notes of the birds' But the stream could not Spend a1I its life here, and it must needs travel on' Through the beautiful bush it bu'bbled its way merrily' TIIE LASI TERM' Waking at da,wn, with heavY hearts, 1y. 4 girls start their daily grind' 'Ihinking of what before them lies, They cultivate th' retentive mincl' Too iate, too late, at last theY think Of prdcio'us moments passed in glee' And wish that they could be recalled' But no, ah, no! that cannot be' They knoiw not who Flueilen is, Nor why the MutinY took Place; But lvhen theY do 'be|loved Trig'' Then glad.ne;ss shines on every face' 11r. 5 girls reaiise at last, That, Livy trans. they can't retain; But it they lear/e it all to Chance' For Brain waves they may wait in vain' They're all 'conver:sant wilh Machut' T fr." o"u". write alown "Cash" for "Sioc'k"; lft'r":, utta".stand the "Crookback's' ' sch€mes' But Nesfleld proves a stumhling block' And as they climb their uphiil pat'h' From 'rvasting time each one refrains' Ancl you, who wish theim all success' O.*.-tut, pray for their lost brains'

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BhISBANE GIRLS' GRAMMA11 SOHOOL MAGAZINX], NOVEMbCT, 1922. The Reef.

The leef at Newport is rve11 knorwn to ali North Sydney Iishermen, and really it orwes its illu)ortance to its abundance of fish. It is a huge rock about 50 yards square at low iide, bul. errtirely covered rvhen the tide is in, ;tld it lies about 100 yards from shore. It is eottnecterl *-ith the mainla,nd by a selies of rocks. which fol'm the only ivay ,by lvhioh the reef cnn he reached, During rny stay at Newiport one of my lchie,i rlc-'Lights was to r,i,'atch a 'party of rnen g,ointi to the reef. Their costume generally con- sis1.s,l oi short pants-regardless of the age of the t'earer-and eithel a coat or a sweate,r. 'Iheir rocls rlicl cluty as stalls. One mau lvould be getting on f amously when clorvn he would go into water nec'k deerp, ha,ving rnissed the next rock. A'fter several such accident,s tire party vt'ould eventually reach the reef, though often badly cut about

the legs. Almost irmmediately Lhe flshing began, for the stay could not be a very Iong one orving to the tide. However it was very seldom they returned without fish. The reef also has an abundance of oysters, the equal of which 'lvouid rbe very hard to fincl. The return journe,y is even harcler to ac- complish, for the fish and oy,sters have to be got safely back. Once one of our par.ty spent the rvhole morning getting oysters which he openeC and put in a ,bott.Ie. On the way barck a ]arger 'ivave than usual washed the botile right out of his hantl. anci all his rwork was lost. Most tcomplimentary, as you may u.ell Suess, were the remarks made to him on hi,s arrival at the maitrland, but we could not help laughing when his companions described the surprised look on his tace rvhen he found he had lost his precious oysters. J.8,, Ii[, A.

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I{alf a month, half a rnonth, Half a tuonth left to us. All in the throes o'f remorse Toil we-the eight of us. "Study, oh, foolish ones! (jrirur in rlore knowleclge!" So do I'tr, day aucl llight- \Ve - tltr, iroor Seniors. "Stttd-l', olt. fuolish oue;I" Does t.his oLrl tloubts dispel? Nol thtt' t.ho rvorkl at lat'ge liays'tis 0ur cluty. (),.r rs rot t0 tenni,s play, (Jurs u01 t.o lool all day, (Jrtls brll t{l .r'nm---alrd p|ay! Da.ill rtut' wor.sl incl'ease- Piiy the ei,::ht o1' ns.

Why did we vaste our time? Oh, for those bygone dayJ, When life had no cares! Remember our ichildish .iests- Ile,nelnber our u'eehly tests*,- Now thilk of the Senior:.

L.J. VI.

We look ahead rvith eager eye's, We say to school good-bye- I w.oucler if as old TiLme flies For the olil clays we'Il sigh. Frorn girlhood's days ws glaclly turn To those of greater Ieisure, I rvoucler if we then sha1l learn School clays were days of pleasure. We want "to leave and have sone fun. With .gaiet.y go mad." But after ali is sairl and done, School clay,s have not been had. We've lovecl the battle in the game, We've lovecl our lcolours blue; We've lovecl the girls who brought it ffrlne E'en loved our stuclies, too.

'Iexi books 1.0 righl oI tls. Text boo'ks f.o Lefl o,l tts, Text books in tronl of us, PileC- high antl threatening. Seized with a lowerin'g frown. Sklmmed" thro,' and then flung clo'rvn:

So af ter all rrve'11 finci it's true Each girl rvill school clays bless, li'or ir.hat days couicl be equal to Ours at the B.G.S.

