Hebron gleanings 1971 by Ken Pullen

1971

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C H A P L I N

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HEBRON

HIGH

SCHOOL

( E S TA B I i l S H E D 1 8 9 9 )

Executive

Council Chairman

R e v. W. G . N e l s o n

MRS. M. Justin, S. R. N., S. C. M.

Secretary

Miss D. M. Hall, B.A., Dip. Ed.

^ Principal

R. Bissell, Esq., B.Sc. R. T. S. Darling, Esq., M.Sc. R e v.

Huckett

Te a c h i n g S t a f f M i s s

D. M. Hall, B.A., Dip. Ed.

Principal

M i s s

H. Beardmore B.Sc.

First Assistant

D. O.

Anderson, B.Sc., Dip. Ed.

M i s s S. M i s s

Bramley

A. Dueck, B. Ed.

M i s s M. Enns, B. Ed. Miss B. Fountain M r s . A. Lloyd E . C . Lloyd, B.Sc., B.D. M i s s

J. M. Macdonald, B.A., Dip. Ed.

M. A. Nye J. Reanney M i s s N. K . Ta l l e t t M i s s K. J. White M i s s M i s s

Secretary Miss J. O. Marshall

Boarding Department House Mother:

Miss F. J. Colclough, S. R. N., S. C. M.

Nursing Sister; House-keeper:

Miss A. J. Neuendorf, S, R. N

Matrons"!

Miss D. Sutcliffe

Mrs. M. I. Pearson

Chaplin House

Miss D. A. Rousham Miss

Sargent

Silver

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Stanes

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Miss U. C; Marshall

Uplands ' /: 0 ' I

Miss D. M. Hinckley

Sunshine (Jan. - Aug. J Sunshine (Aug. - Nov,)

Miss K. J. White Mrs J. R. Anderson

Gleanings Editorial Committee Miss

Hall

Linda

Miller

Miss J. M. Macdonald

Patsy Singh

Anne

Elisabeth

Sueur

Strom

HEBRON GLEANINGS

F o r e w o r d

" The whole problem of ecology is dumped on this generation", says Francis Schaeffer, and certainly the problems of land, air and water pollution have been an important topic in Current Events classes this term. Schaeffer

points out that the solution to the problem lies in the acceptance of selflimitation. Man must not do all he could do to Nature, if he loves what the Creator has made. It all has wonder, awe and real value - absolute value.

The problem of moral pollution, in our schools and in the wider society, demands a similar solution. Man has absolute value, and must accept selflimitation in his relationships with other men and in his attitude to himself. He must not do all he has the power to do, if he loves and respects those whom his Creator has made and whom his Redeemer died to save. He must accept limits to his actions, limits laid down by his Creator. It was in order to '* alert the nation to the dangers of moral pollution " that the Festival of Light was organised in London on September 25th., beacons of warning having been lit throughout the country two days earlier.

A huge crowd of people, many of them young people, assembled in Trafalgar Square, and marched to Hyde Park, where they heard an address by a Christian leader. At the end of the address he asked everyone to kneel, just where they were. Every one of the 80,000, right there at Hyde Park, knelt down to

acknowledge God, and His standards of truth, purity and light. We here could not be present at this Festival of Light, but we should like to associate ourselves with those thousands who presented proclamations to the Government, to those responsible for the Mass Media, and to Church leaders, calling for a positive stand on God-given standards. We should like to take our stand for right and for light, and to declare our confidence in and our allegiance to the One who said " I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life." D. M. Hall.

HEBRON GLEANINGS

Staff

and

Students

To those accustomed to the familiar names of the Hebron dorms, the appearance

of a new name "Uplands" elsewhere in this magazine will come as a surprise. When the new academic year began in August the continued high numbers in the senior school coupled with a drop in our junior school numbers, made a change round in dormitories desirable. Miss Rousham moved from Arnside to Silverdale with the

younger seniors, and the junior girls who had previously been in Silverdale moved into "Boys' Dorm" making a change of name imperative. Fierce discussion raged but finally the name "Uplands" was decided upon. This name has historic associ ations for Hebron because in the very early days of the school before the present site

was purchased, Hebron occupied for about six years a house called Uplands on the o t h e r s i d e o f C o o n o o r.

And what of the little boys? Alterations were made to Sunshine dorm to

make it possible to accommodate our six little boys at one end of it and this has been a popular move for the boys themselves and for their new playmates - the Sunshine girls. To complete the game of General Post, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Glenn and Paul have moved from Gatehouse into Arnside.

Staff arrivals have been more numerous than departures this year ; we were

delighted to welcome back Miss Fountain in January and have revelled in the concerts planned by her and by Miss Bramley during the year. In February Miss Macdonald returned from furlough, and in May we were so grateful to welcome back Mrs. Pearson to her indispensable work as housekeeper. We were delighted to have Miss Dueck back with us in August to teach Std. VI. At the end of the third term we said "goodbye" to Miss Hinckley who was

expecting to fly to England in mid-August for a brief furlough. Instead she has

spent more than three months in the K. M. F. hospital, Kotagiri, making a slow recovery from a series of severe heart attacks. During August, too. Miss Jones developed a fairly severe attack of jaundice and also became a patient in K. M. F. for

some weeks. We cannot be grateful enough for the loving kindness shown by the

staff of the K. M. F. hospital to Miss Hinckley and Miss Jones, and also by Mrs. Stockley and others who tdok a share in the night vigil in the early days of Miss Hinckley's illness. Illness and furloughs have left gaps in the staffing on the compound and as

usual we have been very grateful to parents and friends who have stepped into the breach. To Mrs. Bridge who undertook the housekeeping most capably and acceptably for the month of February; Mrs. McCleary who helped with the music teaching during the first term; Miss Foster who tackled a variety of gaps in the senior school and never seemed to find any of them too daunting; Mrs. Aspinall who has been first

housekeeper (from early March until the May holidays) and then Nest matron during Miss Jones' illness and has done both demanding jobs with unfailing cheerfulness and

good humour - we express our very grateful thanks. During the May holidays and a little beyond. Miss Beardmore attended a course on the New Biology organised by the British Council in Mysore. The love and loyalty of her fellow-members of staff were strained to the utmost when the rumour spread that she was coming back accompanied by cockroaches for breeding, but this proved a false alarm and the cases of locusts etc. which now inhabit the lab. have provided interest and pleasure for all age-groups, as has also the hive of bees now located on Silverdale lawn.

HEBRON GLEANINGS

During September/October Hebron acted as hostess to the participants in a seminar on the New Mathematics organised by Mr. M. L. Bright, the Principal of the new Kotagiri Public School. About thirty teachers from nine Nilgiri schools spent

two Saturdays looking at work done by our junior classes and talking to those of our

staff who are involved in teaching the New Mathematics and sharing some of their

experience and problems. This year has seen a drop in the total number on the roll from 180 at the beginning of the year to 150 at the end, but the number in the senior school has remained at the fairly high level of 57.

Health Report t

■'

It is with thanks to the Lord for His watch-care over the children that we

write this report again this year.

During year have an inepidemic chicken-pox, some and of the thirty ■■ '■' cases beingthis quite badwe - one girlhad being the Sick of Room for one month, another getting it while in bed with jaundice ! This last term of the calendar year seems to be the one for accidents, and so far this term, two girls have loosened teeth in falls, and have had to have them removed, and one girl fractured the three bones of her right arm. This has

necessitated three trips to an orthopaedic specialist in Coimbatore, and we are

grateful that he was available to us there. We have also had the usual 'flu and coughs and colds throughout the year, but

serious

illnesses.

We again express our appreciation to Dr. C. A, Martin, L.R.C.P. (Loud.), M.R.C.P. (Edin.) for his medical care and interest in the children and staff, to

Dr. S. Thyagarajan, M.B.B.S. for X-rays taken and attention to fractures, and to Dr. P. A. Johnson, F.I.D.C. (U.S.A.) and his partner. Dr. Eapen (B.Sc., B.D.S.) for the dental work done on the children.

A. J. Neuendorf .

H'^IERON

GLEANINGS

Prefects

Elisabeth StromJ â&#x2013; Lizzy, following on' with the family tradition, has made a good prefect. She has been an active member of' the choir and is also taking the sixth grade music exam, this term. Her talent is an asset in the annual House music competitions. She is the Darks' Senior House Captain. Liz has earned the Bronze Award in the D. of E. Scheme, and is now working towards the Silver. She plans to join her sisters at Covenant College, Chattanooga, U.S.A. We shall miss her keen excitement before socials and her frequent laugh ! R. A. G.

Anne Yendell fZe/O Anne, the only English prefect, has her home in West Pakistan. Like "Lizzy", she is the third of the four girls in her family. Both her older sisters ^ finished" school

here. Anne has completed the first three and last three classes in Hebron, spending the time in between in England. She has made a useful reserve in the hockey team,

a helpful discus thrower in the Inter-School Sports and sings alto in the choir. She

is taking her Grade IV music exam at the end of this year. She ' hopes to Hake several 'A' levels when she leaves school and go on to work with computers as,

perhaps, a computer programmer. We shall miss her a lot when she leaves. S . P. G .

Ruth Barclay (centre) " Barclay ", an Australian, has been in Hebron since Standard I,and is taking her G.C.E. exams this Novemtier so that next year she can take her Australian Matric. exam here. When she leaves school she thinks that she. will train as a

teacher. Besides being a prefect, Ruth is the Vice-Captain of the Lights and also

goalie in the school hockey team. We shall miss her when she leaves because of the important part she has played in school activities and Crusaders.

R . G . P.

HEBRON

GLEANINGS

Examination GENERAL

C E RT I F I C AT E

Results OF

E D U C AT I O N

Our congratulations go to the girls who took the G.C.E. 'O' level papers of the Associated Examining Board, London. The results were as follows; Heather Brambleby

B i o l o g y, C h e m i s t r y, E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e , H i s t o r y * ,

Physics, Religious Knowledge* Rosemary Constable

Biology, English Literature, History, Latin*, Mathema tics, Physics, Religious Knowledge*.

Margaret Duncumb

Biology, Chemistry, English Literature, History, Latin*, Mathematics, Physics, Religious Knowledge*.

Marion Lewis

Biology*, Chemistry*, English Literature, Geography*, Latin, Mathematics, Physics*, Religious Knowledge*.

Susanne Outlaw

Art, Biology, Geography*, Latin, Religious Knowledge*.

Sandra Sinclair

Art, English Literature, Geography, Religious Knowledge.

Morag Sutherland

Biology, English Literature, Geography, History, Mathe

Marion Wall

Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Vhysics,

matics, Religious Knowledge*. Religious Knowledge*.

Standard

iiJ:

Ruth Barclay

English Language, French

Manina Baumgartel

French*

Patricia Field

Art, English Language, French, Religious Knowledge

Beverley Hay

English Language, French

Christina Kiff

English Language, French

Anne Le Sueur

English Language, French

Ruth Lewis

Chemistry*, English Language, French*, Mathematics, Religious Knowledge*

Linda Miller

English Language, French*

Frances North

Art, English Language, French*, Religious Knowledge*

Elisabeth Strom

English Language, French

A n n e Ye n d e l l

English Language, French

*after a subject indicates Grade 1. The pass grades go from 1 to 6.

HEBRON GLEANINGS

M u s i c Congratulations also go to the following girls on their success in the exami nations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music : Practical Examination Pianoj

Grade . V Margaret Duncumb (Distinction^ Joy Schrag (Distinction) Elisabeth Strom (Merit) III Ardis Butterfield (Distinction) Violin Grade

Judith

Pullen

Theory Examination

Grade V Margaret Duncumb, Elisabeth Strom, Joy Schrag Grade IV Ina Rutgers, Ruth Ann Gillette, Ruth Lewis, Kathleen Taylor Grade III Anne Le Sueur, Christina Kiff, Rebekka Strom, Lois Snell, Priscilla German

Grade II Joy Turner*, Ardis Butterfield*, Christine Duncumb*, Ruth Mullins*, Anne Yendell*, Rachel Vincent, Rachel Snell Grade I Katherine Burn*, Ruth Robertson, Margaret Lawrance, Kathleen Sanders, Rachel Turner, Ruth Short, Margaret Smith, Caroline Lawrance, Gwenneth Field, Ruth Powdrill, Myrna Nemeth,

Annette North, Susan Wilson, Sarah Snell, Suseela Wiig,

Jennifer Mullins, Lydia Powdrill, Mary Sanders, Sharon Nemeth, Sally Davies, Joy Linton. *after the results indicates full marks.

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme The following awards were won during 1971 : Silver

Award

Heather Brambleby Rosemary Constable Marion Lewis Marion Wall

Bronze Award

Kelly Bennett Anne Le Sueur Ruth Lewis Susanne Outlaw Sandra Sinclair Elisabeth Strom

HEBRON GLEANINGS

Holiday Competition — Prize Winners Senior

Dress

1. Elisabeth Strom

Biscuits

1. Joy Schrag „ 1 Priscilla German

■ j Ruth Ann Gillette

Birthday Card Stds.

IV—VI

Wall Hanging

1. Ruth Mullins

1. Margaret Barclay 2. Judith Davies 3. Katherine Burn

Puppets

1. Sharon Bevan 2. Linda Robertson

3. Alison Ringrose Birthday Card Stds.

I—III

Birthday Card

1. Elizabeth Daniel

}Cah trynDaveis Elke Timm Rachel Davies

Hebron Day - July* 1971. Rosette Winners. Nest

1. See De-Bee — Debbie Forward

2. Sandwich — Joy Langton

Sunshine

1. Miss Hall looking back over the past. — Esther Gardiner 2. Kerala Fisherman — Christian Kellenberger

Silverdale

1. X-ray — Rae Langton

Stanes

1. Giraffe — Shirley Chote 2. Rag and bone man — Gwenneth Field

Groups

1. Bird-watching Watching the orange-headed Fantal —

Boys' Dorm &

2. Pin Box — Margaret Barclay

Janet and Gillian Wilson

2■1JFreedom Clothes Line Fighters — Lois — Harris Ruth &&Helen Mary Sanders Stockley Day Scholars —

1.' Canada — Ironside family 2. Clown — Sivram Balasubramanian

Arnside

1. Ant-on-ym — Susan Wilson & Shirin Fozdar 2. Crusaders — Judith Pullen, Lydia Powdrill & Heather Barclay

Chaplin

1. The Ideal Hebron Girl — Standard XI 2. Co-education — Standard IX

HEBRON GLEANINGS

in the holdas we went to see the twin elephants and mother Rachel Tyman - 7 years

(We thought it was donkeys playing hockey ! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eds) SPORTS

NOTES

Because of all the time and trouble we put into winning, the Inter-School Sports (for the second time in succession), we did not have much time left for anything else in the first term.

However, in April, when the pool was finally filled, swimming sports were

held. The Houses were so evenly matched, that it was the last item, water polo, that gave the 5-point victory to the Darks. Mrs. Constable proudly presented the cup to her daughter. Darks' House Captain.

The netball teams for the two Houses were also evenly matched and Lights finally won the close game by one point.

Lights ran away with the shield in the House Sports. Each House was glad to have the school leavers as participants. We are only hoping that we shall do as well

in the Inter-School Sports next year without them.

In the Inter-School matches, the senior netball team lost only one game under Miss Reanney's coaching, and the junior team won only one game-under Miss Reanney's coaching! !

Although there were some outstanding players in the hockey team, e.g. Grace Parker and Jane Crossley, we lost both games we played. However, we did make the last goal of the season.

We should like to thank members of staff who have coached the teams so well, and a heartfelt thank you to Mrs. Pearson for the wonderful teas ! Cathy

Sinclair

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Elisabeth Strom - Captains.

Congratulations to Joy Schrag on the award of her Athletics pocket and to Rosemary Constable and Cathy Sinclair on the award of their Netball pockets.

