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July 25 : “Failure is frequently from want of energy.’’ —Webster
— Inter-house Athletics Carnival was held: and Cunningham
House won.
July 28 : “Fear is the parent of cruelty.” —Froude
Grade 8's were given T.B. injections.
July 28: “Victory belongs to the most persevering.” —Napoleon
— Under 16 soccer team defeated in metropolitan finals by
Corinda High.
July 30: “Such laboured nothings in so strange a style amaze the un
learned and make the learned smile.” —Pope
Commonwealth Scholarship Examinations began.
August 1 : “Come and trip it as ye go.
On the light fantastic toe.” —Milton
Second term social was held at the Municipal Library Hall.
August 6: The girls G.P.S. Athletics Carnival was held at Lang Park.
Wynnum tied with I.G.G.S. for 7th place with a total of
37 points.
— Special mention to Dianne Lake, who won the open 75 yds.
August 8: “Unto you. paradise is opened.” —II Esdras VIII
— August vacation commences.
August 25 : “It is the beginning of the end.” —Talleyrand
— Third term commences.
September 5 : “The minority is always right.” —Ibsen
— Votes were cast for probationary prefects.
September 9: “You must look into people as well as at them.” —Chesterfield
— Student Council for ’69-'7O was elected from Grade 1 l’s.
September 17 : “Wagner's music is better than it sounds.” —Nye
— A.M.E.B. music examinations were held.
September 18: “If it's by a good author, it's a good play — naturally.”
—G. B. Shaw
— “The Marriage Proposal” was presented by some Grade 9
students.
September 22: “But if it be a sin to covert honour.
I am the most offending soul alive.” —Shakespeare
— Q.S.S.S.S.A. East Zone Carnival — Wynnum came third.
September 23 : “A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.” —Cowper
— Trial Senior and Junior Examinations commence.
September 27 : Q.S.S.S.S.A. State Finals were held at Lang Park.
— Congratulations. Chris.
October 10: “With the gratifying feeling that our duty has been done.”
— The cadet passing out parade took place. —Gilbert
October 11 : “Then turn not pale beloved snail, but come and join the dance.”
— The cadet social was held. —Lewis Carroll
October 21 : “On an occasion of this kind, it becomes more than a moral
duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.” —Wilde
— Speech Night was held at the City Hall.
November 3 “As you go along, the first things you reach are the bridges
and 5: you weren't going to cross until you came to them.”
— Junior and Senior Public Examinations begin.
November 27 : “On with the dance, let joy be unconfined:
No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet.”
— Third term social.
December 5 : “Don't the day seem lank and long when all is right and
nothing is wrong:
And isn't your life extremely flat when you’ve nothing what
ever to grumble at?” —W. S. Gilbert
— Holidays start.

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