1971 School Magazine

engaging the Orchestra for the Sixth Form Dance to helping a shy second former to find a lost article, from arranging rooms for quiet prepping to holding Form Captains' meetings. Not least of her achievements has been her tactful and friendly leadership of the staff, and the staff room has often been brightened over the years by her sense of fun and her philosophic acceptance of setbacks. ("That's life".) Our deLight at her happiness in her marriage in August to Mr. Alexander Yeates is tempered by our regiet at hearing of her resignation at the end of this year. We thank her for work well done that she has been happy in doing, and wish her continued happiness in the future. B.p.

JT{,r. fuo,*** JWlorgqret fit .Uleates L) E A. (a.) Doreen Margaret Thomas was educated at St. Margaret's School, Brisbane, and taught there, at P.L.C. Armidale, at Ascham, Sydney, and at Toowoomba Grammar School before joining the staff of B.G.G.S. in 1951. Here she taught History, Geography and Mathematics, Iater specializing in Senior Modern History and Junior History. She always took the keenest interest in her pupils, stimulating the slower ones to develop their potentialities as well as encouraging the brighter ones to reach the heights. As a form mistress, she developed a great eiprit d6 corps in her form, and in her pastoral care for each girl has helped many to take a worthwhile part in school lile, and has also given that wise guidance which bears fruit in later life. Above all, has been the continuous example of her own integrity and enjoyment of life. From 1951 to 1958, when the first fulltime librarian was appointed, Miss Thomas was in charge in the school library and gave much time and care to its smooth running. In 1967 she became Second Mistress, and has been noted for her daily bulletins, often with amusing quips, on the staff room notice board. In this position she has kept a watchful and interested eye on all aspects of the smooth running of the school, from

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',ftl r r ",ftl o ri o r i " C otl e r in e €l[i"u B.A. (a.) Marjorie Elliott, affectionately spoken of as "Babe" by thousands of pupils of the Brisbane Girls Grammar School, is to resign from full time teaching at the end of this school year. So ends a teaching career which would be difficult to equal.

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