HEBRON GLEANINGS

House Captains Lights

D a r k s

House Captain : Vice-Captain: Junior Captain:

Elisabeth Strom Ruth Ann Gillette Gillian Darrell

Cathy Sinclair Ruth Barclay Heather Barclay

Junior Vice:

Margaret Lawrance

Judith Pullen

Inter-School Sports 1971 For the second year in succession Hebron stood First in the Inter-School Sports Meet at Wellington on 3rd April. Our total number of points was 103 Senior Division:

6 points

Relay

—

4 X 100 metresia

2nd

Hurdles

—

Heather Brambleby Kathleen Taylor

1st

2nd

Myrna Nemeth Kathleen Taylor

1st

3rd

2nd

2nd 3rd

Patricia Field

Kathleen Taylor

1st

Myrna Nemeth Margaret Duncumb

2nd

100

metres

—

200

metres

—

400

metres

—

High Jump — Broad Jump — Shot

Put

—

Myrna Nemeth Kathleen Taylor

Divisional Championship 38 points Intermediate Division:

Relay

—

Hurdles

—

400

—

Joy Schrag (record) Grace Parker (record) Joy Schrag Joy Schrag

2nd

metres

4 X 100 metres

•

1st 1st 1st

10 points 5 „ 5 „ 3 5

200

metres

—

metres

—

Grace Parker Rachel Snell Grace Parker

2nd 2nd 3rd

100 Shot

Put

—

Jane Crossley

1st

Joy Schrag (record)

1st

5 5

Broad Jump —

1st

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3 1

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Divisional Championship 45 points Intermediate Champion and Champion Athlete — Joy Schrag Junior Division:

Relay

Hurdles 75 metres 100

metres

200 metres

4 X 100 metres

2nd

6 points

Sarah Ruth Ruth Ruth

1st

5 3

Snell Elliott Elliott Elliott

2nd 2nd 3rd

3 1

18 points

HEBRON GLEANINGS

Sub Junior Division:

Relay

— 4 X 100 metres 3rd 2 points Inter-School Matches

Netbail

SENIORS Hebron n

JUNIORS

Mountain Home

— 7

Wo n

St. Hilda's

— 22

Lost

Stanes

— 1

Won

Lawrence

—

Nazareth

— 3

, v

St. George's

—

Lost'

St. Hilda's

—

Lost

Wo n

Hockey Hebron I

Inter-House Competitions LIGHTS

DARKS

Athletics

201

133

Swimming

175

180

122.7

131.6

Netbail House Points

13 Won

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SCHOOL

ACTIVITIES

Conversation Overheard Between a Hebronite and an Ex-Hebronite on the First Day of the May Holidays.

ex-H. What was Parents' Day like this year ?

H. I think it was very interesting, but you know, the usual bustle — lots of excitement and people having, stage-fright.. losing things shouting at

■

the

tops

our

voices

ex-H. Just like Hebron ! , Did the seniors do a play ?

H. ■ Yes, actually there were two. Standard VII did a scene from "Tom Sawyer". It was really funny. Tom liked a girl called Becky at his school and he sat beside her and wrote her name on his slate. Then they quarrelled and Becky tore one of the master's books and Tom took all the blame.

Standard XI acted a play called "Tobias and The Angel." In some Ji parts it was quite frightening but in others it was very funny as when Tobias was seen peeking over the wall. I really enjoyed it. ex-H. I suppose Standard I did the usual singing games ? H. No, this time they sang and acted the poem "Christopher Robin is saying

his prayers".; The boy who was Christopher Robin was just right with his brown curlyish hair and his teddy bear in his arms.

ex-H. Which class did the French play ? H. Standard X. It was about a fervent lover who put some flowers in a box for his girl and some torn trousers into an identical box to go to the tailoress. The two boxes were muddled up so that when he expected his girl friend to come, both the tailoress and the girl came in, waving frantically the things

they had received and shouting angrily at him. ex-H. I remember learning reams of Bible passages for Verse-Speaking. Did they do that this year ?

H. Yes, they did the story of Joshua. In the middle of the part about the capture of Jericho someone blew a trumpet. If you were half asleep it soon < made you wide awake ! ex-H. What else did they have ? H. Well, Standard II were all dressed up in mackintoshes and Wellingtons and sang some songs, and recited some poems about rain. Standards III and IV played some pieces on percussion instruments. The tinkling xylophone and the deep beat of the drum made it pleasant to listen to. Standards V and VI acted an exciting musical play about some greedy Red Indian boys who stole

food and then climbed on a rope into the sky. The Indians tell this story to explain the existence of the stars.

ex-H. Yes, I should have loved to be there. Ah well 'bye for now. Happy hols!

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Hebron Day "Down with segregation, we want co-education", was the protest from our

class, half of which were in Lushington uniform, and the other half in everyday

Hebron uniform. Apart from winning 2nd prize we won the hearty approval of the audience with loud shouts and cheers!

Following our group, slowly and solemnly came the coffin-bearers faithfully carrying "The Hebron Worm" who had passed away at the thought of G.C.E. exams. ♦

Rapidly Jason came at the command of "Hasten Jason fetch the basin", but, "too late, it's the mop!" ....

Who is this coming along with an "ant on 'im" ? (antonym) trying to catch up with the rest of the procession ? Here comes the ideal Hebron girl as the staff see her — reading out the rules from the rule book. And behind, her comes the ideal Hebron girl as the girls see her

— wearing short dresses, make-up and jewellery !

The tall graceful giraffe (commonly known as Shirley Chote) sauntered into the hall. The two Ironside girls came in as "Can adder" (Canada). One was a

maple^leafed can and the other a long snake. The Hebron Refugee, (Brenda Spikin), came into the hall in a tattered, muddy, ragged checked dress, looking half-starved and carrying her few possessions on her head. Christian Kellenberger came in as a Kerala fisherman with two baskets on his shoulders.

Last but not least came "C.D.B." (see Debby), a little girl from Standard I. Then we had some musical iterns, including two English folk songs and a recorder piece by Standard IV.

After the farjcy dress we went down , to the highly - decorated dinirig-room where we had an appetizing supper of chicken pilau which was followed by a moon light walk for the seniors.

ICerryn

Spikin

Jennifer Robertson > Standard IX Kathleen Sanders j

The 1970 House Music Contest

. All whispering ceased ; down the aisle came Miss Hall, followed by the two 1970 Music Competition judges — Dr. and Mr. Bell'Hart. Introductions were -made

and then the performance began. The curtain opened on the Darks' Seniors carefully clothed in Indian costumes that we are all familiar with. A gong told us all that their act was going to be based on India. Throughout the whole performance, the Darks were wearing their Indian costumes, in which they sang, snake charmed and acted a bazaar scene. Out through the hall sounded strong beats of Indian music, composed by

George Harrison on the Beatles record entitled "Sargeant Peppers". The atmosphere was very Indian as dancers wove around a percussion band, holding candles. Then came a recorder piece, followed by a piano one from our two Hebron musicians —

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Margaret Duncumb and Elisabeth Strom. A favourite with all the audience ended the performance, when out from the curtains came "Mahesh" who sang to his mother about their lost cows. Mahesh absent-mindedly pointed to the Std. IX Lights while he was talking of the cows to his mother !

The applause showed the Darks that their performance had been a success. Then came the Lights' turn.

This time the curtain opened on to a very different setting, but the audience

was ready for this, having been told by the air hostess to fasten their safety belts as they were now on L.I.G.H.T.S' Airlines, well on their way to Canada. A Red Indian Dance was the first item.

The United States followed, where Std. IX sang about going down to Mexico,

which was planned as the next stop. Here a Spanish song was sung, accompanied by . a guitar.

The plane flew to Ireland, greeted by the Irish Ruffians singing the tale of the Unicorn. England was the next stop, and here a group of patriotic people sang, "The English are Best!" Various piano pieces, percussion items and songs were sung in Germany.

The audience were then to be privileged to hear a song called "Fiddler", and

everyone sat up as two of the largest members of Std. IX danced (rather loudly)

down the aisle ! The "Checks" (Stds. YII & VIII in check dresses) sang rounds in Czechoslovakia. The Checks had to cut out a round however; as "Time's up" was

approaching much too fast. On our way to "that exotic school in the Nilgiri Hills of South India", a loud crash of drums sounded and a voice ordered the plane to fly to Jordan. Out in front

of the curtain stepped the stewardess, telling everyone in a shaky voice that there was nothing to fear.

The curtain opened on the Lights of Hebron sitting in the Jordanian desert

ringing, "Here we sit like birds in the Wilderness" ! A triumphant hijacker stood among the crowded prisoners, and during the loud chorus an excited girl jumped up to ask the hijacker for his autograph! Then the curtains swiftly closed to shut out the noise and grinning faces.

Up to face the excited school stepped Mr. Bell Hart. After he had told us our

mistakes and good points (which made us sure the Darks had won !, he announced that for the first time in History, Lights had won â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and by three points. Everyone

was grateful to Miss Hall, Dr. and Mr. Bell Hart, Rosemary Constable (Darks), and Sandy Sinclair (Lights) who made the day possible. Cathy Sinclair - 14 years

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Swimming Sports The whistle blew, a colossal splash — The Swimming Sports had begun. Legs and arms fought desperately To gain the other side. While smooth, strong strokes brought other swimmers Quickly to the winning post. Every event flew speedily by With mounting points for both Houses, Till the Obstacle Race —

We were all put into families (Daddy, Mummy and Baby) Baby got into the bath-tub Which floated on the water;

Mummy and Daddy had to dress her In bib, bonnet and socks;

Then they had to pull their baby For a boat-ride to the other'end.

Points for Darks and Lights were forgotten In the excitement of getting baby dressed And of trying to keep the tubs afloat; Some tubs sank to the bottom of the pool While bonnets, bibs and socks To s s e d a r o u n d t h e t u b s s t i l l a fl o a t .

The points were very close — Lights only five points ahead; But the water polo determined the final result. Mrs, Constable presented the cup to — Rosemary Constable, the Darks House Captain !

Ruth Mullins - 13 years

Inter - School Sports' Heats The mountains, shimmering mistily in the haze of heat, encircled the Wellington Stadium in which a multitude of fussing figures scurried from tent to khaki tent, Buses disgorged their expectant, quivering passengers, and the loudspeakers gradually formed the choked oval into some semblance of order. Spectators shouted

their last good wishes, and the heats began under the violent, unwinking eye

of the sun.

Miniature whirlwinds of dust sprang up, dancing on the track, seemingly from nowhere. The competitors' feet flew, spurred on by hopes and cheers. As the

excitement mounted, so did the achievements. Joy Schrag jumped 15'2" in the Inter Long Jump compared with the former record of 14'7". A record for the Sub-Junior High Jump of 4'7" was set by a girl from Nazareth. Under the savagely glaring sun the competitors drove themselves on, while the

various schools patterned the Stadium with their eager, but heat-shrivelled spectators, who rushed dustily from one event to the next. At intervals a brick-red girl would stagger exhaustedly into a tent, to examine and anoint her burnt skin.

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At last an hour's break for lunch was called, and the lookers-on congratulated,

or commiserated with, their more athletic companions. A spirit of freedom and

friendship existed as competitors from the various schools joked together on the stiff, bleached grass.

Then the hurdles event took place, and Hebron leapt its way to three victories.

Joy Schrag broke the Inter hurdles record in 13.8 seconds. The cheers rang loud at

the foot of the rolling hills.

The sun was like a leaden weight on the backs of the competitors, but this did

not prevent all concerned from excelling themselves in the 400 metres. Grace Parker broke this record in the Inter division at 66.6 sees.

A cool flutter of air swept out of the broiled, cobalt blue sky, and the shadows

stretched darkly across the parched, churned up ashes.

The boys' schools admirable performance in the 800 metres did not seem to be spoilt by the agonized yells which converged upon them. Then the practice for the March Past began, in which Hebron took its place triumphantly at the front (having won the year before). We all hope this is an omen of things to come.

P. S. It was ! Hebron won the over-all championship again. Linda Miller - 15 years

Carol Service 1970

The hall was beautifully decorated with blue, red, yellow and green hoops

hanging from the roof, with coloured stars hanging in the middle, their silver tinsel catching the glint of jthe sun, and reflecting it back on you. Along the side was blue crepe paper, with merry snowmen in colourful hats and scarfs, standing in the paper

snow. At the back of the platform were the words, "O come all ye faithful."

Parents and visitors filed in, and there was a murmur of voices and a crackling

of carol sheets, and the service began with a few words of welcome from Miss Hall. Standards VII and VIII sang 'Poverty' with alto blending beautifully. After that, Standard VI sang the Calypso Carol. They sang it very well, and it was one of the best items, I think. The choir were arranged on the platform, and they sang

lots of songs which they had sung in church. "Hush be still" was sung by Standard I in very 'hush be still' kind of voices. They had not seemed quite sure when to stand up, but with the help of Mrs. Lloyd, their teacher, they managed alright.

There was an item done by Standards IV, V and VI that sounded quite modern with drums, triangles and other percussion instruments to give the effect of a cold night. It was called "Mary". Standard II sang 'Lullaby' very well, and everyone

enjoyed it.

About six girls from Standard X and XI read passages from the Bible, introducing the carols. In between the items by Hebronites, the congregation sang carols like "Silent Night" with the help of carol sheets. They sang up well, and

you could hear the deep voices of fathers. Part of the choir sang a lovely song with percussion chiming in. The clacking of castinets and the tinkling of the triangles sounded very good. After the closing prayer we left the hall with the greatest excitement still to come - the holidays !

Sarah Snell - 12 years

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The Leavers* Service The opening chorus of praise was sung by standards Five to Eight, "Crown

Him, Crown Him". Everyone then sang, "The Lord is King", after which Miss Hall committed the service to the Lord and Rosemary Constable prayed for all the old girls as well as for those girls who were not leaving.

"My Redeemer will walk with me" was then sung with vigour by Standards Three to Six. This was followed by Marion Wall and Sandy Sinclair each reading her favourite passage of Scripture. After they had read, the rest of the leavers went up and joined them, and sang, "Is there more to life?", which was very inspiring. Virginia and Priscilla Strom then spoke. They are old Hebron girls. Virginia spoke about the Christian fellowship she was experiencing at Covenant College in the IJ. S. A. She said that all the girls were nominal Christians but they did not always show much love towards each other. However, she told us about a Conference

they had had during one vacation to which all kinds of people went. Some had only

found enough money for the bus fare there and so some of the Covenant students had let these people have their beds or they gave or bought them a meal. Priscilla then

spoke about the Christian work they were able to do. She held a Sunday School in the town for negro children of ages three to seven. They were so neglected that when a toy or some crayons were given to them they did not know how to use them. Some of the children of eleven did not'even know Tiow to read, and so a class was

held during the week to help them. None of these children had any power of concentration. They'could "not even sit still'while a short story was read to them. They were being helped. We stood up and sang "Life and Light and Joy are found". Mrs. Strom then

gave her message.. She said that the so-called 'generation gap' was really a confidence gap. Some adults do not trust young people so the young people do not trust the adults. She also referred to the gap in our lives. We are completely different from what we want to be and what God wants us to be. Her- text was

Philippians 1 verse 6;. "He which hath began a good work in you will perform

it until the day of Jesus Christ".

We all then sang "O Jesus 1 have promised". Mr. Huckett read out the names of the Leavers and their destinations. He then prayed for them and those who were

younger, but were also leaving, and commended them to the Lord. The service was ended and Miss Hall, Mr. Huckett and Mrs. Strom left the

hall, followed by the Leavers and then the rest of the school. Christine Duncumb - 14 years The

Concert

The Concert was in aid of the refugees from Pakistan. It was done by the seniors of Hebron.

The item 1 liked best was "Railway Station". The people who were the main

characters were Kerryn Spikin, Carol Nejedly and Ruth Mullins. They were the wife, the husband Erbert, and the Station Master. Some of the other items were "Mother Tunes in" about the radio and Mother

trying to find out about gardening ; "The Referee" about a football match; "Shoe

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Shop" about a lady trying to get a pair of good shoes and finally putting on the top and bottom of a box. There were also two country dances.

In the interval they had refreshments. The prices were raised and were

expensive. Lots of the girls bought some food. We raised more than Rs. 1,000 for the refugees from this concert and other things.

Becky Hamilton - 11 years

Easter Camps F i v e o f S t a n d a r d X I w e n t w i t h M i s s B e a r d m o r e t o S h a l o m f o r E a s t e r. We

filled in the time when not occupied with cooking our own food by going swimming in the river or sitting on the edge of Lamb's Rock.

Early on Easter Sunday morning we walked to Hebron and later to the Union

Church, returning to Shalom after lunch. We had our own little service on Sunday afternoon.

We returned to Hebron on Monday afternoon.

Apart from a plague of monster spiders we enjoyed ourselves immensely. Christina Kiff Linda

Miller

Standard

Easter Camp for Standards IX - XI was at Spring Hill, Kotagiri from Thurs day evening to Sunday evening. Miss Sutcliffe and Miss Colclough looked after us;

we cooked all our own food and slept on mattresses on the floor.

