Cf4nnual ^^ITla^azlne
^l^ebron junior iSckoolf ^oonoot* a n d
S^ebi^oH ^enlot' ^Sckool, 0otacamund
1977
INTER SCHOOL SPORTS WINNERS
Janet Wilson, 1975 & 1976 Inter School Sports Senior Girls' Champion. First in 200 m. (record), fi r s t i n 4 0 0 m . a n d h u r d l e s .
Tony Perhar, First in the 100 m. and 200 m. in 1976, Inter School Sports Senior Boys Division.
THE
P R I N C I PA L S
IN
'FIDDLER
ON
THE
ROOF'
Back row : Perchik (Dan Sinclair), Motel (Maynard Schrag), Fyedka (Michael Garlick), Te v y e ( P a u l S m i t h ) , Ye n t e ( R u t h S t o c k l e y )
Centre row : Hodel (Rebecca Hamilton), TzeiteI (Lyn Brieseman), Chava (Karen Ironside), Golde (Janet Wilson), Russian Constable (Paul Martin) Front row : Bielke (Debbie Truscott), Shprintze (Rae Langton)
STD. II EASTER TRIP
Watching Snake Charmers in Mysore.
^
FANCY â–
DRESS
WINNERS
'
(from left to right) Beau & Loo (D. & G. Forward), Short Square Leg (R. T. Wallis), Henry VIII (K. Terakhia), Crazy Caterpillar (K. Chote), Kerala Fisherman, (J. Samuel) and a Duck ( T. Thomas)
J U N I O R S P O R T S D A Y. A Sack race
j
I
CHICKEN
POX
VICTIMS
K i r a n a n d Ta r a T h o m a s
S T D . 6 FA R E W E L L PA R T Y Miss D. Eves (Bearer) serves Andy Timra.
LUSHINGTON
BUILDING
PROGRAMME
The new Junior Dormitory block near Lushington Hospital.
The new Senior Boys' Dormitory block below the H a i l .
The only remaining area of tranquillity? The Pool.
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Page Staff and Students
I .-A.
Sport
Junior School
23
Senior School
2 4
School Activities Senior School
30
Junior School
SO
Original Contributions-Junior School
53
Senior School
63
News of Former Students
73
News of Former Staff Members
8 2
The Last Laugh
8 4
The Magazine Committee Editor
M r s . R . R . Wa l l i s
Committee
J. Banerjee D. Busaidy J. Darrell M. Dartnall-Smith I. Kukathas K. Liddle K, Perera
R. Langton S. Rao
HEBRON
SCHOOL
Executive
R e v. Mr.
W, M.
Council
G. Nelson Liddle B.D.
S.
... ...
Chairman Secretary
M r. R . B i s s e l l b . S c .
Mrs. P. I ronside b. A. Mr. J. H. Martin m. a. Dr. G. V. Shead M.S., F. R. c. s., F. R. A. c, s. SENIOR
SCHOOL
Te a c l x l n ^
Staff
Mr. J. C. Ingleby m. a. (Oxon.) Mr. C. Reveley b. a.(Hons) (since August) (Principal)
Miss A. 0. Bateman Tchg. Cert. Mr. J. D. Twynam - Perkins B. Ed., M r . P. D a v i e s c . o f E d . M r . M . V i n c e n t b . S c . , p . g . c . e . , ( s i n c e J u l y ) Mr. C. Enos Mr. G. A. Wallis b.Sc., Dip. Ed. M i s s C . K . H u n t b . E d . M r s . R . R . Wa l l i s M . A . ( H o n s ) , D i p . E d .
Dr. C. Matthews d. l. C. m (Leipzig.) Mr. B. H.Wood M.A.,B.D.,(until November) L. R, S. M., L. R. C. M. A. L, C. M. (Lond)
Mr. P. Martin (since August) Mrs. B. R. Wood b.a. (until November) Miss K. F. McCarthy b. Ed., B. Ec. AASA., Mr. W. W. Wright s.R.N. S.T.D. M.l.s.w. M r. E . D . M c K e l l a r 3 . E d . S e l b o r n e S n r. M a s t e r ( s i n c e A u g u s t ) Mrs. L. C. McKellar b. Ed. Miss D. Wagland b.a., p.g. C.E..
Miss G. M. Payne B. Sc. (Hons), Dip. Ed. |\yifg_ Q |\/1_ Wright c&g. Adv. F. E. (until
August)
Tc h r s .
Cert.
ÂŤ
O f fi c e Miss Mr.
F. J.
R. Allen Thomas
staff ... ...
Secretary Accounts
IBoandlixi^ LUSHINGTON
Staff
COMPOUND
General Supervisor Housekeeper
Mrs. S. F. Ingleby s R.N., s.c M. Miss C. G. Gibberd r C.N. Miss R. E. Scanlan s.R.N., s.C.M.
Nursing Sister Senior House Master Senior House Matron
Mr. G. A. Wallis Mrs. R. R. Wallis Mr. E. D. McKellar Mrs. L. C. McKellar
Inter House Master Inter House Matron
SELBORNE COMPOUND
Miss M. J. Vant Dip. Hort.
Housekeeper Senior Mistress (until November) Senior Mistress (Since February)
Mrs. B. R. Wood
Mrs. M. Wright Mrs. C. Davies d.p.o.
Mrs. L. Twynam - Perkins Dip.Prim. Ed.
Senior Girls' Matron Junior Girls' Matron
I V l e c l i c a l Dr. M. Mitter m.b., b. s. Lt. Col. Chhabra b.d.s.
School Doctor School Dentist
Hebron Junior School S T A F F M A Y. 1 9 7 6 — A P R I L . 1 9 7 7 .
Miss 8. Baxter Cert, of Ed. Std. 5
Miss L. Bowers b. Ed. Std. 4. Miss A. Dueck b. Ed.,B.R.E. Std. 6. Headmistress Miss D. Eves Tchrs. Cert. Stds. 1 & 2. Miss I. J. Gilbert B. Ed. Music
Miss M. M. Jones Dip. Tchg..Dip. th. Std. 3. G. E. Pain Cert. of Ed. Std. 6. First Assistant.
Miss LT. C. Marshall
Housemother
Miss M. Dawson s. R. N.. s. C. M. Miss M. J, Fowler r. m. m.
Sunshine
Chaplin Uplands
Miss V. Moss s. E. N. Mrs. H. Pain Cert. of Ed.
,,
Miss E. Wilson s. R. N., s. C. M.
Stanes
Housekeeper / Nursing Sister
Miss M. Jackson Dip. Coii. of Ed.
Secretary
Dr. (Miss) A. Samuel m. b., b. s.
School Doctor
Dr. T. S. Chhabra B.D.s.
School Dentist
Miss E. Clifton
Miss K. B. J. Elliott s. R. N.. s. C. Miss J. McKellar r. n. Miss M. Reid Tchrs. Cert. Miss D. S. Nunn Mrs. A. E. White
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Hebron Junior School 1976 - 77 Scliool
X^ist
Date of Name
Birth
Class
Dormitory
House
Ahluwalia, Rajan
9-8-64
VI
Stanes
Falcons
Ahluwalia, Raman Ahluwalia, Reena
29-9-67
I V
Uplands
Falcons
14-4-69
III
Sunshine
Eagles
9-2-67
IV
Chaplin
Falcons
10-2-67
V
Stanes
Eagles
Sunshine
Falcons
A r o k i a s w a m y, Yo l a n d a Baggott, Phillip Balasingam, Vijaian Barton, Nicholas
Barton, Jeremy Bedford, Jacqueline
23-7-70
1
11 - 11 - 6 5
VI
Stanes
Eagles
16-1-68
I V
Stanes
Falcons
1-1-69
III
Day Scholar
Falcons
Sunshine
Bohal, Shalin Bennett, Douglas
9-4-71
1
13-8-68
VI
Stanes
Birch, Cynthia
3-10-66
V
Chaplin
Eagles Eagles Eagles
Borchert, Muriel Brown, Rinnes Butterworth, Simon Butterworth, Sarah
14-4-69
III
Chaplin
Falcons
1-1-71
1
3 - 11 - 6 7
Sunshine
Eagles
I V
Uplands
Falcon
Eagles Eagles Eagles
23-2-69
III
18-10-67
I V
Christmas, David
25-8-68
I V
Christmas, Phillip
Chaplin Chaplin Uplands
17-7-70
II
Uplands
Falcons
7-9-65
VI
Stanes
Eagles
9-5-67
V
Stanes
Falcons
Uplands Day Scholar Uplands
Falcons
Casebow, Rosemary
Clunas, David Clunas, Brian
Clunas, Adrian ^
14-10-69
III
16-8-67
V
Daniel, James Darrell, Lawrence De Silva, Rohan
14-12-67
I V
14-4-66
V
Stanes
Falcons
Doggett, Michael
12-9-67
V
Stanes
Eagles
13-8-67
V
Stanes
Falcons
6-6-68
IV
F a s z e r, C a t h e r i n e F e r r y, F i o n a F o r s t e r, T r i s t a n Forward, Deborah Jeffrey
Uplands
24-5-65
V I
2-12-65
V I
5-3-70
II
2-7-65
VI
6-2-70
I I
Gadre, Supriya
19-1-66
VI
5-4-67
I V
5-12-65
V I
Chaplin Chapl in Day Scholar Day Scholar Day Scholar Chaplin Uplands Day Scholar Day Scholar Day Scholar
Eagles Eagles
Robin
Doreswamy, Shunmugam
Gillette, Daniel Grant, Emma G r a n t , To m Grant, Lucy Hawthorne, Sharon
13-10-67 7-5-69 26-6-70
I V
III II
Sunshine
Eagles Falcons
Falcons Falcons
Eagles Falcons
Eagles Eagles Falcons
Eagles Falcons
Eagles
4
H o o k e r, R i c h a r d Houston, David 1 ronside, Cathryn
24-9-66
V
4-3-69
III
Stanes
Falcons
2-5-67
V
Eagles
I I
Uplands Day Scholar Day Scholar
Ironside, Beth Anne Jacob, Ann Jacob, Michaeline John, Koshy John, Sandya John, Sunil
28-2-70 11 - 2 - 6 7
V
Chaplin
Falcons
22-4-64
VI
Chaplin
4-4-67
IV
Stanes
Eagles Eagles Eagles Eagles
Eagles Falcons
10-3-71
II
Day Scholar
1 - 11 - 6 6
V
Stanes
Joseph,Jasmine Joseph, Shirin
25-3-66
V
IV
Chaplin Chaplin
Falcons
8-8-67
Joshi, Ashwin Khemka, Seema K i r b y, A l i s o n
21-4-66
VI
Stanes
Falcons
11 - 2 - 6 8
IV I V
Chaplin Chaplin
Falcons
20-6-68
Lappin, Richard
10-12-67
I V
Falcons
Eagles
23-9-68
I V
Uplands Day Scholar Day Scholar
29-9-65
VI
Stanes
Falcons
24-9-65
VI
Chaplin
Falcons
28-8-67
V
Falcons
8-10-69
II
Chaplin Uplands
27-9-66
VI
26-10-65
VI
Stanes
1-5-67
V
Stanes
Eagles Eagles Eagles Eagles
Lerardon, Matteo Liddle, Wendy L i l l e y, A n d r e w Main, Jennifer Main, Elizabeth Main, Jonathan
1-10-71
Marsden, Christopher Marsh, David Martin, Paul Matsumura, Ryoko
Eagles
1
Stanes
Falcons Falcons
1-10-66
I V
Day Scholar
Falcons
14-9-66
VI I V
Chaplin Chaplin
Falcons
24-10-68 3-12-67
IV
Falcons
McKenzie, lain Alastair
4-9-69
III
Uplands Uplands
McKenzie, John M c L e a y, N e v e n
7-8-71
1
Sunshine
Falcons
13-12-65
VI
Stanes
Uplands
Eagles Eagles Eagles
McCririck, Karen McCririck, Marit McKenzie, Bruce
McMaster, Melanie M c N e i l l y, G o r d o n
26-4-68
I V
Meadows, Michelle
27-2-70
II
Minderjahn, Sabine Minderjahn, Anke
1 9 - 11 - 6 5
VI
20-1-71
1
Mitsumori, Nobuo M i t s u m o r i , Ta m i Ninan, John P a r m a r, M i c h a e l P a t e r s o n , A n d r e w. Paterson, Rebekah Pathmanathan, Sumitra Paul, Shireen
9-3-70
II
27-1-70
I I
2-3-71
1
Day Scholar
Eagles Eagles
Sunshine
Falcons
Day Scholar Day Scholar Uplands
Falcons
Sunshine
Falcons F a l c o n s
Eagles Eagles
23-10-65
V I
Stanes
5-8-66
VI
Stanes
Eagles
25-5-66
VI
Stanes
Falcons
20-7-69
III
Sunshine
Falcons
9-5-66
VI
Chaplin
Falcons
9-12-65
VI
Chap I in
Eagles
5 Paul, Paul J. P a u l , To m J . P o l s t e r, M a r t i n P o l s t e r, A n d r e a s P o r t e r, D a v i d P o r t e r, L l o y d P o r t e r, J u d i t h Ramanathan, Radha Ramanathan, Rathi Ramanathan, Rekha
Reid Thomas, Janet Reid Thomas, Alistair Revel, Amrita Rijavec, Mojca Saunders, David Samuel, Joy Scott, Nicholas Scott, Mark Shead, Jonathan
Shervington, Susannah Singh, Zorawar Sneddon, Simon
Spinkin, Harvey Sraehelin, Annakatharina Stutz Teri, Lynn Swanson, Donald Thomas, kiran T h o m a s , Ta r a Thurston, Stephen Timm, Christine Timm, Angela Tu r a k h i a , K e r a n Va r u g h e s e , A n i t a Wallis, Robert Wallis, Elizabeth Webb, Melinda White, Janet W i l l e y, A n d r e w W i n k l e r, I r e n e W i n k l e r, H e i k e Wilson, Poornima
Witchalls, Jeremy Wood, Karen Wood, Bronwyn Ye o m a n s , D a n i e l
6-1-67
Stanes
Falcons
Sunshine
Eagles
I V
Uplands
Falcons
26-1-69
III
Uplands
Falcons
5-9-65
V I
Stanes
Falcons
22-3-68
I V
Uplands
Eagles Eagles Eagles
V
14-6-71
1
20-8-65
15-7-71
1
Sunshine
9-4-67
V
9-4-67
V
Chaplin Chaplin
31-12-70
II
Sunshine
Falcons
31-1-67
V
Chaplin
Eagles
8-8-69
III
Uplands
Falcons
Day Scholar Chaplin
Falcons
Uplands Day Scholar Uplands
Eagles Eagles
2 4 - 11 - 6 6
I V
8-8-68
III
3-7-68
I V
3-7-68
IV
6 - 11 - 7 0
II
21-1-68 8-10-66
1 V
Falcons
Falcons
Falcons
Sunshine
Eagles
Stanes
Falcons
6-3-70
II
Day Scholar
Falcons
11 - 1 0 - 6 4
VI
Stanes
Falcons
5-1-71
II
Day Scholar
22-1-67
V
Stanes
Eagles Eagles Eagles
9-7-69
I I I
Sunshine
28-5-67
IV
Day Scholar
Falcons
31-5-66
V I
Stanes
Falcons
18-5-68
I V
Chaplin
Eagles
27-10-70
I I
Sunshine
Falcons
10-5-68
IV
Uplands
Falcons
22-9-69
III
Sunshine
Falcons
Sunshine
Eagles Eagles
5-9-71 4-7-66 14-1-67 1-3-69
1
VI V
IV
10-1-72
1
Stanes
Chaplin Uplands
Falcons
Sunshine
Eagles Eagles
12-7-69
II
12-8-65
VI
7-2-69
III
Day scholar Uplands
III
Sunshine
Eagles
Sunshine
Falcons
Day scholar
Sunshine
Eagles Eagles Eagles Eagles
Stanes
Falcons
23-4-69 8 - 11 - 7 0
Sunshine
Falcons
1
30-6-66
VI
3-12-66
V
19-10-69
III
31-5-71 15-8-65
1
VI
Stanes Sunshine
F a l c o n s
Falcons
6
S E N I O R SCHOOL ROLL
Name
Ambalavanar, Devadarshan Arokiasamy, Audrey Baggott, Sarah Banarjee, Jayanti Balasingam, Shantint Bhaskare, Paul Bilimoria, Karan Birch, Linda
Busaidy, Dagmar Busaidy, Hafidh C a s e b o w, H e l e n C a s e b o w, R i c h a r d
Ciunas, Sharon
Birthdate Standard 14.-10-64
8
Games House
House
Gold
Inter Boys Selborne
29-4-63
8
Blue
21-10-64
7
Gold
23-4-62
10
Gold
r
6 - 11 - 6 4
7
Blue
t
1-10-62
8
Gold
2 6 - 11 - 6 1
10
Blue
Senior Boys
3 0 - 11 - 6 2
9
Blue
Selborne
8-9-61
10
Gold
15-5-64
8
Blue
Inter Boys Selborne
r
r
Inter Boys
,
,
5-7-62
9
Blue
3-4-64
8
Blue
Inter Boys
28-5-64
7
Blue
Selborne
Day Scholar
Daniel, Elisabeth Daniel, John
11
Gold
29-10-62
9
Blue
f
r
Daniel, Joseph
2 1 - 11 - 6 4
7
Blue
r
r
Daniel, Peter
10-10-56
12
Blue
Senior Boys{P)
21-2-62
9
Gold
Senior Boys
18-9-61
10
B l u e
Selborne
7-4-63
9
Blue
F a s z e r, D a v i d
25-12-62
9
Gold
Ferry, Alasdair George, Krishan
1 9 - 11 - 6 2
9
Gold
19-12-64
7
Gold
Inter Boys
28-8-61
10
Gold
Selborne
4-4-64
8
Blue
4 - 11 - 6 3
8
Blue
Daniel, Vijendra Dartnall - Smith, IVIiriam Darrell, Carolyn Joy
Gill, Katharine
Gill, Lynda Gillette, Rachel
Greenwood, Stephen
2-12-60
f
r
Senior Boys r
t
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9-4-64
8
Gold
Hacking, William
11 - 5 - 6 2
10
Blue
Inter Boys Senior Boys
Hamilton, Rebecca
12-6-60
11
Gold
(Captain)
Ironside, Karyn Ironside, Bronwyn
3-5-62
10
Gold
S e l b o r n e
19-8-63
9
Gold
Ironside, Allan
4 - 11 - 6 - 1
7
Blue
Inter Boys
Jacob, Jacqueline John, Bobby
6-6-62
9
B l u e
Selborne
2 9 - 5 - 6 0
10
Blue
Senior Boys
John, Cherian
14-10-64
7
Gold
Inter Boys
John, Chandy
2 3 - 11 - 6 4
7
G r, . l d
John, Grace Joshi, Saire
2 4 - 11 - 6 2
9
B l u o
25-9-64
7
Blue
Selborne (P) ,
,
Selborne
7
Jeet Kaur (Singh) Kiren Jeet Kaur (Singh) Sharon Kukathas, Kukathas, Kukathas, Kukathas,
Sushiia indra Jothi Uma
Langton, Rae Langton, Stephen
Langton, Joy Lawrence, John Liddle, Keith
19-7-62
9
Blue
Infer^Boys
3-10-63
8
Gold
Selborne
23-9-60
10
Blue
3-10-61
10 9
Blue
25-6-64
8
Gold
11
Gold
9
Blue
10-8-64
7
Blue
Selborne
2 4 - 11 - 6 0
10
Gold
Senior Boys
14-2-61 2-4-63
6-2-63
r
Blue
30-7-62
9
Blue
27-6-63
9
Blue
10-5-61
11
Gold
9-3-61
10
Blue
14-4-62
10
Gold
Selborne
27-2-62
9
Gold
Senior Boys
20-3-63
9
Gold
Selborne
8-9-64
7
Blue
10
Blue
11 - 8 - 6 1 2 8 - 11 - 6 3
8
Gold
Martin, Paul
17-8-61
10
Blue
Martin, Sam
22-2-63
9
Gold
Martin, Alan
18-5-65
7
Blue
Mil ler,fNicholas
16-8-64
8
Gold
26-5-62
10
Gold
15-9-63
8
Gold
Moffat, Brian Nadarasa, Thirukumar Nadarasa, Thirusenthil Naik, Bobby Osborn, Joy Overton, Philip
t
Senior Boys
Blue
McCormick, Jennifer McCormick, Karen
Martin, Rosemary
t
f
9
30-3-61
McManus, Andrew Marsh, Elizabeth Marsh, Katharine Martin, Anne
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11
Liddle, Jacqueline Louis, Anita Joyce
McLeay, Greig McLeay, Delphine
Gold
2 9 - 11 - 6 2
Selborne
Selborne (P) Senior Boys
$ 9
t
t
Inter Boys (P) Senior Boys Inter Boys Senior Boys Inter Boys
21-5-65
7
Gold
11 - 1 - 6 5
8
B l u e
Day Scholar
24-2-61
9
Gold
Selborne
4-5-61
11
Gold
Parmar Frank,
17-8-62
9
Gold
(Captain) Inter Boys (P) Senior Boys
P a r m a r, G i n a Paterson, Paul Paterson, Trudy Pathmanathan, Janakan Patil, Nitin Perera, Susan Perera, Kevin Perera, Curtis P o l s t e r, K a m a l a
17-8-62
9
Gold
Day Scholar
10
B l u e
Senior Boys
8
Gold
Selborne
4-1-65
7
Blue
30-1-60
11
Gold
29-10-61 15-5-63
5-12-59
11
Blue
19-6-61
10
Blue
Inter Boys Inter Boys (P) Selborne (P) Senior Boys
24-3-64
8
Gold
Inter Boys
14-8-62
7
B l u e
Selborne
8
Potster, Katharina-
29-4-65
7
Blue
P o l s t e r, D o r o t h e a
21-2-64
8
Blue
Rac, Catherine
15-6-64
8
Gold
Rao, Shobana
11 - 3 - 6 1
10
Blue
Schrag, Maynard
1 6 - 11 - 6 1
10
Gold
Senior Boys
Selvaratnam, Anne-
30-10-60
11
Blue
Selborne
Selvaratnam, Phirip
26-1-64 24-10-64
7
Blue
Inter Boys
8
G o l d
21-2-59
12
Blue
Senior Boys(P)
Shead, Andrew S i n c l a i r, , D a n n y
Selborne f
f
r
r
1
1
7-10-63
8
Gold
Selborne
Smith,. Andrew Sreenivas, Asha
2 0 - 11 - 6 1
10
Gold
Senior Boys
15-4-63
8
Gold
Selborne
Stockley, Helen
16-9-60
11
Gold
Swanson, Grant
4 - 11 - 6 2
11
Gold
Senior Boys
Thomas, Angela
23-3-65
7
Thurston, Kay
9 - 11 - 6 3
8
Blue
Selborne
20-10-62
10
Blue
Senior Boys
26-5-63
8
Gold
Selborne
29-3-62
7
G o l d
Inter Boys
30-1-61
11
Gold
Selborne
8-1-64
8
Blue
Selborne
17-12-65
7
Gold
Inter Boys
22-6-64
7
Gold
Selborne
Gold
Inter Boys
Singh, Rhea
Thurston, Mark (Jnr) Ti m m , H i k e Timm, Andreas Truscott„ Deborah Truscott, Ruth
Truscott, Mark (Junior); Tu r a k h i a , P e s h n a Tutton, David Ty m a n , K u g h
5-9-65
7
30-12-60
11
Day Scholar
Blue
(Captain) Senior Boys (P)
12-7-62
9
Gold
Senior Boys
1-8-64 1-8-64 18-8-64 22-3-63
7
Gold Blue Gold Blue
Selborne
3-2-63 25-8-64 1 8 - 11 - 6 3
8
Selborne
8
Blue Gold Blue
White, Barry
1-12-62
9
Blue
Day Scholar
White, Helen Wigglesworth. Juditb Wiig, Peter Wiig, Paul
27-3-64
8
Gold
Selborne
Ty m a n , P a t r i c k Ty m a n , R a c h e l Ty m a n , S a r a h Va r u g h e s e , S u s a n Weavers, AndrewWebb, Mercedes Webb,. Melanie W e h m e i e r, . P e t e r
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W i l l e y, K a t h e r y n
Principal's Report for 1977 M r. C h a i r m a n , L a d i e s a n d G e n t l e m e n ,
Welcome to Parents' Day 1977. This report spans, almost exactly, the y e a r s i n c e M r. D a r l i n g a n d f a m i l y l e f t t h e s c h o o l a n d w e a r e g l a d t o b e a b l e t o state that the school has not fal len down yet. Apart from that momentous
departure. Miss Payne left in August and the Woodsand Miss Reid in November. Brian Wood's extraordinary energy and versatility are wel I known to you all and
he gave more than ten years to the school. It is no surprise that he has gone to a headmastership. In different ways, Miss Reid will be equally missed. A true'mother in Israel,'generations of Hdbronites will rise up and call her b l e s s e d . T h a n k f u l l y, f o r t h i s b a d n e w s — I m e a n t h e d e p a r t u r e o f v a l u e d a n d experienced staff—I can substitute the good news of replacements to f il I these gaps. The Wallises, who left for furlough in August returned to the school t h i s J a n u a r y, a n d M r. Wa l l i s h a s t a k e n u p M r. W o o d ' s p o s i t i o n a s V i c e Principal. Michael Vincent, Chris Reveley and Peter Martin have been with us
since August, the last two having promised us a year before they find new fi e l d s t o c o n q u e r. M r. a n d M r s . W r i g h t a l s o a r r i v e d i n A u g u s t a n d h a v e t a k e n up responsibility for Selborne, as well as other duties.
