1953 SMC Yearbook by St Margaret's College Foundation

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No. 46

Eleanor Burt 66 K.amak Crescent Russley Christchurch 8042

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Standing (left to right) : Rosita Holenbergh, Janet Williamson, an Blackley, Dorothy Murray, Judith Fulton, Melva Lawry, Marion McCree. Sitting (left to right): Marie Scott, Patricia Chalklin, Barbara Flesher (Head), Margar·et W estgarth, Priscilla To bin.

CONTENTS Page

Page

French

Club

..lunfor

French

Club

Officers of the School -

Folk Dancing

Club

• School

Libr.ary

Civi-c and Art Appreciation Club

Art Club

and Toymaking Club

Board

of Governors

The Staff

Ron

Editorial Prize

Giving,

Examination

1952 Results,

1952 -

Club

News Embroidery

Chapel Notes Handwork Junior

Dressmaking Ex-Staff

Display,

School Notes

1952

. Drama

Club

··Fencing Club

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Choir Notes

, .Kil~urn House Notes-

Junior

Choir

Jµliµs

Parents'

Day

Konini. House Notes

Library

Notes

Kowhai House Notes -

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Matipo House Notes -

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School Music Classes -

• Rata House Notes

The School Dance

Rimu House Notes

S.C.M.

Tennis Notes

School Music Festival

Notes

Public

Speaking

Overseas Maths.

Talks -

Contest

Athletics Notes

Hockey

Notes

Netball

Notes

Contributions

League Public Speaking Contest

Original

Talks

Old Girls' Notes

- 48 - 49 - 50 - 54 - 58

Swimming Notes

V Upper A Divinity Teaching Current Events

House Notes

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ST. MARGARET'S BOARD

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GOVERNORS

Chairman : The Hight Reverend Deputy-Chairman: Bursar:

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the Bishop of Christchurch.

The Rev. Canon I. L. Richards.

E. P. Wills, Esq., B.A., LL.M., M.Com.

R. A. Barnsdale, Esq. The Rev. L. A. Barnes Comm. J. C. Elworthy F. T. H. BeJl, Esq.

Mrs. C. Foster-Browne The Rev. J. D. Froud Miss L. Gardner G. M. Morgan, Esq. THE

Mrs. N. Morton-Smith J. Roy-Smith, Esq. Miss N. Vale H. S. Williams, Esq.

STAFP

Head Mistress: Miss J. P. Crosber, Secondary

M.Sc. (N.Z.) School:

Miss K. P. Edwards, B,A. (Hons.)~ University of Wales, First Assistant. Head of English Dept. Miss D. Robinson, P.C.T., Careers Advisor, Head of Commercial Dept. Mrs. 8. Penney, B.A. (N.Z.), B. Cert., Head of History Dept. Mrs. U. Dromgoole, M.A. (Cantab.), Head of Mathematics Dept. Miss G. Walters, B.A. (Hons.), London, Head of French Dept. Miss E. Duff, M.A. (N.Z.), Head of Latin Dept. Miss A. Clifford, Dip Chelsea College Phys. Ed., Dip Phys. Ed. (London), . C.S.P., Phys. Ed. Miss M. MacKenzie, B.H.Sc., Head of Home Science Dept. Miss M. Holderness, M.A. (N.Z. ), English. Miss M. Garnham, B.A. (N.Z.), Head of Geography Dept. Miss B. Gadd, B.Sc. (N.Z.), Biology. Miss M. Bowkett, Homecraft Dip., Homecraft. Mrs. E. M. Morrison, B.Sc. (Aberdeen), Chemistry. M.iss J. Owen, Dip. of Fine Arts, Art. Mrs. S. Fillenz, German. Miss J. Macfarlane, C. Cert., Librarian. Mrs. C. L. Mountfort, Divinity (Term I). Deaconess H. Park, Divinity (Terms II and III). Mrs. J .. A. Barnes, Divinity (Terms II and III).

Primary School: Miss G. Rankin, C. Certificate, Head of Primary Dept., Form II. Miss A. G. Thomas, C. Certificate, Head of Junior School, Infant Mistress. Mrs. M. Thomson, C. Certificate, Form I. Miss D. M. Beattie, C. Certificate, Standard 4. Mrs. C. Taylor, C. Certificate, Standard 3. Mrs. C. Macfarlane, L.T.C.L., C. Certificate, Standard 2. Miss W. M. Armstrong. B.A., B. Certificate, Standard 1.

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Music Staff: Mrs. M. Clark, Dip. Music, L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Pianoforte, Music Dept. Mrs. M. Thomson, L.T.C.L., Music Specialist, Singing. Miss W. Gardiner, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., F.T.C.L., Pianoforte. Miss D. Hight, L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Pianoforte. Miss M. Bruce, L.R.S.M., Pianoforte.

Head of

Speech Training: Miss M. Hopewell,

L.T.C.L.

Secretary: Mrs. V. Greaves, B.A. (Oxon).

House Staff: Miss H. Drayton, Housemistress, Kilburn House. Miss D. Bomhof, Matron, Kilburn House. Miss A. Fisken, Matron, Julius House. Miss A. Bradley, Housemistress, Julius House. Mrs. A. Welsh, Housekeeper (Terms I and II). Prefects: Barbara Flesher (Head) Margaret Westgarth (Deputy-Head) an Blackley Patricia Chalklin Judith Fulton Rosita Holenbergh

Melva Lawry Marion McCree Dorothy Murray Marie Scott Priscilla To bin Janet Williamson

Senior Orderlies: Term II: G. Priest (Convenor) J. Cornish G. Minson H. Wishart P. Booth .T. Calder M. Cox E. McAlpine H. Ludecke L. Luisetti

Term I: V. Ben'.l.ie (Uonvenor) J. Dickson G. Marshall B. Moore V.Hay G. Redpath M. Ross J. Turpin H. Harrison M. Round

Term III: .J. Skurr (Convenor) V. Benzie E. Finney A. Talbot M.Cox G. Redpath J. Ridolls M. Ross E. Harris J. Thomson

Kilburn House Prefect: Janet

Williamson

Julius House Monitresses: Mary Neeve

Frances Powell

House Captains: Konini: Dorothy Murray Kowhai: Gillian Jenkins Matipo: Nan Blackley

Raui: Barbara Flesher Rimu: Patricia Chalklin. I

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Games Committee: Nan Blackley Jean Calder Patricia Chalklin Barbara Flesher Helen Harrison

Gillian Jenkins Dorothy Murray Janet Toth ill Margaret W estgarth

Librarians: Marion Mc Cree (Head) Vivienne Benzie Jill Dickson

Dorothy Murray Jennifer Skurr Priscilla To bin

Chapel Prefects: Barbara Flesher Margaret Westgartb

Patricia

Editorial Barbara Flesher Margaret W estgarth Nan Blackley Patricia Chalklin Judith Fulton Rosita Holenbergh

Chalklin

Committee : Melva Lawry Marion McCree Dorothy Murray Marie Scott Priscilla To bin Janet Williamson

Form Orderlies: Term I-

Term II-

Term III:

VI -····· VU.A. VU.M. V L.A._..... VL.M. IV A.-······ IV M. -·III A.··-·III M. II

G. Jenkins J. Calder H. Harrison M. Elphick E. Read D. Clark P. Thomas H. Rollinson P. Lane A. Wright

B. Moore J. Calder J. Poddi . Warren E. Read S. Edridge P. Clark P. Kellock P. Lane H. Peate

I -

J. Gebbie

G. Minson E. Lester E. Harris J. Stevens E. Anderson J. Latham W. Bishop . Angas A. Combellack D. Macdonald and M. Booth E. Osmers

K. Harris

Form VIA (Miss Edwards) Chalklin, Patricia (Rimu) Edwardes, Joanne (Kowhai)

Flesher, Barbara (Rata) Westgarth, Margaret (Rata)

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Form VIB (Miss Edwards) Minson, Gail (Rata) Benzie, Vivienne (Matipo) Moore, Belinda (Rat.a) Blackley, an (Matipo) Cornish, Joan (Rimu), Te1·rns 1 & 2 Murray, Dorothy (Konini) Priest. Gillian (Matipo) Dickson, Jill (Konini) Scott, Marie (Rimu) Finney, Elizabeth (Konini) Rkurr, J nnifer (Matipo) Fulton, Judith (Rimu) 'raJbot, drienne (Matipo) Jenkins, Gillian (Kowhai) Tobin, Priscilla (Rata) McCree, Marion (Rimu) Wishart, Helen (Kowhai) McGaughey, Heather (Rata) Marshall, Gillian (Matipo) Form VUA (Mrs. Penney) Lawry, Melva (Rimu) A.dorian, Ma1·gareL (Matipo) Leech, Jill (Rim.u) Batstone, Beryl (Kowhai) Lest r, Elizabeth (Matipo) Booth, Portia (Rimu) Light.foot, Lynette (Konini) Bradley, Sonia (Rata) Mc lpine, Elspeth (Kowhai) Bull, Joan (Matipo) Redpath, Gaye (Rimu) Calder, Jean (Rata) Reynolds, Jennifer (Rimu) Cox, Margaret (Kowhai) Richmond, Pamela (Rata) Cromb, Jeanette (Konini) Riddolls, Janet (Matipo) Dearsley, Anne (Rata) Ross, Mary (Kowhai) Fenwick, Phillipa (Konini) Shearer. Joan (Konini) Gardner, Diana (Rata) Stenhou e, Phillipa (Rata) Hamann, Elizabeth (Rimu) Tripp, Edith (Kowhai) Hawes, Beverley (Matipo) Turpin, Julie (Kowhai) Hay, Valerie (Rata) Vickery, Anne (Konini) Holenbergh, Rosita (Rata) Vile, Denise (Konini) Jennings, Su an (Matipo) Walker, Helen (Konini) Jon s, Florence (Matipo) Williams, Margaret (Konini) Jones, Julie (Konini) Wright, Judith (Kowhai) Form VUM (Miss Robinson) Parsons, Janice (Konini) Carr, Carole (J\fa,tipo) Peddie, Judith (Konini) Craythorne, JacqueUne (-1~-ata) Phillips, Waverley (Konini) Croft, Janet (Konini) Powell, Betty (Kowhai) Giddens, Esme (Rimu) Round, Margaret (Kowhai) Harman, Phillipa (Kowhai) Shrimpton, Fiona (Kowhai) (Rata) Harris, Elizabeth Hmal't, Robin (Rata) Harrison, Helen (Rata,) 'rhomson, Jennifer (Rimu) Kennington, Alison (Ratn,) Tothill, Janet (Matipo) Ludecke, Helen (Rata) William on, Janet (Rimu) Luisetti, Lesyl (MaUpo) Wright, Lois (Konini) Mottram, Caroline (Rimu) Form VLA (Mrs. Dromgoole) Machin, Joy (Rata) Ballantyne, Ann (Kowhai) Mackay, Shona (Kowhai) Barriball, Margar t (Konini) McIntyre, Judith (Matipo) Barton, Anne (Kowhai) Miller, Judith (Kowhai) Bramley, Kay (Konini.) Miller, usan (Konini) Chirnside, Jocelyn (Matipo) Moore, Judith (Rimu) hristie, Gillian (Rimu)

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Clark, Denise (Rata) Corby, Jill (Konini) Denny, Honor (Rata) Edwardes, Sally (Kowhai) Elphick, Mary (Kowhai) Gamble, Pauline (Konini) Gardiner, Prudence (Kowhai) Glasgow, Janet (Rata) Harrison, Shirley (Rata) Hewland, Robyn (Konini) I verach, Janet (Matipo) Latham, Joan (Kowhai)

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Mulligan, Robin (Kowhai) Needham, Barbara (Rata) Nuthall, .Jennifer (Kowhai) Powell, lison (Konini) Powell, Margaret (Rata) Steel, Judith (Kowhai) Stevens, .Josephine (Rata) Warren, Nicola (Kowhai) Wilson, Dorothy (Rata) Wilson, Lynette (Rata) Young, Juliet (Rimu)

Form VLM (Miss Garnham) Andersen, Elizabeth (Konini) Atkinson, Ann (Rata) Barnard, Janice (Rimu) Bidwell, Pamela (Matipo) Blackley, Jill (Matipo) Brown, Patricia (Rata) Clark, Janis (Matipo) Corbett, Adrienne (Konini) Cree, Winsome (Kowhai) Croft, Helen (Konini) de Castro, Juliet (Kowhai) Dunster, Adrienne (Rimu) Edwards, Judith (Matipo) Ellis, Janette (Rata) Gormack, Barbara (Kowhai) Inwood, Toni (Rata) Jennings, Nan (Matipo) Macfarlane, Jane (Konini) MacGibbon, Rachel (Rimu) Morris, Joyce (Kowhai)

Norbert-Munns, Marjorie, (Rimu) Norris, Suzanne (Rimu) Pearson, Barbara (Matipo) Powell, Janet (Kowhai) Price, .Jillian (Rata) Read, Elaine (Rimu) Richardson, Margaret (Konini) Robinson, June (Matipo) Slyfield, Jillian (Rimu) Steere, Rewa (Konini) Stevens, Adrienne (Matipo) Thacker, Janice (Kowhai) Thomson, Heather (Matipo) Topliss, .Jennifer (Rimu) Williams, Diana (Kowhai) Williams, Elizabeth (Rimu) Winskill, Patricia (Rata Smith, Yvonne (Rata) Thomson, Suzanne (Rimu)

