Cartoon capers

When school life is depicted by students themselves, seen through the prism of young women inside the picket fence, we see the humour and the perceptive satire that is also seeded in our students. Their ability to uncover and undo any pretence and hubris brings school life into a realm of fun and reveals the perceptiveness and mischievousness this School has nourished—and even encouraged.

Perhaps the best evidence of this sense of playfulness is the plethora of cartoon sketches appearing in various school publications, especially the School Magazine.

These cartoon sketches also give us insight into school activities, uniform styles, mores of the day and are a history within themselves of what was worth noting and commenting on in different periods of school life and evolution. They form a broad picture of life inside and outside the classroom, and even in the chaos of the changing rooms.