December 1959 School Magazine

December, 1959

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbah~ Girls~ Grammar School Magazine

December, 1959

OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION NOTES. The Old Girls ' Association was founded in 1899. Annual subscription is 10/ - due on lst February each year. Life mem- bership fee is £10, badges 3/ 6. At the sixtieth Annual General Meeting of the Old Girls' Association held on Friday, 13th February, 1959, the following office-bearers were elected: President: Miss EVERIL HEIDEMAN Vice-Presidents : Miss BARBARA TRUEMAN and Miss CHRISTINE EVANS Secretary: Miss BARBARA LANSBURY Assistant Secretary : Miss KAY WETHERELL Treasurer: Miss JUDITH COULTER Past President : Mrs. T. G. BAIN Committee: Mrs. McDONALD (ex officio), Misses MARJORIE NEIL, HELEN DUFFY, JUNE LOVE, LINETTE PUREGGER, MARIA ANTHONY. Parents .and Friends Representative : Mrs . ANDERSON. Auditor: Mrs. S. JURY. Owing to a transfer, Miss Wetherell resigned as Ass istant Secretary and this position was fill ed by Miss Anthony from the Committee. No new appointment was made to the Com- mittee, so that it has been working one short since the resigna- tion of Miss Wetherell. The meeting was well attended and many new members were enrolled. A motion was passed increasing the annual subscription to 10/ - and life membership to £10. The Tennis Club was once again reported to have ceased functioning, but play commenced early this year with new members enrolled at the meeting. Delegates to National Co1,1ncil of Women a nd Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Club reported on the activities of these bodies. Mrs. Byth and Mrs. Lettice were elected this year's representatives on the National Council of Women and Misses Furness, Jones and Neville were elected as Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Club representatives. 43

THE DEATH OF DAY.

The sky is a ll ablaze With colour bold, The purple clouds are mingled With the pink and gold . The air is still And scarce a· sound Breaks through the silence, On this fading ground . I sit on a rock and watch the sea And pleasant thoughts of day Return to me,

And the sun slowly dies On the lea.

The sun is gone, Yet lingering still

Is the light of pmsing day; But I sit yet, And drink my fill , And wonder as I may,

What lovelier thing there is on earth, Than the dying sun of day .

A. Buchanan, III.D.

HOMEWORK. The weekend quickly passed away, And now there dawns another day, W ith low bowed head end dragging fee t, The scholar p lods her weary beat. But once inside the gate, she spies Sorr:.e friends, and soon her spirits rise, 0 horros! homework isn't done, Gone all the thoughts of schoolday fun. She reaches for her untouched books, With worried frown and puzzled looks, She tries to understand a sum, And feverishly bites upon her thumb. The French is bad, the Lciin wcrse, And now its time for English verse, She tries to say it off by hear t, But can't remember how to s tart. The teachers frown, her schoolmates smile, She stops and stumbles a ll the while, She soon becomes o nervous wreck , And feels the a xe upon her neck. At last the long hot dey is o'er. She ha ppily heads towards the door. Then homework books are put away, Until another lesson day.

E. Noswortl:y, III.B.

CHARLOTTE CUMMING, IVA.

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