Form IVA (Miss Gadd). Adair, Jacqueline (Rimu) Bean, Angela (Rata) Bethell, Johanna (Rimu) Bromley, Elizabeth (Kowhai) Cleland, Barbara (Matipo) Edridge, Sally (Rata) Ellis, Marie (Matipo) Esson, Rosemary (Rata) Fairbairn, .Judith (Matipo) Fernie, Patricia (Matipo) Harris, Elizabeth (Rimu) Howard, Judith (Konini) Jackson, Heather (Matipo) Kent, Nola (Matipo)

Luney, Lesley (Konini) Macfarlane, Gillian (Konini) MacGibbon, Helen (Rimu) Mitchen, Jan (Rimu) Munro, Elspeth (Kowhai) Ollivier, Margaret (Konini) Pickles, Elizabeth (Rimu) Pickles, Judith (Matipo) Ritchie, Pamela (Rata) Robinson, Diana (Rata) Whitehead, Elizabeth (Rimu) Wills, Heather (Konini) Wilson, Rosemary (Rata)

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Form IVM (Miss Clifford) Norbert-Munns, Janice (Rimu) Agar, Philippa (Kowhai) Palmer, Sandra (Rimu) Bamford, Judith (Rata) Peddie, Barbara (Konini) Bishop, Wendy (Kowhai) Price, Janice (Konini) Clarke, Paddianne (Rata) Roberts, Jennifer (Matipo) Cunningham, Margaret (Matipo) Simon, Rosemary (Konini) Curtis, Julie (Matipo) Smith, Virginia (Matipo) Dunn, Janice (Matipo) Strachan, Maruata (Rimu) Ferguson, Jill (Kowhai) Sutherland, Judith (Matipo) Ferraby, Jill (Kowhai) Taylor, Julie (Kowhai) Guinness, Felicity (Rata) Thomas, Patricia (Rimu) Harrison, Dorothea (Konini) Thorpe, Diana (Matipo) Jarvis, Rosemary (Rata) U ndrill, Patricia (Matipo) King, Griselda (Matipo) Walton, Beverley (Kowhai) Lake, Jennifer (Rimu) Williams, Barbara (Kowhai) Lapthorne, Irene (Konini) Woodham, Lois (Rimu) Macdonald, Rosemary (Konini) Young, Jill (Konini) Nevell, Diana (Konini) Form IIIA (Miss Holderness) Mack~y, Phillippa (Kowhai) Angas, veril (Matipo) Macdonald, Sandra (Kowhai) Bent, Susan (Rata) Machin, Patricia (Rata) Boleyn, Susan (Kowhai) Mair, Geraldine (Matipo) Black, Sandra (Kowhai) Marshall, Rosemary (Kowhai) Carl, Penelope (Konini) Mills, Sally (Matipo) Christie, Marie (Rimu) Mim:on, Kay (Rata) Coe, Eleanor (Kowhai) Reece-Smith, Adrienne (Matipo) Compton, Dianne (Rimu) Rollinson, Helen (Konini) Cranfield, Susan (Konini) Smith, Leonore (Matipo) Fleming, Oecilie (Ri.mu) Stevens, Sonya (Rata) Hegan, Pamela. (Rata) Wakefield, Shirley (Rimu) Justice, Ann (Rimu) Ward, Josephine (Matipo) Kellaway, Susan (Rata) Warren, Wendy (Rata) Kellock, Penelope (Konini) vVhitford, Jenifer (Rimu) Lindley, Jennifer (Matipo) Wynn-Williams, Anne (Rimu) Lock, Dorothy (Konini) Young. Annas (Rimu) McA.lpine, Louise (Kowhai) Form IIIM (Miss Bowkett) Leeson, Janice (Rata) Andersen, Katrina (Konini) March, Joanna (Rimu) Barford, Felicity (Kowhai) Mosley, Bridget (Rata) Olapshaw, Jean (Rimu) Musgrave, Barbara (Rimu) Combellack, Ann (Kowhai) Neeve, Mary (Kowhai) Croft, Alison (Konini) Perry, Jocelyn (Konini) Dawson, Belinda (Matipo) Parsons, Jacqueline (Rimu) Dunster, Dianne (Rimu) Powell, Frances (Kowhai) Evans, Gwynnfyr (Kowhai) Sidey, Janet (Rimu) Fleming, Janet (Rimu) Sloss, Anne (Matipo) Harrison, Nancy (Konini) Sloss, Helen (Matipo) Hartland, Julie (Rata) Smee, Nancy (Kowhai) Hewlett, Annette (Rata) Stock, Erica (Kowhai) .Tennings, Gillian (Matipo) Stokes, Margaret (Rata) Jones, Erica (Konini) Sutton, Sandra (Rimu) Judd, Angela (Rata) Thompson, Made (Matipo) Lane, Philippa (Rimu)

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Form II (Miss Rankin) Adams, Jill (Kowhai) Blunden, Jennifer (Rimu) Boon, Margaret (Matipo) Brander, Kay (Rata) Brown, Alison (Konini) Byrne, Angela (Kowhai) Chivers, Dawn (Konini) Flewellyn, Fay (Rata) Gebbie, Jane (Matipo) Gilbert, Jeanette (Matipo) Guillermo, Mary (Rata) Hale, Katrina (Kowhai) Henderson, Susan (Kowhai) Hill, Rosemary (Konini) Humphries, Anne (Matipo) Humphries, Rae (Rimu) Hyde, Barbara (Konini) .Tarrett, Diana (Matipo) .Tones, Jocelyne (Rimu) Macdonald, Dinah (Konini)

McGill, Robyn (Rata) Mathieson, Robyn (Matipo) Morten, Susanne (Matipo) Moulton, Joan (Rimu) Nevell, Jeanette (Konini) Osmers, Elizabeth (Rimu) Peate, Helen (Konini) Rich, Helen (Rata) Rogers, Susan (Matipo) Ryder, Diana (Kowhai) Scott, Cynthia (Rata) Spear, Angela (Kowhai) Swainson, Kerry (Konini) Thacker, Ruth (Kowhai) Turner, Penelope (Konini) Wright, Angela (Matipo) Wills, Pbilippa (Konini) Wynn-Williams, Mary (Termll only) Woods, Judith (Rata)

Form 1 (Mrs. Thomson) Atkinson, Rosemary (Rata) Ballantyne, Pauline (Kowbai) Bradshaw, Helen (Matipo) Clark, Deborah (Matipo) Cooper, Raebel (Konini) Courage, Anne (Kowbai) Cummings, Lynette (Rimu) Erickson, Rose (Rata) Etwell, Dianne (Rimu) Frost, Heather (Kowhai) Glasson, Wendy (Rata) Gray, Jennifer (Konini) Grubb, Christine (Matipo) Hall, Diana (Konini) Hall, Jennifer (Konini) Harris, Kathryn (Rata) Holdgate, Gillian (Rimu)

Hunter, Jill (Konini) Lawn, Pamela (Konini) Lester, Louise (Konini) Maling, Rosemary (Matipo) Marshall, Janet (Kowhai) Morton, Kossara (Konini) Neave, Barbara (Rata) Parr, Daphne, (Rimu) Reynolds, Dianne (Rimu) Rutherford, Jane (Kowhai) Stephenson, Jane (Matipo) Thrower, Isobel (Rimu) Thomson, Carolyn (Rimu) Wales, Rosemary (Rimu) Walker, Michal (Rimu) Watson, Judith (Matipo) Williams, Jennifer (Konini)

Standard 4 (Miss ~eattie) Austin, Diana BelJ, Jacqueline Blunden, Gillian Courage, Juliet Cox,Sally Deans, Anne Downing, Patricia Goldsmith, Ataneta Goo by, Dianne Griffiths, Patsy

Justice, Diana Lake, Adrienne Morten, Diana Marriner, Alexina N eeve, Helen Owen, Susan Parr, Diane Peate, Geraldine Percival, Christine Scandrett, J oycelin

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Grant, Vivienne Harty, Caroline Henderson, Jantje Hewlett, Susanne Humphries, Jan Jacobs, Vivienne Jones, Marilyn

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Spicer, Rosemary Stone, Pamela Sutherland, Janice Taylor, Janet Wilson, Fay Wilson, Janice Wilson, Margaret

Standard 3 (Mrs. Taylor) Barrow, Jacqueline Baudinet, Joanna Bidwill, Susan Blackler, Marlene (Terms 1 & 2) Boon, Barbara Bulfin, Louise Byrne, Julie Carthy, Alison Chapman, Jennifer Clark, Deborah Edwards, Jane Gould, .Till Hamann, Penelope Harrow, Maureen HolJand, Carolyn

Hore, Rosemary McEJlroy, Sandra Munns, Karen Neave, Eleanor Parkes, Mary Rabone, Penelope Rich, Susan Scott, Jennifer Shand, Elizabeth Sturge, Carolyn Sundstrum, Sarah Todhunter, Caroline Wales, Christine Ward, Cassia Young, Hilary

Standard 2 (Mrs. Macfarlane) ustin, Penelope Barnes, Sandra Calhaem, Maureen Clarkson, Susann Chivers, Kathleen Cook, Ruth-Ann Collins, Jane Croft, Lorraine Dawson, Penelope Derrett, Susan Dudley, nne England, Sally Gamble, Noela Gebbie, Susan Halliday, Le,sley Hansen, Jo nn

Humphr-ies, Carol Inkster, Judith Jones, ancy Lorimer, Kay McKenzie, Pieter Midgley, Elizabeth Muirson, Sharon Shand, Helen Solomon, Anne Smith, Rosemary Spear, Dain try Todd, Victoria Wauchop, Susan Whitford, Susan Wright, Mary

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Standard 1 (Miss Armstrong) Adamson, Diana Austin, Felicity Ballantyne, Heather Batt, Elisabeth Brander, Joy Brown, Anthea Brown, Susan Clark, Susan Costelloe, Denise Davison, Jane Duck.man ton, Janice Gardiner, Kathleen Gibbons, Lorraine I

Harty, Rosalind Livingstone, Vicki Maling, Pamela Morris, Sally Nicholson, Shirley Palmer, Gaynor Perry, Christine Ruston, Phillippa Scott, Jennifer Spiller, Sandra Stevens, Virginia Tait, Judith Young, Suzanne

Primer 4 Upper (Miss Armstrong)

Holland, Pamela Reay, Christine '

Rennie,

Jacqueline

Primers (Miss Thomas) Armstrong, Nicola Batstono, Mary Berry, May Boanas, Mary Cordery, Margaret Clemens, Louise Cox, Catherine Davies, Mary Denham, Ann Denham, Helen Gibson, Gabrielle Guiness, Linda Hatherley, Dianne Henderson, Elizabeth Lawson, Jane

Mills, Donna (Terms 1 & 2) Mummery, J anico Perry, Sandra Ray, Christine Reddihough, Dinah Rolleston, Annabel Sinclair, Elizabeth Solomon, Diana Taylor, Davina Twyneham, Andrea Whitford, Nichola Wilkin, Elizabeth Williams, Susan Wright, Margaret

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n Qlnllrgr flagaiiur EDITORIAL

THIS year has been one of major events for the people of the British Empire. The Coronation of our young Queen, who has so selflessly dedicated her life in the serivce of her people, and the thrilling conquest of Mt. Everest are both memorable happenings which have given rise to a renewed feeling of loyalty to higher things and an increased sense of the value of human endeavour. For the citjzens of Christchurch this is an eventful time. One might say that the eyes of the world have been focused upon our city as sponsor of the great International Air Race, while Christchurch wm again be in the news during the Royal Visit. With the design for our beautiful modern buildings now completed and plans already in hand for the construction on the new site of the first block of temporary classrooms, it is not unreasonable to suppose that this year will be an important milestone in the life of St. Margaret's also. We hope that these developments, together with the launching of the campaign to raise funds for our building programme will stimulate interest in the school and enable it, before long, to achieve its objective of moving to Papanui Road.

PRIZE GIVING, 1952. OuR Prize Giving last year was held in the Repertory Theatre on the evening of December llth. Miss Crasher presented her annual report mentioning the School's recent achievements in Art, Music, Oral French, and Sport. After his address the Bishop of Christchurch, the Right Rev. A. K. Warren, presented the prizes and sports trophies which had been won during the year. The evening concluded with a musical programme consisting of a pianoforte solo by Elizabeth Preston, items by the Junior and Senior Choirs and massed singing by the whole school under the conductorship of Mrs. M. Thomson.

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Boole Prizes-Special awards for a high standard of work: Form I, Helen Peate, Angela Spear ; Form II, Ann Justice, Helen Rollinson, Carolyn Shand, Sonya Stevens ; Form IIIM, Paddianne Clarke, Jennifer Roberts ; Form IIIA, Denise Clark, Pauline Gamble, Joan Latham, Jenifer Nuthall; Form IVM, Janette Ellis, Jennifer Topliss, Patricia Winskill ; Form IVA, Honor Denny, Margaret Williams, Judith Wright ; Form VLM, Judith Peddie; Form VLA, Margaret Adorian, Rosita Holenbergh, Mary Ross, Edith Tripp ; Form VUM, Phillippa Fowler, Ainslie Montgomerie, Mary Parsonson,; Form VU A, Vivienne Benzie, Joanne Edwardes, Judith Fulton, Marion McCree, Belinda Moore, Dorothy Murray, Marie Scott; Form VIB, Barbara Flesher, Diana Fulton, Barbara Jennings, Jennifer Orchard, Valerie Parker, Lois Sparrow, Barbara Todd; Form VIA, Elizabeth Perrott, Elizabeth Pre ton, Mary Radcliffe, Beryl Vizer. House Trophies--Hockey, Kowhai; Netball, Konini; Rata ; Swimming, Matipo ; Athletics, Rata.

