"Here we are again, O, here we are again; / A happy New Year to everyone!"
These words may be fitly applied to this our first edition of the New Year, and express our wish to every past and present member of the School for the year 1913.
There has been only a slight alteration in the teaching staff this year, Mr. Brown coming to us from Wesley College, Melbourne, while Mr. Staehli left to take up land at Atherton.
The School crew rowed Southport at the end of last year but were beaten by three-quarters of a length, so that Southport gained possession of the "Henderson Cup." The cricket team in the annual match against Ipswich Grammar School defeated their opponents by an innings. At the end of last year, R. S. Irvine, the cricket captain, and W. Gall, the football captain, left the School; M. D. Graham now holds the position of cricket skipper.
We offer our heartiest congratulations to E. P. Holland and A. W. L. Row for obtaining University Scholarships, and also to all those who succeeded in passing both the Senior and Junior.
The President for 1912–13 was Mr. T. E. Jones, B.A. At the 1913 Annual General Meeting Mr. J. J. Walsh was elected President for 1913–14; Mr. J. G. Nowlan continued as Hon. Secretary & Treasurer. The Old Boys' Association hosted the customary Foundation Day dinner and concert for the cricket and tennis teams.
Old Boys' Association (Founded 1898).
No award. The Reginald Heber Roe Memorial Bursary had not yet been founded (first award 1933).
The 1913 issues carry Old Boys' registers; not reproduced here.
Source: The Brisbane Grammar School Magazine, April, August and November 1913 (three termly issues, combined). Notation: Bracketed "(year)" = year of ENTRY. (No R. H. Roe Bursary before 1933.) School Captain 1913: not clearly legible in the scan (the School Prefects list includes F. Philp and H. L. McComb; the cricket captain was M. D. Graham). Head Master: F. S. N. Bousfield, 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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