So in those two .short weeks, So in those last rhott weeks, cram we-the eight of us.

EI.D. VI.

IriOVEMbEr, 1922. BRISBANi' GIRI,S' GRAMMAh SCIIOOL IIIAGAZINE'

The Bush'

as it flows swi,ftly on. Oh, tbat I oould stay for ever here, in this great, siient bush' I thidk wistf ully-this land so 'peacelul, 'so beautiful. But a burst ot wild, enthusiaslilc music interrupts'my'thoughts. It comes frorm the, birds, the home.make.rs of the woods' Their songs are n'iid tbut beauti'ful and ap- pealing. They peep playfully over the sides of their nests, antl then seeing me, a stranger' draw hurriedly back ancl hold a Ioud excited conversation. ,Shyly the'y look again, and yet again, and. then assured that I will do no hal'm, they colmlmence quirckly on their work, for there is no time to be wasted by the in- drrstrious drvellers of the woodlancls' As I sit a iittle lbrdwn bunnie surveys rne from behind a rvide tree trunk, thinking him- self unnoticeil; ancl then, fuil of importance' scurries quickly past, eager to be fir'st to teIl the news. The snake creeps stealthily ar'ound; just over the near hill the dingo is crying; but I am not afraid, ,for nothing could harm me in this great, haP'PY lplace. The sun rises higher and higher, and then falls lower and lorver, and the songs of the rvoods rise ancl ifall with hitm. And when sheclcling his last dim rays he sinks behintl the distant hills, the vast bushland wraipt in tha.t red haze which tells that he has been and gone, siowly slips to slurm'ber. Anal I, slo,wly, unwillinglv, walk from the shado,ws with a longing dtrong within 'me to stay in this vast, flowepperfumed wood. I take one last lingering gaze at it, just as the golden moon climrbs slowly into a dark starlit sky prepared to Suard it until the morrow' rvhen tr'ather Sol will again iblink lazily on the horizon and wish a merry good morning' Thelma Warner, IV. C.

There is slveet musi,c here' that so'fter rfalls Than petais froim ,bltrwn roses on the grass' Music, that gentler on the spirit. iies Than tir'd eyelitls upon tir'd eye's. (Tennyson). Very early it is, rvhen Old Father Sol sits blinking on the clistant horizon and wishes a merry good.morning to all. Deep clown in the dervy glades ancl ilells' anil on the high mountains the pretty frail bush florwers be'gin lo. shake pearls of delrv froni their deli'cate petais, Iifting their tinted flon'er faces to the sun, srniliug happily. The cleep purple violel peeps trom behind the green slentler f erns, antl the 'blueibells-I can almost hear a tinkle of silver chime's as I bend to\l'arcls it and to touch it gently' Surely the bushland is awakening, for the yellow wattle,s 16s5 lheir fluffy golden heads in the lbreeze, rvhiler the smalt sun-kissed everlasting flower looks shyly from behind the leaves. And the green ferns sway gently as a slight rvind rise-s, ancl they whisper and laugh, tell- ing their secrets joyfully, '1vhile the wild iilies so stately and, tall, rise from amongst them and join in the PIaY. The haprpy breeze, now a little stronger' frolics with the pale lavender jacaraDtlas, and its 'blooms gradually spread a pretty carpet on the rground. The ;big beautiful bright butterfly rests ou the pink flower orf the orchid, and around the honeysuckle the 'rvilil 'bees tbuzz, impatient to begin their 'work. How beautiful it a1t isl I sink down on an old rough, stout log. At my feet the bro-ok-laughinrg' tu'mu1tu- ous, gurlgliilg-sings and \\'eeps in turn'

Valete, Sixth ! -_*{€- Full ,many, many years have passed and gone shining exam'ples to the school since your first summons by the tolling bell, Its l',10 I,o* your sLchooldays ail are left belrintl, We, who

you've been'

leaders always, both in work antl play, nrust take your place, and cari'y on,

that you could stay'

We wish

Most nohie Sixth, forerwell!

Here's luck to you-who, entering the wide rworld, Will finct nelw frienals-let not the old slip bv' Remembe'i' tho'se who wish you every joy, Now, good olct Sixth, Gootl-bye! Form V.

BRISBAND cInLS' Cna.nt^nAn SCflOOf, VfaCAZtr.iE. Novem,ber. 1922 Margo and Billy in Babyland.