Tennis,

The following girls were awarded their colours : For Hockey, Beryl Vizer, Elizabeth Preston (both re-awarded), Elizabeth Perrott, Anne Wright, Barbara Flesher. Tennis, Margaret Westgarth, Janet Williamson, Lorraine Barbour ; for Swimming, Elizabeth Preston, Judith Pickles (both re-awarded), Margaret Westgarth, Gillian Marshall, Janet Tothill; for Netball, Nan Blackley (re-awarded), Avril Jones, Lorraine Barbour, Pamela Latty; for Athletics, Gillian Jenkins (re-awarded), Lorraine Barbour, Jean Calder.

Honours, Gymnastics: Beryl Vizer, Elizabeth Preston, Barbara Flesher, Avril Jones (all re-awarded), Lorraine Barbour, Beverley Worsnop. Other awards were :

Jones-Kissling Tennis Cup: Janet WilJiamson. Rankin Tennis Cup ( Junior): Barbara Needham. Primary School Tennis Cup: Form II. Miss Robinson's Commercial Prize: Marion Reynolds. Mrs. Penney's Special History Prize: Diana Fulton. Evelyn Hunt Divinity Prize-Valerie Parker. Gold Me,dal and Ist place in the Senior Section of the Christchurch French Circle's Oral Competition: Mary Radcliffe. Miss Hoy's Mathematics Cup: Beryl Vizer. Crosbie Science Cup-Elizabeth Preston.

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Alabaster Cup for Homecraft: Anne Wright. Clothing Cup: Roberta Callaghan Miss Stock's Geography Cup: Diana Fulton. Roy Smith History Cup: Beryl Vizer. Major Levy's Current Events Cup: Priscilla Tobin. Starry Essay Cup: Elizabeth Preston. Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Marie Scott. Winner of the Senior Section of the Public Speaking Competition: Joanne Edwardes. Winner of the Junior Section of the Public Speaking Competition: Florence Jones. Larcombe French Cup: Mary Radcliffe. Old Girl's Drawing Cup: Elizabeth Ensor. Stokes' Music Cup: Elizabeth Preston. St. Margaret's Prize (awarded to the best all-round girl in the School) : Beryl Vizer. The Headmistress' Prize (awarded for outstanding service to the School) : Beryl Vizer.

EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1952

Unfrersity National Scholarship: Mary Radcliffe. Gammack Scholarship: Beryl Vizer. On Credit List in University Entrance Scholarship Examination: A. Jones, E. Perrott, E. Preston, B. Vizer. Higher School Certificate: E. Perrott, E. Preston, B. Vizer. Unfrersity Entrance: P. Chalklin, J. Coombes, K. Ferguson, B. Flesher, D. Fulton, B. Jennings, J. Orchard, V. Parker, J. Richardson, L. Sparrow, B. Todd, M. Westgarth, M. Wills. Endorsed School Certificate: P. Chalklin, J. Clarkson, J. Coombes, K. Ferguson, B. Flesher, D. Fulton, A. Greenwood, A. Jones, M. R. Jones, L. Little, J. Orchard, V. Parker, J. Pickles, M. Radcliffe, P. Reece-Smith, J. Richardson, L. Sparrow, B. Todd, M. Westgarth, M. Wills.

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School Certificate: V. Benzie, R. Callaghan, J. Christie, J. Cornish, D. de Castro, J. Dickson, J. Edwardes, E. Ensor, E. Finney, V. Fogg, P. Fowler, J. Fulton, J. Isherwood, G. Jenkins, H. Joyce, M. McCree, H. McGaughey, V. Mair, G. Marshall, G. Minson, A. Montgomerie, B. Moore, E. Moore, D. Murray, J. Niblock, M. Parsonson, M. Reynolds, M. Scott, J. Skurr, A. Talbot, P. Tobin, S. Tobin, E. Treleaven, H. Wishart, B. Worsnop. COMMERCIAL EXAMINATIONS, 1952

Chamber of Commerce Examinations: Shorthand: 90 w.p.m., M. Reynolds Sherriff. Typewriting: M. Reynolds,

(Hons.) ; 80 w.p.n.,

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Pitman's Speed Certificates: C. Carr, P. Cross, J. Croft, B. Powell, M. Round. Pitman's Theory Certificates: Stage 2: C. Carr, B. Powell, P. Cross, M. Jfound. Stage I: J.Barnard, C.Box, J. de Castro, J. Ellis, R. MacGibbon J. Powell, S. Norris, J. Thacker, J. Topliss. Junior Government: M. Reynolds

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Practical: Royal Schools of Music, 1952): Grade V: E. Munro (Distinction), J. Edwards (Merit), K. Bramley. Grade IV : P. Gardiner. Grade Ill: J. Jones (Merit), H. Rollinson, J. Gebbie, K. Swainson. Grade II: E. Coe (Distinction), A. Courage, L. McAlpine, B. Mosley, C. Shand. Grade I : S. Bent (Merit), L. Lester, J. Stephenson. Trinity College of Music, 1953: Intermediate : A. Reece-Smith. Theory: Royal Schools of Music, 1952:. Grade V: K. Bramley, J. Edwards, P. Gardiner, E. Munro, M. Parsonson. Grade II : S. Bent, E. Coe, C. Shand.

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EX-STAFF NOTES WE congratulate Miss M. Cadel on her appointment as official -coach to the British Women's Hockey Association and Miss P. Stevenson to the position of Senior Woman Assistant at the -Christchurch Technical College. Of those overseas, we are pleased to hear that Mrs. J. Morris (nee Manhire) is on the staff of the American Consulate at ancy, Lorraine, while her husband is studying there. Mrs. W. Packard (nee G. Ulrich) and her husband, who is studying at the London University, have made their home in Sussex. Miss F. Morris and Miss I. Marchment, Bishop Spencer Girls' College, St. Johns, have been spending their long vacation in U.S.A.

Mrs. J. Olliver (nee Shackle) whose husband is citrus farming at Keri Keri, has opened a Kindergarten, which is a boon not -0nly to her own two small children, but to many others of the neigh hour hood. Mrs. J. G. Meadowcroft (nee Morris) is living at the Vicarage, Seddon, her husband being vicar there. They have a small son, Timothy John, born in June. Ex-Staff visitors to the School this year have included Miss

C. McKinnon, Hukarere, Napier, and Mrs. J. Grieve (nee Palmer) Invercargill.

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Gaye Redpath, Turpin.

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o the first term our Harvest Festival Service resulted in the collection of hundreds of tins of food and large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables. The tinned goods were despatched through the Red Cross to European flood victims while the fruit, and vegetables were distributed to St. Saviour's Orphanage and t. Martins House of Help. DuRI

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The record amount of £220 was this year obtained from our Direct Giving, Lenten and Chapel collections, the response in Lent being particularly good. After deducting £12 for the postage of parcels to our five sponsored children we still have a ·substantial sum to devote to our many charities and hope, also, to make .a special donation to the fund for the new Southern Cross.

In the second term, at the request of our S.C.M. Group, we held a clothes drive to assist the University appeal for clothes for Korean students, and were able as a result, to send a large and varied assortment of useful garments round to Canterbury College.

The School Confirmation, held this year on October 21st, was once again an impressive and beautiful service. The following girls were confirmed: A Bean, J. Bethell, D. Clark, B. Cleland, E. Coe, D. Compton, M. Cox, M. Cunningham, J. Dunn, R. Esson, J. Fairbairn, J. Ferguson, J. Ferraby, J. Glasgow, D. Harrison, E. Junes, P. Kelluek, N. Kent, J. La,ke, J. Latham, D. Lock, L. McAlpine, G. Macfarlane, H. MacGibbon, J. McIntyre, P. MacKay, S. MacKay, S. Mills, J. Harris, B. Mosley, E. Munro, M. eave, F. Powel], P. Ritchie, J. Sidey, J. Stevens, J. Sutherland, J. Topliss, P. Undrill, J. Young. After the service the candidates and their relations, and in some cases their Vicars, were entertained to afternoon tea at Kilburn House.

The School is already practising hard for the Carol Service, inspired by the success of last year's service when, in addition to the traditional English carols, several unusual foreign carols were sung.

Again this year we have been pleased to welcome visiting speakers in Assembly. Mr. Whonsbon-Aston gave us an entertaining account of life in Polynesia, while we were interested to hear from Miss Muriel Thomas of her trip to the world S.C.M. Conference in India and some of her impressions and experiences on this occasion. During the first term we felt very honoured to receive a visit from His Grace, the Archbishop of New Zealand, and were grateful to him for sparing us some of his time during his brief visit to Christchurch.

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It was with very deep regret that we said goodbye to Archdeacon Mountfort at the end o'f the first term when, after nearly three years as our Chaplain, he left Christchurch to go to a new paPish in Auckland. Archdeacon Mountfort had taken a very close interest in the School and had been most generous in devoting a large measure of his time and energy to our affairs. We should like to take this opportunity of expressing our gratitude to him foe all that he did for us. We are also extremely grateful to Canon L L. Richards for continuing to take Divinity classes for us and for acting as our Chaplain until the arrival of Archdeacon Averill in August. When it was announced that Archdeacon Averill was to be the new vicar of St. Mary's we were very pleased to learn that he had also consented to become our Chaplain. He comes to us with long experience of schools and school-girls and we look forward to many years of happy association with him.

THE HANDWORK DISPLAY, 1952. OuR annual of December and friends.

Hand work Display was held on the afternoon 8th and was visited by a large crowd of parents

As usual, the art-room attracted everyone's attention for many. different handicrafts, including puppets, embroidery of various kinds, leather.work, and pottery were displayed amid walls entirely covered with paintings, sketches and posters. In the history and geography rooms notebooks were arranged on tables while posters and maps illustrating the various topics dealt with during the course of the year adorned the walls.

In the library a number of the latest additions to the shelves were exhibited while girls from V Upper A demonstrated how books are processed and catalogued. Next door, a display of quite a different nature invited inspection by the more scientifically-minded visitors. Here, dissections, specimens, charts and notebooks covering quite a wide Biological field were attractively set out.

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.Afternoon tea was served on the lawn after which everyone adjourned to the hall for the mannequin parade given by the dressmaking classes. It would seem that the enjoyment experienced by the onlookers at seeing such a variety of smart clothes suitable for every occasion, more than compensated for the nervousness from which many of the mannequins confessed to have suffered.

JUNIOR SCHOOLNOTES 1953 HAS proved another busy and successful year for the Junior School and, judging from the recent Inspectors' report, one in which a very good standard of work has been achieved. We were very pleased to welcome Mrs. Taylor to the staff at the beginning of the year. Standard 3 have already profited greatly from her skill as a teacher and her kindly interest in each one of her pupils. At the end of 1952 the annual Display of Work was visited by a full representation of parents who showed the keenest interest in the wide variety of exhibits. The standard of work reflected great credit on both staff and pupils and fully justified the time and effort devoted to the preparation of the display. • As the Coronation of Her Majesty the Queen took place during the holidays it was decided to hold a Coronation Exhibition at the beginning of the second term. Every class made gay .Coronation pictures for the walls and the rooms were decorated with flags, pictures and bunting. Tables were set up to display the splendid array of souvenirs, books and pictures which parents and children kindly lent for the occasion. During the afternoon the senior girls recited John Masefield's poem "Our Gracious Queen" and a very happy afternoon was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem. Every child in the Junior School took part in the concert which was held in St. Mary's schoolroom in October, and so enthusiastic was the parents' support that the demand for seats far exceeded the number available. Plays, songs, choral speaking and items by the percussion band provided a varied programme which gave obvious p]easure both to the performers and to their audience.

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A pecial missionery service was conducted at the Junior School during Holy Week by the Rev. D. M. Taylor, assisted by Mr. John Akiyama, a Japanese student, and Mr. Frank Harrison, a Maori student. At this service the children's Lenten offerings of £18 were received and made a welcome contribution towards the school's annual donation to the Melanesian Mission. Once again the whole school has combined for end-of-term services at St. Mary's. Owing to a wet autumn the Annual Sports, which had been planned for the first term, had to be postponed. It is now proposed to hold them in November and the children are training keenly in preparation for this popular event. During the year the Road Patrol has continued to function successfully every school morning and afternoon. Great credit is due to the tandard 4 girl6 who are always willing to assume this responsibility despite the vicissitudes of the weather. Our thanks are due also to the officers of the Traffic Department for their continued interest and help. It was encouraging to learn that they consider this crossing one of the best controlled schoolcrossings in the city.

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CHOIR NOTES WITH about 70 girls now attending practices, the choir has continued to make good progress this year, under the capable guidance and training of Mrs. Thomson.