On Good Friday morning the Lushington boys sang with us in Church and

after Church they came for a cup of coffee. The afternoon was spent enjoying our

holiday which we had deserved. Saturday both boys an.d girls walked down to Katherine Falls, about six miles from Kotagiri and we all swam. By the end of the day everyone was tired, burnt, and ready for sleep.

On Sunday morning, the Rev, D. B. Sinclair spoke in the Union Church and we sang "again. In the afternoon we went cycling to the shola and onto Pax Lodge where we were invited to tea by the Lushington boys.

Sunday evening, sadly, everything was packed and before long we were back

at school.

Ina Rutgers - Standard X On the Thursday afternoon before Easter, we set off in a truck, tc go to camp at Stanley Park, which is the other side of a hill beyond Lower Coonoor. The truck had difficulty getting along the narrow lane near the camp. When we finally arrived

there, we all piled eagerly out and helped to distribute the luggage to the two log cabins which were to be our homes for the next few days.

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The next day we set out to find the short-cut to Lower Coonoor. After much

scrambling through the tea, and chattering while we were about it, we finally reached

Lower Coonoor, hot and dusty. Here, we had a dosai each and did some minor shopping. /

On Saturday, we went up to Ooty by train and had a delicious lunch at the Chinese Restaurant.

On Sunday, we slowly wended our way to church, where we saw many other

Hebron girls. We came back and had a lovely lunch of pilau which Jayraj had made for us. That night we had a campfire where we ate our supper, and sang choruses

and songs. It was a lovely and fitting end to that day. On Monday after lunch, we sadly heaved our luggage into the truck, and piled

in on top. We set off for school again after saying our goodbyes to the grounds where we had had such fun.

Becky Strom Rachel Le Sueur Standard IX

The

Choir

The choir has been very busy this year. In the first term we sang several numbers with the Lushington choir for an Easter service in St. Stephen's Church,

Ooty. We later sang the motet, "Jesu, Priceless Treasure", by Bach. We had sung it last year, but since very few parents were up in the hills at that time, we sang it with the boys at Union Church, Coonoor on the afternoon of Parents' Tea. The parents enjoyed it vety much. For Parents' Day this year, our contribution to the programme was "The Song of the Gale". The Scripture Union Rally was held at Lawrence School at the end pf May. We sang one of our Easter pieces, "Thy Dear Angel Send", from the St. John Passion by Bach. "Zadok the Priest" by Handel was the main piece we learned during the second term. We sang this in both Coonoor and Ooty and We really enjoyed singing it. We also started learning some choruses from the "Messiah" for the end of the third term.

On September 18th, the bi-annual Inter-school Music Festival was held at

Lawrence School. We again sang "Zadok the Priest" with the boys. No comment! We also sang "And the Glory of the Lord" from the "Messiah", with the choirs of the other schools. Considering the fact that at least one school had not rehearsed it with the other choirs before, we managed to get, through it with a reasonable amount of dignity !

We are now looking forward to singing nine choruses from the "Messiah" with

the Lushington choir, for early Christmas Services in Ooty and Coonoor. We are

also practising with the rest of the senior school for the Festival of Carols on October 22nd.

We have all enjoyed this year in the choir and are looking forward to next year. â&#x2013; .

Elisabeth

Strom

years

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French

and

Latin

Concert

After a hard term's work, it was relaxing to work on the French and Latin Concert after the July exams were over. For our class item we did a French Play called "A Box of Chocolates". The

youngest member of our class took the part of Nicola, who was a shy little girl. Iri the play she was surrounded by boys and girls who were much older than her. They were trying to get wh3.t they thought was a box of chocolates from her. When they did get it, they found to their dismay that it was empty and they had paid two francs for it! We also sang a French song called "Our Donkey". One of the girls

dressed up as the donkey and acted to the words of the song. The girls who take Latin did a Latin play called "Ulysses and Polyphemus". There were a number of one-eyed giants called Cyclops - and to make themselves taller, the girls held hockey sticks above their heads, with pillows attached and

counterpanes draped over them; the features were pinned on. Since they could not

see through their attire, one of the Cyclops went for aâ&#x20AC;&#x17E;fall across the stage, when

she banged into what was supposed to be the entrance to the cave. (This was during one of the rehearsals fortunately ! , There were other items done by the senior classes. Some were comic French

plays and songs. One hilarious Latin song was presented by Standard X and XI

about Julius Caesar who was reviewing his generals who had helped him win a victory. They were a queer lot; some had big feet, uneven walk, and some were slightly insane.

On the whole the concert was a real success and we really enjoyed it, although we did not Always understand the words. I't made a good end to the term. Rosemary Kennedy Carole Nejedly - Standard IX Visit of the Commander "Where's the driver ?" yelled an anxious voice from the kitchen where four

girls werS busy preparing elevenses for Commander Peyton- Jones, the Duke of Edinburgh's overseas representative for his Award Scheme. "He hasn't come yet

and he's supposed to be meeting the Commander" The driver never did come, but the Commander did.

During break time the four girls working for the Silver Section of the Duke of

Edinburgh Award Scheme entertained the Commander to morning coffee and found

him to be a very interesting guest. He spoke of his object in coming to India â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to establish the Award Scheme among the young people out here. As in some countries

where the Scheme is adapted to include elephant-trekking, banana-growing and spearthrowing, the Scheme can also be adapted to suit the young people of India. Commander Peyton Jones looked at some of the log books, dresses, soft toys and other articles made by girls doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and he gave his opinions on them.

The staff and girls taking part in the Scheme all had an opportunity to talk to the Commander during the morning. He was impressed to see how much interest both staff and girls take in the Scheme. Perhaps other schools in the Nilgiris will soon join in with outings in the Adventure Section of the Scheme. After lunch, as Commander Peyton-Jones left, Hebron buzzed with new enthusiasm for the Award Scheme.

Rosemary Constable 1 j j vt

Heather Brambleby } Standard XI

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Visits to Old People One Friday afternoon we set out with Miss Tallett in the car to visit an old bedridden blind lady in Coonoor, as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme. We entertained her with a few hymns accompanied by the auto-harp, and she joined in the singing readily. We also took her some sweetly scented flowers and a few biscuits.' We enjoyed it a lot and have been once more since. Priscilla German - 15 years

The following extract appeared in the September issue of the Award Journal of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme:â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

"Two elderly sisters in Oxford had not heard from "their brother in India for sometime. Naturally they were worried. The overseas secretary, Loftus PeytonJones, while on tour, asked a group of Award participants if they could help. On his return to England, five girls, from the Hebron High School, Coonoor, Nilgiris, wrote to him : After walking about eleven miles to Kotagiri yesterday, we were able to go and see Major Vere de Gosslyn, as you asked us. The visit was extremely successful and we are writing to Miss Gosslyn and giving her the Major's message......He does not seem very well and has trouble with his back, but we thought he was a wonderful old man and hope to visit him again, as he seems rather lonely." Kelly Bennett, Grace Pratten, Lois Snell, Linda Miller, Beverley Hay. A few days later Commander Peyton-Jones received a letter from Miss Gosslyn, from which this is an extract: 'Thank you more than I can say, for asking a team of

your Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme at Hebron High School, Coonoor to visit my brother, Vere, and to report on him to me.

I received a letter signed by Linda, Kelly, Grace, Lois and Beverley this morning, telling me that they had visited Vere and received a very warm welcome.

They gave me a very comforting and interesting report on him, his cottage, domestic conditions and vicar visitors ' "

Mrs. Philips*s talk On Friday, the 11th February, Mrs. Philips came to talk to the seniors. Before

she arrived we Mid not know rnuch about her except that she wanted to tell us about her life in an Indian village. So that Friday, missing our last lesson, we all went up to the hall. Mrs. Philips, an Indiari, is a short, middle-aged, enthusiastic speaker.

She began by giving us a background history of her life. Brought up as a pastor's daughter, she had heard of Christ since her childhood and had a taste of palace life. Later on in life after the death of het husband and when her cfaldren were all

grown up, Mrs. Philips decided to do something for God, in gratitude to Him for all His blessings.

Mrs. Philips had a grand-daughter who, was a, Home-Science graduate, so she

persuaded her to come and help work in a tiny village, sixteen miles from Madras, for one year. , Mrs. Philips herself stayed. five years, delivering, babies, improving diets and helping the villaigers. She accepted no payment and so published cookery books to get money. Mrs. Philips brought a'few of hbr books v\?ith her and took back an order for many more as most of the seniors wanted one.

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With the money from her books Mrs. Philips bought clothes for the villagers, had the clever boys educated and bought food for the pregnant women. After five years Mrs. Philips' children insisted that she was too old to carry on,so now she is visiting them. This means going to Paris and New York as well as around India !

We all really enjoyed Mrs, Philips' interesting and amusing talk and should

like to thank her for coming.

Lois Snell - 15 years Mock

Elections

Std.

Date : October 14th, 1971

Polling Station : Hebron New Block (in a cupboard) R e t u r n i n g O f fi c e r ; M r. A l i s t e r H a m i l t o n G Polling

Clerk:

Col.

John

Eggburp

Scrutineers : Mrs. Red Flag, Dr. Murdoch Blake, Mr. Stephen Handyman â&#x20AC;˘ - c . Candidates : Labour - Doctor Joshua Wittyman V. C., M.A., B.Sc.

Liberal - Sir Humphrey Chuzzlewick â&#x2013; Conservative - Mr. George Ballaway Results - Doctor Joshua Wittyman won the election with 7 votes out of 11.

Purpose of the mock election - Since in our history we are learning about Parliament

we decided to have an election to help us to understand what it is all about.

During an earlier period, the prospective candidates gave their campaign' speeches, and the class chose one person from each party who would stand for the elections.

In the next lesson the chief returning officer made sure the ballots were

folded, and counted thern at the end. The polling clerk made sure that no

one voted twice (which they couldn't really do because there were only 11

ballots I) by recording people's names on the citizen roll for that polling booth. The voters did their voting in a cupboard and put them in the collection box!

The chief returning officer counted the votes, but Standard IX are not sure that he told the truth, because we foigot to ensure that the scrutineers watched him while he sorted and counted the ballots !

Labour won with 7 votes. Conservatives had 3 and Liberal only 1 this one

was voted for by the man himself who was trying for the election I ). Dr. Joshua Wittyman who won the election, gave us all a speech in which he promised to do his best for everyone ! Carole Nejedly - 14 years

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R e fl e c t i o n s o n t h e M u s i c C o n c e r t s Between August and November three concerts were arranged with the main aim of giving all those who would be taking music exams at the end of the November term the experience of playing before an audience and so gaining confidence and poise. Here are some of Std. VIII's comments on tbe various items which went to

make up the programmes on the three occasions "All the items were a great success although we could tell that some pupils

were very nervous at the thought of playing in front of a big audience their nimble fingers danced up and down the piano their pieces ranged from lively to sadder music."

"Anne Yendell introduced the programme to us and Col. and Mrs. Wright

were the special guest artists Col. Wright sang "The Road to the Isles" and Mrs. Wright sang "Ma Curlyheaded Babby". Several items later Col. and Mrs. Wright sang a duet called "A Night Song". "One of the items we thought best was a flute solo by Priscilla Strom (an old

girl) which harmonized very well with the piano played by Miss Fountain." "Std. VI did a very amusing and life-like musical play of "Robinson Crusoe". In places the music really showed us when he was afraid or when he was going to discover something."

"Some songs were sung by Std. VII with one of the group playing the ukelele. This was most interesting and the songs had a lot of meaning and liveliness in them." "In the midst of the piano items two girls with tambourines played and sang. Their graceful hands tapping the skin gently was a sound pleasant to the ear and the tiny cymbals softly jingled as they shook the tambourines." "A most enjoyable item was a short drama called "The Magic Fruit" done by Stds. Ill, IV and V. These younger juniors acted so well and really fitted their

parts. They looked ever so mature in their costumes of olden times." "While the benches were being placed in position on the stage, Miss Fountain

played selections from the Overture to "The Merchant of Venice." Then the curtains

were drawn back to reveal most of the senior school on the stage. The programme which followed contained carols and readings for different times of the year beginning

with Christmas and ending with a night song. As the curtains were drawn to, soon after 5-30 p. m.. Miss Fountain played an evening hymn. There was loud applause because everyone had done her best. To any music-lover it was all very enjoyable." Standard VIII

Hebron / Lushington Socials It was raining ! Chaplin House was in a turmoil. Every mirror in the House was being used for the last minute check of ourselves. The social began at 6 o'clock. A box was passed around us girls and we each put in a possession of ours - either a ring or a bracelet or some such thing. Then the boys took out an article and found the girl that it belonged to and for the rest of the evening they stayed together as partners.

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The social started with some interesting games which kept everyone thoroughly entertained.

Tables were then set out and everyone participated in a delicious buffet supper of hamburgers and cake and ice-cream.

While our food was being digested a couple of Standard X girls put on a short skit of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet which was greeted with loud applause at the end.

By this time the evening was beginning to wear on and we all sauntered down

to the staff sitting-room to talk over cakes, cookies and coffee. As nine-thirty came the boys left with loud goodbyes as they rode down the drive in taxis.

Our next social found us at 5 o'clock on Lushington's "swimming pool of a hockey pitch" where we played a chaotic game with fifteen people a side. Soon after

we retired to wash ourselves of all the mud we had unwillingly collected.

The delicious meal we ate was set in an atmosphere of candlelight and flowers,

and was enjoyed by everyone present.

The games were original and energetic. We had some entertainment in the

way of a short play provided by the drama club.

The evening went by all too fast and after some Bombay Mixture and punch we headed back to school.

We should like to thank Miss Marshall and the Lushington staff responsible for arranging these socials, and Mrs. Pearson and Miss Holmes for all the good foodprovided.

Marilyn Birch - 15 years The

Coffee

Bar

The idea of running a Coffee Bar for the senior school fwith the staff invited i

was put into action two weeks after the beginning of the January term. The bar started off with only a counter and two cupboards made out of an old

table-tennis table, but now a tap has been attached to the wall, and from it we get

water to wash up in. An electric point has been put in on the other side of the room, and we use that to boil up hot water.

The bar is open from tea-time onwards on Fridays and for most of Saturday. We sell a variety of food and drink, for example, coSee, cakes, biscuits, popcorn] sweets, buns, fruit and Indian sweetmeats. Everything is sold as cheaply as possible] as our customers do not possess much money, yet we manage to make a profit each week.

In the near future, we are hoping to re-decorate the Common Room in a different colour, and to buy new pictures, curtains, and cushion-covers. We also hope to build low benches to run around the sides of the room for us to sit on while

we are enjoying the food, and the music from the School record player.

Patsy Singh - 16 years

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The

Leavers

Entertain

The

Staff

Just before the Std. XI girls left, Std. X helped them to entertain the staff to an Indian evening. Everyone was requested to wear Indian dress and at 7-30 some odd-looking characters arrived. The squeaks slowly coming down the drive ended with the stopping of a bullock cart outside the front hall and out of it climbed several of the staff, dressed as Indian ladies.

Miss Jones came as Rosie and many doubted her being anyone but Rosie, the fruit seller. Miss Hall arrived with glasses of codee to, sell. One girl found out the hard way the true contents of those glasses! Mr. Lloyd came as a Sadhu, complete with begging bowl, orange garb and beard, which had to be parted in order that he might eat. Two. refugees from E. Pakistan, dressed in burquas, turned out to be Miss Marshall and Miss Macdonald. -After a, supper of pilau and fruit, eaten seated

on the floor of the dining room, everyone went up to the Drill Halt for the entertain ment.

While the Std, enjoyed a few games. taken from a book of level examination. The

XI girls were preparing for a play-reading everyone else The play "Gertrude the Governess" by Stephen Leacock was "Humorous Prose" which the girls were studying for their 'O' story itself was a satire on the popular Romantic novel and

the girls put on an excellent performance which brought out the humour even though they had virtually no props. Std. X made their contribution with a shadow play of a gruesome operation and the Std. XI girls finished the evening's entertainment by bequeathing certain

possessions and abilities to certain members of staff and Std. X girls. The evening ended with coffee and light refreshments all round. Anne Yendell - 15 years Goonoor

Crusaders

The Crusader Class in Coonoor consists of a large group of girls from different schools in Coonoor, who gather each Sunday morning at the Union Church for a time

of singing, prayer and Bible Study. Each Sunday, before the class begins, a small group gathers in the Manse for a short time of prayer. This is led by a Senior member of the class.

For the past two years the class has been divided into Inter and Senior groups. The Seniors gather in the Manse, and the Inters in the Church itself. For the first part of the service we meet in these two groups and then for the rest of the time we

split into classes, according to our school standards. Each second Sunday of the month the Seniors and the Inters are together for half an hour.

Singing has now become much more lively, as we have been learning new

hymns and choruses from the two Youth Praise books. Also during the year, a

number of Keenite meetings have been held. During these times we have been

discussing different things from the Bible. We also have a time for prayer and singing. On October 16th and 17th, we celebrated the Class birthday of the Coonoor Crusaders. We had a very happy party with about 125 girls present. We played a

number of energetic games, including an interesting inter-squad netball tournament. This was won by Africa. Some slides were shown, concerning Easter Camps, Inter-

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Before the talk, we had a squad competition, which meant making protein balls

for poor children in Coonoor suffering from malnutrition. This was also won by Africa. The guest speaker was Mrs. Wallis, an ex-Coonoor Crusader (formerly Miss Rosemary Heslop). She spoke on "liberation", and how we can be made free through the Cross, and illustrated it by mentioning the Women's Liberation Movement in the West.

The theme of this year's birthday was "The Happy People", and in our

Sunday Service we presented this under three headings : Joy in Salvation, Joy in

Service, and Joy in Suffering. We sang a number of songs, and recited memory verses under the theme of happiness. Mr. Wallis preached and his theme, too, was "Joy". The verse which he quoted was Romans 15 ; 13 â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Now the God of hope fill you with

all joy and peace by your faith in Him (N.E.B.) Crusaders are a great help to many girls who attend, and-they also provide a

means of getting to know girls from other schools. Rosemary Kennedy - 13 years

The Wild Life Sanctuary of South India It was five thirty on Tuesday, the 15th of February, when a party of seniors

reached the Hampton Hotel, where some slides of animals living in the Nilgiri Hills were to be shown. Eager representatives from other schools in Coonoor and some enthusiastic adults were already waiting. We were led into the building where some

people revelled in the luxury of sitting on chairs, while others enjoyed having to sit

on the floor because they got a closer look. Mr. Devadar, a gentleman who is very enthusiastic over wild animals, was there to show us a set of interesting slides. After everyone was settled and the curtains were drawn, the projector began to hum as a picture of a monkey appeared on the screen and was focussed.

Several types of monkeys were shown. Most of the wilder animals were found

in the lower part of the Nilgiri plateau : naturally, because they would all be scared away from the upper plateau by the Hebron girls !! There was, however, a picture of a black panther, taken somewhere near Ooty. There were some slides of wild elephants, one of an elephant which had killed

a child a few days before the picture was taken. Elephants are usually near water when they die, we were told, and vultures and wild dogs come and devour their flesh after they are dead. Sure enough, we saw the massive carcass of an elephant with about a dozen satisfied vultures walking away from it with their stomachs bloated. Although there are not many poisonous snakes in the hills, there are some.

Mr. Devadar showed us one slide of a snake, taken when the snake was dead; but

also, one picture of two snakes fighting. A slide was shown of a deer that had had some chunks of flesh torn off its body.

It was lying dead on the ground. This savage treatment had been given it by wild dogs which travel in bands and do not kill their prey. Instead, they run along

beside it and tear out chunks of its flesh, until the poor creature can go no further. One of the main features of the slides was slides of tigers, taken at night by

flash. Their eyes shone as a cow's eyes do when a car's headlights shine in its face. There were also some slides of ibex, the goat-like animal that likes to run around on mountain-slopes. These slides roused our enthusiasm for wild animals and gave us a better

understanding of the habits, homes and appearance of animals in our hills; we are very thankful to Mr. Devadar for showing them to us. Ruth Ann Gillette - 14 years

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School

for

Scandal"

On Friday, the 11th of June, Standards X and XI went up to Goty to see a play put on by the Standard X girls of St. Hilda's School. When we arrived, there were already many people there, most of them going first of all to take a look at, a Science Exhibition put on by Standard IX. We were very interested in the various experiments on electricity which they had on show.

By'the time the play started the school hall was packed. The play to be presented was "School for Scandal" by Sheridan, the setting of which was in the 18th Century. At 5 o'clock the curtains drew back before the hushed audience settled tensely in the hall, and the two-hour performance began. To our delight the front three benches on one side had been reserved for Hebron and we settled down to

enjoy ourselves.

The play was excellently produced and acted. The costumes, also, were very good, each suiting its character. Everyone enjoyed the humour of the plot which

involved a certain Lady Sneerwell whose occupation was to spread false gossip, helped by another character called Snake. The result was great misunderstanding and confusion.

We especially enjoyed the part when Sir Percy Teazle walked into the library when Lady Teazle and Joseph were talking there. The screen scene which followed kept us in fits of laughter.

We congratulate Miss Wilson and the St. Hilda's girls on all their hard work in the producing, acting and costuming of this play, and look forward to their next year's performance.

"Lady Windemere's Fan" On the 9th September, Standards IX, X and XI missed an afternoon of school and went to see 'Lady Windemere's Fan', by Oscar Wilde, at St. Joseph's Convent. This play was presented by the students of Providence College. 'Lady Windemere's Fan' is a satire on the manners arid morals of 18th century English society life. The happy married life of Lady Windemere is complicated by a. series of misunderstandings. The play ends with all concerned living 'happily ever after'. Lady Windemere's marriage remains intact and her mother marries a friend of the family.

Although the actors were all girls, they played their parts well. The diction was extremely good, for even the people at the back of the hall could hear every word clearly. Despite a few long pauses, the play went through smoothly and was well worth seeing. The staging and lighting were admirable, especially in the crowded ballroom scene.

The Providence College beat group sang between scenes. They were accompa

nied by the piano and drums, and sang as though they really enjoyed it.

We hope that Providence College will be putting on another play in the near future.

Christina Kiff | standard XI Linda Miller j

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East

Pakistan

A Hebron father, who had been an eye-witness of the troubles in East Pakistan,

spoke to us on July 12th, about recent events in that country. To introduce the subject, he gave a little background history and geography. In November 1970 there was a disastrous cyclone in East Pakistan which ruined millions of homes. Many people from all over the world came to the scene or sent relief to give aid to the needy, but the East Pakistanis asked "Where are the West Pakistanis, our brothers in Islam.?"

In December 1970, elections were held throughout Pakistan. In East Pakistan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami League, was elected with a 97%

majority vote. When the results of the election came out. President Yahya Khan in West Pakistan employed delaying tactics and did not call together the Constituent

Assembly to put the elections into effect. Because of this delay, the Bengalis in East Pakistan revolted and rose up against the Biharis and West Pakistanis.

The country was in a state of chaos, with the students in control. After some weeks of riots the Central Government decided to do something about it. On the

night of the 25th March, 1971, the Army moved into Dacca and clamped down over night - that night many students, professors and servants were killed at Dacca

University. Now a civil war had started between East and West Pakistan. Many parts of Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan, were devastated that night of the 25th

and this made the world gasp with horror. The refugees then started to come over the border. The first wave of refugees consisted of those "miscreants" who had

taken part in the earlier massacre of the Biharis, Hindus and West Pakistanis, which had led to the severe measures taken by the government.

The second group of refugees who escaped into India came because they were homeless and had no future ahead of them in East Pakistan. Many of their fields

were wrecked and the harvest was rotting in the fields. Moreover, they were losing their faith in Allah because their brother Muslims were killing them. Previously all that held the two countries together was the tact that they were 'brothers in Islam'.

Our speaker related a number of incidents of which he himself was an eye witness. He also pointed out that the East and West Pakistanis hated each other. To illust

rate this he told us that one day when he was driving two teenaged, fatherless girls

to safety for a while, he was made to stop at a checkpoint. The three were ordered out of the jeep by the West Pakistanis, so that the landrover could be searched

thoroughly. While they were getting out, he told them not to be frightened and they replied, "We are not frightened, but we HATE them."

After this moving talk, we felt that we should do something, so we put on a concert and the money raised was sent to aid the refugees. We managed to get

Rs. 1,142/-, which is an indication of the deep impression our speaker made, here and elsewhere in the Nilgiris.

Beverley Hay - 16 years. A Demonstration of the Passover Meal

As we walked into the church on the 7th April and settled in our pews we

noticed that instead of the pulpit standing alone in front of the church, there was a

table covered with a clean, white cloth and various kinds of food. ' The Rev. H.

Ellison was sitting behind this table and had on his head a small white cap! Mr. H. Ellison was going to give us a demonstration of the Jewish Passover meal.

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At sundown, as 15th Nisan, the day of the Passover begins. Jesus would have gone with the Twelve to the evening sacrifice in the temple. When there were two stars out in the sky, which heralded the beginning of the Sabbath, they would have gone to the upper room and the meal would have begun.

Mr. Ellison first showed us the fresh green vegetables and bitter herbs which w o u l d h a v e b e e n t h e fi r s t c o u r s e . T h e n c a m e t h e P a s s o v e r l a m b . J e s u s a n d t h e

Twelve would have had a whole lamb sacrificed and prepared between three and five p. m. that day but nowadays the Jews place on the table only a bone, usually of mutton. A hard boiled egg as a sign of mourning was eaten next. After these, three cakes of unleavened bread would be broken and eaten.

Salt water sipped from a saucer represented the tears shed in Egypt or the water of the Red Sea which the Israelites crossed coming back from Egypt to the Promised Land. A cake made of a mixture of grated apple, nut and cinnamon was eaten

next. This represented the Nile mud out of which the Israelites, labouring under the hot Egyptian sun, made bricks all day. During the meal each person had 4 cups of wine which he would drink at

certain intervals or as our Lord had, each would have one large cup and drink part of it every so often.

Between the drinking of the first and second cups of wine the 3'oungest child in the family would ask a question about the reason for sacrificing and having this celebrated occasion. Mark Constable represented this child and he asked the question. The father would then tell the youngest child about the First Passover and the

deliverance of the Children of Israel from Egypt. There would then be thanks-giving and prayer recitations. Mr. Ellison repeated some of the actual prayers used - some of them in translation but some in the actual Hebrew so that we could hear what it sounded like.

As we walked back to school the Passover re-lived itself in our captivated minds.

Joy Turner - 13 years.

A Penny for a Song On Wednesday, 27th October after supper, the girls from Standards X and XI put on the first act of the play "A Penny for a Song" by John Whiting, one of the

set books for next year's G. C. E. '0' level exam. Although very humorous, this play is a satire on humanity. The characters were very well cast and Humpage, the obedient lookout for the people of the house, sent the audience into fits of laughter

by his energetic watching for fires and Napoleon. The play mainly revolves around a country household who fear an invasion by Napoleon. One of the family hopes to defeat Napoleon single-handed. All the action takes place in a garden which was very effective with walls, doors, grass and even a well. We all enjoyed this play immensely and wish that many more people could have had the pleasure of seeing it also. Ruth Barclay - 16 years.

Mark Aspinall - 6 years (To illustrate "The quiet pony suddenly began to buck when Peter pushed bis knee into the pony's side") ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS when I went to the Ironsides for the holidays it was Bronwyns birthday and

we had a cookout and we had ice-cream I made a wooden plane and I got a felt pen.

Andreas Timm - 6 years it was Sarahs Birthday yesterday, and she blew the candles out today, we have a new house point chart, we have a new book about Pinocchio. Miss Tallett and me and the children are reading Aunt Lucy. David Lloyd - 6 years

on tuesday it was Sarahs birthday and I made some shapes and Sarah is my

friend and I am Sarahs friend and we have some tadpoles in Our classroom. Katharina Polster - 5 years

One pigeon is flying to the other birds and a cheeky little frog is in the water and is drinking the water. Esther McMahon - 6 years

I went on the gianf-stride yesterday when Standard two went to the play ground. I can go quite high on it. Miss Tallett put our House Point chart up yester day and I have two House Points this week, today morning I am going to read the big blue diesel. Andrew Bennett - 6 years

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Miss Tallett teased us and she made us write us with a big nose and we hid her things away twoday we put some water on the door and when Miss White came o u t o f t h e d o o r i t a l l f e l l o n h e r.

Simon Wheatley - 5 years

on Wednesday we saw a bird and it was called scarlet minivet it was pretty it was pale red we heard it sing a merry tune then it flew to another tree and sing thet tune again. Lydia Nicholson - 7 years We saw a caterpillar and we sar a moth and the moth has nice colours it has pink spots and dark pink legs its name is lunar moth. We are growing nasturtiums and mine is not growing because I press my seed down. Rachel Mullins - 7 years

We are doing knitting and some people are doing finger knitting to. we got some new magazines the name of them is our world. Uncle John came on Rachel

Mullins birthday, we made a birthday graph, some people in Standary Two did a puppet show.

Rachel Gillette - 7 years

On Tuesday night when it was dark There was a little kitten in the dark and he was all wet and muddy. So Miss Tallett picked her up and took her back home and kept the kitten in the bathroom for the night, and after that in the classroom at break time Miss Tallett said there is going to be a surprise and after break Miss

Tallett brought him in the class, and told us that she put him with Sparky but Sparky got cross and snarled and made a horrid noise. IJis name is Rascal. Rascal is very furry and very thin too. Ruth Truscott - 7 years

The Wiii4 I am the wind

I am sometimes naughty and sometimes good. I blow the washing off the line. I help the washing dry. I blow the leaves off the trees.

But when the sun is shining I sometimes Spoil your fun by blowing away the sun Which really spoils your fun.

I like playing around the flowers and blowing the petals away. I blow the windmills round and round till all the corn is ground. I am the wind. I do not blow when people below want to rest. So I am quite good for a little wind. I have no mother or father but plenty of friends. I have North wind. South wind, East wind, And I am West wind but I have lots of other friends too.

But we often have to say goodbye, GOODBYE, GOODBYE. Naomi Aspinall - 7 years

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My Easter Poem G o d m a d e fl o w e r s As well as showers.

God gave us His word And He made every bird. Thank you Lord Jesus for my mother And thank you just as much for my brother. >

Children

Jesus loves me sat on His

knee.

Jesus died with two criminals on each side.

They wounded His side with a cruel spear So there came many a tear.

Why did Jesus die ? He died to save me from telling a lie. Jesus died on the cross That we wouldn't boss. Jesus rose!

Triumphant over all my foes. He's alive! And when I die in heaven I'll arrive.

Joanne Brieseman - 7 years The

Little

White

Dots

I see hundreds of white dots

What can they be ?

I really can't imagine. Can you spy out and see ?

They look as if they're moving.

What can they be ? What are they collecting ' From the blackish greenish sea.

They seem to be collecting that green stuff Oh, what can they BE ? I am thinking, thinking, thinking. But I cannot really SEE.

Now they really are moving. A n d n o w I t h i n k I k n o w.

They're little white dots In the tea, green tea.

Te e d u m t e e D u m t e e D o u .

And do you know what they were ?

They were little white tea pickers Picking our tea. And that's the tea we drink, we drink. And that's the tea we drink.

Alison Bennett - 7 years

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April Fools Day

I am up to some trichs today in the morning before Assembly Christian and I went to class and we wrote on the blackboard : No work to-day and we bid the chalk the pentsels and the crayons. Before the rising-bell christian got a cup and put it on Miss white's dor and wen Miss white came in the cup weth water fell on her head.

Peter Wehmeier - 7 years

Adventure

the

Zoo

One day Peter and John went to the zoo they saw chimpanzees they had a tea party one chimpanzee went under the table they are very naughty said Peter. John said to the parrot hello and the parrot said hello too. They went to the lions. The lions roared it made a terrible noise they were afraid to go nearer. Then suddenly a chimpanzee came and jumped on Peter. Peter screamed then another chimpanzee came and jumped on John. John screamed he did not like it. Then Peter said lets go and see the elephants. The elephants had long trunks. Christian Kellenberger - 8 years;

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Our

Band

The triangle makes a ting-ling sound and a Ting a ling and a sweet sound. It rings It tings

It echoes and

It's got a high sound too. The Indian bells make a little sound

A high sound And a sound that dies away.

The clappers make a clapping sound and a happy sound. T h e d r u m i s l o w a n d s l o w.

The cymbals make a victory sound A triumphant sound. The wooden block makes a tick - tock

And a high-up. The drum makes a boom-boom sound And a doom-doom sound.

The tambourine makes a bang sound A dang sound. Which instrument do you like best ? Sharon Reinhardt - 8 years. The clapper goes clap ;

Like a crocod^ile snap !

