1926 SMC Yearbook by St Margaret's College Foundation

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Cl IJrislclJnrclJ: PRINTED BY "THE SUN" 87 WORCESTER STREET 1926

OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL, 1926

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School Prefects . .

Committee Girls . .

Diana Huie Dora Prudhoe Ethel Richards Jean Ussher Blanche Helliwell Alma Chamberlain Als Jones Betty Flint Marjorie Best

Orderlies:-Form V.a Form V.b Form IV.a Form IV.b Form IV.c Form III.a

Alma Chamberlain Marjorie Sherris Jean Tingey Janet Stevenson Betty Baxter Madge Matthews

House Prefects

Barbara Hay { Ethel Richards Kitty Dixon

House Orderlies . .

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Captain of Tennis

Als Jones

Captain of Netball

Dorothy Parson

Mabel Stafford Jean Ussher

Games Committee

Prefects Committee Girls Kitty Dixon Marjorie Shirtcliffe Gwen Clarke Noeline Craythorne Jeanette March

Games Secretary . .

Dorothy Parson

Games Treasurer

Miss Stewart

Dorothy Parson (Head) Monica Robinson { Lila Gardner Mary Morten Betty Thomas Beatrice Telford

CONTENTS

Officers of the School School Notes Examination Results Inspectors' Report .. Boarders' Notes Konini House Notes Kowhai House Notes Matipo House Notes Rata House Notes .. Rimu House Notes The Bazaar .. Home Science Notes The Sports Tennis Notes Netball Notes 1'he House Matches Form VI. Not (.•s Form V.A Notes Form V.B Notes Form IV.A Notes Form IV.B Notes Form IV.C Notes Form III.A Notes Form III.B Notes St. Margaret's College Old Girls' Asso •iation Essay on "Look Thy Last on all 'fhiugs Lovely" Reverie Autumn The First Day S. M. C. School ln the West A Fairy Dream

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)I. )lortc11 B. Flint

B. Thornns E. Hichards

B. Telford D. PHson L. Gnrdncr )I. Robinson .\. Ch:1111hcrl11i11 A. Jones )I. Best. J. Ussher D. Huie

D. Prudhoe H. Helliwell

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SCHOOL NOTES. The School year of 1926 is drawing to a close without anythino outstanding having taken place. We opened with 242 pupils, of whom 41 were boarders. Among the new girls were Jean U ssher, Joan Spence-Clarke, Florence Colquhoun, Dorothy Cambridge, Marjorie Sherris, Elsie Rutter, Marjorie Ballantyne, Doris Gardiner, Mollie Pratt, Doreen Byrne, Helen Stephens, Nancy Green, Doris Tustin, Jean Gebbie, Eleanor Hodgson, Mary Robinson, Edith Mason, Frances McCann, Thelma Edmonds, Eileen Moir, N ola Danks, Jean Hunter, Pauline McGallan, Phyllis Cameron, Roma Greenslade, Betty Heasley, Kathi n Lambie, Nora shand Patricia Vaughan, Gwen Williams Philippa Acland, Lorna Best, Joan Harding-, Joan Lisi , Isab I Wright, Mab I Priestnall, Audrey and Daphne cdg Icy, J an Burg ss, hirl y James, .,. Kathleen Macrcady, Nan 13 rtha 11rs , Betty Armstrong, • . ;, • C y Rog ,; C rs, • . ....·• - , .ld .. n Laurie .:.... Pomf'r Ailsa • _ l ·t -Do • ~ . , JoC(' lyn : • ,.:,al · tl , B tty Oiclclings, . -- .. . _,- I Littl .. e, Pamela Daphn y hristi(• , Mab -·e.':,SJay hirlc-C· C rompton, __ Dickip , Moyra . . •- Nola11, ' . .Muri ,· c•I Davidson Fay Purdie, Ngaire .. llarris, Nancy Pric Bobbi : : • e 8·mith, Hilary Thornton, Joy • WoolCr, DorCen W lsf'ord and Pamela Vine t·nt. 4':: Further extensions rendered n0 cc II sary by the growth of the School were finished in time for the first term. These comprised cloakrooms for the Staff and the Lower School, and also an extra classroom, of which the Sixth Form are the proud possessors. 0

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''here have been a few chan"'es among the Staff. Miss Isaacson, Miss Horth, Mrs. Hutchinson and Miss Macfarlan left at the end of last year, their places being taken by Mrs. Watson Brown, Miss Brickell, Miss Hearn and Miss Stewart. Miss Walker, late of Iona Colle"'e, is now a part-time teacher, and assi French, Arithmetic and English. Miss Taylor :.· sts with •· is in char 0e of the Latin of the Upper Forms. "' During the first term Bishop and Mrs. West-Watson paid their first visit to the school. The Bishop asked for a holiday, which was given on Easter 'l'nesday, and was much appre-

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ciated. We are looking forward to bavino- him to give us an address at the Festal Evensong on t. Margaret's Day. A mild epidemic of influenza broke out during the seconrl term, and owing to the small attendance, it was fotmd neces sary to close the school for a week. The September holidays were shortened as a result. A Confirmation washe Id at t. Luke's on AuguIIt 8th, at 8.30 a.m. It was follow t,·d l.,y 1'11e First . ;;• t: ommunion Servic taken by the Bishop, assistl'l l by th'e :~ Rev·. ,., and !. F. Dunnarre S. Parr. Among:. those who w t.'re Con firmc d were Betty Flint, Dorothy Cambridge, Elsie HuttC r, Muriel Brown, Mabel Stafford, Alison Huie, Merl Parry, Rayma Mor o -an, Barbara Bayley, Doris Gardin . ;., e r, Eii;,.a.bcth .l\'forris, Monica" 'l'empleman, Marjorie Irwin, Cathie MaC.·clonald, h>tty 'l'ippi,w, Ruth • Mulcock, Merla Munns, Doris 'I'ustin, Molly Heasley, Francis McCann, Edna C ant, Th (.·Ima E lmonds . . ·• Edith Mason, Madeleine Pyne, Kathleen LambitJ , Lorna Richard8 , and Gwenda Griffin.

On August 26th, instea.J of the usual closing service a baptismal service was held at St. Luke's, when the whole school was present. 'l'hose baptised were Marjorie and Lorna Best, Mabel Priestnall, Pat Simpson and Patti Reeves.

Two dances were held during the second term, one ,., o-iven by Matipo House for the Middle and Lower Schools, and thti other by Rata Honse for the Upper School, in aid of the Work Stall at the Bazaar. The Bazaar took place on August 27th, and was very successful, resulting in raising £117 odd, half of the proceeds heing raised by Kowhai and Rata Houses. St. Margaret's bas not been as successful in games •. as in former years, but many of those who left last year were keen netball and tennis players. There are, however, young player· coming on who sliould help to gain fre ·h . uece.:'II eS for their .' school. The last term will soon be ended. The Sports are over, and examinations are loomino-. ... Ethel Richard8 , Beatr·iee 'l'el ford, Jean Ussher, Betty Flint, Marjorie Best, Als Jones, Joan Spence-Clarke and Irene Horne are sitting for Matriculation. while Mary Morten, Monica Robinson and Diana Huie hope to complete their partial passes of last year. Joyce Godfrey is sitting for the Intermediate Examination of the Education Department. 1'he school wishes them every success, and hopes that the results may be even better in proportion than they

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were last year. Then four passed and .• four obtain-u d I) artial passes. 0£ those who passed, one, Avice Hamilton, has pass t~ 0 d her first year's examination at Canterbury Coile �e, nnd t.:.:. gaintld the prize for Zoolorry. ~

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"We 'II honour yet the school we know, 'l'he best school of all: We '11 honour yet the rul tl we knew Till the la ·t bell call."

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MATRICULATION EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1925. Full Passes.-Lila Gardner, Rankin, Dorothy Parson.

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Partial Passes.-Diana Huie, Mary Morten, Monica Robin son, Chrissie Talbot.

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INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT

The Primary Inspeotors, Mes. l-rs. F. T. Evans and G. Ray mond, paid a surprise vi$ it to the school ou August 5th. As a ~ result of their in pection, the foll.owinrr report was received:-

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and capably manao-ed. Accommo ( J::ition is ample and the ' 0 classrooms are well lighte. l 'I, ventilate l 1 an 1 heated. Staffing is liberal. The pupils are under splendid influences, and their mental and physical welfare is cared for on lines of approved methods intelligently treated. A fine spirit of work prevails. Discipline and tone are excellent. 'l'he programmes are drawn to interpret the requirem nt::; of the syllabus as far as they apply to this type of . chool. The work that came under observation shows that the pupils in ge11e1·al are making pi as ing progress in mo:t Written work is very ueatly •• 8 ubjects. done and methodically set out in script print, and oral response, in most instances, is satisfactory. '' 'l'he buildings and grounds reflect much credit on all concerned.''

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BOARDERS' NOTES. We're just a hive of happy bees, All of us, linked in one, To make this happy, jolly House The best beneath the sun.

