1985 School Magazine

of secondment to the Board of Secondary School Studies and was promoted to the position of Mistres,s in Charge of Languages. Staff leaving at the end of the year inc lude Mrs jennifer • Orme, Mrs Christine Madden, Miss jill Turner, Mrs Linda Crook and Mrs Patricia Alldridge. Recently Mrs Robin Thomas B.A., Cert.T., L.T.C.L. has been appointed by the Board of Secondary School Studies as Review Officer for Speech and Drama, Theatre, Film and Television, and Dance. Her term of secondment is for two years after which time she will return to the school. After 10 years in the school Mr Alan Dale B.A., B.Ed., M.A.C.E. will take leave for 12 months to pursue further study in England . I have been grateful for the support Mr Dale has given me as Year 12 Level Supervisor and look forward to welcoming him back in 1986. We were all greatly saddened ear lier in the year when Mrs jean Ashton, our gardener for many years and previously a resident mistress in the Boarding School became seriously ill. She has been responsible for vast improvements in the school grounds and indeed has become an integral part of school life. Her efforts on behalf of the school will always be remembered with deep appreciation. I would like to take this opportunity also to thank Mrs Ashton for her generous gift to the school of two paintings by Ella Fry (nee Robinson) an Old Girl of the school who attended from 1931 to 1933. These paintings now hang in the main Administration building. Professor Margaret Bullock was granted 12 months leave- of-absence from the Board of Trustees while she is on study leave overseas. She will return to the Board next May. Miss Helen Lynch resigned from the Board of Trustees in September, because of her move to Sydney to a promotional position with Westpac. We are grateful for her contribution to the financial management of the school and wish her well in the future. Mrs joan Cook has been appointed by the Minister to replace Miss Lynch. 1984 marks the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the present school on Gregory Terrace. Between 1875 and 1883, the school was housed in other buildings, originally in George Street and later in Wickham Terrace. To commemorate this major developmental move, the Old Girls' Association presented a large archival cabinet which has now been install ed in the main corridor of the Administration building. A display representing the past 100 years is presently on view c reating much discussion amongst staff, students, parents and Old GiJis of the school. Each year we plan to change the display so that an niversaries relevant to a particular year can be highlighted. A prominent feature of the present display relates to the attendance of Mrs Margaret Park (nee Margaret Kerr), who was a student in the school from 1879 to 1884. The ·L illey Gold Medal awarded to her in 1883, and a prize for Mathematics, which was awarded in 1884, are both on display. Later she became a member of staff at the school and on leaving in 1890 she was presented with a tray and coffee set, which we are delighted to be able to display. Miss Sophia Beanland, the Headmistress in 1884, was apparently very fond of Margaret Kerr and in 1913 passed on to her the gold watch which had been presented on the occasion of her retirement from the st:hool in 1889. This watch also is proudly on display.

PRINCIPAL'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1984 It is with pleasure that I present the 109th Annual Report of Brisbane Girls' Grammar School which allows for recognition to be given not only to the achievements of the past year, but also to the many and varied contributions that so many make to the life of the school. The school year opened on january 23rd with an enrolment of 812 students, of whom 96 were boarders. A number of new staff were welcomed, including: Miss Tamara Tennant, Dip.TY.Grad.Dip.Art Ed ............ Art Miss joanne Dempsey, B.H.M.S., Dip.Ed .................... ...... Health & Physical Education Miss Bronwyn Myers, Dip.C.A.(Music), Dip.T.Sec. Music, A.Mus.A. to the Music Department as fulltime String specia Iist. During the year Mr Phillip Elmes, B.Sc. , Dip.Ed. was appointed to the Mathematics Department, replacing Mrs Baines. Mrs Linda Crook, B.A., Dip.Ed .......................... German Mrs jocelyn O'Neill, B.A. , B.App.Sc........... Mathematics Mrs Patricia Alldridge, B.Sc., B.Comm., Dip.Ed ................................................. Mathematics Mrs Kristine Cooke, B.A., Dip. Ed .. .............. P/T Resource Mrs Anne Farley, Grad.Dip.Res.T., Dip.T. .... . PIT Resource Mrs Lorraine Thornquist returned to the school after a period 2 A number of part-time staff were also welcomed: