Hebron highlights 1986 by Ken Pullen

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Thomson Printing Press 116, Bazaar St., Coonoor-643 102 Nilgiris

THE

ANNUAL

MAGAZINE OF

HEBRON

SCHOOL

OOTACAMUND 1

Editor : MAS

WAILIS

TA B L E

CONTENTS

Page Executive Council and Staff

The

School

Roll

Medical Report

The Principal's Report

Examination

Results

Sports

1 5

School Calendar

2 7

T h e M a r r i a g e o f M i s s S t e n n i n g t o M r. P e t e r s

3 1

D r a m a

3 3

Original Contributions Prose 8i Poetry

4 3

Dormitory Notes

6 2

Visitors

7 0

the

School

News

Former

News

Former

Don't

Quote

Staff Students

7 2 7 5 8 2

HEBRON

EXECUTIVE

COUNCIL

Wlr. H. Kowski Social Worker (Grad) Chairman Mr.

Mr.

Jenkins Faszer

Th.

Secretary

Sc.

Mr. J. C. Ingieby M. A. (Oxon.), Dip. Ed. Mr. R. Thomson M. A. (Cantab.) M. Th: Mr. G. A. Wallis B. Sc. Dip. Ed Dip. Tchg.

HEBRON

S TA F F

MEMBERS

Senior School Teaching Staff M r. J . C . I n g i e b y M . A ( O x o n . ) , D i p . E d . P r i n c i p a l Mr. G. A. Wallis B. Sc. Dip. Ed., Dip. Tchg. Vice Principa Miss S. R. Barclay B Sc. Ed.

Miss J M. Blomfield B. Ed. (Hons.) M i s s S . E . C o l l i n s P. R . C . Mr.

Enos

Mr. E. Green B. Sc. Cert Ed.

Mrs M r. M r. Mrs

F. C. James S. R. N., S. C. M. W. L . J a m e s B . A . , B . E d . P. R . J e ff e r y B . A . , C . Q . S . W. S . J . J e f f e r y B . A , P. G . C . E .

Miss S. Karl B. Sc. D r . P. J . H i l l M . S c . P h D .

Miss L. Kuruvilla B. Sc. Dip Ed. M r s . P. R a o M . A . , M r. D . J . S n o w d o n B . S c . , C e r t . E d .

Miss S. Taylor, 8. A. (Oxon.) Miss M. Varughese M. Sc., B. Ed.

Miss D. R. Wagland B. A., (Hons) P. G. C. E Mrs. R. R Wallis, M. A. (Hons) Dip. Ed., Dip Tchg.

Junior School Teaching Staff M i s s M . T. J a c k s o n D i p . C o l l . o f E d .

Headmistress

Miss R. McGilvery Dip. Ed. M i s s G . N e i l s o n B . A . , P. G . C . E .

Standards 1 and 2 Standard

Miss

Standard

Miss

Graham Grimes

Cert

Ed.

Mrs. A. Dodds B. Ed. (Hons.)

Standard

Boarding Staff Business Manager

M r . P. D o d d s L C . G . Mr. J Xavier

Mr Davy D. H. M. C. J

Lushington Supervisor Lushington Caterer

Mrs. S. Peters

Selborne Caterer

M r. a n d M r s . E . G r e e n

Head of Selborne

Miss D. Grimes and Miss S. Taylor

A Level Girls

Miss R. Barclay

Senior Girls

Miss G. Neilson

Inter Girls

Mr. and Mrs. Snowdon M r, a n d M r s . J e ff e r y M r. a n d M r s . D o d d s Miss S. E. Collins P. R. C. M i s s J . We s t m a c o t t N . N . E B .

Senior Boys Inter Boys Silverdale

Treetops Sunshine

Medical Staff D r. V. M a h a d e v a n M . B . B . 8 . S c h o o l D o c t o r Lt. Col. T. S. Chhabra School Dentist Miss J. E. Moncrieff, S.R.N., S.R.M.. M.C.H. School Nurse O f fi c e S t a f f M i s s F. R . A l l e n Miss S.Karl Mr. J. Thomas Mr.

Peters

left in December 198B Miss M. Earlam Mr.

and

Mrs.

Morris

Miss C. G. Gibberd Miss J. Simkins M r . A . S c h o fi e l d Miss

Matthews

Miss J. Munson

HEBRON SCHOOL ROLL M AY S TA N D A R D

1986

Doreswamy L. Narayana Krishna Green Esther

Karunakaran Monalisa Krupa Chella

Hameed Jasmine Hari Deepak

Nivedita Noel Andrew David Pierucci Miriam Rachel Shah Darshini Narendrabhai

J i f r i Te h m i n a

Simpson Peter McGregor

Reshamwala Akhil

Snowdon James Alastair

Selvaraj Sarah Ruth Selvarajah Ann Elisabeth

S TA N D A R D

Hodge Nicholas James Newnham Paul Bruce

Watson Natalie Gaye

B a r t o n - Wr i g h t E p h r a t a h

S TA N D A R D

Brown David Mark

C o o k e Ti m o t h y

Barnett Alan Cameron

Doreswamy Indran Doreswamy Indrani

Cherian Poothicote George Clark Jonathan Richard Cooke Joshua Martin Fairweather Maria Faszer Janice Ellen

Green Daniel

Hill Carolyn Joy Osborne Alistair Mark

Pakvasa Aneesha Akshay Pakvasa Sameer Akshay

Green Deborah

Griffin Rebecca Louise

Shah Malav Narendrabhai Snowdon Katharine Anne S TA N D A R D

Ingleby David Lewis Jensen Craig Hans Khaleeli Mohamed Ameen

III

Law David Mckenzie

Liao Kiong Sen

Doreswamy Dinesh Kumar

Mahr Terrence Prakash Millar Eldon Nicholas

Gilbert Luke Roderick MacDonald Sarah Elizabeth

Nallamala Subali

Nejedly Gregory Josef Reddi Vinay Ramakrishna Roy Rohan Yakub Selvarajah Samuel Rajah S TA N D A R D

Osborne Malcolm Stewart Penny David Christopher

Ponnampalam Brindha Prabhakar Joshua Thomas C. Simpson Karen Anne

Smith Karl Stephen Spalding Helen Joy

Cooke Daniel Stephen Hill Christopher Douglas Harrison Jensen Elizabeth Helen John Alvin Thomas

S TA N D A R D

Karunakaran Manoranjan

Anand Gogi Subash

Kowski Jeorg Peter Liao Liung Sen

Barnett Colin Stuart Blom Daniel

M i l l a r Ti m o t h y M a r k Nallamala Mayur Raoul Osborne Stephen John

Brookes Kerryn Ruth

Brown Sarah Joy

Daniel Lydia Margaret

Pothen Shirina Sarah

Desai Akil Yogendra

Prabhakar Emmanuel Timothy C. Reddy Anupama Selvaraj Shirly Ruth

Dewey Laura Elise Dias Candice Marie

Doreswamy Lakshmi Amu

Sharp Philip Wycliffe Smith Kathryn Ruth S TA N D A R D

VII

Fairweather Daniel Anthony George Anila

Hameed Hikmat (Bobby)

Ironside Deborah Joy James Jackson Lewis MacDonald Christine Jennifer

Cazelles Benoit

Dewey Evan Matthew 3

Mukadam Ali Reza Brazendeh Pothen Sharon Myrlanrr Pradhan Gauraang

Rahman Ishtaj Richardson Joanna Ruth

Roy Roshan Elizabeth Ann Salins Sundeep

Selvaraj'ah Glady Miriam

Sivarajasingham Dhamayanthi

James Katherine Muriel Jifri Farah

Kowski Stefanie Zoyanka MacDonald Colin Alasdair

Mirpuri Harish Mirpuri Helen

Mohamoud Mohamoud Harir Omar Ahmed Irab

Roberts Troy David

Smith Bronwyn Joy S m i t h Vi v i a n C o o p e r

Saveal James Paul Seetharam Mohan

Taylor Michael Robert Ukil Shubhajit

Selvarajah Maria Yvonne Sharp Miriam Rani

Ve n e t Vr a t a A u r e i e

Wallis Natalya Ruth We b b J o h n F r e d r i c k White Rima Anoushka

Yogarajah Rizvr Eugene S TA N D A R D V I I I

Brookes Warren Leigh

Brown Andrew Benjamin David Gazelles Beatrice

Chandy Mark Andreas Clark Ian Philip

Doreswamy Dhaksbinamurthy George Sanu Marina Hodge Katherine Louise Houston AntÂť Karuna

tngleby Katherine Jane

Jenkins Michael Alexander John Anila Elizabeth /

Kamal Khandoker Zunayed(SrC Law Megan Heather Liao Choy Sen Mather Chelvendra David Moon Renata Mi-Jin Perera Anna Lorena

Simpson Jennifer Margaret Stefansson Dan Andreas

Thomson Jonathan Hiroshi Stewart Turner Rachel Louise Watson Janine Frances White Lucinda Jane

S TA N D A R D X

Blackmore Timothy Paul Brookes Philip Ross

Chagarlamudi Raghunadh Chandra Doreswamy Jyothi Parvathy Isaac Ravindran Paul Khemka Sidharth P a u l To m J o s e

Penny Mark Philip Suresh Andrew Scott Mark George

Smith Joanne Emma

S u l e m a n F a r o o k Ya k u b Wa l l i s E l i z a b e th Ta n y a

Wignarajah Hrishikesha S TA N D A R D

Dalzell Emma Jane

Perera Jayatunge Jake David

Jenkins Stephen Wesley

Pradhan Poornendu Richardson Andrew Peter Roberts Natalie Renee

McAlpine Kenneth Gordon

Sellamuttu Praveen

Scott Nicholas Stephen

Shrestha Pankauz Narayan

Sivarajasingam Satchithananthan

Suleman Saajid Yakub Thevabalasingham John Vadera Sonali Rasik White Rohan Pelham S TA N D A R D I X Blom Jehudi

Chagarlamudi Radhika

Desai Chirag Yogendra

George Sabina Elizabeth Griffin Hugh-Jon Hajarnis Aditi Hart Elaine Mary

Isaac Prasad Phillip Islam Riazul Shovon

Jacob Sam Vilanilathu

Ramachandran Pravin S a m u e l Ya m u n a

Smith Caroline Lisa

Thomson Sarah Masako

Wainwright Andrew John Webb Melinda

Wignarajah Janardanan S TA N D A R D X I I

Nair Vijai Vir Singh S u l e m a n F a i z a l Ya k u b S TA N D A R D X I I I

Joseph Shirin Susan Samuel Rajini Saveal Colette Jane Wa t s o n A n n e - M a r i e

MEDICAL

REPORT

They say that Term One was very quiet and unexciting in hospital. Nothing more than the usual coughs and colds and the endless stream of kids at clinic times to fill up on their imported vitamins and minerals. It's

funny that so many believe that anything FOREIGN must by nature be

better. However, one elderly lady needing intensive nursing was well looked after by a team of dedicated workers. And she was able to leave much improved. On the other end of the spectrum, we looked after a week old baby much to the pleasure of all. And there was one victim of hepatitis who is a picture of health now.

Term Two was ushered in in a great flurry! Miss Moncrieff has never

before shown such alacrity. Two shrews were nestled happily under her pillow to be disturbed only at bedtime. Poor little things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they have no doubt suffered permanent damage to their hearing mechanisms judging from the screams which emanated from the side bedroom! We are glad to say that the victim has since been coaxed back to her usual sleeping position. In a more

serious vein, we needed to get the gear for intravenous feeding out of its mothballs. The effect of its use was remarkable with complete restoration of good health.

There have been two broken bones-both caused by out of school

accidents and not serious. Then another two cases of hepatitis, both progressing well at the time of writing. And a 'flu' epidemic. Then there was the saga of the wrong pulled tooth. Fuhny thing, the pain went! Our records

show a regular depletion of Hospital beds come the weekend. Why? Well we're sure you'll draw your own conclusions.

Our antenatal numbers "have trebled and we look foward to the happy arrival of number one any day now.

Did you know that the best cure for your pet rabbit's diarrhoea is liver 52 tablets? We are thinking of patenting the remedy. WE ARE HERE FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS ! I

J. M./A. H. M AY 1 9 8 6

P R I N C I PA L ' S R E P O R T

Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,

I want to thank you all, on behalf of the school, for taking the time and trouble to be with us. Your attendance here today is a great

encouragement My special thanks to the School Councillor their time and support. Last year this report was given by Mr. Smyth and I do want to expreis our vary warm thanks to him and Mrs. Smyth for all that they did for the school during their time with us.

Several new staff have joined us over the past 12 months. Mr. and Mrs. Snowdon were the first to take advantage of the government's granting of visas and they have been followed by Dr. and Dr. Hill, Miss Ruth Barclay and

Miss Lyn Graham. Miss Mary Varughese also joined us last term and

Mrs: Parvathy Rao, Mrs. Joan MacDonald and Mrs. Mary Cherian are kindly helping us at present on short-term appointments. Several people gave us valuable help for the whole or part of last term - Mrs. Joyce Wainwright, Miss. Jan Mathews, Mr. Andrew Schofield and Mrs. Rachel Hodge.

Miss. Virginia Stokely was with us for a few weeks as we started off the a ca d e mi c ye a r.

These staff notes bring us immediately to the matter of visas and future

staffing prospects, a topic which has preoccupied us to such a ^reat extent recently. A year ago we were negotiating hard with the Government for

visas and were naturally delighted when these were granted. We had hoped that this meant that we had established a regular channel through which

future applications could flow smoothly, but we now realise that each new application will have to be negotiated separately. We are continuing to press the government at the highest level for a more permanent arrange ment, and are receiving good help from the British High Commission in

this. We do believe, however, that the Government has understood the

special needs of Hebron, and we are confident that new staff from abroad

will be joining us in the future. At the same time we are looking for staff here in the sub-continent in accordance with guidelines laid down by Govern ment, and we are grateful that this process seems to be going ahead so well. We are also so glad to announce the recommencement of our A level recruitment for the next academic year Despite the dislocation caused by the decision not to recruit new A level students last August, we have had, of course, four A level girls with us completing their Standard 13. So there has never been a complete break and we expect to have about a dozen

students beginning their Standard Twelve with us come August. This wil mean that we hope to begin the new academic year with a total of, say, 225

students, as against the present figure of 200. 225 is about the school's

optimum number, so that is very encouraging 6

Equally encouraging have been the GCE results this past year. I quote from my circular of last September. "At A level we had 100 percent passes of which precisely one third were A grades. At 0 level nearly half of all our results were A grades and just on 90 percent were in the top three

grades." You may have heard the story of the school boy who took up his book to the maths teacher to be marked, and got all his sums right. 'Not bad," said the master. "What do you mean 'Not bad'. Sir, he said. "Jolly perfect, if you ask me." One more word about examinations: The new GCSE examination will comn.ence with this academic year and will replace the GCE O level, and the CSE. GCSE is an attempt to create an exam which deals with a

wider ability range than either of the two previous exam systems did. There is a certain amount of confusion about it in educational circles such

as is common enough when a tried system is replaced by something new and untried, but there is nothing, in itself, mysterious or difficult about the

new system, and certainly nothing that either we as a school or you as parents, need be apprehensive about. Moving on from purely academic considerations I should say that on the whole the school has had a happy and interesting year despite the occasional sense of storm clouds gathering on the horizon. We have lacked a little in terms of student leadership, but on the credit side there have been no serious cases of indiscipline and no serious accidents or medical emergencies. We have had the encouragement of regular student attendance at voluntary Chirstian activities, such as the Prayer Breakfast and the Youth

Fellowship and during the year we have had a number of our young people baptised and confirmed. As usual we owe a tremendous debt to the leadership at Union Church, especially to Pastor and Mrs. Jenkins, and as this is the last Parents' Day they will be with us before they return to Australia, I do want to

express my appreciation of all they have done for the school over the past eight years. It is also a great joy to us that a new man has already been found. Pastor Grenville Fernandas, to take up the pastoral responsibilities at Union Church and we look forward to having Pastor Fernandas and his wife and family with us from mid - June. Looking back over the year again, I have a sense of a more than usually full calendar of activities, excursions, visits and events. There were the

regular fixtures of course - sports of all varieties, musical events, drama, but also we have had, for example, some most interesting visitors this year i n c l u d i n g o u r t w o " s c h o o l i n s p e c t o r s ' ' M i s s A l i s o n A t k i n s a n d M i s s Te s s a

Yates, Miss Dorothy Hall who for many years was the distinguished Principal of Hebron High School in Coonoor, the British High Commissioner and his wife. Sir Robert and Lady Wade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Geary, and the Ambassadors Cricket XI, a group of Christian cricketers many of them of international standing I have just listed these and have no time to say more about them, apart from selecting the visit of Miss Atkins and Miss Yates for special mention. 7

They are two highly experienced teachers from the U. K. Miss Atkins, the head of a big comprehensive in Lincolnshire and Miss Yates the head, of long experience, of a Junior School at St Anne's near Blackpool. They were invited specifically to give us the "once over'' and were with us for something like a month. They were a great blessing to us as people and their evaluation,

a written report to the school council has been most helpful in the constant task of keeping the school up to the mark. â&#x20AC;˘ One more event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the happiest and the most important in January.

Miss Stenning. one time matron of Inter girHs, found herself Miss Stenning no longer and Mr Peters, the most eligible and indeed the only bachelor on the staff, found himself a bachelor no longer. We do congratulate them again, and wish them a long and happy married life together. |n November and December of last year my wife and I visited

Bangaladesh and Nepal on behalf of the school. Partly this was to let you all know that the school was "alive and kicking'', partly to encourage yet more

parents to consider a certain excellent educational facility in South India, and partly to ' talk education'' with mission and expatriate leaders in those countries. We had a wonderful trip, being royally entertained wherever we went, and particularly enjoying the chance to see some of our parents "on the

job". This is a good opportunity to express our thanks to all those who offered us such warm hospitality. Finally, some odds and ends, which I felt I must get in. We are so

happy to have a resident doctor now on the campus. We have, however, been unable to provide her with much practice this term as the hospital has

been largely empty. We have had a couple of broken arms recently, one of them being a case of "physician heal thy self". The water situation promises to be difficult again this year. We have put in yet another storage tank at Selborne but there still needs to be a regular supply in the pipes so t h a t w e c a n fi l l i t . T h i r d l y, i n r e s p o n s e t o e a r n e s t p l e a a t t h e l a s t P a r e n t s '

Meeting (in December) we have taken a variety Selborne, and during the year we have also paid precautions against fire both at Lushington and future ? A question I always ask myself as I prepare

of security measures at considerable attention to Selborne. What of the this report.

This term I have been teaching the Old Testament prophets to Standard Ten â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a very rewarding undertaking, forme if not for them. In the prophet Isaiah, we considered together one very desperate situation in which it was said that 'the heart of the people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the

wind". I suppose we feel like that sometimes, particularly when we look out on an apparently uncertain future. A little later on in the same prophetic

book we have one of Isaiah's answers to this pervading sense of panic, "in quietness and in confident trust shall be your strength". As it was then, so it is now. Our strength comes from trusting God. He has never let us down and He is not going to start nowl

STANDARD THREE with Miss Neilson

S TA N D A R D F O U R

S TA N D A R D F I V E w i t h M i s s G r i m e s

STANDARD SEVEN with Mrs. James

S TA N D A R D E I G H T w i t h M i s s K u r u v i l l a

STANDARD NINE with Miss Taylor

STANDARD TEN with Mrs Wallis

HEBRON

HERD

Oh, the schoolboy and the cowman should be friends

Look out. Sarali ! Anna's got her gun

Making room for the new Jeffery baby

Budding Arcliitects and Engineers

LEVEL

FIELD

TRIP

Launching out at Mandapam

S E N I O R S C H O O L C L AY M O D E L L I N G

G. C. E. RESULTS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; O LEVEL 1985 I

STANDARD ELEVEN

N. Archer Biology (A) Chemistry (A) Language (D) Literature (A) Geography (A) Physics (A) Ad. Maths (A)

[1984 Maths (A) Religious Studies (A) ] S.Garwood Biology (8) Language (D) Literature (A) Geography (B) History (B) Physics (A) Ad. Maths (C) [1984 Maths (B) Religious Sutdies (B) ]

L. Hart Biology (A) Language (B) Literature (A) French (A) Geography (A) German (A) Art (A) Ad. Maths (D)

[1984 Maths (B) Religious Studies (A)]

D. Houston Biology (B) Chemistry (C) Language (C) Literature (A) Geography (B) German (E) Physics (B) Maths (A) [1984 Religious Studies (B) Maths (C) ]

J. Jacob Biology (A) Chemistry (A) Language (B) Literature (A) French (A) Geography (A) Physics (A) Ad. Maths (A)

[1984 Religious Studies (B) Maths (A) ]

R. Jacob Biology (A) Chemistry (A) Language (B) Literature (A) French (C) History (A) Physics (B) Ad. Maths (B)

[1984 Religious Studies (A) Maths (A)] R. Mirpuri Chemistry (A) Language (8) Literature (A) French (D) Geography (A) Physics (A) Ad. Maths (C)

[1984 Religious Studies (B) Maths (A)]

H. Penny Biology (A) Language (B) Literature (A) French (C) Geography (A) German (A) History (C) Maths (B) [1984 Religious Studies (A) 1

p. Shukia

Biology (B) language (8) Literature (A)

French (B) Geography (A) Art (A) History (A) Maths (B) [1984 Religious Studies (A)] F. S u l e m a n

Literature (B)

Biology (E) Chemistry (U) French (E) Geography (D) Maths (E)

Physics (E)

[1984 Religious Studies (U) | C. Timtn

[1984 Religious Studies (B) Maths (C) ] D, Wainwright

Language (B) Geography (A)

Biology (A) Chemistry (B) Literature (A) French (D) Maths (A)

German (A)

Literature (A) Biology (B) Language (B) Maths (A) Geography (A) Art (B) Maths (C) ] [1984 Religious Studies (C) Biology (A) Chemistry (A) Literature (A) Geography (A) Ad. Maths (B) [1984 Religious Studies (B1

Watson

Language (B) Physics (A)

Maths (B) 1

Biology (A) Language (A) Literature (A) Geography (A) German (B) Music (C) Nutrition and Cookery (A) n984 Religious Studies (B) Maths (B) 1

WheAler

Biology (B) ( hemistry (E) Literature (B) Geography (A)

Language (U) Geo. Drawing (D1

Physics (A) Maths (B) [1984 Religious Studies fB) 1 I

WmklAr

B i o l o g y ( A ) CChemistry i (A) Literature (A) French [CI Ad. Maths (B) [1984 German (A] Maths

L. Wvatt

[Bi

Language (B) Geograohv fA)

Religious Studies (Al

Biology (B) Language (A) Literature (A) French (B) German (B) History (B) Physics (8) Ad. Maths (E) [ 1 9 8 4 R e l i g i o u s S t u d i e s ( A l M a t h s [ 0 11

1 0

J. Zachariah

Biology (B) Chemistry (C) Language (C)

Jterature (A) Geograpy (B) Physics (B) Maths (B) [1984 Religious Studies (E) ]

STANDARD 10 M . Blencowe

Religious Studies (B)

Clements

R e l i g i o u s S t u d i e s (C)

Oalzell

Hart

Religious Religious Religious Religious

S. J e n k i n s K. M c A l p i n e D. N e t t u r P. Ramachandran

Studies Studies Studies Studies

Religious Studies

J . Stafford

Religious Religious Religious Religious Religious Religious

S. T h o m s o n

Religious Studies

P. W a t s o n

Religious Studies Religious Studies

T. W a t s o n

Religious Studies

M. Webb

Religious Studies Religious Studies

K. Samuel N. Scott 8.

Sivarajasingam

C. S m i t h

Wainwright

Wignarajah

Studies Studies Studies Studies Studies Studies

Maths (B) Maths (B)

(A) (A) (D) (C) (C) (C) (B) (B) (B) (B) (D) (A) (A) (B) (A) (C) (C)

Maths (A)

Maths (A) Maths (C)

Maths (C) Maths (A) Maths (E)

Maths (C)

A LEVEL RESULTS

F. A r c h e r M a t h e m a t i c s ( A p p l i e d ) A d v P a s s A 1 Mathematics (Pure) Adv Pass A2 Physics

Adv

Chemistry

Pass

Adv

Pass

Maths (Pure and Applied; â&#x20AC;&#x17E; Pass [A Alt Award. ]

K. Fernando Geography Adv Piass B History

Adv

Pass

English Literature Adv Pass A M. Muthappan Physics Adv Pass E Chemistry Adv Pass B Biology Adv Pass D

A . Somerset

Wyatt

A. Yakub

Physics Chemistry

Adv Pass C

Geograhy

Adv Pass D

History

Adv Pass

English Lit

Adv Pass A

Adv Pass B

Hart

R . Mirpurt

Adv Pass

Chemistry Biology

Adv Pass

Art and Craft French

P. S h u k i a

Art and Craft

N. Archer

French

S. G a r w o o d

German

English Language

German

English Language

French

Biology

German

Houston

F. S u l e m a n

D. Waintright

English Language R. W a l l i s

Mathematics

C . S. E. Results L

French

1 2

G. Wheeler

English Language

J . Zachariah

German

MUSIC RESULTS 1985 -1986

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music / Practical Exami nation Results

Grade

Name

Instrument

Result

One

Megan Law

Piano

Distinction

One

Piano

Pass

One

Bronwyn Smith Timothy Blencowe

Piano

Pass

One

S o n a l i Va d e r a

Piano

Pass

Tw o

Karen Simpson

Piano

Pass

T w o

Laura Dewey

Piano

Pass

T w o

Natalie Watson

Violin

Pass

T w o

Sarah Brown

Piano

Pass

Tw o

Piano

Merit

Tw o

Dhamayanthi Sivarajasingham Natalya Wailis

Violin

Pass

Tw o

Beatrice Gazelles

Piano

Pass

Three

Janice Faszer

Violin

Pass

Three

Deborah Green

Piano

Three

Piano

Merit Distinction

Three

Katherine Hodge Katherine Ingleby

Piano

PMS

Three

Lucy Jane Whjte

Piano

Pass

Three

Sarah Thomson

Piano

Pass Merit

Three

Mark Scott

Cornet

Three

Stefanie Kowski

Clarinet

Pass

Three

Flute

Merit

Four

Megan Law Jenny Simpson

Violin

Pass

Four

Janine Watson

Violin

Pass

Four

Michael Clements

Piano

Pass

Four

Jonathan Thomson

Piano

Merit

Four

Jenny Simpson

Piano

Merit

Four

Nicholas Scott

Cornet

Merit

Four

Elizabeth Wailis

Flute

Pass

Six

Natalie Clements

P i a n o

Pass

MUSIC THEORY EXAMINATION PASSES One One

Beatrice Ian

Gazelles

Full marks Pull M;)rkQ

Clark

One Benjamin Brown One

Lucv

Jane

White

1 ^

One One

Mi-Jin

Moon

Esther

Green

One

Alan

One

Sonaii

Barnett Va d e r a

One

Subali

Nalamalla

One Satchi Sivarajasingham One Two

Ann

Houston

Natalie

Watson

Tw o N a t a l y a Wa l l i s Two Christine MacDonald

Tw o M i r i a m S e l v a r a j a h Tw o K a r e n S i m p s o n Two Laura Dewey Two

Sarah

Brown

Two

Janice

Faszer

Three Deborah Green

Three Katherine Ingleby Three Jennifer Simpson Three

Janice

Faszer

Three Lorena Perera

Three Katherine Hodge Three Megan Law Five

Nicholas

Scott

Five Jonathan Thomson Six Natalie Clements

SPORTS

JUNIOR

BOYS

TEAMS

FOOTBALL

Back row ; S. Suleman, R. White, I. Clark, S. Ukil C e n t r e r o w : C . B a r n e t t , B . B r o w n , A . D e s a i , J . We b b Front row : W. Brookes, S. Salins, V. C. Smith, C. S. Liao, H. Hikmat

SENIOR

BOYS

FOOTBALL

Back row : 8. Khemka, A. Wainwright, P. Ramachandran, H Orra', Faisal S, H. Wignarajah, N.Scott, FarookS. F r o n t r o w ; H . M i r p u r i , J . B l o m , S . J e n k i n s , T. P a u l , R . I s a a c ,

C. MacDonald, M. Penny

JUNIOR BOYS CRICKET

Back row : C. Rarnett, S. Suleman, I. Clark, A. Richardson, D . F a i r w e a t h e r, V. C . S m i t h , S . S a l i n s

Front row : A, Desai, C. S. Liao, M. .lenkins, R. White, M. Taylor A.

Mukadam SENIOR

BOYS

CRICKET

Back row : T. Roberts, A. Wainwright, Faisal S., Janu Wignarajah, P. Ramachandran, H. Wignarajah, T. Blackmore, C. MacDonald.

Front row : M. Scott, Farook S., T. Paul, N. Scott, S. Khemka, C . D e s a i , P. P r a d h a n

JUNIOR

GIRLS

HOCKEY

Back row A. Houston, M. George, M. Law, R. Roy, S. Pothen Front row : K. Hodge, S. Vadera, B Smith, A. John, A. George, R. White

SENIOR GIRLS HOCKEY

Back row : R. Chagarlamudi, J. Watson, A. M. Watson, J. Smith, C. Saveal Front row ; E. DIazell, M. Webb, M. Sharp, S. Thomson

JUNIOR BOYS BASKETBALL

Back row : S. Salins, M. Jenkins A. Richardson, R. White V. C . S m i t h

Front row ; I. Clark, C. Barnett C. S. Liao, A. Desai, J. Webb

SENIOR

GIRLS

BASKETBALL

Back row ; L. Oaniel

R. Chagarlamudi F r o n t r o w : J . S m i t h , A . M . Wa t s o n , M. Webb F

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SENIOR

GIRLS

INTER SCHOOL AT H L E T I C S TEAM

11 ^ , * Anne-Marie Watson and Natalie Clements hold the banner.

Junior Boys' Swimming Champion : Nicholas Scott

Runner-up

;

PhUip

Brookes

Senior Girls' Swimming Champions Caroline Smith and Melinda Webb

and it'6 caiN baRnett to take

THfc 0O#»u£ '5 And -mERt WA5 t>ii

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Colin Barnett Standard Seven

(with M. George, Standard Eight)

HEBRON SCHOOL SPORTS 1985

House

Points

Blue

Gold

Senior Boys

108

Blue

184

Gold

Senior Girls

160

Blue

Gold

Junior Boys

201

Blue

192

Gold

Junior Girls

108

Blue

152

Gold

Senior Boys Results 100

metres

200

metres

400

metres

1. C. Morris C. Morris J. Wignarajah 2. J. Wignarajah J. Wignarajah H. Wignarajah 3. H. Wignarajah H. Wignarajah D. Nettur Time:

11 . 11

800

RECORD

metres

24.22

100 metres hurdles

m e t r e s

1. H. Wignarajah 2. S. Jenkins

61.18

H. Wignarajah R. Chagarlamudi

S. Jenkins

3 . F. S u l e m a n

F. S u l e m a n Time :

3000 metres walk

Long Jump

22.60 record

High Jump

1. J. Stafford

D. Nettur

F. Suleman

2. R. Wallis

F. S u l e m a n

8. Khemka

3. S. Jenkins

R. Chagarlamudi

Time:

21.39

Tr i p l e J u m p

Dist. 4.59 m.

Height 1 m. 30

Shot

Discus

Put

1 . F. S u l e m a n

C. Morris

C. Ramachandran

R. Chagarlamudi A. Wainwright

Dist 8.49 m

11 . 6 0 m R E C O R D

29.50 m. RECORD

Khemka

R. Wallis

Javelin

1. C. Morris 2.

Nettur

3 . A . Wa i n w r i g h t Dist. 41.60 RECORD

Senior Boys Champion 0. Morris

Senior Girls Results 100

metres

M.Webb

200

metres

400

metres

N. Clements

Webb

N. Clements

E. Daizell

3 . Y. S a m u e l

Y. S a m u e l

Ti m e : 1 4 . 6 7

32.55

800

metres

Webb

2. N. Clements

metres N.Clements

hurdle

High Jump N. Clements R. Samuel

2. A-M. Watson

A-M. Watson

3 .

Time:

15 86

Long Jump

Shot

A-M.

Webb

Height 4i" Put

Watson

Discus

M. Webb

2. R> Samuel 3 . Y. S a m u e l

C. Smith

A-M. Watson

E. Daizell

C. Saveal

Dist. 3.67

6.85

21.50

Javelin

1. C. Saveal

2. A-M. Watson 3.

Samuel

Senior Girls Champion

Dist. 16.30 M.

Webb

Junior Boys' Results 200 metres

400 metres

1. C. MacDonald

C. MacDonald

N. Scott

J. Webb

P. B r o o k e s

J. Webb

28.53

68 06

800 metres hurdles

3000

100

metres

J.Webb

Time: 800 1.

Scott 13.06

metres N.

Scott

Blom

metre

walk

Scott

1. Clark

2 . P. B r o o k e s

J. Webb

1 Clark

15 57

19.37 RECORD

Time:

Jenkins

High Jump

Long Jump

Shot

H. Omar

M. Chandy

2. S. Philip

S. Blencowe

P. S e l l a m t t h u

C. Barnett

M. Scott

Height 1.25 m.

4.40 m.

8.65 m.

Tr i p l e J u m p

Discus

Javelin

H. B.

Omar Brown

Omar

2 . P. S h r e s t h a 3. N. Scott 9 27

Junior Boys Champion

Put

H. Omar

J. Blom

C. MacDonald

N. Scott

M. Penny

24.43 RECORD

26.57 RECORD

Scott

Junior Girls' Results 75 metres

100

metres

200

1. M. Selvarajah 2. M. Sharp

K. Brookes

M. Selvarajah

3. K. Brookes Ti m e : 11 . 7 1

E. Wallis

M. Sharp

14.82

30.62

400 metres

80 metres Hurdles

High Jump

1. N. Morris

S. Thomson

R. Chagarlamudi

2. M. Selvarajah

J. Watson

R. White

Time : 1 m. 10.53

17.36

D. Sivarajasingham 3' 10 1/2"

Long Jump

Short

1. M. Sharp

N. Morris

Smith

J. Smith

3. E. Hart

R. Abraham

L. White

Distance: 3.61

8.43 RECORD

22.95 RECORD

S. Thomson

N. Morris

3. K. Brookes

Brown

Put

Discus

Javelin 1. N. Morris 2. J. Smith 3.

Houston

18.95 RECORD

Junior Girls Champion

metres

Morris

Relays

Senior Boys 1st Gold 51.84 Sec . 2nel Blue

Senior Girls 1st. Blue 66.12 2nd Gold

Junior Boys 1st Blue 56.94 Sees. RECORD 2nd

Gold

Junior Girls 1st Gold 63.92 2nd

Blue

Senior Swimming Sports 29.11.1985 Senior Girls' Results 1 Length Breaststroke

Plunge

Underwater

1. A-M. Watson 2 . Y. S a m u e l 3. R. Samuel

R. Samuel

M. Webb

Y. S a m u e l

C. Smith

E. Dalzell

A-M Watson

10.5m.

16.00 m.

18.94 s.

1 Length Backstroke

1 Length freestyle M. Webb

M. Webb

2. N. Clements

C. Smith

A-M. Watson

N. Clements

Smith

A-M

Wiatson

14.41 RECORD

18.05 RECORD

2 Lengths Breaststroke 2 Lengths Backstroke 2 Lengths Freestyle 1.

A-M

Smith

Watson

C. Smith

M . W e b b

M. Webb

N. Clements

Clements

35.85

41.81 RECORD

42.02 RECORD

Champions : 0. Smith and M. Webb Senior Boys' Results

1 Length Breaststroke 1 Length Freestyle Underwater 1.

C.Morris

Suleman

2 R. Chagarlamudi R. Chagarlamudi R, Chagarlamudi 3

18.21

Suleman 14.93

McAlpine 22

Nettur metres

2 Lengths Freestyle

Dive

Plunge

1. C. Morris

D. Nettur

2. R. Chagariamudi 3. S. Sivarajasingham

A. Walnwrlght

F. S u l e m a n

A. Walnwrlght

12 Lengths Freestyle

Dive N. Roberts

27.86

Freestyle Relay 1st Gold 2nd

Blue

Junior Girls Results Underwater

1. M. Sharp

Smith

E. Wallis

Morris

E. Wallis

Hart

A. Houston

M. Sharp 86 1/2

21.03 m.