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Term I. February the 10th, 1926 ! Some dreaded this date, and some greeted it with enthul,·ia.'l m as they thought of their reso lutions and hopes for the cominrr year. Motor-cars buzzed up the drive of "71," and one by one the Boarders arrived-the many new ones. and ,. all that was left of the old ones-to be greeted by Sister Fricleswicle. We had lost several of our friends, old and young, at the end of 1925. They were :-L. Heney, P. FI e ming, P. Webb, I. Hillier, C. Talbot, M. Hiatt, G. Morgan, D. Fleming, F. Cambridge, J. Baxter, J. Saville, D. Glenie, A. Walker, F. Hutchison, M. Pawsey, M. Macintosh, J. Moody, B. Bland, J. Greicr, H. Fox !. and r. Alison. K. Uru left us on account of illness. As usual, everyone was anxious to find out what the new girls were like. The, e new ... rrirls were :-J. Ussher, D. Cambriclrre, D. "' M. Gardiner, F. McCann, E. Mason, K. Lambie, N. Shand, Robinson, J. Burgess, and D. and A. Sedgley. Only two Orderlies remained out of the many Prefects and Orderlies of 1925. They were Ethel Richards and Barbara Hay, who were kept so very busy that Sister made Kitty Dixon an Orderly after a few weeks. Everyone missed Sister Catherine, who had gone to Eng land for a year, but in her place we welcomed Sister Frideswicle. The first term was not an eventful one. We went for a few picnics, one, which was enjoyed by all, beinrr to Diamond "' Harbour. ,The summer days quickly pa ·sed away, owing, perhaps, partly to the fact that there were no examinations. 'I'he closing service brouo·ht term one to an encl, and we departed for three and a-half weeks' holiday.

Term II.

On Tuesday, the 1st of June, we again returned to "71," feeling :. greatly revived after our short holiday and quite ready for work. We "reetecl Doris Tustin and Ruth Chapman, and, at half term Diana Huie, who were all formerly day girls, the latter

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being Vice-Captain of the "A" Netball team, came to join the many other members of the school netball teams. During the term the Boarders challenged the Day Girls, and, after a hard fiaht, we regret to say that we were beaten, but of course there is next year! The winter term is alway$ the term for dancing, and every Wednesday night the members of Miss Stewart's fancinr•., class assembled to dance, amon ,.,. many others, Scotch and Irish dances. Then there were the Rata. and Matipo House dances, which were n-reatly enjoyed by the Boarders. On saturdays and Sundays we went for walks. Some felt inclined to grumble, but all the same we felt better afterward.. Even ii we were a little tired, it wa better than beina stiff and cross, as we shoul] have been had we remained indoors. At half-term Sister found it necessary to appoint Ethel Richards, Barbara Hay and E;itty Dixon as House Prefects, and Jean Ussher and Mabel Sta fford as Orderlies, to cop� with the many tasks and re!I ponsibilities connected with the House. A few weeks before the end of the term an epidemic of in .; fluenza broke out, and every day the Boarders' "croc" became smaller and smaller, as the unfortunate ones went to bed. At last the school was closed, and tho e who were fortunate enoun-h ., not to have caught the "flu" went home for a week. When we returned we discovered that there wa · only a short time bC fore the Bazaar, which wa. on the last day of the . C quCntly w e ben-au t e rm. Cons to work our very hardest, �rnd • ., . . e v ery pretty and u 8e[ul articles. !som : e sue .. CC(• d ('( ] in makin,._• som .. so this short spa -: ! (•O of tim .. •• t. :.. C d very , And • .•pass quickly, and ! .... t Ii• very 80011 was (, Bazaar ;: !-; ov- ~ r' and i.:..: w: e d C parted ,_• - for the Sep ;.~ . temhcr holidays.

Term Ill. On the 15th o( pt mb C r w agai:1 ass •rnbled ( some .• for the last time) at "71," for the last t erm o( th y ear. We welcomed Betty Giddin•"S, wh o C·am e to joir1 our happy "hive," and add, perhaps, to th numbrr of: 111arks giv C u. ;.:. .. for u - ister had There was a great surprise waiting bought a large wireleb·s set, and w' crowded round in the • .. .. Crts.. anrl le (! tures, eveninas to "listen in," sometimes to cone but, best of all, to Dixieland, whCnee we received jazz music t,, which we danced. Those girls who are tennis enthusiasts-as mar.y of_ the_ Boarders are-enjoy this term more than all otl1e1·8, as 1t ,s always the term for tennjs, And we are pleased to say that we have three members of the" A" tennis team in our midst, ~

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including the top player, and two member of the "B." Con sequently at 8.30 nearly every sunny mornin,.., you may see the enthusiastic ones marching to school to practice-sometimes hitting the ball into our neighbour's ba • C k gal'den or chicken coop. We hope to play the Day (' ,iris I ll' f {)re the encl ()f the term, and we also hope to be su · ssful. Anyway, we will do our best. So far we have b n v\' ry I,.. •ay : 1his t(' rm, for Sister has allowed us to go to a v1' ry am11sin:,.: 1111 -·l I e.( lucntional play, ,, •rrr" a.t thI' (; ry·tal "The Devil's Discipl(' ," "'l'h( J Wand I, Palace, and "Iolnntht• ' at th(' 'l'lti•II tn• Royal. All who w re lucky enough to . "0 (' 11,j 0 y •d th1•se v1•ry m111·h. Term thrc(l is" 11s11nlly II h<>t 011P, 1111d so it wns ck ·id ed that we should wC nr t11Rsor l1111iI ·., whi1·h we did, nnd Consr'I quently •. felt mu(. ·h I! oolcr, nnd 11lso I< ol<(•d 11 I,.•r(•at dral bel . :, t C r. Som of us 1' anno1 lwlit'V( 111111 w1• lrnv(• h(' 1•:1 back al , •• school six weeks airt•ndy nnd 1h11t w1• Mh11II i-;o0 n b C singin"... the school closing hymn, ' mu - l ·h dri·11d1·d hy 1110:;t• who "here shall meet no more," and, pe rhnpK w(•I •0111Pd hy some who do not take life so seriously. However, we hope that thii. happy t('rm will proo-ress ,., favourably, and that very fI' w of our 1111111hl'r will I nv us at the end of 1926. The days are quickly flyi11� 1111i.1 With sunshine nnd with ruin And soon we surely m11Kt <h 1111rt Until we meet again. K.D. (Ko11i11i -House). .1111,

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KONINI HOUBB NOTBB. Valete: Betty Macdonald, Norah Hoare, Joan Baxter, Mavis Andrew, Jean Coleman, Roma Campbell, Mary Pawsey, Claire Perry, Thelma Cooper, Joan Lee and Barbara Buchanan. Salvete: Helen Stevens, Roma Greenslade, Nora hand, Philippa Acland, Kathleen Lambie, Janet Steele, Molly Maling, Betty Johns, Mary Tolley, and J'udith Dmrne.

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1926, and we still say "Konini" with our heads up, for once again our notes chronicle one long series of successes. We were sorry to lose Miss Isaacson, who deserted us at the end of 1925, after a four-years' reign in Konini. In Betty Macdonald we lost a splendid leader, not only on the sporting field, but in all branches of school work. To her goes much of the credit of our prowess in games and ·work-not to mention behaviour. Dorothy Parson, our present head, deserves special mention as being the first head-prefect from Konini House we hope the first of many. We now recount our virtues. Term III., 1925. At the sports, Betty Macdonald and Gwen Clarke kept up our reputation by carrying off both senior and junior cham No other name yet mars the brightness of the pionships. tennis cup, our representatives, Betty Macdonald, Norah and Kathleen Hoare, and Kitty Dixon, making the fifth successive winning team from the House of the purple emblem. Proof that we run to brain as well as brawn lies in the fact that we ,:rained two matric. passes and a partial; and win ning once again the honour roll shows that we are very all round in our virtues. We defy anyone to be modest with such a record.

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Term I., 1926. 'l'he b C ginning of they 'fir brin�s n C w fac •s among us, and leaves many gaps-Koninis who have I Cft us for the wide , world. With such an imposi11� of ixth Porm members ~ array ~.. as we now have, we should be•-;.:~~ perfection's self. Y et the num •• ber of transgressors, in spitC of iti is aRtonishing. However, it is the adventurous• ll pirit which mad• Bn n -lancl great. (The n -c of this youth of Konini is advised not to take advanta , ., statement.) As we have done nothin O ' in the way of entertaining, the first term was not out 8 tandin a as far as we were concerned. We pass on to-

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Term II., 1926. With this term came the periodical bazaar. Our stall, resplendent in purple and oran"'e, spot on the ... formed a bright •. landscape from afar, and likewise bore inspection at close quarters. We did our bit for the can se by realisina...£13/10/-. Once a"'ain, after an uncomfortably close game with .., Matipo in the first round we met our historic rivals, Rata, in the final of the netball matches, and vanquished them. Glorious life, what it is to be youn° and in Konini ! We congratulatP.