During the first term the choir sang at the wedding of an Old Girl, Sandra Dowland, at St. Mary's. At the end of term service in May, we sang "My Soul Praise the Lord," by Vaughan Williams. The choir received much praise for the anthem " 0 Brother Man," by Martin Shaw, which was sung on Parents' Day, at the Direct Giving Service. We are always very grateful for the helpful interest that parents and friends have in the choir. },or the second tf~rm ahm, the chofr contributed greatly to the success of the School Music Festival in the Caledonian Hall, both by its own items and by its lead in the massed singing of the whole school. At the end of last term our anthem was an unusual sixteenth century canon, " 0 Praise the Lorri," sung unaccompanied. From now until the end of the year we will be kept very busy. At the forthcoming Confirmation Service at St. Mary's, we are singing "Go Forth With God." The choir will also lead the singing at the annual Carol Service, which this year, features some foreign carols new to Christchurch.

It was at first hoped that the choir would be able to produce the Gilbert and Sul1ivan comic opera " H.M.S. Pinafore " this year, but because of production problems the performance will take place early next year. The position of organist has been shared between M. Scott, E. Munro, J. Turpin and G. Redpath, each of whom has made a valuable contribution to the success of our singing.

JUNIOR CHOIR Tms year the Junior Choir, now in its third year, has acquitted itself reasonably well. Some outstanding voices were lost when l~st year's Form II joined the upper school, but fortunately we have acquired many new and keen members.

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At most of our weekly practices this year we have concentrated on harmony and unison singing. For the Music Festival we sang a unison song "The Lamb," by William Blake with music by Geoffrey Shaw, and a traditional air, "Little Boy Blue," sung as a canon. In addition we have learnt many other harmonious songs throughout the year, and we are now preparing a small operetta which we hope to present by the end of the term. As always, we are greatly indebted to Mrs. Thomson for her unfailing help and valuable musicial training.

PARENTS' DAY "The thoughts

running through the mind of a fond mother on Parents' Day."

It is such a lovely day for Parents' Day at Susie's school. It's only her first year at St. Margaret's, and she's doing marvellously, the teachers are most ambitious for her. I think it only my duty to go to Parents' Day and, of course, I couldn't let Susie down by not going. She would be very hurt I'm sure, becasue all the other girls' parents are going. What a hall full of people and I thought I would be quite early enough. One of the prefects-Susie will certainly be one of those when she in the sixth-showed me to my seat, it's quite good but not as near the front as I would have liked. Oh dear, I am nervous, supposing Susie forgets her speech, what would happen ? It would quite spoil her chances. I wonder where she is, oh, over there, "Ooh, Susie, dear." That's funny she didn't seem to like my calling out. What's first ? A church service, and afternoon tea and then the speeches. There's Mrs. Braddon, I'll have a cup of tea with her and then we'll have a look at the displays of work. Here's the Biology room. Well, to think a heart looks like that ! And those brains and kidneys ! '' Look at these lungs, Mrs. Braddon. Aren't they peculiar ? " .... These note books and diagrams are neat . . . . . Is that how you support a broken collar-bone ? I didn't know how to bandage a sprained •wrist before . . . .What a lot these girls learn at school. Ah, at last the speeches. Starting with the juniors, good, not Susie though, another girl. Oh dear, my neighbour has just told me that it is her daughter-she's quite good, standing badly though and a few mispronounced words, "controversy," that's not the way I was taught to say it. Still I must clap as if I meant it. Ah, here's Susie-now we'll really hear a nice speech-well delivered and a pleasing personality. I'm so glad the school

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colour is green, it suits her so. My word, I feel I would like another cup of tea, now-don't tell me she's going to forget. Oh no, she merely stumbled, I'm sure nobody would notice that. Who is that coughing at the back of the hall 1 Some people have no consideration, they should stay at home if they can't be quiet. Thank goodness, she's finished, funny the people don't seem to beclapping, perhaps they have been quite carried away. Now I'll have to sit through all these Senior and Intermediate speeches. They're very good though-what remarkable memories these girls have and they use words I've never heard of. There, that's the last one. I wish the judge would hurry up. How lucky we are to have such a clever man, he's so wise and his judgment so sound. Good, he's starting with the juniors-my goodness, the man's mad ! He's given the prize to that other girl-well, I always thought he didn't how anything about it. In my opinion they ought to have a panel of mothers as judges, I'm sure many other mothers would be willing to assist in this way. Ah it's good to be out of the hall and to stretch my legs. There's Susie, I can just picture her in the future speaking in Parliament or pleading a case at the bar. -Margaret Adorian, Portia Booth, Jeanette Cromb, Judith Wright. LIBRARY NOTES UNDER the energetic supervision of Miss Macfarlane and the Sixth Form librarians, with the assistance of the form librarians, the library has continued to hold an important place in the eve1yday life of the School. This is demonstrated by the large number of girls who crowd into it during Break and Lunchtime each day . . With the addition of 200 books which have been purchased,. and an equal number which have very kindly been presented to us (including a set of History Encyclopoedias), the number of books on our shelves has now reached 6,300. The Reference Section has proved to be a valuable source of information for Current Events Talks and assignments, especially those concerning topical subjects. We are indebted to some 5UA art girls who painted an attractive mural, depicting some of Beatrix Potter's characters,. for one of the library walls. We hope that girls will gratefully remember the hours they spent in the Library, and will perhaps present some much-need d shelves for the use of others in the future.

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SCHOOLMUSIC FESTIVAL. Tms year our School Music Festival was held on May 6th in the Caledonian Hall where we entertained many parents and friends who were impressed with the improvement made by the school under the excellent supervision of Mrs. Thomson. As this was the Coronation Year, it was appropriate that the songs performed by the school were patriotic ones. These included "The Waits" and "Here's a Health Unto Her Majesty." Variety was added this year by the innovation of three competitions which were judged by Dr. F. Vernon Griffiths of Canterbury CQllege. First was the Solo Singing Contest which was divided into two groups, the competitors in which were to sing a British Traditional Song. First place in the under 14 group was gained by Jocelyne Jones who sang "The Ashgrove," while in the Senior section May Ross• and Joyce Morris were first equal, their songs being " The Lass With the Delicate Air " and "Comin' Thro' the Rye," respectively. A cup was donated by Mrs. Thomson for the Class Singing Contest for which each form had to sing two Traditional Songs and a Hymn. This was won by the Lower Fifths' able rendering of " Two Welsh Airs " and " Rhondda." The last competition was the playing of a march suitable for use after assemb]y at school. The winner of this contest was Julie Turpin who played the Coronation March by Meyerbeer. The Junior and Senior choirs also presented several delightful items under the baton of Mrs. Thomson. Finally, to bring this Festival of Music to its close, Dr. Griffiths kindly consented to conduct Parry's "England" which was sung by the whole school. Mrs. Thomson and her stage-helpers are to be congratulated for their patience and careful planning in presenting this successful • and enjoyable festival which we hope will become a regular part of our School activities.

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"H.M.S. Pinafore" sung by the choir and been entertained very interesting visitors.

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Mr. Grahaeme Johnson, accompanied by Miss NataJie Taylor, sang for us arias by Handel and Arne, and another day Miss Reta Wootton, a contralto, presented a group of Schubert songs. Mr. John Ritchie, of Canterbury College, told us about musical activities in and around Christchurch and gave us interesting information about training for music as a career. Mr. L. F. de Berry was another speaker who told us something about music in this city, particularly the excellent work of the Civic Music Council. We were very glad to hear some music-making by another school when Mr. V. C. Peters brought the Girls' High School special choirs to give a half-hour recital for us. We should like to thank all who during the course of the year have provided us with so much pleasure and have so kindly given up their time to increase our love of music.

THE SCHOOLDANCE THE annual School Dance was held this year in the Assembly Hall on the 18th April. The prefects were the hostesses, and our guests for the evening were senior boys from Christ's College, St. Andrew's College and Boys' High School. The Saturday morning saw many girls working hard with smiles on their faces, at their allotted tasks. The hall was changed by the decorations committee into an unrecognizable and different place. It became a log cabin, out of which one could look through an enormous plate-glass window at a magnificent snowy scene, dominated by mountains. This had the effect of giving the room a very much magnified appearance, while it seemed to create an air of coolness which was found to be most welcome on the night, expecially after an energetic Highland Schottische for which music was provided by two St. Andrew's boys with their pipes. The evening passed all too quickly, and we were soon witnessing three very spirited hakas which reminded us that we had reached the end of our 1953 dance. We would like to thank last year's prefects for coming along and helping with the supper arrangements, and are looking forward to being able to render similar assistance ourselves next year.

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S.C.M. NOTES FoR the first half of this year Miss Alison Bennett took our group after school, but, because the dinner-hour was more convenient for most girls, we changed to lunch-hour meetings. Unfortunately this meant that Miss Bennett could no longer take us, but we are very lucky to have Miss Clifford now in charge of the group. It was decided to include five Lowers in the S.C.M. this year and we soon hope to have a third and fourth form group as well. At the beginning of the year a picnic tea was planned but it had to be cancelled because of bad weather. In May two of our girls attended the Senior Camp at Tyndale House. Our S.C.M.'ers were invited to two tea meetings at other schools-Christchurch and Avonside Girls' High Schools. All who went to these had a most interesting and enjoyable time. There was a very good response from the whole school when, in the second term, the S.C.M. group arranged a clothes drive for Korean students. Miss Pat Morrison, the S.C.M. schools' secretary, came and spoke to us, and Dr. Robin Anderson gave a very good talk on the need for true Christian love in the world. We were very interested, too, to hear about Mrs. Morrison's worthwhile work of running 8t. Saviour's Children's Home. The Rev. P. 0. C. Edwards was another who came and spoke to us. We would like to thank all the ,guest speakers and also Miss Bennett and Miss Clifford for their time and help. 5UA DIVINITY TEACHING THIS year 5UA has continued to teach Divinity to the Primary School, the first period on Wednesday afternoon being devoted to these lessons. Five girls were allotted to each class at the Junior School each young teacher taking her own particular _group once a fortnight, while in Forms I and II the girls taught the whole class in turn. We gained a great deal of teaching experience and, although we were nervous at first, we soon became more confident and discovered some members of the form had Jatent talent in this field! We hope that our pupils enjoyed our lessons, and learnt as much from them as we did ! CURRENT EVENT TALKS Tms year the Sixth Form have continued their Friday morning talks on world affairs, their efforts proving both instructive and enjoyable for their large audience. The subjects have covered a wide field and have dealt with happenings in many lands, ranging from the life of Queen Mary

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and the Coronation Service in Britain, to the Mau Mau Disturbances and achievements of Cecil Rhodes in Africa and, coming nearer home, the development of Australia's uranium deposits and consideration of several of New Zealand's newer industries. The following is a list of the talks :Joan Cornish: "The Europe::in Floods." Marie Scott,: "The Murupara Paper Scheme." Priscilla Tobin : " Uranium in Australia." Helen Wishart : '' W airakei Geothermal Bore.'' Elizabeth Finney: " The Coronation Service." Belinda Moore:" H.M. Queen Mary." Judith Fulton: " The Rhodes Centenary." Patricia Chalklin: " Stalin." Judith Dickson: "The N.Z. Fishing Industry." Gillian Jenkins : " Mau Mau." Gillian Priest: " The United Nations." Vivienne Benzie: "Wars and Fashion since 1810." Marion McCree: "The Haast Pass Road." Heather McGaughey : " Modern Telescopes." "Nobel Peace Prize." Gillian Marshall: Adrienne Talbot : " The Christchurch Air Race." Barbara Flesher : " Our Patron Saint " (given Margaret's Day).

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" Kaingaroa State Forest " IN the last four or five years there have been many references in the newspaper to the Murupara Paper Mills. Few will know even where Murupara is except somewhere in the North Island, or why a small country like ours should set up a paper mill at all. First of all, Murupara is in the Bay of Plenty about 40 miles from Whakatane, and while it was originally intended to set up an integrated timber and paper mill at Murupara the site has been discarded in favour of a more suitable one at Te Teko. The reason for the change is that Geothermal steam is available for producing electricity to run the mill and there is excellent provision for disposal of effluent through the Tarawera River.