5 m. 31.30 RECORD

Plunge

6 Lengths freestyle

1. M. Sharp

N. Morris

J. Smith

2. E. Hart

M. Sharp

L. White

1 Length breaststroke

3. J. Doreswamy

E. Wallis

9 55

2 m. 22.20 RECORD

20.13

1 Length backstroke

1 Length freestyle

2 Lengths breaststroke

1. N. Morris

N. Morris

J. Smith

White

N. Roberts

Smith

J. Smith

G. Youngberry

17.12 RECORD

16.52

45.56

2. Lengths backstroke

2 Lengths freestyle

Medley Relay

White Law Hart

43.13 RECORD

N. Morris

Blue

M. Sharp

Gold

N. Wallis 32.07 RECORD

Champion: N. Morris Junior Boys' Results 4 Lengths freestyle

12 Lengths freestyle

Plunge

Scott

T. B l a c k m o r e

J. Thomson

Scott

N. Scott

Clements

M. Scott

M. Penny D. Doreswamy

6 m 48.94

9.51 m

1 m. 35,20

Underwater

Dive

1 Length breaststroke

1 . P. B r o o k e s

I. Clark

M. Chandy

Thomson

P. B r o o k e s

J. Thomson

Webb

C. MacDonald

T. B l a c k m o r e

36.40 m. RECORD

83 1 / 2 points

17.87

1 Length backstroke

1 Length freestyle

Brookes Clements

2 Lengths breastroke

N. Scott

M. Chandy

C. MacDonald

T, B l a c k m o r e

Scott

I. Clark

3. I. Clark

17.97

14.93

41.00 RECORD

2 Lengths backstroke

2 Lengths freestyle

1 Length butterfly

1 . P. B r o o k e s

N. Scott

Clements

C. MacDonald

J.Webb

Smith

P. S e l l a m u t t u

C. MacDonald

35.68

21.22

41.94

Medley Relay 1st Blue 2nd Gold 1m.

17.95

Champion ; N. Scott

HEBRON

H AT

TRICKS

V Every secbnd Thursday after school, the boys of standards 3 and 4 play football on the Titch Pitch from 4.15 to 5.16 p.m. My Dad is the coach. He reckons he used to play for Liverpool and he scored 3 goals in the last World Cup I The most memorable miss for a goal was when Tim Millar took a shot

and hit the left upper post, bounced off and hit the right upper post and went back into play !

The ground is very skiddy and we have slipped over about thirty times altogether. We usually score one or two goals in a match. Most goals we have had could have been saved. But one scored by Mayur was an unfortunate goal. So far, all the goals have been scored in the first half. We

have found some good teams the last few weeks, so we have a good game. It is usually a draw of nil all. But the week befoje last, my team won 2:1. There are about 20 players altogether. Soon the best eleven will be chosen to play against the standard fives and sixes. We are looking forward to when we will be the Hebron School First Eleven. CHRISTOPHER HILL Standard 4

JUNIOR

CRICKET

Our first proper junior team match was on the 5th of April. Our team was mainly juniors and inter players near the age limit played for

us. We were to play St. Joseph's (from Ooty) Senior team whom ou,inters had beaten earlier. We tossed up and they called right and sent us In to bat. We didn't get off too well and Troy was bowled by Kishore at 3. Danny Fairweather and Saajid took the score to about 15 before Fairweather was bowled by Kishore for 9. Rohan came in with Saajid and smashed a

quick 18 before being caught off the bowling of Syed for 18, with the score at about 38. Then Choysen came in. Saajid went about 10 runs later for 8. Cooper went next for 7 with the score at 57. Syed had taken most of these wickets, even though he was not fast, he kept a good line and length and caused problems for our batsmen. Then there was a brief collapse when Choysen, Akil and Michael J. all fell, making 13, Oand1. Then, only Colin Barnett resisted with 7 not out and we were all out for 78. The latter order

fell mainly to Oliver, a small chap, who bowled just slow medium pace but spun the ball to keep our batsmen guessing. 78 was no big score to make and our fielding would have to be really good to stop them making it. We had plenty of bowlers to choose from and

Danny and Rohan opened the bowling. Poornam went in Rohan's first

over for 2 with the score at S. Then there was a big troublesome partnership of 25 between Saravana and Selvakumar before Saravana was bowled by Troy for 9, the score at 30. Then wickets went tumbling down at regular intervals, everyone chipped in with at least a wicket They were all out for 54 and we h a d re a l l y b e a te n i h e m co n vi n ci n g l y. D a n n y w a s ve ry fa st, b u t a b i t erratic. The fast medium bowlers, Choysen and Rohan had bowled well,

moving the, ball around, keeping it on the stumps and the slower bowlers, Troy, Ali and Cooper had all spun the ball and really mucked up the batsmen. Our fielding maintained a pretty high standard and overall it was an allround team performance, with everyone helping. Saajid kept wicket, very well. T h e fi n a l s c o r e s w e r e :

Hebron 78 all out Rohan 18, Choysen 13; Danny Fairweather 9; Syed 3 for 9 Oliver 2 for 7

St. Joseph's (Ooty) 54 ali out. Selvakumar 17 & Saravana 9. Cooper 2 for 2 Rohan 2 fori4 Choysen 2 for 8 Troy 2 for 10

Our second match was against Breeks and there was some confusion in the camp. They couldn't find all their Junior players and called upon some seniors who came, but they had to use three of our players. We won the toss and sent them in to bat. Jehudi was our wicket keeper and even though not

as good as Saajid, kept wicket well. None of their batsman did exceptionally well, except for a big senior guy called Raghu who scored 48. Only Senthil (14) and Rahul (12) gave him support, while the others didn't do miich

except give him a bit more time to score. Raghu was not a very good sport, for when he was on 40, Rohan ran him out with a djrect hit, but Raghu lost his temper and Mr. Green gave him not out. Then when he, was on

48, Choyserj trapped him LBW. Mr. Green gave him put, but he refused to go , Finally, he had to be prdered to go pff, and he did. Neverthless, his innings was a good one. full of hooks, pulls and drives. Our,bowlers had

done the wrong thing by bowling on the legside, which was his strong point,

Only Danny Fairweather bowled economically. Their score was 106 for 7 wickets.

When we batted, came the biggest blow of all. On the first ball Danny was bowled by a full toss on the legside. Danny was our best batsrnan, but

we cannot blame him at all. Raghu was the bowler. None of us put up much resistance and only Chirag (18) showed defiance. We,scored too slowly and ended with 83 for 8.

Choysen was injured on the head in the first over while fielding at slip and could not give his best performance. They bowled a lot of wides.

The final scores were : i

Breaks 106 for 7 Raghu 48 Senthil

Choysen 3 for 25 Danny Fairweather 2 for 16

Hebron 83 for 8 Chirag 18 Rohan

Akil

Surjit Raghu

3 2

for

The Junior team was â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Danny Fairweather

Saajid Suleman (Wicket keeper) Rohan White (Captain) Chirag Desai Akil Desai

Choysen Liao

Cooper Smith I Troy Roberts i

Michael Taylor Michael Jenkins Ali Mukadan

Jehudi Blom (Wicket keeper) Colin Barnett Sundeep Salins

By Rohan White

JUNIOR SCHOOL FOOTBALL REPORT

Every Thursday we play a football match partly to get practice and partly for exercise. September 1985 we played a match against St. Joseph's and won five three to us. (Sub-junior team). We could have done better if we had more practice. We are looking forward to the match against Standard 7 & 8 on 23rd May 1986. Most of us obviously need more practice and we hope we will

do quite well, but we doubt we will win. Some of the best players are from Standard 6; Malcom Osborne, David Ingleby, David Penny, Kari Smith, Joshua Prabakar and us two ourselves aren't too bad and Std. 5; Evan Dewey, Benoit Gazelles, Krishna Doreswamy and Nicolas Hodge. The positions of the team:

Centre Forward : Malcolm 0 Left Forward David I

Right Forward : Alan Barnett. Half backs : David Penny, Benoit Gazelles & Krishna Doreswamy. Defenders Nicolas Hodge,. Karl Smith, Deepak Hari and J o s h u a P r a b a k a r.

Goalies : Evan Dewey and Jonathan Clark. Captain

Alan

Barnett,

There are many things we need to practise and tell our players what to do and what not to do.

Jonathan Clark and

Alan Barnett, Std. 6

INTERS AND

SENIORS

CRICKET

The first match played by either team, was by the inter team. This match was played against Rex. After losing the toss, we were put in to bat.

Losing a wicket in the firs|t ball, we were in trouble, but sensible batting, by Mark, Michael, Farook and Colin gave us a good total. Good fielding, resulted in six run outs, winning us the match. Our top scorer was Farook with 23 runs.

The first senior match, was against a local team. Putting them into bat, they amassed a total of 101. We had a good start, but due to some

reckless and then slow batting, we were all out for 87. The top scorer in this match was Janu, with 25 runs. The seniors'next match was agamst Blue Mountain. They won the toss and elected to bat. Good bowling by Janu (5 for 21) kept them to a reasonable total of 98. When it was our turn to bat, we had a good start, but two attacking batsmen were run out. A col lapse started with Janu, Wainwright and Charlie going fast. Sid and Nicholas put on a partnership. Nicholas went with the score at 80 and following Sid's departure, we were all out for 81. The top scorer for us was Nicholas, with 17 runs. We began the new term with confidence and a new player, Danny Fairweather. The first match was agaifist Blue Mountain. Put into bat, they survived the loss of . two quick wickets, and scored 148 runs. Facing fast bowling, we collapsed and were all out for 34. j

Our top scorer was Tom with 10 runs. The first match for the senior team was against Breaks. Put in to bat, they knocked up 130 runs. This was due to a score of 84 by one of their openers. Danny bowled well to pick up 3 wickets. Put in to bat, we c o l l a p s e d w i t h 2 8 r u n s b e i n g s h a r e d b y t h e fi r s t s e v e n b a t s m e n . T h a n k s t o

some good batting by Farook and Danny, we put up a respectable total of 74 The top scorer in this match was Farook with 13 runs.

Our next match was against St Joseph's Doty. In this match we did not have Janu or Rishi. As it turned out, we did not need them. We

dismissed them for 53 With everybody, but Farook, getting an over. Then after Danny and Sid had taken us up to 34 before Danny was caught. The rest of us got the remaining runs with 4 people retiring to give others a chance to bat.

Our top scorer was Danny with 20 runs. After a couple of weeks rest, we went down to Coonoor to play Brindavan. The pitch was worse than ours, but the opening ceremonies more formal, such that we had to be told what to do. Putting them into bat. w e b o w l e d a n d fi e l d e d w e l l , t o d i s m i s s t h e m f o r 8 6 r u n s . T h e m a i n

wicket takers were J a nu (3 for 19) and Nicholas (5 for 10). We went in to bat very confidently, and with 10 runs soon up, we had every right to be Disaster struck , with us losing Mark and the two Wignarajahs. Luckily the middle order batted well, to reach the required score.

Our top scorer was Nicholas, with 17 runs. We would like to thank Mr. Green and Mr. Snowdon for coaching us, and arranging matches for us.

BASKET BALL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SUPER SENIOR GIRLS' TEAM. This term we have not been playing as much basket ball and this is mainly due to the fact that some of us have increased work because of exams. In August 1985 it was necessary to completelyj-e-organise the team; since five of our eight players left. Anne Marie Watson, Melinda Webb and Nicky Morris,members of the previous team, were joined by Joanne Smith, Natalie Clements, Radhi Chagarlamudi and Lydia Daniel to create the team who

played in the inter school tournament. We had only a month or so to get the team together, and Mr. Morris shouid get most of the credit for the fact that we won, defeating St. Joseph's, Kotagiri Public Schooi and Lawrence. Although he must have been very worried about our playing sometimes, he was always patient,and all the hard training paid off in the end.

In addition to the tournament we also played four 'friendly' matches against various schools at stages throughout the term. Our main triumphs were over St. George's and Kodai; the latter were very surprised that we beat them.

This term we have only had one match, against Blue Mountain. Once again the team has changed, as Nicky Morris and Natalie Clements both left in December, 1985. For the Blue Mountain match Natalie Roberts and Miriam Selvaraiah ioined us as substitutes, and both olaved well.

9 0

We must say that, although our team is super senior, we in fact range from

grade 7 to grade 13! In spite of the iarge difference in age, everyone plays together remarkably well. MATCHES

Against

Their Score

Our Score

St. Hilda's Kodaikanal

St. George's Nazareth Convent K. P. S.

St. Joseph's Lawrence Blue Mountain

* inter School tournament matches.

+ Only game in term Feb-June'86

ANNE MARIE WATSON, Captain,

GIRLS SPORTING ACTIVITIES AUG '85 - JUNE *86 It is necessary from the start to make it clear that although there have been almost equal numbers of Blues and Golds among the junior girls, in the senior section Blues have always been in the majority,, with.six Blues to three Golds in the first term, and five to;three in the Second, This .is no doubt one

of the reasons why Blue house has dominated with the Senior girls on almost every occasion. School Athletics Day was held at the end of August, just before the Inter School Athletics Meet. There were ej^cellent performances from each

house in both divisions, with several records being broken. The Junior girls really were especially good; as Gold narrowly beat Blue in an exciting finish. There were, as usual, a few accidents - in addition to the customary pulled m u s c l e s a n d s p r a i n e d a n k l e s , . J a n i n e Wa t s o n w a s h i t i n t h e b a c k o f t h e

head with a discus, and was unable to participate in some of her events. In senior girls Blue obtained the most points : Meiinda Webb,

winning all her events, was the Champion, and Natalie Clements came runnerup. For the juniors. Nicky Morris was champion and Miriam Selvarajah runner-up. Overall the competition was very close, and the final score was 575 - 574. Gold beating Blue by one point. In November was the Cross Country (the most hated event of the

majority of the school), and in this event Blue clocked up the highest total

of points : In senior girls, first three places went to Blue House (Anne Marie Watson. Melinda Webb and Natalie Clements respectively), and in the Junior Girls, first place went to Blue (Megan Law), second to Gold (Katie Ingleby) and third to Blue (Christine MacDonaidj. Due to an unusuai abundance of water late last term; we had the

swimming sports then instead of in the summer term as usual. Credit must

go to the staff who actually managed to get us into that freezing water, albeit with threats and bribes. (Rumour had it that the temperature of it was only 2째 C) Senior Girls cunningly had as many events as possible during P. E. lessons, so as to avoid unwanted spectators. Again as a result of superior numbers. Blue was able, in the Senior Division to win every event

apart from under water, which was won by Rajini Samuel, from Gold House. The championship was a tie this time, with Melinda Webb and Caroline Smith

gaining equal numbers of points. Both of them also broke records, Melinda setting one and Caroline three. Funniest event of the day - Senior Girls Diving between Melinda and Anne Marie. The latter entered for a laugh, and that's what everyone did! In the Junior Girls the competition was more

equally spread out. with good performances from several competitors. Nicky Morris broke four records, Natalie Roberts gave an excellent diving display and Miriam Sharp did very well in the underwater. Nicky Morris won the championship, with Miriam Sharp the runner-up. both from Gold House. The Medley relay was won by Blue, but only just, as the teams were almost equally matched. Undoubtedly the most exciting event of the day was the Senior Boys

Freestyle Relay, with a girls team, made up of Melinda Webb. Caroline Smith, Natalie Clements and Nicky Morris, also participating. The girls certainly gave the boys a run (or swim?) for their money, and narrowly missed beating both teams when Melinda got tangled in the ropes a few metres from the fi n i s h .

The only house match which has been played is basket ball, in early

May. This was a combined Senior and Junior game. Blues won 25-2, due to the fact that the Blue team contained four of the five girls who play interschool basket ball (A.M. Watson, M. Webb, R. Chagarlamudi and L. Daniel) while the Golds had only one (Joanne Smith). Despite this both teams

played well, and the Sold defence was better than that of many an Inter School team which has been tackled.

All in all it has been a good year for girls' sport We also had an Inter-School Athletics team (A.M. Watson. N. Clements, M. Webb, N. Morris, M. Sharp and Miriam Selvarajah) which managed to gain three firsts (MelindaHurdles, Natalie-high jump, Nicky-shot put), one second (Nicky-400m), one third (Melinda-IOOm) and five fourths (Nicky-200m, Melinda-200m, Anne Marie-shot put and discus, Miriam Sharp-long jump). We did do better than the boys in that! Anne Marie Watson (S.G. Blue Capt.) Colette Saveal (S. G. Gold Capt.) Janine Watson (J. G. Blue Capt.) Nicky Morris (J. G Gold Capt. till Dec '85)

JUNIOR

GIRLS

HOCKEY

During the winter term of 1985, a junior girls hockey team for standards seven and eight was formed. Although a team got underway, a match didn't. However we did have a match against Kodai's Inter girls. Our team realy entered Into the team spirit and played remarkably well for our first game. It was a tough battle but in the end they won 2-0.

Finaily, 1, on behalf of the team would like to thank our coach, Miss Blomfield, for all her hard work

MEGAN

LAW

Captain

S T. The

Staff

M AT H E W S -

Student

F E S T I VA L Football

Match

My big toe nails were almost white again. The brown bruised section had grown almost to the end of the nail - which reminded me that I must prepare for the Kumbh Mela held every year at the temple of the goddess of education, llliterata, situated on top of the 'Blue Hills' at Ootacamund. The particular festival in which I yearly participate is that of St. Mathews. To the initiated, of course, that needs no exolanation, but to the lesser informed, I should explain that the festival is in honour of Stanley Mathews - not any lesser being of similar name. My statistician * tells me that hundreds of parents ot the resident devotees prepare for several weeks prior to the festival, pounding a local beat in penance. Some take the situation so seriously that they go up into the local hills for altitude training. The yellow hills, as they are sometimes known, are only a couple of thousand feet high. In British days, these hills were known as the Duke of York Hills-something to do with their neither up nor.downness. Since Independence, however, they have come to be known as the Mediocres - 'medi' coming from the local tribal language meaning hills, and we all know what ochre means.

The preparation complete the crowds ascend the drive on the great day. The loudspeakers blare forth such traditional greetings as 'Tambarlane, Tamberlane'-which everybody pretends to understand, having attended these festivals regularly, some even admitted to being initiated at this temple of learning years before. Soon the excitement rises as the young novitiates enter the arena

clothed in yellow. The male parents then enter dressed in blye hoping to absorb some of the rarified atmosphere. Finally the great high priest places the ball in the centre, blows the whistle and the ceremony begins. The parents showing their experience (or was it inexperience?) soon take the initiative and very quickly find themselves one goal to the good. This example the scholars were quick to emulate. How unfortunate that they don't follow our many other good examples so quickly!

â&#x2122;Ś M y. s t a t i s t i c i a n i n f o r m s m e t h a t h i s f i g u r e s d o n ' t c o m e u n d e r t h e

heading of GBS's lies, white lies or statistics. His floppy disc was w o r n b y Ti m o t h y B l a c k m o r e d u r i n g O k l a h o m a . T h e c o n s e q u e n t distortion meant that the print out produced the word hundreds instead of handful!.

It is rumoured, however, that the groundsmen skulking in the shed just behind the goal had surreptitiously moved the goal posts a few yards to the left so that when Hirab hooked the ball over his head Mr. Snowdon the

custodian of senior boys and our goa' for the afternoon was caught several yards out of position., and the ball entered the unprotected corner of the net. A second goal was soon to follow for the yellow shirts - but the most controversial incident of the first half arose just on half time. Whereas politics and sport don't mix, it is well documented that there

are moments in sport which give rise to ecstatic religious feeling, and miraculous happenings. No less a person^than St Fred--a True man if ever I knew one, attests this. When on one occasion he was Captain of the players against the Gentlemen, one of his batsmen had just been brilliantly caught out by the Rev. David Shepherd. As he entered the dressing room he apologised, but the magnanimous Fred said that he was not to blame, for when the Rev. put his hands together things were likely to happen. Such an incident occurred just before half time, when a strong shot rebounded off a post, one of the highly elated members of the blue, shirted visitors, put his hands together to thank the local deities for another miracleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;only to find the ball lodged between them. Only a very Insensitive referee could award a penalty on such a festive occasion. Three-one as half time, arrived, and the ding-dong tolled the knell of the departing referee - no red or yellow cards being available for they had all been used to make the 'Surrey with the fringe on top'. Selvaraj was the referee for the second half. He has not yet

handled one of the Wemb'ey finals, nor is he likely to, for, looking through the scores over recent years he hasn't allowed the parents to win. He obviously believes that the boys have more finance to offer than their impecunious parents, (we don't dispute that!) However he overlooks the influence of such players as R-n P-n-y, who runs the British High Commission in his spare time, whose influence would be needed for euch a trip.

The second half began much as the first-the parents a second wind, and a second goal was in the net before you 119th Psalm. However immediately after the kick-off came the disaster associated with Halley's comet. As the comet was

having gained could say the long promsied moving away

f r o m t h e e a r t h b y n o w, t h e f o r c e o f a t t r a c t i o n e x e r t e d u p o n t h e e a r t h w a s

rapidly diminishing, and sd a high lob from Faisal just crept in under the bar. A week earlier and it would have been comfortably over the top As time progressed minds became more active than legs-and so they should in such an atmosphere. My mind went back a few years, and I

marvelled at the one occcasion a Wilkins kept goal a heavenly plane,

progressive thinking at this enlightened establishment. On lady had been allowed to enter the Holy of Holies, Ruth for the parents. Unfortunately her mind was not on such and while dreaming up more wonderful recipes for the boys

to enjoy, the ungrateful boys scored twice. Any subsequent fall in the standard of food is therefore thoroughly deserved! Shouts from the touchline

awake me from my reverie. Steve Jenkins had made it 5-2. As I was at the other end of the field at the time, I find it hard to make an excuse. However, offside sounds as good as any other.

My mind reverts to its wanderings, and recalls the time that Andy Bowdler bit off more than he could chew in a goalmouth scramble-and lost

two teeth. Being a classics scholar he responded as would Nero when he was displeased at such festivals by giving the thumbs down signal. Unfortun ately he was still on the way down at the time, and the landing did the protruding thumb no good at all. Such was the seriousness of the injury that Andy went to an early

grave decision to marry his nurse. After several months purgatory (some call it the honeymoon period) he has now entered paternal bliss. Once again I am aroused from my reminiscences as cheers greet another

goal from my erstwhile son (he is now disowned!). 6-2 as the .final whistle goes.

Someone

has

written,

'When the one great scorer comes to mark against your name. He marks not if you've won or lost but how you've played the game'. He did know the satisfaction one derives at the end of the game, grumbling at the referee, and the opposition's dirty tactics, and the recall of the 'if only'situations? I can hardly think so. The loudspeakers started once again, identifying with the boys; 1 have a wonderful feeling, everything's going my way. This is followed by praise from the rest of the school; You're doing fine, Ochra Homa (literally translated meaning yellow men), Ochra Homa O. K.' I leave the festival with my toe nails blue and brown again, satisfied that I bear the marks of participation in St. Mathews Festival.

SCHOOL CALENDAR August 1985 TERM ONE

25 July Peter Martin arrives for a month to help at Hebron. 27 July The Ingleby family returns from furlough.

2 August Miss Wagland and Miss Jackson return from U.K. Andrew Schofield arrives to help for the term. T h e t w o h e a d m i s t r e s s e s . M i s s A t k i n s a n d M r s Ya t e s ,

arrive to inspect the school.

3 August The first staff meeting of the new academic year. 5-6 August Staff seminars are held by Miss Atkins and Mrs Yates. 7 August The boarders return. 8 August Classes begin.

11 August Miriam Sharp is baptised. 18-18 August Scripture Union camp for senior girls is held at Quiet Corner, Masinagudi.

28 August Miss Atkins and Mrs Yates, after a detailed study of all aspects of school life, present their preliminary report on the school.

30 August Junior School Sports. Gold House wins.

31 August Senior School Sports. Again, Gold House wins, Dy only one mark this time.

9 September President Zail Singh arrives by helicopter for a visit to the Nilgiris.

11-12 September The Inter School Sports heats are held at Wellington. 14 September The Inter School Sports finals follow. 24 September A state wide bandh is declared over the deportation of S r i L a n a n Ta m i l l e a d e r s .

25 September Miss Mary Varugese, from Nigeria, earlier from Stanes School,Coonoor where her father was Headmaster,

joins the staff. 1-3 October Drama Festival

7 October The Snowdon family arrive after nearly a year of waiting

October

5-12

M i d Te r m b r e a k

Junior Camp — Santosh Vidyalaya, Dohnavur Inter Camp — Kodalkanal Senior Camp — Pondlcherry A l e v e l F i e l d Tr i p — M a n d a p a m 13

October

Philip Brookes is baptised.

October

Mrs Rachel Hodge returns to Nepal after helping for a half a term at Selborne as housekeeper.

16-17

October

Music Practical examinations

2 4

October

G i r l s ' H o c k e y To u r n a m e n t

2 5

October

The British High Commissioner's visit to the Nilgiris and Hebron.

October

26-27

The Ambassadors Eleven, a group of touring English Christian cricketers, visit.

2 7

October

A Hebron team paticipates in an S.U. Quiz at Stanes School.

October

2 8

Visiting Chaucer scholar, Robert Neale, married to

former student, Jean (nee Morling) gives a talk to the staff on the teaching of Engilish and particularly peer editing. 1-3

November

A level Camp at Mukerti

November

Music theory examinations

8-10

November

Music Camp at Bramley Hurst

1 5

November

Hebron Cross Country races The Blues win over all.

Mr and Mrs Ingleby leave for a visit to Nepal and 22^23

November

Bangladesh. Standard Eleven Geography Field trip to Masinagudi, Segur River.

November

Film night for Ooty public in Lushington

23-24

November

Union Church's 130th birthday celebrations.

23-28

November

Senior School examinations.

November

Junior School Swimming Sports. Blue House wins. Senior Swimming Sports. Blue House wins.

December

Miss D.M Hall, previously Headmistress of Hebron High School, Coonoor comes to stay at Hebron for a week w i t h h e r s i s t e r.

December

Christmas Parties ;

3.30 Juniors' Party 6.00 Christmas Dinner for all at Lushington 8

December

Senior Carol service in Union Church at 5.30 p.m.

December

Music concert in Lushington staff room at 7 p.m.

1 0

December

Junior Carol service at Lushington, 2 p m.

December

Parents' meeting at 7 p.m., Lushington.

1 2

December

Christmas Assembly, featuring the staff pantomime, 'Bobbin' Hood'' School closes at noon

S t a ff f a t e w e l l e d : M r a n d M r s M o r r i s , M r S c h o fi e l d , Miss Munson, Miss Earlam, Miss Gibberd, Miss Simkins, & Miss Matthews 1986

January

Sarah Stenning's marriage to Sammy Peters at St. Stephen's Church, Ootacamund.

2 8

January

The arrival of Ruth Barclay (past student, now Physics teacher) and Lynne Graham from Australia.

February

The arrival of the Hill family from New Zealand.

February

Staff retreat

1 0

February

First staff meeting

1 2

February

Funeral of Mrs. Trchala, mother of David and Alison in Australia Boarders return.

TERM TWO 1 3

February

Classes start.

February

Visit of YWAM girls' team.

March

Music Theory examinations. (All pass)

March

G.C.E mocks begin.

14-17

March

Between 3.30 and 6.00 a.m., most of the school view Halley's Comet, complete at this stage, with its long tail.

1 4

March

The arrival of Mrs. MacDonald and Susan.

Mr and Mrs John Martin come over from Kotagiri to take the first of their Marriage Enrichment seminars for staff. 28

March

Good Friday

2 8

Maprh

Easter Camps:

Mukerti: Senior boys Shalom: Senior gitls Ingledene: Inter girls Quiet Corner; Inter Boys

Scripture Union Camp for girls: Keswick March

Visit of Philadelphia Action team from Sweden.

April

Enough tomfoolery to banish any lingering March hares Montauban Sale in aid of refugees. Mrs Mary Cherran starts work, helping with Lushington

2 9

catering. 21

April

Performance for Hebron of Junior School Concert and 'Oklahoma'.

2 2

April

Performance for 'Oklahoma' for other schools.

2 3

April

Performances for visitors

2 4

April

Performances for parents.

2 5

April

Parents' Day

(video recording of 'Oklahoma')

Teacher interviews: from 9 a.m.

Parents' meeting : from 11 a.m. 2 6

April

Parents' Advisory Council Mid Term Break Seniors : Pondicherry Inters : Mukerti Juniors: Kodaikanal

May-

Classes resume after mid-term break

9-12

May

C.S.E./ examinations

1 4

May

United Mission Industries sale at Anandagiri.

17-18

May May

The Davy family arrive from Bhopal: Mr Davy is the new

1 9

Flower Show s c h o o l c a t e r e r.

2 2

May

June

G.C.E. examinations begin.

June

Jayanthi's Memorial Service at Union Church, following

6 - 8

June

Senior school lunch hour concert

her death on Sunday 8

June

Music Camp at Spring Hill, Kotagiri Induction of Pastor Grenville Fernandez to Union Church

1 0

June

The birth of Rebecca Jeffery at Dr. Chari's, Kotagiri.

1 4

June

End of year party.

2 0

June

Leavers' Service.

2 2

June

The Jenkins Family's farewell

2 3

June

Music Concert

2 4

June

School ends at twelve noon.

THE

MARRIAGE

MISS

STENNING

PETERS

It was quite a surprise when Mr. Sammy Peters, a school accountant

and Miss Sarah Stenning, inter girls' matron, announced their engagement at a staff party in early September last year. At least, some of the staff were surprised The inter girls claimed to have known all along and for the next few days wandered around school'with an infuriating "I told you so" air about them.Still. in addition to being pleased at the accuracy of their predictions, they were very happy for their matron and showed this by throwing a special party for the engaged couple close to the end of term. They even composed an ''Ode To Sammy And Sarah" but luckily" space doesn' tallow us to print it. It was only sad that so few of the girls were able to attend the wedding,

planned for January. It was certainly exciting to be at Selborne as the preparations for the big event got underway. It was good to see Sarah's parents, who had flown from England especially for the wedding, warming to the man of her dreams. Even when Mr. and Mrs. Stenning and Rachel, Sarah's younger sister, arrived the occasion seemed an eternity away. Then, suddenly, there were only four days to go, the best man and two of the bridesmaids were still in Rajasthan (or on a train somewhere between there and here),another bridesmaid was in

Bangalore, the rings were still in Coimbatere, the choir was in rank disorder and Mrs. Stenning still had two hundred apricot rosee to stick on the wedding cake.

Quite how everything came together is a mystery, but it did. On the morning of Saturday llth January, Miss Sarah Stenning, escorted by her father, Mr. Tom Stenning, walked up the aisle of St. Stephen's Church to the strains of the trumpet solo from Handel's "Occasional oratario" competently rendered by Mr. David Snowdon. Sarah looked radiant, dressed very simply in a

gold-embroidered white silk saree with pale yellow roses in her hair and carrying a precious family prayer book. The bridesmaids-Miss Rachel Stenning, Miss Leela Kuruvilla, the Misses Deborah and Esther Green and Miss Linda Peters were wearing knee length blue china-silk dresses with puffed sleeves and full skirts. Sammy, in a dark

grey suit with red carnation buttonhole did not look"dressed for the office'' The tone Tongues.'' this was Reverend

of the service was set by the opening hymn, "0, For a Thousand The couple had wanted their wedding to be a witness service and shown clearly in their choice of hymns, choruses and readings. Jerome of St. Stephen's church married the couple and gave the

message, on the theme of "Joy''-temporal joy and the unfailing joy which results from our hope in Christ.

Miss Moira Jackson contributed a solo item, "The Wedding Prayer" and St. Stephen's Choir sang the anthem "Glorious is Thy Name". The most beautiful part of the service was a duet by Sarah and Sammy themselves, with flute accompaniment from Rachel Stenning : "Come let us consecrate ourselves before the Lord".

The reception was held at Hebron School. Speeches were given by the bride's father, who could honestly say that 'all his apprehensions over his daughter's future had disappeared as he had come to know Sammy and his

family, and by Mr. Eric Green, who managed to keep on the interesting side of the "revelation versus discretion" line â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as is customary for the Best Man, Pastor Barry Jenkins read the many greetings telegrams which had come from the United Kingdom and New Zealand as well as from places within India. The couple left from Hebron in a car kindly loaned by the Vaderas of Glenmorgan Estate and not so kindly decorated by Rachel and certain others who shall remain nameless.

The whole occasion had spoken of love which breaks down barriers

and reaches out to touch others - love stemming from Sammy and Sarah's l o v e f o r C h r i s t a n d f o r e a c h o t h e r.

S . T.

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SENIOR SCHOOL DRAMA FESTIVAL S TA N D A R D S E V E N

'DRY SPRINGS'

Dry Springs, Rattlesnake Capital of the Midwest, is celebratifig its

10th anniversary, and all our well-known Western characters put in an appearance There's Mean Mervyn, who never (well hardly ever) misses;

Chief Honest Harry and his tribe of Getrichquick Indians, with their dubious artefacts; Sweet Mary-Lou, who is a fast worker in more ways that one: and the well-meaning sheriff with his dancing horse. The celebrations are 'a

mite interrupted' but you can at least be sure of a happy ending in a classic Western.

CAST

Mayor Ali Mukadam (Runner-up, Junior Actor) Billy-Jo

Vrata

Venet

Caller John Webb . Mean Mervyn Timothy Blencowe

Outlaws

Gauraang

Pradhan

Akil Desai

Cooper Smith Daniel Blom .

Sheriff

Rima

White

Mary-Lou Dhamayanthi Sivarajasingam Paw

Jackson

James

Chief Honest Harry Gogi Anand Indians I shtaj Rahman Kumar Abraham

Eugene Yogarajah Natalya Wallis Amu Doreswamy Miriam Selvarajah

Dancers

Laura

Dewey Roshan Roy Christine MacDonald Sharen POthen Candice Dias

Lydia DSniel Kerryn Brookes Sarah Brown

Bronwyn Smith Shubhajit Ukil

Granny Horse

Colin Barnett Band

Anila George Bobby Hameed Sundeep Salins

Origineil music by

Miss Munson

Gtioreography by .Production by

M i s s B l o m fi e l d Mr. and Mrs. James

MARIA MARTIN O R M U R D E R I N T H E R E D B A R N (Best Junior Play) S TA N D A R D E I G H T

Come back to the time of the Victorians. Expect to be taught a Lesson CAST Introducer

Ben Brown

R e x B l a c k fi e l d

Wa r r e n B r o o k e s

Maria Martin

Megan Law

Mother

Marina George

Papa Elizabeth To m S t i c k l e

Rohan White

Katherine Hodge Michael Jenkins (Junior Actor)

Vi l l a g e r s

Beatrice Gazelles

Mark Chandy

Ann Houston

Ian Clark

Katie Ingleby

Dhakshi Doreswamy

Anila John

Liao Choy Sen

Sonya Mitchell

Chelvendra Mather Poornendu Pradhan

S o n a l i Va d e r a

Praveen Sellamuttu

Giovanna Youngberry

Mi-Jin Moon

Pankauz Shrestha

Saajid Suleman John Thevabalasingham Executioners

Cheivendta Mather Praveen Sellamuttu

Costume

Miss. Gi Neilson

Set

Miss. S. Collins

Lighting

Liao Choy Sen M i s s . J . B l o m fi e l d

Pianist

MURDER in the RED BARN

The virtuous maiden and her family

THE

STRANGE AFFAIR

OF ADELAIDE

HARRIS

( F r o m t h e B o o k b y L e o n G a r fi e l d ) S TA N D A R D

NINE

"A musty, dusty, leathery smell of boys books and ink. Words drone and a family of flies stagger through the heavy air as if in pursuit of them. But they turn out to be of Ancient History.,. "Beg pardon, sir", said Harris, cupping an ear and leaning forward

earnestly. "Can'tquite hear you. Could I have that last item again?" "Little children", repeated Mr. Brett, as softly and tenderly as he could, "quite tiny infants exposed on the mountainside by their parents ..." The South Coast of England at the end of the 18th Century. Act One

Scene One The Downs about Brighton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Saturday evening Two The rhain hali - Dr. Bunnion's Academy, -later that evening. A c t Tw o T h e m a i n s t r e e t o f B r i g h t o n I I a m S u n d a y Act

Three

Scene One The main street of Brighton 8 a.m. Monday

Two Dr. Bunnion's sitting room 10'a.m. Monday Three The main street of Brighton 4 p.m. Monday Four The main street of Brighton 6 a.m. Tuesday CAST The pupils Harris - the evil genius

Jehudi Blom-Junior Actor (Joint)

Bostock - his loyal companion Sorely - boarder at ÂŁ 90 per annum

Michael Clements

Chirag Desai Elaine Hart

2 other boarders

Sabina George The Staff

D r. B C i n n i o n - T h e P r i n c i p a l Mrs. Bunnion - The real Principal

Jonathan Thomson

Ralph Bunnion - Their son the school

Janine Watson

Lucy Jane White

hero

Major Alexander - Arithmetic Master Prasad Isaac (Army retired)

Mrs. Alexander t his-Germ Stefanje Kowskj . ■

Ti z z y - th a i r ;d a M 3 h te r • I M i r w ^ Mr. Brett - the classics master Colin MacDonald (Runner-up, Junior Actor) The

To w n

■

D r. H a r r i s - f a t h e r o f t h e s a m e S t e v e n B l e n c o w e

Mrs, Harris :■ mother of the same Maria Selvarajah

Harris's sjsters"Mary the.eldest^^^ . . ^ HSimpson . . ^ ' ~ "^Elaine aft Sabina George

.^^, 5 . . , Radhi ChagarJamudi ,,, > . Captain Bostock - father of the same Andreas Stefansson Morgan - the Harris'nursemaid Aditi Hajarnis Morgan's sister - the Hemp's nursemaid Farah Jifri Mr. Hudson - the Vipar . 0"?ar

Frederick - Ralph's best paf " Fliazul Islamr Landlord

Sam

Jacob

Dolly Packer-Jhe barmaid Radhi Chagarfamudi Mrs. Bonney - the poorhouse matron Katherine James Selwyn Raven - a private investigator James Saveal Costumes ,Miss Earlam, Maria Selvarajah, Sabina George, Helerl Mirpuri.