This year we have taken rapid strides towards the goal, long since announced,of bringing the Junior School onto this compound. As far as the
Senior School is concerned this has largely been a matter of buildings—three of them, as you will have seen for yourselves. We are grateful that these seem to be coming on so well. That a building programme of this size has gone on w i t h s o l i t t l e d i s r u p t i o n o f n o r m a l s c h o o l l i f e , i s a t r i b u t e t o t h e e f fi c i e n c y a n d t h o u g h t f u l n e s s o f o u r b u i l d i n g c o n t r a c t o r s , H a r r i s o n ' s a n d C r o s fi e l d . T h e s c h o o l a l r e a d y o w e s a g r e a t d e a l t o M r. W e a v e r s , H a r r i s o n ' s G e n e r a l M a n a g e r,
and to his able and courteous associates, and though the work is not finished,
we should like to express, in anticipation, our sincere thanks for all that they have done, and are doing for Hebron.
As I say, it has been an unexpected bonus that so large a building programme should proceed with so little fuss, and we like to think that the vital and essential activities of the school have continued this year without
hindrance. The 1976 G.C.E. results were good on the whole, ( details are in the Magazine) though the surprising inconsistency of some of our best students has led us to wonder whether we are not over-crowding the good-weather
term with activities. The heavy Sports programme, the preparations for parents' day as well as the last lap of G.C.E. studies put our Standard Xls under consi
derable pressure, and this year we have attempted to lighten their load where ver possible. You will have noticed perhaps that no Xls were included in the drama this year. Please do not think that I am hinting that the 1976 results
were bad. They were in fact very creditable. Of the 22 students in last year's
Standard XI all but one, I believe, have been accepted to go on to further studies. The music results were less pleasing, but no doubt in these matters
it is largely a question of "swings and roundabouts".
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Numbers have kept up well throughout the year and recontiy enrolment has been most encouraging. This term we have had more children in the school than at any time in 1976 and Selborne has been virtually full. Applications for the coming academic year are also coming in well. Strange as it may seem to those of us who have become accustomed to the idea of a shrinking school, most of my recent discussions on numbers have centred round the possibility that we may be overcrowded if some brake is not put on recruitment. Ail this is, of course, very healthy for the school. An expanding school may have its problems but they are problems that we are happy to face. T h e S c h o o l ' s fi n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n i s s o u n d a t t h e m o m e n t , a n d i t s e e m s
unlikely that we shall have to raise the fees in the immediate future. However this leads me to mention the matter of equipment. As you have surveyed the school today, I hope you will agree with me that the school is better equipped t h a n e v e r b e f o r e . T h i s i s p a r t l y d u e t o t h e e ff o r t s o f o u r fi r s t f u l l - t i m e Business Manager and partly to the generosity of our many friends and supporters. But, to parody the words of a well-known hymn "we have enough but not too much". There are many areas where we have the basic requirement but more and better equipment is certainly needed. This need is normally not met out of the fees which are intended for running costs and basic equipment. I n o t h e r w o r d s , a n d t o p u t i t p l a i n l y, i m p r o v e m e n t s a n d n e w v e n t u r e s a r e
financed out of donations. May I leave you to draw your own conclusions from this not very startling revelation!
If you read the children's letters home (I don't myself) I suspect that on the whole they do not include much about what is going on inside the class room, and that leads me to the platitudinous observation that a school,
particularly a boarding school, is much more than a place where certain academic subjects are taught. Sometimes I think that the students' lives are a mad whirl of outings, shopping, camps, clubs, socials, drama, musical events, sporting fixtures, cultural activities and the like with occasional interruptions for classes. This is no doubt an illusion as your sons and daughters will tell you. However, we are pleased that there does seem to be a great deal going on at Hebron and that the children seem to enjoy these extra - curricular activities. We are pleased too that in many of these activities we have been successful. Our sporting record, this year, for example, has been good and you might like to read about the school's exploits in the Magazine.
The health of the school has been generally good (have you ever heard a Principal say anything else) though we had an epidemic of 'flu last September w i t h m o r e t h a n h a l f o f t h e s t u d e n t s a f f e c t e d a t o n e t i m e o r a n o t h e r. A p a r t f r o m t h a t t h e m a i n m e d i c a l e v e n t s h a v e c e n t r e d a r o u n d Ti c h M c K e l l a r, Ti c h
Wood and Tich Davies, a boy,a girl and a girl in that order. Parents' Day is an opportunity to ask ourselves what is new about Hebron School and a complementary question: hew do we see the future? A great deal is new, and if you go back to say August, 1974, a mere two and a h a l f y e a r s a g o , t h e c h a n g e s s e e m p o s i t i v e l y r e v o l u t i o n a r y. C o n s i d e r c o educational amalgamation and all that that entailed; the retirement of Miss
Hall and Mr. Darling; the sale of the Junior School property and the corres
ponding building programme on this compound; the introduction of "A" Levels just to mention some of the more important aspects of change. Talk about
Future Shock! Will this process of change now slow down? Perhaps. We
should be very glad if it did. But, I suspect, there are no guarantees. We live in a world in which change is very much the order of the day . The communities which we serve are themselves in a state of change, and in terms of political and social developments who can tell what a day will bring forth?
Though I am not clairvoyant' I can foresee a future which might easily involve more building, different leaders, changes in curriculum, style and
emphasis, not to mention the inevitable turn-over of students and parents. I
can foresee change and I believe that we must plan for it. However, I am not
greatly alarmed. I believe, as we all do here at Hebron, that in a final and very real sense, God is in control and that ha has a purpose and plan for the school.
I must express my warm appreciation for tne encouragement and support the School receives from parents and friends. The support I personally have
enjoyed from my colleagues on the staff, I cannot repay in words or in any other way. My final word of thanks is to the Council, more especially those who have been its mainstay, and who are about to retire from their responsi bilities. We are all, students, parents and staff alike deeply in their debt. T h a n k s , t h e n , t o a l l a n d t o G o d b e t h e g l o r y.
Hebron Junior School 1976 - 77 To all who inquire about Hebron, Coonoor, we would like to say: we are still here, in the same place, doing the same work, with the same aims and objectives and, we trust, with the same dedication that Hebron has stood for through the years. We are thankful that God has continued to supply us with members of staff to fill the vacancies as they have occurred. When these have not been filled as we would wish, everyone does extras. We are a team and I count it a privilege to work with so fine a group. This has been a year in which we have been made very compound-consci ous. It all began with the digging of pits to discover what the foundations of
the buildings were like and the digging up of old records to discover the age of each building. We have been repeatedly evaluated by different teams of
strangers. Repairs and alterations made in Stanes and Chaplin House were necessary for a major move. The girls moved first in the August holidays from Stanes into Chaplin. Then during two September weekends the boys from Arnside and Silverdale vacated the upper part of the compound and took over the Stanes Dormitory. On hearing about the anticipated move a boy remarked that he would rather sleep on the lawn than in the "Dames Dorm".
During the monsoon, he changed his mind. In October the sale agreement
was signed and in January we welcomed Mr. & Mrs. Kowski as our new neighbours. The children have had the privilege of numerous activities and
outings. Standard VI enjoyed the operetta "Hiawatha" produced by the students of Mountain Home High School and the drama "Of the Six Who Died"
by the King's Players from Biola College, U. S. A. With Young People's Service in All Saints Church and there the church building that they had made. Keen students at St. George's Homes, Ketti, and our team came third
Mr. Pain they took the displayed the model of attended the S.U. rally in the quiz competition.
Major Shervington spoke to us on road safety and then included some interesting comments about his visit to Buckingham Palace for his investiture with the M. B. E. We also enjoyed the report and slides of Mahommed Ali
Reza Khan on the Nilgiri birds spcializing in the Black and Orange Fly Catcher. Tuesday Assemblies are always a specialty. We have enjoyed numerous interesting topics e. g. the greatness of creation as seen in the solar system. Various Bible stories have been dramatized. Elijah has challenged Israel at Mount Carmel and Stds. I and 11 took the places of the ancients and built the To w e r o f B a b e l .
There have also been other times when we specially remembered important events in India. On Gandhi's birthday the Indian flag decorated t h e f r o n t o f o u r h a l l . M r. P a i n g a v e a r e p o r t o n G a n d h i ' s l i f e a n d s t a f f a n d
pupils stood to sing Jana Gana Mana. On February 11 a remembrance
service was held in honour of India's late President Mr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
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Hebron Fancy Dress brought its fun of dressing up and the showing off of costumes. The Choral Society favoured us witha special programme adapted
to younger children. Then came the Christmas parties and the excitement of anticipated travel home for the long holiday. We wish all parents could have attended our Carol Service.
The bigger boys have been quite adventurous in their Saturday outings. A hike down the ghat to Mettupalayam and another to the Droog gave them a
singular feeling of accomplishment. Each dormitory has its special term outing. The visit to Ootacamund, boat riding, horse riding, perhaps dinner at
the Ch'inese and a ride home on the train make these outings special.
The Eagles have again won the cup in athletics. We were pleased that some of the juniors won places in the sports held at the Senior School and hope that a few will make the team to enter the Inter-school Athletics Meet. We are again looking forward to an Easter camp, our swimming sports and the usual end of term activities.
Changes lie ahead. The Junior School will soon be absorbed in the Lushington compound and then will lose its separate identity. But Hebron School will continue as a place where young people are introduced to the claims of Jesus Christ and led in the paths of discipleship. A. Dueck
MEDICAL REPORT JUNIOR
SCHOOL
The general health of the children in the Junior School has, on the whole, been good, throughout the year. We have had two boys with Green-stick fractures of the lower arm.
Both lads responded to treatment and healed without complication. The girls have remained free of accident, to date.
In the goodness of the Lord we have been remarkably free of Infectious Diseases. There has been an occasional case of German Measles. These cases
have been amongst the Day Scholars. We had a mild epidemic of Chicken-pox during May-August term last year. Dr. A. Samuel continues to care for the
children. We are indeed grateful to the Lord for the efficient and gracious s e r v i c e s o f D r. S a m u e l .
Apart from the usual minor ailments, the children have been free of
sickness. The long queue at morning dispensary speaks of preventive measures rather than treatment of ailments. Most in the queue are there for daily tonics or extra vitamins etc. E. Wilson.
SENIOR
SCHOOL
By far the brightest spots on the medical scene during the last twelve months were the happy and safe arrivals of three little newcomers to Hebron Mark McKellar in July, Rosalind Wood in October, and Hannah Davies in December.
During the month of September it was a case of 'patients, patients every
w h e r e ' . G i r l s ' d a y r o o m s , s t a f f fl a t s a n d b o y s ' d o r m s a l l o f a s u d d e n b e c a m e
hospital annexes and teaching and office staff became nursesas the flu swept its way through the school. Over 60 children succumbed in a period of about 3 week:—the maximum number in 'hoz' at one time being 42. Despite the fact t h a t i t w a s q u i t e a s e v e r e fl u , t h e k i d s w e r e t r u e t o f o r m a n d b o u n c e d b a c k
up again, none the worse for the experience Apart from a couple of cases of hepatitis and measles and a mild case of typhoid, most ailments were short-lived. A couple of accidents caused some drama this term. The first being a back injury resulting from a fall during a hockey match, necessitated a trip to Mysore for check X-rays. The other was a young man who chose to go down the drive underneath the go-cart instead of the more conventional method. Although he had extensive
damage to both his feet, it was a miracle that there were no fractures or tendon involvement. They have healed beautifully and he'll soon be back on his feet once more. The 'guardian angels' on this compound sure lead a busy life! A new medical condition has been recognized here recently and
deserves consideration by potential patients and medical staff. It is termed 'Ooty Lake Hand'. The pre-disposing causes are a blistered hand from rowing and a quantity of water from our beautiful Ooty Lake to cleanse it. Our brave young victim will verify the severity of the resulting condition. R. Scanlan
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JUNIOR SCHOOL DIARY 1976 - 77 May
25
Boarders
returned
May 26 Classes began June 4 Standard Vi attended the operetta, "Hiawatha" at Mountain Home High School
June 24 Buildings were inspected for the purpose of licensing them as public buildings. June 27 Standard VI sang at the service in Union Church June 30 Chicken pox was discovered in Sunshine Dormitory - Soon there ware
ten.
J u l y 11 S t a n d a r d V I u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f M r. P a i n t o o k t h e e v e n i n g service at All Saints Church, Coonoor and displayed the model they had made of this church building. July 23 Hebron Junior School Fancy Dress Parade with much noise and fun. There were many interesting costumes.
July 24 Standard VI went to St. Antony's Hall to see the challenging drama "Of the Six Who Died" presented by the King's Players from Biola Col lege, U.S.A. July 30 A special party was given to Standard VI as they were leaving the Junior School.
July 31 The Scripture Union Rally in Ketty was attended by pupils of Standards V and VI. Nigel Witchalls and Chandy John came third in the quiz competition.
A u g . 2 S t a f f f a r e w e l l e v e n i n g f o r M i s s E l l i o t t , M i s s M c K e l l a r, Miss Clifton and Senior School.
for
Miss
Reid
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Aug.
5 School broke up.
Aug.
9 Stanes furniture was moved into Chaplin House.
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Aug. 24 Boarders returned. Aug. 25 Classes began. Alterations were made in Stanes in preparation of the boys, move from Silverdale.
Sept. 10 Major Shervington spoke on Road Safety to the children.
Then he gave us a brief account of his visit to Buckingham Palace for his investiture with the M.B.E.
S e p t . 11 B o y s m o v e d f r o m S i l v e r d a l e i n t o S t a n e s . Sept. 14 Boys moved from Arnside into Stanes A report accompanied with slides on the Nilgiri birds, specializing in the Black and Orange Fly Catcher was given to the children by Mohammed All Reza Khan of Bangladesh.
Sept. 19 Standards V and VI attended the Harvest Festival at All Saints C h u r c h , C o o n o o r.
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Standards V and VI attended the Sunday School Programme at Union Church.
2
A special assembly was held to commemorate Gandhi's birthday. The servants took part in the assembly. Mr. Pain gave a report on Gandhi's life and the school sang part of the Jana Gana Mana-
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The Nilgiri Choral Society gave a short concert for the children. Prizes were given out to the winners of the Art Competition on
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R o a d S a f e t y. 7
Standards V and VI took part in the Union Church Carol Service.
11
Christmas parties for the dormitories.
15
S t a ff C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r, a l s o t h e f a r e w e l l f o r t h e m e m b e r s o f staff leaving.
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Junior School Carol Service - a lovely programme with a large number of guests present.
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Travel parties left.
1
Boarders returned.
2
Classes began.
11
A short remembrance service was held in honour of India's l a t e p r e s i d e n t , M r. F a k h r u d d i n A l i A h m e d .
28
Dr. and Mrs, Barton visited the school, interviewed the staff and conducted general discussions.
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H e b r o n J u n i o r s c h o o l S p o r t s D a y o r g a n i z e d b y M r. P a i n .
Eagles won. The cup was presented to the house captain, David Clunas, by Mrs. Barton. 1 2 2 '-12
S t a n e s a n d C h a p l i n a t t e n d e d t h e S e n i o r S c h o o l S p o r t s D a y. Inter - school Athletics Meet
Easter Weekend with activities including a camp for Stds. V and VI.
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Swimming Sports
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Parents* Day
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SENIOR SCHOOL DIARY 1976 - 77 M A Y 2 5 26
The Boarders return to face school life once again. Classes start in the morning with plenty of groans and moans.
JUNE 8
G.C.E.Examinations begin. The school is tense.
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Now come the school exams.
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A t 11 . 3 0 a . m . t h e S c h o o l L e a v e r s ' S e r v i c e i s h e l d . M r. P. D a v i e s
is the guest speaker. Sunil Maulik and Janet Wilson are the valedictorians. 28
S t d s . 9 a n d 1 0 b e c o m e S t d s . 1 0 a n d 11 .
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G.C.E. Exams finish and the last of the leavers says goodbye.
J U LY 3
Mr Vincent arrives from England to begin a 4 year term as S c i e n c e m a s t e r.
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Mark McKellar, commonly known as'Magoo' makes his appearance.
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In the afternoon the S.U.Rally is held at St.George's. The school choir sings '0 For the Wings of a Dove', Andrew Shead taking the solo part. The Fancy Dress brings a lot of laughs at night. Std. 10
win with their punny pageant of nations (Whales, Chilly, etc.) AUGUST 2-3
The annual drama festival, with the seniors performing the first night and the juniors the second.
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2 3 2 4
The school year ends. The Wallises leave for 5 months furlough in New Zealand. Miss Payne leaves, probably for good. We shall all miss her. Mr Reveley arrives from the U.K. for a year to teach English and Geography. How we love his discussion periods! Mr Martin, an old boy of the school arrives to teach Music German and Latin for a year before going on to Oxford. The boarders return for the new school year.
SEPTEMBER
1 T h e Wr i g h t s a r r i v e a n d m o v e i n t o t h e S e n i o r D o r m fl a t f o r t h e
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t e r m t h e W a l l i s e s a r e a w a y. T h e fl u e p i d e m i c h i t s t h e s c h o o l l i k e a b o m b . 6 9 a r e t a k e n i l l over the next few weeks.
5 The Union Church mission begins. 7 Panti Phew! The cross country has started. 12 The Union Church Mission ends.
14 Nilgiri Choral Society performs in Union Church. 2 6 M i s s S c a n l a n m u s t b e v e r y r e l i e v e d . T h e l a s t fl u p a t i e n t h a s left the hospital. OCTOBER
2 To celebrate Gandhi's birthday the whole school goes on outings. Stds. 10-12 go to Mudumalai, Std. 9 to Kalhatti Falls and Stds. 7 and 8 to Mukerti.
8 We l c o m e t o t h e Wo o d s ' f o u r t h d a u g h t e r, R o s a l i n d . 10 The 8. U. Rally is held at Ketti. A Carol Service follows at Union Church, Ooty. 15 In a schools Drama Festival at Anna Stadium, 'Rocky Stardust', w r i t t e n a n d p e r f o r m e d b y S t d . 9 , w i n s fi r s t p r i z e . G r a c e J o h n wins the award for being the best actress.
18 The British High Commissioner visits the school. 2 5 Tw o A u s t r a l i a n e v a n g e l i s t s v i s i t t h e s c h o o l .
27 A suitably sunny day for the school swimming sports. NOVEMBER
5 Each class in the school makes a guy. Std. 9 wins. 6 Disappointingly wet weather for Guy Fawkes night. 8 Music theory examinations. 9 T h e p r a c t i c a l e x a m s f o l l o w. 14 The school carol service features the school choir.
15 Mrs. Davies leaves for Mysore to await the arrival of Hannah who i s b o r n o n 4 D e c e m b e r.
19 Christmas parties. 21
End
of
term.
22 The foundations for the new buildings are being dug. JANUARY
2 7 T h e Wo o d s l e a v e f o r N e p a l . T h e y s h a l I b e g r e a t l y m i s s e d . T h e Wa l l i s e s r e t u r n h a v i n g b e e n r i g h t r o u n d t h e w o r l d o n t h e i r furlough.
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FEBRUARY
I The school is in session once again.
8 Open up! Dental inspection. 11 K o d a i k a n a l s e n i o r s a r r i v e f o r a v i s i t .
A stink bomb leads to the exit of the Hebron contingent half way through 'Anne of a Thousand Days'. 1 2 Tr a c k a n d fi e l d e v e n t s i n t h e m o r n i n g a n d h o c k e y a n d f o o t b a l l later.
In the evening the seniors treat Kodai visitors to a meal at the Chinese Restaurant.
13 Rhea Singh and Mark Thurston, 2 casualties from Saturday's
sports meet, are taken to Mysore, Holdsworth Hospital, for treatment,
At 1-30 the Kodai kids leave by train. 17 Miss Bateman returns to school after recuperating from a serious operation. 20 In the evening the Senior Bible Class attend a party given by the Nelsons.
26 Selborne girls have a picnic at Kamaraj Sagar Dam. MARCH
2 - 4 D r. a n d M r s . B a r t o n v i s i t t h e s c h o o l a n d g i v e i n t e r v i e w s a n d seminars.
5 M r. Vi n c e n t i s s e r i o u s l y i l l a n d C h e r i y a n J o h n i n j u r e s b o t h h i s feet in an accident.
7 A u d i t i o n s f o r ' P y g m a l i o n ' , t h i s y e a r ' s s c h o o l p l a y. II The staff celebrate Miss Bateman's 23rd year of service at Lushington with an evening at the Chinese Restaurant. 12 Senior School Sports Day. A gala occasion, complete with flags and food stalls. Divisional winners are presented with new
silver cups, while record breakers earn silver medals. The grand trophy goes to the Blue House. 19 Standard 9 go to Kalhatti for the weekend. Std.10 has an evening a t t h e ' C h i n e s e ' a n d S t d . 11 a t t h e H i l l c r e s t , 31 Diary goes to press.
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G- C. E. EXAMINATION RESULTS 1976 Ly n B r i e s e m a n :
Economics (B), Biology (B), English Language (A), English Literature (A), History (E), Latin (B), French (A), (3 already passed)
Peter Daniel:
Biology (E), Eng. Lit. (C), Maths.(E), Accounts (D), Geog raphy (C) (2 already passed)
Sandra Duff:
Yvonne Gardiner:
Biology(E), English Literature (A), French (C), Geog
raphy (E), History (E), Maths (C) (2 already passed) Biology (A), Chemistry (B), Eng. Lit. (B), French (A), Geography (B), Add. Maths. (D), Physics (A), (3 already passed)
Esther Gillette:
Biology (E), Eng. Lang. (E), Eng. Lit. (B), Geography (C), Maths (C), Accounts (E), (1 already passed)
Mark Gillette:
Biology (A), Chemistry (C), Eng.Lit. (A) French (C), Geog raphy (C), Physics (A), Accounts (C), (3 already passed) Biology (B), Chemistry (C), English Language (A), EnglishLiterature (A), French (A), Geography (E), History (D).
Prem James:
Physics (B), (3 already passed) Stephanie Lewis:
Economics (C), Biology (A), Chemistry (B), Eng. Lit. (A), French (B), Geography (C), Physics (A),(3 already passed)
Christopher Martin:: English Language (E) Sunil Maulik:
Biology (A), Chemistry (A), Eng. Lit. (A), French (B), Geography (C), History (D), Add. Maths (C), Physics (A), (3 a Iready passed)
Helen Meech:
Biology (B), Eng. Lit fA), French (B), Geography (C),
Fiona Moffat:
Economics (C), Eng. Lit. (B), French (A), Geography(D),
History (E), (3 already passed) German (B), (2 already passed) Raghavan Nair:
Biology (D), Chemistry (C), Eng. Lit. (B), French (B), Geography (D), History (E), Add. Maths (D), Physics(A), (2 already passed)
Gary Parmar:
Biology(D),French(C),Maths (B),Physics (C).Accounts{C), (2 already passed)
To n y P e r h a r :
Economics (E), Biolcy (D), Eng. Lit. (B), French (C), Geography (B), Physics (D), Accounts (C), (3 already passed)
Virgil Schrag:
Biology (C), Eng. Lit. (B), French (A), Geography (C), Music (A), (3 already passed)
Ruth Short:
Economics (C), Biology (B), Eng. Lit. (A), French (A), History (C), Music (C), (3 already passed)
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Biology (D), Eng. Lit. (C), French (B), Geography (C),
Danny Sinclair;
History (E), Maths (S), (2 already passed)
Biology (B), Eng. Lit (A), French (A), Geography (C),
Paul Smith:
German (C), History (E), Latin (C), Music (A), (Salroady passed)
Ruth Stockley:
Biology (B), Chemistry (E), Eng. Lit. (A), French (C), Geog raphy (B), Physics (B), Music (C). (3 already passed)
Luke Veal:
Biology (D), Eng. Lit. (C), French (E), Geography (E), Maths(E), Physics (E), (2 already passed)
Economics (D), Biology (A), Chemistry (B), French (A),
Janet Wilson:
Geography (CX Physics (A). Accounts (B), (3 already passed)
Std. 10 CLASS'S JUNE and NOVEMBER RESULTS
(This Std. 10 became Std. 11 in August) Shirley Chote:
Eng. Lang. (A), Religious Studies (B), Gen. Maths (B) French (C), Art (E), Geography (E),
Elisabath Daniel:
Eng. Lang. (C), Rel. Studies (B), Gen. Maths (B), Latin(B),
Rebecca Hamilton:
Eng. Lang. (A), Rel. Studies (A), Maths (A).
Rustom Jokhi:
Rel. Studies (C).
Rae Langton:
Eng. Lang. (B), Rel. Studies (A), Maths (B), French (A), Latin (A),
Jacqueline Liddle:
Eng. Lang. (B), Rel. Studies (A), Maths (C), Art (E), Latin (B).
Karen
McCormick:
Eng. Lang. (B), Rel. Studies (A), Maths (A).
Philip Overton:
Rel. Studies (D).
Susan Perera:
Eng. Lang. (C), Rel. Stunies (B), Maths (D) Art (C)
Anne Selvaratnam:
Helen Stockley:
Eng. Lang. (E), Rel. Studies (C), French (A). Eng. Lang. (C), Rel. Studies (C), Maths (E).
Deborah Truscott:
Eng. Lang. (C), Rel. Studies (B), Gen. Maths. (D), Art. (D) French. (B), Geography. (C).
H u g h Ty m a n : Gillian Wilson:
C h r i s t i n e Ye n d e l l :
Eng. Language (E), Rel. Studies (B). Eng. Language (B), Rel. Studies (A), Gen. Maths (B). Eng Lang. (B), Gen. Maths (D).
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Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Practical Examination November 1976
Dorothea John
Polster Danief
Piano Piano
Grade Grade
1 3
Pass
Maynard
Schrag
Piano
Grade
5
Pass
Elisabeth
Daniel
Piano
Grade
8
Pass
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme S I LV E R
Pass
AWARD
Ruth Stockley
BRONZE
AWARD
Becky Hamilton Gill Wilson
Shirley Chote Debbie
Truscott
Rae Langton Helen Stockley Susan Perera Anne Selvaratnam; Jackie Liddle Karen McCormick
Nadeera Moosakutty
Stephanie Lewis Anne
Martin
S TA N D A R D E L E V E N 1 9 7 6 - 7 7 PHILIP OVERTON
All sports including bugging Std. 11 girls
Hobby Best memory
Trip up north with Danny, Tony and Mauli
Wo r s t m e m o r y
Being out for the 50th time L. B. W.
Ambition
To get to the top without doing any work.
SUSAN PERERA
Collecting engagement rings
Hobby
Best memory
Typing with Miss McCarthy
Worst memory
Being forced to eat ragi. To be a model; tan, tan, tarra!
Ambition Pet peeve
Becky laughing
HELEN STOCKLEY
Best memory Worst memory
Setting booby traps for Miss Johnson The night the lid came off the hot water bottle
A m b i t i o n
To b e a T. V. s t a r
Pet peeve
People walking into the classroom and leaving the door open
HUGH
TYMAN
Hobby
All kinds of sports including tiddly winks
Best memory
A trip to Kalhatti with Ovey, Jocks and Muff.
Worst memory
D e p a r t i n g w i t h a c e r t a i n b l o n d e i n S t d . 11
Ambition
To have a rich, happily married life.
Pet peeve
Hearing the same music over and over again
GILLIAN WILSON
Hobby
P o u n d i n g h o l e s i n t h e fl o o r d o i n g e x e r c i s e s
Best memory
Dropping Latin
Worst memory
When Miss Johnson tried to whack us
Ambition
To be an M.Sc., (not to be confused with Mrs)
Pet peeve
Getting the hiccups.
CHRISTINE YENDELL
Worst memory
Collecting pinches When Becky stopped doing exercises in our rooml I have a bad memory-can't remember ...
A m b i t i o n
To b e t h e t a l l e s t w o m a n i n t h e w o r l d
Pet peeve
Having Becky howling along with the tape so
Hobby Best memory
loudly that it blocks out all the music ELISABETH DANIEL (Betty) Hobbies
;
Modern
music
and
dress
making
Best memory : Maths with Miss Johnson Worst memory : Losing house points Ambition
:
Arranging
music
for
fi l m s
Pet peeves : Ladders J stockings
REBECCA HAMILTON (Becky)
Hobby : Flirting with guys (NOT Lush guysl) B e s t m e m o r y : T h e d a y I g o t a p r i z e f o r d i s c u s ( fi r s t e v e r ) Worst memory : Kids beeping my nose to see how far in it goes Ambition
:
To
be
a
great
singer
Pet peeves : Chris bouncing on me at 6 a. m. to wake me up
RAE LANGTON Hobby
Athletics and gymnastics
Best memory
Coming 3rd in a Rebecca race 3 years ago Wallowing through Latin declensions and subjunc
Worst memory
tives Ambition Pet
1. To have a Raquel Welch figure 2. To be in the Olympics Staff giving my beloved koala to their dog to
Peeves
chew up. JAQUELINE LIDDLE
Hobby
:
Greatest
:
achievement
Opening tin cans, stuck nail polish bottles, etc. Getting out of bed every morning (5 minutes before breakfastl)
Worst memory
Dissecting a bull's eye just before lunch
A m b i t i o n
To b e M i s s U n i v e r s e
Pet Peeve
Helen singing
KAREN McCORMICK Best memory
Wo r s t m e m o r y
Our midi, when Mr. Wood invaded it. Miss McCarthy urging us to 'STIR' at the crack of d a w n .
1. To be a belly dancer
A m b i t i o n
2 . To b e a n u n i n a ' F r e n c h c o n v e n t Pet
Peeve
NITIN
Crooked
socks
PAT I L
Buzzing anyone in higher authority, especially the
Hobby
Std. 12 prefects.
Best memory
Hitting Mr. Davies with a bouncer in the staff v boys matchi
Worst memery
Getting hit back by Mr. Davies. The beginning of co-ed.
Greatest
Falling sick before every test and exam.
achievement
Ambition
To g o t o t h e s u n i
SHIRLEY CHOTE (Goat)
Best of luck in your future carter as a nurse. (Don't kill off too many people, okay?)
DEBORAH TRUSCOTT (Debbie; Flea) We'll miss you this camp as there won't be any fleas about the place. We hope you have a great time in America.
A N N E S E LVA R AT N A M
We hope you are enjoying the Promised Land of Madras. Come back soon
RUSTOM JOKHI (Jocks)Well, Big, Boy, how come you left so early? Did the Kung Fu Clubs of Hong Kong beckon?
Senior
School
Staff
1977
(as seen by some Senior School Students)
Mr. & Mrs. McKellar & Tribe (born 1943 & 1950)
Kelly is the hero of the regiment, but Magoo is t h e h e r o o f t h e a r m y.
M r. R e v e l e y
(born 1957)
Reveley revealed his reveilled revelation o f t h e r e v e n g e - s e e k i n g r e v e l r y.
Miss Scanlan (born 1951) "Scanbabe (sob)
my heart's been broken--could you relieve it for me?"
Mr. & Mrs. Twynam-Perkins (born 1952 & 1960) "Lady Jane" TP has been specially treated with chemicals by our hairy red mystic.
M i s s Va n t
(born ISH) By order of Miss Sarah Smith - 1 and five
eighths plums is a spec.
Mr, Vincent (born t958) What date did Frankenstein test his chemicals once too often?
Âť
Miss Wagland
Madamoiseau est chercbee always pour
(born 1925>
wagtails.
Mr. & Mrs. Wallis (born T940 & 1944) Wally discovered a new species of rose, which after a close study he thought was his own- the Rosemar (r) y.
e
Mr. ?( Mrs, Wright
(born 1900 & 1899) The only Colonel who announces his arrival by hollering, "Gang way (or a naval officer."
Miss Allen (born 1957) Miss Allen is the only leprechaun that can speak with an Indian accent.
Miss Bateman
(born 1804)
There are no empty caves in her
mind in which Bats can sleep
M r. & M r s . D a v i e s
(born 1954 & 1955) Uncle Paul's body building programme has extended from
his family to the school.
Mtss Gibberd
(born 1937) It is with utmost Grace that we receive our trogs' eggs.
Miss Hunt (born 1959) James was Christened on the day of the Hunt.
WTr. St Mrs. I'ngHeby (born 1947 & 1948) t>ing —Dong (is now) merrily on highr Sue has retained her ioh of totting the toddlers.
Mr. Martfn (born 1958) Well, um, I think, um,. we should um, um, begin, um, the um, lesson now, um.
{To contmue this would take too long, um.^ Miss McCarthy (born 1939) "Git out and leave me alone with my coffee", squealed Chatty Cathy.
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Junior School Sports Football at Hebron is good. We played Stanes once and beat them 6-0. In this match, once Zora, a reasonable player, kicked the ball from the centre line and scored a goal because the defender tried to head it, but headed it backwards into the goal. The goal keeper missed it.
We also played Std. 7 last season. The result was 0-0. They had many chances to score but somehow our goal was impenetrable. We did have a good goalie, Nicholas Barton.
Last year Std. 6 beat Std. 7 3-0 but I was not there. We were having our Ooty treat. Keran Turakhia Std. 6
Std. 6 versus Std . 7 at Football
The Junior Hebron football team went up to Ooty to play Std. 7. When we arrived at Lush, all the Std. 7 players were boasting. They were all saying, 'Hey, we're going to beat you. You're going to be slogged!'
We all thought it was true. We were very worried inside. Then the whistle blew, and we were all ready to start. Another whistle blew and we started the match and the ball started coming down our end but
our full backs were playing very defensively, and the ball started going down to their end. Before half time we somehow managed to score 2 goals. After
that we were tired and only managed one more goal. The final score was 3-0. It was quite a nice game. John Ninan Std. 6
Junior School Sports Day
On Friday at 1.45 p.m the HEBRON International School Sports began. We started off with long jump. The champion was John Ninan who did 11 feet. A demonstration of pole vault was given by Jonathan Shead. He is about 4 ' 4" and jumped 6' 6" which is very high for a boy of his size.
After high jump there were age races for 5 to 11 year olds and then obstacle races.
Last of all was the relay. The Falcons won it. But out of the whole sports the Eagles won. They had 310 poi its and Falcons got 240. Mrs. Barton presented the cup to the captain of the Eagles DAVID CLUNAS. WELL DONE EAGLES! Paul J. Paul Std. 5
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SENIOR SCHOOL SPORTS The Finals of the Junior Girls' Hockey Tournament The Junior Giris'Hockey Tournament was held on 17 October, 1976 and was played on the Lushington pitch. Hebron and Mountain Homes were the
finalists. Dorothea Bolster was our captain and Katharina Roister, our goalie, saved a lot of goals. We were a bit worried as Mountain Homes seemed
bigger than us, but at half time we were in the lead:1-0. Dorothea had scored the goal and was playing well. We thought Mountain Home had scored a goal, but as they had kicked it in, it was not counted.
By the second half we were tired and did not score any more goals, so won the match 1-0.
After the game we went up to the staff dining room and had some refreshments. After that we showed Mountain Home around the school. I had enjoyed the game very much. Rosemary Martin Std.8
SPORTS REVIEW 1976 - 77 CRICKET -76
The season began wefl, but a little disappointingly, for the First Eleven. For the second year in a row it was commented by several other schools that Hebron had the best fielding side in the Nilgiris. However, as
usual, our useless batting let us down. For the first time in our history we managed to beat St. George's, and we also managed to pull off several other
victories against local teams. In the actual cricket tournament we were
knocked out by Lawrence in the semi-final. In that match, the overall field ing and the bowling were the best of all our matches, and we could have won
it had vve hit another 20 runs while batting. Perhar's bowling proved the fastest in the Nilqiris (for school boys) and he inflicted the most damage. In the batting, Tony, Virgil and I were able to pick up the most runs. Our slips
were excellent, and Mark Gillette, our wicket keeper, proved to be better than we had expected. The team did surprisimly well on the whole but this would not have been possible without the patience and hard work put into it all by Mr. Wood, whom we now greatly miss. SENIOR RESULTS窶認riendly Matches Breeks (60) won 86 for 4 declared.
St. George's (62) won 86 for 9 declared (Perhar 5 for 23; Sinclair 20; Schrag 14)
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COMPETITION
M AT C H E S
Kotagiri P. 8. (42) won 43 for 2 declared (Sinclair 5 for 6; Perhar 3 for 14) Lawrence (56 for 4) lost 55 (Perhar 21; Garlick 10; Schrag 2 for 18) The junior team did not seem to fare so well this season. They played only 2 matches of which one was a friendly one, and they lost both. Devadarshan, the captain, proved to be the star bowler and batsman of the team but
he did not have much support. Chote and Perera helped him out somewhat, but on the whole the other teams proved to be too good for us. JUNIOR RESULTS窶認riendly Matches Blue Mountains (95 for 9) lost 37
Brindavan (38 for 0 declared) lost 34. FOOTBALL '76
Once again the senior squad was made up of 9 inters and 2 seniors with Mr. Davies as our ccach. There was as usual a knock-out tournament and our
first and last match was, as usual, against Lawrence. We were given a walk-over by Kotaqiri so we did not have much opportunity to test our team.
We had a very exciting match against Lawrence which ended up with them
winning 1-0 from a penalty shot towards the end of the game. Paul Martin, our goalie, played an excellent match, and in the forward line, Philip Overton displayed his skilI in dribbling the ball. Brian Moffat proved to be a very capable half, and his long passes could well have resulted in a goal or two.
Another feature of this year's team is that Paul Martin, Philip Overton and I went on behalf of the school to play in the Interschool Staff v Boys match at SO. Joseph's in which the staff somehow won 3-2.
This year the school once again entered an inter team, purely to give
some other boys the chance to represent the school in sports. However the
team played better than expected despite the fact that they lost to Lawrence 3-0 in their first and only match.
The juniors played some good football this season, although they too lost their matches. They lost 2-0 to Kotagiri and 1-0 (off a penalty shot) to
Breeks. The forward line with Greenwood leading did everything with the ball except put it in the net. The defence line played extremely well with
Thiru Nadarassa as the main problem for the other schools. Maybe the juniors will be able to achieve their aim this year, as much of the team will be the same as last year's. HOCKEY '76
The Senior hockey team was quite a surprise this year. The team consisted largely of the members of the football squad, but in different posit ions. Paul Martin was once again our goalkeeper and he was we 11 covered by William Hacki.ng and Maynard Schrag in the defence. Paul Paterson played in
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the halves with me and he proved to be a surprisingry good stick-handier. We had several practice matches against the Gladiators, one of the best teams in the hills, and these helped to improve our hockey, even if we did lose the games. We also lost a friendly, but tough, game against St. George's. Once again, the tournament was a knock-out and the old problem of the Lawrence blockade confronted us. We played on their ground and although we put up as good a stand as we could, we lost 2-1. I was the one that finally managed to put the ball in the net after a beautiful pass from Tyman, the right wing. The t e a m t h a n k s M r. Wo o d f o r h i s a b l e c o a c h i n g . The junior team faced some tougher competition, and lost all their 3
m a t c h e s , a l t h o u g h t h e y p u t u p a g o o d s h o w. T h e t e a m , c o a c h e d b y Mr. Twynam-Perkins, was a very good one, but had the ill-fortune to face up to some of the best junior teams ever produced by the other schools. Lawrence
lost
5-0
St. George's lost 3-0 St. Joseph's lost 1 -0
Andrew Shead (goal ie), Andrew Weavers and Thiru Nadarassa are all worthy of c o m m e n t f o r t h e i r fi n e p l a y.
There was also an Inter team but they were mora of a pick-up team and were badly defeated by St. Joseph's 8-0. Mark Thurston, the captain, was not given much support, so did not succeed in scoring any goals. CRICKET '77
This year's senior team is determined to WIN the championships! This year we stand a chance as it is not a knock-out tournament. Our team has
already been working hard in any spare time to reach the high standard of
fielding achieved last year. We lost to St. George's a few weeks ago but
purely through bad batting. Our fielding was good enough and George's found o u r f a s t b o w l i n g d i f fi c u l t t o h a n d l e . B r i a n M o ff a t p u l l e d o ff a c o u p l e o f excellent catches and Paul Martin made full use of his diving ability. More recently we played a practice game against the Bombay Castle Club, one of the best teams in the Nilgiris, and we managed to draw in the 30 allotted
overs. P. Overton bowled extremely well and our own fielding was up to standard, despite the fact that we were without one of our fast bowlers,
Nitin Patil. The batting had improved greatly since the George's game, even though it was against a much higher standard of bowling. Results
St.George's (65 for 8 declared) lost 64(Martin 24; Overton 20; Patil 4 for 30; Sinclair 3 for 22)
B. C. C. (133 for 5) drew 133 for 4(Sinclair48 not out: Overton 27; Overton 3 for 45) Ambalavanar is again captain of the junior team, andMrWallis the coach.
They are practising hard and anxious to play. Mr Reveley is trying to make a team out of the enthusiastic inters and seems to be progressing. The seniors wish these two teams 'all the best' for the season. Danny Sinclair Std. 12
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Hebron Senior School Track and Field Meet 12 March 1977 Placing
Events
Current Record
Best
A
Perfor m a n c e
Junior Girls 75m.
1.
D. Roister 2. S. Joshi
100m.
1. 3.
E. Timm 2. B. Ironside
200m.
1. 3.
E. Timm 2. S. Joshi
400m.
1. 3.
C . R a y 2 . R . Tr u s c o t t
High jump
1. 3.
Kath. Roister
Long jump
1.
M. Webb 2. J. McCormick
Shot Put
1. 3.
J. McCormick 2. R. Gillete
Discus
1. 2.
J. Wigglesworth K. Thurston 3. R. Gillette
Relay
1.
Gold
D. Roister
11.1
11 . 7
14.3
14.7
31
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R. Truscott
K. Thurston
76-4
76.4
4'1"
4'4"
4'4"
13'9"
12'3"
2 3 ' 11 "
21'10"
New event
E. Timm 2. Mel. Webb
K. Thurston
2.
Blue
New event 63.3
56' 63-1
56' 63.1
Junior Boys 100m.
1.
G r e e n w o o d 2 . T. N a d a r a s s a
3.
C. Rerara
12.8
14.1
200m.
1.
A. Weavers 2. S, Langton
29.2
28.8
400m.
1.
65.7
71.27
800m.
1. 3.
A. Timm 2. A. Ironside N. Witchalls A. Timm 2. M. Truscott
R. Wiig
2.41.2
2.51.7
Hurdles
1.
13.9
15.6
1.
S. Greenwood J. Rathmanathan A. Weavers 2. N, Miller
4'7"
4'5r'
14'7"
15'8"
33'5"
2 7 ' 2 "
3.
2.
High Jump
3.
K. George
Long Jump
1.
A . We a v e r s 2 . R a t h m a
HS Jump
1.
nathan 3. K. George A. Shead 2. S, Langton
Shot Put
1. 3.
A . Ti m m 2 . A 1 r o n s i d e
S. Langton
28'
25'6"
Discus
1 .
S. Greenwood A Ironside 3. A. Shead Blue 2. Gold
57'
5 5 " 5 '
59.5
6 0
2.
Relay
1.
28.
28
Senior Girls 100m.
1. 3.
G. Wilson 2. A. Martin J. Osborn
13.3
200m.
1.
G. Wilson 2. J. Osborn
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30.7
400m.
1.
G.Wilson
61.2
77.4
Hurdles
1.
J.
13.2
15.2
4 ' 11 4 "
4'2"
15'9"
13'5"
High Jump Long Jump
2.
Liddie
J.Kukathas
2.
S.Webb
14.05
1.
J. Osborn 2. S. Webb
1. 3.
J Osborn 2. S. Webb
Shot Put
1 .
3.
S.Kukathas 2. K. McCormick
32'10"
23'8"'
Discus
1. 3.
R . H a m i l t o n 2 . C . Ye n d e l t K. Jeet-Kaur
93'5"
60"
Relay
1.
Blue
54.0
59.7
11 . 8
12-1
24.6
26.6
54.5
62.4
G. John
2.
K.Jeet-Kaur
Gold
Senior Boys t .
G. McLeay 2. B. Moffat
3 .
D. Sinclair
200m.
1. 3 .
D. Sinclair 2. B. Moffat
400m.,
1. 3.
P. P a t e r s o n 2 . A . S m i t h
800m..
1 . 3.
Lawrence
2.9.9
2.41.5
1500m..
1. 3.
J . S c h r a g 2 . P. P a t e r s o n P. W i i g
4.45
5.37
Hurdles
1. 3.
P. M a r t i n 2 . S . M a r t i n M. Thurston
17.0
18.0
Long Jump
1. 3.
D.Sinclair 2. A. Ferry K. Bilimoria
19'3"
17'10'
High Jump
1. 3.
P. O v e r t o n 2 . A . F e r r y P. Ty m a n
5'5"-
4'6i"
HS Jump
1. 3.
D . S i n c l a i r 2 . P. O v e r t o n 39"6"
37'7'"
P o l e Va u l t
1. 3.
9 ' 6 "
7 '
Shot Put
1. 3.
32-9"
27'1'"
D i s c u s
1-. 3.
83'10"
64'
Relay
1
47.9
52.2
100 m.
G. Mcleay G. McLeay P. M a r t i n 2 . H . Ty m a n
H. Tyman P. P. H. W.
O v e r t o n 2 . P. W i i g Ty m a n Ty m a n 2 . P. P a t e r s o n . Hacking
G. McLeay 2.. H. Tyman W. H a c k i n g Blue
2.
Gold
TO TA L S : B l u e Ts t 4 8 2 p o i n t s Gotd 2nd 387' points
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INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior
Girls:
EIke
Timm
Junior Boys: Andrew Weavers Senior Girls: Joy Osborn
Senior Boys: Dan Sinclair
SENIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS OCTOBER 1976 Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior
Boys Boys Girls Girls Boys
12 6 6 6 2
lengths: lengths: lengths: lengths: lengths:
1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
H . Ty m a n 2 . P. P a t e r s o n 3 . K . B i l i m o r i a D. Faszer 2. A. Timm 3. G. Chote
J. McCormick 2. H. Stookley 3. S. Chote C.Ray 2. R.Gillette 3. S.Webb P. P a t e r s o n 2 B . M o f f a t 3 . P. W i i g
Junior Boys 2 lengths: 1. Senior Girls 2 lengths: 1.
S. Greenwood 2. D. Faszer 3. H. Busaidy D . Tr u s c o t t 2 . J . W i g g l e s w o r t h 3 . S . C h o t e
Junior Senior Junior Senior
B . M o f f a t 2 . P. P a t e r s o n 3 . H . T y m a n A. Timm 2 D. Faszer 3. A. Ferry
Girls 2 lengths: Boys 4 lengths: Boys Plunge : Boys Under water
1. 1. 1. 1.
S.Webb
2.
B . G r i f fi t h s
Junior Boys Dive
1.
H . Ty m a n 2 . A . M c M a n u s 3 . R . J o k h i S. Greenwood 2. S. Langton 3. P. Wiig
Junior Girls Dive
1.
B . G r i f fi t h s 2 . S . L a r s e n 3 . S . W e b b
Junlor'Boys 1 length Senior Girls 1 length Junior Girls 1 length
1. 1.
S. Greenwood, 2 A. Weavers, 3. K. George S. Chote, 2. J. Wigglesworth, 3. G. Wilson
Senior Girls Dive
1.
M.Webb, 2. S. Webb, 3. R.Gillette D. Truscott, 2. S. Chote
Senior Boys Dive
1.
P. Ty m a n , 2 . B . M o ff a t , 3 . P. W i i g
1.
Senior Boys 2 length breaststroke Junior Boys 1 length breaststroke
Senior Girls 1 length breaststroke
1.
P. Tyman, 2. K. Bilimoria
3.
P. M a r t i n
1.
A. Weavers, 2. N. Witchalls,
3.
M. Thurston
1= J. Wigglesworth, 1 = D.Truscott 3.
Junior Girls 1 length breaststroke
1.
G.Wilson
D . P o l s t e r, 2 . C . R a y,
3 .
B.
Junior Boys underwater
1.
N . W i t c h a l l s , 2 . A . F e r r y,
3.
S. Greenwood
Senior Girls underwater
1.
Senior Boys plunge
1.
H . S t o c k l e y, 2 P. P a t e r s o n , 2 .
3.
B.
1.
P. P a t e r s o n ,
3.
D. Sinclair
Senior Boys backstroke (2 lengths)
G r i f fi t h s
C. Rae
D . S i n c l a i r,
Moffat
2. J. Lawrence,
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Junior Boys backstroke (1 length) 1.
H. Busaidy,
Senior Junior Junior Junior Senior Senior
D . Tr u s c o t t ,
2.G. Choto 2. J. McCormick
R. Gillette,
2, M, Thurston
Girls Girls Girls Boys Girls Boys
backstroke (1 length) 1. backstroke (1 length) 1:. relay: 1. Blue, 2. Gold relay; 1. Blue, 2. Gold relay: 1. Blue, 2. Gold relay: 1, Btue, 2. Gold
Overall Winners: GOLD HOUSE
Swimming Champions Junior
Girl:
Sadie
Webb
Junior Boy: Stephen Greenwood Senior
Girl:
Deborah
Truscott
Senior Boy: Paul Paterson
Senior School Activities t
EASTER CAMPS 1976
Those of us who cycled reached Avalanche forest bungalow at 4 o'clock. ' but it was 8 p. m before the'bus boys'arrived and we were all able to have supper.
After breakfast on Good Friday morning the Grade nines started packing to go on a four hour hike to the water catchment hut in the Kundahs (They
were to follow the same route that the Standard 10 and 11 boys had taken at the end of March.)
We took very helpful shortcuts and on the way most of us saw three or four snakes which was quite exciting. At about one o'clock we saw our destination through the mist.
After lunch we did anything we liked such as playing in the river and
putting up a tent. As we were alI tired, we went to bed early after supper around a big fire.
We bed an early breakfast before setting off for Avalanche. Three of
us were back in the record time of 2i hours. The others|were back in about
three hours. When we got back we had morning tea and a swim until lunch time. For the rest of the day we built a dam, played Chicken on our bikes or had mud fights across the river.
On Sunday we tidied up in case we had visitors and then had our Easter *
eggs. Then some of us went swimming again, this time right out to an island about 14 lengths of our pool away.
We had an Easter service before lunch and that afternoon some visitors
arrived and we had tea sitting and talking with them around their Motorhome.
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That evening as well as swimming and having mud fights we collected firewood for a bonfire on the beach. We had a special curry and rice feast and then lay on the beautiful sand in the dark around the fire telling stories. Next morning we returned to Ooty by various methods, some cycling, some walking part of the way and some taking the early morning bus. However we were all back at Lushy in time to have lunch with the Wallises in t h e i r fl a t . Mark Thurston
Peter Wiig Std.
10
We started off in a hired bus at about 2-30 on Thursday and arrived at about 5-15 after a pleasant journey with no mishaps. When we arrived we found a very comfortable bungalow situated just above the river. Then we walked to the elephant camp down the road and saw the elephants being fed.
Next morning we were up at 6 a. m. to go for a walk in the jungle. We didn't see much but it was fun. Then later we walked down stream across
rocks, wading through water to a waterfall where we paddled and sunbathed. The walk back was awful. The rocks were heated and I burnt and cut my foot and felI on my mouthi We got back for lunch, then set off for a dam, after a long delay, in a hired bus. We discovered that we could swim only in the canal or around the sides of the dam. After much discussion we decided to
swim in the dam because the canal had a strong current. On Saturday we got up at 6 a. m. again for an elephant ride. We saw many deer, sambar and some peacocks and squirrels. The elephant jolted a lot and gave us stomach aches.
That night we all did a skit. The staff did a very funny one and Miss Hunt read us funny stories.
We slept in next morning and had a service after break. We relaxed all day drawing for an art competition. In the evening we had supper around a
b o n fi r e . T h e n w e s a n g c h o r u s e s .
On Monday morning we went to some falls in a hired van. We stopped at a place where there was a view of the falls but then walked round and swam
at the top of them. The water was lovely and warm and it was great fun. T h e r e w e r e v e r y f a m o u s fi l m s t a r s t h e r e m a k i n g a fi l m .
We went back to the bungalow for lunch and started for Ooty at 1-20. I was feeling rather sick on the way back but we kept our spirits up by singing. We a r r i v e d a t S e l b o r n e a r o u n d 4 - 3 0 , a l l v e r y d i r t y a n d s t i c k y a n d w e r e thankful to have baths.
Kathy Gill Std. 10
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF May 1976 In a jangle of nerves we stood in our groups on the stage, giggling and jostling each other, sweating under the make-up caked over our faces. Then...a deafening hush, the familiar tune, the creak of the curtain, and the performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof had begun.
The actual performances went off so smoothly that it is strange to remember the amount of sweat and tears required to make the play the success it was. Miss Bateman and her helpers miraculously produced a set
of very convincing costumes. Mr. Davies and Mrs- McKellar with a band of v o l u n t e e r s m a n u f a c t u r e d s t a g e s c e n e r y a n d f u r n i t u r e , w h i c h M r. M c K e l l a r
and his stage crew scene—shifted as required. Mr. Wallis and Gary Parmar conjured with the lighting system. Helen Meech and Yvonne Gardiner, responsible for the'preps'rushed around madly, trying to supply the right things at the right time, and Stephanie Lewis valiantly prompted from a
corner of the stage and tried not to sit on the switch board at the same time. Mr. Schwartz and I, the choreographers, somehow managed to invent various
dances and teach them to the appropriate people. By no means least of the
throng, Mrs. Wallis, our director, threatened, lectured and generally encou raged us all to do our best. The music side was cheered on its way by the appearance of The 'Organ', very kindly lent to the school by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, and ably manipulated by Betty, while Virgil surpassed himself on the piano. Mr. Wood, of course, supervised anything to do with music, and even
the most stubborn of the chorus were persuaded to bellow as loudly as possible.
The actors used up quarts of midnight oil in getting perfect, and mastering the music of their various solos. convincingly played by Paul Smith opposite an efficient Wilson. Their five daughters managed very well: Tzeitel
their parts wordTevye was very Golde in Janet (Lyn Brieseman)
persuading a reluctant Motel (Maynard Schrag) to pluck up the courage to ask for her hand; Hodel (Becky Hamilton) capturing the heart of a suitably revolutionary Perchik in Danny Sinclair; Chava (Karen Ironside) defiantly elop
ing with a Gentile, Fyedka (Michael Gariick) and Bieike (Debbie Truscott) and Shprintze (Rae Langton) generally adding to the atmosphere of the whole set-up.'Our Beloved Rabbi'Sunil Maulik, executed his duties with a highly professional air; Tony as Lazar Wolf the butcher was appropriately disreputable and the part of Yente the Matchmaker was given that touch of 'schmalz' that
only Ruth Stockley could supply. The minor characters acted their parts very well, everyone contributing towards the success of the performance.
We of the chorus contented ourselves with vigorously taking part in the
dances and singing with lusty if somewhat misguided enthusiasm.
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It is difficult to analyse exactly why we enjoyed working for 'Fiddler on the Roof. Perhaps it was because of the essential wit, wisdom, and charm of
the play. Or the stark reality it portrayed. Or the catchy tunes of the songs. Or even maybe the fun of working together as a team with a definite goal; the success of our efforts. Perhaps what appealed to us was a blend of these reasons. Whatever it was, we know that the production of 'Fiddler on the
Roof 'will always remain clear in our memories. Prem James
Std. 11 ('76')
THE
L E AV E R S '
SERVICE
As the piano pealed out a lovely minuet by Handel, the class of '75 made its way down the aisle and onto the flower decked stage, followed by the principal and the speaker, Mr. Davies.
The group was a lovely sight to see, the leavers all wearing formal dress. Their manner was rather tense, expectant, and it was plain to see
that they were nervous and excited.
The service opened with the hymn'Rejoice the Lord is King', expressing the theme that carried on right through the service.
After a Scripture reading by one of the leavers, Paul Smith, the choir sang the anthem by Saint-Saens, 'Praise ye the Lord of Hosts', carryingon the theme which had already been set.
Then there was a speech by Janet Wilson. She was reminiscing the various events that had occurred since the beginning of 'co-ed.' and was
accompanied by much lauhgter from the audience. This was followad by
another hymn,'Be Thou my Vision'. The hymn had been specially chosen by
the leaving class. Sunil Maulik then gave a speech, remembering a variety of amusing things that had happened during his school life, but from a boy's
point of view. A f t e r t h i s , M r. I n g l e b y p r e s e n t e d t h e a w a r d s o f t h e y e a r. D a n n y
Sinclair was declared Sportsman of the Year: Janet Wilson Sportswoman of the Year, and Sunil Maulik Scholar of the Year.
Following a piano item by Virgil Schrag an address was given by
Mr. Davies at the request of the leavers, and then after he had prayed, the
class sang to the accompaniment of Paul Smith on the guitar, a song called 'The Lord be With You'. Despite a few minor mishaps such as some of them
forgetting their words, this sounded lovely. Mr. Nelson then gave the benediction and the class left the hall as they had entered, each of the eleven girls partnered by one of the eleven boys.
They left some of us moved to tears, others filled with a deep sense of God's n e a r n e s s .
At the request of many, we include the text of the two speeches made at the Leavers' Service, 25 June, 1976
Rae Langton Std.