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Rata on their effort, and trust they are not too overcome to meet us again next year. Term III., 1926. This term brought a surprise in th . e r eturn of our old-time head, Mollie Rankin, in the rol of Miss Rankin. We forgot to mention that Miss Hoare r Cturn d to us at the beginning of the year, so we arc now quit w II r pr · nted on the staff. As the term is young for gr at doingR yet, we close with high hopes for the future. But, as final , it must be mentioned that there are still Koninis in the Honours ym., Tennis and Netball teams; in fact, th �r 's. no f.:CI t ini; rid of th m.

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KOWHAI HOUSE NOTES. Term m., 1925. The School Sports were h Id thiH t rm, but, . , sad . to relate, Mary Wa Kowhai did not distingui ·h its , If. •(' h p r won the Senior Zig-zag Bicycle Race, and Oorot hy ncrard and her partner won the Lower School Thro -1 -��ed lta l'P . We also had quite a fair sprinkling of seconds 111111 thirdR. The House tennis matches w rp nlHO hf' 11 C this term, , f) ra shirtcliffe, Kowhai being represented by Als Jon FI, Mnrj Betty Bland and Merle Parry. They won the 1r first match l against Rimu, but were defeated by :E oni11i.

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Term I., 1926. The first of this year opened with a H0 us roll of forty four. Several girls left at the end of 1 !)2::i, but we were pleased to welcome the following in their st ad-Florence . Colquhoun, Eleanor Hodgson, Edith Mason, PaulinC McGallon, Hilary Sargent, Rona Bryce, and Natalie (.. ocks. Dawe At a meeting held at the beginning of the tt rm, Miss _. introduced and welcomed to the House Mrs. Watson-Brown, our new Kowhai mistress. The result of the Matriculation Examination showed that

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Avis Hamilton had gained a full pass, and Chrissie Talbot and Mary Morten partial passes. At the beginning of the year Als Jones was appointed a Committee Girl. We must congratulate Marjorie Shirtcliffe on winning a place in the ''A'' Tennis Team. This term Kowhai did its bit towards helping to provide purple altar hangings for the Chapel. 'rhe girls responded splendidly to the appeal, with the result that we were able to hand in £1/13/- as our donation. The three meetings held this term were well attended.

Term II., 1926. At the end of the first term we lost four of our members, namely, Elsa Whitta, Marjorie McNally, Ruth Derrett and· Pennie Marshall. This term the House netball matches were played, and although we were not successful, we had more luck than usual. The Seniors drew Rimu, and were defeated by them, 16-6. We had the misfortune to lose our goal-thrower, Merle Parry, on whom we depended, and who was unable to play on account of ill-health. Junior House matches were held for the first time, and we are pleased to say that luck favoured the Juniors. In the first round they drew Rimu, and defeated them, 15-6. In the semi-final they played Matipo, and won, but in the final they .. m t th ir Wate rloo. Th y drew Rata, and, sad to relate, lost. : llow! l vrr, th(! y -piny • •• d sple nclidly, and ke pt up 'the honour of th II011H '. 'l'ho B11z1111r WIiii hn Id 011 .Au·•w�t 27th, in the Drill Hall. 'l'h Ht11ll:-1 held hy K1>wh11i W('r<' ('nk•'H nnd .Myi-t ry Pa C kets. .; 'l'h•• t, !:!tall, whi( ·h w11H d ·eornt(.·d with fluffy y l' llow wattle e l 'al<• an I y •llow Htr,·11111urH, t1•111ptin s of aU : = . t' ::.u::.1. l diHplayt•d "/ .:11::: ..• (I~elicaci descriptions. 'l'ht' MyHt ry 1'11 t:~~ ·ht !-;tall was lad n with mys -!. terious-lookin�, bulgy purCeh,, for whiC'l1 :. n r ady market was 4 ··I soon found. 'rhc result wtlR a t tnl of £25/ /4. C :~;_ R" In the Honour Roll w managed to come second, equal with Matipo. Three meetings were held during the term, and were quite well attended.

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Merle Parry must be congratulated on winning a place in the "A" Tennis Team. \Ve now hav three "A" team girls in the House. Kowhai is very proud of them, and hopes that they will do their very best to k p up the honour of the House. As this term has only be"tin, we hav · not done anything to distinguish ourselves. The i;porh, 11r • h •in!-{ h Id some time in the near future, and we hop e to do i.om thing to make a name for ourselves. At the present tim w nro I •11din� in th I' Honour Roll, • and hope that every m mbc•r will b1· a "rnnd,·1 of virt11 ; e " for the remainder of th' l term, doin,-: l11'r ut ntoHt I c, hav • h t•r name on the Honour Roll t •very w<:(•lc Thus having told you 11ho11t 1111 our doi,1,-:11, wu will go on our silent way, "toili11�, r<'joi ·in,-:, i.orrowi11,-:," i11 our en deavours to make our ll011H II fur bc•lter llo11HC th1111 it was M. M. before.

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Tenn Ill., 1925. At the Sports held in November, Hcv(•rul 1111·11ilwrn of our • In the Seniors, Ir ·n C.· llorrw (•11111(• i.•t (' ond House did very well. in the Hi..,h Jump, the Potato Race a11d th1• Ohi.l111·1 ltnee, : while Isabel Bates came second in th e Quurt •r Mile. 'I' 111,,e , the_r, Isabel and Irene came first in the Thr •. () ur . ec-lc1,;-,-:<·d Ila•C..< only junior to distinguish herself was Dor et ·11 Brndl C'y, who came first in the Potato Race and third in th GO Y ILrdH. In the Junior House Relay we were third, but th 011tHtanding event in our .. eyes that day was the fact thnt w • won the Senior House Relay Cup.

Tenn I., 1926. Ida Hillier, Eileen Reid, Eileen Fitzhenry, Dorothy O'Brien, Jean Grieg, Florence Hutchison, Helen l•'ox nncl Kata Uru left at the end of the year, but we were joined by many others: Jean Ussher, Jean Gebbie, Doris Tustin, Eileen Moir, Thelma Edmonds, Audrey Sedgley, Kathleen Macready, hir ley James, Mavis Lee and Jocelyn Gale. At our first meeting

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Irene Horne was elected to the Commi ttcc in Ida Hillier 's place, so the personnel of our Committee is: Beatrice T Clford, , Dora Prudhoe, IIIabel Bates, Irene Horne and Mabel Stafford. We have one member only in the "A" t {' nnis team, Mabel Stafford. Irene Horne became a member of the Honours Gym. in this term, so we now have three members. At the end of this term we stood equal with Konini on :: the Honour Roll.

Term II. (p of this term Irene Horne was elected At the be<Yinnin... Senior Games Captain, and Doreen Bradley Junior Games Captain. On June 17th, our Junior Party, which had been post poned from May 1st, on account of illne.. ·, really took place. The Juniors were given a half-holiday that afternoon, as the party was from 4.30 until 7 p.m. The Juniors managed to change themselves into all sorts of wonderful people, and the Hall did not seem to be the same place. Dancing and competitions made the time go very quickly. We avail ourselves of this opportunity of thanking all tho e who so kindly helped us in entertaining our guests that ev ning. ThP Ho11s,, Ne.:,. tball matches proved the most important drew against Konini, and many , e vent, i11 thiH t rm. W 1woplt· n•11<·h<·d horn p with v ry sor 8 tbroats th at day. !lot Ii l(•lllll,'I pl11yed H(ll(".; ndiclly :rnn wh n U1 P whist,] v; • • C blew • giv 111 ti1111·, t 111• 1·nnl II tood (i G. I\ 1101 llrr 11vr min11t('S waR -,;~· - en, ,, " ,·_- is i11 I li11·li h1111i11i 111111111 r1•d to t,('('lll't• 11 ) ronh;, ."tl{atipo " 1,xtn•1111·I. pro11d or li1·r 11• 1111, ('HPl'<·inlly 111, it poRR,.. ss·e:s one u V ,, 1•l'Ip1•<•i11lly 1•011 rrnf11la(f' lr o:e ' I\ tt 1(•11111 1.firl 0111 y. W1• n -~ Horne .. 1111d l1•Hl.h<•I llati. .. !I . thiH term W(' At th, l •rl(I of w •ro N('t·o11d on th Honour :, " Roll.

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RATA HOUSE NOTES. Through the past y ar Rata House has endeavoured to keep up its reputation, ancl-woll, w e hope it has succeeded. We have lost a House Mistr .- ·, Miss Gilbertson, and the former head of Rata, G. Rankin. However, Miss Brickell has taken Miss Gilbertson 's place in the House, so we are not left without another House Mis tress; and others have come up to take the place of the pre vious head. At an early meeting a committee was chosen. Blanche Helliwell, Betty Flint, Phyllis Agar, Dorothy Cambrid 0e, Joan Spence Clark, May Milliken, Jean Tingey and Gwen Skellerup are the members. All the meetings are well attended, e Mpecially by our : many juniors, who are ever ready to help the House. Vigorous netball practices were held during the Winter term to prepare for the "mighty contest" at the end of the term. When the eventful day at last arrived, red ribbons were all a-flutter, and the Junior match began. Rata won! The semi-final of the Senior match was Konini v. Rata, the same as last year, and, as before, the game was fast and furious, but resulted in a win for Konini. Beware next·year, 0 Konini! Then the Bazaar loomed ahead, with the Work Stall for Rata. A dance was arranged by the Hous in order to gain money for it, and was quite successful. And then came the Bazaar. 'l'he work stall was gay with bags, multi-coloured dolls and dresses, and various other articles suitable for this well-named stall, which was evidently popular, as £27 /7 /6 was realised. Rata has not shone particularly well in tennis circles so far this year, but the third term has not yet passed, and we are still .hoping.