Margo was a very pretty litile girl of the age of five, her hair was of a light golden shade, and her eye,s were lar.ge and brown. llillie was her litt,le ,brother. He had rather . a riark complexion with short blalck, wavy hair. ()ne dir.i' when Marrgo's Mumrny was arrang- iug lhe flolvers in the vases, and the litile gill was standing,by her side, she asked, '^]\{umm-v, is it true that I rcame oul of a firlwer?" "Yes, my dear; it is quite true, you calle out of a beautiful twhite rosebud, antl you were the ,sweetest litile baby I've seetr, a.l1 pink and white." ,,Well, Mulmmy, what dirl Ililly co'me out o,f ?,, ..He came out of a big, dark, red poppy; that is why he is sr_r tla.rk." "But, Mummy, where diil ,we con. fi't}iu, and hotv did we get here?', ,,Oh, a big stork brought you here fro,m Bahyland, where ;r,ll '"he flol'er-babies grow in rows all over thc glounds. It is a very beautiful place.,, All that day Margo could thin;k of nothing else but Batbyland, and how she wou.ld love ro go there, That ni,ght rvhen everlbody was asleep the, children were awakened with a start, lfor there in front of the,m rvas a lit,ile olcl man with a long bearcl. "I am trather Lucas from Baby- lantl," he said, and tiren tbeckoned them to f ollotrv him. So they jumped out o,f bed tluickly unrl ,put on their dres,sing gowns and slippers. Irather Lucas then bade them (lrink sorne stuf'f that lookecl like water. Whe- they did, they knerw not another ,thing, but seern€rd to feel themselves floating slci.,vly tllrough the air. Then they heard the tiny tinkling of a. little bell, ancl there they rrvere standing in,front of a hu,ge palr of gates, rvit.h a. no1.ice "'I'o Tlabyland" in iarge blach Jetter|s. and t'ather Lucas 1ry2s ringing the Itel1. P!'oselltl), the gates were openecl ,by

0wo big storks that lookerl ,like giants to the ch.ildren. They wers led up a paih through beaut,i'ful gardens, where it had a sign ,,The Flower Garden." Father Lucas took them through this and told them all about the different florilers, and how cruel it was for people to pi'ck them bercause they have lives as rvell as we, and they always withered ancl died wilh sorro$' and .grierf when t.hey were taken a,way fro,m the rest of the fa.m.ily and relations, and put ryith stran,ge flo,wers in vases, but it rwas alrlght if the same kinds were put torgefher. Then they left, this sar- den and walked further up the ;path through beautiful arches of roses, into the most gor- geous garden you ,could ever imagine. Father Lucas was wblking in front and the childr:n were following. Just as t.hey passed through the last arch (it ,\,qas of pale pink roses) al1 the flov'ers seemed to o,pen, ancl a lot of tin-v silvery voices were heard singing: Where the but,terflies are so silly, They fly right into your hand. \\rhere all the flowers re-open, And the balbies sit up in their beds, Just to let old Father Lucas Stroke each of their dear tittle heads." When the last of the ,silvery notes hacl djerl ar.vay, all t.he litt1e flower,s .foldecl their petals gently, and the ba'bies inside rvent to join the immortals once more. Marg.o woke up ancl found greatly to her sufprise, she was sitting up in her orwn little ,bed, and there was Billy opposite her in his cot fast aslee'p. She stole softly out of bed and dressed quickly and ran dotwn to teli Mummy of the wonderiul drea,m she had had, and that she had really seen Babyland, and was quite sure she had been a roserbud after all. L.8., I,. III B. "Dear little Margo and Billy, We rwelcotme you to our land,

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Dawn,

A dull, clull morn, And banks of heavy clouds are in the way Of redd'ning streaks, to announce the birilr c,f da.wn, Al<1 everything in Naiulc seem,s forlorn: A sad, sad day. -rt,.1,

A clear, clear morn. And lovely tints, pale as the new mown hay, Give place to soverei.gn hue, like ripene.d corn, {nfl thgl-xil rosy comes the smiling darvD: A glad, glad dav. "Nescio Quis," VI.

BhISBANE GIhLS, GhAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE. The Lost Competition.

Novem,ber, 1822.