Clang 1 Clang ! Bang b-a-n-g The triangle goes ting It sure does ring I Indian bells dingle As well as jingle. Marracas are like a snake

Slithering along. Don't worry

They'll do nothing wrong ! Coconut shells

Are opposite bells. They sound Like a horse is going around 1 The drum is low Sometimes slow I t ' s l i k e t h u n d e r.

Is that right ? I wonder ! A cymbal goes CR ... ASH And a big B . . A . . S . . H Itscrapes.

You don't need to give many SHAKESThe tambourine shivers.

Sometimes it quivers. Bang, bang, clang. Jingle, dingle, jingle. I like music sad,

I like music happy, I like music any way. As long as it is music f

Grace John - 8 years

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We learnt how to play the recorder. Carolyn Joy Darrell - 8 years. In

the

Kitchen

C l a t t e r, c l a t t e r. Oh dear this is hot,

Ow, Oh, no not again, I hate it when I am stuck in cakes.

Us forks do ALL the work. But if we didn't we would be sad.

Everyone likes pork. Why change the subject so soon-. We would be sad because nobody uses us. NOW change the subject. Lucy said she was going on the bus. "Goodnight, Goodnight" say all the others That is the end of my poem. It is time for you to go to bed. Roslyn Smith - 8 years

Ming, the Siamese Gat His eyes Are blue He is not wise.

H e fi g h t s A n d

He bites

He plays And goes all D i ff e r e n t w a y s .

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He's got black and white whiskers And he Frisks.

Purr, purr, I've got Thick

fur.

I've got sharp claws On

My paws. I'm .

playful

And

Gayful. I don't want to go to sleep I'm going To peep Well, now he's asleep And he's

Not going to peep.

Jennifer McCormick - 8 years

The

Seasons

In the spring days The people gaze At the birds that fly In the sky. In the summer days The people gaze At me in the sea

Gaze only at me. In the autumn days The people gaze A t t h e l e a v e s t h a t fl u t t e r

In to the gutter. In the winter days The people gaze At the snow around

On the ground.

Karen Ironside - 8 years

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Sarah Tyman - 7 years (To illustrate "The horse ran up the steep hill") Down

the

Dell

Down in the dell the tall dewy grass and graceful ferns wave softly in a gentle breeze. Only the noise of water bubbling, dead leaves crackling under-foot, and the singing bf the birds breaks the peaceful silence. A little stream, with a little wooden bridge, tinkles on its way making ripply patterns as it bubbles over the stones. The

beautiful dragonflies glide about on their gawdy wings. The trees, some gnarled, thick and stumpy, others thin and graceful, spread their "foliage, hiding the sun and

making a cool, green, peaceful place. Wien a gust of wind blows a shower of

blossom and dead leaves float gracefully down, the tadpoles dart about in the cool,

muddy water accompanied by all sorts of water-bugs. The water pours down the side of the stone wall on which grows soft green moss. Beautifully scented flowers of all sorts, shapes, sizes and colours grow everywhere scenting the air and making the dell beautiful. I like the dell, do you ? Hazel Cochrane - 9 years

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The Beggar Bang ! Bang ! Bang !

Goes the beggar man's stick As he rattles his coins about In the old silver tin. Another

dawn

breaks.

速

He thinks that no one loves him.

And

will

never

give

him

shelter.

So there he is - a man of sorrow

Banging his stick, And clattering his two silver coins In his one silver tin.

Alison Ringrose - 9 years

The Ragged Puppet I am a very carelessly made puppet And I was not cared for at all.

One day all the other puppets went tor a show But I got left out.

I was just left in the corner of the room. The play was lovely.

I wished I could do it.

When darkness came I just wished with all my heart That I could walk and be handsome like the other puppets.

Then suddenly there was a light coming nearer and nearer. When it was by me, I saw it was a fairy. She said your wish will be granted. At that instant I had legs and I became handsome.

I jumped and I climbed up all the bed posts. In the morning I went to my corner.

My legs went and I was ragged again. Every night this went on until at last Anne who had made me

Saw me and when morning came I was still handsome and all The other puppets loved me. And I joined in all the shows. I had a nice friend who was the mischievous puppet.

Katharine Gill - 9 years ^ The Slimy, Slippery Snake The snake as it slithers looks

Slithery, slimy, slippery and long. Far, far away into its hole Into the ground, the muddy ground. Where his family wait. He brings them their supper. Into the hole goes the slimy, slippery snake. Karen McCormick - 10 years

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Changing Fashions change: From

minis

maxis,

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From bell-bottoms to jeans, From dresses to skirts. From trousers to shorts.

Fashions change 1 Hair styles change: From bunches to braids,

From pony - tails to buns. From long hair to short hair. From fair hair to dark hair. Hair styles change! Shops change:

From merchants to stalls.

From outside shops to inside shops.

From fanned shops to air-conditioned shops. From big shops to supermarkets. Shops change ! Debbie Truscott - 10 years

The Brainy M a c h i n e

Winding and humming

Eyes looking. Ears hearing. Making a terrible

And making a noise.

NOISE.

From when I'm switched on Till when I'm switched Off

Clanking, dinking. All day long.

Whirring clacking. Regularly going.

Clandacky clanking

Winding, wWring,

Working all day.

Every

day

Fingers at work. So is my brain. Fingers tapping, ^ Brain thinking. Working out English or Maths. Answering questions - All through the day.

Coming and going

long.

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On and on.

Merrily, noisily Panting and puffing; Up and down Talent of mine.

Every day long.

"Ring" there goes the bell to stop. Perhaps you can see What I am.

By the first letter in every line of the last verse.

Sarah Burton - 10 years

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Hunting in Hertfordshire The excited chattering and whispering is brought to an end by the sharp and distinct sound of the hunting-horn. The dogs whine and howl, waiting for the next sound of the horn, A loud snort from an impatient horse makes many a person jump.

The bright red coats of the huntsmen stand out from the spectators at the beginning of the hunt. The second sound of the hunting-horn brings people on to the backs of their horses as the onlookers stand back.

Gillian and I are especially excited as it is our first hunt. The sharp sound of the horses' hoofs are heard as they pass over the cobble-stones. Soon we come out of

the noise and bustle into the peaceful woods. The hounds are all alert, especially Penny, my hound. The crunching of leaves and a sound of the horn comes sailing through the air.

The horses are grouped together now as they see their prey. "After it! After it!" the horn seems to say. The hounds are racing after it with great ambition. At first pity overwhelms me ; I feel sorry for the little thing. All the smells of horses' manure and of dogs, and the smell of stirred up, moist ground fills the air. "After it! After it!" is still the cry. Worn out and tired the prey stops to re.st. In a second now the hounds are

on the top of the prey. My father gets off his horse ready to receive it. The hound Penny, my hound, (who has been hunting with my father many a time) proudly brings a rabbit to my father.

The hunting is ended and the fun is done. Rachel Vincent - 11 years

The Inviting Flame

The little flame flickers like a little fairy. The smell is sweet and crisp in the

cold morning air. The flame, warm and inviting, dances and burns. The colours flashing reds, blues, yellows, oranges, and greens - make the room as radiant as if an

angel had been standing in it. It spreads quickly like the dawn spreading its wings over the earth. It grows taller and taller as more wood is fed to it, and the pile of wood grows smaller and smaller until the last scrap has gone...... The flame falters and flickers...... then at last it dies down into its warm grave of ashes. Jenny Mullins - 11. years Sounds of the Forest

The leaves rustled and blew around in the soft, whispering breeze. The birds

twittered among the branches, greeting the first signs of dawn. Animals made rustling sounds as they woke and got up, stretching their limbs. The sun rose into the sky and the animals, birds and insects went around doing their daily duties. >

All of a sudden there was a thumping sound on the ground as the elephants thundered by swaying from side to side. All the animals made a rustling sound moving out of the path of the huge elephants. Slowly the sound of the huge feet on the ground died away and the forest was left in quiet stillness.

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There were cries of birds warning their friends that the King of the jungle was coming through the forest, looking for something to eat. There was a loud roaf as the kingly beast spotted its prey ; a deer. The cries of birds were filling the forest, cries of anxious warning. The deer suddenly realized what was befalling him. He made a loud scuffle ,as he tried to dodge out of sight of the great beast. He ran around making a dreadful noise, with the lion,after him. There was a sharp scream, w h i c h fi l l e d t h e f o r e s t w i t h t e r r o r . " T h e d e e r w a s a t i t s e n d . T h e r e w e r e s o u n d s o f

jaws munching on the flesh. The lion ate up the deer leaving the bones behiiid. The sun was going down and all the animals were going to bed. The crickets

and grasshoppers started their buzzing songs. As the moon rose into the sky, the owl hooted its "goodnight" to all the living creatures in the forest. Then all was still. Rachel Turner - 11 years ■

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One day when my brother Geoffrey and I were young we were playing outside very happily. After a while we became bored with that game and so we decided to explore the grain field beside our house. We walked down in single file on-the narrow

path.

As we reached the bank at the end Geoff noticed a huge snake hole about one foot in diameter. Because we were -very young; we did not realize the danger of snakes,

and Geoffrey, like most little boys, was very inquisitive. We went and looked iii, and; because we could not see anything, Geoff put his hand in and, with a big grin

on his face, he pulled out something ! Can you guess what it was ?

It was a snake skin which had recently been shed by a snake. We were very excited and immediately ran to tell Mummy. (Daddy was at work.) She got a terrible shock and told us never to do anything like that again. However, because we insisted on measuring it. Mummy got out her tape measure and'lo and behold'it was eight feet long and one foot around the fattest

part! ; The next Sunday Mummy and Geoff were sleeping, as it was rest-time, but Daddy was studying for a meeting which he had to take that day. While I was watching him I heard a faint "Ssssss......"; from just outside ! Daddy did not hear it because he was so intent on his work but immediately I told him. Just before he

looked I saw it disappear around the corner ! Now we began a wild goose-chase. We searched in the bathroom first, where we saw its head poke through the drain pipe, but as soon as it saw us it hissed and disappeared outside. , , ,

By this time Mummy and Geoff were awake but they just stood and watched

the servants. Daddy and me charging around the house with sticks, looking for the slithering

snake.

♦

Then I saw it disappear up the drain pipe and into the bathroom. By the

time we got to the bathroom the snake had gone somewhere else. It couldn't have gone anywere except down the other drain pipe, which led to a drain, which was dug like a ditch in the ground and was covered over with bricks!

We pulled up about four bricks and jabbed in with our sticks. The snake began to crawl up Daddy's stick, wriggling vigorously. I screamed, terrified, as he gingerly held the other end of the stick, j

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Suddenly we heard a hissing and saw the snake in two parts. We measured it

and saw that it was eight feet long and one foot around. It was a Russell's Viper

and the skin was from this type of snake. Now we knew that the skin had come from this actual snake which we had just killed. Margaret Smith - 11 years

The Fight . I was sitting up in a tree one day when suddenly a quick movement caught my eye. I looked down and on the ground I saw a cobra slithering through the grass, its evil eyes glinting wickedly. As I looked I saw a mongoose sitting a few yards away, looking suspiciously at the snake. I became tense as they began circling each other. Suddenly the mongoose pounced on the snake and sunk its teeth into its neck. Then as quickly as it had pounced on the snake it darted away leaving the snake's neck oozing with blood. The snake was in a fury at this and struck at the snake's tail. This time the mongoose attacked from the rear and bit the snake's tail.

Suddenly the snake turned around and seized the mongoose with its teeth. The

mongoose struggled and twisted and at last it got free so the snake only got a mouthful

hair.

After a while the cobra's movements began to get slower and slower and the mongoose attacked more and more. The mongoose attacked the last time and the

snake lay still. I climbed down the tree with great speed and ran home to tell what I had seen.

Judith Davies - 11 years f

The Student Demonstrators One night when all was quiet My Dad was showing films. Then suddenly we heard a crash, ^ _ , And a brick came gliding in. We went into the bedroom

To find a broken pane.

The glass was scattered everywhere. And the brick lay on the floor. We looked out of the window

And saw some student boys. Then, Bang, crash, clatter, clatter ! Another brick came in-

Then up the stairs we heard some feet. And knocking on our door. The Captain cried, "Get out of here ! The building is on fire I"

So down the steps we ran. And into the servants' And

there

stayed

for

Then we found the building was okay But the Blind School van was in trouble ! At last they went along the road And left us all in peace.

But what a hullabaloo they made Those Student Demonstrators.

Christine Yendell - 11 years

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Peace

The The The The

treaties now were signed, dreadful air raids stopped, bombs no longer whined. Nazis' pride was lopped.

One day the soldiers troop To London's conquering town. And now the Nazis stoop.

For they are broken down. The tigers now are dead. No warships break the foam r ; Bathers instead of jwatchtowers, On the beaches of our home.

The Big Four met at Yalta And rang the war's death knell. The Japanese surrendered.

O'er earth peace casts her spell. Judith Pulleii - 12 years

The Dog ^Box The great day came at last. Dad was sitting in the driver's seat of the Herald, nicknamed the "Dog Box", because of its size, and explaining to me all the necessary instructions I would have to know. "Startup, press the clutch down and put her

into first gear, remembering to make sure that' the hand-brake is off. Then ease off the clutch and press on the accelerator to give more power and there you are."

" It all sounds perfectly easy ", I said. ^ I was soon to learn that it was not.

My first mistake was that I forgot to let the hand-brake off.. Then when I let

the clutch off it lurched into movement, but at least I had begun.

I had many exciting lessons either with my Dad or the driver and each time I grew more accustomed to it. We have quite a wide drive and it is a good course for a learner driver. The drive is in the shape of a big heart and there are quite a few inlets for me to back into.

I have been driving for about one and a half years and during those months I have learned that a car call almost be something alive. It seems to answer you

with the noises it makes, and you feel pleased when it does what it is told. That is

if you tell it aright! Twice I have backed into Mum's garden and I get warned to be more careful. Many people think that it is dangerous to drive so young, but if you

keep your head and do not get frantic when something happens it is perfectly safe.

I am now learning to drive an Ambassador and I am looking forward to the day when I can get my licence and drive on the road.

Jane Crossley - 13 years

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Evening Splendour Last summer I spent my summer holidays in Mangalore, a fishing town on the west coast of India. There I saw the most beautiful scene which I have ever

seen in my whole life.

As I stood alone on the vast golden beach of sand, each grain had a variety of colours on it as I looked at it from different angles. Mauve, pink, red, orange,

yellow - all the colours I could think and know of - were there. I wish the beach

would always remain like that.

Just then I watched a more fascinating sight. The fiery ball which was high

up in the cloudless blue sky an hour ago had turned into an enormous, bright mandarin orange. As it slowly descended from the; sky, the sea turned into a multi coloured painting-pallet.

The island on the horizon was turning black. The sun suddenly sank into the sea, changing it into a blood-stained pool. I had one more glimpse of the changing colours of the sea, now with a bluish tone in it, which was not there before. All of a sudden, the b.each was of pure gold once more. Then, it ever so quickly turned black and it was dark. I shall never forget that pageant of beauty when the brilliant rays of light streamed down from the constantly - changing sky reflecting it in the calm water.

Angelina Jehangir - 13 years The

World

and

Another

Dead

Man

'Throb - miss - throb."

Came the noise of a 'plane

Through a chink in the clouds. Came a gleam of light.

The rays of the setting sun Caught the 'plane in its plight.

The 'plane came nearer. The cockpit was visible. A man slumped across the controls. A stab of light revolved Catching the 'plane in its flight. Bullets ricocheted off the lower fuselage, A picture of depreciation, need and helplessness. Suddenly, a burst of flame Lighted the sky.

The flames went up.

The 'plane went plunging down To e n d i t s l i f e a n d i t s c r e w ' s

In a heap of stubble and ashes. T h e l a s t fl a m e fl i c k e r e d -

The night was still.

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Another courageous man was gone.

Another had departed. No life of glory, fame and fun, But a life ended with the setting sun. Well, who would care for a man like that ? NOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ONE

His part was do die that night.A man's hard heart cannot understand

The plight of another man.

Just turn your head and wait For the coming of a new day. Its pleasures and

its

joys.

â&#x2013;

Forget the man who died that night.

You heartless, emotionless man at the Office. "

Rachel

Sueur

years.

The Night Train The train drew into the station; The whistle blew

Along the tracks it came. Screeching its brakes.