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Swimming has not commenced, but we are anxioust1 awaiting the Swimming Sports. Also, the sports which are held '' on the land'' are still in the future. And so our House goes on, each girl for ever keeping up the honour of the House.

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Term III., 1926. We had th port1:1 durin(r thi1:1 ;.:.J t ,. rm, .. aud -· came out very •.. well on th •t St evcnson ,,. ll litllH, 118 11 Jlous . ,Jan ··· :t.: ~~ . won many point1:1 for tho Jlous , in• C·lu<ling th • • -1 •• e Low I' r School Cup (7½ points), GO Yurd1:1, High Jump •ggcd -·; nr1c] a..::.:Tin . ec-1 c.~; !·. Rae . M e rla Munns won the Junior High Jump, Fny owper won the Lower chool B kipping Rae , nnd c•ame s cond in Lower s chool High Jump. There were various other seconds and thirds, and as a crowning glory the Rimu Juniors won the Junior House Relay. 'fhis was a very good coding to the year. Needless to say, there were many proud little Rimus who walked off with prizes at the prize-giving. Monica Robinson gained a partial pass in Matric.

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Term I., 1926. This year we lost Lucy Heney, the former Head of the House, but she was replaced by Monica Robinson. Miss McNeil left, and Miss Worden took her place, but only for a term. All the work then was left to Miss Saxton, as sole House Mistress. She bas worked very hard for the House, and much thanks is due to her. The new girls were: Elsie Rutter, Marjorie Sherris, Mary Robinson, Jean Hunter, Phyllis Cameron, Pat Vaughan, Isobel Wright, Daphne Sedg-

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ley, Bertha Nurse, Laurie Pomfret-Dodd, and Joan Anderson. Zena Rose and Betty Parry came up from the kincleraarten. We elected a committee at our first meetin"', "the girls elected being: Monica Robin8 on, Betty 'l'boma , Marjorie Best, Alma Chamberlain, Joan saville and Gw nda Griffen. Alma Chamberlain was made a Cornmittcc Girl. Later in the term we -• l'll'd('d two gnmc,; caJ)tains, one for __ e -'for • tli ,, ~...niors-Lorna ]<, orbe s for the the Juniors, and OD former, and B : e tty Thomas · - •.: for •·· 1 h e latter. These captains had charge of the games, arrangin t am II, etc. At the encl of the te rm •Joan ::.:: savill(' and Gwenda Griffen left, and we were very sorry to. lo·bl' suoh valuable members of the House.

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Term II., 1926. The chief intereR t of the HouIi e this term was in netbal!. .• s eniors played very hard, and by the end Both Juniors and of the sea, on we had two good teams. As the time for the matches approached, everyone became very excited, and practised harder than ever. In the first round of the House matche fl we were success ful, beating Kowhai House by 16 goals to 6. The Rimu team in the brilliant Hou:,·e colo 1 1rs played w e 11 (we do not know if the colour8 had anything to do with the victory!). 'l'hen we played Rata House, but were ISoon vanqui 8heel. After puttin"' up a hard firrht, we learned that "the team that "' wins.'' 'l'he team consisted of: "' is- the team that ca.n field well Jean DavidIi on, Merla Munro, Gr etchen !:)ar rrent, Marjorie ., SherriH , ElIi ie Rutter, Fay and Alma Chamberlain •. C owpcr (captain). 'l'be Juniors, captained by Lorna J:<"'orbe., al l,·o . fought hard, but were beaten by ..... Kowhai. Our efforts toward the Bazaar w •re fruitful, or, rather, "ven-etable," as we took cbar"e of the I ro Ju ·e tall. 'l'be stall ... itself wa · a sight to behold," with its- m • p dley of pumpkin.·, walnuts and potatoes. We were very s uccessful, makio rr., £11/2/4.. 'l'his term pas ·ed quickly, for "one more day, we thought: the measure of such days the year fulfllls.''

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especially in the Hou, e Relay. s o work hard, work well, play . game, Rimu ! the Thus end· the year as far as we have proceeded, and though we have not excelled greatly, it is rrood to know that: " "The High Aim unfulfilled, fulfills itself. A . C.

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Our annual School Bazaar was hell 27th, in r on August ..,_ the Drill Hall. Much to everyone's delirrht, the mornin"',, dawned bright and sunny, and gave prom i."'l e of a fine day. ! Durin"' the morning everyone worked with a will, and the Hall was. oon tran2' formed and appeared in fe stive colours. .Afternoon tea was sC rved in the Art Room and in Form V.a, which w re decorated ref,·pectively with dainty flowering plllm and gay daffodil8 . 'J'hese rooms attracted boH1 vi:itors ·• t t cc Girl·, and ... "'iris, an un l 1 Cr Urn ), : ··cl th .· e Prefect. • ~ and eomrni , . Walker, .......:. plenty 01 i char of ·, founu work ..Mi. s Taylor ,. an• C1 Mis" to do. ThC (' akt• s tall 11nde r 1 h char,I,,(' of Kowha.i TT 0 us (' , was : we'll lad •n with. tC.•111pti11g, ar•• ·s, whi ( '.h nt1ritel cl nrnn y hou;; •• ::. C. • C " wiv(' s, and whi<'h q11iekly disnpp •11r1•d. l(owhni was ; lso i11 ., ' "IJ cl1ar , '11rpri.'I <' ]fP 1.c' l( ('Is. 'l'h1· 111y . ge of.a the: looi 14.ll'l'i0 11,, 'I '111I •i11� ..,.. ce ls, of ..I all :-;hapt• s and sizo..'I, prov(•d V('ry 1tl1r11 par .... r.C.·Ii \ ", 1111 Ith' :stall ;~· soon sold .011t. _, 'l'ht• Pr du... h'tnll, in chllrl-{(: of J<,irn11 hn(I n I ll'nt iful supply from to s1111s11 I{ 1'. a11d 11w111, wnl1111t , r: ... . of L•v~ rythin� ' . •�gs .. l' rt.•am. Anot,hor br i;t11ll whos t• g 0 odi; fo1111d a v Cry . l' ad . .c aand ready markt• t wa� th (' s w t, �tall. 'l'h splendid nrrrty r dainty boxcll· and ~bask ' ti; of v ry s.: e ts fill d with d Ii ious i;w• C,(! variety proved that many hand had b · ·n busy f () r days beforehand. Matipo had the Flower Stall, and in spite of the fa • Ct that it was winter, the stall appeared 'neath a goodly array of flowers. Dainty flowering plum and pussy-willow, delicate spring flowers, dapbne, violets and primroses made a very pretty show. 'l'he Work Stall, in charge of Rata, was lar <1er than usual. Many and varied were the dainty children's frocks, apron , toys and other useful articles which adorned the stall. Konini bad a Gift Stall, which was laden with pretty gifts for young and old. There were dolls of all descriptions

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for the small people, and dainty shoe-trees, coat-hangers, fancy garters, and other useful gifts for mothers and big sisters. The Fish Pond, in charge of Miss Stewart, who was assisted by willing Juniors proved very attractive. For the small charge of sixpence, one could "fish" for almost every imaginable sort of article. Business was very brisk during the afternoon, and about four o'clock the visitors, laden with parcels, began to wend their way homewards. When the last visitors left, mistresses and girls set to work with willing hand:, and soon everything was cleared up, and we awoke to the fact that in one afternoon we had held a bazaar which had realised just over £117. M. M. (Kowhai House). £ s. d. 12 10 2 Sweets-Miss Fletcher and Miss Satchel 11 2 4 Produce-Miss Saxton 8 8 11 Flowers-Miss Edgar Tea-Misses 'faylor and Walker, and Prefects 13 6 6 13 10 0 Presents-Mrs. Tolly and Miss Hearn .. 27 7 6 . .. Work-Misses Bradwell and Brickell Cakes and Packets-Mrs. Watson-Brown and 25 8 4 Miss Dawe 5 10 6 Fish Pond-Miss Stewart

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HOME SCIENCE NOTES. This year St. Margaret's made itself known in Health Circles by a display at the Home Economics Exhibition of drawings of health rules, children-healthy and otherwise ideal lunches, etc. They attracted much attention at· the Exhibition, as nothing of the kind had ever been done before. Particularly inviting was Betty Friberg 's drawing of the ideal lunch in clear, bright colour; in fact, so much as almost to convert one to green-leafing. Valerie Lawn's day in the life of a healthy child, depict ing a golden-haired cherub performing its daily routine strictly according to modern health rules, is charming in its detail, down to the blue-tiled bathroom and pink roses on the bedroom curtains. In others, apples, bananas, vegetables, etc., disport them selves with smiling faces and plump legs in a truly alarming manner. (One is inclined to suspect Kruschen.)