II
Speech on Behalf of the Qirls This could be called a brief account of the girls' 'Great Expectations' a n d t h e i r f u l fi l m e n t .
Thinking back on the days before co-ed, I can remember the vague
impressions we had of tho boys up in Lush. We still carried ancient memories of kissing behind the board on the playground in Hebron in our yonger years when such chaps as Charles Hall, Steohen Outlaw and 'Badams' were all the raq©. So we wondered what we had in store for us since we had had only
brief encounters with a Bi 11 Sykes in the shape of Tony and a'born under taker' in Moses.
Having plucked up courage to arrive we ventured into the classes only to find ourselves clustered on one side of the room, glancing warily at an equally uneasy bunch of boys on the other side. But our problem was soon solved when (Smithy) decided he would like some girls near him.
(No offence. Smithy!) Despite our inability to stutter more than a brief'Yes, or 'No' when addressed by them, it was quite a different case behind their backs. They were our favourite topic.
'Guess what! Luke asked if he couid borrow my rubber. I blushed terribiy. So did he.' Whiiewewere at schoo!, the dayroom seemed our only refuge. Whenever we saw a boy approaching we would shoot off until the danger had passed and then we would come out of our hole when the coast was
clear, and try to appear as if nothing had happened. (We were not sure what the boys thought of us, but maybe that's just as well!) We'used to sit on the fence and hope the boys would come along, yet when they did we would pray they'd go away. (I hope this doesn't surprise you guys.)
Meal times were a torture: We'd all sit there and try to look as if we didn't USUALLY ©at much—but now we are the last in the dining room. As time went by we became a little friendlier and soon learnt that 'He that sitteth on drawing pins shall surely rise', much to the disruption of classes. And how embarrassed the boys were when they were whacked in front of us for not doing their prep. R o m a n c e s f a r e d , fl a r e d a n d fi z z l e d w i t h a l l t h e a r d o u r o f R o m e o a n d J u l i e t ' s . But now we have learnt that it's more fun to share and share alike.
Time flew by and soon we found ourselves becoming THE ELEVENS, filling in the space left us, and all tro eagerly for the staff's likings. Tne p r e f e c t s w e n t u p t o M r , D a r l i n g ' s o f fi c e w i t h k n o c k i n g k n e e s t o b e a p p o i n t e d , w h i l e t h e r e s t o f u s w e n t u p t o h i s o f fi c e w i t h k n o c k i n g k n e e s for slightly different reasons.
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Most men we know think that women talk too much, but I think we
deserve some credit for our big mouths—screaming ourselves hoarse at v a r i o u s m a tc h e s a n d i n fl u e n c i n g th e i r vi cto ry a g a i n st L a w re n ce i n h o cke y —Mr Wood may disagree with this. We now no more waste breath on our previous pop stars like Elton John or Deep Purple for now our hearts are laid at the feet of the Rainbows. (Oh yeah? Oh yeah!) We used to think none of us could sing to save ourselves but what
with the Rainbows and 'Fiddler' we surprised everybody, including ourselves and sparks of latent ability were kindled and produced such marvellous dancers as our beloved Rabbi; while even the most stubborn learned after a month's
coaching that waltzing was not so bad after all.
The Mysore camp and the extra week of study back at school showed us a different side of the nature of the crewcut, crazy creeps who we all used to avoid, apart from a few exceptions.
We have all come to the conclusion that in spite of their strange whims and 'boy'sterousness we have quite a lovable gang of boys who will be hard to part with as we go—'Far From the Madding Crowd'.
Janet
Wilson
S t a n d a r d 11 , 1 9 7 6
SPEECH ON BEHALF OF THE BOYS Ladies and gentlemen, staff...and fellow sufferers, as most of you know,
I have been at Hebron for 2j years. During that time many strange and often wonderful experiences have"taken place and I 'd like to tell you briefly about s o m e o f t h e m a n d t h e i r e ff e c t o n m e .
The first thing that surprised me when I came to school was that my nearest neighbour, whom I now know to be a certain Paul Smith, came up to me, shook my hand, slapped me on the back and yelled out aloud, 'Hi, Dumbol' Nothing could have surprised me more than this. Did he assume that I was *
stupid, dumb, or was this just the school's way of introducing itself to one?
It turned out that he had mistaken me for Daya (whose nickname was Dumbo)
With due apologies to Daya, I hope I have established a separata identity of , m y o w n b y n o w.
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Then a second most mysterious occurrence happened in August 1974.
I'll give you a guess: it was the first time we saw females running all over the place. Yes, you're right—co-ed. My own personal involvement in co-ed was very minor but I could tell from certain other people's reactions that they sensed a once in a life time occurrence that they just must not miss. How ever now that the excitement over co-ed has boiled over, I for one have
definitely been better for it, and I am sure that mest of you have too. The school's policy of co-ed for social improvement has definitely paid off.
(There are still some couples left on the scene!) Before co-ed the school was rather boring. The highlight of the week was going down to the Expresso on a Saturday afternoon. Now everything has changed. One has only to take a walk down the street on a Saturday afternoon to see boys and girls enjoying themselves and meeting freely in such venerable abodes as the Paradise or Chellarams.
Yet co-ed was not the only thing that shook me. There were many other changes, none more so than the various staff comings and goings. During my stay I have heard the soft spoken English, the heavily accented Canadian, the quiet I rish, and the almost inaudible New Zealand tones. Yet they have all taught me something...! think. And I hope you could say the same too, whether academically or more generally about life, especially the kind that is lived at Hebron.
More recently there was one major change in the school that affected
us all in some way. Mr. Darling—the Boss—left us in May to go back to Eng land after 16 years as headmaster of this place. I am sure you all remember the boss: in his familiar suit; tearing down to assembly; or risking grievous bodily harm as he tore down the drive at breakneck speed on his bicycle. The Boss certainly taught me a lot, especially in Add. Maths, periods—astronomy, Latin, Greek, Science, even how to play the violin. Everything it seemed except Add. Maths. But he has been replaced by a new Boss now, and even though I have been under Mr. Ingleby for only one month. I am sure he will be as capable—and as strict—as the old one.
I should like to end by saying a big thank you on behalf of Grade 11 to Mr. Ingleby for looking after us this last month, to Mr. Darling, though he is not with us unfortunately, to Mr. and Mrs. Wallis as our dorm parents and all the other staff of the school for making our year such a good one. Thank you.
Sunil Maul ik
S t a n d a r d . 11 , 1 9 7 6
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THE DRAMA FESTIVAL August, 1976 SENIOR
NIGHT
a) A FRENCH PLAY produced by Std. 10 together with Miss Wagland 'It proved to be a very good success and not one of us fumbled or mucked about'
b) ANDROCLES AND THE LION produced by Std. 11 together with by
G.B.SHAW
Mr.
Wood.
'A lot of actors did not know their parts, but it was quite well done see ing it was a long play, and the only traditional play of the festival. It seemed very serious after all the other plays which were at least 70"/. c o m e d y. ' JUNIOR NIGHT
a) 'CONFESSIONS OF HEBRON STUDENTS' written and produced by Std. 7 t o g e t h e r w i t h M r. M c K e l l a r
'These were short skits about everyday things in school, some of which are behind the scenes" to the staff. The first one with the girls after lights out, was a very typical one. Then there was a skit about boys having their hair cut by the barber which was about the best '
b) 'THE CRIMSON COCONUT' produced by Std. 8 and Miss Bateman I enjoyed this witty play the most...There were only 4 actors, and Pat rick Tyman who had the part of the waiter was very good. It was a very large part but he only slipped up once or twice.'
c) 'ROCKY STARDUST' written and produced by Std. 8 together with M r. Tw y n a m - P e r k i n s
'Probably the most contemporary play was 'Rocky Stardust,' a comedytragedy sort of affair 'All the parts were acted extremely well but after the second showing I really did not want to see it again.'
Not all would agree with this critic, least of all the iudges of the inter
school drama contest who, in October, awarded this play first prize.
(Our drama critics are all members of Std. 10 who wrote their assess ments of the festival the day after it was all over.)
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Rocky Stardust There is a gentleman to see you Miss Morrison. I'm too busy, honey. Tell him I'm out or at lunch But Miss Morrison!
Tell him anything you like. That's what I pay you for. But he's a rather important gentleman. A Mr. F. Lucre of Grabbit Grabbit and Stashit.
F. Lucre, huh? 0. K. show him right on in honey. The name's Lucre. Just call me Filth. Now I've got a problem. Y'see I'm worried. I've just got to make money—it's like food to me and right now none of my projects is doing anything. The bottom's fallen right out of the cosmetic market and I've got millions of cans of STINK OFF deodorant just sitting there smelling. I need a new
idea. Something that's going to make the cash roll right in. And you are going to help me.
Well 0. K. Filth babe. Just park yourself. What you got in mind? I mean who d'ye want to exploit?
Don't ask me questions. Just give me answers. 0. K. 0. K. Let a guy think huh? Now Nope that won't do.
Nuh,
nor
will
that
IGOT
I T.
IGOT
IT
F I LT H !
EUREKA!
Eureka—what's that? Has it got potential? Y'know spelt with a silent dollar sign.
No, that's classical. You always say it when you get the biggest,
meanest idea of the century. You got money? Real living stuff not
just figures on a piece of paper? Right then, grab this partner.
We take a simple ordinary looking kid and re-create him into a superstar. 60 •/. yours, 40 mine, and we exploit them myriads of adolescents.
What's an adolescent?
That's your market baby. That's your money and mine. Boy
are those kids ripe for the picking. And are we going to be richstinking rich. Don't worry about your cosmetics, Filth babe. They're gonna boo boo boom.
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You msan these adolescents are going to fail for this guy? Say he's a weed, a creep, say he can't sing or play whatever they play. Say
Relax babe, sit tight and I'll shoot it to yah real slow. Here it comes Filth in monosyllables. We take this simple guy and stick
flip gear on him, put a guitar in his hand, put him on stage and S H A Z A M I w e ' r e m i n t i n g m o n e y. N o t e v e n h i s m o t h e r w i l l
recognise him. And he's ours, ours, all ours, fifty fifty. Don't give me that. What if he's got no voice, no music in his fi n g e r s ? W h a t t h e n u h ?
Leave it me F'. L. Just leave it to me. We hire this group, see, and all our boy does is mouth the words and pretend to finger the strings. The kids won't know nuttin. As if the words mattered a n y w a y.
0. K. I'm sold. I guess you know the ropes. You got someone in mind?
Not zactly but say YOU don't have some dumb looking rela tive do yuh? Y'know, someone like you only 'bout 44 years younger.
I got a nephew who works in some kind of factory. Sticking labels on something I think. Will he do?
Row, right on F. L. He sounds like the real thing. Just give me the data on the kid and we'll begin next week.
What are we waiting for? Time is money and besides Cosmetics perish real quick.
Right on F. L. I'll set the superball rolling.
SCENE TWO.
A Cedric Smith to see you. Miss Morrison.
Cedric who? Oh yeh send him in honey, send him in.
Hi kid! What's your name again? C'mon speak up. ' I'm Cedric Smith.
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A. M. : Cedric huh! Cm here Ced and let's have a look at yah. Y'know something Ced? Y'know what I'am gonna do for you? I'am going to
make you Mr. Big of the pop scene, Mr. 0-N-E. I'am going to make you a star, a superstar. How d'yah like that? Aint that real kind of me?
C. S. ; Wei I I don't know what me mum will say. Is it alright if I ask her permission first? You see I have never really done this sort of thing before and I don't know A. M. : Now look Ced, are we going to be friends or not? Do you want
money, fame, girls falling at your feet, your name on the world's lips?
C. S. : Uhl I suppose so. A . M . : T h e n l e a v e y o u r m u m o u t o f i t , r i g h t ? I ' m y o u r f r i e n d n o w, I ' l l look after you real swell. Now Cedric. Cedric, Cedric? Say that's a pretty dumb name isn't it? C. S. : What do you mean by that?
A. M. : No offence, Ced. I mean it's a nice enough name but it aint got zip. It's got no pull, no charisma. Let me think,
Yeh I like it. I got a real beaut. A honey, ROCKY! ROCKY STAR DUST!
C. S. ; Rocky Stardust—who is he?
A. M. ; That's you. Rocky. Forget Cedric Smith. He's dead. Rocky Star dust has been born. Hey that name has got go, real go. I think I'm a genius. Here Rocky babe, grab this. R.
S,
:
What
is
it?
A.M. : It's a guitar. Rocky, a guitar. You make music with it. R, S. : But I can't play^this. A . M . : Yo u d o n ' t h a v e t o . J u s t h o l d i t . Ye h t h a t ' s r i g h t . N o w p r e t e n d t o strum it. Fantastic, fantastic. You're a natural - A real pro. Now sing. Rocky, sing baby. R. S. . Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wo
A.M. , No Rocky, that's no go. The kids don't flip over descants no more.
You gotta have a dark mean gritty voice babe. Say Rocky, just pretend to sing. Mouth the words. Rocky, mouth them. That's good. You're picking the game up real fast.
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A. M. You're picking the game up real fast. You're gonna make a star. 0. K. Rocky babe, now let's clothe you. Off with these rags and the glasses too. They just got no vibes about them. And they wouldn't even turn a cheese sandwich on. Here put this on.Now this. Tha'ts
loud Rock, real loud. Even 1' m beginning to get the vibes babe (curtain, but voice is still heard as it shuts and for a few seconds
later.) Now how 'bout these glasses huh Rock! Boy have we gotta do something to that hair of yours.
(During interval the song WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR is played) SCENE THREE THE CONCERT
Curtain opens to show an empty stage ready for the concert to begin. The Rocky Stardust hoop in the centre, a guitar leaning against a stool, a mike and stand. The house lights are up. At the back A. M. is waiting. F. L and wife enter at back.
A.M. : Hi Filth. Glad you could come babe. Oh and Mrs. Filth too Hi, chick. (A. M. very jovial)
F. L. : 0. K. 0. K. where are the seats? At the back? A.M. ; No way, Filth honi—right down frontsides is for us. Where we can
sit back and admire our handiwork and titillate the old grey matter with the thught of all that money rolling into the Bank. Now isn't that a sweet thought L. L.?
F, L. : All right, I guess it is. Boy these kids sure are dumb to actually pay money to listen to a miming prancing fake. A.M. : HUSH F. L. They might get wise. F. L. : I gotta hand it to you, you sure are a wizard.
Mrs F. L: Shouldn't it be witch dear? Miss Hingy is a woman you know. F. L. : Forget it Dolly. You lead the way, I wanna talk to Miss Morrison private,
A.M. : Let me clue ya in on how the project's going F, L. I got the media all sewn up.
As from tomorrow there's a double spread in every national daily and weekly and a few of the regionals'bout the things our boy uses. Y'know-deodorant, splash on, talc, breath freshener etc. etc. And the T. V- ads screen tomorrow on P. V. T.
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L.
Uh!
A. M. : Peak viewing time
F. L. : And all the stuff this dodo supposedly uses is manufactured by me. You're a genius, a real mean genius.
A.M. ; 0. K., F. L., here we are. Park yourself and get ready to swing. They seat themselves. The house lights go off. The foots & spots come on. The show presenter comes on stage.)
S. P. : (boisterous & enthusiastically.)
Hi guys 'n Gals you sure are a privileged audience. Tonight you
alone are gonna be witnesses to a piece of pop history. There is no
doubt that this show is gonna go down in the annals of music as a
land mark among land marks. Tonight before your very eyes, a star
will be born. Not just a plain ordinary star but a superstar. Hold tight for an incredible galactic happening.
Kids I wanta introduce to you not just the greatest but the only, the supreme, the fantastic, the number one MR. ROCKY STARDUST.
Foots and spots off. Centre spot on Rocky Stardust hoop. Rocky jumps through hoop. Spots and foots on. R. strides over, picks up guitar and begins to strum and sing as music starts. While this happens girls from the audience run screaming to the stage. Mrs. F.L. also runs up screaming. The noise all but drowns out the music. R. continues to mime and dance about, all of which makes the fans scream louder. The fans throw anything they can at R. til!
the stage becomes quite littered. They then spy the steps and surge up them and surround R.) Curtain and end of act three.
Between acts three and four come the ads. ACT FOUR BACK IN THE OFFICE AGAIN S e e : M r. L u c r e t o
F.L. : Enters before she finishes, very agitated. You seen the papers? You seen this week's edition of popsic?. OUR superstar is down to number ten in the ratings. We're backing a loser and I'm quitting. Some dumb eleven year old kid with a didn't you have that
Ideal The market's gone after some juvenile in a skirt We've
failedl We're broke! And all those cans of deodorant just sitting there
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AM : I seen it, but just cool it, F. L., just cool it. Whadya expect in this
game? Posterity? Our boy's been at the top for three weeks and
that's a fantastic run of success. What more can you ask of instant popularity?
FL ; Why didn't you tell me this before? What am I going to do now?
The bottom's really fallen out of the cosmetic market and disintegrated.
A.M. : Don't worry F. L. We just drop Rocky. Kill him off and hit the scene with something new. This African music's a real hot runner.
Then there's all that classical music just waiting for revival time. Y'know Batehoven, Bach, Mozart—all them guys. We just pep the
music up with drums, guitars, maracas. Only problem is they only wrote the tune, no lyrics. Still that's easy enough to solve.
Look, why don't you come out to lunch with me and I'll shoot it to you real slow?
(Both go out. As they exit sec. walks in.)
Oh honey, see that junk in the corner? Pitch it into the garbagecan.
Sec : (goes over and picks up rubbish which turns out to be R.S. suit, glasses and wig. She walks to bin and drops it in)
Goodbye Rocky Stardust. Ashes to ashes, Stardust to dust.
(As she is doing this, in walks R. S.) R.S. : Hi babe! Make with me to lunch, huh! Sec : Who are you? Have you an appointment?
R.S. : C'mon honey don't gag with me. I'm Rocky Stardust. The one and only. The greatest gift to woman since Adam.
Sec ; (goes over to desk and looks up appointments diary) Sorry Mr
Stardust. You are not on Miss Morrison's appointments for today, nor in fact for this week. I am afraid we have never heard of you. You surely must have the wrong office. Try upstairs.
RS. : But I AM ROCKY STARDUST. THE GREATEST! THE SUPERSTAR! t h e Yo u m u s t h a v e h e a r d o f m e ? T h e w h o l e w o r l d h a s .
Sec
:
S O R R Y.
R.S. : But I'm Rocky—you know me. You made me. I'm Rocky, Rocky Sterdust. Rocky the greatest.
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Sec ; Sorry. Look, do you mind making a scene elsewhere, I'm busy.(Goes out with a bundle of papers.)
R.S. : (pleadingly) But I tell you I'm Rocky (turns to audience) You know me, I'm Rocky. I'm Rocky Stardust. Stocky Rardust. Docky Starrust. D u s t y R o c k s t a r. ( F i n a l C u r t a i n b u t R . S . C O N T I N U E S a f t e r c u r t a i n i s c l o s e d . ) I ' m R - O - C - K - Y.
The Philatelic Exhibition in Mysore In October Miss Wagland took a party of keen stamp collectors to a philatelic exhibition in Mysore. We had a pleasant bus ride to Mysore and on the way saw some deer and elephants.
The following morning we went to the exhibition where the organisers
were very cordial and gave us a good welcome. The variety at the exhibition w a s e x c e l l e n t . We w e r e e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e t h e m a t i c c o l l e c t i o n s , the topics including aeroplanes, animals and Christmas on stamps. Then we went to Mysore Palace. The throne was really lovely and the work on it very skilful. In the night the palace was lit up, outlined by a million light bulbs. It looked tremendous. Next day we proceeded to the seminar. There were lectures on Indian Railway stamps. The Indian stamps from 1852 - 1857 concentrated on the 2 anna greens as well as India used abroad. These were things which showed the minute divisions of philately. We were given an album for both our lecture sheets and our stamps, and a super meal!
On Monday,our last day, we tried to fit in as much as possible.We went to Tipoo Sultan's summer palace. The artistic work there was excellent and in painstaking detail.
Then at noon we started our return journey. Although it was wet much of the way, we were able to see peacock, deer and wild elephant. Finally we arrived back at the school, with mixed feelings of happiness but a tinge of nostalgia for Mysore, the great city of diversity. Grace John Std. 9
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The Kodai Visit 11-13 February, 1977 The lunch bell rang and the Hebron students went to their usual seats in the dining room. The staff showed the Kodai visitors where the extra
places were laid. After lunch (a very nice biriyani with cashew nuts) the Kodai students decided to go for a swim as by this time we had all been informed of the death of the president of India and all sporting activities were can
celled. Whilst they enjoyed a good swim, Hebron pupils had to go to classes but not much work was done.
In the evening, the girls ate at Selborne and the boys at Lushington. Selborne food was a delicious looking spread carefully prepared by Mrs. Wright and
the Std. 11 cooking class.
