The 1898 School Magazine

(Unsigned, by the Editor, 1898)

With this number we enter on the first period of our existence, for although the Brisbane Grammar School in bygone days boasted of a magazine, it was, for reasons unknown to the present generation, abandoned. Now, however, there seems every prospect of launching a School Magazine on a successful career. The project, when brought before the Sports Committee, was enthusiastically received, and the management are sanguine as to the future of the Journal. We are sure that every school patriot will join us in wishing it a long and prosperous career, and will do his best to prevent it from sharing the fate of its predecessors.

It is needless to say that we look to all members, past and present, of the school, for co-operation in our undertaking. The most obvious way of giving help is, of course, to become a subscriber, and we confidently appeal, not only to present boys, but to the large body of "old boys" who have passed through the Brisbane Grammar School, to swell our subscription list. The Business Manager will be glad to acknowledge subscriptions, as received, in the Magazine, but we trust that the help will not stop [there but will] extend to literary matter. The Editor will welcome c[orrespondence] and contributions, original or otherwise, of interest t[o the school].

A large portion of the present issue is devoted to c[ricket]. We think that the School Eleven is to be congratulated [on the showing] made in the B Grade Electoral Cricket: as far as [the competition was] concerned, it tied for first place, but the North Brisb[ane team was] awarded the premiership on the averages. We re[gret that the] annual matches against the Ipswich Grammar Sch[ool and the] Clergy did not add to our laurels. Cricket for the [season is now] defunct, and football reigns in its stead, but the seas[on is not] enough advanced to enter into matches played. We [draw] the attention of all players to the excellent hints on t[he game pub]lished in this issue, and hope they will be read and [heeded].

The "Old Boys' Column" is in its infancy — we h[ave had little] opportunity of gathering information about them — but [we ask all] "old boys" to send us anything useful in this departm[ent. It is] to the Magazine to keep up the connection of our p[ast boys with] their old school, to promote a feeling of fellowship […] among them, and to act as a link between Past G[rammars and the] latter-day "Dark Blues."

We earnestly appeal to all present boys to help on [the Magazine] by giving full and up-to-date information on all schoo[l matters], sending in interesting articles, original or otherwise (suc[h as accounts] of holiday tours), and by obtaining subscribers. In co[nclusion the] Editor tenders his sincere thanks to all who have as[sisted in] compiling the present issue.