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Much admiration was drawn by a scene in an old EngUsh garden by Mollie Templeman, wherein a damsel in a creation of da ffodil yellow surveys her ve rr etable plot. Whether she could ... rrarden thus attired, or whether such things were ever done by the ladies of the time, is a matter for speculation. However, one must not be too practical. In the portrayal of the ideal healthy child, a pink-clad, pink-cheeked child chases a hoop in approved style, while another, whose face suggests a sea voyage, looks on disconso lately, an example of how it should and should not be done. At present they adorn the Art Room walls-an example for us to follow if we would attain the reputation of the ideal, healthy school.

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Owing to inclement weather, the Sports had . to be post poned from Wednesday, November 3rd, to Friday, 5th, which was .·uch a beautiful day that it was indc ed worth waiting for. This y ar the s ports were held in the Christ's (.' ollc b•c (.'ricket Grounds, lfagl .: (' y Park wh f' re , .in the afternoon, a large num ber of spe ctators ::.~: • gathC red to watch a I ngtlty and varied pro . .. sport. . ... gramme of A ft rnoon tea, un l r tb snp •rvision of ·arri Miss ,...::8 axton ·;:~. wa:,; •i.. C.!. Cd round by som · or th girl!,, nnd at the elosI' •·• o( the sports Mn;. vV , (,•st-Watso11 prl ·s C11t d tu ups. The re suitsI wI' rI' as follows:. Yards-1 Ow(..•n ( 'lnrl< t• ; ~, h,ob ("l 13utcs; 3, ;~ SI' nior ').. 20 "1 Monica Templeman. ~:... • Owl ·11 Clarke; 3, ~- - c.,. Hui t' ; 2 s..nior_,100 Yards-1, Diana ' Mabel Stafford. Junior 100 Yards-1, Gretchen Sargent; 2, J eanettc March; 3, Marjorie ShirtcUffe. Senior Slow Bicycle-1, Lorna Forbes; 2, Noeline Cray thorne; 3, Monica Templeman. Junior Slow B.icycle--1, Jean Ballantyne; 2, Betty 'fhomp on. Junior 50 Yards-1 Marjorie Shirtcliffe; 2, Janet Steven son; 3, Jean •. Gebbie. Lower School 50 Yards-1, Pauline Upham; 2, Stephanie Holmes; 3, Mary Rutherford. Senior High Jump (heirrht, 4ft. 4-½in.)-l, Irene Borne and Merle Parry; 2, Monica Robinson and Diana Buie. I

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Junior High Jump (hei.,.ht, 4ft. 2in.)-J, Marjorie Sbirt , cliffe; 2, Fay (, 'owper; 3, Jean Gebbie and Shirley Wooler. �ower School Hio-b Jump-I, Stephanie Holmes; 2, Pauhne Upham; 3, Mary Rutherford. Senior Obstacle-I, .Alma Chamberlain; 2, Lily Johnson; 3, N oeline Craythorne. athie Macdonald; 2, Marjori Junior Obstacle-I, Shirtcliffe; 3, Betty Tippin, ... Lower School Obstacle-I, Mary Ruth erford · 2, Paulin(' Upham; 3, Marjorie Stark. Potato Race ( nior)-1, Gwen• Clark ; � Mabel tafforrl; 3, Edna Cant. Potato Race (Junior)-!, Jean • f ette March; 2, Fay (' ow per; 3, Nancy Zohrab.

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220 Yards Grand Handicap-I, Pauline Upham; 2, Jean Gebbie; 3, Barbara Salt. Relay-Boarder8 v. Day Girls: Dead heat. House Champions hip-Konini. Senior Champions hip-1, Gw Cn (' lark·(, (14 points); 2, }. forla Munns f• f,., (10 point·). C Junior bampiouship-1, J·eanette- March (19 points); 2, Gretchen sargent (15 point). Lower chool C hampiouship-1 Pauline pham (26 points). Senior Non-Champions hip-1, Gwen Clarke. House Relay (Senior)-1, Rata; 2, Kouini; 3, Matipo. House Relay (Jtmior)-1, Rimu; 2, Rata; 3, Konini. D. P. (Kouiui House) .

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TENNIS NOTES. At the end of last year we lost five of our team o -irls, therefore 1'he first term of 1926 wa s sp · eut mostly in getting a team together. The mat h play e d agAin:t the Girl M' High :. School was v (" ry ••x r iting, . - and resulted in a win for us by the narrow mar�in· of _.• on :·e gnuw, th c_\i; t·or •• b cinn• ·,, 70.69. \Ve w('rr not HO 1,11c.<-l' • · ssf'11l how-•v : • t Pr .• nJtninst H·rngi- Unru, .-.... , although 1 h r fl"'llmcs w.-.rl • vt•ry ~ornL 'l'lu• rt•Knlt wm, a win ·• for 1...h8 oppoi;i 11g tl' am by 87 J.. •arn r H to· !",R• W playE:. •d: our Hcl ool , 'tldf . ,. '°, .:. also, ancl w• (! r 4l very pleased ;. ·, when w l' found the sc 0 r • was in our favour. 4 - - •,c 'l'hc annual Avonsicl(,• ln1 Crscho 'C nt wa 8 held ,:,. .. 0 1. 'l' 0 11rnam as usual, and our school was w (' II r e pr l' s (' nt et,I althou oet-h we : ..: l in the Ilau did not manao-e .. ,.. to get any forth l' r than th (' final. dicap Doubles, in which our first coupl .,. t•, JC Dixon and A. Jones, were beaten by B. Holm Roger:, r eprescnta - f>s and N. --♦ tives of Rau...,i-Ruru. ~

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The team on the whole ou rr ht to use their brains more now they are becoming efficient in their shots. Criticism on the Team. K. Dixon is playing a very good• aame this s 'ason. Net C' drives are particularly good, and h r net-play is very promis ing when she remembers to place. A. Jones (captain) is playing a good rrame, and is improv ing again through practice. Must learn to use her brain in placing. M. Shirtclift' bas "'ained her position in the team by good, hard, keen play. Her service is very good, but it is a pity she will not try to play net sometimes. K. Hoare is playing a very good game, but iis still rather inclined to be erratic. Her drives are good. M. Sherris is inclined to be erratic. 8 ometimes her play is very good, but she needs to practice steadiness, and she should practice more with her partner. M. Stafford has improved wonderfully. She needs more self-confidence, and with this she would be a good player. B. Thomas has improved a great deal, but she must try to improve her back-hands. M. Parry needs more self-confidence. Her play is unde cided, but on the whole she has improved. A. J .

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NETBALL NOTES, 1926. This year arrain both ''A'' and '' B '' teams played in the Association matches, and thou"h the "A" team did not e manage to retain the shield it had won the previous year, it played very well throughout the season. This year, for the first time, we had a '' ''' team, which played against Queen Philippa's and the School of Art. Also for the first time we had Junior Form and Hou e matches. For the latter Miss Stewart very kindly presented to the school a shield, which was won this year by Rata. After many changes th.e teams were as follow .s:''A'' Team. C.T. Merle Parry-A very good player and accurate goal-thrower. A. Kitty Dixon-A good goal-thrower, who would have

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shown more to advantage if she had been quicker in obtaining the ball. C.A. Jeanette March-Played well throughout the sea son, and is a keen, quick player, but mu t be careful not to be rough. C. Diana Huie ( vice-captain)-Has played well, but must be quicker in defending the opposing centre. C.D. Marjorie Sherris-Played well ometimes, but did not always mark her opponent. D. Irene Horne-A quick and sure defence, who played well throughout the season. Very good at intercepting long passes. C.D. Dorothy Parson (captain)-A very good player, but she mi"'ht jump more. A good and reliable captain. a

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Second Round. l<.,orm VI. v. IV. a-A win for IV.a 12-8.

Form V.a-a bye.

Final.

Form IV.a v. V.b-A win for IV.a 9-1.

Juniors-First Roood.

Form III.a v. II.a-A win for III.a 18-3.

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Form II.a v. III.a-A win for III.a 16-1.

House Matches. Seniors-First Round. Konini v. Matipo-A win for Konini 8-6. Rimu v. Kowhai-A win for Rimu 16-6.

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Rimu v. Rata-A win for Rata 6-1.

Final. Rata v. Koni.ni-A win f r] onini 12-3.

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Kowhai v. Rimu-a win [ 0 r I owhai 15-6. Konini v. Rata-A wir1 for Rata 10-1.

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At the end of the year 1925 Game· Brooches were awarde·J to Norah Hoare and Ii anny ambridge.