Lights /; SteWp 6len9owe, Prasad ,

Stage Crew : ' Chirag Desai, Hirab Omar, Andreas Stafansson, Sam Jacob, Elaine Hart, Sabina George, Jenny Simpson

Prompts .* Aditi Haranis, Farah Jifri -

^THE

B AT H R O O M Standard

DOOR Te n

■

i tJ

■ l

It is morning in a larg.e. hotel, and the occupaqts of the first floor

become increasingly, impatient as they wait, for their turn to have a bath . The long delay enconrages some strange and intefesting encounters, which distract the hotel quests temporarily. In the end, however, the closed

door generates serious alarm. The Prima Donna is convinced she knows "the awful truth". But is she right?

The Strange Affair ol Adelaide Harris

KEEP

CALM

Mrs. Primrose : I be burnt from me back right down to me ... Mr.

Grant

bilence

THE

B AT H R O O M

DOOR

Prima Donna : Young man, where is the body of ray husband ? Bell boy ; It's downstairs having its breakfast.

Characters Prima Donna

Joanne Smith Farook Suleman

Young Man Yo u n g L a d y Elderly Gentleman Elderly Lady Bell Boy

Elizabeth Wallis Mark Scott

Raghu Chagarlamudi Philip Brookes KEEP CALM

A farce by Louis Goddrich

Young mothers do sometimes need a break from their preoccupations with house, husband and baby. Mrs. Grant goes off for lunch with her friend

Clara, secure in the knowledge that her husband is the calmest and coolest of This admirable characteristic, the reason way she married him, is-sorely tried in the brief time she is away. Characters Mrs. Grant

Nicky Morris

Mr. Grant

Timothy Blackmore

Mrs.

Primrose

Jane

Elizabeth Wallis (Runner-Up Senior Actress)

Plumber

Jyothi Doreswamy . Mark Penny

Detective

Ravi Isaac

Prompt

Rebecca Abraharn

Stage Crew

Sidharth

Khemka

To m P a u l

Suresh Philip ' Hrishikesha Nignarajah Lighting

Suresh Philio

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THE MOUSE THAT Rq^ED Best Senior Play

Standard Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen Adapted by Christopher Sergei from the b o o k b y L e o n a r d W l b b e r l e y Characters

Shirin Joseph (Senior Actress)

G l o r i a n a t h e Tw e l f t h - t w e n t y - t w o

year old sovereign of Grand Fenwick Melinda Webb Ya m u n a S a m u e l Sarah Thomson

Mary Jane American tourists F r a n

1 1 Gil 1

Pam

Rajini Samuel

Ann, peasant girl. Grand Fenwick

Colette Saveal

Helen, lady-in-waiting

Caroline Smith

Page, Grand Fenwick

Sarah Thomson

Miss Jdhn^iin, Secretary to the

Emma Dalzell

Secretary of State of the United States Natalie Clements

Miss Wilkins, Secretary to the U. S. President

Mrs. Reiner, housekeeper for

Rajini Samuel

Professor Kokintz Melinda Webb

Debbie, Army officer.

daughter of General Snippet Mrs. Bascom, Tully's mother

Emma Dalzell

Tully Bascom, Forest ranger

Michael Blencowe

and later, High Constable of Grand Fenwick

Andrew Wainwright

Count Mount joy, an aristocrat leader of Grand Fenwick's Anti-Dilutionist Party

Kenneth McAipine

David Benter, a Man of the

Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of Grand Fenwick's D i l u t i o n i s t P a r t y. Nicholas Scott

Mr. Beston, Secretary of State, U. S. A,

Professor Kokintz, Nuclear physicist

Dinesh Nettur (Senior Actor)

President, U. S. A.

Pravin Ramachandran

General Snippet, in Charge

Anne-Marie Watson

of Security, First Army District, U. S. A. Satchi Sivarajasingham

Will Tatum, standard-bearer for Grand Fenwick

T H E M O U S E T H AT R O A R E D

U. S. President and

Secretary

American To u r i s t s

in Grand Fenwick

The Professor a n d His

Bomb

Duchess Gloriana goes to inspect the Bomb

S o l d i e r s , f o r G r a n d F e n w i c k Ya m u n a S a m u e l Colette Saveal

Janu Wignarajah Charlie Morris Robert Wallis

S t u d e n t s , S e n i o r s a t C o l u m b i a Ya m u n a S a m u e l University Colette Saveal

Janii Wignarajah Satehi Sivarajasingham Sound

effects

Nicholas

Scott Charlie Morris

Lights

Robert

Wallis

The duchy of Grand Fenwick in Europe has reached a grave economic crisis. After much consultation, and private reading of political texts including Machiavelli, Gloriana the ruler, decides to declare war on the United States.

The apparent reason for war is that an ignoble imitation of Grand Fenwick's only export, a superior wine called Pinot Grand Fenwick is being manufactured in California, and threatening the livelihood of the duchy. A more hidden motive for war is that the United States are notoriously generous to the countries they have defeated in war. "The ink is no sooner

dry on the surrender document than the United States is rushing food, machinery clothing, money, building materials and technical aid to . the former

foe."'

With the unsophisticated but brave Tully Bascom, a forest ranger, in command. Grand Fenwick's tiny army heads for New York. As they have not

fought a battle for over five hundred years, their uniforms and equipment are somewhat outdated, especially compared to the powerful Q bomb just invented by U.S. scientist Professor Kokintz However, their little fishing boat sails into New York harbour, only to

find the city deserted. Air raid drill, at the President's orders has emptied the streets of all people except General Snippet, on his way to Professor Kokintz's

laboratory. He is quickly and easily captured by the "fancy-dress hoodlums'' who then proceed to capture the professor and his famous Q-bomb. T h e v i c t o r i o u s G r a n d F e n w i c k a r m y, w i t h t h e i r i l l u s t r i o u s P r i s o n e r s o f

Wa r i n t o w, m a r c h b a c k i n t o t h e d u c h y t o fi n d t h e m s e l v e s a g r a v e embarassment. Gloriana and her chief ministers had carefully avoided informing them that they were supposed to lose the war ••• . and the presence of the Q-bomb makes them all decidedly edgy. However, in the style of a true comedy, all is resolved happily and Tully Bascom emerges as the hero after all, of Grand Fenwick with its unusual species of field-mouse, tiny like the duchy, but with the roar of a great lion.

J U N I O R PA R E N T S D AY

The School

Worship

Opening Readings Mano Karunakaran, Vicky Laver We Cry Hosanna-Mimi Farra Isaiah 53 Verses 4-7 Standard 5 Led like a Lamb to the Slaughter-Graham Kendrick

Reading

Subali

Nallamala

Eldon

Millar

I'm forgiven-M. Ray

Prayer

Miss Jackson

Welcome

Musical Interlude Ozark Mountain Folk Tune

Recorder Group

Country Dance-P. Tate, E. Murray

Sarah MacDonald

Kathryn Smith S o n a t i n a i n B M i n o r - J o h n S t a n l e y, The 1 Don't Know March

Chariots of Fire - Vangeiis Passpied - K. Fisher

Janice Faszer Natalie Watson Esther Green Deborah Green

Recorder Group Standard. 4

Psaim 23 - Sign Language

Echo Island - Ann Bryant, Sally Putman Standards 1 - 3 Echo Island is ruled by a cruel king who captures people and turns them into echoes. He keeps them locked up, except those he uses

as his servants. Some friends who arrive on the island triake a plan to free all the people who are trapped. Time will stop for the King should the echoes escape. Finally we ask the question in the words of

song ; "Echo Island, are you a dream? " Musical Interlude.

The Doll's Lament - Frank Karen Simpson

The

Stacatto

Standard

Group

Now all is sleeping - Walter Carroll Subali Nailamala A Country Dance - Terrence Greaves Janice Faszer Deborah Green Princess Caribou

Standard 5

Wild Bill Hiccup Rides Again

Alvin John

Philip Sharp Tamburlane, the Mad Hen - Adrian Mitchell, Tony Attwood

Standard 6

ECHO

ISLAND

â&#x20AC;˘You've got till midnight !'

PRINCESS

CARABOO

Smelling salts? A bucket of cold water !

TA M U R l A N E t h e M A D H E N

The Superior Being

I'm a sort of Mick Jagger laying oblong eggs

Characters in order of appearance Aunt Eller

Aditi Hajarnis

Curly

Anne-Marie Watson

Laurey

E l i z a b e t h Wa l l i s

Ike Skidmore Fred Slim

Jehudi Blom Mark Scott

Will parker

Janine Watson

Philip Brookes

John Fry

Hugh Griffin

Ado Annie Carnes Ali Hakim

Kate James Prasad Isaac Joanne Smith

Gertie Cummings

Ti m o t h y B l a c k m o r e

Andrew Carnes Cord Elam

Colin Mac Donald

Chorus

Miriam Sharp

Ravi Isaac Jamie Saveal Sam Jacob Mahomoud Harir

Helen Mirpuri Rachel Turner Colette Saveal

Rajini Samuel

Hrishikesha Wignarajah

Caroline Smith

Jonathan Thomson Andreas Stefansson

Lucy Jane White Stefanie Kowski Elaine Hart

Troy Roberts

Raghu Chagarlamudi

Radhika Chagarlamudi PRODUCER Mrs R. R. wallis S TA G E D E S I G N E R Mrs Frances James WARDROBE MISTRESS Mrs Joan MacDonald LIGHTS

PROMPTS

Sabina George aud Farah Jifri S TA G E C R E W

Troy Robert Jamie Saveal Riazul Islam Mahomoud Harir

MarK Penny

C A R P E N T RY S U P E RV I S O R Mr Paul Dodds MUSIC l i s s J u l i a B l o m fi e l d

Musical Director O R C H E S T R A

M i s s J u l i a B l o m fi e l d

Conductor Piano First Violin Second Violins

M r P e t e r J e ff r e y Jennifer Simpson Christine MacDonald,

Flute

Natalya Wallis Megdn Law Mr Enos Nicholas Scott Natalie Roberts

Saxophone Tr u m p e t Percussion

â&#x20AC;˘^Special thanks to : Dr Annette Hill

Deborah Green, Kate Ingleby, Lorena Perera, Ann Houston, Kerryn Brookes, Laura Dewey

O K L A H O M A

The death of John Fry

The Bridal Party with Ado Annie and Will

THE

INDIAN

YEAR V

P O N G A L ( Ta m i l H a r v e s t F e s t i v a l ) : J A N U A RY One day when I was grazing in the paddy field, I heard drums banging

and people dancing. I saw women with fruit, coconut and sugarcane. At first I did not take any notice buf soon I saw them heading my way. I was tied up and was waiting as usual to walk over to the rice hut and stamp the stalks so the grains would come out. Then as they were walking towards me a boy came and undid my string. After a while I noticed that it was my master's son.

All that day I had been grazing in the paddy field. All the village boys came and fed me with bananas. They were very kind to me which was very unusual but soon I heard them talking about 'Pongai'. 'POngai'. What on earth was that said I to myself. Oh it must be a holiday I Next day Pongai was over and I had to start my work as usual but I didn't mind because i had a tummy fuil of bananas I E L i S A B E T H S E L AVA R A J A H S TA N D A R D F I V E T H E K I T E F E S T I VA L

January the fourteenth

Kites are in the sky, Children who are at shops Are buying kites to fly. Glass is on the kite string And when the kites reach the spot. The kite strings cioss and one string is cut And that may be the end of the lot. N ATA L I E W AT S O N S TA N D A R D F I V E THE KITE SEASON

Down goes the red one. I am the champion fighter With a long white tail. MI-JIN MOON S TA N D A R D E I G H T

Bright and clear colours Fill the sky with different hues : A stained glass dome. B E AT R I C E C A Z E L L E S S TA N D A R D E I G H T

VIEWING HALLEY'S COMET IN MARCH

The world was quiet. It was very early morning. Then suddenly Miss. Varughese came in to our room. 'Girls, do you want to see Halley's Comet ?'

We immediately knew what she was talking about. I jumped out of bed and put on the warmest clothes I could find; slippers, a iungi and an anorak.

It was March 1986, the time when Halley's Comet is clearly visible from

earth. The whole of Selborne was getting up to see the famous comet. I o p e n e d t h e d o o r, a n d c o l d w i n d h i t m e . T h e f r o n t o f S e l b o r n e w a s

already crowded. Binoculars were being passed around, but there was a long queue, so I decided to wait.

Someone showed me where to look, over Dodabetta, between two

eucalyptus trees. I found out, after a time of looking at it and not seeing the much-talked-about tail that if you looked just below the comet, you could see he tail going upwards quite well.

Finally I got a turn with the binoculars. It was brilliant. Words can

hardly describe it. It was huge and the tail was reaching up for miles. ELAINE HART Standard Nine

HALLEY'S

COMET

OVER

OOTY

M A R I A S E LVA R A J A H Standard Nine 4 4

THE

HOT

SEASON

The dream of a lime soda

Is always on my mind. 't is so

hot.

ELAINE

HART

Standard Nine

Sweat dripping, back burning. Sun scorched fields and cracked earth . . . Still it burns. BEN

BROWN Standard Eight

Flies buzzing around my head Making noises Like onions

pan.

N ATA L I E

ROBERTS

Standard Eight

ANN

HOUSTON

Standard Eight

THE

DRY

SEASON

Trees, trees, lose their leaves W h e n i t g e t s d r y. I have no leaves

So I don't look very good. But when the rains come again

I put on a new suit of green. PA U L

NEWNHAM

Standard Five

SPRING

LAURA DEWEY Standard Seven

M AY : F L O W E R S H O W T I M E I N O O T Y

It was Saturday, 18th May at six o' clock in the morning, and everyone from Selborne was up on the streets, making her way to the Government Botanical Gardens. The Flower season had come and you could smell the freshness in the air.

As I approached the gates, a smell of pine trees came beneath my nose. I ran to the stalls in excitement to see all the magnificent varieties of flowers. The walls of the stalls were decorated with pine branches with chrysanthemums stuck into them, and buckets of roses and lilies, some buds and some fully grown.

Each stall was decorated differently. There were welcome signs made out of the petals of flowers.

The owners of the stalls were starting to put up fences around their stalls to stop people trespassing and destroying their treasured flowers. We rambled through the discarded piles of flowers, ferns and branches. We picked a lot up and took them back to our roorris for display. Some girls found a bunch of roses which was not wanted but by the time we got there all the roses were gone. People were walking around with handfuIs of flowers. My favourites were roses and carnations but they also had bottle-brush, snapdragons of all different colours, sunflowers, lilies, poppies, pansies, daisies and cow parsley. N ATA L I E R O B E R T S . c j TA N n A R n F I R H T

BREEKS FIELD DURING THE SEASON

The crowds shoved and pushed, voices rising and falling in a steady hubbub, loudspeakers blaring and bells ringing. People were shouting at us

to come and see the show, so Ali and I paid and went in.

We went in past the multi-coloured curtains where the rtiagician turned flame into pigeons and pots of water into nothing. Then he was on the stage making plumes turn from orange to purple, and bringing cups out of an empty cylinder.

We went back among the crowds, handing out blue leaflets to al-l who would take one.

Next the fefris wheel. ' Huge and spinning. I got a ticket and satin one of the cars on the wheel. I went shooting up and could see 'the whole

field covered with people. Then I woiild fall like a stone only to find myself being swept backwards and up again to look down on all the doll-like people.

Then we went back into the crowds of people. There were spiced peanuts which we bought and they tasted deliciously hot. And so back to

school and to what seemed like silence.

BEN

BROWN

Standard Eight

THE

SEASON

GOTY

Season time again : 0 what fun to be here I Buy me a disco hat. RACHEL TURNER Standard Nine

The sky is clear

Tourist season has come eigain : So have the flies. SABINA GEORGE Standard Nine

MPCRIAC SOCICrY OF PLOVum

MEGAN LAW

Standard Eight

toll

tl^e

to help me ^

gpoco <Cbn ^ou

find

ia the garden

mâ&#x201A;Ź

THE FIRST DROP

The dry cracked ground Where no grass is growing Plants almost dead weeping for the rain The hot bright sun Burning the skin Your dry sore throat

Gasping for water Oh, for the rain.