Reason for the Mill: To use the resources of the vast Kaingaroa State forests which are reaching maturity and which if not used soon will become worthless. These forests are softwoods, pinus varieties and excelJent for paper producing. Although planting began in 1913 the trees were chiefly put in between 1927 and 1931 -the depression years when many who would otherwise have been unemployed were given useful work in these forests. Murupara's working circle contains 260,000 acres of planted

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coniferous exotic trees and from it there will be sustained yield of 30,000,000 feet annually. The working cfrcle means that every 30,000,000 feet of timber cut each year will be replaced by growth of a similar quantity. It is interesting to note that our soft woods grow at an extraordinary rate-the average annual growth of insignus pine and Douglas fir is over 200 cubic feet per acre and up to as much as 100 cub. feet for other pines. The yield in the principal species in major producing countries-is 25 to 40 ft. for spruce in Canada, 28 ft. for pine in Scandinavia and 100 ft. for Southern pines in North America. It is estimated Murupara will produce annuaJly 70,000,000 board feet of timber, 60,000 tons of newsprint, 10,000 tons of writing paper and 25,000 tons of sulphate pulp. It is proposed to plant 10,000 acres of Eucalyptus hardwood to mix with softwood pulp for the manufacture of high grade printing and writing paper. Sample logs from Kaingaroa forest have been made into paper at the Tasmania newsprint mill, and papers printed from it in New Zealand show that the quality is equal to some Canadian paper. Paper should also be manufactured at a price to enable it to sell competitively in the world markets, and our logical market after supplying local demands would be Australia. The cost of establishing Murupara is approximately £24,000,000, half of which would be subscribed by the Government and half through the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Limited. Mill operations and paper manufacture is expected to begin in 1955. An additional sum of £14,000,000 will be spent by the Government to lay railways to haul the logs from forest to mm and to carry the export paper to Tauranga where an export wharf is being built. A complete new town is being established to house and cater for the families of the many hundreds of workers who will be employed in the project. Murupara will become one of New Zealand's greatest industries. Kaingaroa forests are a national asset which must be used. Their Products will increase our exports and help solve our adverse trade balance with Australia, from where we now import more than we sell. -MARIE

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"The Harnessing of Geo-thermal Steam at Wairakei." around the Rotorua district you will find boiling pools of water and mud, and also steam which comes from under the

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ground. This shows us that the centre of the earth is still very hot and molten. Wairakei is about five miles from Lake Taupo, on the way to Rotorua. Work on the steam project there began about three years ago, and although the scheme is comparatively new, experts on the job are quite sure that there are huge resources from which they will be able to generate electricity. It is thought that these resources in the orth Island will be capable of providing more power than a similar project in Italy, the only other one of its kind. Drilling has been done extensively at W airakei, over an area of 13 square miles, but is as yet just for experimental purposes. The first bore was drilled with a four-inch pipe down to about 600 feet. This was in 1950. The deepest to which they have drilled is 2,022 feet, about as high as the highest of the Port Hills here in Canterbury. This was done with a ten inch pipe. The ground in which drilling is carried out is mostly pumice but other kinds of rock are found at various depths. At present the drilling is done with a new machine, 92 feet high which was imported from America. The temperature below ground varies but is always very hot. While drilling is in progress, certain kinds of mud are poured into the hole, to keep the pressure and temperature down. If this is not done drilling could not be continued. The temperature is recorded every few hundred feet. When the depth wanted is reached, the machine is removed and a valve is opened. The bore then begins to erupt, building up as it goes, until, all of a sudden it spurts a jet of steam, with great force, into the air. With the steam come great stones, which, because they are so hot, split as soon as they meet the cold air. The bore erupts several times until it is clear and then a steady jet of steam pours into the air. After the debris has spurted from the bore, all the surrounding trees and plants are covered with silt and mud. The steam which comes from the bore is wet, but for the project it has to be dry, so a separator is used, separating the water from the steam. When the bore is clear the temperature and pressure are · tested. The average temperature is from 250 deg.-300 deg. Farenheit and the average pressure 150 lbs. a square inch. When the steam is forced through the narrow pipe, the pressure is so

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great that the roar made by the steam can be heard several miles away. Silencers have to be put on to lessen the noise.

It is thought that for hundreds of miles around this area, the steam is equally active underground. If all this steam is harnessed, that is, used to drive machinery, it will make a most valuable project. The experiments are very successful and it is hoped that some day in the near future, electricity in New Zealand will be generated from steam. -HELE

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PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST FOR THE MYERS CUP. A DECIDED improvement in both the standard of the speeches, and the number of entrants, was noticeable in this, the third year of competition for the Myers Cup. Forty-four scholars braved the terrors o_fthe platform, the Junior section (under 14 years) having sixteen entrants, the Intermediate grade (14 and under 16) thirteen; and the Senior (over 16) the same number. It was obvious that each competitor had spent a great deal of time preparing her speech, and therefore Miss Crosher, Mrs. Penney (who was responsible for the arrangements of the competition) and other staff members found they had a difficult task in selecting the semi-finalists. However, on Parents' Day, six girls gave their speeches before the adjudicator-the Very Reverend the Dean of Christchurch, and an audience comprised of both parents and pupils. The subject set for the Junior section was "Much entertaimp.ent arranged for children, provides an entirely unsuitable introduction to human living " ; and for both Intermediate and Senior grades "In order that ew Zealand can derive the full economic and cultural benefits from the policy of immigration, fuller co-operation is needed on both sides." After a very helpful criticism, The Dean announced that he had placed as the winner, Florence Jones, from the Intermediate section. In the individual classes, competitors were placed as follows :Senior 1. Denise Vile. 2. Melva Lawry. Intermediate 1. Florence Jones. 2. Mary Ross. Junior 1. Susan Bent. 2. Geraldine Mair.

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THE WINNING SPEECH "In order that ew Zealand can derive the full economic and and cultural benefit from the policy of immigration, fuller cooperation js needed on both ides." THE problem of immigration as affecting us in ew Zealand to-clay has been a fertile source of controversy for many years. The Second World War has driven home to us even more forcibly the realization of the danger that we are in-a young and prosperous land with unfathomable mineral resources and. a meagre population regarded with lustful eyes by the starving millions of Ja pan and Communist China. Strategic and economic experts agree that it is urgently essential for ew Zealand' population to be heavily and quickly increased. We are in the fortunate position of being able to choose those who come among us to supplement our population. But this privilege will not last, and we must exert it now to its utmost. But to greet our immigrants with the welcome they so earnfstly desire and de. erve, we must realize that they have an essential contribution to make, not only to the development of resources and the promotion of jndustry, but also, and this is more important still, to the enhancement of our national character and way of life, still very far from mature. The musical aspect of our culture must inevitably be enriched by the influence of European folk-music, and our infant school of art must necessarily benefit from the introduction of European ideas and tendencies. As a practical example of the help our immigrants are able to give us, let us take the case of the Dutch scientist here in Christchurch, who r cently began extensive research in agricultural fertilizers by which he hopes the production of ew Zealand may be raised by 60% to the acreage yield of Holland. Such men are a valuable asset to New Zealand and to us, but if we are hostile we are not entitled to expect or receive their help. Our duties as ho ·ts are terrific, but the isolated attempts being made at the moment are regarded with apathy. There wa a time in the past history of New Zealand when sincere hospitality was the essence of our attitude to friend and stranger alike. Poverty and scarcity were not permitted to impede the generous we] come afforded to every stranger within our gates. One cannot read the journals of Lady Barker and

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Edward Ward wjthout regretting that this noble characteristic of our pioneers is so rarley observed among us, their descendants, to-day. Of what avail are our complaints of inadequate housing if we do not extend the comfort and security of our homes to our ew New Zealanders, if only as an attempt at consolation for their terrifying experiences of war 1 Language is one of the greatest obst~c]es to their acceptance of their new country, and it is here that we can help most. We may laugh at their mistakes, but we must laugh with them in sympathy, not at them in contempt, and there is no laudable reason for our not accepting a Greek accent as we do an Oxford. But it is a deep tragedy when our immigrants have not been properly prepared for the conditions and features of the new life to which they must adjust themselves. Disappointment and disillusionment are a bitter initiation to a new way of life, and those who have been given the conception of New Zealand as a land flowing with milk and honey, are at a serious disadvantage when their vision is not realized, and they find that even the honey is taxed! Co-operation on their side is equally jmportant. They must be prepared to admire what is admirable in our way of life, and to tolerate what they do not understand. They must be anxious to fulfil their contracts and their obligations to us, and they must, also, be patient when misunderstandings occur because it is only our united effort that can erase them. Only by a studied consideration of each other can we both impart the benefit of the knowledge and skill the one possesses, and the other so desperately needs. Dutch scientists and engineers can undoubtedly raise our standard of living, but our contribution to their welfare is just as important. Co-operation and interest become loyalty and affection. Surely the fostering of brotherhood among our fellow-countrymen is an important stage in the development of international goodwill, and ultimately, peace !

OVERSEAS LEAGUE PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST. the subject of this year's contest was announced to be "Our New Elizabethan Age," six girls, Patricia Chalklin, Florence Jones, Shona Mackay, Judith Pickles, Mary Ross and Juliet Young, prepared speeches which they delivered in morning WHE~

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assembly. From these preliminaries Shona and Florence were selected to represent the school at the Overseas League Contest in Christchurch. At a most enjoyable buffet tea to which competitors and parents were invited, names were drawn from a hat to decide the order of speaking. The schools represented were Christchurch Girls' High School, Christchurch Boys' High School, Christ's College, Rangi-ruru School, Saint Mary's College, Saint Margaret's College, Saint Andrew's College and Rangiora High School. The thirteen competitors spoke before a most appreciative audience in the packed Central Mission Hall. Mr. Ross Lascelles and Mr. Edgar Bowie, the adjudicators, gave great encouragement and constructive criticism which will no doubt prove very helpful to the speakers. Our congratulations to Sybil Mence from the Girls' High School, who was chosen to take part in the national finals held this year at Palmerston orth, and to Diana Marsh of Manawatu to whose school is presented the Anthc;my Eden Cup for the winning speech.

MATHS TALKS AoAI this year the School has been well represented Sixth Form Maths talks arranged by Mr. Troup.

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Most of the lectures have been given by Mr. Sawyer although there have been some visiting speakers. One interesting and comprehensive address given by a pupil from the Girls' High School, showed us the standard which we shall be facing as students next year ! During the course of the lectures many amazing phenomena have been revealed to us including the fact that a certain line is perpendicular to itself and that a ball, if continually painted, would eventually become a sphere with the painter imprisoned inside. We have, as yet, refrained from trying to prove this fact ! At one meeting, problems given out at a previous lecture were answered by representatives from the schools. The problems were solved independently and several scholars showed considerable mathematical ability by giving theories and conclusions drawn from their results. We are looking forward to the remaining meetings and should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Sawyer and the other speakers, Mr. Troup, and the schools who have entertained us .

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CERCLEFRANCAIS Au premiere trimestre de cette annee le Cercle Francais a fonctionne presque tousles mercredis, entre trois et quatre heures de l'apresmidi. Ses membres font parties des classes de sixieme et cinquieme. Nous avons passe notre temps ensemble a prendre des dictees, a faire des jeux, et a parler de beaucoup de choses, et Mademoiselle Walters nous a rac·onte une histoire en serie d'une visite imaginaire a Paris. Au concours organise par le Cercle Francais de Christchurch nos quatres eleves eurent de succes. Section Senior : Marie Scott et Vivienne Benzie: recues avec mention. Section Junior : Mary Ross et Margaret Williams : recues avec mention. N os remerciments vont a Mademoiselle Walters qui nous a donne tant de temps et de patience.

JUNIOR FRENCH CLUB year we have opened a "French for the M's" club, for real beginners. In the few weeks we have been running we have tried to gather a useful vocabulary, to greet each other, and take leave of each other in French, to read some simple French at sight, by guesswork and inspiration, as a community effort ; and to learn some French nursery rhymes. We had just begun to master " V oici la maison que Jaques a batie " and " Il etait une bergere " when clubs stopped for the winter term. We are a nice mixed batch, from IV M and V LM, and we have agreed to put bashfulness " a la porte," and try to pick up enough French to help us along. We have enjoyed ourselves, and made some progress, and Miss Holderness's verdict has been "Assez bien." Would you like to join next year 1 THIS

THE FOLK DANCING CLUB U DER the direction of Miss Clifford and with Miss Robinson's help at the pjano, the Folk Dancing Club met regularly once a week during the first term. Our member consisted mainly of third and fourth formers and we learnt a number of English country dances, ome of which were quite complicated. We thoroughly enjoyed these club periods and should like to thank Miss Clifford and Miss Robinson for their kjndness in giyjng up their time to us.

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LIBRARY CLUB AGAIN thiR year, the Library Club has provided an interesting time for its members. We have been very busy processing the new books for the shelves, thus catching glimpses of their contents, before they are ::i.v::i.ilable to the rest of the school. We also received some of the old books when they were cancelled from the library. An outing to the Country Library Service was enjoyed one afternoon, during which we were shown the many books on the shelves there. Thank you Miss Macfarlane for helping to make our club a success. CIVIC AND ART APPRECIATION CLUB. Tms year the club increased its membership to 98, and under the enthusiastic guidance of Mrs. Penney and Miss Garnham, enjoyed interesting and profitable weekly outings. On account of the large membership it was necessary to divide into smaller sections which enabled a wider scope of activity than in former years, and the word "Civic" was added to the title. Members of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association co-operated in allowing us to go over their factories, and the Staff of the Association arranged visits to four or five factories each Wednesday. These trips have proved very valuable in allowing us to gain an insight into the work actually carried out in our city, and to understand some of the processes used in modern industry. The factories visited included-Duckworth Turner, M. O'Brien, Suckling Bros., footwear manufacturers ; Mercer & Sons, coppersmiths, brassfounders, and sheet-metal workers ; G. Gadsen, canister factory; Weston Bros., fancy leather goods; Buntings, brush manufacturers ; H. C. Urlwin, electrical manufacturers ; Devonvale Dairy Farm ; and Sutherland, glove specialists. When occasion allowed we visited· the Art Gallery. We appreciated the 1953 Exhibition, and the "Romance of Transport Exhibition," and also the Exhibition of photographs in connection with the International Air Race. At the school itself we enjoyed lantern slides shown by Miss Jean Adams on France and Spain. If the speed with which members disappeared into buses and formed bicycle crocs at 3.15 on Wednesday afternoons is an indication of their enthusiasm this year's activities may well be judged an outstanding success. We should like to extend our thanks to those who have made these outings possible.

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ART CLUB THE first few weeks of the first term of this year were spent by the Art Club at school.