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murmur filled the classrooms, followed by a hushed stillness, as the eagle eye of a mistress sought the culprit. It was the day of the Hou se matches. Below, on the court, the Juniors gathered lustily shouting at each other, regardless of the fevered anxiety of their bu ·y .·eniors upstairs. A steady scratching of laboriou. pen. was all that marked the presence of the classe . Then a shufflinrr be"an; a restless, uncomfortable shufflinrr, and the scratching of pens became fainter. Outside, lusty cheers ro e on high, followed by a silence, then cheers and clapping. A goal, thought . :. th,l Se·niors, as they wriggled uncomfortably. Would the bell never go, Over a hundred pairs of eyes ea"erly ought the clock. It had stopped in one room. There was none in another. Despairing glances met anxious ones. The bell, of course, was late. Was that it? .. . No, oh no! That was only the tinkle of a bicycle bell without, minrrled with the deafening noise. Ah! at last ... and as the echoes died away the scratching pens came to an abrupt halt. Everyone sought the face of her Form Mistress. Findin no warning there, everyone accordingly jumped up. 'fhere was an uproar, and the anxious seniors flew down to join the noisy throng below. Some hearts soared high on learning the score-others sank down, till they almost disappeared. 'l'hen began the Senior House matches. ~

Dashing teams strode on to the field in their gay House colours, which fluttered in the breeze. Grave captains gave last words of advice to their nervous, excited team. A coin spun high, and fell with a clatter to the pavement. There was a sudden murmur of voices, and a few cheers from the by standers-then the game began. Did anyone ever behold such a gay scene 1 'l'he day wail warm, and the sun shone in a cloudle ss blue sky. The school in the background smiled to itself, for the green grass showed up the grey pavement of the court, and the red roof of the pavilion lent a touch of colour to the scene. Proud possessors of Houses flaunted their streaming colours at their rivals, and there was many an argument as to who would be the winners. The game progressed, each side striving hard to win. Hither and thither flew the ball, up one end, then down the other, and the watchers gasped and stamped excitedly.

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They fought valiantly; they fought well; but there is always a winner, always a loser in the end. '' Again we stride and slip and slide A pack of breathless faces; And charge ... and fall ... and see the ball Fly whizzing through the bases.'' The scorers were kept busy with their chalk, and the scoring board shook uncertainly as the surrounding crowd surged on. House mistresses could scarcely contain their excitement, and strange hoarse sounds like exhausted gasps came from the audience. Hope shone in the faces of the players, and cheered by the crowd, they fought on. Such remarks as: "Well played, so-and-so,""Good shot there!" "Play up!" "Well played oh ! jolly good!" came from the closely-packed ranks. But time does not last for ever, and so they fell. Cheers rang out for the losers, and were returned for the winners, some cheering lustily, others had no breath left to cheer. So ended the House matches, in a very hard-fought vic tory. Some played for the last time at school; but for ever they will remember how they fought that their House might :. win the glory and the fame, and that selfishness was a complete stranger on that day. "And never, I think, in the misty past, Since netballer first went in, Did the dying so hardly refuse to die And the winning so hardly win.''

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For French translation we are reading Moliere 's "L'Avare" and "Le Bourc:,eoise ... Gentilhomme," also Racine's "Athalie" and "Tartarin de Tarascon." On 'l'hursday mornings we have a French conver 8ation class with Mademoiselie, but so far our part in th C conversa tion has not been very noticeable. One fon lay afternoon Mi8 s Saxton took us and some of V.a to the Karitane Baby Home, where, after a very interesting lecture on ·Baby's Twelve Needs," we were taken over the buildinc:,s. ...

On fine Monday morning 8 the Park or some other pictur esque 8 pot finds us surveying its beauties as we 8it on sketching stools, paint brushes in hand. It is the laKt term of the year now, and the last school term for some of us; indeed, for most of us, as we are nearly all '' getting on'' in year II, and completin cr our school educa "' sometimes wished tion. When we were in the lower Forms we we could leave school, and perhaps complained about the amount of work we bad to do, but now it has come to our last term-well, we only wish it were not. D. P. (Konini Honse).

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to hope that one day we may be able to write French, and not ju8 t an ori...inal languarre of our own. , We have had v l' ry intereIIting e~:ay periods with Miss ,., are very Walker, and the Rubjects which we are r•iven to write on. We had a Debate at the encouraging ones l r Schools. of ''crm III.: Day school !I v. Boardinc... beginning ~ The speakers for the motion (that Day schools have more advantages than Boarding School H) were Beatrice Telford, Als JoneR, Delcie Woodhead. 'l'he ffpeakers a rrainst ! the motion I, w Cr e: Alma Chamberlain, Joan (who won by two point·) Spence Clark, and J e an Us h·h er. 'l'hi I,· was quite a novelty, and we enjoyed it very much. Blanche Helliwe II h·ucc (' cd l' cl in gaininrr an Honours Certificate in her re c l' nt mu.'l i (l e xamination, and Joyce Godfrey gained a Pass. In the Form Netball m;:itehe:,; w e clr • Cw V.b and bad a very w e won by H goals to 5. hard ficrht ,.. to beat, th l' m. In the end : Then we haCl to play IV.a, who, w l' found, : were much better than we were-Ii o w e lost. The school goes on in the Rame way, and time flies a·!, usual. A new V.a rises and passes . •·::: away, givinrr place to others. All is crraduaUy forgotten, except, perhap.', Home fam ons record left behind by one who long arro has gone· bu! there is one thin.., that V.a remembers, and that is:" 'l'he old school, "the dear school, where we o-rew up torrether; The old days, the dear day., of life's young summer weather.'' A. C. (Rimu House) .

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It is quantity not quality, that counts in V.b, as, unfor left, but luckily two new tunately, a number of our girl·h have • girls came this term from the lligh school, namely, farjorie ! Sherris and Elsie Rutter. 'l'h,t. first thinrr we did wa. to elect Aileen 'l'hompson as orderly, and Kittty Dixon as Games Representative, and when tbe netball team was picked, two of our members were included in the "A" team, two in the "B" team. Also three were in the "A" tenn• i II t eam, • IIo we could uphold our honour in games. As the first term of the year is mainly devoted to settling down and .., ttin rre accu tome {1 to a new Form, nothin.., ,. of great importance happened. M. Pawsey, P. Henry, G. Griffen and M. Mc , Nally left at the encl of the term.

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We elected another Orderly, S. W oolcr, and picked our Form team for the iuter-Form netball match, which occurred about half-term. We started out confidently, but, let it be whi 8pered, we were beaten by V.a in the first round! some of our Form also participated in the Houh·e matches, of which Konini won the Senior, and Rata the J·unior. About half-term an influenza epidemic broke out, and so many pupils were ill that it was necesb·ary to close the school for a week, which was unfortu nate, especially as we missed so much last year. Then came the exams., and for about a week before the Form was very quiet and studious, busy makinn- up for lo st time. However, thanks •• < to all our stuclyin", nearly all of us managed to scrape through ~ successfully, and to gain quite creditable reports. 'I'wo of our members received stripes at , the encl of the term, L. Richard.'l, a blue one, and S. W ooler returned red and blue ones. The day after we broke up we held our Bazaar, and it went beautifully, our Form hclpin.-, various.! 8talls. Alto ~ e in the gether we made £117/9/-, a I'> c,ood start for the holidays. '

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Theorem X. Book y. 33 girls. Given. To Prove. That IV.a is the superior Form of the school. Proof. Sense + Brains + Sporting qualifications + good looks =superiority.

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., ; year, but we welcomed in their stead Dori 8 Gardiner, Marjorie ,, . Ballantyne and Moll ie Pratt. '!'be roll at the be g.inning of the term numbered thirty-six. This year we have ·tudied g Coo-raphy from map., '! which I!, we draw in weird and wontforful &·hapcs and sizes in our notebook s. We have 'J. tudied Sbak espeare -. .. 's "llenry V." in Litera ture, and found this brilliant pl.ay ..e. mo.'It interesting. :. We worked on th, Dalton sy ' • E. ·S t em most of thi.'! first term, and our Form .:Room .. being thf.• History and Geography Room, . studying. was the scene of g rcat Swimming . :. and tcuni.- were our sports, botb of which we enjoyed very much. Kathleen Hoare and ;:. :.-:- Marjori e shirt .eline r epresented the , Form in the ''A'' t·enni:· team, and Merle Parry and Betty Tipping in the "B" team. Kathie :, Macdonald made an excellent Orderly, and .'!he was helped by an efficient committee. { Many girls won blue and red stripes. "

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of the very bad habit of the scholars of catchin..., influenza. Much hard work was done in preparation for the exam inations and bazaar. The term ended with a number of excit ing e, ents, Rata House Dance-a great success-the Bazaar and the dreaded mark-readin•• and stripe receiving. On the whole the Form did , ery creditably in the exams. Marie Hun...,erford received both a red and blue stripe, while Mar - ... garet Cooper was given a blue one. Nola Danks was trans ferred to IV.c.

Term III. It is now the tennis season, and as in all spheres, we are formidable. Beware! Janet Stevenson, with Dorothy Gerrard as 8istin..., her, is Orderly for the term. Several members of the Form trained hard for the approaehinr• sports, and now some have their reward. We are very proud of Gwen Clarke, who won the Senior Championship Cup, Non-Championship Cup, and the 220 Yards Cup, and we are proud also of Gretchen Sar...,ent, runner-up in the Junior "' Cup and winner of the Junior Hundred Yards Cup. The forbidding exams. loom near once more, and we wonder. But still "Never say die!"