There was greal excitement in Study D on one Thursday night in May, for it had j.usi been given out that t,he Kodak Competition was to be held t.he following week. For six years norw this compe'tition hacl been held, antl the lirst prize of €25 was presented by the Mayor. The prize wa,s arvarded to the girl who took the trwelve best. snaps of wild plants or flowers. The greatly coveted prize hacl last year been awarded to Christine Snorrv, who hatl great hopes o'f again winning the prize. It hatl come as a good 'he]Lp lo her ;poor parents, who had. lately confided to C'hristine, thal unless she won this prize she wouid 'be unable to attend Cranbourne,SchooI after this term. This hatl greatly disheartened Chris- tine, for 'she loved schooi, and was 'popular among her com'Panions. Grace Burke, the captain of Study D', knew of Christine's financial posiLion, anal was very sympathetic, but strove to hide it, for Chris- tine was rery Proual' When at last the rwedk came, the girls were well nigh bursting with eagerness' They tlividetl into groups, and started off' "Goocl-bve, Christine l " shouted Grace Burke. "Good luck." "Oh, I do hope Christine Tins," said Grace to Betty Morgan. "You know she is vely keen on;win- ning, and unless she d'oes so, she will not be a'ble to come to school after the end of thi's term." "Yes," agreed Betty, "but sfil} Ilm having a Sood try myself." Grace, too, would li'ke to win, and she looks around eagerly for a likeiy snap. "Oh, iust look," said Betly' "there are some lovely red berries, an'I I must snap them"' Quickly she arranged the camera, then-snap! ancl it was taten' "I know where there are some lovely fern's," You come with heat, and sudden rain, tr'ilchle Novermlber! I sigh for ,sprinS's cool touch again And sweet SePtemher. -**-

saicl Grace, "and if ,we hurry ,we'll get there before the other girls. They tramped on- rvards through the rrvood, and were gust descending a guily, when the sound of sob- bing brought then to a halt. "It seems like Christyis voice," said Grace. "It is," replied Betty, "for I can see her dress." Quilckly t.he girls ran forward to rvhere Christine was lying on the ground, sobrbing as though her heart wr:ulrl rbreak. The girls soon saw the reason, for lying on the ground beside her was a mangled ca'mera. "Oh, do tell us what happenecl," said Betty, synapatheticaliy. Christine sat up and wiped her eyes. "I know it's foolish of me to behave like this, but I can't help it. A1I my hopes 'n'ere centretl on the competition. ancl now a1l hope is lo'st. Thin'king I could get a good snap from this 1og," pointing to a 1o'g nealby," I stood on it. I 8;ot the snal), then the log overbalanced ancl I fell. Oh, dear, I wish I was dead." Grace', who hacl stood quietly while Christine rvas speaking, nolv turnecl to her: "Christine, here, take my camera, I can do without; you need.the prize ,moLe than any of us." "Oh, nc, Grace, it is too good of you. I must not deprive you of your chance. Leave rne, I shall s,oon be all righl." "Dear Chri'stine, do accept it," Grace begged, "It is only a little deed for friendship's sake." "Grace," said Christine, "do you mean you are going to give arway your only chance?" "Never mind," said Grace, "I can tlo without." "You perfect dear," said Christine as she kissed Grace, "shall I ever thank You enough?" Than.ks to Grace, Chri,stine won the prize, and if ever Grace ,feelis any regret, she has only to look at Christine's happy face to assure hersel'f it was worth it. Lily Ilancock, L. III. D.

Goodbye, November.

You bring examinations' bane, O.h, eruel Novemftrer ! The facts with which I stored my brain I can't re,member.

I joy to think you can't remain, Goodbye, Novelqber! With thoughts of holiclays, I'm fain To greet Decemlber. M.8., V.

BRISBANII GII?LS! GRAIIIMAR SCIiOOL MAGAZTN.!] NOVCIrirbEr, 1922. The r. Lunatrc. wilderness as pioneers, thriUeal Hazel, ancl she hurried to shoiw it to her friencl.