While people climbed off the train. All was bustle, all was movement,

I got on it F o r i t l e f t i n fi v e m i n u t e s .

At midnight it was on its way to Scotland. I got undressed into my pyjamas As the train moved slowly out of the station. It chugged on faster, faster and even faster.

Nobody knew that we were going to have a hold-up. Not even I.

All of a sudden the brakes screeched on ; '

Nobody knew where we were ; It was open country. All I heard was that someone had been robbed And the thief was trying To pretend he was a passenger. In fact he was the man

Sleeping in the same poupe as me.

Kerryn Spikin, aged 13

4 6

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World

A fl o a t

Look at the bubbles in the washing water, look at the bubbles in the sea ;

look at the bubbles everywhere - World afloat ! Bubbles, green, blue, cerise, gokl as corn ; floating over hills and dales, bumping and bursting, flitting and fleeing. How different is "Surf" from a bubble; how much more beautiful is a bubble than Surf !

What is the use of bubbles ? None whatsoever ; they are just like the lives of some people wasted in floating above reality. What is the use of Surf ? Much more useful than bubbles - as some people are too. Look at the "Fat men"

blowing themselves up with food only to burst in the end, forgotten and not a sign to show that they were once there. People sometimes blow themselves up with pride only to be pricked again with the blade of justice. "Bang!" They have burst; no destiny except being part of the dust - the fate of the bubble. Even the world itself goes round and round, like a bubble - dodging stars and meteorites

waiting for the "Great day", when all shall be burst. But those who have more

balance and weight than a bubble, come down to earth instead of walking on air.

come quickly before you burst.

Jennifer Robertson - 13 years

My Matron's Room The room is a little oyster shell, down at the bottom of the sea. There are

pretty pink and coloured curtains, and some miniature cacti growing in little pots, one on a high stool and the other on a radio. A beautiful spray of moon-flowers in a small glass vase gives that part of the little oyster room a fragrant smell. Around the vase, which is in a flat - bottomed bowl, is a whole selection of beautiful stones

collected from all over the world, of any kind, shape and colour you would ever

w i s h f o r.

A pretty hand-woven carpet from Kashmir gives the room a warm homely look and the green-wash on the walls completes the pale pinky-greeny-silvery look of the oyster room.

Everything is neat and the pearl of the oyster shell is the feeling of happiness, little oyster shell has many places to sit which suggests that many people visit that and the familiar English smell .which greets you when you enter the room. The shell every day.

There are pretty paintings of birds on the walls and two old paintings which were wedding presents.

The oyster room is a room where there is joy and beauty and a cheerful

attitude to work and this makes up the best of all best rooms.

Ruth Mullins - 13 years

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4 7

H a u n t e d

Tap, pause, bang, tap, pause, bang. Oh what are those terrible noises, I mumbled, As I stood in the spook - filled hall. My teeth chattering noisily in my head. My whole body shaking from head to foot. Outside the night is black as coal. With only a pale moon gleaming. All about me are silent shadows

That seem to close in upon me. What is that thumping noise now Only my heart. Oh no, there goes that tapping noise again. But this time with groans.

Help - this house is haunted.

Where do I go? where dp I run? Nowhere - stand still.

Eek, what was that in my hair !

Listen, there goes that noise again. Coming closer and closer.

The groans are louder, louder. The tap, bang, tap, bang, nearer, nearer, A pale flickering light becoming brighter, brighter. Where can I go? Where can I run? Nowhere - stand still - wait.

Suddenly along the corridor above the stairs Came a small, bent old man Beard down to his waist -

Gleaming white from the candle light. Tap goes his walking stick - (rather modern), Bang went his wooden leg - (brand newj, A groan of pain following. Slowly to the stairs he came. Then to my horror and delight The old fellow put his stick across his knee.

And calmly slid down the bannisters With a delightful smile on his face. "Hallo dear girl", he said As soon as he got to the bottom.

I immediately recognised the deep bass voice Of my dear old Uncle John.

Oh, it was just like my Uncle John To play such wicked jokes on me. But I could not get angry with him.

So I just burst into a peal of laughter Which echoed around the house.

I am sure all the spooks that are left Will be frightened away by ME. Carol Nejedly - 14 years

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A Hebron Morning Look : everyone is waking; the tired, wanting-more-sleep senior teacher, with

a set of books to mark before first lesson; then hurrying Mrs. Bridge on her way down to the kitchen - the boys have come, breakfast needs preparing by eight; refreshed baby Paul Anderson, gurgling and rolling about; Miss Sutcliffe rolling out of bed to wake an early - practice girl Listen : Bouncy Silverdalers whispering and impatient for the bell heralding the start of another day; excited, tiny Nestlings gazing around the almost-light, curtain-covered dorm; the cold, hardly-awake, practice girl walking feebly to the icywater-bin to try and wash her face without freezing it; the noisy, naughty Stanes girls jumping out of bed; the pealing, ringing, rising-bell finally rousing almost all the rest; the groaning teachers jumping out of warm, not wanting-to-be-left beds and hurriedly dressing

Look: The lazy, tired, hard-to-please Chaplin girls lying curled up in bed

wishing it were warmer; the clicking, turning, door-handle sending them grudgingly out of bed to wander slowly to the wash-room where a few have already braved tho melted ice; the running, jumping junior school children hurrying to get ready to beat their quick friends

Look : The quickly-getting-ready nurse walking into the dispensary, sorting out the various medicines as the pealing, ringing, full-of-meaning Sister Bell rings -

"music practices ending" "music practices beginning" "almost news-time"are the varying meanings.

All are out of bed and the last warm bed is being made; bunches and plaits galore are being formed from Nestling up to Chaplinite: soon after, the long-awaited, food-meaning breakfast bell rings. The day has begun.

Joy Turner - 13 years

England in the 2070's Where am I? This isn't the England I know. Has there been some mistake?

I stand bewildered in the middle of a rushing pavement of chairs. Suddenly I

realise that everyone is staring at me. It must be my clothes - a 'midi', wet - look

raincoat, bag and boots. I sit down quickly in one of the comfortable chairs, situated along the wide pavement, and try to look as unobtrusive as possible.

There is a panel on the chair so I press the blue button. Immediately the seat begins moving. It seems to steer itself so I settle down to enjoy the ride. There are tinted, fibre-glass, oblong-shaped houses on either side of the road,

with gardens on top and many of them raised, with a heated swimming pool under

neath. I manage to get a glimpse into one of the rooms : the glass is a warm, orange

colour and inside are brightly - coloured, spongy armchairs.. On one wall there appears

to be a set of screens rather like large televisions but my chair is going faster and I soon slip past.

I notice some earphones on the back of my moving seat so I put them on and press a red button. Immediately I hear soft, compelling music, rather like pop but more hypnotising. Fixed to one arm of the chair is a gadget rather like a telephone and I see many people using it as they slide past me.

Soon the road widens into what looks like a shopping centre. Parked outside

the shops are gaily-coloured rounded vehicles so I climb into one and turn the knob

'go'. The bubble-like car glides into the huge shop. Inside the car is a wide rack

for storing shopping, besides the panel board and seat. People travel round the

supermarket-like shop, making a list of what they want and then feed it and their

personal number into a machine. Soon the articles are brought to them along a conveyor belt.

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I learn all this from an elderly lady in another bubble who, after looking at me queerly, decides I am from a more backward country. She explains that everyone in England lives under a certain number and all bills are sent to the bank responsible for yours.

She then takes me to a cafe : a blue-tinted, aquarium-like room, built high up so as to give you a birds-eye view of the city. There are machines round the room in which you feed your order and number and the rneal comes out on a tray.

I watch the city, fascinated. There are wide fly-overs with the familiar chairs buzzing along them, brilliant orange, i two-seater planes, and people everywhere. I decide I am going to enjoy this new England.; Lois Snell - 14 years

A Wandering Mind I was knitting iri' the garden.

Rocking in my old, oak chair

When I heard the cries ,of children

Echo in the morning air.

They went running past the garden. And the sun shone in their hair

As they called to one another Without "worried-ness" or care.

Then my ageing mind, it wandered Far away from western skies To those other darker children With the soulful, chestnut eyes.

And I ran again beside them As they scampered here and there In the noisy, crowded market Leaving sellers much less' ware.

Then I swung once more from tree-tops ' Growing near our forest home. And I swam among the shallows Of a creek made white by foam.

Now I splashed among the puddles On my muddy way to school In the famous Himalayas, Where the climate's often cruel.

Turning south I climbed the staircase Of my dorm in Hebron School, And I slid down powdered hand-rails — In the mountain, evening cool. " Sodri the dreams began to fade though. And my eyes began to see

Solid sights around the garden. And the knitting on my knee.

' ■■;

;

'• . Once again, I was a granny ' ' , Without energy

■ T h■m k •i n gA n do f a g m a i yn

Il i f .sea t

strength,

aat - r o cl ek innggt, h . .

. . . , K a t h l e e n Ta y l o r - 1 4 y e a r s

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A Winter's Evening The wind blew loud,

The trees groaned And the blizzard hid all.

It was a cold night As in the small log cabin We gathered round the fire, With shapes dancing on the walls. T h e r e w e r e fi v e o f u s t h e r e

Stranded by the blizzard. With our nerves tense. We froze!

There was a ghostly head outside the window And a knocking on the door. For five long seconds we sat; None dared move.

Suddenly, The face vanished!

The knocking ceased. We relaxed!

Tom opened the door No one was there.

Not a footprint left. Around the cabin to the window he went

He was gone ten minutes. John went out

No one was there,

Not a footprint was left. Around the cabin to the window he went

He was gone ten minutes. Jane went out

She was gone ten minutes. Susan went out

I was left all alone. Afraid! I waited. Not one returned.

A search party was sent When I reached home.

They searched high and low. Not a sign did they see. They've never been found. Not till this day.

Christine Duncumb - 14 years

Te e n a g e r s ' S t a r s The teenager stands: her body tense with excitement and with a strange feeling that one is not able to put into words. Her flowing hair no longer has the

same perfectness that it had a couple of hours ago when she walked out of the hair dresser's shop ; it streams around her slim shoulders yet she does not care how she

looks nor about her expensive dress and make-up. Her arms are flung wildly over her head and she joins in loud, deafening screams with countless other teenagers, as

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their four "idols" come into their presence. The noisy strumming of a guitar sounds

through amplifiers placed throughout the room. The screams get louder, more

passionate and almost frightening. Beautiful "voices of today" are the breaking, point of every teenager present and, when at last the screams are hushed, they sit awe-struck and,hazy-eyed, looking down at the longhaired musical youths.

Three hours pass......the teenager, with red-rimmed eyes, ruined clothes and a sore throat returns home to anxious parents. She tries to explain the wonder of ^breathing the same air that THEY were breathing", and just the, perfection of her unforgettable, most precious evening - but somehow the older generation cannot seem to understand.

The teenager sits: a strong, masculine voice sounds from the large coloured

screen that she is facing. Tears fill her beautiful blue eyes as a touching,, romantic

part of the film warms her heart. A small, wonder-struck sigh escapes through her parted lips as the star actor in the film is brought before the camera and her eyes.

No one in the dark, people-filled room can see her attractive pant-suit and yet she does not care how many weeks she took to save enough pocket money to buy it. Her

thoughts are wholly occupied with the handsome, wealthy man confidently acting ,his part in a world-famous film,

Once outside, the teenager and her friend eagerly quote phrases which .have

stuck in their minds, and recall all the parts of the film in which, their favourite star had come into their vision, even remembering the clothes he wore. Time passes and their minds continue to be in an ecstasy over an untrue, unreal thing which had fled by

them

two

hours

â&#x2013;

time......

The teenager kneels : begging, pleading with God to take her off the influence

of L.S.D. Tears stream down her face as she remembers the mass baptism frona which

she has just returned home. Her friends'prayers have been answered. She is now entering into the "Jesus Revolution" and now she will find true peace and happiness. There is no one but God in the room to see her frayed, cut-off jeans; red and white

striped T shirt; untidy, long, blond hair contrasting with the honey colour of her tanned skin; her swiftly-flowing, humble tears. There is no-one to see, nothing to hear - and yet this teenager unlike the others who found two or three hours of pleasure, has found an everlasting life of perfect joy.

The other teenagers' stars did not know that they existed in this immense

earth, nor did they notice the expensive clothes and made-up beauty of their fans t e e n a g e r ' s S t a r c a r e s f o r a n d l o v e s h e r. .

Catherine Sinclair-15 years

wish

I wish I could be in England to notice the passing of the four seasons. I wish I could see the stark branches of the leafless trees in winter uplifted in

wordless appeal to the leaden sky and then when the snow had fallen see the trees covered with their cloaks of snow, bent down under their sparkling load. I should like to see the robins with their scarlet breasts looking for holly and mistletoe. Then,

when the ice was firm, I should love to be able to skate, flying over the ice like a

bird, twirhng round and round, making graceful loops on the ice and then, when my -face was glowing from the nip in the air, to return home to a roaring fire with roasting chestnuts

and

drink

steamingâ&#x20AC;&#x17E;cocoa.

...

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I wish I could see an English spring with the gradual awakening of the earth : the melting of the snow, the awakening of the verdant green carpet of grass; the cows solemnly chewing the cud ; the return of the birds from foreign countries once more bringing their trilling and happy voices and their bright colours transforming the country from the slow plodding of winter to spring which quickens your heart anew; the awakening of the flowers which transform city allotments into places of

beauty, and the countryside into the many-coloured coat of Joseph. I should love to see the summer in England : the gay frocks of children as they play in the sun, their faces getting browner as the days go on; the beaches filled with

people; the deep blue water which reflects the brilliant rays of the sun; here and there a white-capped wave coming rolling in to be met by children as they play on the

edge. I wish especially I could be there on the first of May when people dance around the Maypole with coloured skirts flying and faces all aglow with the exercise.

Last but not least I should like to see an English autumn: the falling of golden-brown leaves and the yellows, oranges and reds, browns and the occasional green which sets a forest on fire with its glory; the crisp crackle of fallen leaves as

you walk through a wood which sends its dying leaves whirling around you in a storm of colour. I wish I could be there to see the harvesting of the grain ; to go picking blackberries, hazelnuts and all the other fruit one can find and then to go home, sticky but happy, then to lie in bed and watch the sun slowly go down and the stars come out in the dark blue expanse that is the sky. I wish I could see the grain as the wind sends ripples through it and then see it as it falls behind the tractor.

I wish I could be there to feel the wind in my hair and on my face, then when I am at home snug in my bed to hear the roar of the wind in the trees, and down the

chimney, through the cracks in the windows and doors, rattling anything that will rattle and making the flame in the hearth of my room flare up, sending renewed flickers of light throughout the room. I wish I could be there.

Anne Le Sueur - 15 years

Wandering Thoughts A pensive face gazed out of the city-begrimed window. Once it had been

clean-modelled, now it was crinkled like crushed linen, but it still retained the power to express thought. As old age crept slily on, she cultivated thought as a gardener cultivates a rare flower, noting and nurturing every lace-veined petal that unfolds. Passers-by gossiped about her nosiness always staring out of the window but

she was not interested in them at all. She was far back in her younger, fresher days, when every day swelled and soared with the promise of unending thought.

But, as she grew old, her idle and rich parents never let her sit and think

alone. She suffocated in the mad, gay, tired whirl of a social life.' Her mind cried ceaselessly, revolting against the purgatory of a thoughtless existence. Without her

realizing it, the channels of her inmost privacy yearned for the time to think, to think of feathered frost on the window-pane, and of how its crystalline purity had been made, or of what it was that sent caterpillars inching along upright, dew-beaded grass, only to descend on airy gossamer chains. Then she was young, now she was old, with all the time she needed. She

seemed to breathe in the elusive essence of thought and it smelt like asphodel. She

let her thoughts fly, bright as blundering bumble-bees among the roses, up, up, into

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5 3

the opaque clouds that menaced the horizon. What would it be like to sit on those

thrones of rain that threatened to obliterate the sun, yet gave life to the earth ? Would they ooze slimily under her old brittle bones, and shoot out a hundred gras

ping tentacles to grab her ? She would take that as it came, and look down in thought on the hawk arching in concentric circles above the cowering furry thing crouched among the sparse trees which were curled and bunched like fern-fronds.

She would see the clutching grey city look strangely insignificant cupped in the mighty hollows of the hills. Surely, she thought, "lonely as a cloud" was a complete fallacy. She had never seen so many, crowding around her like hideous nightmares, blurring her sight

and senses. They billowed and multiplied in vast leaden nebulous bulges. They seemed to choke her lungs.