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FORM IV.c NOTES. Term I. When we arrived back at school after the Christmas holi · considered days we found ourselves in the old V.a .Room. We ourselves very lucky to be in such a beautiful, sunny room. We were surprised to find six new rrirls: F. Mc Cann, E. Mason, M. Robinson, E. Hod...,son, E. Moir, T. Edmonds. Our Form Mistress was Miss Brickell, whom we very much appreciated. Christobel Smith was voted Orderly for the first term, assisted by Joy Nicbolls. At the end of this term Joy Nicholls received a red stripe. At the berrinning of the second term we were very sorry "' to lose Miss Brickell, but we found Miss Saxton very nice and very eager to help us all. In the middle of this term our work was interrupted by the influenza epidemic, when school was closed for a week.

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Just before the end of the term Rata Hou se gave a party, . which wa.· followed by the Bazaar. All tbe girls took great :. interest in it, and did their utmost to make it a succe ss. Form IV.c were very badly beaten by IV.a in the first round of the netball matches. �foy Nicholls wa II Orderly for the second term, and Christobel as Sf! i tant. At the end of the term w e were very pleased to con crratulate Christobel Smith on receiving a blue stripe. We ... hope many more members of the Form will receive stripes. For the third term Betty Baxter was nominated Or (lerly. with Joy Nicholls assistant. The Sports are to be held at the end of this term and we hope all our Form will do their very best.

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We returned to school after our lonrr very . l!I holidays, ,, found to be excited to see our ne w Form ?t'fistr r s. whom we Miss Hearn. ; .l.•vat , : .e: We felt very cl cl to hav : u I the sta"'e in our • E.· reach• ; school life when we ha<l - ~ torn 0 unt th e ..,•tairs to our Form Room each day. ~ We welcomed to D ur li'orm Lorna B est, h.athleen Lambie, Mabel Pricstnall, ·:.:-. N·ora:. shand, faob e I Wright, Patricia Vaughan and Gwen ,v-illiams. ~ E.•• of recordin•• every , We carried on the usual Kyst'm A.+, the most points being gain J by Matipo e ':c •· Hou8 e. Our library ib· a good one baYing an int E.> rcsting variety of books. ...: 1'he following have won Blue and Red stripe R: Lorna .. I,·on r, arjorie scanes and Pat simp Best and Alclwyth Jon es; :M gaining Blue one·. & We elect an Orderly and '7\ ice-Orderly every month.

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We welcomed back Philippa Acland. One of the fir8 t things we did was.: to mak e a. large brown ;..: and pictures paper book, in which we pasted interesting n e ws of to-day and yesterday. We forme l two netball teams. 'l'he;. ''A'' team .,...!~..: playeJ Form II., and were beaten 4 to G. Reel . tripe were rrained by Pat simp8on·- and 'l'ui 1'homas; Blue by Kathleen Lambie, Nora shand and Mabel Priestnall.

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possessors of a tennis ladder. Nancy Zohrab and Aldwyth Jones are the Games Captains. We feel that the Form Clock must resent our presence in the room, for it ha s rested 8 ince the be..,innin.., t, ...of the year.

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ST. MARGARET'S COLLEGE OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. The annual general meeting of the Association was held at l , pre Cranmer Square on ''ue &·day, May llth, Ssi ter Winifred ·,r sidin.., Members of Committee present ., over a good attendance. ,, Bonnie Pinckney, Lorna Saunders, were :-Sister Winifred, , . craret Ormerod, and Nora11 Irene Graham, Gwen Francis, Mar . " Pearl Ja,.,gar, Nutt. Apolorries were r t.•ceivcd from Elaine "'. "' Audrey Cott erill. Buchanan, and ....; pr eviou.s meeting were read, Business: The minute: of the '! and the balance-sheet a ( ioptecl, after which sister Winifred spoke on the subject oC wh , ·c ther or not the A81,·ociation was ;:~ justifying its existence, in that it was not. provin" .,, itself as useful an or"anisation as :.: l,·h e had hop e d. s ist (l r read a letter ... . Ch w ere Eie . c ,g estion s as to bow from a member, in whi · veral su "' e Pinckney also the A 8 sociation could be 0 f som e u He. Bonni spoke on the same Sister ~;~ a.'i keel the mem : :..:: subjc (.•t, nft r which bers pre:ent to off . :~er sugg- (.' stioni-. wh i(' h would enable the Asso ciation to do some charitabl e work. ': After various suggestioni-. had been ma nle, a vote was . et's Old Girls would taken, with the re·ult that Margar I, . ' st. "!/.: undertake to raise £100 to pro\·id e f 0 r a bed in 8 t. George's Hospital now under cours (' of Constru(..·tion. Different methods of raising mon · eel, and : . ey were di - 8cu !,fol it was eventually decided thnt m ernbCrs would take char"e of e the stall in Everybody's 'l.'h {.•at:.. re~ on c 0 rtain days to be announced at a later dat.e, !and that a tenni and a • h· tournament : .. • • bridge party would be arran� !. !. ecl. . 'I'wo sub-committees w l' rl · appoint of the (.•d to tak, ;:. t. charge ,:, stall. Mollie Rankin, Betty Norris, Edna Gill and Elaine Wickenden for the first,h 'aturday and Betty ·Aiacdonald, Mar .iorie Wait, Adrienne Acland and Joan Huie for the second. r e. . ertook to make arranr'Ct Gwen Dunna"'e and Norah N.ut"t und "' brid"e ev,e ning, for which H:,ister kindly con ments for the sented to lend the school hall. " . :,. Members of the Committee for 1925 then retired after which the election of officer 8 for the ensuin c r year took place, "' Winifred; Vicewith the following result·;, :-Pre:ident, Sister

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President, Bonnje Pinckney; Secretary, Norah Nutt; Trea surer, Pearl Jaggar; Committee, Gwen Dunna,.,.e, Gwen "' Francis, Irene Graham, Lorna satrnders, Norah Hoare, Mar garet Ormerod, Molly Rankin. Cirene Robin. on was elected to fill the new po h·ition of A h·sistant S ecretary.

The Reunion.-The annual retreat was held durinft'>J' the week-end beginning May 7th, the Rev. H. Smith again taking . , ,1 ery large, although the services. The attendance waI>· not there was a slight increase on la.~t year. ;; 8 held at Dixieland on Monday, 'fhe reunion dance wa ' .. everyone seemed to :... May 10th, and judging by app :.r- earauces, , enjoy it as much ns usual. On 'l'ncsday a tennis tournament was held on Canterbury ( 'ollcge Courts, . ,. abont 20 members being: pre to see a lar .., er .,. . h·cnt. The committ ec would be"; pi.cased . . int . ·e number of girls taking an rest in this fixture. The prizr.s ' were won by Mab .! e I J [all an cl Gwen Dunnage. 'l'be General ~:.. y e,· ening, brou .., ht th (,· Meeting, which wa. h e I cl on Tuesda reunion to a close.

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Hospital Fund.-Since the reunion £54 has been raise:i toward I!,· the hospital. bed, and it is hoped that the remainder ~ ,, be completed before the next annual meetin,.,._ of the sum will The Committee wishes to thank all "Old Girls" and friends -::.' who have so freely helpe l with their personal service and donations towards this object.

Notes.-Durin.., the . pa ·t year several girls have been for tunate in having trips abroad, among these lucky one s bein rr ., ., I aret Ormerod, Winnie Rosendale, Barbara Gould and Mar who are away at present; Alison Jennings, Lorna McGruer, Adrienne Acland and Marbcraret Stevenson have recently re ,, turned; and Rita and Mabel Ilall - and Mary Ho rr...g have been .., the winter. Joan Hnie, Lorna McGruei in Anstralia dnrin... and Mona Coath have all left Christchurch to reside in Auck land, and Dorothy Quill has gone to live in England. Peggy Bennett is takin..,... her nursin,.,. ... course at the Dunedin Hospital, and Merle Buxton at the Aucklan (l Hos- pita I, while Lettice Corsbie i &· at the Limes. ; N orab Hoare is Secretary at St. Margaret's- (' ollerre, ,., ancl Molly Rankin Games Mistre's at The Queen Philippa School. ~ Helen Cane is studying dramatic art in En .., land. ~

Engagements. Ella Nicholls to K. McLean. Rose Withers to D. E. 'femplar. , Margaret Ormerod to C. Maitland.

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Thelma Kibblewhite to A. Johnston. Rita Hall to M. Mahan. Marjorie Nancarrow to B. Chambers. Betty Norris to R. Fish. , Beattie. Lorna Saunders to W. Judith Mathias to B. Morton. Kathleen Helmore to R. Cracroft-Wilson. Eileen Belcher to D. Partridcre. t', :: Janie Smith to B. Hobb 'I.. Doris Hill to C. Drummond-Hay. Lois Bassett to G. Curti8. , Joan Ilarper to C. Maturin.