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"Doing anythiug this afte'moon, girls?', de- manded Fred Graham, flopping lazily into a eanvas chair, ancl adrlressing his si,ster and her friend, Sybil, u'ho hacl long since taken possession of the shady ve|andah, ancl were happily lost in 'books. S/bil blinkecl, yarvnerl r,Yes__no_that is_are .lve, Hazel?" Hazsl dropped her. book, sleepily. ,,If it rveren't so hot, I'd like to walk out into the bush, near the otd Nanaba road, ancl see some of t.hose deserted 6ld slghalds-they fascinate me somehorw. " "Let's," said Sy,bil. "It's silly to waste a holiday, and we've,not inany lef t. Never milcl the heat!" "Rather lonely for you two girls to .be 'wandering about in that sclu,bbv place, isrr't it?" l-red objected. "Y,ou never kno\4' wh..rt fishy character-,rvait till to.mol'rotv ancl I'11 come with you." "Can't," Hazel declared firmly. "Picnic on." "But really," argued Fred, "You shouidn't. It's mile's; what if you,met a tramp-e1-or-- a raving lunatic?" "Don't ,be ridilculous"; tilere rvas scorn -in Hazel's voice. "Surely at sixteen-besrcles adventure doe,sn't happen in real lif e-3nd anyway I1m going to walk to that old mango farm this afternoon. And never a iunatic rvill we imee't-unless, of course, you cross our- track!" And u'ith a lautgh the girls disatL peared into the house. The old mango farm! Fred iookecl after them rvith a meditative ex- pression in his eyes-then he chu'cklerl audilbly. ,,Talk arbout heat," puffed Hazel; "I'm nearly deail! Oh, 'for a drink! Sybil, r-hal's the old place through the trees; let's hope the tank's not emipty." It was a long tramp to the spot, from the little sea-side place.where they were spencliilg the holiclays, and the clay was o'f genuine 'Christmas heat. Just a lit'.le along this track-picturesque, , yet dreary-- darkened lby trill ti-trees on either sicle, a,mong whose roots nestlefl clum,ps of fern, and the ramshackle co[lage wt uid be reacirct]. The old yellowed wall paper, the brohen woorl- work, the rusty pump, the musty clarkened roo,lns, the ever preseilt echoes of those, n'ho iu this little place, had tried t.o conquer the

The old place seemed forgotten by the rest of the world, as it stood surrouncled by trees, like durm,b giant sentinels-for no sound conld be heard, save the ,boom of the surf irr the; distance, and the ratile of the olcl doors in the $'ind. Having quenched their thirst, rhe gir'1.; sank dorvn on to t.he grass, tir,ed and hot, ancl remaihed there until they f elt sufncienilt- energetirc to eNplore the house. Slowly they pushed open the door and entereal. .,Lool( ar this funny old fire-place," Hazel began-then she sto,ppeal short. Footsteps couid be herr.tl coming along the dark pass.age, anrl berjoie either had time to move, an ojd and hideJ[s 'woman stood before them. Neither hacl e,ver seen such a queer flgure! Great goggles hirl her eyes, a torn and dirty yellow sharvl came up covering her moufh and chin; the recl ot he,r no,se could ,be seen_ in the dim light, anci her headgear might have tbeen created by ,_ire wife of Noah! But it v/as the claw-iike move- ments of her restless fingers, and the mel- acing attitude o'f her squat figure nvhich ter- rifled Hazel. She screamed. "Ihen the terrirble olcl creature begen to speak. Her voice rr,as harsh, unnatural-yet. to Hazel's confuserl sen,ses somerwhat familiar.,'Whaticher rloin, in ,my 'ouse," she screamed. ',Git out!. Git out! or I'll hurders yers. I will. I-" Lhen she laughed a ,v'ild horrilble laugh. ,,No, I,ll keep yer. Make yer 'elp. Oh, pretty,', ancl she stroked Sybil's hair softly. "Mad," whis- pered the horrifled Haze.l; "oh, Sybil l " "Mad!" screamed the olcl hag. ,'Macll you,, ah--" then she broke off with mumblings and groanings-and pushlng t.he poor girl,s into a little darkened room, she sla,mmecl the Joor behind them-ancl they heard the old irey tuln gratingly in the ru,sty lock! Hazel looked rounil the dark little roorn- ancl gasped. "Sybill We'Il be hilled. Ohl I'm so sorry f or lbrintging you here. I-I- didn't knorv anyone lived in this pla,ce, esp:c- ially-n-2" "She said her house," so'bbed Sybil; "shi:'s mad whatever- Oh, Hazel, her hands!" She broke off, for footsteps could be heard going to the,bac'k of the house, fol- lorrved by the ttistant slam of a door. ",She's going out!" ,whispered Sgbil. "Couldn't we possilhly escape?" 'She iooked rouncl fearfully.