In the quiet room all thought and all breathing had stopped. The old lady had no further need of thought. Linda Miller - 15 years

HEBRON

GLEANINGS

OLD

STUDENTS'

NEWS

1971 has been a year rich in visits from past students and we have been delighted to welcome so many back to Hebron.

First to come was Mary Thiehaut (nee Huckett) with her French husband Rene. Standard X and XI were specially delighted to have a time with them hearing them talk in French and about France.

Then in May Carol Turner came during her holidays from her school at Kodai. Virginia and Priscilla Strom arrived at the end of May and were in Coonoor for most of that term, and it was just like old times to have them popping across from Quail Hill. Since they returned to Covenant College, Tennessee, we have heard that Ginny is in charge of the students on her floor and has 72 of them under her wing. Pris has been applying to medical schools and has done exceptionally well in her exams. Hebron Day is often an old students' reunion and this year was no exception. Kitty and Valerie Dearmun were with us and it was so good to see them. Kitty was

married in October. Valerie still has another year at Ashford School in Kent. She

is doing 'A' levels and has just got an additional 'O' level subject - Statistics. Billy Kelson was also here that day. He is reading medicine at Queen's University, Belfast. While he was in India he had hoped to do some medical work in one of the refugee

camps in Bengal but government restrictions prevented this at the last minute. Another of our old boys who was with us for Hebron Day was Andrew Lawrance. Andrew is at Strathallan School near Perth, Scotland, and is in the school Cadet

Corps and hoping to take 'O' levels next year. Linda, Andrene and George Sutherland were another family whose school holidays also happily made it possible for them to be here for Hebron Day. They, too, are enjoying life at their schools in Edinburgh.

During the summer the Bells were in Coonoor on holiday and it was lovely to see Miriam again. In August Nicholas Hacking was out here for his school holidays and came to see us. He is at Charterhouse School, England.

In September Diana and Bruce Gordon unexpectedly called to see us on holi days from their boarding schools in Edinburgh and grown so tall that we found difficulty in recognising them !

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Rosemary Wallis (nee Heslop) who with her husband has recently joined the

staff at Lushington, reached us at the end of what almost amounted to a world tour.

En route she had met a number of Hebronites, so we asked Rosemary to write down what she could remember of these meetings for Gleanings. You will find what she wrote below. We also thought that you would be interested in the reactions of

someone returning to Hebron after five years away and so we. asked Ginny Strom to to write about it for us. Here are the two letters :

A Letter From Lushington "At present we are on a slow "working holiday" around the world, and have

found that one of its most pleasant aspects has been our opportunity to renew contact with fellow-Hebronites and even with Hebron itself.

After two very enjoyable years in Ontario, Canada, we were finalising our itinerary for the trip out to India, and attending farewell functions, when one stormy summer night we returned home to find our baby sitter entertaining, a sunburnt pair of "high school students" - oi; so I thought at first. It was some time before the realisation dawned that they were Drs. Elizabeth (nee Ritchie) and her husband Andrew Kaegi, reconnoitring Hamilton's" new medical centre V/ith the view of returning there- for post-graduate studies in the new year, following several months touring in Europe.

The very day before we left Canada we attended the wedding of another ex-Hebronite, Johnny Anderson, now a Science teacher in Toronto, and his bride

Rosemary, a physiotherapist. Sharing our table at the reception was another ex-Hebronite, Carolyn Bass, who had particular cause for joy as just that day she had been reunited with her Scots fiance, a fellow London (England) Bible College student.

These experiences, so soon before we left Canada, were paralleled while we were travelling, for although we missed the Nilgiri Reunion in London in July, we had a number of personal reunions all along the way to India.

In England, we spent several days near Bedford brass-rubbing and punting on the Cam with Elise (nee Fountain) her husband Russell Heap, and Adrienne, a beautiful seven month old baby at the time.

Later we enjoyed visiting Jeanette (nee Vine) and her husband Jonathan Willcocks in Harrow, on the outskirts of London. Jeanette has a most interesting

job teaching deaf children in a local school, and their maisonette contained many

indications of her husband's ability as a graphic designer.

Dorothy Vine was out of London, on a camping holiday, so unfortunately we missed seeing her. However, we did speak on the telephone to (Dr.) Veronica Moss, very busy with preparations for relieving her father here in India for a time. Three aeroplanes, two hovercrafts and many trains later, we found ourselves in "Romantic Germany". It was August and the fields were gold with grain, and the roads lined with laden fruit trees. Hours of searching brought us, at ten o'clock

one night, to Orendelsall, home of Kathrin nee Lipp; and her minister husband, Wolfgang Seybold and their small daughter, Ruth. Orendelsall, we discovered, consisted of a single narrow and very steep street, and since it is a farming community everyone was in bed and all lights were out. As we descended into the inky depths, our spirits dropped to a corresponding level. How were we to find which house was occupied by the elusive-Seybold family? Suddenly the lights flashed on in the house at the bottom of the hill, and in -response to our taxi driver's knock

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at the door a wooden shutter was thrown open. Yes, we were told, the Seybolds did

indeed live nearby, in fact our taxi was parked between their manse and the church. It was eleven and half years since Kathrin and I had both completed our

schooling at Hebron, and we had not met again since then, so we were kept busy in the following days, catching up on the intervening years, as well as sightseeing in the area.

Rome ... Athens ... Tel Aviv ... Jerusalem ... Teheran ... and finally India. We flew into Bangalore one sunny August afternoon, unexpectedly early, so were

more than surprised to see Mr. Nelson and Mr. Sinclair walking across the car park toward us. They were there to farewell a missionary whose plane flight had been delayed while ours had been put forward, hence the unexpected welcome from two "Hebron fathers".

Yet another surprise meeting was in store for us when we arrived at "Mizpah"

to find Bill Nelson (Junior), now a medical student, on holiday in India over the summer.

We have now been at Liishington Boys' School for almost a term, and during this time have welcomed the opportunity to see Hebron itself again and to meet the

present pupils.- I think my husband is anxious to make up for lost time as he has visited the school four times against my two !

Joking aside, we have both been impressed by the school, which has undergone a number of developments, notably in the new kitchen quarters, laboratory, library and art rooms, yet without sacrificing any of its graciousness - or .those glorious gardens."

Rosemary Wallis (nee Heslop) Five

Ye a r s

Later

My sense of anticipation grew as I boarded the hill train in Metty. As the train wended its way higher and higher into the Nilgiris, the view seemed more beautiful than I had ever remembered it. I could hardly believe that I was really on my way back to Coonoor 1 Every year since I had left I had dreamed of a summer like this and now, in the fifth summer, the Lord had brought my sister, Priscilla, and me out for almost 14 weeks. An extra blessing was that we were able,

as a family, to rent our old house, "Valley View", for the time we would be in Coonoor. If felt as though I had never left India and Coonoor at all. Two of the things I enjoyed most during my few weeks in Coonoor were the House Sports Day and the Leavers' Service. I must congratulate the Lights on

winning the Sports although I do wish it had been the Darks. It was a good fight. Darks! It wouldn't have been quite fair for us to have won both the Swimming and the House Sports, would it ? The Leavers' Service was especially meaningful to me. The XI's were those who had just been entering the Senior school when I left and who had known me as

a fearful prefect. At the end of the service, singing "0, Jesus, I have promised" reminded me of my Leavers' Service when we had sung the same hymn. So much has happened to us in the past five years, but I can say with confidence, for myself at least, that the Lord has been by my side and that He has guided me in keeping this promise of serving Him "to the end".

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One of the things I appreciated the most was talking to former teachers and finding that they are not nearly as frightening as I had thought when I was at Hebron ! I am serious about this. Sometimes we expect our teachers to be perfect or superhuman. It meant a lot to me to be able to talk comfortably to them and to know that they are concerned for each girl they teach. I was very glad to be able to visit Hebron again, even though it was for such a short time. If it hadn't been for returning to the States for my final year in

college, I would no doubt still be in India ! I hope that it will not be such a long time before I am able to come out again.

Virginia Strom

Breeks / Hebron / Lushington Reunion For months beforehand we had heard about the preparations for the Breeks / Hebron / Lushington Reunion which was planned to take place at the Caxton Hall in central London on the afternoon of Saturday, luly 10th, 1971, and we were delighted

that so many people sent us their impressions of that most enjoyable occasion. About 200 people were present and the following are some of the comments received :â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "It was a boiling hot day and I was bullied into wearing uniform by the other Salvationists I was going with, and did I envy the nice cool dresses that so

many were wearing We all signed a register and received a name tab and the

appropriate colours so that we could identify each other. I'm sure this must have covered a period of 50 years or more for I could go back 47 years and met several who were there before me."

M. Thompson (nee Trounce,) 1924-26. Matron.of Chaplin 1969-70.

"When I sat down to my first evening meal at Hebron in May 1946, there were three Junior Helpers sitting together at one end of the table. Last Saturday I walked into Caxton Hall, Westminster, and there they were again ; Grace Baxter

(nee Dawson), Mildred Manton and Ruth Stephens...... It felt quite uncanny to be sitting next to a lady (Miss K. Angus) who had been taught by Miss Martin. Miss Martin was retired and living at Brooklands when I went to Hebron."

B. Hammond (nee White) Principal 1946-51.

"Nostalgic memories were aroused as we looked at slides, heard Nilgiri sounds (such as jackals etc.) recorded, and sang school songs. What a cheer there was when we were reminded that Hebron came first in the Inter-School Sports last year and this."

J. Coxon - Chaplin Matron 1954-58.

"After an hour or two of general hubbub, a measure of order was achieved

and slides were shown The latter part of the programme included community

singing. "Deo Supremo" was faithfully and painfully, if lustily, rendered, as only a few of us were there by then, but we were very heartily applauded ! We remembered every word without a copy too I finally tore myself away at about 7 p. m. though the hall was still half-full by then and I suspect that some would still be there at 9 p. m."

B. Neal-Std. I teacher 1957-66.

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"Everyone talked far too much!! The room became hotter and hotter ; Paul Harland struggled with a microphone which only echoed ; the hall could not be blacked out, so it was difficult to see the slides {especially when people stood up to welcome somebody in front of the screen!!). The boys had changed more than the girls! Long hair and beards made it difficult and, of course, I did not know them as well as the girls.

The strawberry tea was excellent and very welcome. Then came letters etc : as Mr. Fisher had died this year much of this was in his memory There was a very short address by Mr. Fox:—

B — Breeks Bible spiritual training given at the Schools. L — Lushington love and law. H ■— H e b r o n h i l l s p h y s i c a l b e a u t y a n d e n v i r o n m e n t t h e b e a u t y of God's handiwork.

He said that B - L - H stood for all that the schools had tried to teach, and took as his text Proverbs 3 v 6 "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."

Enough to say that the Reunion was, I felt, a great success M. Maylam Chaplin Matron 1962—1964 and 1966—1968

After the Reunion Mr. Willy wrote to tell of a surplus of £15 after the ex penses of the occasion had been met. This has been divided equally between Breeks, Hebron and Lushington.

After the Reunion we received a list of Hebronites present, compiled from

signatures recorded at the time. We are printing this list for the interest of those who would like to have been there but could not. If your name ought to be on the

list but is not, please accept our apologies in advance. Someone is sure to have been left out ! STUDENTS

Angus

Donald

Fox

Vivien and Nisha Bapat Mildred Fletcher Hazel Barnett R. H. Grayson Te d B a r n e t t B e t s y H a r l a n d

Olive Robinson

Margaret Saar

Ann Scorer (nee Mason) May Sowton

Grace Baxter (nee Dawson) Elise Heap (nee Fountain) Kudi Stephens (nee Hezlett) Margaret Beaver

Janet Hezlett

Ruth Stephens

Andrew Chittenden Priscilla Chittenden

Margaret Little (nee Dron)

Mairi Sutherland

Janet Craig

Hilary Matthews Ruth Morgan

Barbara Davis

Mildred Manton

Beryl Draper Gordon Draper

Frances Ockleston Gillian Ockleston

Julia Duckworth Charles Durman

Daphne Parish

Jacky Durman M r s . F. J . E l b o u r n e Alistair Ferris

Ve r o n i c a P a r i s h

Katherine Quin Virginia Quin Mrs. Ritchie

Morag Sutherland Olive Thomas (nee Hook) Ruth Thompson Dorothy Vine Helen Watts

Joy Whitfield Jeanette Willcocks (nee Vine) Dorothy Willy C a r o l e Ye n d e l l J i l l Ye n d e l l

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S TA F F Miss B. Brent

Miss M. Maylam

Miss J. M. Coxon

Miss B. Neal

Mrs. E. B. Hammond

Mrs. M. Thompson

Mrs. Martin (nee Miller) Australia & New Zealand

Denise Berry is now Mrs. Lawrence Harewood. Grace Boag is a hospital Sister in Sydney and a member of the local Salvation Army Church. She writes: "I teach Sunday School each Sunday morning and atn iri the choir and many youth activities". Joy is in her third and last year of nursing training at a large children's hospital iri Sydney. She is engaged to a wool buyer and due to be married next March. Carol recently married an accountant, having finished her psychiatric nursing training. Doreen still has another year at school. "

Judith Coventry is studying at Melbourne Bible Institute. - Mary is in her 3rd year of teacher training and is hoping to be granted a 4th year. Susan is sitting her

matric. in November and Jonathan is in his 3rd year of High School.

Raema Darrell has given up nursing and is now working in the Health Dept. at Dunedin as an audio/vision technician. She writes : "I travel all over Dunedin

and Central Otago, going round the schools and testing the children's ears and eyes."

Felicity Dix (nee Wilson) had a baby boy, David, in April. She is living in

Perth and does some nursing at weekends. Elizabeth Woodgate (nee Wilson) is sec

retary to the manager of Corsers, a firm in Perth. Ariadne Fountain (nee Fritschi) travels to the Hutt to school each day and has a below average Form II class. She and her husband, Dennis, are interested in the Overseas Christian Fellowship in New Zealand and "so lead a rather busy life visiting

and being visited but finding it'well worthwhile." Iris and her husband, Peter

Durney, have bought 8 acres of land five miles out of Kaitaia and are hoping in December to start building their own house.

Ngaire (alias Jenni) Glasgow had an ileostomy at the beginning of the year but made a quick recovery and is able to lead a normal life. She is having flying lessons and works as a teacher's aide. Roslyn is nursing in Sydney. Pauline Harris is working as a Post Office salary clerk and she and Shirley are members of a Gospel Singing Group which won a prize in a Y.F.C. Talent Search.

Shirley is in a bank but has plans for taking up modelling in her spare time. Elise Heap (nee Fountain) and her husband Russell are in England where

Russell who is an aeronautical engineer is doing three years special training including six months with Rolls Royce. They have a little daughter Adrienne and the whole

family was at the Reunion in London. Russell is having to learn German and so Elise is doing it with him and writes : "I'm seeing if I can master it any better than French."

Helen Kemp has passed her Grade 6 music and her School Certificate in music

and two other subjects. She is now in the Sixth Form and hopes to be able to do a

degree in music. She writes enthusiastically about a Crusader camp which she attended last Christmas.

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Ayelene McLaren is going to school in Sydney and is enjoying it. Annette McNaught is doing medicine. Frances North is in Perth, and taking a one-term business course at present

and hoping to get a part-time job in the evenings. David is in 2nd year high school

and is one of the few boys in the class who does not smoke and drink. Annette was

too young to get into high school and is finding her work easier than what she was doing at Hebron. John and Christine are in Grade 5 and Grade 3 respectively. : Jan Skillicorn is attending a day school in Sydney. EwZyw is teaching Grade 2 slow learners at a school in Tasmania, and has found it very rewarding. She is also superintendent of the primary section of the Sunday School at her church. She plans to go to Bible School next year. Merelyn

is married and her husband Graeme is just finishing his training as a teacher. Merelyn

has been doing some nursing at the local hospital. Gillian finishes at Matriculation College in December and is hoping to enter the new Teachers' College in Launceston which is one of the best equipped in Australia. Ronnie obtained 2nd place in his class last term and says that he "is still the fastest runner in the school."

Pauline Turner is in her second year of nursing and now has a car so is able to live at home and drive to work each day. Elizabeth was sitting her School Certifi cate examination in November and attempting 5 Advanced passes and 1 at Credit level. There are up to 40 girls in some of her classes and she wishes she were back at Hebron.