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:, Audrey Cracroft-Wilson to G. Cotterill. May Rennie to R. Booker. Cora Wilkinson to J. Orchard. Joyce Francis to F. A. Richards. Amy Coura"'c to G. Gray. Dorothy Sandston to E. Rickard. Joyce Thornton to -. Chilman. . Esther Batchelor to W. Kc esing. . Mary Ross to L. Ayers. ., II Edith Whitcomb e to Go Clfrey. , E. M. ChrisRie Stewart ~ to J. Simpson. Freda Phillips to E. Richards. Elaine Buchanan to J. Fisher.

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Sylvia Evan (n (e> Harrison), a daughter. Bess ie Bates (nee Gardiner), a son. Ethel Rich (nee Plunket) a dau..,hter. ; Rona Burrowes (nee Hough), a dauo-hter. Margaret Gri"" (nee 'fe E,·chemaker), a son. Muriel Clemens (nee Wallace), a da1whter. .:. Betsy O'Rorke (n'e e Re,e \·es), a Claughter. , Winnie Gibb.· (nee Hobb.), . on. 'S a 'I •· .. Jocelyn Robiu.-on (nee Pyne), a dau "' htcr.

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To Kathleen Skinn(.-•r we extend deepest sympathy in the death of her husband; and to ·,Molly Carrington m the death .of her ,brotber under such tragic circumstances.

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ESSAY ON '' LOOK THY LAST ON ALL THINGS LOVELY."

os look thy la.'t on these, the gloriaptivity. To-nio-ht, C " ous degeneracie 8of Life. 'l'he gleam of multi-coloured Jin-hts on polished floor , and music;8 the feet to era biog the quick rhythm of clan inr• C II crystal gla es; the sparkle of red wine in ·lId•ndcr .. "" tcrnmed 8 118 steady monotone of a high-powered ,eroarino- over white ., - ngin e highways (and prepare for the lono-, dusty trail down fl Jo rr•; orange .haded Papanui Road). 'l'he crack! eor blu•-gum t 'il lights; the thin blue wi.-p of Rrnok ;e tho patter of soft paws; ; and the smell of Boronia the crunch of grav le on tho friv C e wafting throurrh an open window. ... for thou Look thy last on the Sf', spoilt child of fr• cclom e wilt be a boarder to-ni••ht. D. II. (Konini) .

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REVERIE. "London people! London people! Miclnirrht rinas from every steeple." e Yes, it is midnight indeed! For in Kensington Gardens he lift· his pipe and Peter Pan is awakening. ·• slowly, ·lowly, h !, plays a soft little melody upon it. Then lif bursts into the e place, the little brown rabbits skip about on the dewy 0 rass, and the elves and fairies obey his call. The moon spreads a mellow light over the crazy pavin rr , where a timid baby owl ., is experiencing his first night with Peter, under the moon. Peter Pan ·tands in the centre of a rin rr of fairies and h elves and rabbits. His short tunic i.· the same "' colour as the moonlit gra:s. His fair curl ·eem to be dancinO' to the tune II ~ blue eyes, too, are he is playing on his pipe. His "" dancing; his little bare foot is b ating the time on the rey paving. e re alone. wi len , and Peter dances Then the circle round him s the air and piping all LiohtJy be cap rs, springirirr l'Ji.•b into the while. 'l'hee fairies fly round him, crooning softly; the elves are jumping and skipping, the rabbits /!re playing hide and eek amon°st the bu he . 8 ., Ii 8 'l'he moon ails maje tically behind a cloud, and lo! when 8 l\l she reappears Peter and his companions are back on the log again. All is still and silent. Peter seems to be smiling at the thought of his next dance, when he will release his friends at the call of his pipe.

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AUTUMN. Autumn had com e, and at her coming Summer died. Summer had been pretty enough. 8.Jjm, r rraceful, and as light ~ as any fawn; but Autumn c C lip SCd all these beauties by her • - eye· of the richest hazel, lightheartedness and jollity. , Ii e had and her hair wa: of '10 . many co lours that it cannot be .q described. Iler w,e rt· 111 0 r e b eautiful than Summer':,; - wiJ1g. ,, winrrs had been, for th a. "Ol ( 1 which ·eemed to ;._ey sh·o II C with e be shot with peacock bluC an( I indirr t,O ·t and they reminded one of the sea at sunset. B - l •tt , .ft r than h er win•vs and hair was her "' happiness and mirth.

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l fini.'Ih ed their work, and When she arrived the lcu.v es ha~-C ' • Yon hnv C worked well," said were ready for plcasur ~ £.: e. Autumn to the lcav es as i-he dHn<:<'d thr 0 ugh th•(. woods. "Put -.on your brightest dressci- u11 I foll 0 w m C. "

~ The leaves dorrn ed thtir pr ·I 1 it•st i;,,owns of gold and ; • t.·ir door., silver, of red and oru11R L• 1111d ln·own lj and .r::..open ecl th sailed down into the wind. I•' (.1r 11h1·11d Autumn beckoned to the leaves. "Come a11d d11111·1·, t' ,'I lit•5 (·nlltcl. 'L'h en th ey danced ;; ?-. through endless day· of ll11ppi111•i-i-.

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,; The wind, a jolly old thin', h1·l11·d th Crn by blowing hard l when the baby leaves Htoocl i,;hi V1•ri11' h (,·sital ;;. ing on th eir tiny doorsteps.

However, fun ca1111ot 111st l'or 1·vn, an·cl th e leave 8 grew ; ., tired. ome fluttere d w(•11ril y0 do1 V n bl'n l ·ath th eir homes in the trees, others rose with th(• !, ki11dly wind and fl·e w away to find a cosier spot, but nonC t11111(• h111"I •v l•r. () nly the fairies knew . ~( I on, alon e. Soon she, too, where they went. Aut1111111 dun(·(• grew tired. She loohd in vni11 for h er f:ri encls the leave 8, but tliey had deserted her. Hlw w11i- too tir ed to fly away, so she sank down to earth, n11d lay 1-ilill.

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Autumn sto 0 d 11p, 1111d danc ecl a s,vift little dance of defiance; then shCl 111,t <'rf,·d a sigh, so very like a sob, and :. fluttered down to t Ii t' r old (' nrth-dead.

Winter walk Cl I i;ilently through the woods.

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THE FIRST DAY. The Tennis Ball was bouncing!. on the court, And merry fic•ures darted to and fro; "' voices min rrled- with ;... the game. Their lau cr hing " shouts upon the " fartbe.~t lawn Then happy Ran e r out and echoed in the busy. ait·"' . ... I rememb f'r when I came.

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The proud n w photo hung upon the walls And Rhields whi ·h tol<'I of ,,, rrlory in the past. The Honour Board., with many a famous name, Looked down in mocking • ! glance upon the hall It was so grand and big: so empty then. ... I reme mber when I came. I heard a ru h of feet upon the stair, And laughin voice. echoed once again. The Big Doors opened from the dark'ning hall, A prefect walked across the empty ·pace, And ah !-the handshake, and the ,velcoming smile I remember best of all. A. C. (Rimu House) .

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, old S.M.C. Who would lea,e 'l'o wander far and wide To try to find a better school? 'l'hey cou Id not if they tried. It is the school, a jolly place For youth and joy and fun, For sport and work, and quarrels, too, And shields so often won.

But days so quickly pass away With much of joy and. sorrow. Each day makes up the term that flies 'l'owar ]s the closin cr morrow.

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May those who leave old S.M.C., When their school days are o'er, Be ever loyal to the schoolThe school that they adore. K. D. (Konini House).

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SCHOOL. The dear old school, how proud it stands In Cranmer square to-day. It shows the work of many hands Some say th ere- is no play. .; But they, of course, arc very wrong, For schoolwork is all play, ; And school itself is ju 8ta song We sing: from day to day.

We're glad wh en holidays come round 'l'o bid goo·cI-bye to school, But in our hearts is always found A love for cv ~ (.•ry r-ulc.

So when we sing th t• little rhyme , C., About our s.M. We think of tho 'r wo must climb - 5 ladd;.i. On top some day to ,_ be. M. P. (Kowhai House) .

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IN THE WEST. ..; st Over there in th L' d t.e · p r ed we Weary hearts fi11d and rest. - solace ! :. Many are happy, 111any are sad, Some who are suff t,•rin ~,, .ljome who are glad.

Over there in th't. d t.C · p r Cd we &·t Hearts thank . - Ood th Cy have : , stood the test, 'fhanking llim Wh 0 m they love the best, -·They go to th eir long, eternal rest. •.• !.~ And to the west we will go, my son, ~ • I life is done. When tho day ot We will thank God: we have stood the test, And go to our own eternal rest. !. E. R. (Konini House).

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A FAIRY DREAM. Last ni,,,ht, ,.., a sI lay lceping, There came to me a dream; I dreamed of Elves an l ( Fairies All dancing by a stream. They danc cle out in the moonlight. Each little danc re strived To outdo all his fellow·,ft When lo! their Queen arrived.

'Twas then .: . I wi.·hed to join them, And take part in .their play, , When moth C r came and woke me, And then I saw 'twas day. P. S.

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