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iunate chivalry! Hazel'was puzzled-Frecl being her brother. Betore long the sky took on a threatening and stormy appeal'anrce, and they resolvecl. that the short cut across the dried-up swa,tnp must be taken if shelter rvere to be reached in time. The girls dreaded it-f or f ear of nleeting the old y,.oman; and !'red, despit,e his bravaclo, said he preferred the other way home and a good wettingl But the girls respected their frodks, and clesrpite their mis- givin'gs, ulged Fred to take the ti-tree track -which he clicl, though iwith no very gooiL gracel In the hurried wa1k, Hazel's brooch came unclaspecl and fe'l1 down into a little culvelt beside the track. Naturaliy she junrpecl do,wn atter it. And then a strange thing happened! Hazel pilcked it up as in a dream, gazing belreath the iitile briclge wirir a fixed stare, for al1 the worltl as if she harl been tulned into one of the stones on which she had subsided. "Are you hurt?" asked her brother gruUly. "Look!" gasped ths '9111. Sy'bil looked. There beneath the little ,cu1- vert was an orld yellov/ed ghawl, an unmis- takable bonnet, a piilolw, and a black skirtl Frecl went lbrick red, then he coughed. "Nothing very remarkalble atbout old clothes. What-" Hazel lookecl at him steadily and with mean- ing-ancl particularly at his nose. Itls hue was rerminiscent, of partially rubbed off coch- ineal. Then she knew! "You beast!" she said; "calling yor a he,ro! Oh, you-you lunatic!" "A tribute to my acting, sweef. si,ster," Ifred bowed sh,amelessly. "You bo.y* lunaticl" she said with scorn. "We sarw the' old woman' making for the ti- tree track. No woncler you \\'ere so gallantly at hand to rescue us! Oh, you-" Words failed her. "Little girls need a fright to keep them out of undesirable places," said thi,s. incorrig- ible youth. "In doing this ndcessarily pain- fu1 actiou I had your future rvolfare ar heart. Sybil gasped-she didn't posses,s rl bi:olher. "You hateful, hat,e,ful boy," she sald-.but. she said it with a laugh in hel eYes. D.D,, IV. B.

What terrible thing could not haplpen in the trlack and still darkness! Hazelrfollorwecl her glance, and sajw near the iow ceiling of the roorm, a t.iny window covered iby a tol'n scrap of blind. A 'means of escape perh.apsl- A coh-rveb covered and ricketty olcl (box was Soon dragged ,beneath it, but the height of the window from the ground macle exit by this means impossilble-and the girls groaned' Suddenly Hazel nearly upset the box in her effort to gain yet a larger view fro'm the win- dow. "Oh," she saicl, "there's th,rt-she's rvalking down through the bush, going to- 1ya1ds lhat olcl track through the ti-tree s'wamp !" "We can't get out, anyway," Sybii an- nouncecl in a voice of agony, and she sank down on the floor in despair. I't seemed hour,s to the girls before footsteps were again hearcl in the darknessrbut this time they rvere heavier-more terrilble' "Her husbandl" N'ailecl S:rbi1' "oh-I-" but Hazel clapped her hancl over her friencl'-s mout.h. They waited in breathless rsilence, as the unknown terror neared the cloor of their prison, when a 'rYell-known voice saici, "You here, by any chance, 'girls-Haze1' Sybil- coo-ee." "Oh, X'recl! I' came in chorus trom the two' "Iet us out quickiy; we're lockecl in. Oh' hurry ! " "Lockeal in!" surprise and horror were in his voice. "What on earth-perhaips one of my keys might fit; if not-" For s'ome min- utes there was a scraping sound, and then the door burst orpen-and the girls rusherl out. They lore out of the house followed rby Frecl. "Tell you on t.he way home!" gas'ped Hazel. "Quickly!" "Just as well I gave up cricket this after- noon," Fred re'marked, in the ca1'm voice olf a hero. "Thought it best to foliow, anal keep an eye on You childrenl" "You clear rboy," said lfaTsl-6 remal'k which she afterwards sincerely regretted I On the way from the house, they told their story, and tr'red voiwed venrgeance on the old hag, though with more feeling that was ahso- lutely necessary, considering that he had not sufferecl at her hands! Sybil put it do\i/n to

tsRiSBAND GIELS; GIiAMNIAR scltoot MeclziNr: Novern.ber, 1922. The Story of the West Wind.

"Ha, ha, hsre I come, I'.nr on for a la|k.,, .,And Afrirca! My, I could tell you a thing The loud shrill voice of the'blustering West or two atbout A,frica. Jungles, animals, reat, rvind sounded in llalph's ears as he wa,s flying live.giraffes, lions, rnonkeys! If you weren,t his nerv kite in the large meado'w. Ail at so cross I could make you rilish you were a once*Crack!-the string snappecl and with chimpanzee. ElephanLs don't like me. They a swif t dive the kite s,w ooped into the get toothache-or rather tu.skache-when I branche.s of a tall gum as if to verify the olrl blow.

adage, "Pride must have a fall.'r "Whir-r-oo-oo," ,whistlecl the "whir-r-oo-oo-ooo ! " Ralph regarded his k.ite dolefully. "Oh, Itt soon get that," cried the v'incl. "My, don't I like hustling and pumng." Another blorrv and the kite was on the ground. Ralph picked up his broken toy sorrolwf ully. "Poor kite," he said, "it's a beastly wincl, isn't it? It's rude. It's not a bit like the sunshiny $61[[ wind." "Oh, 1or, excuse my laughing, but I can't help it." All the trees shook 'with laughter. "'Ha, ha, ha." "My maxim is 'Wind and. t.icle stay no man's pleasure.' Ho, ho!" r'epliecl the rvind. "If you're not snappy nolw I'11 tell you a story. "I've just come'from India. Oh, what don't I knojyr about India. Mosques and temples and sacred rivers. I've seen them a]l. wintl;