Jeanette Willcocks (nee Vine) is now in London and with her husband Jonathan

was at the Reunion. Jonathan has recently got his master's degree in Graphic Art.

Jeanette is teaching partially deaf children in North London, Dorothy is also in

London, doing a tutor's job in radiography at the Westminister hospital. Elsie has been lecturing at Auckland university and has been invited to join the N.Z. Crusader Council - all in addition to teaching English at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and leading the Crusader Class there. Nora completed her B.A. majoring in music and is now doing teacher training. She finds much satisfaction in singing with the Dorian

Singers - a choir of about 60 under one of the Varsity professors which concentrates

on Bach and 15th and 16th Century Church music. She composed music for Jeanette's wedding - to Psalm 145.

Bronwyn Winter (nee Jacobs) was married in October 1970 and they are settled

in a lovely home in Mayfield, N.S.W. John, her husband, is an electronic organ demonstrator. He also paints very imaginative fantasy art and hopes to illustrate children's books.

Europe

Anne Hodne sent us Christmas greetings from Norway. She is at school in Oslo, Christine Probst has now taken her final school exams. She is still keeping up her music.

Dagmar Schmidt has settled happily at her school in Germany but writes:

"I wish I was back at good old Hebron because I would be a senior now and I think that would be very nice." Canada and the United States

Eunice Bone is at school in Saskatoon and has 200 in her year ! Apart from

school work which she says is "quite easy", Eunice finds time for ice-skating, rollerskating and attending camps.

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Sharon Dyck obtained a 1st Class Hons. B.Sc. in Maths and is now working for the Resource and Development Dept. of Federal Fisheries in Vancouver doing statistical analysis, coinputor programming etc. â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Cynthia and SJiaron Erichson axt at school at Prairie Bible Institute in Alberta,

where their parents are on the staff.

Darene, Debby and Darrell Hamm are all at school in Outram, Sask. and living

in a trailer. They all enjoy horse-riding.

Muriel Hahn (nee Frederick), after completing her nursing training, married and now has two children. Muriel and her husband are now working as missionaries in the Philippines, Margaret also trained as a nurse and then married Jirri Armour. Jim and Meg are now living in Southern California where Jim is Youth Minister and

Meg is working as a nurse. Marilyn graduated from Bible College last June. This

summer she worked as a camp counsellor and is now at Biola College, California continuing her studies.

Dorothy Friebel after graduating at Prairie Bible Institute reniained on the staff of the college, teaching English and basic skills and helping in the college library. Dorothy is, also training to take over as Hostess-matron. She writes of a conference when they expected 200 guests aiid about 400 turned up and had to be l o o k e d a f t e r.

Joanna Jennings has settled down happily in Texas and has made many

friends. She was very moved by the "Jesus Revolution."

Pam McKee lives in Virginia, U. S. A. and gets good marks in school. Her father is in Vietnam for a year but is doing desk work, not fighting.

Grace Schrag is in her 3rd year at Grace Bible Institute. Faith did one year at G. B. I. but is now spending one year at home with their parents who are on

furlough. George is married and still in the army. At the moment he is at Washington in the Pentagon.

Sandra Sinclair arrived home in Canada at a time when jobs are hard to get, and she had to compete with girls who have been working during school vacations and so gaining experience. However, the way wonderfully opened up for her to get

a position in the Ontario Hydro in Toronto right near where Sharon is working. '

Kathleen Taylor is at school in Alberta and writes ; "Canada's O. K. but India's 0. K-er" ! !

Charlene Tiessen is living in Moose-Jaw, Sask. and is in Grade 12 in High School. During the summer she worked at the hospital where her mother is nursing.

Mary Wilson married Dr. William Howitt at St. George's Anglican Church,

Guelph, Ontario on 29-12-70. United Kingdom

Kathryn Appleby is in the third year (Std. IX) at her school in S. E. London.

She was baptised recently.

Vivien Bapat has applied for medical schools in various parts of the U. K. Nisha is still at school in Teignmouth in Devon.

Margarsi is now teaching and enjoying it. ^ Kelly Bennett is at a comprehensive school in Putney and is finding it hard to

witness as a Christian. She is doing six 'O' level subjects and two others for C. S. E.

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Jennie Brambleby has been quite sick and the latest news was that she was back in hospital again. She needs our prayers. Heather and the rest of the family are living at Kew and Heather is doing *A' level English and Biology as well as Typing and Shorthand at a local College of Further Education. Priscilla Chittenden has just finished at Clarendon and hopes to do 'A' levels at a school in Birmingham and to live at home.

Rosemary Constable is living at Orpington and is doing French, Latin and Zoology for 'A' level, and has joined a lively youth group at her church.

Wynsome Crawford is reading French and German at university and doing well. Margaret Duncumb is in the Sixth Form at Cheltenham Ladies' College and

doing French, Latin and Italian for 'A' level. She is specially enjoying the school Choral Society which, is run by the organist of Gloucester Cathedral "who makes you

learn everything terribly fast." They were busy practising Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols''. She is hoping to do her Grade 7 music exam in the Spring. Christine is also at Cheltenham and enjoying it.

Jackie Durman is doing secretarial work at Scotland Yard. Charles is working

at a London library.

Patricia Field is at school in Norfolk and enjoying it.

Betsy Harland has left Clarendon after taking 'A' level in Art and is training

as a State Enrolled Nurse in Crawley,

Isabel Havard is at a school for missionaries' children in Swansea. Even

though she has settled down she still says she prefers Hebron. Shorland Hosking is in the Sixth Sc. at St. Edward's School, Whitley and looks after all the Juniors in the 1st form (Std. VII). He writes "It's a challenge and I feel that God is guiding me in this."

John Huckett is on the Executive Staff of Smith's Industries in London and

uses his "spare" time in work amongst young people at Oakwood Chapel, Harlow,

where he is an elder in the church and leader in "Adventurers." Ruth was married

to the Rev. Hugh Dibbens last April and helps her husband in a London parish with

5 hospitals and 3 churches. They organised a visit with students to an I.V.F. Camp in Italy, where Hugh was lecturing. Peter and his wife Kathy are rejoicing in the gift

of a little daughter. Peter is in charge of part of a Radio Contract for the Post Office on behalf of G. E. C. in Coventry and finds his job intensely interesting.

Caroline Hughes is enjoying her first term at Benenden, and was looking for ward to her first game of lacrosse. She was hoping to start music again and to take

up riding. She expects to come out to India for the Christmas holidays. Mary Hunter followed her family out to Africa after taking 8 C. S. E. subjects

in England. She is a weekly boarder at Eshowe High School in Zululand. Jane is at Eshowe Junior School.

Shelagh King is working hard at maths and physics and still finding time to

enjoy life.

Marion Lewis is in the Sixth Form at Norwich High School and doing Biology

Physics and Chemistry for 'A' level. Ruth is carrying on with all her subjects at present and Rachel is in the junior section of the same school.

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Margaret Little (nee Dron) is now wqrking at MMdstone hospital. She and her

mother were at the Reunion.

Hilary (Priscilla) Matthews is teaching in Bristol. Last year she visited a

Youth Centre in Bulgaria for two weeks.

Esther McKee is now at Edinburgh University doing a degree in nursing.

Solveig Moss sent us an invitation to her wedding on July 31st at Bristol. She is now Mrs. Alan Gibson.

Frances Ockleston is engaged and hopes to be married next year. Gillian is

going up to Oxford. Lyndon has gone to a college to train for the merchant navy. Sue Outlaw is enjcwing her new school in S. London. She is taking 'A' level

French, Geography and English and also an '0' level German course. Jilt is at the same school and has lots of new friends.

Melanie Palmer-Jones is happy at her school in Sussex and had spent a holiday in Somerset being taught to drive a land-rover by a cousin,

Daphne Parish has been put on her School Council and came top of her class

in the July exams. She has her colours for netball. Recently she was involved in

a street accident and received a broken collar bone and a broken leg. Fiona Partridge after finishing her nursing training obtained a job as an Air Hostess in Caledonian B.U.A. She and her friends were chartering an ocean yacht to take them to the Channel Islands and France.

Philip Pedley is at Cardiff university doing a B.Sc. course in General Science. Martyn has been ill. There was doubt whether he would be fit enough to resume his university course at the beginnig of the new academic year in October.

Celia Rigby has been accepted by the Oriental Missionary Society for work as secretary to a Christian radio station in Haiti and is now doing deputation work in the U. K. prior to leaving. Pauline is doing a course in Domestic Science at a college in Birmingham. Ruth and Linda Robertson are not very happy at their school in England but were hoping to leave for Australia with their family at the end of November. Olive Robinson helped to arrange the Reunion in London. She is engaged to be married,

Elizabeth Rutherford, after a prolonged visit to Russia and then Poland, is

now a post-graduate student at Edinburgh University preparing a dissertation for a Diploma in clinical nursing concurrently with her practical work for state registration.

James is in his 1st year at Nottingham university. Margaret Saar is engaged to be married. She and her fiance are both teachers

o f P. E .

Lois Snell is at a grammar school at Chester-le-Street and has found adjustment s o m e w h a t d i f fi c u l t . a n d S a r a h a r e a t t h e s a m e s c h o o l .

Kudi Stephens (nee Hezlett) and her husband and the twins are now settled in Woking. She writes : "Now that we're here (i. e. near London airport) we may meet some more Hebronites. The country seems full of them!!!"

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Morag Sutherland is taking English, History, French, Maths and Biology for

her "Highers" and has started German. She may have to take up Latin again as an 'O' level pass in it is necessary for a degree in French at any Scottish university.

Jenny Tovey is working in Croydon and sees Valerie Dearmun sometimes. Marion Wall is at Wadhurst College in Kent. She is doing Maths, Biology and

Scripture for 'A' level and is sharing a room with three Christian girls. Joy Whitfield is beginning work on her 'A' levels and then hopes to do

medicine.

Sara Wilcox now lives at Sandy in Bedfordshire and is in the Fourth Form of

a school with 1700 pupils. Her family has adopted a three-year old West Indian boy named Gary. Frances \s> doing well at school and they both take piano lessons. Peter plays the trumpet. Carole Yendell has qualified and is still nursing at the Royal Free Hospital in London. This year she won the prize for "The Best Theatre Nurse". She hopes to visit West Pakistan this winter and to work for a time at a hospital in Lahore. She

plans to visit the Nilgiris next May holidays. Ruth Young is doing English, French and German for 'A' levels and is thinking of doing a degree in German. Ecuador...

Ruth Wiehe (nee Fordham) and her husband Neil (with baby Melody) have been helping to run a teacher training session for tribes people. They have been made very conscious lately of Satan's dominion over the Cayapa people and are hoping

that the job of supervising the Cayapa schools will prove "a partial answer to our need to get to know more of the Cayapas, their culture and their language". India...

Lynette Bath is in Calcutta with her parents and working for her Australian Matriculation exam by correspondence. She has visited some of the refugee camps, and seen some terrible sights.

Pauline Carroll is now at Kolar hospital doing her midwifery and public health training, having completed her State Board exams in U.S.A. Marjorie Dawson has helped during the year with a number of training courses

for Sunday School teachers which have been held in different parts of South India under the auspices of C.E.E.F.I. Jordan...

Susan Pringle (nee Gale) and her husband Barry (with two little boys and new-born baby Dorothy) are continuing their study of Arabic in Jordan and now expect to be there for another two years. They are moving to Ma'an, in the soutliern

part of the country, and also hope to work in Aqaba, Jordan's only port on the Red sea.

Nepal...

Rosalind Ferguson (nee Pedley) and her husband are now in Nepal with B . M . M . F.

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New Guinea...

Joyce Huckett and her partner Ramona now have a house of their own at the Wycliffe Bible Translators' base, Ukurumpa. Ramona's parents visited them and

helped them to build it. Joyce and Ramona have spent many months with their

tribe on Goodenough Island. Mr. Huckett, our pastor m Coonoor, and Mrs, Huckett are hoping to visit them in December and January. News

Former

Members

Staff.:...,

Miss J. Angus has a flat in Se.venoaks, Kent in the sanae house as her sister.;

During this year she worked at a school for blind children but left that job in July as she found it rather heavy for her. Recently we heard" that she was working as housekeeper to an elderly widower in Sevenoaks. She has a Sunday School class which gives her much joy.

Miss A. Bell is teaching in Cumberland and did a course in France last year. In her spare time she helps to run a junior Covenanter group and also finds time to help with camps.

Mrs. P. Cullum (nee Gabell) is a Health Visitor based on a clinic in Trow bridge, Wiltshire. She also teaches Health Education in two secondary schools, one girls' and one boys'. Her little boy is at Monkton Coombe Junior School.

Miss G. Day is now an Assistant Lecturer at a Technical College in S. Wales and teaches typing, shorthand and book-keeping to 16-19 year olds. Miss M. Evans was married last summer to Mr. Glenn Volp. Miss A. Grey has a post as Receptionist in a chest clinic in a big hospital in Dunedin.

Miss A. Hawkes is nursing in the general hospital in Swindon, England and has a flat in the town. Last year she spent her holiday in Greece. She volunteered

to fly out to West Bengal to work among the refugees and actually spent several weeks there.

Miss J. Mason is stiU caring for her mother. Miss Mason now has a more permanent teaching post and has a class of older juniors. Miss A. Macdonald has just moved with a friend into a Senior Citizens'

apartment in one of the northern suburbs of Toronto. Miss B. Neal leads a very full life teaching and helping in a Girl Crusader

class in Surrey. She gets around on her Moped but finds this difi&cult in winter weather.

Miss J' Peake is working as a secretary to a keen Christian. She had several

weeks holiday in India at the beginning of the year and re-visited Hebron during the long holidays.

Miss M. Purnell has a post as head of an infant school and keeps very busy

with youth work at her church.

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Mrs. D. A. Portet (nee Hoare) and her husband are living in Hammersmith, London where they have a part in recording services to be relayed to the wards of a local hospital.

Miss R. Ridley had a spell in hospital but is now much better. She has a post as a doctor's receptionist.

Mrs. M. Thompson has returned to England from Rhodesia. She has been enjoying life to the full, and is caught up in numerous good works. Miss J. Whitehead is teaching in a junior school at Beverley in Yorkshire. She has a post of special responsibility for Maths.

Miss M. Wilson is now in an Old Peoples' Home in Northern Ireland. A friend writes: "It is a beautiful place, overlooking the sea. She is very cheerful but unable to walk without help. She finds great happiness in reading and corresponding with her friends."

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Oh! what have I said ?:

Matron: (to 1st Nestling) Open your mouth and sing like your Mummy does. She has a lovely voice.

2nd Nestling: My Mummy has a lovely noise, too.

A group of Nestlings was being taken for a walk and by mistake found

themselves at the cemetery, The following dialogue ensued : Nestling: Who's buried here ? Matron: Christians.

Nestling (skipping off happily): 0-o-o-h - I'm glad I'm not a Christian ! What's in a name ?

Matron to 5 year old ; Jenni, what is your second name ? J e n n i : F e r. What we learn in school.

History The Diet of Worms was helled about Luther. Current Events

Referring to Red China's membership in the Security Council of the U. N. Now Red China is part of the Social Security Council

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Geography 8 year old : How do you like my new hair-style?

Friend : Why, that's just how you used to have it in Moscow. 8 year old: In Moscow? I never was in Moscow. Friend : Well, what do you call that place in Scotland ? 8 year old : Oh - Glasgow 1 Overheard in the Nest Dining-room:

1st Nestling : What's that ? Matron: Steak and Kidney pudding. 2nd Nestling: There's a place called Kidney (Sydney?)

3rd Nestling; Oh, that belongs to New Zealand. Maths

After twenty-nine comes twenty-ten. English Language A word used to describe a journey to a sacred place : Crocodile The meaning of doleful: Always giving away Scripture John the Baptist ate honey and lotus Out sense of values

One Nestling to another: When I was in England I was given a watch it was REAL plastic. Our sense of loyalty Teacher: Stick the pictures into your book with gum. Senior : But my mother doesn't let me chew gum. Ta i l p i e c e :

Ode to My Fat Figure Shall ever this disgusting fat Be removed from where it's at?

Shall ever I, with graceful form, Sunbathe bikini-clad on lawn?

Shall ever my obese outline Be changed into a shape sublime? Shall ever I, with happy stance Walk without wobbling in hot pants? Hope springs eternal in my breast. Will calories hearken to my request? Anonymous

(One of Std. XI ? - Eds.)

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