Then came the first drop Everybody rushed If only I could get it down my throat But then came more

With bellowing thunder A flash of lightning Lit up the sky Clouds were bucketing with great anger. The fog sweeps down The wind gets louder The hail sweeps down With lightning and thunder The drains start leaking The buckets come out

What a day it will be When the sun comes back. DEBORAH GREEN Standard Six

MONSOON

RAINS

Heavy clouds Black and grey Rolling across the dark blue sky. Lightning flashing Thunder crashing As the rains come pouring down. Rivers flooding, Cattle drowning

Roads being washed away. Cities Wooded

Village drowned People stranded by the flood. Lightning flashing

^ Thunder crashing

Monsoon rains pouring down. J O N AT H A N

CLARK

Standard Six

Splash ! my

nose

(

that was cold but 1 like it MONA

LISA

Standard One Rain is

wet

It feels soggy splash splash SPLASH

SPLASH!

M o n s o o n

is coming soon

will

be very VERY wet. C A R O LY N H I L L Standard Two

BEATRICE CAZELLES, Standard Eight

MONSOON

N E PA L

October, wonderful October, The rain falls. The umbrellas come up, The people get wet. The houses fall down

The children play in the rain that falls. The parents hate it, hate it, hate it. They say, 'Come in. Come in you little scoundrel. You wait You wait till Igetyoul' The children say to the other children, 'Come on. Come and play in the rain that falls

The windscreen wipers flap, the cars slip The bandages come on, the children cry, For they can't play in the rain. NICHOLAS HODGE Standard Five

\ \iii\U

DANIEL GREEN Standard'Two

THE

COOL

SEASON

The cool season approaches Frosty winter nights The twilight months. ADITI HAJARNIS Standard Nine

Through the misty haze A rickshaw appears

Slowly putt-ing down the lane. HUGH GRIFFIN Standard Nine

B O AT

RACES

ONAM

KERALA

CHOY

SEN

LIAO

Standard Eight

D I VA L I A N D H O L I

Bang! Bang! Bang! Go the Diva!! crackers.

Oh what a noise of bombs in your ear.

Up go beautiful fireworks with a racket.

Make the most of it; only once a year.

Little oil lamps outside each one's door.

Hear the shouts and screams of people. Block your ears because of the roar. Even from the top of the steeple.

Water and powder; oh what a mess.

Stay indoors just about all day. Go outside and you'll dirty your dress

So at Holi don't go out to play.

D AV I D L A W Standard Six

D I VA L I

It is lit

The fountain showers

Drops of fire everywhere And dies out. ROHAN

WHITE

Standard Eight

Noisy parades through the streets : Is that sound

Supposed to be singing? ELAINE HART

Standard Nine

FA M I LY

CHRISTMAS

N E PA L

I woke to a gentle patter of rain on the tin roof, the first rain since the rhonsoon. It was very unusual. I looked at my watch. I couldn't see the

face. I turned on the torch : 3. 57. I went back to sleep, ready to wake up in two and a half hours.

I was out of bed, just after 6. 30 I straightened the sleeping bag which I had slept on top of, changed,and went downstairs, t got myself a bowl of cornflakes, ate it iii four minutes and came up to the middle floor. I could hear Dad snoring and I presumed -Mum was asleep though I couldn't see her. For once the curtain was just about cjosed: on Christmas Eve the second floor

was a lounge room and Mum and Dad's bedroom rather than just a lounge.

Under one of the two cane fehaifs we possess was a pile of nine presents, our complete S9t of gifts apart from three 'somethings' in the blue trunk - cumseat.

I woke up Dad with a knock on the shoulder, and dragged hirn out of bed. The rain outside meant it was stijl very dark inside. Candles were lit

and Mum was soon awake. The second cape chair was pulled up for Mum, carefully so as not to ruin the dirt floor, and Warren. Kerryn and Cameron were called. One by one the nine things, under the chajr were passed to the p r o s p e c t i v e o w n e r s a n d o p e n e d . Tw o s e c o n d h a n d m a t c h b o x c a r s f o r Cameron, Camay soap for Mum. A film for me.

The trunk opened and three heads crowded to see in. Two identical packages were removed. 'From Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Mum and Dad to Warren', read Dad. A shout of delight and the packet was ripped open. 'Thanks, Dad.' 'The expensive technical Lego was. for Warren.

As mine was delivered my grin broadened. I got the sticky tape off, thanked Dad and then sat there, lost for words.

The third parcel was a jigsaw puzzle for Cameron, and appreciated even more than the two previous presents. But there was one glum person. 'When we go into Kathmandu, you get a synthesiser.' Kerryn's appreciation was poured out all over Mum in the form of one hundred and one kisses.

The day became sunny at about 7.30, and was bettered by the 'Spam' for lunch, all the way from Australia, the first meat in three weeks. PHILIP BROOKES S t a n d a r d Te n

CHRISTMAS

INDIA

Christmas in India is celebrated by many, regardless of their religion. Homes everywhere are decorated with streamers, garlands and the traditional

star of Bethlehem. Although the Christmas tree is not popular in India, the sending of Christmas cards is. Cards may depict nativity scenes or poinsettias, but rarely snoyvmen and robins, such Western traditions being irrelevant here. Santa Claus is not part of the Indian Christmas either for

the same reason, but carol singers are. Carols are sung in both English and

regional languages.

The Indian Christmas is celebrated simply, and with a charm of its own Presents are exchanged on Christmas Day, and everyone has nevv clothes Thousands of people go to church. Christmas is the season of good will, and beggars all over India take advantage of this, and are usually richly rewarded.

There is no traditional Christmas dinner as food varies from region to region,: but Christmas sweetmeats are eaten everywhere.

As Christmas is in December, in thei cooler weather, it is a pleasant time to relax, and the cooler weather helps to make it a festival. EMMA

DALZELL

Standard Eleven

INDIAN

MARRIAGE

IN ANDHRA

I woke up in a daze. There were instruments playing in a deafening

way. I looked at my watch - three o'clock in the morning. What an unearthly time to wake up I Then I remembered. Today was my uncle's

marriage. I got out of bed and ran to the front porch. There was a group of musicians playing away on trumpets and drums. I went back inside the house. Everything everyone was ready it was seven o' clock in the the marriage hall. By the time we reached there including the bride and her parents. The bride has

was hectic. By the time morning. We then left for many people had arrived to make all the marriage

preparations.

We took our seats and waited for the music to play. As soon as it did the bride and her parents walked up onto the platform and sat down crosslegged. The groom sat on the other side and there was a cloth in

between so they couldn't see each other. The brahmin priest told them to

say a couple of things in Telugu Then the bride's parents had to wash the

groom's feet. The bride and groom then went out to get changed into white clothes.

When they came back they sat down beside each other and this time there was no white cloth separating them. The brahmin then did a pooja and made them do separate things. The groom then tied a necklace called

a mangala sutrum round the bride's neck and some black beads, and then put a ring on her finger. The bride's father's eldest sister had to put a silver ring on the second toe of each of her feet. At the end of the ceremony the bride and groom played a certain game. They had a big basin full of water and the Brahmin dropped a ring into it. The bride and groorn plunged one hand in and had to try to find

the ring. They did this three times and the winner got the ring. After this was over, the Brahmin tied a knot in the bride's saree and then the bride went with the groom to his house. One of the bride's

sisters had to go along with her. They stayed there a couple of days and then returned to the bride's house.

RADHI CHAGARLAMUOI Standard Nine

THE

WET

SEASON

The frog croaking in pleasure As his dry body Turns slimy with the rain. ROHA AN N Vy WH HI T E

Standard Eight First one, then two

Then millions falling all round

Hitting the warm earth. JEHUDI BLOIV Standard Nine Waterfall tumbles

Magnificent, overflowing Watery bride. MEGAN

LAW

Standard Eiaht

s6d 2

A BUDDHIST FUNERAL IN DARJEELING

He's dead', my mother said to the anxious family. Manjo, his wife,

threw herself on the prostrate figure as she wailed and hugged it. The poor man had died of tuberculosis, a dreadful but still fairly common disease among the hilltop people of Oarjeeling.

The news of the death spread like wildfire through the vilage, and many rumours too. The more superstitious claimed that the man had been punished by God as he had illegally built his house on school property, which belonged to the church. This theory was strengthened by the fact that he had died a week after moving in.

Soon the monks came and for a whole week we cOuld hear the

chanting and clanging of cymbals. We could often see the glow of incense candles through the windows.

The days before the funeral were busy ones for the family.. Guests to the funeral had to be catered for, and monks to be fed. A shelter was set up near the house for the feast At last on the day of the funeral the guests arrived and the body was carried out, covered by a white sheet, as the monks chanted and clashed

cymbals, and the women wailed. The body was carried out of sight by the men while the women stayed behind. A quarter of an hour later a column

of smoke rose from the valley bottom and we knew that the body had been burnt.

After all this, a feast was presented to the guests and a prayer flag was erected near the house in memory of the man A week later, the menks came and chanted and clashed their cymbals,

and again a month later, but this tima another flag was put up to accompany the first flag, according to Buddhist custom. A year later the priests would come again to complete the rituals. TIMOTHY

BLACKMORE

Standard

Te n

DORMITORY NOTES SUNSHINE

Sunshine has to be the least self-conscious dorm in the school. The

Sunshiners are all too busy enjoying life to worry about things like'selfimage' and 'will 1 get my name in the magazine?' In fact, the main problem

In finding, out about 'life in Sunshine' was rivalling the attraction of a rather

exciting carrom game then in progress. Sunshiners are currently under strict orders to stay in bed till 7.02 a m. at which time they jack-in-a-box up and out. The boys claim that it takes the girls twice as long to get dressed and make their beds. The girls claim that they are quieter and better behaved than the boys, who use the extra time for pillow fights and indoor football: the latter activity is banned at present due to damage to vvindows and other property. The girls prefer to draw pictures-flowers and houses - to give the current favourites. The-classroom is a popular venue before school - Sunshiners like to

go there 'to make things'. 'What things?' 'Things to give people.' 'Like?'

'Things!'

So that remains a mystery. After school. Sunshine subcommittees

organise outdoor football, 'Stuck-in-the-Mud', 'Hide and Seek' and playing with Pip and Squeak, the two guinea pigs. Gregory allegedly shoots everyone every evening, but 1 don't think we have lost any lives this term.

Birthdays are big events because of the cake and because everyone

gets to play with the birthday presents. Other things that break the routine(?) are weekend camps - to Quiet Corner and Avalanche - kite flying and practising plays for assembly.

'So, do you like being in Sunshine?'

'Yeh, because we get tuck every day.'

Definitely the dorm that concentrates on the important things in life. 62

TREETOPS

Treetops are a dorm out on their own at the Lushington compound â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only girls' dorm here. Some say they're lucky. Some say they're in for a hard time, but the inmates mostly consider themselves to be in an "O.K. set up".

Life untangles itself from the sheets at approximately six-thirty most mornings, but legally at seven o'clock sharp. As soon as the risey rings there's a joint "thump'' as they take off to start the day. The pre-breakfast minutes are spent in a flurry of idle girlish gossip, mingled with "what happened at prap the night before with the prefects''/ followed by more chit-chat and singing of nonsensical rhymes made up on the spur of the moment. After bed making and the sewing on of missing blouse buttons and cutting off of tatty hems from the previous day's antics, it's time for pedicure, manicure, facials and hairstyling. A very thorough and drawn out grooming. Brindha might have a bunch on the top of her head today-but "nol". She's settled for the "not brushed" look and Becky and Karen are sporting

the "terrible twins" look this morning. Natalie has decided to have one clip in her hair todayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it's Tuesday. Off to Hoz for medical check-ups, followed by a quick game of

hopscotch on the way back. Seven-thirty-ish: Devotions. "Who's remembered their Bibles? '. No-one. "0h well, let's settle for a good prayer-time". Weekend activities consist of early Saturday morning inspection by Miss Jackson-a firm favourite with the girlsl? Then the world's their oyster!

Shopping-lunch-video-tea-walkabout-supper-spotlight. "Spotlight" is a Saturday evening ritual played in the dark, with the aid of a torch - a spies versus the police game. They're all budding "A Team" followers, but they all want to be the cool "face-man". I don't know who B. A. is?

Bedtime is around eight o'clock after storytime. Brindha's knitting;

Becky's having her hair done by Kathy; Kathy's onto her third baby cardigan whose baby?! Natalie and Sarah are finger knitting; Shirly's asleep on the floor; Libby's listening to the story; Anupa's writing something on her arm - a love heart? Helen's trying to finish her prep with Subali's help. Where's Jasmine? Oh, here she is, right beside me, reading the story!

"Right! Time for bed!" says Miss C. Quiet at last. 63

INTER GIRLS

Apart from Candy, who has to be pulled from her bed. Inter girls are another group of early risers., although they usually manage to restrain the mselves uritif the fisey. There was a brief craze for six a.m. jogging, but that has now been recognised as "too bugging'' and dropped cold.

Nowadays, even if the risey doesn't shock them into action, the "strange Australian songs" emanating from Room Fifteen seem to do the trick-"Green and Yeller", courtesy of Sarah's father, is a current favourite. There's always plenty of time to do the necessary before breakfast and the bus ride over td Lush.

■

..i

The return to Selborne in the evening is sporadic but usually achieved

by fiye o'clock. , After all, whp'd wanUo rniss TUeKU! or the regular "beat up your matron'' session. It's" "first come, first served" with the ''Girl" magazines'a nd there are baths and rniisjc practices too. When Inter girls are released from prepi at seven-fifty, Selborne seems

to explode. The Girls claim that screaming IS their favourite hobby and their idea of "relating" to each other seems to centre around "locking X in the loo and making spooky noises" or "catching bundy beetles to scare Q" The only two impersonal activities they seem to enjoy are cooking-l cquldn't tel

from the screaming whether masala or chicken noodles were more popular-and "breaking things". Inter girls are the "sound of Selborne". . Theirs is, the

music-Wham!, Madonna and Michael Jackson-that blasts out from main building on Saturday mornings.

As a result of the above, outings are, arranged for this group. Some

unkind people say there should be more. This year they've visited Moyar Falls, Quiet Corner, Lovedale, Coonoor town and Engledene. . They've hadi a bonfire and cooked breakfast at the "bandstand". They've even made

rharshmallows! Movies and videos are popular, with Karate Kid and "Girls just wanna have fun" receiving the loudest yells in favour (I think).

Could you think of a word to describe this lot? With admirable honesty and what can only be described as a mature level of self percepiioh, they themselves came up with "Chaotic"!

SENIOR

GIRLS

D-ue to the high value placed on "contemp^atTonftim3'^ by this group it is fairly rare for anything much to happen before breakfast, although there are active types who habitually rise at around six^thirty for a variety of reasons —. getting in shape for Pondy, revision or baths for instance. After breakfast most 64

of the girls leave on the first or second "loads" for Lushington although the more lazy types — Aditi, Lucy, Elaine and Miriam — have managed to wangle their way on to "third load" which carries them up the long drive in a reasonable degree of comfort. After school, those who can, postpone return to boring old Selborne until the last possible moment — after all there's nothing to do there except isten to music and eat noodles or plastic bags. The taste in plastic bags and

in miJsiC varies froiti room to room, with probably the widest variety jti taste of all the dOrms. Charts music is most popular but there are those with more specialised tastes — Bruce Springsteen, rock or reggae and even Iclassical western and Indian music. Other favoured after-school activities are

I going to the bakery and "listening to other people's scintillating love stories" After supper, there's prep. The niners are stuck in with the grousy

staff in the dining, roorp, but the eleveners, who are allowed to work in their own rooms have the liberty to count the stars and listen for the mullah call f rom their balconies should the work become just too tedious.

The weekends are longed for, even though Saturday morning is a real hassle for the lazy ^ dhobi AND inspection. After this the typical reaction is

to engage in "delinqueiit .pursuits" the exact nature of which is not to be revealed to the general public; Everyone enjoys shopping, especially in themarket where food and

jewellery are cheap and interesting. The evening video tops the bill as far as

most giris are concerned. The older girls reckon "The Killing Fields " to be the best video seen this term, but the niners are more strongly in favour of

"Teenfox", (something to do with a guy called Michael J, VVolf). 'But what if there's no video on Saturday?" "We dress up arid

experiment with make-up. We also love to dance in bur rooms— jazz-ballets, Russian (?) and otheV types". There are also games evenings and class and dorm socials where the end product of all this experimentation can be viewed.

Sunday mornings are a time of eperiment too. 'it's difficult deciding what to wear for church — that's why we're always late".

Senior dorm changed matrons in the middle of this year; "At first It was difficult to get used to, but now everything's okay. In fact. Miss Barclay is disco".

(All quotes courtesy of Emma)

S I LV E R D A L E

If you want to find Sllverdale boys after school, there are two places you need to look - first, on the sports pitches and second, on the bank behind the dorm where tomorrow's town planners, civil engineers, mayors, social workers and military eaders are busy developing the relevant skills

in Upper and Lower Dinky. Dinky has been an.important part of Silverdale life for many years and by now must have every modern convenience that

can be safely constructed to scale, in moss and matchstick, excepting streetlights, much to the relief of dorm-parents Mr. and Mrs. Dodds.

Silverdale describe themselves as the "cool" dorm. They certainly seem to enjoy life. Bouncing out of bed as soon as they're permitted which is six-thirty a.m. for fitness fanatics and rabbit or duck tenders, they manage to fit in an incredible number of different activities before

breakfast at eight o'clock. In addition to making beds, getting washed and dressed, most boys manage to find time to finish prep, knit, read, listen to music and play basketball.

Evening activities include table-tennis, board games, reading and knitting (again) and more active pursuits such as ''Guards'' "Cubidee" and "Rare Mongolian Peanut". It is, apparently, an insult to be called a ''Rare Mongolian Peanut" and the aporopriate response is to chase the caller all around the dorm until there isn't a pillow left on a bed or a knitter left uninvolved.

Weekends in Silverdale are active too After inspection, the swimming pool is a popular venue. Boating in tin tub cruisers H. M. S. Numbum

and H. M. S. Noleak seems more popular than swimming, especially since the conversion of Noleak to a hovercraft with the aid of a giant inner-tube. Shopping is permitted on certain Saturdays and afternoon video showings are appreciated. "A Summer To Remember" and "Six Pack" were two popular videos viewed this year. The building of "cubbies"-indoor tents

- is a regular feature of Saturday nights. Outdoor tenting, on the Lushington

compound is less popular, even though the risk of midnight collapse is much less.