"Tlterr thele is Egypt wirh its pyramids anrl Italy I'ith its Alps. But, goodness me, the land of my birth is Australia. I',m your brother. Don't like that, eh? My word you ought to go to Tulkey or China. Don't the little boys like me therer I never break their kite strings! Oh, no! "Next time you go to Coogee rememrber it's I rvho make the foaming waves and sea-phan- tom,s. Lor, clon't. I laurgh up my ,sleeve when their hats blow into the sea. Hullo, there goes yours. After him, qui/ck; ah, you,lI never get him." The West wind left Ralph as he hurriecl to meet his brother the North wind. Tosether they chatrIg11 ; - lTlvin monarchs of t.he earth are we. Fu1l ,sway we have in every ,place, Our lives are joyous, gay and free; How noble is our high-born race! D.M0C., IV. A.

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To Calliope. Oh, muse of poetry, thou didst inspire The blind rbard Homer to his wonclrous solg Of Ilium's siege and fall: thou, too, ere long, In Rome didst Vergil rouse with patriot,s flre, To v/rite the epic of Rome,s founding. Th' lyre Of Dante was the next to feel thy strong Hand srveep its strinrgs, in times of hate antl wron,g. To plays unequalled, verse that ne'er will tire Thou didst rouse Shakespeare, glorious in his po'wer: Thy glft olf grand melodious verse hign place To Milt,on gave: thou ibrought'st from out thy bower Thy sweetest worcls of melody and grace To give to Tennyson. Great is thy dower: But yet give more: from man ne'er hide thy 'f ace. J. Stephenson, VI.

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N otes. Now you have all our news, so we'll sign our- selves merely, With the best of good rvishes, Yours very sincerely, v. One of the trventy-five prodigies in our iorm recently discovered a motto for us; but although we had not thought of it before, rve knew that there must have been some unseen fe1'sg urgin,g us on in our daily toil. Alas ! we did not distinguish ourselves either in tennis or in hasket ball, but flve of our memrbeLs were in the Interschool Sports' Team, and they nobly utpheld the traditions of IV. A. At last rye have been a'ble to apply our arithmetical ( ? ) brains. X',or we can actually ss,y how many seventeenth's of the French Gram'mar we have revised. At the same rate v/e hope to publish these fraction,s within the next few weeks, in decimal form. Perhaps it is due to the expansive view fro,m our class roorm, but whatever it is, we knorrv that since Midwinter we have greatly witlened our outioo'k on life, for we do n'ot dwell in the mundane present, but in the rermote future of freedom from "stelving." It must not be forgotten that we are very merry people, for our next door neightbiours often hear bursts of laughter from our room, during lbssons, too. How envious they must be of such a haippy for'm! Everythirtg has an end and so have these notes, and in closing we 'wish the Senior girls the best of suocess in their exams. IV. B" At Michaelmas the majority of us had a house party at Redciiffe, and eDjoyed our- selves intmensely, having a couple of im- promptu plays to aLouse the envy of the inhahitants. I,Ve all came back thoroughly bracecl up tor the Junior. This telm u'e had a Fot in Picnic at North Pin e, rvhen the IV. 13. boa rclers, quite acci- dentally, of course, purloinecl all the santl- wiches, tirose $'hich had been prepared for a III. A picnic, as well as their own. In Sports we h ave been f airly successf 'Jl, having rvon Miss Mollison's Cup and the IV. A. "tr'or ever and I\r. A.t'

vtr. It will be with mu'ch sorrow that we shall say goodbye to the otd school at the end o'f the term. This year with all its "thrills" has flown and the Senior norv weighs heavily u'porr us. The event of the year was our dance, for rvhich we rwish to thank i\Iiss lMackay, also Miss Lyons, who helpetl us out of many diili cuities. With the proceeds we are 'purchasing a rocking boat for the Children's Hospital. X'ifth joinecl us in decorating the hall, whici Iooked very gay with strearmers, balloons, anC butterflies of the scl-tooI colours. Next day one of our members accidentally diScovered in a clesk a happy remnant of our enioymert, in the sha'pe of a few chocolates which soon di,sappealeil, in spite of the fact that there was a strong flavour of sitver paint albout them. We are pleased to say that Sixth Form is well representecl in all the Tearns, whilst the four Team caPtains belong to us. We are sorry that we have lo'st the Basket BaU Shieltl, but rve still live in holpes of gain- ing the Tennis CuP. We close these hasty notes by rvishing the Junior girls the best of success. v. Dear Magazine, I'm just writing t.o tell, That all in the V. Form are happy and well. In fact, ,we all fear we are getting too fat- We'tl rbe thin streaks of miserl' rather than that; For our dearest tlesire's to be t.ali and sedate' But undignified brevity seems our sad fate' 1n spite of our efforts, we dolr't shine at sport, And at basket ball also our work went for nought; But at tennis we have to plly si;

