July 1956 School Magazine

July, 1956"

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

July, 1956

have been needed for some time and we are grateful to the trustees for these handsome new rooms. The second notable event of the year, was the laying of the Foundation Stone of another building which we hope will be begun by the end of the year, the long looked for Library. This beautiful stone and tablet was set on the 14th April by His Excellency Sir John Lavarack. This was His Excellency's first visit to our School and during the preparations, all concerned eagerly looked forward to the afternoon. We are very proud that His Excellency is now the Official Visitor of the School and hope that the Library which we need so much will soon be be- gun. When it is finished the Fiction Library, which is at the moment taking up part of a class room, and the valuable Refer- ence Library in handsome cases that line one of the passages, will be removed to rooms of their own in the new building. The reference room can then be used for private study and reference during the day, affording more space and convenience than is possible at present. Happily, the 14th April coincided with Old Girls' Day, for the Old Girl's Association first proposed the building of this Library, and, supported by the many generous friends of the School, raised a fund large enough to make the building pos- sible. We are most grateful to all our benefactors. This afternoon was a most pleasant social gathering and the usual sports events took place. Basketball and tennis matches resulted in victory for the Old Girls in A and B basket- ball and for the Present Girls in A and B tennis. The Sporting Season opened with the Interform Swimming Carnival held at the Brisbane Grammar School on the 13th March. IV C won the competition with III D and III C in second and third places. We thank the Headmaster for generously allowing us to use the Bays' pool for the Carnival and for weekly swimming lessons. At the Interschool Swimming Carnival, held on the 17th March our team was placed fourth. We congratulate Clayfield College and Somerville House who gained first and second places. Shortly after this in the closely contested Interschool Lifesaving Competition we were placed fourth, Clayfield College again being the winning team. Our Athletics practices are now in full swing, and each form is practising enthusiastically for the Interform Carnival 11

CURRENT EVENTS. The year 1956 is a milestone in the history of the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. First, five new rooms are in construc- tion. When we returned at the beginning of the year, we were :faced with a shortage of class roonrs because a second storey was being added to the Western wing. This crowding has been in great measure relieved as we a re now back in three of the old rooms and in the three corresponding new rooms above ihem. These rooms are fully furnished with new, polished desks, tables and cupboards and blackboards and have one all-glass wall for good lighting and ventilation. Within a few weeks we hope to move into the remaining rooms and look for- ward to the time when they will be painted. These elms rooms

His Excellency the Governor speaking at laying of Foundation Stone. 10