Every Wednesday afternoon a girl from the class would model, and under Miss Owen's guidance some very flattering portraits were produced. In the second half of the term we went to the Museum every week, where we spent many interesting hours sketching the various exhibits. A variety of sketches, among them water colours of ew Zealand's native birds were the results of many enjoyable club periods.

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DRESSMAKINGCLUB. Tms year the dressmaking club, consisting mainly of 5 Upper and Sixth Formers, who have not otherwise been able to take dressmaking, have spent some very enjoyable and profitable afternoons at the science block under Miss MacKenzie's longsuffering tuition. Ths main activity has been the intricate process of making long frocks for the school dance, which would definitely never have reached a wearable standard but for the invaluable assistance we were given. Other garments were also made and we were only sorry that the club could not be continued in the third term.

EMBROIDERYAND TOYMAKINGCLUB. UNDER the patient guidance of Miss Bowkett the Embroidery and Toymaking Club members have spent many enjoyable and peofitable Wednesday afternoons and their industry has been rewarded by the creation of a variety of articles including soft toys, smocked garments, tapestry, crocheting and tatting, and much has been learnt by everyone. The club members are most grateful to Miss Bowkett for her help and patience which have enabled them to achieve such staisfactory results.

DRAMA CLUB AT the beginning of this year the Drama Club girls did miming which was a great help in building up confidence and the ability to convey an idea without the use of words. We also did several play readings. Then all our time was devoted to preparing two plays for the British Drama League Festival in which we entered "The Crimson Coconut:' and "The Dear Depa~ted." Those who were not acting in these plays were in charge· of properties. After the Festival one of the adjudicators, Miss Joyce Osborne-Smith, came and gave us some helpful criticism of the work we had done. We would Jike to thank Miss Hopewell for all the time and thought she has given us and also express a word of thanks to our patient caretaker, Mr. Andrew, who has so nobly put up with all our after-hour rehearsals.

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FENCINGCLUBNOTES Tms year added interest has been given to our activities by the -opportunity of holding matches with other clubs. Despite Mrs. Bromley's expert and patient tuition we proved no match for our opponents but nevertheless we greatly enjoyed these encounters. Our first defeat was at the hands of the Christchurch Swords Club who alleviated their victory with good advice. Our later opponents, Christ's College and the Boys' High School appeared to regard our defeat as the obvious outcome but as the scores for both bouts were 10-6 we feel that, with more experience, the tables may well be turned in the future. The Club members this year have been as follows : Jacqueline Adair, Elizabeth Harris (Captain), Barbara Musgrave, Judith Steel, Heather Thompson, Heather Wills. Non-active : Elizabeth Bromley.

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KILBURN HOUSE NOTES WE were pleased to find that Miss Drayton, Miss Bomhof and Mrs. Welsh were still with us when we returned at the beginning of the year and we gave a cordial welcome to the new girls who had come to join our happy family. On the first Saturday of the term we travelled by bus to Kairaki Beach for a boarders' picnic. It was a beautiful day and was thoroughly enjoyed by both staff and girls. On another Saturday we were pleased to invite Rangi Ruru boarders for an afternoon of tennis and swimming which was concluded with a deUcious afternoon tea prepared for us by Mrs. Welsh. A happy day was spent by the large party of girls from both Kilburn and J_ulius who went w:ith Miss Crosher to Lyttelton towards the end of the first term. After walking over the bridle path from Heathcote the party explored the ships that were berthed at the wharves and in the afternoon enjoyed a launch trip to Diamond Harbour. On Saturcfa,y afternoons during the Winter term our junior dancing classes enjoyed their practices with Christ's College boys, while for the Seniors there was the thrill of the School dances given by Christ's College and St. Andrew's College and our own School dance. Miss Thomas's annual dance was once again a fitting climax to dancing lessons, every minute of it being enjoyed to the full by the V Lowers who, this year, were the fortunate ones to be invited. The music and drama evenings given by the girls learning music and elocution in the school were again held at Kilburn House this year and proved most successful. They give the girls the opportunity of performing in public before having to face the larger audience at a school recital and in this way provide valuable training for them. We are grateful to Mrs. Welsh for the delicious suppers with which these evenings have concluded . . There has been keen competition this year between Grey and Grigg houses for the House Cup which was won by Grigg House for three ha]f terms but is at present in the possession of Grey. We should like to thank Miss· Drayton and Miss Bomhof who have both done so much for us this year and also the resident mistresses who have taken an interest in the house and helped during week-ends.

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JULIUS HOUSENOTES THE girls returned at the beginning of the yea1 feeling contented and pleased to see each other again. Although sorry at having bade farewell to Mrs. Sanderson, o,ur former house-mistress, we extended our warmest of welcomes to Miss Bradley who came from Auckland to join us. We also extended a warm welcome to the new girls who soon settled down and adapted themselves to boarding school life. One of the highlights and surprises of the year were the· two pairs of bunks in one dormitory. These were occupied with pleasure for the bunks contained rubber matresses. Another highlight of the year came at the beginning of the second term when we were allowed to have our own "Croc." Julius House does not as a whole shine very much in the field of sport, but we were fortunate in having Jane Stephenson who• did well in the Swimming Sports and Alison Croft who won two cups in the keen competition of the Athletic Sports. Our congratulations go to both these girls who are keen sportswomen. We have gone on many outings dming the year. The firs was an enjoyable picnic at Kairaki Beach where we spent the· day swimming and strolling along the beach. Some weeks laterwe spent an interesting evening in Abberley Park where we watched the open-air production, "The Bluebird." The Shak.espearean plays were visited by the older girls who were also taken for a trek over the Bridle Path by Miss Crosher near the end of the first term. We have also been taken to many musical items, and the film, " Sound Barrier." We wish to thank all those who have been responsible for taking us on these various outings. In conclusion, we wish to thank Matron who has so carefully taken care of us when we have been sick, and Miss Bradley for her kindly interest in us a11.

KONINI HOUSE ·NOTES. House Captain: Dorothy Murray. Vice-Captain : Jill Dickson. ALTHOUGHKonini is the best house in the school at the crnciaJ times this year, it has not risen to· the heights expected of it~ At the Swimming Sports, Konini did not play the leading role although we did splash our way to victory in the Crocodile: race. Konini's only other swimming achievements are a pocke

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awarded to Margaret Barriball, and a Silver Lifesaving Medallion gained by Alison Powell to each of whom we extend our congratµlations. • Unfortunately at the Athletic Sports, Konini again did not shine, its latent brilliance only coming to the fore in the Sack Relay where we gained second place. With the second term came the Inter-House hockey and netball matches. Our hockey team played well, but Kowhai, the eventual runners-up, defeated us. Our senior netbarll team had a very close game against Rata but again Konini did not win. Our Junior team reached the final but after _another very good _game the opponents, Rimu, emerged the victors.

Now as this magazine goes to press we are thinking about the House Tennis, in which we are hoping to excel. The elusive Bates House Cup has not yet visited the Konini shelf this year ! ! ! We manage to start off each term very well hut unfortunately some girls are very susceptible to the punishment of being removed from the house roll, which is a very expensive business. We sincere]y hope that they have reformed and that no more will fa]J prey to that same sad end. To Denise Vile we wish to extend our congralulations for winning the Senior Section of the Myers Public Speaking Contest. We would also like to thank all those girls who have worked and •played so creditably for the House this year, and hope that they and all the new members continue to do so thus ensuring that the high standard of Konini House is maintained. -DOROTHY

MURRAY.

KOWHAI HOUSE NOTES Captain : Gillian Jenkins. Vice-Captain : Joanne Edwardes. So far this year, Kowhai's activities have not been without success. ·We were glad to welcome our new girls at the beginning of the year many of whom have already won points for the House.

In the first term, we managed to gain a third place in the Junior House Swimming Relay and in the Crocodi]e. • Congratulations to Phillipa Harman on gaining her swimming co]ours and for her effort in keeping the House afloat ! In the Athletic Sports our talent came to the fore as we won the Junior Points Cup and the Junior Relay and came second

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both in the Senior Points Cup and Senior Relay. This is mainly due to icola Warren and Sally Edwardes-congratulations, Nicola, on being awarded your colours. In the second term our attempts in the House netball competitions were rather disappointing. In the hockey, however, we reached the final although we were then defeated by Rata House which proved too good for us. Many thanks are due to Helen Wishart who captained and organised our team. We would like to congratulate Betty Powell on gaining her hockey colours, also all those girls who have reached "A" team standard. A Solo , jnging Competition aml a March Playing Competit10n were held this year for the first time and we would like to congratulate Joyce Morris, Mary Ross and Julie Turpin for gaining such high places in these event13. Coming third in the Bates House Cup in the first term we bettered our position by winning the Cup in the second termmuch to our own surprise! I should like to thank all Kowhai girls, who have, throughout the year, worked in the il).terests of the House, and would like to wish Kowhai every success in 1954. -GILLIAN

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MATIPO HOUSE NOTES House Captain : Nan Blackley. Vice-Captain : Vivienne Benzie. THIS year ha been a very successful one for Matipo House. ot long after school began, the Swimming Sports were held, where Matipo House excelled itself by gaining the Swimming Cups. We were very fortunate in having three championship winners, Janet Tothill, Nan Jennings and Adrienne Smith and also the winner of the Cup for the most points and not a champion held by Susan Jennings. We should also like to congratulate those girls who were awarded their colours, and also those girls who won swimming medallions this year.

In the Athletic Sports we were not so successful, but wish the House better luck for next year. Matipo House was very proud of itself in the first term, because the Bates' House Cup adorned its shelf-the first time in many terms. . In the second term the Netb~U ~11dHockey matches were. played. We were successful in gaining. ~he Senior Netball Shield

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after a hard match against Rata. Unfortunately we were eliminated in the first round of the· hockey matches. We should like to congratulate those girls who were awarded their colours for these sports. We must congratulate Florence Jones who was the winner of the Myers' Public Speaking Contest, and who also represented the School in the Overseas League Contest. This term we are looking forward to the House matches, and hope that Mat.ipo will again excel itself.

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House Captain: Barbara Flesher. Vice-Captain : Margaret Westgarth. 1953 has been a successful and encouraging year for Rata but as yet, the Bates House Cu12.R"'ems -t;o hover over our shelf and then fly to one where thertns more room for it. lf we can manage to ward~ ,ff _::1.ny_-f1fi'"therattacks of that d~adly disease of " Off tho Soll" we may succeed in our ambition. In the first term we were third, in the second term we moved up a place and here's hoping this time we will gain the place of honour ! In the first term we experienced· success and failure. Our performances in the Swimming Sports were only of moderate success, the most outstanding result being second in the Senior Relay. But in the Athletic Sports our achievements were more encouraging. Owing to the co-operation and keen spirit in the House we managed to win the Whole House Relay for the third time in succession. We also struggled home first in the Sack Relay and added to these results we won the Senior Relay thereby winning the Seµi.or Athletics Cup again. We must thank Jean Calder for gaining so many poi:p.ts for her House in the sports and congratulate her on being Senior Champion and having her athletic colours re-awarded, also . Robin Smart who gain~--·ner athletic pocket. In the second term once again Kowhai and· Rata met in the House Hockey finals but the tables turned and Rata defeated Kowhai 4-1, in an enjoyable ihatdh. Congratulations to Margaret Westgarth and Jean Calder •·on being awarded their hockey

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colours and Priscilla Tobin on gaining her hockey pocket. Our Senior Netball team played well and were runners-up in the competition. The Juniors were not so fortunate but they accepted their defeat with true House spirit. Congratulations to Jillian Price on gaining her netball pocket. With these results we raised our position to second in the Bates House Cup and now as we are challenging for places on the Tennis ladder we are hoping to retain the Senior House Tennis Cup with the same team as last year and to challenge Konini for the Junior Cup. Finally, I would like to thank all those girls who have gained points for their House and to express my appreciation to the House for their co-operation and good spirit throughout the year. I wish them every success in the future and best of luck to my successor as she carrie. on the traditions of Rata. -BARBARA

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RIMU HOUSE NOTES House Captain: Patricia Chalklin. Vice-Captain : Janet Williamson THE hope expressed by last year's House Captain-Beryl Vizerhas been fulfilled only in part. For while the Juniors are to be congratulated for their " all-round" achievements, the Seniors have been by no means so successful. The Swimming Sports held during the first term, provided Rimu with the opportunity of doing better than usual. We came (a gallant, if not close) second to Matipo in the House Points Competition. The Juniors began their round of achievements by coming second in the Relay. Congratulations go to Marie Scott on gaining her Silver Medallion. When Athletics came round, many of our girls trained hard. The Juniors gained second place in both House Points and Relay. The large number of Rimu entrants in the Solo Singing and March Playing Contests won the House many marks (thank you, all those who made this effort). Several of our girls sang in the concert, J ocelyne Jones being the winner of the Junior Section. When the second term arrived we prepared to fight for the House Hockey and etball Shields. In the hockey we met Rata -the winners-and were eliminated in the first round. As we had several members of the "A" etball team in the Senior Netball we were disappointed that we did not do better. However, the Juniors fulfilled our hopes, and again won the only shield to adorn our shelf. We should like to congratulate Janet Williamson on gaining her net ball colour . The Public Speaking Contest again had good entries from Rimu. We should like to congratulate Melva Lawry for reaching the finals of the Senior Division. With the third term, a,nd the arrivaJ of the tennis season, Rimu casts covetous eyes on the Tennis Cups. We hope that the Juniors will no~ fail us, and that the Seniors will do their bedt. The House is very grateful to Marie Scott, Jenifer Topliss, Phillipa Lane, Janet Fleming, Jenifer Blunden, and Elizabeth Osmers for the number of mentions they have gained. I wish next year's House Captain the best of luck, with the sure expectation that she will lead the House through a succ·essful year. --- PA TRICIA

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TENNIS NOTES G the first term of this year the "A" tennis team visited Timaru to play in the triangular tournament with Craighead and Rangi-ruru and it was quite a notable achievement that they won all their matches, Craighead and Rangi-ruru being second and third respectively.