Weekend outings have insluded trips to Moyar Falls, Quiet Corner,

Kalhatty, Englcdene in Coonoor, Tiger Caves, Tudor Hall, Mukerti Peak and Doddabetta.

INTER

BOYS

Inter boys describe dorm life as "bearable" although they do actually seem to enjoy themselves most of the time. Mornings are slightly rushed. The boys have to be gently persuaded to rise and start the day at around ten past seven, which doesn't leave much time for revision, haircuts, inspection, music practices and "messing around", all of which seem to be essential pre-assembly activities. The period after school is more relaxed. If not required for sporting activites or clubs, the boys are variously occupied In reading, showering, listening to music - Praveen's is the most popularâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or talking, parked either on the steps outside the dormitory or on the logs above big pitch.

Official prep time is preceded by the ritual six-thirty dash for books and followded by hot drinks in the Jeffery's flat, prayers and bedtime Lights-out is at nine o'clock although that doesn't always signify the end of the day's activities. The popularity of late night conversations depends on how long it has been since the last afternoon spent carrying bricks. None of the boys would admit to owning teddy bears, although Johnny claims to take a gremlin to bed every night.

Inter boys have some very strong preferences and enjoy the freedom

to excercise them. In sports, football and cricket have some vociferous supporters. There are crazes on basket ball and even baseball but spontaneous wrestling appears to be popular all year through. Some of the boys, behind spokesman Sundeep, would like to see ski-jumping introduced. Quieter sports include birdwatching. Zunayed is reported to be dedicated to this particular pursuit.

Weekend activities can be'divided into the "more ambitious" and

"less ambitious" varieties. Outings to Quiet Corner, camping, cycling,

barbeques and fishing fall into the first group. Lie-in breakfasts and videos head the list of the second type of activity. Fishing is quite hard to classify if Danny really did catch that three foot tadpole

SENIOR

BOYS

In contrast to Silverdale Senor boys claim that they have to be literally

dragged from their beds in the mornings and that consequently they have no time at all for anything other than the throwing on of clothes. Most of the boys are prepared to confess to making their beds at least once a week, but many have an envious regard for Andreas and Poornendu who reputedly manage to avoid this rather onerous duty completely. 67

The range of after-school activities popular with this group is similar to

Inter boys', with the addition of computing, cooking and sleeping-after ali they work harder during the day, don't they? The real action in Senior Dorm

takes place in the hour between prep and bedtime. The boys place a surprising emphasis on relating to each other. They like to talk to each otheror at each, other. To be honest, thay like to argue. Jonathon and Jamie argue over the relative merits of Bolton Wanderers and Grimsby Town. Chirag, compulsive radio listener, fuels the debate with

results news. Prasad and Mohamoud argue over whether Billy Idol is

superior to Kool and the Gang. Tom and Hirab vie for position of "biggest show-off" and each has numerous supporters. Sam and Mark Scott are

rivals in the "cutest guy in the dorm" competition. Rags spends most of his time defending the innocent platypus, whilst Harry defends his right to sleep with his Walkman.

The only threads of agreement which could be traced were a strong interest in food (particularly maggi noodles) and in each others latest loves. They also all agree that their favourite animal is Mr. Snowdon.

Senior Dorm describe themselves as "eccentric." They said it !

S TA N D A R D

ELEVEN

BOYS

For the Standard Eleven boys, one of the spin-offs of 'the year of the visa crisis" as 1985 was called, has been that they have been able to

move into the A Level quarters. Initially, this caused some bad feeling among their classmates who, as prefects, had to sleep in Inters or Silverdale. Nonprefects ruefully recall being roused from peaceful slumbers between seven

and eight in the morning by wild-eyed prefects, bursting through their open windows. However, with the approach of the 0' Levels a truce has been reached. All the boys these days are setting their watches for 5.45.a.m.

The social focus for the boys is Faisal's spacious room, tastefully adorned with precisely 173 posters of pop stars, animals and ads. On the dresser rests a magnificent tape recorder with 300 watt speakers. The owner

of this electronic apparatus, Ravi, is an honorary member of the group. Apart from its other attractions, Faisal's room contains the largest mirror on the premises and the boys have had to organise a rota, restricting gazing and combing by Steve and Ken to an hour at time.

The busiest half hour of the day is probably the one before afternoon

school, when the penicillin cultures in miscellaneous mugs and saucepans are dislodged to make room for eggs, noodles, soup, or even coffee milkshakes

whipped up with Faisal's electric beater. It is probably at such times, as

they sit and sip their concoctions, and listen to U.B. 40 or Aha that the Elevens most enjoy their long awaited senior privileges. 68

HEBRON

HERD

Nobody regretted the day when Georgina and James and their porcine companions ceased to pollute the air around the swimming pool. Far more

successful has been the introduction of a herd of cows to Lushington. There are now eight cows in-the herd : four of a local breed, three Friesian cross and one Jersey cross. Of these, two are in calf so are not milking at present. However the remaining six are giving sixty litres a day, almost enough for Lushington's daily needs. Two calves have been born recently and two more are due, one in mid June and one in early August. The two cowmen, who have such a love for their herd that they are reluctant to take days off, milk the cows at seven in the morning and five thirty at night. Much of the time, they are concerned with providing fodde>' for the cows: grass and leaves from Selborne and Montaiiban as well as Lushington. At present a new cowshed is being constructed next to the existing one. This is in order to house four cows in calf, as well as five calves, leaving room â&#x2013; for fodder storage.

A labour ward, a nursery and a pantry. Nothing is too good for this herd, recently insured for half a lakh. Ask Papan.

VISITORS Past

HEBRON

students

and

1985-

their

1986

families

July 1985

Dr. Priscilia Strom, from Bangladesh.

August

Peter Bird, in second last year of his medical course at Monash University, Melbourne. Richard Home, England

September Ernest Yendell, from I. H. Q. of the Salvation Army. Vicky Weth, daughter of J. D. Weth October

D. D. Chowdary and family, Calcutta

November Jean (nee Morling) and her husband. Vijendra Daniel, from Malaysia, en route to Grenada to study medicine Phil J. Michael, Australia December

Nitln Patil. from Kplhapur, after graduation from Harvard School of Business.

Douglas Walshe, from England.

Jim and Lucy Alanoly (nee Mannings) and Beth, from Canada Michael Van Ingen.

Heinz and Dorothea Scheiderer (Dorothea is sister to Rupprecht and Christoph Veigel.) January 1986

Roslyn Smith, Australia Keith Adams, Brisbane Robert Adams

Kathy Adams

Joy and Roy Martin, parents of Peter, Rosie and Anne and Paul. February

Bobby Naik, a recent graduate of Essex, now working in C o l c h e s t e r.

Stephen Lushington, a retired headmaster and descendant of

Stephen Rumbold Lushington, from Hastings, Sussex.

John and Jane Martin, parents of Paul, Sam and Alan. Christoph and Garbi Veigel.

Norman, Dorothy, Mary Elizabeth and Christopher.

March

Nanette Weesner from Colorado Springs David Craig, from England Peter Wehmeier from W. Germany.

Vivien Horler, daughter of Frank Horler (1929-32) and niece of Dorothy Horler (Hebron, Coonoor 1932-37), South Africa Miss Ruby Enns from Bangalore.

Jo and John Daniel: John is working for United Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana, while, Jo, now a graduate in electrical engineering, looks for a job in India. Paul Wiig, out on holiday from his studies at Biola.

LEVEL

STUDENTS

1985-1986

Name : Rajini Samuel (Prefect) N i c k n a m e s : J e a n n i e , R a j , Tw i g g y, Cordelia Flyte, Ganga A m b i t i o n i n L i f e ; To b e F AT

Love is ... waking up next to Paddington

Name : Colette Saveal (Prefect) Nicknames : Savlon, Pina Colada, Col, George A m b i t i o n i n L i f e : To h a v e M a d o n n a ' s charisma

Love is. ...Why don't you ask Howard Jones ?

Name : Anne-Marie Watson (Prefect) Nicknames: AM, Wingfield Digby, Colonel, Av a r i c i o u s , H e y y o u .

Ambition in life : To get a B Love water

...a Bottle.

live

hot

Name : Shirin Joseph (Prefect) Nicknames : Josephine, Syringe, Shrine, Mulberry Bush Ambition in Life: To get through A Levels (THREE Sciences) and still be sane.

Love is...steamed up glasses.

S TA N D A R D T W E LV E 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 6

N a m e : F a i z a l Ya k u b S u l e m a n A m b i t i o n : To s a i l a r o u n d t h e w o r l d i n

my yacht.

Favourite Saying: Steven, get out of my room!

Favourite Music: UB40, Whitney H o u s t o n S t e v i e Wo n d e r

Favourite Pastime: That's personal ! Favourite Food : Seychelles cuisine. Chief Irritation : Watching Hugh trying to

breakdance

Name : Vijaivir Singh Ambition: Not to plug my A Levels Favourite Saying : Censored

Favourite Food ; Definitely not what is served in the dining hall Favourite Pastime; zzzzzzzzzzz Chief Irritation : Oh, well...

S TA N D A R D E L E V E N 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 6

N a m e ; A n d r e w Wa i n w r i g h t ( P r e f e c t )

Ambition : To give Mr Green one of my P.

lessons.

Favourite Saying : I'm not asking you. I'm telling you.

Favourite Music : Ask anyone, they'll tell you

Favourite Pastime : Studying ????? Favourite Food : Alas, nothing in Hebron Chief Irritation : Smelling Pravin's socks

Name : Pravin Ramachandran (Prefect) Ambition ; To join the SWAT team. Favourite Music : Billy Idol and A-HA F a v o u r i t e P a s t i m e : Wa l k i n g a r o u n d w i t h H i r a b a n d To m

Favourite Food : Hebron's ragi porridge Favourite Saying ; Hirab, stop showing off!

Chief Irritation : Tom acting like] Rinat Dasaev (Russian]: goalkeeper)

Name ; Satchi Sivarajasingham (Prefect) Ambition : To give Inters 4,000 lines in block letters in four different colours.

Favourite Sayings : Come on, guys. Shut the do'

Favourite Food : Fried chicken Favourite Pastime : Playing Chess Chief Irritation : Inters

Name ; Steve Jenkins

Ambition : To get into the Aussie S.A.S. Favourite Saying : England sucks, Aussie rules.

Favourite Music

zz Top or .A-HA

Favourite Food

My Mum's food.

Chiel Irritation

Faizal

Favourite pastime : Playing football, shooting

Name : Nicholas Scott (Prefect) Ambition ; To sleep until eight without being woken up by the Inters. Favourite Music: Phil Collins Favourite Pastime : Cricket Favourite Food : Roast chicken

Favourite Saying: All right ! Log game. Chief Irritation : Being woken up by Inters before seven

Name : Janu Wignarajah

Ambition: To play footboll in the world cup carrying a machine gun. Favourite Saying : You dunks. Favourite Food : Anything which moves. Favourite Music : David Bowie

Favourite Pastime: Going on a long, long vacation.

Chief Irritation : Lots of prep.

Name;

Sarah

Thomson

A m b i t i o n : To o w n a s h o p i n t h e K i n g s R o a d

Favourite saying :

Who does she is ?

Favourite Music :

Sting Japanese Shopping

Favourite Food Favourite Pastime

she

think

Pet Peeve : Emima imitating the mullah

Name : Melinda Webb

A m b i t i o n : To b r e a k e v e r y s c h o o l r u l e F a v o u r i t e F o o d : C a v i a r, O y s t e r s a n d champagne

Favourite Sayings : Say what ??? That's

wol.

Favourite Music : New Wave, Reggae, Jazz

Favourite Pastimes : Boys, sport, sport, boys. C h i e f I r r i t a t i o n : G e t t i n g c a u g h t f u l fi l l i n g my ambition

Name ; Caroline Smith A m b i t i o n : To i n v e n t c a l o r i e - f r e e chocolate

Favourite Saying : Yeah, ail right. Favourite Food : Chocolate Favouriie Music ; Most

Favourite Pastime : Reading large b o o k s

Chief Irritation : Nosy staff e. g ...

Name ; Kenneth Gordon McAlpine Ambition : To sing in concert next to Bruce Springsteen Favourite Saying : Half breeds rule

the

world. Favourite Music : Favourite Pastime

Bruce Springsteen : Arguing with Mahomoud.

Favourite Food : Chief Irritation :

My own cooking French

Name : Emma Dalzell A m b i t i o n ; To l i v e i n P a r i s

Favourite Saying: What does she think she's wearing ? Favourite Music; The cult, Billy Idol Favourite Food : Greek, Indian F a v o u r i t e P a s t i m e : Tr a v e l l i n g

Pet Peeve : People making themselves out to better than they are.

Name

: Ya m u n a

samuel

A m b i t i o n : To g r o w ! ( l e n g t h w i s e ) Favourite Saying : It's gooooood for yoooooo (at lunchtime) Favourite Music : Boney M, Abba, etc (you know) Favourite Food : Carton of red strawberry Yo g h u r t

Favourite Pastime: Why, [walking up the school drive of course! Chief Irritation : Six o'clock siren.

Dorothy Hall writes AFTER

T W E LV E

YEARS

"The Nilgiriswere even more beautiful than I remembered, and Lushy looked so attractive as we drove up. "This is Hebron!" — I swallowed hard,

but the warm welcome and lovingly-prepared new staff flat behind the hozzie dispelled any lingering misgivings. It was great to be there for the lovely school Carol Service in Union Church, and the Junior School's sparkling

Christmas musical. We enjoyed, too, the students' Christmas supper and

the staff party, with its lovely buffet and its spirited entertainment by the gifted staff. We shan't forget sharing the Junior School assembly in the movingly beautiful Judson Milne Memorial Chapel, nor taking dorm,

prayers with the 11 to 14 — year-old boys the night before many of them

were leaving for the Chrissie hois. — an exhilarating experience! The Inglebys were just back from a recruiting tour of Nepal and Bangladesh, and Graeme Walliswas sitting it out in Madras to obtain visas etc. for various staff members. Two staff appointments brought special joy -Mary Varughese, an old Coonoor Crusader, and Ruth Barclay (Australia) presumably one of eight

new visas. We appreciated so much the friendliness of staff and children, and came away rejoicing, in a thriving, happy school, and glad to be able to help by our prayers and in other ways.

We spent the next ten days at Brooklands, within sound Of the old belli The reconstructed Moon Gate, bearing the words "Christian Mission Service" silently welcomed us to what is now known as "Silverdale"^ and we

began an exciting conducted tour of the compound. The Nest is the

busy administrative office of the mission, which cares for over 4,000 destitute children in about 30 centres. Sunshine, the dining room and Chaplin form the Children's Home, while Stanes, Boys' Dorm and Boys' Playroom are the

Industrial Trainirig Centre for older boys. The top end of the compound is the Deacons Training School. It was thrilling to see every corner still being used in the service of the Master, and 1 was well content. It's certainly a

very deserving mission, and the administrator and his wife, the Kowskis, work extremelv hard.

N E W S O F F O R M E R S TA F F

RUTH (Nee WILKINS) and Bill Anderson have recently moved to a beautiful new home in Hamilton. Ruth Allen and the Wallises were among those able to to visit the Andersons over Christmas.

Earlier in the year Miss DOROtHY BANKS spent three months helping at Farley, and vye all epjoyed her visits to Hebron Miss BATEMAN writes from Mowell Village. Sydney that her new life

'is much more haphazard' after years of routine dominated by bells and timetables. Sunday School, G. F.S. handcraft work, atid leading a morning Bible study group are among her present responsibilities. Mr. JOHN BEATTIE is Head of Physics at Portora, while Mrs Beattie

teaches Geography and R E part-time. The whole family including Joy (14)<

David (I lj arid Ruth (8) hope to visit Hebron at the end of July. KAY and ANDY BOWDLER write from Dinas Powys where at just ten months, Danielle is already walking and running and has eight teeth. â&#x20AC;˘

â&#x2013;

Harry and MARJORIE Cherry continue to pastor a church in Lewes, Sussex, and are particularly challenged by their weekly Bible Club. MARY JONES, previous headmistress of the junior school, visited them in December-

THE DAVIES family in Hebron Hall write welcoming people to the Reunion on 5 July. The Wain Wrights from Kotagiri and Tim and Nicholas Archer have been recent visitors, while the Jenkins family from Union Church hope to stay there in the summer. The Cardys also hope to visit at the time of the Reunion.

NICKY Duddy (nee SWANNELL) lives in Storrington, West Sussex, vyith her husband and their two small children, Nicholas and Beth.

, MAUREEN ear LAM now heads up Ichthus House in London, a position for which being head of Selborne was some preparation, she feels.

Maureen has also found work with ESL. At the time of writing she was looking forward to attending Spring Harvest with Joy Gilbert, Sylvia Baxter a n d L i n d e n F l e t c h e r.

Miss JOAN ELLIOTT has been out from Ireland visiting old friends in I. P. work up in Gujarat for several months. In May she was able to visit H e b r o n b r i e fl v .

7 7

Miss M. ENNS lebtures in the Mennonite Bible College In Shamshabad. JOYCE FOWLER has been to Tonga as escort for a schizophrenic girl.

Joyce has her own flat in Aranui, Christchurch, New Zealand, and is involved in outreach to the elderly in her spare time.

(SISTER GABELL) Mrs P. Cullum has been to Singapore and New Zealand, visiting many old friends. Miss R. GRAY, a greatly loved matron of Sunshine Dormitory and then

of the Senior girls in Coonoor from 1957-1962, went to be with the Lord on 27 July, 1985.

JEAN HOLMES writes from Ireland that she would find retirement

'quite enjoyable if the days weren't so hectic.' Jeart has been in touch with JOAN ELLIOTT and Ethel Nelson.

LOIS AND CARLYLE IRVING are continuing to do a fine <P.R.' job for

Hebron and India, in Christchurch, Now Zealand. The children have settled back well into life there, promptly regaining their kiwi accents.

JENNY Jeisman (nee BYERLEE) writes with-news of her growing

family in Australia. Lisa is now seven and a half; Michael and Rebecca the twins are five, and their newest arrival, Simon Graham, was born in N o v e m b e r.

