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March 1st: ‘•Brethren in Christ, and well beloved.” — Charles Wesley.
First combined boys’ and girls’ Crusader meeting.
“In these days half our diseases come from neglect of the body in
overwork of the brain.” — Lytton.
Teacher Trainees go for medical check-ups, hoping they have not
suffered physically through “Junior Brain-Overwork.”
March 3rd: "Wherever there is music, there is a throng of listeners.” — Bryant.
The City Hall was packed with High School students for the
concert given in their honour, by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
March 21st: “Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory . . — Dickinson.
Oxley’s purple flag was steeped in glory when they won the inter
house swimming carnival.
March 25th: “With a swimmer’s stroke I flung the billows back from my
drenched hair.” — Byron.
Q.S.S.S.S.A. Swimming Carnival — Our team were worthy repre
sentatives of the School, but were not very successful. However,
“defeat” is the stuff of which victories are made in due time.
March 26th: “Although strength should fail, the effort will .deserve praise.”
G. P. S. Girls’ Swimming Carnival—our team managed to gain
0 points.
April 4th: “The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc.,
steels and makes hardy single powers and muscles.” — Richter.
Miss Hawkins and Mr. Mayfield return to instruct in physical
education.
April 7th: “Oh, rare the headpiece, if but brains were there!” — Pheedrus.
We al] realized how useful brains would be, when First Term
examination commenced.
April 19th: “It is the first of all problems—for a man to find out what
kind of work he is to do in this universe.” — Carlyle.
Students visit the Job Information Display at the Wynnum R.S.L.
Hall.
April 20th: “He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerve and sharpens
our skill—Our antagonist is our helper.” — Burke.
The girls of the School have an inter-house sports meet. Boys’
hockey team go away to play their first match.
April 22nd: “Praise we that wise and brave and strong.
Who graced their generation;
Who bellied the right, and fought the wrong,
And made our folk a nation.” — Tarrant.
The men of Anzac were remembered by our students at our own
School Anzac Service. The guest speaker was Colonel Walsh who
stressed that: “Courage, comradeship, and a sense of humour, were
three important traits of character of the good soldier and of the
good citizen.”
April 30th: “And beautiful maidens moved down in the dance,
With the magic of motion and sunshine of glance.” — Whittier.
First term social.
May 9th: “The atheist may try to take away your devotedess to God, but
he cannot offer you anything to take its place.”
— One of the Ret. A. Willson’s points in his address to the students
at the Second Term Service.
May 11th: “All nature feels the renovating force of winter.” — Thomson.
And Wynnum High School students take part in the opening matches
of Q.S.S.S.S.A. winter sporting fixtures.
May 20th: “Money, make money: by honest means if you can; if not, by
any means make money.” — Horace.
Miss Nixon decided she would make it by running a cake-stall which
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