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was held in The econdary Schools Tenni8 Tournament March and J. Craythorne is to be congratulated on reaching the semi-finals in the Senior Singles. At the end of the third term last year, Janet Williamson won the enior Championship in a very close match against Lorraine Barbour. The Junior Champion hip was won by Barbara eedham. We were also rather fortunate in being able to retain the Storry Tennis Cup in the match against the Old

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"A" TE ~ JS 'l'EAM, 1953. (left to right): Barbara Needham, Gaye Redpath, Jean Calder, Dorothy Murray, Jacqueline Craythorne. (left to right): Janet Williamson, Margaret Westgarth (Captain) Barbara Flesher.

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Girls held in November, and we are all looking forward to playing them again this year. The Senior House Tennis Cup was won by Rata, Junior Cup resides on Kowhai's shelf.

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J. Craythorne, D. Murray, J. Hobbs and G. Redpath were awarded their pockets at the end oflast year, while congratulations go to L. Barbour and J. Williamson on being awarded their colours -and also to Janet on her success in the Canterbury Howe Shield team. We should like to thank Miss Clifford for the efficient way in which she has arranged our matches and for her untiring pa;tience in coaching us. -MARGARET WESTGARTH, Cpt. (Congratulations colours.-En.).

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SWIMMING NOTES Tms year the keen enthusiasm of the girls, both. in swimming and in life-saving, has been maintained. We are very grateful Lo lVIrs. Tankard who coached much of the swimming in the first term and for all the help Miss Clifford has given us in both life.saving and swimming. After the Swimming Sports we were delighted to be invited to Craighead to take part in a tournament with them, the Timaru Gir]s' High Schoo] and Rangi-ruru, and should like to take this -opportunity of thanking Craighea,d for their wonderful hospitality during this most enjoyable visit. The result of the tournament were as follows :1. St. Margaret's. 2. Timaru Girls' High School. 3. Rangi-Ruru. 4. Craighead. The members of the team who visited Craighea,d were:.J. Tothill, S. Jennings, M. v\Testgarth, P. Harman, N. Jennings, M. Barriball. Our congratulations go to Philippa Harman and Nan Jennings for winning their swimming colours and to Gillian Marshall and Margaret Barriball who were awarded pockets. Thursday, 26th February, the day of our Swimming Sports -dawned disappointingly grey ancl cool but nevertheless the ardour

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of the competitors remained unaffected and a large number of parents and friends watched the events. We were very fortunate in having Miss Brown to judge the diving and style events and are grateful to her for so generously giving us the benefit of her knowledge and experience. The majority of the championship events were held during the morning whjle the various novelty races occupied the afternoon's programme which ended with the House Relays as a fitting climax to a most successful day. On Monday, 16th March, we were invited to take part in a triangular tournament with the Girls' High School and A vonside at the Girls' High School. The results of a most. enjoyable afternoon's swimming which included speed, style and novelty events was :1. 2. 3.

Girls' High School-38 points. St. Margaret's-31 points. Avonside Girls' High School-]

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The folJowing team represented St. Margaret's on this occasion :-J. Tothill, S. Jennings, P. Harman, N. Jennings, J. Calder, G. Marsha.11, A. Bean, M. Barriball. SWIMMING SPORTS, 1953 Senior Championship: 25yds. Freestyle-J. 'T'othill 1. P. Harman 2. G. Redpath 3. 'rimC' 15secs. 25yds. Backstroke-8. Jennings l, G. Marshall 2, P. Harman :L Time 19½secs. 25yds. Breaststroke-NI. Westgarth 1, .J. Calder ,2, J. Tot.hill H. Time 20 4 /5secs. • 50yds. Freestyle-J. Tothill l, P. Barman 2. J. Marshall 3. Time 33 2-5secs. Breaststroke Style-S. Jennings I, J. Tothill 2, J. Cornish 3. Diving-P. Harman 1, J. Tothill 2. 8. Jennings 3.

Intermediate Championship: 25yds. Freestyle-N. Jennings I, M. Burriball 2, L. Luis tti H. 25yds. Backcrawl-N. Jennings L 1\l. Barriball 2, G. Jennings 3. Time 16 2-5secs. • 25yds. Breaststroke-N. Jennings 1, A. Powell 2, .A. Bean :"3. Time 21secs. Breaststroke Style-J. Bull 1, L. Luisetti 2, E. Lester 3. 3. Diving-N. Jennings 1, N. Warren 2 . .A. Ballantyne

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Junior Championship: 25yds. Freestyle-A. Reece-Smith 1, J. Latham 2, A. Wynn\i\'illiams 3. Time 16secs. 25yds. BackcrawJ-J. Adair 1, D. Dunster 2, A. Wynn-Williams 3. Breaststroke Style--M. Guillermo 1, H. Rich 2, J. Stephenson 3. Diving-H. Rich 1, H. Peate 2, J. Latham and B. Cleland 3. 25yds. Breaststroke-A. Reec0-Smitb 1, R. Esson 2, H. Rich 3. 'J'ime 2 lsecs. Other Events: Walker 1, R. Hill 2, J. Stephenson 3. Diving (Under 12)-M. 25yds. Freestyle (Undei· 12)-.J. Stephenson l, M. Walker 2, J· Holdgate 3. Time 18 2-5secs. 1 Width Backcrawl (Pnder 12)-M. -walker 1, J. Stephenson 2, J. Jones 3. Rich 1, H. Peate 2, P. Dog Paddle Style (Forms I and Il)-H. Wills 3. Peate l, D. Dunster Running Jump off ~rop Bon.rd (Junior)-H. 2. P. Kellock and R. \Vales 3. Junior Form Pyjama Relay-4M 1, 4A 2, 3A 3. Senior Form Relay-5 U.A. 1, 5 U.M. 2, 5 L.M. 3. Plunge (Open)-M. Scott 1, E. Lester 2, E. Hamann 3. Diving for Plates-A. Bean 1, S. Edridge 2, G. Jennings 3. Sculling Race-N. .Jennings 1, J. Turpin 2, E. Hamann 3. Water Stunt (Senior)-J. Tothill 1, J. Cornish and E. Leste1· 2. Obstacle Race (Over 15)-E. Lester 1, P. Fenwick 2, A. Powell and S. Norris 3. Obstacle Race (Under 15)- L Cox 1, A. Ballantyne 2, A. Justice 3. Surface Dive-P. Fenwick and .T. Cornish 1; J. Tothill and M. Barriball 2. House Crocodile-Konini l, Mat.ipo 2, Kowhai 3. Junior House Relay-Matipo l, Rimu 2, Kowhai 3. Sep.ior House Relay~Matipo 1, Rata 2, Konini 3. House Championship-Matipo 66~ points. Senior Championship-J. (i

Intermediate points 2.

Junior points 2.

Tothill 17 points 1, P. Harman 12 points 2.

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Girl with most House Points (not a cham.pion)-S. points 1, P. Harman 12 points 2.

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THE 1953 Athletic Sports were held at Lancaster Park on March 10th. We were fortunate in having a fast track and no wind with the result that there were many good performances, nine records being either qroken or equalled. The Whole-House Relay, again won by Rata, was a great success and a triumph of organisation on the part of House officials. This year new events, in the form of form relay were introduced and aroused keen competition while the Walking race and Blindfold race for those under 14 proved popular Miss Clifford is to be congratulated on her innovations. ingenious ideas for novelty events and on her capable organisation of the sports. We should like to thank all the officials who again gave us such valuable assistance, and Mrs. A. K. Warren for her kindness in presenting the prizes. Our congratulations go to Jean Calder on being re-awarded her colours, to Nicola Warren on gaining hers and to Sally Edwardes, Elaine Read and Robin Smart on winning athletics pockets. ATHLETIC RESULTS

Senior Championship Events: 100 Yards (Record 11 3-5sec., G. de Their, Jn40: Gillian Jenkins, 1952)Gillian Jenkins 1, Jean Calder 2, Robin SmaPt 3. Time, 11 3-5sec.equals record. 80 Yards Hurdles (Record 11 4-5sec., R. Godfrey, 1948; J. Dickson, 1949)-Gillian Jenkins 1, Gaye Redpath 2, Jean Calder 3. Time, 11 2-5sec.-a record. 75 yards (Record 9sec., Gillian Jenkins. 1952)-Gillian Jenkins 1, Jean Calder 2, Gaye Redpath 3. Time, 9sec.-equals record). Calder 1, Susan High Jump (Record 4ft. lO¼in., W. Morgan. UJH)-Jean Jennings 2, Gillian Jenkins and Barbara Flesher 3 equal. Height, 4ft. 5!in, Calder 1, Elaine Long Jump (Record 17ft. 6in., G. de Their. 1940)-Jea.n Read 2, Gillian Jenkins 3. Di<,tance, 15ft. 9in. Intermediate Championship Events: 100 Yards (Record 12sec., G. Jenkins, J 951 ; J. Calder, 1952)-Nicola, Warren 1, Shirley Harrison 2, Jill Blackley 3. 'rime, 12 1-5sec. 65 Yards Hurdles (Record 9 4-5sec., G. Jenkins, 1951)-Nicola Vir 0 'inia Smith 2, Shirley Harrison 3. Time, 10sec.

Wairen

75 Yards (Record 9 2-5sec., G. Jenkins, ]!)51. Jpan Calder, 1952)-Nicola 3. Time, 10sec. Warren 1, Jill Blackley 2, Shirley Hanison

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High Jump (Record 4ft. 7jin., J-. Jones, 1948)icola Warren 1, Margaret Richardson 2, Jillian Price 3. Height, 4ft. 6-§-in.). Long Jump (Record 14ft. llin., J. Jones, 1948)-:- icola Warren 1, Janice Parsons 2, Shirley Harrison 3. Distance, 14ft. 9in .

.Junior Championship Events: 100 Yards (Record 12sec., V. Mears, 1940)-Alison Cl'Oft l, Sally Edwardes 2, Janet Fleming 3. Time, 12 2-5sec. 65 Yard1>Hurdles (Record lOsec., G. Jenkins, 1950; G. Redpath, 1951)Sally Edwardes 1, Joan Latham 2. Denise Clark 3. Time, 10sec.equals record. • 75 Yards (Record 9 3-5sec., G. Jenkins, 1950, G. Bedvath, 195] ; S. Edwardes, 1952)-Sally Edwardes 1, Alison Croft 2, Louise McAlpine 3. Time, 9 l-5sec.-a record. orbert-Munns High Jump (Record 4ft. ll¼in., M. Falck, 1947)-Janice 1, Phillipa Lane 2, Rosemary Marshall 3. Height., 4ft. 3¾in. Long Jump (Record 16ft. 2in., W. Moegan, 1943)-Sally Edwardes 1, Denise Clark 2, Joan Latham 3. Distance, 14ft. 8in.

Under 13 Championship Events: 100 Yards (Record 13sec., S. Harrison, 1950)-Cynthia Scott 1, Helen Rich 2, Jane Stephenson 3. Time, 12 3-5 ec.-a record. 50 Yards Hurdles (Record 8sec., E. Withell, 1948; N. ·warren, 1950)Annas Young 1. C'ynLhia Scott 2, Helen Rich 3. 'Pime, 8sec.cquals record. Scott l. Annas Young 50 Yards (Record 6¾sec., J. Cooke, 1940)-Cynthia 2, Dinah MacDonald 3. 'rime, 6 4-5sec. MacDonald 1. High Jump (Record 4ft. 5¾in., .T. AIJison, Hl47)-Dinah Jane Gebbie and Janet Marshall 2 equal. Height, 4ft. Long Jump (Record 14ft. 9iin., H. 'ralbot, 1944-)-C'ynt.hia Scott 1, 13ft. 3~in. Helen Rich 2, Jill Adams 3. Distance

Open Events: .Hack Race (Senior)--Barbara Jarvis 3.

Flesher

J, Joanne

Edwardes

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Blindfold Race in 2's (Undel' 14)-Joan Ann Combellack and Rosemary Pauline Gamble 3.

Latham Marshall

and Louise McAlpine 1. "Wills and 2, Heather

Throwing the Cricket Ball (Senior) (Record 57yds Sin., J. Bobilliard, 1950)-Heather Thomson 1, Janet Riddolls 2, Janet vVilliam on 3. Dista:_nce, 54yds. 2ft. 2in. I'h1·owing the Rounders Ball (Junior) (Record 57yds 1ft. Sin., H. Thompon, 1952)-FJorence Jones 1, Jennifer Lake 2, Phillipa Mackay 3. Distance, 51yds. Oft. lOin. Hockey Dribbling (Senior)-Margaret Helen Harrison 3. Waiter's Race (Under 14)-Pauline Henderson 3.

