With this present number of the Magazine we begin a new volume; also, as will be seen by looking at our "School Institutions" page, a new Editor has been appointed. G. A. Sampson, who has successfully carried on this work during the last twelve months, has been under the necessity of retiring from the Editorial Chair, owing to preparation for the Sydney Senior Exam., which takes place in November next. We hope that our readers will find interesting matter in this periodical in the future as in the past, and in order that we may accomplish this, suggestions and articles will always be welcome from those who take an interest in our work. Apropos of this, we remind old boys in particular that contributions in the past have been appreciated, and we confidently depend upon further contributions from them.
On another page of this issue will be found an account of the Annual Swimming Sports. The entries for the various events were numerous, and all the races were well contested. During the present season we have had three teams playing the ever-popular game of cricket. Our First Team, which has been playing B Grade Senior, has not been very successful in these fixtures, but succeeded in defeating the teams from Ipswich and Maryborough Grammar Schools. It has lately sustained a great loss in the departure of H. Frew, the popular Captain, for the Sydney University. J. A. James has been appointed to the position, and we wish him all success.
The President of the Old Boys' Association for 1902–03 was Mr. G. W. Power, M.A., LL.M. At the 1903 Annual General Meeting Mr. R. H. Roe, M.A. (the Head Master) was elected President for 1903–04. (A related Old Boys' society re-elected Mr. F. S. N. Bousfield as its President.)
Old Boys' Association (Founded 1 June 1898).
No award. The Reginald Heber Roe Memorial Bursary had not yet been founded (first award 1933).
The 1903 issues carry Old Boys' registers; not reproduced here.
Source: The Brisbane Grammar School Magazine, April, August and November 1903 (three termly issues, combined). Notation: Bracketed "(year)" = year of ENTRY. (No R. H. Roe Bursary before 1933.) School Captain 1903: no distinct "Captain of the School" was printed in this era (cricket captain H. Frew → J. A. James). Head Master: R. H. Roe, M.A.
In this era, an Old Boy's year designation was the year he entered Grammar; the convention today is the year he finished. A boy who started in 1993 and finished in 1997 was (93) but is now '97.
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