MISS MARY MCDONALD writes from Perthshire vyhere she is still

actively involved with the local girls Crusader class. PHILIPPA cMILLWARD is at Merton College, Oxford. During a recent

spell as student teacher at Marlbarough, shp met. Oliver James. Phjllippa

has been accepted to teach French and German at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset.

VALERIE MOSS is working with the Spurgeon's Children'Si Homes

Association in Bedford. Her work involves dealing with under fives and their parents.

THE PATTEMORE FAMILY, in Phuket, Thailand, continUe with language

learning, as well as leadership training and evangelism. Kerryn,. who has

been on'correspondence, is due to go to Chefoo School this year.

Hephzibah Clare Maunsell PEMBERTON was christend in June. The Inglebys were godparents. CARRIE and Jeremy are at St. George's, Leeds, where Carrie has somehow found time to continue with her deaconess'

training, due for completion this June, as well as to work on the Third Way editorial advisory board. ANDREW SCHOFIELD is now working on a research project at Philips Laboratories before going up to Cambridge in August, M A RY ( N e e B A RT Q N ) S t e a d m a n i s l i v i n g w i t h h e r h u s b a n d i n Christchurch, New Zealand, where she has now spent a year with her newly acquired family of Felicity, Janet, Russell and Rachel. Mary has been teaching part-time at Christchurch Boys' High School BRIAN SHIPSIDES has moved to Notting Hill, London, to 'a ver/ lively, busy parish with a very large Caribbean population which lives cheek by jowl with a wealthy professional group.' He wrote after the last Hebron

Reunion : 'It was fascinating catching up oii something like seven years in people's lives. Hafidh Busaidy seems to have roamed the world in various

guises and that sweet little eleven year old that I remember as Adil Busaidy is now a male model-and his earnings from that are putting him through college' Brain hopes to visit India in September.

OLIVE and ALEX SMYTH enjoyed Christmas with most of their family in England. However Gilmore was visiting a friend in Cyprus, while Ashley and Diane with baby Claire live in Capetown, and Trevor and Lilia and their son Alejandro in Mexico City. Olive retired in December but both Alex and Olive remain actively involved in Kingsway Chapel.

ALAN and BEV TAYLOR and their two children enjoyed a visit over Christmas from Marty and Kath Kemp and their son Jordan. Miss M. VANT'snew address is C/o Post Office, Te Puke, New Zealand.

In August PAT VERHAEREN was appointed as a lady pastor by the Oxford Ministry to Overseas Students. She remains a member of St Aldate's

and is co-leader of a fellowship group in Headington. Mrs BEULAH WOOD in Auckland has been writing articles for a number of magazines and has had a secorid book published.

NEWS

FORMER

STUDENTS

A S I A

In September, PETER DANIEL was married to a colleague, Thangam Ramasamy, working for CARE, a Malaysian Christian Association for Relief. SUSIE Dhanaraj Reddy (Nee WIIG) lives with her husband and their two sons at Godaveri Khani, Andhra PAUL, Susie's brother, has been over from the States to visit the family recently.

KAMINI FERNANDO has taken computer and secretarial courses in Colombo. She has also had the experience of running the ho.me and even

giving the occasional dinner party for her father, a Rotarian, during the time that her mother was away in England.

Kamini has kept in touch with RUCHIRA, who appears .to be greatly, enjoying her college life in U S.A. INDRA and JO KUKATHAS are back in Malaysia. Both are graduates

working now in law and teaching respectively. UM^ is completing her university studies in Munich, while SUSIE is still in U.S.A RITA MIRPURI is now working in Hong Kong, part of the time in her

father's firm, part as secretary at the Brands-Hatch Fitness Club. She plans to resume her. studies next term.

MERCEDES WEBB has joined her parents iii their business and is the

general manager for planning and coordination. MELANIE WEBB graduated in May and is now working for a law firm in Dallas. Texas. IRENE and HEIKE WINKLER are both doing very well at Woodstock

where the teachers are apparently very impressed by their ability to work hard. AUSTRALASIA

THE BRIESEMAN FAMILY. LYN is a managerial trainee for the Welling

ton Hospital Board while her husband works for the Labour Dept JO, now married, has withdrawn from medical studies for the moment and has a job in the Head office of the Dept. of Health. SHERRY is also married and works as

a.Health Inspector in Christchurch. NIGEL nears completion pf his Ph.D.

thesis on computerised assistance for those who have speech problems, THE CHOTE FAMILY. JOHN and GAYLENE plan a trip to U.K. and

Europe in the middle of the year. Graham has become the top New Zealand

apprentice in sewing-machine mechanics. KELVIN is in his final year of high school.

GRAEME and SHANTINI CROWOEN (SHANTINI Nee BALASINGHAM) live in Melbourne where both work for an import firm, Graeme as assistant

personnel manager. Shantini in sales. DARYL has been working for Square D, an electronics firm, managing the German section However, he recently joined the Salvation Army as a full time worker. 75

MARTy and KATH KEMP (KATH nee TAYLOR) live Jn Auckland where

they are involved in church planting. Their son Jordan was born in May. The Kemps were able to spend Christmas in Canada with the Taylors, and Marty particularly enjoyed the skiing.

RAE LANGTON gained, her M.A. with first class honours from Sydney University arid in addition Won the Anderson prize for topping the philosophy class. She is now working towards a doctorate in philosophy and also working part time as a residential tutor at Wesley College, Sydney University. JOY is nursing in Brisbane, while STEVE is working hard to save money for further overseas travel.

NEIL and JOY MILNE visited the school in April, bringing news of Clifford and Vanessa who have settled Well into their new school in Australia where Paul Saunders The Milnes live at :

The House of Tabor P. 0 . B o x 1 0 2

Unley 5061 Australia

THE MORRISES now live in Newlands, Wellington, where NICKY attends the local coeducational high school. CHARLIE has been accepted by the R.N.Z.A.F. for training, as an avionics engineer.

KEN and Kerry PULLEN have a new baby daughter, Tara, born this April. They are kept busy at the conference Centre. BRIAN and Jenni are at Kathmandu in the Australian Embassy.

ROBERT WALLIS is at Wellington College for his final year of schooling. He recently enjoyed a visit from DAVID SAUNDERS who used

his freshly acquired pilot's licence in order to fly down from Auckland

for a Dire Straits concert

PAMELA WATSON has been completing her schoolirig in Australia. A highlight for her was the Salvation Army Youth Congress she attended in Mefbourne soon after her return.

â&#x20AC;&#x17E; EUROPE NICOLAS ARCHER is at Monkton Combe School, near Bath. He has been able to meet a number of his Hebron friends at the Davies' in Wales. FRANCIS is at Imperial College, London, majoring in mathematics.

: DOUGLAS BENNETT is an active member of his local Baptist church

where he has charge of the junior choir. He hopes to take engineering traihing in the army starting this summer.

THE BEVAN FAMILY. DOROTHY is miarriecl, has a son, and 11 vas in Israel where her son was born. ELAINE Is also married and has a son. SHARON was due to visit her parents in Pakistan last October. J O H N C O N S T A B L E i s a G . P . a t H a t fi e l d . R O S E M A R Y h a s b e e n o n a

w o r l d t o u r. D a v i d a n d C a t h y h a v e a s o n , A n d r e w J a m e s , b o r n i n M a y 1 9 8 5 .

LIAM and TOM DALZELL are enjoying school in Dublin, and are both on the football and rugby teams. ROHAN DESILVA is studying towards a science degree in electronic communication at Saiford University. C H A R L E S a n d PA U L I N E D U R M A N e x p e c t t o t a k e . a n o r i e n t a t i o n

course in Islamics in July and to leave for Jessore, Bangladesh, in August with their two small sons.

CILLA GERMAN is studying at All Nations Christian College and is

going to Japan on an elective. PAUL is teaching in Japan. NICHOLAS HACKING works in London at Indosuez, a Paris-based,

nationalised French bank. Stephen's shipbroking job involyes travelling abroad. William has gained promotion, in banqueting management , at Grosvenor

House.

TIM HARLAND in general practice, has an hour's surgery daily in

Maidstone prison. ELIZABETH is a staffnurse on the Orthopaedic ward of a hospital in Tunbridge Wells.

SYLVIA AND LUCY HART are at Walthamstow Hall in Kent. Sylvia's

physics teacher, Gillian Payne, used to work at Hebron ten years ago. DAVID HOUSTON at Bloxham School near Banbury, Oxford, has

not only been preparing for his A Levels but has also learned to fly in the RAF Cadet course.

SAM MARTIN is taking his post-graduate certificate of education at Bristol.

ROSIE MARTIN'S year at Tubingen is almost over. Before leaving the

continent, Rosie hopes to cycle to Montpellier, about a thousand k^m. PAUL is

reading Computer Studies at Liverpool University, while PETER is still H O D.

German reading at Walton. ANNE is now fully qualified as a dental hyglenist. BRUCE MCKENZIE has a place reserved for him at medical school in Glasgow,

while IAIN ALASTAIR has a conditional acceptance at Strathclyde University. He would like to do electronic engineering. All three boys are enjoying sports and aooreciate the excellent Christian school they attend. 7 7

PHILIP RINGROSE is writing up his Ph. D. thesis. Timothy is at St Andrews. Alison is in her second year of primary teaching at Condorrat.

while Annette is at Edinburgh University. HEIDI PENNY and PRAGATI SHUKLA write happily from their new school. Clarendon, where both girls are in the sixth form. Miss Willson teaches them R E. 'We have our memories refreshed about Houston's and

Wiiley's'escapb in Std. 4 or "so and of the collapsing of Treetops' Heidi writes.

THE POPPLESTONE FAMILY live and work at the Mill Grove Children's

Home in South Woodford, Londori.

ANDREW WYATT is at university where he finds the C.U. lively arid friendly. He had a major role in the university drama club's .performance of 'A Man for All Seasons' NORTH

AMERICA

THE CHRISTOPHER FAMILY. Norman, Oorothy and Mary Elizabeth visited India in February and regarded their time in the Nilgiris as one of the

highlight^ of their visit. Mark and John gave them a great welcome when they arrived back at Regina, Sask. DOROTHY HUNT (nee FRIEBEL) lives with her husband and their four young children at Prairie Bible Institute. David Faszer works for them as an early morning milker and recently they all got together to enjoy a curry and rice meal eaten with their hands.

DANNY GILLETTE did very well in his final year of high school, winnig a number of awards. He is now at college, and thinking of majoring in Computer studies.

SUSIE KUKATHAS is living and working in New York, but hopes eventually to go to Kenya with Campus Crusade for Christ, using her nutrition degree.

VIRGIL SCHRAG is manager of a restaurant in Mason City, Iowa. Joy and her husband are praying about missionary work in Surinam, in radio a n d T. V.

ALAN and BEV TAYLOR have moved and their new address is : 2 4 0 8 - 1 4 9 AV E . Edmonton Alberta

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TERRY TIESSEN expects to take up the Vice-presidency of Ontario Bible College later this year. 3USAN and JANET TOZER are flatting together in Toronto where their address is :

Apt. 207 1700 Victoria Park Avenue

Scarborough Ontario Canada MIR 1R3

SUSAN is working towards a diploma in medical records. The girls are in close touch with the SINCLAIR FAMILY, and Janet and Kathy work for t h e s a m e fi r m .

BETTY and BRIAN VAN CAMP who visited Hebron last year, are back

in Mishawaka, Indiana, where Betty (NEE DANIEL) is teaching 79 students (piano, voice, organ and synthesisers) as well as being a part time professor at her old school. Bethel College. NANETTE WEESNER, having a break from nursing studies, been out visiting her parents in Madras. Jonathan is taking Computer Studies at Texas University.

A l b e r t a

January 9, 1986 Extract from letter to Mrs. Wallis

I'm addressing this letter to you because you may just remember me and no-one else there will know on earth I ami My maiden name was Neilsen and 1 think I was about four years behind you in school - Std. 7 when you were a prefect. This letter is several months overdue - my intentions were good, but time was at a premium. I'm writing to tell you of the small reunion held in Edmonton Alberta, Canada last August for former Hebron & Lushy students and staff. It was organized by Mrs. Pat Ironside (who has probably already

told you of it person) and Mrs. Lucille McKellar I was delighted to find out about it at the last minute, and even though I found only two people there I knew, it was fun getting together with a group of people with whom I could talk of Hebron and surrounding places and people and they knew what I was

talking about! Those who had slides brought them and all had a wonderful time viewing familiar scenes and facesi We pored over back issues of Gleanings and Highlights, passed on news of mutual friends and former classmates and ate a delicious meal of curry,

rice and chappatis (many of us with our fingers!) The evening was brought to a close with a time of storytelling,

singing - of course we sang "Deo Supremo" and also "Jana Gana Mana" -

and finally a time of devotions and prayer, remembering Hebron and its needs.

For me Hebron has been brought much closer. It was a small beginning, but just that- a beginning. We are now in the process of trying to expand our

meagre mailing list with a view towards a North American reunion during the

summer of 1987. If anyone there can help us in this regard, we would

appreciate your passing on names and addresses of anyone in North America. I am enclosing some pictures and a list of those who were in Edmonton. Please put my name of the Hebron mailing list as a contact on this side of the world. We will be endeavouing to send out a newsletter about once a

year and I would love to pass on any news of Hebron old students or staff, well as your needs and prayer requests. May God bless you and the other staff members as you serve Him in the beautiful Nilgiris in a small but VERY important corner of His work. in Christian love

Joan Myers (nee Neilsen ) p. S. Just received a letter in the mail from Avis (Thomas) Cooper-finally made contact with her sister Joy in Vancouver this Christmas. She seems

excited about a possible reunion and has offered to do anything she can to help.

1985

HEBRON

REUNION

CANADA

Those in attendance

Duane & Andrea Slack (C. E. Director, Bethel Baptist & nursing student) 6655 Temple Dr. N. E., Calgary, AS Tly 581 Wesley & Sharon Post (nee Reinhardt) 4 8 0 4 - 1 0 2 Av e n u e , E d m o n t o n , A S

David Faszer (Agriculturalist) R. R. I, Spruce Grove, AS TOE 2C0 Norma Wallace (nee Heine) 1 5 1 C 4 - 5 3 A Av e n u e , E d m o n t o n , A B

Rick & Joan Myers (nee Box 452, High River, AB TOL IBO

Neilsen)

(Bank

steno)

Herb & Evelyn Reinhardt (parents of Sharon) Box 14, New Sarepta, AB TOB 3M0 Marlowe & Dorothy Hunt (nee Friebel) (Farmer and homemaker) P.

Box

Three

Hills,

TOM

2A0

Jeanne Erickson (student)

c/o P B. I., Three Hills, AB TOM 2A0 Agnes Dueck (still teaching)

B o x 9 4 , C o a l d a l e , A B TO K O L O

Don & Evelyn Taylor (Parents of Alan) Box 785, Westlock, AB

Gordon Friebl (pilot) Box 1835, Lac La Biche AB TOA 2E0

Maurice & Wanda Slack (research engineer) 1831 - 104 A Street, Edmonton, A B T6J 501 Allan & Bev Taylor (teacher. North Edmonton Christian School) 2408 - 149 Avenue, Edmonton, AB Allan a- Pat Ironside

Box 1212, Three Hills AB TOM 2A0

Linda & Dwight Fulmore (nee Birch) 8718 Meadowlark Rd., Edmonton, AB T5R 5W5 Geoff & Pamela Butt

4215 - 4 St. N. W., Calgary AB t2K 1A 3 Ted & Lucille McLellar (teacher at Mount Carmel, Edmonton) 11 5 W i l l o w S t , S h e r w o o d P a r k , A B T 8 A I N 9

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Treetopper: I wish I was dead. Then I wouldn't have to clean up. The real Mrs. Wainwright: Do you know, Kotagirl cemetery is full now? Well,

the English-speaking cemetery anyway. Sunshiner's prayer; Daar God, thank you that you didn't make the world in black and white.

Standard four child at church; There's a men's part and a ladies' part. What do we sing? We are juniors. JCI ; Not a hope, Josephine.

Letter from a parent : My sons write to me in almost all their letter about films, video screenings, shopping, so much so, one may feel this is almost

an American school . ..The Disco, the chewing gum, the 'freakout' may follow in due time.

Teacher; The only way to see anything in the D.S. room is to open the fridge door.

From a Sunshine parent ; ...While you were haying a weekend of fun, we were having a weekend of prayer and fasting.

Senior boy : He took one look at her beautiful face and was dilapidated. -What do we do with this dead dog, Mrs Wallis? -Oh, tell someone in the kitchen.

J.W. on the presence of the Misses Hall : It's lovely to have fresh blood for breakfast.

Standard Seven essay ; For forty years the Israelites wandered in the desert. Sunshiner (seven weeks into term) Miss Westmacott, are you the boss of Sunshine?

Senior student ; The meaning of viscous is 'what men grow on their chins' Visitor to school ; May I see Mr Egbert the Principal?

Carolyn ; Ail the coloured rabbits are in a corner having a prayer meeting. P. Dodds ; I like being disturbed.

Sunshiner on 1 April; Is there jam on the toilet seats because it's Good Friday again?

Anna: I had motor melon for breakfast.

Student : The cook put salary in the pizza. (The wages of sin is indigestion) Junior: There used to be a double bass in this school and the boy who played it kept breaking his leg. Daniel: Oh, I got six rupees. I can buy a wife.

Standard Seven R.E examination script : Rahab sheltered Joshua's two spies because her great - great - grandson was a follower of Jesus. ishtaj: Nowadays most pop songs have music in them.

Vrata: The drum is a round wooden part with skinned animal on the top. Standard Eight Boy to Computer (programme Eliza) : Have you ever kissed? Eliza/ Computer: How do you kiss? Boy : You put your lips together.

Eliza/ Computer: Right. I've put my lips together. J.C.I, (to film extras on Friday afternoon): I don't care if you're the M. G. M. G e t o f f t h e f o o t b a l l fi e l d !

Prayer letter : The Indian Government decided they should leave the country in 1985.

Deborah: The bus conductor said, 'There is a bload rockage on the old Kotagiri Road.' Boy, after breaking his glasses for the fourth time : I think a wheelbarrow ran over them.

Mr T at council meeting :But I prayed last year.

M r. a n d M r s . P e t e r s o n t h e i r w e d d i n g d a y.