The bus made several trips after supper taking the girls across to
Lushington where the film'Anne of a Thousand Days' was screened. Unfor tunately SOMEONE let off a stink bomb so we were all sent back to our dormitories, leaving our visitors to see the rest of the film.
Saturday was a lovely sunny day and we all made our way to the big pitch for the morning of track and field events. We saw some spectacular high jumping by the Kodai team (and EIke Time) and some good running from Gill Wilson. Everyone was in a good mood, even when Kodai doubled Hebron's score.
_ In the afternoon volleyball, soccer and hockey were also played During the hockey game, Hebron's goalie, Rhea Singh, was badly hurt and got carried up to 'hos' on a ladder and a plank of wood. She had pulled a muscle in her back. Mark Thurston also tore a cartilage while playing soccer. Next day they were both driven down to hospital in Mysore for treatment. About 7 p. m. on Saturday, Stds. 10 and 11 met up with the Kodai students, who were all staying at Montauban, and went to the Chinese
Restaurant. There we were given a lovely meal and everyone was gay and happy listening to music and watching Fahim from Kodai doing a dare—dance on his chair. Finally we broke up: the Kodai students going to the picturesand the Hebron ones to the Hillcrest for coffee.
Many of our visitors came along to church on Sunday morning and then afterwards had lunch at Lushington, before making their way to Ooty station. Five minutes before the hill train pulled out. Miss Hunt and various
Hebronites ran to the station, arriving just in time to wave the Kodai kids goodbye.
Dagmar Busaidy and Miriam DartnalI—Smith Std.
10
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The New Buildings The three new buildings, which have been under construction since 22
November 1976, are now well under way. However no one knows when they will be finished as hitches in the supply of materials may occur at any time. ^ The first tennis of the three is situated in front of the gymcourts downare on the site of the court buildings (earlier, the cub pitch). New tennis being made in the woods below this building, which is to be used for the senior boys'dormitory and fthe senior house master's flat on ground level. The upper floor, which is actually on a level with the gym and will be reached by a bridge, will be for staff accommodation and perhaps also for A-level students.
Building Number Two is located beyond the basketball pitch, on the same level as the senior classroom block. They have had to dig into the bank to make enough room for this building which is to be the junior classroom block.
The third building is near the school 'hos', probably so that the little ones will be close to the hos., the dining room and so on. As you have pro bably guessed, this building is for the juniors' dormitories. All the buildings will have flat roofs, and though the rooms look pretty small at the moment, Mr Davies, the business manager, says that this is only because the foundati ons have not been filled in yet.
There are piles of stones lying around the buildings and an especially big one next to the gym. which makes it awkward for us to get into our lines each morning for assembly. There are many coolies working on the sites, over
100 when concrete is being laid, and the women brighten up the scene with their colourful saris.
Mr Davies is kept very busy because of the buildings and so is not teach ing many classes at present. He is up at Lush, early each morning with his green cap (from which he cannot be separated), supervising the building on the sites.
At the moment the buildings are getting on fine and we hope the
situation will stay that way, because we are all impatient to see what they will look like. And in 1978 Lush, will probably be overrun by 'titch kids' from Coonoor.
Jayanti Banerjee and Indra Kukathas Std. 10
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JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENTS DAY PROQRAMME
29 April 1976 2, 00 p.m. Te l l m e o f J e s u s t h e S a v i o u r - K a t e F i e l d
School
Canto Hebronis - Deo Supremo
School
Prayer
Chairman
Report
Headmistress
Paper Aeroplanes
James Daniel
Minuet—Beethoven
Lois Darling
All Praise to Thee - 17c Melody Arranged by R. R. Peery
Standard
The Clock is Playing - Pierre Blaauw Dance of the Shepherd Girls - W. Carroll
Catherine Faszer
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Deborah Forward
Nursery Rhyme Medley
Standard
School Band - J. Thompson
Allan Ironside
I
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II
Three Pirates - English Folk Song
Standard
Evening Bells - J. Thompson
Katharine Marsh
IV
The Little Brown Box - Anne Freemantle
A play based on traditional fairy stories
Standard
The Toy Flute - C. A. Hibbs
Sharon Clunas
III
The Midnight Thief Music by Richard Rodney Bennett Words by Ian Serraillier
Standard
The Steeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Chandy John
V
Andreas Timm
T h e Ta l e o f C u s t a r d t h e D r a g o n - O g d e n N a s h
Standard
The Londonderry Air - Irish Folk-song
Keran Turakhia Mark
IV
Truscott
Joseph Daniel Princess Caraboo
A play based on a true story about a mysterious girl who appeared in Gloucestershire village in 1815 Doxology
Standard
VI
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Junior School Activities
The Trip to Mettupalaqam One fine Saturday morning we went for a hike to Mettupalayam. We had our water bottles full, and also our lunch.
We started along the upper Coonoor Road and then along by Beaulieu.
After some time we started down the hair pin bends.
The scenery was beautiful and the weather was fine. Later we stopped
for lunch in what looked like a dried up stream. We all chose a place to sit in the shade of the trees.
Andy was sitting near Mr. Pain, eating and telling jokes when suddenly
Mr. Pain said, 'There's a snake under your legs.' Andy thought he was having fun, but he stood up and saw a snake. We moved to another place. We carried on and we were thirsty and on one bend we got a bit of
green coconut. Hot and tired, we found a nice stream and cooled off. Later we came up in a bus.
David Clunas Std. 6
The Carol Service At the Carol Service all the parents came to hear us sing carols. My
class sang,'While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night.* Standards sang, 'Away in a Manger'. Standards 1 and 2 sang 'Little Donkey'. Stand ards 5 and 6 sang some songs together. 1 enjoyed it very much. It was nice to see the whole school in the hall with parents watching.
We n d y L i d d l e Std. 4
Clubs For clubs I was in cooking. Miss Wilson took us then.
There was pastry lying everywhereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; What a mess we made there. In the end we cleared it up.
All was shiny like a brand new cup.
Then at supper, guess what we had? Nice brown biscuits,some burnt black! Sumitra Pathmanathan. Std.
6
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Last term 1 entered in the crochet club. We had it every Monday in Std. 3 classroom with Miss Nunn. First of all Miss Nunn gave us a crochet needle and a long piece of wool, She then taught us how to begin and do chain stitch.We took quite a long time to learn it. At first it was just horrible but a bit later on we were getting on well. After chain stitch we learnt slip stitch and then treble. After treble we went on to the square which is called mandolin.
I decided I would make a bag in white, green and red. I did 15 square
mandolins and had to do 2 sides. The white strap was done with a different
pattern, I finished the bag two weeks before the term ended. Shereen Paul Std. 6
I liked the Games Club because it was all games. Youcpuid play chess
which was fun.Table tennis was also very good, but I lost it because I played a bigger boy. 1 played carrom and also lost that because I played the same
boy. I played draughts. It was great fun. I won that sometimes. We also
played 'Master Mind '. We played 'Scrabble' as well.
Stephen Thurston Std. 4
In Recorder Club we learn to play different parts of music. We learn
easy tunes for the start and it gets harder and harder in every book. It's just like when you go up from one class to another.
We like Recorder Club. Well, it's the best club I've been in so far and
just last holidays I got a new recorder and a cleaner and Mum made a bag Donalds wanson Std.
6
In Stamp Club we learnt the history of stamps. The Penny Black vyas
the first stamp. We learnt to put our stamps in order, according to age, value and colour. The old stamps weren't very interesting. Some stamps are very
interest ing now. Like the space stamps and animal stamps.
Jeremy Barton Std.
6
One day my friend and I were deciding whether we should go to clubs
or not. So one day at dinner one cf the staff members whose name was
Mr. Pain said that the people who wanted to go in the Y. S. L. Club could. So
after lunch we went to him and said we would like to go into Y. S. L. He said that he would give us a test because we were too small to go into it. But
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the other people did not have to have a test because they were big enoughJ We passed the test with all the answers right, so we were in it. In the ctub we do Bible questions. Danny Gillette and David Saunders Std.
4
Every Monday in the week I went tb the First Aid Ctub. First we learnt
how to roll up a bandage. After a few lessons we had a test to see who could roll it up the best. Well, there were three people who tried. There was David Marsh, Janet White and myself. After a while we went on to bandage up a finger. That was not too bad to do. The hardest thing was when we
had to pretend that someone had a broken leg. We had to bandage someone's leg and carry him to the imaginary hospital. The arm was not too easy either.
One time Douglas Bennett hurt his leg and he had a bandage around it Then in class before the teacher came I did it up for him when it came off. He
sa id to Miss Dawson,'Thanks for David Porter. He did my bandage up for me.* David Porter Std. 6
Last term in the Arts and Crafts Club we did nail and string pictures. The ones we did were Goldfish, Goat's head. Oil lamp and Space craft. We each got a piece of plywood according to the measurements we needed. These were covered with nice dark coloured material, such as black, bfue or red.
Every 2 or 3 millimetres we hammered in nails according to our patt
erns. It took a few weeks to do that, and many of us had sore fingers from hammering them by mistake. After we had done this, we used some coloured
threads and threaded them into effective patterns, covering every nail in this way.
When we were making these patterns the threads had to be tight and s t r a i g h t . W h e n t h e p i c t u r e s w e r e fi n i s h e d e v e r y n a i l w a s c o v e r e d w i t h a coat of varnish to stop them from rusting.
At the end of term we had to show our club pictures in the hall to the whole school, together with the other clubs* things. David Clunas Std. 6
Last term l went to Sewing Club. We made a top for trousers. First we went to buy some cloth. Mine was pink with coloured birds on it. We cut the pattern out on the material. Then we practised sewing straight on pieces of
paper with the treadle machine. Then we learnt to gather. After we had put
the yoke on the skirt we hand-sewed the hem up. Then Miss Fowler ironed our tops. Mine looked nice. Al ison Kirby Std.
4
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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE JUNIOR SCHOOL
In the Ho/idaijs O n S a t u r d a y I w e n t t o T r i s t a n ' s b i r t h d a y p a r t y. F i r s t w e p l a y e d cricket and next we played Blind Man's Buff and then we played Hunt the Thimble. Then Tristan unwrapped his presents and then we all had some tea. Simon
Sneddon
Standard 2
The hunter sees lot of rabbits. One rabbit jumps about to show there is d a n g e r. T h e r a b b i t s a l l r u n d o w n t h e r a b b i t h o l e . Melinda
Webb
Standard 2
I was playing with my doll's house. I put my doll on a flower. Then she watched me ride my bike. We went to the Savoy Hotel for three days. Melanie
McMaster
Standard 2
When I saw some deer I thought they were buffalo but Mummy said t h e y w e r e d e e r. T h e n w e s a w m o n k e y s a n d I t h o u g h t I s a w a w i l d p i g . Tristan Forster Standard 2
JOY IS Joy is Christmas. Joy is games.
For me joy is mountains and plains with rivers from the new rains.
Joy is sailing on the rivers. Joy is having a birthday very soon
and then you have not a bit of gloom. Lucy Grant Std. 3
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riding a bike. putting spelling in alphabetical order. exploring a castle. riding a Jumbo Jet. Adrian Clunas Std.
Today Joy is Joy is Joy is
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Std. 3 took assembly and we talked about Joy. to go swimming because I like to splash. to have sports, because I like winning. to go to church, because I like to hear about God.
Joy is that Jesus loves me. Joy is that I love Jesus.
Joy is that I have Jesus in my heart. Joy for me is to nurse my baby sister. Joy is to play with my sisters.
Joy is to go for a holiday in Nepal and climb some mountains with my daddy trekking. Karen Wood Std.
3
Holidaifs In my holidays we went to the sea side in Udipi.
And we stayed with a friend of ours and she was a nurse in a mission hospital. She took me round the hospital and she showed me some of the new born babies. She also showed me the children's ward and I could see all the sick children.
At Christmas my grandmother made a Christmas clock and there were 24 Iittle matchboxes stuck on it, and on December first you could open one little matchbox and there would be a present inside for you and on every day till December 24. Muriel Std.
Borchert
3
In the hoiidays I went to a jungle. And we went on an elephant. I saw something yellow walking. And I think it was a tiger. And my Daddy jumped from the smallest elephant. And when we went on the elephant we
saw lots of deer. And we saw the bones of a deer because a tiger ate it. Tina Std.
Timm 3
My
Dream
Once there were two baby bears and a big, big dragon, whose name
was Caramela, which means in dragon language, 'very big'. Now one day the dragon was going out for a picnic. He found a nice place in someone's garden. And it was the bears' garden and he had just settled down when the bears came through the gate. They spied all the sandwiches, cake, jellies,
sausages, ice cream and a bag of sweets. The dragon had decided to sleep
before he ate up his delicious food. So the bears came closer and saw he was asleep. So they packed up the food in their cases and went off to share the
food with good little goblins who were often frightened by the dragon who loved frightening people. When the dragon woke up he got a fright himself to find all his food gone. And we know where it went don't we? SARAH Std.
BUTTERWORTH
3
Once upon a time I had a dream. I was frightened in the night and I got up and there was darkness all around me and then I kept still. I saw a figure just in front of me. I got out of bed and walked slowly and then 1 ran
out of school and then I came to a cave and hid in it and then I saw it right in front of me and then I screamed and it came closer and closer and then I
just got away and it came after me in a second and I was going deeper and deeper into the cave and then I came into a dungeon and I went up more steps
and saw a multitude of black things which were capturing other children and then 1 noticed that they were goblins and I said, "Stamp on their feet". I ran
in and started stamping on their feet and they were howling and squealing. Then the goblins' animals ran after me and more goblins ran after me and I was even more afraid. I ran and ran and then I came to another cave and I
went to the heart of the cave and deeper and deeper into the cave until I saw a bed and I went into it and it was morning when I got into the bed. D AV I D Std.
HOUSTON
3
A witch in her Castle Once there were two children and one day they "went for an adventure. They went to a castle. On the way they saw a fairy and the fairy said, "You go along this road and you will come to a castle and a witch is in it. And I
will give you the power to kil I the witch because the witch is very bad".
Then the fairy was gone. So they went along the road until they came to the castle and at the top of the castle the witch was looking through a
telescope to see if anyone was coming. She saw the children coming and
she ran down the stairs and tried to kill them, and the children got a spear and killed the witch and they ran away to their home. ADRIAN Std.
3
CLUNAS
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The Great Sea One night there was a storm.
Gusty, crashing, windy night. Blowing, smashing at death's door, The waves making fiery light. As they crash to and fro.
Ships and boats are smashed and sink. Gusty, crashing, windy night. Waves loop the loop, link the link. Then suddenly up the beach they come As they crash to and fro. To m G r a n t
Std.4
Waves Waves are splashing. Waves are crashing. Over the rocks and filling up caves. I want to splash like the waves. Wa v e s a r e f u n .
Waves are rough. Over the sand, and over the mud.
When the waves are little, they cannot flood. Waves are breaking. Waves are bursting. Splashing and crashing all the day long, And now I am singing, I'm singing alone. Simon
Butterworth
Std. 4
Circus One day I and my aunty went to the circus, it was in Holland. We had to buy two tickets from the ticket off ice. We went inside and took one of the middle seats. There was excitement everywhere. All the children were
excited. Then the band began to play. The parade of performers came in to t h e r i n g . T h e n t h e y a n n o u n c e d t h e fi r s t a c t . T h e n c a m e t h a f a s c i n a t i n g performances.
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A woman, who was holding two sticks with plates on top in one hand and in the other hand three sticks with three plates on the top, came in. She also had a glass in her mouth and was drinking while she climbed up the ladder. After she had drunk all the water she came down the ladder still with
the sticks in her hand and plates on top of the sticks. Than she kept every t h i n g o n t h e fl o o r . N e x t c a m e t h e c l o w n s a n d o n e w a s p l a y i n g w i t h a b a l l and the other one kicked the one who was playing with a ball. But that one
poured some water over the one who had kicked him. There were jugglers, acrobats, monkeys playing with balls, seals throwing the balls into the air and catching them. That was the end of the circus and we both went home.
Shirin Joseph Std.
4
The Hot-Air Balloon I am Gordon. I am a British airman and I am having a race against Ricky. Chandu and Martin. I went with David to buy our balloon, which cost ÂŁ 2000. We' decided to go on January, the second. On that day, we set out for the coast. When we got there we got into our balloons. Then Bruce fired the pistol and we took off and flew at a speed of twenty miles an hour. We had a good wind for half an hour. Then it started to be too strong and it was on both sides of us, so we went around in circles.
Meanwhile, their balloon was getting too heavy, so Martin parachuted to a ship which had followed them. Suddenly, the wind ripped their balloon, so they all parachuted to the ship. Then I pulled the rope to warm the gas up. Then suddenly the wind died down and we had crossed the English Channel at last. So we became the first to cross the English Channel and we did it in an hour and a half. Gordon McNeilly Std. 4
The Plane Crash There was a plane which was going from Bombay to Madras. The plane was a Caravelle. The fIight number was ICâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;191. It had just taken off when
it had engine trouble. The plane caught fire. The pilot turned the plane around and it just landed in the right place. Ninety-six people were killed, including the crew. The post was saved, but the people were not saved. Jeremy Barton Std 4
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The Racing Car Driv/er I zoomed round the corner. Still in the lead. '
Were
'
I
was
But the other car drivers, approaching with speed. on the last lap, A n d s o w e r e t h e y.
I was thinking to myself, "I'll win this race today." R o u n d t h e l a s t c o r n e r. My car in fulI throttle.
With the winning post in sight. The others I managed to bottle. I got out of the car. The crowd shouted, "Well done.''
Then my good friend B r o u g h t m e s o m e c o ff e e a n d b u n .
Jeremy Witchalls Std.
5
A Cat ' Early in the morning my cat will rise And jump on my mosquito net 'til I open my eyes.
J Soon, when I go out to play
She'll follow in her usual way. Hiss! SpitI She's seen a dog. Up the tree! Still it follows.
But then the dog runs away. So the cat sits washing the rest of the day. Elizabeth Main Std. 5
Cat and Kittens The kittens are born.
They come with the dawn
All soft and furry. P u r r, P u r r,
Mother is singingShe has realized that they are hers. P u r r, P u r r, P u r r,
They snuggle to her tummy. Their eyes are not open. But they soon will be.
What will Tibby say? I hope he will be proud. They will make a procession Round their father.
But little does their mother know
What trouble they'll be As soon as
they
growl
Paul
Martin Std.
5
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Die Faule Katze Ich kannt eine Katze
die hatte eine weisse Tatze. sie war sehr hungrig, aber auch sehr faul, doch sie woiite etwas haben, in ihr hungriges Maul. Sie woiite sich holen eine Maus, doch sie war zu faul
zu gehen aus ihrem Haus. was sollte sie tun, die arne faule, nichts wurde besser mit Gemaule.
So langsam wurd es ihr zu bunt, zu hungren Stund urn Stund. Sie ging und fing sich eine Maus, und war glucklich uber ihren Schmaus. Die Katze denkt, dass faulenzen bringt nichts ein, etwas, zutun wird besser sein.
Sabine Minderjahr Std. 6
The Man Who Dug Ditches There was a man who dug ditches Working in the hot sand In his patched britches. Only a slice of bread to eat
At his luncheon break While he rested his blistered feet.
His unhappy look wasn't fake. He lived in an old bombed ruin
In the middle of the town.
(This story is true. I'm not fooling.) For food he looked all around.
One The The For
day he died man who dug ditches. town didn't sigh the man with the patched britches.
So there he lies
Fallen fast asleep. His soul up on highâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The man with the blistered feet. Jonathan Shead Std. 6
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The silver dome rose with a strange whining sound from^^d'dUS^'of the moon's crater. A door slid open and out came a Dalek. It had a metal casing
With thr9e sti'cks'cbmlri^)out;cff (the body. One hadca sucker oh 'thbend of the stiblc antf the oner besideihtevvasia ray-guri. The last stick ' was'art eye etick which enableditfre DailbJcto see afl aroiind him.iltbwasrat the top of hfb heads The Dalek just stood there and didn't come out on the moon's surface. The
Qalekdhen went baokiin and carne put vi/ith;a:,green glirny mould and threw it .outside to-see if sit wouldlliveplt justirnade a ciioud pfjdustiandilay ttrefei The Oaiek went.Ibaekvini.-nndrshut(theidoorvQ oasnlrlD C.>lil S!.iir it boqerla ynnuf od OJ s>lii u"Y bluow lo Jso ym o>lil u^-.y bluoW' .olqoeq to ahneri e>lil eiew nabbuAfteoabout?20 rhinutes theidobV slid bpsrr andilots of Daleks came out
with big lengths of metal, and got tO work: building a metal roadd Whdri (they
had finished the road lots more Daleks came out of the dome and started buil-
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.when eifpcket c.am,e;;in sighta.nd,'ilain,ded opposite ttie Gi,tyA/"ThFee astronauts
came^oiiit andithey were callediPeteEiidohn endxAodrewr PetertWent xtOrriinvesfcigate and wenfeoyer the: hjlljoj look at .the icityi.ndlhe. Da I ek&; paw him and oaptured^hiehf/i-iria riJiw eauorl erlj to tuo nei 1 .boiiqsi I "'.oaiuoo fO" .niStS .sorBtaib orit ni eniiBoqqBaib
At night when Peter didn't come back they went to investigate the city. .They waKedioutside the dopfduntik'pnothei: eDalok,came!OUti e.Jbhhi smashed
;the tQFtiQfvthe^head'-With sledge;hammer.udThe two; men theO)raced iinside and began ,fePh(ng,fo5P:eter-in bluoo I lud eau'crl erit bnit oJ tnew I gnirnorn txen lov&n tud suit lo mer;' b asw Ji t&rl'rrrlw wenM isvon l.)eoiJ3 eiedeH bio booJa
S- fiJThey founxi latlift which went tortheiTboTtomnof Ithe domeiThe^i g^ot'inMtand when it reached the bottom they went out and smashed albther inetrufnbnts. The-'Dateks! that were guarding Peter fell to the ground and Peter ran out.
