December 1959 School Magazine

'BrisbanCI Girls' Grammar School Maqazine

December, 1959

Brisbanr~ Girl!;' <;;rammar School Magazine

December, 1959

.style for the Art Display which specialized in Chinese Art. The Art Display ·was aon outstanding success and we hope that next year many more girls will iake part in Art activities. C.Y.

8riCJi11al eontribution~ MORNING REVERIE.

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It was one of those glorious early winter mornings that make the flesh tingle with excitement. The sun was not fully awake yet. He still seemed a little drowsy. And I was sitting in the front garden behind the Primula bed. The cavalcade of cars and buses carrying the workers to town had swelled somewhat and the people driving past wore those blank, expressionless faces that bus travellers invariably acquire. They seemed to stare vacantly at me, but I do not think they noticed me, for they were too preoccupied with their own thoughts. The world passed before me, yet I was in a world of my own. The Primulas stood straight as sentinels, soaking in the early morning sunshine, with now and then a faint ripple pass- ing down their ranks. A pompous little bee, golden and brown in the sun, circled and came to rest on a stem. Clinging to it, he drew one of the tiny, cup-like flowers down to him and took his fill, like a king draining a royal goblet. Then on he passed and proceeded in a business-like way along the ranks waiting for inspection. I picked a Primula a nd tried to hold it still in line with the others, but His Majesty gave it a disdainful glance and flew away, remembering the many gardens he had yet to visit. Two white cabbage butterflies were the next diversion, chasing each other merrily around the garden from flower to flower and coming to rest on a bush. But the day was far too beautiful to spend sitting still, and off they went again in happy pursuit. As I was sitting in my little world, a poem I had once been taught flashed through my mind and, for the first time, I realised what the poet had felt when he wrote: "The year's a t the spring, The day's a t the morn; Morning's at seven; The hillside~ s dew-pearled;

THE SCHOOL CHOIR. This year has been a very busy and enjoyable one for the members of the School Choir. We practise enthusiastically every Monday a.ftemoon, conducted by Miss Edmonds and accompanied by Louise Nisbet. Much hard work was put into items for the School Concert. Apart from our own items, many girls took pa'rt in "The Boy Mozart," aon enterta ining operetta about Mozart's childhood. Our repertoire includes works by both classical and cO'Iltemporary corr... posers. On School Day we sang one song unaccompanied, "Sweet Nymph Come to Thy Lover." It wa•s very well received. We thank Miss Edmonds for her work a·nd interest in the Choir. Next year we hope that our membership will increase and that our standard of singing will improve . L. NISBET. CRUSADER NOTES. The Crusa ders suffered a severe loss in the death, on the 3rd November, of thei r leader, Mrs . L. C. Fisher, crofter d short illness . Mrs. Fisher led our group for nearly five years. Her messages were a tremendous help and inspiration to us and many old girls will join with us in offering our sincere syn:.pathy to her family in their bereavement. Our group, like many Churches this yec•r, has felt the impact of the Billy Graham Crusade in ihe deepening of the spiritual lives of many girls, resulting in an increase in the averaqe attendance which is now 90. In May we joined with the Student Christia-n Movement in inviting two members of the Billy Graham team to address us. We were well represented at the annual Swimming and Athletics Carnivc:ls and also had ao good representation of men:bers at the Combined Crusader Rdlly in September. The Crusader Camps at Lamington, Tamborine, Shannon Pmk (Toc- woomba), and the Science Week·end at Southport have played a·n important pa-rt in the lives of those girls who attended them. Our association with Crusaders has helped us in our efforts to apply our Christian principles to prdctical everydcy living. We would like to express our thanks to our assistant leader, Miss Colledge, for her leadership during Mrs. Fisher's illness. K.S.

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The la rk 's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn; God's in his heaven- All's right with the world!" 29

DALE CRAMB, VIA.

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