From the Senior Library

“125 Years in 125 Days” We have just completed our eighth week of counting down to the School’s birthday!

This week we have been looking at some of the interesting clubs SCEGGS girls have joined over the decades. The Scuba, Science, Duke of Edinburgh, Tildesley, Cadets, Rowing and Computer Clubs were just seven co-curricular activities featured. We especially loved the photograph showing the Computer Club in the 1980s. Can you guess the year?  

The Duke of Edinburgh Scheme is still a huge part of the extracurricular program here at SCEGGS. We loved looking at an old newspaper article from 1975, which featured three SCEGGS girls cycling as one of their Award exercises. Their photograph was in the Wagga Wagga local paper, though the surnames were spelled incorrectly. 

Science Club is another fabulous extracurricular activity that has strong traditions here at SCEGGS. The image featured from 1982 was used for the 1982 and 1983 Prospectus. The photograph of SCEGGS girls rowing, in 1896, was such a wonderful image to feature this past week. 

Last week we asked people to guess the year the photograph, depicting a television and recording equipment, was taken. Our SCEGGS Old Girls guessed 1969 correctly on their Facebook page. First correct answer was Joanne D. Nelson. Robyn Kelso also remembered watching the moon landing in the classroom, on a small black and white television, in 1969.

Stay tuned for next week’s look at past School formals and dances, where you can decide how well the fashions have stood the test of times.

See the latest update showing our countdown via our Cognito Senior Library page. Scroll down and click on the “Celebrating 125” to view, or follow this link. Watch the video countdown as we pass the 70-day mark until birthday celebrations!

Dorothy Wilkinson Memorial Library and Archives