Aftef^dohhand Andrew had damaged the instruments they went up in the lift and outside where Peter was waiting for them. All of them went back to the the rocket and returned to Earth. Nicki Barton
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Standard
Qu06r'
6
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■ YBb auoiiolp'JBilJ 1-1 em abnimen .yda -lommua srit aaoT'C '-^eoqa auTtio fo atluS
I was at a party and it hacf now'len3a
Gander Lane but I had to walk-across tB9®cpihmbn ahd "4iBbd^Re.bb'fS 'sffBe^. I said good-bye to -ny fflbflS^^'end'wertt-l^T^vve'lkedJfi'ldht'eiied- and'bofd-Wdr-ths common. It was quite dark but I had my torch. I came tbahs) narrow strebJt and I walked close to the wall. AlliA:h,ad;jto dowa&itogw!alK,a,,h,unBfad-iya|d?,
turn the corner and I would be at Cross Street.}[,t,yyas( abpu.t,,;73 RaQipgKiiWB
the hundred yard walk down Rebel Street went ph aVd,Qn.,(|i| wa^ Yeijy^[3e.cu),iy^r but it just went on and on and on. MlSt c'arrie down'very tnic.kry. ' AtMbet" I
saw a house. oinBlBr; l.o, rii e'igo riB o.UJ
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This house had a brownish-yailow coloured door with a knocker in the shape of a head with large ears and a pointed nose. I knocked and the door opened by itself.
A squeaky, creaky voice called out, "Come in, come in!" I went in and a cat jumped up on me. It had red eyes and gleaming teeth. Then the voice said, "No need to be scared at all." I saw a very peculiar man.
This man had teeth like the cat's and purple eyes. H is ears were like elves' and hiismdse like a carrot. He had a clock on a small table. It was green with f u n n y s h a p e d fi g u r e s l i k e C h i n e s e o r e v e n f r o m a d i f f e r e n t w o r l d . T h e h a n d s
were like hands of people. ''Would you like my cat or would you like to be a cat, yourself?" he suddenly asked. "Neither," I replied. But all of a sudden a big black; bushy tail appeared on me and whiskers and ears. >-'S
I ran to the door to get away but the cat was spitting at the door. I
said to the man, "What's your name?" "Rumpletoes," was the answer. I was extremely anxious to get away but it was simply no use in hoping. The man asked if I would like to leave. I was so surprised I didn't answer. He asked
again. "Of course," I replied. I ran out of the house with shrieks of laughter disappearing in the distance.
This time I found my house easily. My mother was very anxious to know what I had been doing. I told her but of course she didn't believe me. The next morning I went to find the house but I could not find it. In its place stood old Rebels Street.I never knew whether it was a dream or true but never
have I seen it since. And I haven't said anything to my friends because they would only laugh. : Emma Grant Standard
The Golfer The sight of that moon-cratered globe reminds me...
Reminds me of that glorious day. Puffs of cirrus speed across the summer sky. Skylarks thrust themselves higher and higher As if to bless heaven with their celestial song. A shroud of hill-top air enbalms the body in its warmth Like a downy coverlet. The Creator completes the wondrous scene With a lush expanse of velvet green. What could disturb this peaceful bliss?
Like an ogre in red Satanic garb
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A golfer breaks the potent spell. Proud astride the white blolD he stands.
Tensing muscles, powerful hands. A fiery crack, a whip-like flash A n d t h e w h i t e m e t e o r t e a r s t h e r e s e n t f u l a i r.
The taste of victory is his to own. But we just stand and At this intrusion upon our
groan magic
' " world.
G.
E.
Pain
Editor's note: Most readers of this magazine probably know that Mr. Pain himself is a golfer. In fact, in 1975, he was runner up in the South Indian
Golf Championships and last year was the winner. Congratulations and best wishes for 1977, Mr. Pain
Original Contributions (FROM THE SENIOR SCHOOL)
M AT I L D A
THE
FURRY
Matilda is a pussy cat. Most dogs she loves to chase, But now she has pneumonia. The vet called it 'a bad case'.
My mother gives her medicine. Eric says, "'s that for me?"
Mother says, "You've got your own. Leave the pussy be." So many kittens she has had.
They're all so fat and big. One has a special habitHe eats just like a pig. Matilda drinks milk from a bowl And eats meat from a dish. She eats a lot of bacon rind. A n d l o v e s t o e a t m o s t fi s h . Katharine Marsh Std. 7
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M ^l i ' •. i! P■)'e t .cjiriw sriJ t e ^9biU?B l o g bijoi'1 A .gbnor! luticwoq ,2eloeu!Ti gnisnsT fi ' B e o l i l - q i r i w g . r l o R i " A
A stretched out rr.ass of fur ^ip •...••* p., .;oc..j,.rn r-t!,!•»/ . i!? h-.-
U p o n t h e b e d , ^ p . j ^ i d j , . y i o j o i v To : A c h o c o l a t e c o l o u r e d b a l l , i P, y , , t „ L i . v / n H l ^ o n Yp f t " " ' ^ P ' . b ! i o w c i , ^ G f . , l u o u - ' C i U r i c i L ' u u l i ' i i i i i J A A graceful, agile creature,
Tjha t( gjojes, t,p qthp; 4opri q
0
aid)
'O
rct
}aa'nAnS
^ndflpqks^ cju -iennui ggw eri ,SVPr ni JOFt n! .--oMoq s ai t'eamif' ripq
f,s^ if fP:ET - rroO .icnniw orit sew tei'Y Jr.Bl bus eqid".-oiq "isriO 'Let me out,' ' idpq • y _vV5r iol ';-.riciv/ And yowls to come back in. With scratches and bites,
Having won 'the lady'.
~l
lonipiio
His name is Chocolate.(JOOH32 FIOIH33 3HT IVlOFiR) He is my cat. Y fl H U R
3HT
A Q J I TA M
Nigel Witchalts std. 7
, l B \ 2 < ; u - '■ a i R h l i j R M , .■••'Gdo o) aevoi otla agob jaoM .GirioiRuori'.i acr! eris wo i tuS
A Smuggler's Song" (To the tune of 'Onward Christiaa,S-ldiers*) - O ■ J .I M . O
Y
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,nwo UJ' V t 'G 9' 'lcY" .;vGa loriJoM ^V 8 ^ U C ' • f i ? B J
Sneakirtg 'cross the Channel Sailing into the cove^
On In On In
a w i n d y n i g h t . S e e t h e f f g fi t f r o m T h e s h o r e . ^ p p a little schooner Send back the answering .signal, :j h e r s m u g g l i n g fl i g h t . B u t t h e n t h e r e . a r e n o m o r e . , , , ! the cargo hold Then they see,the King's Meri j <,|-1
Is
a
lot
of
wine.
Have
captured
the
small
gang.
'Baccy and some other things— Thqy tpp appn arjeipapturedblUGM A l l i s g o i n g fi n e . A n d t h e y ^ y v i i l h e - h a n g e d . 3 ^ 5 0 b n A Chorus .b.'!ii re--NjgeiowitChall^'^ S a i l i n g ' c r o s s t h e o c e a n w a v e s . i i a i f f a o f S t d f - ? ' } ? 6 v. " ) l b o A il|p'tTJe'iHghtiPf>the moon In a little stfidoner Sailing to Dundoon.
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A Pattern Poem High on the cross My dear Saviour hung.
Nobody really knew what He had done.
M a r y H i s m o t h e r w a s c r y i n g b e l o w.
After a while she just had to go. Three
days
later To o k
He
arose.
off
all
those
linen
clothes
Then
next
morning Mary
came.
Looked
around
and
heard
her
name,
Turned
around
and
then
saw and
she Him
was
full
of
J O Y
within. Kathryn Willey Std.
7
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Spraq Wonderful, marvellous is the little white sprayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cool, refreshing for the tired one.
Up in the air when an angry wave bursts itself on a grim rock Screaming, rejected, it claws the air as if hoping never to return
But there's nothing to hold onto except empty space. Hopeless, drowning, never to return, It sinks back to its home forever.
Joseph Daniel Std. 7
Down
in
the
Qround
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( b a s e d o n a n i n c i d e n t i n th e l i fe o f S a d h u S u n d a r S i n g h ) ' *
Down, down, deep into the ground. Into the cavern bound. The sadhu fell. Wa s t h r o w n a n d f e l l
And reached the place he was bound.
Damp, dank, clammy walls.
Lined with fear and horror.
Could any god hear him there. Right in the midst of HORROR?
The skeleton formed a home for the adder. The skull, a home for the rat.
But what of comfort could the sadhu find? Nothing, nothing but TERROR! But from above.
From the heavens above, Someone, somebody heard him And eut of those depths. Those dark, cruel depths. The sadhu of God was taken. Catherine Ray Std. 7
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The Death Sentence I have committed a crime which I now regret, 1 am still in my prime—not married yet. And now to the gallows I am being led To be hanged by the neck until I am dead. Oh, what a sorrowful fate I have met.
I now look around—all the people I see, I wonder what they will be thinking of me,
What they will think after I'm hung And after my sorrowful song has been sung, I wonder how different this world will be.
If I had lived, would I've done something great Or just sat and read in a chair by the gate? Would I've been wealthy, or poor, or mean? What kind of person would I have been? Why bother thinking, 'cos now it's too late. '
Andrew Shead
Std.
8
The Leper He saw the mother's fear
He saw the children's terror He saw it all—
He was a leper. A l e p e r.
As he walked to the other side of the bank
Far into the fading sun,
He heard the happy voices of children
Coming back into the streets to play. The mothers laughing.
Then he heard a lonely voice crying. Unable to piece the notes or
Form the words to sing.
He heard a low melancholy groan Fade away into the land of yesterday And he knew it was his own. Grace John Std. 9
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2 Samuel 22:35
'He teacheth mi( hands to w/ar...' You have trained my hands for carpentry So that i can cut a piece of
wood
in
two
with
one
'
blow.
Yo u h a v e g i v e n t o m e t h e s h a r p e s t s a w i n t h e w h o l e * c o u n t r y.
You have provided me with many good gifts. You have enabled me to make good out of a bad piece of
wood.
I have carved each trouble into a blessing. Oh, Lord! I thank you for your help in my career. May Praise, Glory and Blessing always be offered
u n t o Yo u r n a m e .
Barry White Std.
9
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spring The world.
So beautiful in spring when Even the dryest lands rejoice in a fresh outburst of life. Budding plants and baby flowers Are thrusting up through rejuvenated soil. Antarctic life begins to crawl and walk and leap.
The hardy penguin pushes through the thawing icy sea. Great sea birds swoop low over moving blocks of ice. These do not know their Maker— But we do and
Some give thanks to Him for— SpringI E
Alasdair Ferry Std.
9 9
Mukerti Peak Thrust up like a giant nose, the rocky Mukerti Peak rises into a clear light blue sky. Dominating the whole area, the unusually shaped mountain, worn away by years of erosion, is a rock sloping up one side and cut off in a vertical wall on the other. Strongly contrasting with the other hills, its
rugged exterior looks imposing, but actually it is fairly easy to scale its convex slope.
The peak is set in graceful rolling hills covered in dry brown grass. Giving the impression of sand dunes in a desert, the undulations are scarred with holes at set intervals in a grid-like fashion, showing the many attempts man has made to grow crops in this dry region. An occasional road snakes across the hills and disappears into furrows. In each dip of the land, rhodod endrons and dense bamboo shoots crowd to sip the water there. Kevin Perera Std.10
Learning to Sew A few months ago, I decided to make a jacket and a midi skirt for a course I was doing. I joined the sewing club of the school. On the first day I learnt how to set out the material and place the pattern pieces on it; on the second day I learnt how to cut the pieces; on the third day I had decided that sewing was 'a pain in the neck' and on the fourth day I spilt ink on the garment.
Somehow by the fifth day I had cut out the patterns and had done all the tailors tacking reguired. 'Now to start sewing', I thought, but no, I was told that before I sewed I had to try the machine and its stitches out on a rough piece of cloth. I went to the machine and after much persuasion managed to get a friend of mine to set up the machine for me. Then I started, but the machine kept on going backwards! After much puzzling but no solving, I went and asked the same friend to re-adjust the machine for me. Then I tried it again and succeeded, much to my own surprise, and to the teacher's. By the tenth day I had sewn and unpicked my sewing about a thousand times. The once creamy material was now greyi'^h in colour with a bright blue ink stain on the back of it. I was becoming a little tired of learning how to sew and my teacher was becoming tired of me.
Then came the great day when I managed to stitch the sleeves onto the jacket. Ah! How p!eased ! was! ! took the garment to show to a!! my friends,
but they were not too impressed.
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Two weeks later I had done ail there was to do. I had sewn on a pair of sleeves, a rather crooked collar and two pockets, one being at the very seam
of the jacket and jammed as I had trying to machine managed to sew
the other about two inches away. The zip opening was broken not one but many sewing machine needles while the zip in. Anyway I was very happy that I had finally something (it didn't matter what!) until I compared my
jacket to the actual pattern. My jacket now hangs hidden in a wardrobe with the ink stain on the
back of it and all its other faults. The only living things that seem to enjoy my hard work are the moths.
By the way, I never did start that midi skirt! Shobana Rao Std. 10
The Games In the Jungle A long time ago when all animals were equal, some of the most intelli gent monkeys in the jungle held a council in the large clearing at the centre
of the forest. At this meeting it was decided that all the animals that lived in
that jungle should gather together every four years for a competition. A very old and wise monkey stood up and motioned for silence. "My brothers," he said, "you know that every animal, whether he be lion, fox, or mouse, is equal in this jungle." He paused while a murmur went round the gathering. "You also know that every beast is responsible to his neighbour." There was a grunt from one of the trees but the deaf, old monkey did not hear it. "My brothers, I do not have to tell you that unless every animal is equaI and is accepted by his fellows, this jungle will be a very unhappy place." There was a sly fox lurking among the trees but the blind, old monkey could not see him. "Then, if this be true, my friends, our compe tition will be one where representatives of every species can meet one another to enjoy their strength and might together." The wise, old monkey sat down and the meeting was closed.
For many years animals from all over the jungle gathered together to compete. But one year a strange animal arrived. "Brothers," he said, "I come from a far off land on the banks of a wide river to take part in your games." The wise old monkey came forward, stuttering and almost whispering:
" Yo u a r e w e l c o m e , s t r a n g e r. I n t h i s j u n g l e e v e r y a n i m a l i s t r e a t e d e q u a l l y. "
"Welcome," cried the monkeys. "Welcome," squeaked the mice. "Welcome," roared the lions.
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"Indeed, everybody is welcome," boomed the elephants. But the foxes did not shout. "He looks strong," they muttered. "If he
is allowed to join the competition he will beat us." They all agreed. "This must not happen," they snarled. But there was no way they could protest until the wise old monkey was dead.
By and by, the old monkey died and his body was buried under the old
banyan tree that stands in the centre of the clearing. His wise sayings were all written down and buried with him. It was not long before he was forgot
ten and his sayings grew rusty in the minds of his followers. But evil is not
forgotten so easily.
For the last few years the stranger had brought along many more of his own kindâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;deer, they were called,â&#x20AC;&#x201D;tall, muscular, sleek and very swift. But they were shy and did not like to laugh and joke with the other competitors. They did not understand their strange customs and yet, in spite of this, they won all the competitions easily. The foxes were not pleased and decided that this must stop. They sneaked in among the other animals, grumbling and mumbling;
"How can you trust these strangers?" they sneered. "Who knows why they come to us? Do you not see that hatred that gleams in their eyes? We
are warning you, brothers. These are not animals but evil spirits. They have
come to work evil among us. See how they are always together." Many animals began to distrust the deer and kept welI away from them; but they did not dare to go any further. The deer could not understand it and kept to themselves even more. There was a division; as positives repel, so the two communities became further and further apart.
One day during the competition the chief fox stood up and addressed those around him. "Brothers, you have seen how the deer are acting. You
have seen how they munch the grass and nibble the leaves. Brothers, has it ever occurred to you that these animals are unrefined and ill mannered; surely you have realised that they did not have the understanding of suckling mice.
Brothers, I want to ask you a question. Can we call these beasts our equals?" There was a deathly silence but then suddenly everyone began to shout. Those who were undecided were now decided; those who were not sure now made up their minds.
"Away with the beggars," tliey cried, "lest they contaminate our
society." There was a stir in the banyan tree as if a spirit had passed by. But no one saw itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after all was he not dead and gone and his ideas a little
bit old fashioned? Paul Std.
Martin 10
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A Historical Find at Lushington On Tuesday, 14 March 1977 at approximately 15-00 hours, Thangavelu the school woodsman for the last 52 years, unearthed a metal capsule which contained a small faded document hand written in blue ink. We produce the text of the said document in full:
Oct 5th 1956
we g 2 t hereby certify to keep friends through our school life. Anthony Gilbert (signed) DTiessen (signed) 5-10-56
5-10-56
Richard Gordon (Signed) 5-10-56 CONDITIONS:â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
1. If there are signs of desertion, 3 chances and a talk will be given. 2. If any member of the committee disapproves of any other, it must be discussed in the presence of all the committee. 3. If a previous or new member wishes to join, a vote will betaken by the committee,
4. When a member joins, his name will not be added until he has undergone a week's trial.
The document which was wrapped in plastic, then in cardboard before being sealed in a metal container (treacle tin?) faded rapidly upon being exposed to sunlight, but most of it is still legible. It had been buried in fche woods opposite the large games pitch, and was discovered when workmen began digging foundations for new tennis c o u r t s .
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New/s Of Fornaer Pupils AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
The 5/rd family recently sent the school a very interesting letter about all the family.
has completed one year at Melbourne University and hopes to
specialize in Microbiology and Genetics this year. He has become very interested in sailing as a competitive sport. At the time of writing he and
Robert were the crew on an International Fireball and were hoping to com pete at the National Titles in Queensland.
Robert, a\so a keen sailor, is in his final year at Burwood High School. He thinks It IS'a bit humiliating calling Lush. Hebron. Why give in to a
pack of sheilas? What's happened to Pykara, Kundah and Mukerti? I suppose the boys have given in to the weaker sex. How is the bird watching club? Think about it .
David \s now in the fifth form and he too thinks it is horrible to
imagine Lush, swarming with 'those funny things with dresses.'
Peter has just started fourth form at Burwood High and he hopes that
all|his friends in Stds. 8 and 9 have done well in schooling and with the 7 I family all together again Zealand Nigelare startsenjoying his studiesbeing at engineering school this year. in LynNew is in
Ittheschool and hopes to university. Sherry is now in fifth form, while Joey istoingo the on fourth. " Durney (nee Fritschi) and her husband and 2 daughters live in T T the taken jobAssociation of writing a regular newsletter to help keep N. Z.on Oldthe Pupils' coing. Her address is:
Mrs. Durney P. 0 . B o x 3 8 Kaitaia
New Zealand
The Fountain family seems to have scattered itself around the globel Ronald IS a Senior Lecturer in the English Language Institute in Wellingtonearlier he was in Indonesia for a time.
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Oswald and his family are missionaries with the Brethren in New Guinea. Dennis and his wife {Ariadne, nee Fritschi) are working with B. M. M. F. in New Delhi, and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wood are staying with them
at present as they await visas for Nepal. F/we and her family live in Wellington and have a third child, Rowan, born
in
November.
Shirley Chote writes that the family had a good trip back to New Zeal and via Singapore and Noumea.
John has left Teachers College and hopes to move to Rotorua to be near the rest of the family. He has been touring in Australia with a musical group called 'Soul Purpose'.
