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March 10: “To begin is half the work."
— Bricklayers commenced work on the new block.
March 24 : “It is the contest that delights us and not the victory." —Pascal
— Wynnum was placed second in the East Zone Swimming
Carnival (267 points) at the Valley Baths.
March 27 : “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."
— P. and C. bus trip to Coomera was held.
April 14 : “The worst of faces is still human." —Lauater
April 20 : — Form photographs were taken.
“Speed on!" said ( .................. ?) as he handed out the drinks.
April 24 : — Wynnum High Walkathon.
“One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a
name." —Scott
— Anzac Day commemoration held and Cadets' Chaplain.
W. E. Gregory. Chaplain of H.M. Prisons, addressed
students and staff. . . ,
May 1 : “And beautiful maidens moved down in the dance." —Whittier
May 2: — First term social held at the Wynnum Library Hall.,
“Why should we break up our snug and pleasant party."
—Buckstone
May 12: — End of first term.
“I feel again a spark of that ancient flame." —Virgil
May 23 : — Second term commenced.
“Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world’s." —Landor
May 24 : — Seniors attend “King Lear" at St. Lucia. —Emerson
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
May 26: — Wynnum's Hi-Jinks and Crazy-Day Frolics.
“Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps."
—Congreve
— Grades 10. 11 and 12 students went on a geography
excursion.
May 30: “Necessity makes even the timid brave."
June 10: — Cadets go on bivouac to Crow’s Nest.
“Terror haunts the guilty mind." —Lee
June 11 : — Mid-year examinations start.
“If you would grow great and stately, you must try to walk
sedately." —R. L. Stevenson
— Schools participate in Youth Week March through Brisbane
June 23 : streets.
"We no more our verse will scrawl, for Shakespeare, he hath
said it all." —Gilder
— Grade 10 students see “The Merchant of Venice" at the
Brisbane Arts Theatre.
June 26: “Lust of power is the most flagrant of all passion." —Tacitus
June 27: — Deputy house captains presented with one-star badges.
“The old order changeth. yielding place to the new."
—Tennyson
— The Interact Club changeover night was held in A Block
July 4: and Anthony Kahler was inducted as the new president.
“A hit. a very palpable hit." —Shakespeare
— “The Crimson Cocoanut" was put on by Mr. Liehr and
students of the school. The play came second in Mercury
Theatre Drama Festival.
July 18: “I saw Hamlet. Prince of Denmark, played." —John Evelyn
July 23: — Grade 11 students attend "Hamlet" at the S.G.I.O. Theatre.
“We have met the enemy and they are ours." —Perry
finals.
July 24: — The under 16 soccer team wins the metropolitan semi
“The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk." —Cowper
— Grades 11 and 12 French students see the French play
“Tartuffe.”
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