December 1959 School Magazine

December, 1959

Brisbano Girls' Grammar S.chool Magazine

Decembe r, 1959

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Ma gazine

Third Fom.s have been singularly la'cking in enthusiasm. This is disappointing, since Third Formers me usually keen and helpful members. It is to be hoped that they will contribute more to the life cf the Club next year. Our thanks go to all those who hcve helped the Club this y ear, and especially to those who haVe spent time and energy rehearsing sketches and p lays for presentation a t our lunch-hour meetings. We hope that next year will be a very successful one end that there will be further improvement in the standard of the Club's work. J.G. VI A. DEBATING CLUJ;! NOTES. The Debating Club is pleased to report that this year has shown an increased interest in debating. On the whole, ea·ch interform debate has been interesting and of a good standard. The winners of the III, IV and V form rounds were III C, IV A and VB respectively . In the quarter final, IV A defeated III C on the subject, "That aborigines should be kept on reserves," while the subject of the debate between IV A and V B, won by V B, was "That news- papers are pernicious to the general public." We feel sure that the whole school is eagerly awaiting the final between V B and VI A, who won the Sixth Form round by defeating VI B on the subject, "That an international language is warranted ." During second term, two interesting debates with other schools were held. The firs t one was with Brisbane Gra·rr:.mar School, and our team, which took the negative side, won; the subject was "That co-education should be introduced in Australian schools ." The second debate was with Somerville House . Our team wen cgain, the subject being, "That women should receive equal pay for equal work." Another activity in second term was a Public Speaking Contest, held to determine who should speak at the Rotary Club dinner. This was won by Ruth Blair, of V C, who spoke on the sub;ect of "Australian Culture." We wish to thank Mrs. McDona ld, Miss McNamara and Miss Hebden for their adjudica·tions of several debates and we would particularly like to thank Miss Burnett and Miss Colledge for their help, encouragemen t and very u seful criticisms. We hope that the standard of our debates will improve end that the interest in debating, especially in the Lower School, will continue throughout next year. L.L. ART NOTES. Art activitie s have continued actively throughout the year and many girls not taking art as a subject have found interest in it. In First Term we were given an interesting lecture by Mr. Tirr:.rnermans, "Art Through the Ages," illustrated with the help of the epidiascope. Several. girls painted small pic tures for the Library on subjects such as Science, History, Li terature, The Arts, and People and Places. These were frcrmed and placed above the corresponding sections in the Library. With the French Art Exhibition ca~e excursions to the Art Gallery. Our appreciation was strengthened by criticisms from Mr. Timmermans. Once again girls not taking Art (in Sixth Form) were able to attend the interesting exhibition of the Art cf William Debell in September. The greatest adivity of the year was in connection with School Day. Members of Fif th and Sixth Forms worked busily on paintings in the Chinese 27

STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT NOTES. This year, meetings have been held during Monday lunch hour, :'nder the leadership of Mrs. T. Shepherdson in first and second terms, and M.1ss. P. Green in third term. We have had many interesting talks by overseas miSSion· a ries, including Mrs. K. Graham from India, and Mrs. D. Kenyon from Korea. Miss G . Rudder, who spent some time in Indonesia, told us of everyday condi- tions in that country. The Rev. B. L. Langford, Queensland Secret~ry for the Australian Council of the World Council of Churches, gave a senes of four talks on the work of the World Council, especially in connection with World Refugee Year. Several addresses have been given by. clergymen. of different denominations, in which they have explained the behefs of the1r . chur~hes . The addresses,sometimes provocative, have stimula·ted controverswl d1scussJOns. Inter-school evenings have been held during the year, and an all day conference was organised by our group. We hope that the group will continue to expand and fulfil a very necessary role in our school life. M.F. SCIENCE CLUB NOTES. Thanks to the enthusia-sm of the members. we feel that this yem has been a very successful one for the Science Club. We have been fortuna te in having many excellent speakers, and good attendances at every meeting show how much the talks have been appreciated . The topics have been very varied, and have included atorr:.ic physics (by Dr. Noon), the elfect of sunhght on animals (by. M1ss Harvey), the crest-tail marsupial wt (by Mr. Mack), c:nd the place of bwchem1stry in the work of the Blood Bank (by Dr. O'Hagan). We were very pleased with the result of our efforts on School Day when we rmsed £14 by chargmg a s1lver com admissiOn to o':r displcy. Everyone worked hard to ma•ke the display as interesting as poss1ble and a geology display, dissections by the zoology students, a projecti~n lantern made by the Fifth Form, and experiments performed m the chem1stry labor~tory were on view. The star attraction-and the pride and joy of all the sc1ence studen ts-was the elect rical dischcrge tube. We would like to thank all the Science mistresses, and in particular Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Ryland, for their help throughout the year. M.T. DRAMATIC CLUB NOTES . This year the Club has been without the helpful guida·nce of M1ss Mu~ro, who resigned from her position c"S rr..istress in charge at the begmmng of lust term, but we are fortunate that Mrs. White and Miss Brown consented to help us in her stead. We now have two Baby Mirror spotlights bought from Club funds, and we look forward to using them on Play Night. Some casting has been done for Play Night, when we hope to present three plcys. Fourth Form is rehearsing "The Spinsters of Lush ," an eri,oyable little comedy, wh1le th~ Semors are rehearsing "The Holy Crown" under the guida'11Ce of M1ss WhJltaker. Meetings have been held as frequently as possible and most forms have presented plays. The best response wc:s from the Fourth Forms, but the 26

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