Shirley writes that she feels a bit lost being in a school for over 1,000 but expects she will get used to it. The three younger members of the family are also adjusting to their new schools in Rotorua. Gillian Darrell ]s nursing in New Zealand. She is doing well and is enjoying herself. The Glasgows were all able to attend the Hebron Reunion at Ohinewai. Mr and Mrs Glasgow were back on furlough from South America. Ngaire now
Mrs Bates (known as Jenny at Hebron) was there with her husband, and Keith (known as Robert at Lushington) brought his wife and family. Since Mr and Mrs Kemp returned to Yeotmal, Martyn Kemp has been
staying with the Pattemores. Helen Kemp (now Mrs Jacobsen) has a son, born in December.
Stephen Fattemore has completed his course at Post Primary Teachers College while Philip studies medicine. Both live in Auckland and are active in church work.
Timothy Linton is in his second year at university aud hopes to major
in Biology or Chemistry. Joy and Andrew are doing well at high school, Joy being in her final year. r/ze Afar/n'fls/ami/}'live a very full life in Auckland. Roy is doing very well at Auckland Grammar School where he was the only third former in the s c h o o l c h e s s t e a m l a s t y e a r.
The Spiers family oi AusUaWa write that Evelyn (Mrs, Sims) is now a missionary in Zaire, after studying French in Switzerland. Merelyn is married and teaching and they are building their own homj with help. Gillian is also married and teaching, while Ronald hopes to become an army officer.
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Ch New Zea K a
â&#x2013; istopher Willey and h\s \N\fe and 2 sons have settled in Dargaville, and. They are enjoying the outdoors and sporting activities.
â&#x2013; hryn Jones (nee Hesiop) and her husband continue to run a home for In January their third child, and first son, Carl Richard was
f o s t e r c h iidren. born.
Bi-iice, Judy and Lynne Worrall have now settled into life in Kumeu, New
Zealand. Judy and Lynne are at school while Bruce is serving his apprentice ship as a motcr mechanic.
\Jnited Kingdom and Eire Before going up to University, Christopher Burn hopes to spend the year i n K a s h m i r.
Rosemary Constable is living in Clapham and is in her final year of physiotherapy training at Guys Hospital. Mark is enjoying his nursing course and Davi i has just finished A levels.
David Banks graduated at Manchester University with Upper 2nd class honours in physics and is at Joderell Bank doing a post-graduate course in Radio Astronomy. John is studying at home after a long illness and hopes to
take 0-levels. Gillian is making good progress at school, excelling in sport and ballet.
Adrian Butterfield recenU"^ p\ay6d \n a quartet (violin) at the Royal Festival Hall. Ardis is doing extremely well on the piano and is also a good eel list.
Murray Cochrane is studying for his A levels at Eltham College. He has a place at Barts.
Charles and Jacqueline Durman visited Hebron with their parents in June. Charles is now working for British Caledonian Airways at Gatwick airport. This was his first visit back here'after 8 long years'. Jacqueline is now working for the Metropolitan Police as a shorthand typist.
Sudip and Sumita Ganguli's s\s\er S\i]aXa visited Hebron recently, very
keen to see the school she had heard so much about. Apparently Sudip and Sumita miss the friendly atmosphere of the school here, although they are doing well at their respective schools in London.
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Bernard Griffiths \s teaching, and he and his wife are busy doing up their home. Grc/iom is working in London and running a Youth Club in the evenings.
David Harris is in his second year of a B.Sc. course majoring in Geology. His sister Lois is now studying for her A levels.
Pcm/Ft/jirer recently started work in computers, Jcne is house design ing.
Marion Lewis is enjoying studies at the Royal Free Hospital while Ruth
has been travelling over America visiting old Hebron friends.
David Miller is at Bearwood College. Last year he sat 2 subjects for O
levels a year early and passed them both. He represented his house in a quiz
last year and they won. He has consented to represent his house in another such quiz this year, iinrfa AfiZ/er has completed the first year at Oxford. She has found it stimulating but gruelling.
Bill Nelson, now a doctor, was married to a teacher in June. His parents in India and his sister from Tanzania were all able to be present at the wedding.
Jennifer, Christina and Lydia Nicholson attend a comprehensive school near Boothville, Northampton '"where they can learn almost anything."By the
way they enjoy swimming, badminton, squash and "most of ail trampolining." Jennifer has continued with her music.
Hazel and Paul Smith have settled happily into their schools in W.
Yorkshire. Paul, last year's star in 'Fiddler', this year has the title role in 'Hassan', at Woodhouse Grove School.
Ruth Stockley is studying A level Sciences at South Thames College and
also working towards her Duke of Edinburgh gold award.
Philip Le Sueur has been awarded an exhibition at Keble to read Chemi s t r y. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .
Jenny Tovey (Mrs. Knowles) is married and has her own business making pottery animals. Rosemary is a doctor.
Swe (nee Pitt) is married and has a small family, while John is a diver with North Sea Oil.
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Rachel and Duncan Vincent ate at school in Herts. Rachel is studying for her A levels and hopes to become a doctor.
David Way is reading History at Pembroke College, Oxford. He hopes to finish in the summer and take a job in Luton for a couple of years before going to theological college, to be ordained in the Anglican ministry. He has rece ntly become engaged to Frances, from his home church. We offer them both our congratulations.
The Moss Family
Veronica (a doctor in central India) is Assistant Medical Superintendant
of the Mission's group of Hospitals. She is also working on a Community Health Project that she was requested to start. Just at present she is in England undergoing investigations and treatment for prolonged ill health and
would value prayer.
Soveig, a qualified S. R. N. is married to Dr. A. Gibson (F. R. C. S.) They have 2 children, Peter 4 years and Susanna 2i years. In September they are leaving the U. K. for Amman, Jordon, to study Arabic in preparation for ser ving the Lord in the capital of N. Yemen, Saada at a W. E. C. hospital. Ulla is a qualified Nursery Nurse. She has done nannying jobs and has recently finished working at the University College Hospital in London. She
has been to Sweden for a Bible College course, and is at present in Uppsala seeking employment either in a day nursery or a home for mentally handicap ped children. CANADA and the U. S. A.
Esther and Mark Gillette have both settled into I ife in the States although Mark finds it 'rather boring after India.' Both Mark and Esther were baptised l a s t y e a r.
Elizabeth Strom has a B.A. in Biology and Pris. is an intern in General S u r g e r y.
Wendy Birch is in Grade 12 in Briercrest, Saskatchewan, Canada. Marilyn is in
her 4th year in the Bible Institute there.
Grace Pratten (now Mrs Bennett) has a small son Daryl. Margaret is probably i n h e r fi n a l y e a r a t s c h o o l .
Suseela Wiig (Susie) has been at Biola College for over a year. This semester she IS taking 16 units of classes: U.S. History, English, Maths, Old Testament Swimming and Photography, and is 'learning a lot in all of them'.
Lucy and Ruth Mwmings are both at Miller Memorial Bible Institute.
Cindy Erickson is at Prairie Bible Institute, studying Bible. Sharon and Sandy {nee Sinclair) ate both marx\Q6 and living in Ontario. With their husbands, they are active in their local churches.
Kathy works for Life Insurance and has been living out west. Recently she joined Marilyn Birch and Kathleen Taylor at Edmonton for youth meetings on
worldMissions. Kathy's plans for '77 include a visit to old classmates in the U. K. and Europe and she hopes to be in India for Christmas.
Geoff Butt is working in Calgary, while Greg is in Grade 12 there. Mary Elizabeth and Mark Christopher are at Briercrest School while their par ent sareup north in Flin Flon, Manitoba.
The Schrag Family Since our last issue of the magazine, 3 members of the Schrag
family have been married. Faith \s now Mrs Busonitz. Her husband is 6'4"
and a Bible School student. Joy (Mrs Barsch) is at Bible School for another
2 years. Dwane, who was married in January, finishes at Wichita University
t h i s s u m m e r. Vi r g i l , a s t u d e n t a t G r a c e B i b l e S c h o o l , c o n t i n u e s t o e n j o y music. He plays piano solos and also accompanies a cellist. Younger brother
Maynard prophesies that ha will be married within a year and a half! Ferdie, Janet and Susan Tozer are enjoying life in New Brunswick. They have a baby brother, Michael, born in November. INDIA
D. D. Chowdary visited the school in 1976. He completes his M. Sc. in June. Possibly the 'marriage of the year' was that of Rod Gilbert to Miss Ruth S w a n n e l l i n J u l y, M i s s H u l k s , o n e o f t h e g u e s t s d e s c r i b e s i t a s a b o u t the loveliest wedding she has ever been to. It is hard to believe that the
wedding took place in England, as John Martin (Kotagiri) gave the Address and Joel Benjamin and Dr. Barton also took part. The other guests included the Gibson family, Margaret Gilbert and John Jacob. Since returning to India, Rod and Ruth have set up home in Nasik and we look forward to seeing them in April when Rod takes a series of S. U. weeks In the schools here.
Peter Martin is teaching Latin, German and Music at Hebron before going up to Oxford later in the year, to read Modern Languages. Mr. and Mrs. McCleary are now working in Dacca, Bangladesh, and the children are attending Woodstock School, Mussoorie. The Moosakutty children are at Kodaikanal School. It was good to see Nadeera during Kodai's recent visit here.
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Janet Collier (nee Rutherford) has been in West Germany for 2 years. Kim Eaton is studying at a university in Paris and is also looking
after a 4 year old boy. She expects to return to Canada in September.
Dagmar Schmidt visited a pen friend in eastern U. S. A. this winter.
She is interested in doing languages, and later teaching.
Ondine Shapiro \os\.\\et ^axhex in the spring of 1976. She is living with her mother in France.
Hebron Reunion in New Zealand On December 18, 1976, the Wilkins' beautiful family home in Ohinewai, about an hour's drive on the road south of Auckland, was invaded by over 90 ex-Hebronites and their families. An attempt was made to keep track of all those who attended the reunion. They included; M r. W i l k i n s , R u t h a n d R o s e a n n e .
Eileen Legge (nee Askew), her sister Mrs. Coralie Bates and husband Ernie.
Florence Fountain (nee Gould) with her husband and children Mrs. Gculd, Howard Gould, David Gould Mr. Austin
Sylvia 8 ram ley with her fiance Mr.Barry Ca rrol I. (They were married 15 J an.77) Nora Vine and her friend Dr. Campbell Millar. Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow home from furlough in Brazil.
The McCleary family preparing to leave for Dacca in February. Peter and Iris Durney (nee Fritschi), with Karen and Liesl. June Mason.
Stephen David.
Philip and Stephen Pattemore, with Martyn Kemp. Raewyn Stedman with her mother Mrs. R. Stedman who relieved as a matron at Hebron for a time.
Lorna Morrison, ex-teacher from Hebron.
Sheila MacKay, Dale MacKay and Graeme MacKay, Niel and Gay MacKay.
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Kefth (Robert) Glasgow and his wffe and family
Ngaire and Richard Bates (Ngaire was Jenny Glasgow at Hebron) Mr. and Mrs. Worrall with Bruce, Judy and Lynne. Mr. and Mrs. A. Vine
Dorothy (of Wycliffe Btble Transfators) and her sister Lesfie Price Robyn Morrison
Miss C. Parlane, ex-Montauban, Ooty Mr. and Mrs. Chote, Shirley, John, Graham, Paul and Kelvin
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mathais with Roy, David and Jeph. Rosemary Hall (nee Ritchie) and her father Mr. Ritchie Pauline Burgess (nee Harris) Shirley Harris Rosamund and Ian Payne
Mr. and Mrs. (Robert and Isabel) Snow Mrs. Brieseman with Nigel, Lyn, and Joey
Miss Gwen Nicoll and Miss E. J. Macdonald, ex-Hebron staff members Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wallis and family
Although it was pointed out that 'nothing was compulsory', attendance was high for the showing of slides and movies of Hebron past and present, and the question and answer session on the school led by Mr. G. A. Wallis. Fine weather, and coloured umbrellas and lawn swings outdoors for
the guests, gave the gathering quite a garden party flavour.
Miss R. VVilkins excelled herself in the catering, regaling everyone with
such fare as chicken curry and strawberries and pavlova.
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A Mini Reunion in London Although the main annual reunion in London is scheduled for April, Jim Heslcp arranged a mini reunion in January to enable the Wallis family to see as many of their old Hebron and Lushington friends as possible. 2 2 J a n u a r y, a c o l d w e t S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n , o v e r 4 0 r r i a n a g e d t o fi n d
Jim's town house in Hanworth. Apart from afternoon tea and a curry and rice supper, and the showing of some movies of the school (and the reunion in New Zealand) the guests were left to talk and catch up on one another's n e w s .
Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. Darling, Philip, Lois and Pauline M i s s G i l l P a y n e , M i s s J . R e a n n e y, M r. G . G r i f fi t h s a n d M i s s G . C u l m e r M r. J o e l B e n j a m i n
Alastair and Catriona Cutting Stephen and Barbara Shaw Paul, Jane and Mary Hunter Prem James, Ruth Stockley, Gary Parmar and Tony Perhar from last year's Std.
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Mrs. Vincent with Rachel, Duncan and David
Mr. and Mrs, Ganguli, Sumita, Sudip and Sujata Murray Cochrane and R. K. Nair (Kitta) Tr e v o r S m i t h , a n d D . J . H a r r i s w i t h h i s s i s t e r L o i s
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wallis and family Mr. J. D. Heslop Miss D. Sutcliffe, the Beatties and the Briniccmbes, who live too far away to attend, all rang to give their greetings.
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Those ex-students of Hebron who wish to be on the mafUng list for the Hebron Newsletter please contactr Miss Gwenda Culmer 8 2 Ly n d o n Av e n u e
Sidcup Kent U. K.
New/s of Former Staff M/ss D./W. A/a//has enjoyed having visits from various ones including Miss
Nye and Mrs Pearse^ Another week Joel Benjamin visited them, and Joyce Reanney came over to take them down to Merseyside Assemblies Camp site.
Miss Hall has been appointed Senior Mistress of the Lower School, of the Co-educational School where she teaches in Bridlington, and writesiT shall have sorr.e teaching in the Upper School aswelL I certainly enjoy my Sixth Form work.^ A split-site school is going to be fun, with half or more of the staff commuting for lessons! 1 cycle to school, but am not sure how
Quickly I could make it from one site to another! Climbing Snowden may yet help.'
(Hebron staff take note: we have a split level site too, and a Snowden to climb
to get one in training for the quick sprint from one level to another.)
Mr a/JcZ Mrs Dar//A7gr and the family are living in Saltford, Nr. Bristol.
Mr Darling is teaching in Bristol and the children go to school locally. They
write: 'How is your building getting on? Ours is up to roof level-the carpentry
work for the roof is taking quite a time. The garden is like a builder's yard, with concrete mixer, timber, breeze bloeks and tiles all over the place.
Pauline s flowerbed has a few brave tuIips pushing up through the rubble!*
Stephanie Lewis, Ruth Short and Piiilio Pelham have been to visit them. and they were able to attend the 'mini reunion' in London held in Jim Heslop's
place.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinicombe both expect to be busy until Mr. Brinicombe retires in July. They send their very best wishes for 1977 and all it holds for Hebron and Hebronites.
Miss G. Calmer is secretary to the Business Manager of the Evangel-
lical Union of South America which has missionaries in Argentina, Brazil and Peru.
Mrs Jeisman (nee J. Byerlee) and her husband have been enjoying
working on their new house and garden. Mrs. Jeisman has found open space teaching rather noisy but stimulating. On World Children's Day she organi sed an Indian meal for her class and the class next to them. The children
dressed in sarees and dhotis (sheets) and sat cross-legged to eat with their
fi n g e r s .
M/5S Pa//7e has a flat in Twickenham and teaches Physics at Putney Girls' High School.
to soc!^% haSpped cMd l Vn®' Miss D. Sutcliffe is recovering from a serious illness. Earlier she was
staying at Abbeyfields House where Miss £. Jones is now working.
^u^biton^^^'^" delightful class of severely handicapped children in New Mew Zealand. Z^'lLri'^11^^ Her mother was abledariuary. to go out for the wedding. in Hamilton district nursing in Hitchin, is off to New Zealand to visit relations and friends there for a few weeks.
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School! Muss^^rVe°" ^ Parents teach in Wynberg-Allen MIsc Bangalore for Canada March. Miss Nye and other friends in Englandin on the way. She hoped to visit
Decemhif ^ince she left in the l^nn wj,? Ulster Mrs. Moore, she is travelling to Australia
the^long way round, visiting Teheran, Israel, England and the States on the
lani.arv ^as able to visit friends in Australia in November. In
e^by ovel^lop ' eop^r^^^ ^ Hebron Reunion at Ohinewai which was atend-
Over rhrlct"*^church work in Melbourne. ?nri Merr^fr^l R / in® ^ ^^ich John, Heather tiim Elizabeth and Margaret Napper were all on the
to r^minn Itoi'®."' ?°®.® Stephen (4)toand Michael the Jenkins look forward to coming Doty in January 1978 pastor Union(6) Church.
enrl I£//'0« '5 nursing at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast,
now nin lenrnwork ° around ? ®!'i'® belongingShe tocycles Missto Dorothy Shannon now leprosy Ahmedabad. work, about 15 to 20 ®^®i' ' "tether of was for been about much 7 weeks withhas a typo of thehospitalized liver, but has better, put on
weight and is up and about although still staying with Joan's married sister.
rlacc/fn^rByers is Assistant Head TIeacher and teachi ng a Primofary II Class in Ciryan, Scotland. The Primary class is a noisy restless crowd 18 S k t n i . tat the . 1 Women t w i t hs Guild t h a tabout , p lHebron. us Sunday School, plus speaking
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Miss Doreen Nunn returned to Australia in November via Bangkok and
Darwin. She has just completed a Receptionist course (Feb. 26) and hopes of
get a job soon, but "hundred of others have done this course and many of them are still waiting for jobs."
Miss Avis Neuendorf has moved into a new flat just across from the
hospital but her room looks the other way. She lives 2 floors up and there is
no lift so she claims to have plenty of exercise. She is living with a girl who
is not a Christian.Address: Carleton, Victoria. Mrs. Helen Bechthold (nee Swalm) lost her husband in 1975, and has since visited South Africa with a friend. Miss Janice [^cKellar is nursing in Daysland, Alberta.
M/ss [Margaret Enns is teaching at Caronport High School, Saskatche wan She expected Kathy Sinclair and Kathleen Taylor to stay with her when
they were coming up for the Youth Quake. About 1,000 young people were expected for the weekend of Feb. 26 and 27. Plans were made for special messages, films, dramas, games and prayer sessions. Marilyn and Wendy
Birch seem to visit her frequently. M/ss [A.\Aacdonald is back in India continuing with theological studies
and student work in Bangalore. She recently had a nice long letter from
Bev. Hay who has applied to do her training as a Salvation Army officer at
their main training college in London. After Miss Macdonald finishes her exams in April, she hopes to come up
to help out at Hebron Junior School for a while. We look forward to seeing her then.
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Q U O TA B L E Q U O T E S — F R O M T H E J U N I O R S C H O O L
A TELESCOPIC VIEW:- From a Moon Grub — "Last night we looked at the moon. We were only 1i inches away from it!" AN EMOTIONAL PROBLEM:- After a prolonged exit—"Sorry I took so long. I had very loose emotions." AT A MUSIC LESSON:- "Yes, I have practised the A flat charismatic scale.'
On watching another child being examined by the doctor — "I haven't had my lungs out yet."
Comments as the butcher weighed the meat —"Is that elephant meat?" "Of course not, it's tiger meat," " Dr. Barton has come to make th3 school better. I always said turnip was cattle
food."
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HYSTERICAL OR HISTORICAL?
The Baron knelled to the King and became his felo man. King Edward let castles be built on the border by Whales. He suffered a brochan heard.
People who were poor were called pleasants. Napoleon called Wellington a Sikh boy general. OVERHEARD ON THE CAMPUS
Matron: Aren't you going to school? Small Boy: I don't like going to school. Matron: But you don't want to grow up a knitwit.
Small Boy (looking brighter); At home I knit. FA M I LY P L A N N I N G
Small boy: If we get another baby we are going to call it Junior and if we get another one, we are going to call it Sub Junior. ELECTRONIC MUSIC
A small pre-schooler is over-heard singing lustily, 'Fix your wires upon Jesus." (The usual chorus is 'Turn your eyes upon Jesus') CONFUSION COMPOUNDED Teacher: What is the trunk above the waist? Pupil: Thorax. Teacher: Good... what is the trunk below the waist? Pupil: Borax.
(From a report on a special outing)
'We had lunch at the Chinese. We had noodles. Chop Suez and many other t ninQS,
THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
(In reply to the question, 'Use the word incognito in a sentence.') The incognito was very fierce and bloodthirsty. Another try:
He was incognito with fright.
P.S. We were going to include your favourite joke, but the magazine had already been sent to the printer's. Perhaps next year?
PERHAPS OUR LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FAMOUS MOON GATE
Pri n te d a t Al l e ts Pri n te rs, Oo ty.