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BRISBANE G]RLS' GRAMMAR SCHooL MAGAZINE. NovembeT, 1922.

Basket Batl Shield, but, sad to relate, we have no s,wirmmers. The Inspect.ot', during hjs visit, 'called upor one of our menrrbers in the singing lesson for a solo, and she nobly responded (?) Our class room is very airy, and is gener_ ally gay rvith flowers, excopt 'when our vases Itave been pilferecl by raiders from other classes. \\re hope we shall get good results in the Junior, if only to repay our ,mistresses for the interest they have taken in us. Many of us are leavin,g at Christmas, ancl it is with sadness that we say ,,Vaiete,, to the dear olcl B.G.G.,S. lV. q. Our form consists o,f nineteen girls, who occu'py one of the rooms in the Cottage. We do not shine at 'Sport, althourgh out' form tennis teaim won a match against IV. A. We have two representatives in B basket ball team, one in the syr'in,ming team. We were all sorry at Midrwinter to lose our mistress, Miss Rolbinson, and our ca.ptain, E,dna Hen,ley, but rvere pleasecl to welcome Mrs. Weston as our new mistress. We wi'sh 'all the Junior and Senior girls the be,st of luclk in their exams, and ho.pe that they will enjoy themselves in the coming holi- days. m. a. III. A. this year is compo'sed of thirty-two girls, all working in har,mony. Our ciass- room, which is on the far side of the main building, nearest the art, room, just holds us com,fortalbly. Oif late it seems to have been the rendezvou,s of all the stray dogs, as hardly a weelk pa's.ses without a visit being paid us by one of the canine spelcies. .We are well represented in the field ot sport, where the emeralal green and black colours o,f our form are well to the fore. With the advent of the hot weather" the swimming classes have been resumed, anil many o,f our girls avall themselve.s of rhe opportunity of practising for the Carnival tr be helcl later. The forjm pursues the even tenor oif its wly throughout the term, the routine having been broken only by the visit of the Inspector, when it is to be hopecl, we 'acquittetl ourselves creditably. Under t,he capa'ble leatlershirp of Joyce Guthrie we are endeavouring loyally to upholal

the llonour of the school as far as possible. The approaching hallf-yearly examinations necessitate closer applicatlol 16 study, so sport must be relegated t,o the backgrounC for the tims 6sin,*, as we, all wish to do our best at the lorthcoming exams. III. B, This ter,m rve of III. B. are over in the Cottage, which is quite a pleasant, airy room. We did fairly well in the School Sports. com- intg seconal. trVe are thirty in nurmber, and are all nat- urally geniu,ses, but neve.rt,heiess all are quah- iug for feal' of the coming exam. In the Intersch,ool Sports we were repre- sented by three girls; one, Grace Zillman, who won the highest numlber of points in the school. We were rather unlucky in having to play X'i'f th X'orm f or the first tennis m,atrch, irut we did our best, and are practising hard for next year, and have also many entries for the tournarment. IIr. c. We are a form comrprised of seventeen girls. After Midwinter, o,iving to tho iarge numlber of ngwcomers we continue:1 our studies in the Lalboratory, but we are now in the Library. We had four representatives in the SchooI Athletic Team, and have a few promising tennis players. We are all sorry that, the baske,t ball season is over. At present we are thinkin'g a great deal about the co,ming gym. competition, and hope that we shall succeed in puttins; up a gooai display against the gymnasts of ,III. A. and III. '8. and trIrl. D. We are not at all looking forwarcl to the Christmas exams., lvhich are coming near'3l' everl' rl ay. UPPER III. T). After returning at Midrvinter we changeri our f ormer clasSroo,m f or ihe oue in the Stuilio. l['e like our new-classroom very muc]r, as it very cool in sum,mer. We have no brilliant sportsmen in our form, but lve all enjoy a good game' of tennis or baskelball We are alrl pleased that the swimming season has commenced, as we think it very pleasant 1s s'pi4sh round in the cool water,