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Three-Legged Race (Senior)-Adrienne Talbot and GiUian Priest 1,. Margaret Round and Betty Powell 2, Margaret Westgarth and Barbara Flesher 3. Slow Bicycle Race (Open)-Elizabeth Andersen 1, Sonia Bradley 2, Sally Edwardes 3. Obstacle Race (Senior)-Dorothy Wilson 1, Suzanne orris 2, Jennifer Skurr 3 Sack Race ( nder 14)-Louise McAlpine 1, Judith Bamford 2, Heather Wills 3. Obstacle Race (Under 13)-Wendy Warren 1, Dinah MacDonald 2,. Jenifer Whitford 3. 100 Yards Consolation (Senior) (Record 13 2-5sec., M. Boleyn, 194-9 ;. S. McLean, 1951)-Helen Wishart 1, Susan J nnings 2, Jennifer Thomson 3. Time, 12 2-5sec.-a record. 100 Yards Consolation (Under 15) (Record 13 l-5sec., A. Kennington, 1950)-Johanna Bethell 1, Margaret Cox 2, Katrina Andersen 3. Time, 13sec.-a record. 100 Yards Consolation (Under 13) (Record 14 4-5sec., A. Morris, 1950 ; B. Needham, 1951)-Jane Gebbie and Kathryn Harris 1 equal,. Jill Adams 2. Time, 14sec.-a record. Whole House Relay-Rata 1, Matipo 2, Kowhai 3. Senior House Relay-Rata 1, Konini 2, Kowhai 3. Junior House Relay-Kowhai 1, Rimu 2, Rata 3. Sack House Relay-Rata 1, Konini 2, Kowhai 3. Senior Forms Relay-VI 1, V Upper A 2, V Lower A 3. Junior Forms Relay-IV A 1, III M 2, IV M 3.

CHAMPIONSHIPS Calder, 17 points; runner-up, Gillian Jenkin , Senior Championship-Jean 16½ points. Intermediate Championship-Nicola Warren, 25 points; runner-up, Shirley IIanison, 6 points. Junior Championship-Sally Croft, 8 points. Under 13 Championship-Cynthia Young, 8 points.

Edwardes, Scott,

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Girl with most points for her House (not a Championship Jenkins.

winner)-Giman

House Championship, Senior Rata 116½ points Kowhai ....... . 79½ points Mat.ipo 41 points House Kowhai ........ Rata Rimu

Championship Junior 70½ points 66½ points 34½ points

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ONCE again hockey players at school enjoyed a good season this year. Although the grounds were quite wet, Wednesdays were fine and all the Inter-School Competitions were able to be pJayed . .The B, C, D and E teams won their repsective grades, while the A and E teams were runners-up. These successes are the result of Miss Clifford's patient and valuable coaching. We are also grateful to Miss Gadd and Miss Owen who assisted in refereeing Inter-School games. The House matc.hes, for the Hockey Shield were all keenly contested and once again Kowhai and Rata met in the final, but this year with a different result-Rata winning an exciting game. The highlight of the season for the A team was the visit by Craighead on July 17th. The conditions were ideal and the standard of hockey on both sides was high with good stick work and accurate passing-both forward lines made full use of their opportunities. The match, a most enjoyable one, resulted in a win for Craighead. The teams would like to take this opportunity of thanking Miss Iri~ Orchard for assisting Miss Clifford to referee this match. We were delighted to see such a large number of spectators present, indicating· the interest taken in school hockey. In the evening after the hockey match, the St. Margaret's teams and sixth formers entertained the Craighead girls, Rangi-ruru prefects and their A Hockey and Netball teams, and members of staff of the three schools. The next morning we were the guests of Rangi-ruru and stayed for a delightful lunch. At two o'clock the Basketball matches were played at St. Margaret's and later in the afternoon we said our "good-byes" as the Craighead teams departed to the sound of honking horns. All agreed it had been a wonderful week-end. In another outside match we played us what hockey could be, beating us 5-0.

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HOCKEY TEAMS A 'l'eam-G., S. Mackay; R.B., M. Westgarth * (Vice-Captain); L.B., H. Harrison; R.H., P. Chalklin; C.H., J. Totbill; L.H., P. Tobin; R.W., G. Redpath; R.I., B. Powell*; C.F., S. Edwardes; L.I., B. Flesher* (Captain); L.W., J. Calder*. G. Marshall; R.B., J. Powell; L.B., J. Dickson; R.H., B r.ream-G., J. Robinson; C.H., H. Wishart (Captain); L.H., B. Moore; R.W., V. Hay; R.l., E. lYicAlpine; C.F., . Warr n; L.I., J. Croft; L.W. S. Bradley. ·C. Team-G., P. Fenwick and J. Cornish; R.B., M. Elphick; L.B., J. Chirnside; R.H., . Vickery; C.H., J. Iverach; L.H., R. Mulligan; R.W., S. Harrison; R.I., J. Skurr; 0.F., H. Thomson; L.I., P. Booth; L.W., J. Fulton (Captain). D. Team-G., J. Turpin; R.B., S. orris; L.B., P. Harman; R.H., R. Holenbergh; C. H .. M. Lawry (Captain); L.H., P. Gardner; R.W., J. Steel; R.I., L. Luisetti; C.F., B . .r eedham; L.I., A. Corbett; L.W., A. Powell and N .. Jennings.

"A" HOCKEY TEAM, 1953. Standing (left to right): Helen Harrison, Priscilla Tobin, Jean Calder, Janet Tothill, Shona Mackay, Sally Edwardes. Sitting (left to right) : Patricia Chalklin, Betty Powell, Barbara, Flesher (Captain), Margaret Westgarth, Gaye Redpath.

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El Team-G., J. Hartland; L.B., M. Powell (Captain); R.B., J. Roberts andJ.Ferguson;L.H., J. Ferraby; R.H.,E. Bromley; C.H.,H. Wills L.W., J. Pickles; L.I., D. Clark; C.F., J. Lake; R.I., J. Latham; R.W., H. MacGibbon. E2 Team-G., A. Croft; L.B., G. Macfarlane; H.B., F. Guinness; R.H., A. Reece-Smith; L.H., B. Dawson; C.H., W. Bishop; L.W., A. Bean (Captain) and . Kent; L.I., P. Lane; C.F., E. Pickles; R.I., M. Cunningham; R.W., J. Adair. *Denotes

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v. Papanui Techincal, won 8-0. v. Rangi Ruru, won 4-0. v. Avonside, won 1-0. v. West., drew 2-2. v. Technical, won 6-0. v. Girls' High School, dl' w 1-1. v. Craighead, lost 4-2. v. Varsity, lost 5-0. v. Rangi Ruru, won 8-2. 9, Won 5, Drew 2, Lost 2, Goals for 32,

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v. Rangi Ruru, won 1-0. v. Girls' High School, won 6-1. v. Avonside, won 3-0. v. Technical, won 3-0. v. West, won fi-0. Played 5, Won 5, Goals for 18, Against I.

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v. Rangi Ruru, won 4 - ] . v. Girls' High School, won 2-1. v. Avonside, drew 0-0. v. Technical, won 6-0. v. West, won 5-0. 5, Won 4, Drew 1, Goals for 17, Against

"D" St. Margaret's

v. Girls' High School, won 7-0. v. vonside, won 4-1. v. Rangi Ruru, won 2-1. v. West, won 8-0. Played 4, Won 4, Goals for 21, Against 2.

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NETBALL NOTES. lx t:lpite of the fact that the Hockey players outnumbered those pla~ring Netball this year we were able to enter four team in the Inter-Schools Tournament. On the whole, the standard of Netball has been high, and all thC' teRms have benefited from the numerous practices each week. Towards the end of the term we had a visit from the Craigenjoyed the exciting game of head girls and we thoroughly ha. ketball against them. Again this yea.r, the "A" team entered as the "All Greens" in the etba,ll Association's games held on Saturday mornings and was successful in reaching the finals. Also another team was entered under the name of the " Grasshoppers."

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(left to right) : Marion McOr e, Dorothy 1urray, Jillian Price .. Jennifer Thom on. (left to right) : Janet Williamson, an Blackley (Captain), Susan Jennings.

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This year the House matches were played towards the end of the term. In the Ju~ior grade Rimu House were the winners and in the Senior grade Matipo House defeated Rata in a hard game. The highlight of the· etball season was the match played against the Boys' High School. It was a most enjoyable game and we found it by no means easy to maintain a lead. The teams would like to thank Miss Garnham for the very helpful coaching she has given us this season. Also we would like to congratulate Janet Williamson and Susan Jennings who were awarded their colours, as well as those girls who gained their pockets. A BLACKLEY, Captain. NETBALL

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'I'oam-G.S., S. Jennjngs*; A., J. vVilliamson* (Vice-Captain): C.A., J. Thomson; C., L .i\foCree; C.D., J. Pdce; D., :r. Blackley* (Captain); G.D., D. Murray.

"B" Team-G.S .. D. vVilson; A., .r. HiddoJls; C ..A., R. Smart (Captain): G.D., S. Miller; D., G. Pdest. C., J. Ellis; C.A., M. Richardson; A., P. Gaml;>le; C.D., P. Fcrnjc; C •• "C" Team-G.Fl .. J. Lapthorne; L. Wilson ( aptain); C ..A., V. Rmith and R. Wil on; G.D .. J. Cromb; D., D. revell. "D" Team-G.S., JC. Minson; A., G. Jennjngs S. Sutton; C., J. Bethell (Captain); C ... Dunster; D., J-. Ola.pshaw. *Denotes colours. "A" St. Margaret's

"B" St. Margaret's

and A. Justice: C'.D., J. March; G.D., D.

RESULTS v. Rangi Ruru. dr w 22-22. v. Girls' High School, won ] 6- l.J. v. Papanui Technical. won 20.19. v. Christchurch Tech1.ical, won by default. v. Avonside, lost 12-17. .lost I 8-19. v. We t Christchurch, v. Villa faria, won 28-18. v. Te Wai Pounamu. lost 10-1 J. v. Sacred Heart, lost 6-1 n. v. St. Mary's, won 20-10. v. Rangi Ruru, won 18-14. v. Papanui Technici:i,l, won 18-10. v. Girls' High chool, lost 14-17. v. Christchurch Technical, lost 9-13. v. Avonside, won 25-7. v. West Christchurch, won 25-lo. v. Villa Maria, won 22-l!'i v. Sacred Heart, won l 9-17. v. St. iary's, won 21-Hi .

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v. Papanui Technical, won 16-8. v. Girls' High School, lost 6-13. v. Christchurch Technical, won 20-5. v. Avonside, won 21-15. v. ""Test Christchurch, won 15- l 4 , •. vma Maria, drew l 5-J 5. v. 1~e \Yai Pounamu, won 18-12. v. ,'acred Heart, lost 14-20. ,·. Rt. Jfary' , lost 11-18. v. Hangi HuJ'u, won 21-1 l. v. Girls' High School, won 1()-14.. v. Christchurch 'l'echnical, won 16-12. v. Avonsicle, won 10-9. lost 9-14. v. We. t Christchurch, v. Villa Maria, won 20-9. v. T0 Wai Pounamn, won 20-13. v. Sacren. Heart, lost 15-215. v. SL Mary's, lost l 8-22. v . .H.angi Huru, <lrew 18-18. v. Papanui 'rechnical. won 19-12.

STORRY ESSAY COMPETITION-WINNING ESSAY. " There Is More Than Timber In Trees." "A D out of the ground, made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of ]jfe also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."-Genesis. It is thus that we hear from the Bible, how trees came into bejng. God had a purpose for these gifts of His to mankind, and let us consider some of their qualities. There is abundance of traditionary lore associated with al] kinds of trees. The worship of trees was very prevalent among savages in e3irly times, and we have ample evidence that it was an important element of their religion. A forest-god ha . been deduced from a mere tree-soul, both of which were regarded a being powerful enough to produce rain and sunshine. We find frequently among the Australians and Red Indians that the Totem takes the form of a tree. There is evidence from all sides of the great antiquity of the worship of trees, whether for the services they render to man, their form, for particular qualities, for their situations, as on sombre and lonely mountain tops, for their association with certain phenomena, or for the events in the history of the Homestead. In the growth, life and decay of a tree, primitive man sees an analogue to his own lifehistory. We see from these examples that primitive man was greatly influenced by his admiration of trees. There are also certain legends connected with trees. Our use of the Christmas tree which was brought to England, prin-

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cipally through the influence of Prince Albert, was primarily a German custom of Heathen origin. Yet many Christmas trees have been the cause of much joviality in the home at the celebrated Festive Season. Another legend relates how Adam brought from Paradise a fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, which grew into the tree from which the Cross was made-an example of a process of myth-making. To-day man still claims trees as his companions. When an owner dies, his tree is often informed of the incident. Also one is familiar with the custom of planting a tree at the birth of a child, and the notion of a sympathetic relationship existing between the two throughout life. The planting of trees by kings and queens on visits to various towns, conveys unconsciously a survival of the same sympathetic symbolism. The natural beauty of the tree often influences the imagination of the modern man, as it did the primitive man. An artist invariably includes one when he is portraying a la'ndscape scene. imilarly, a photographer often encloses one in the very limited boundaries of the camera's lens, when he is searching for an ideal background. The poet also writes of these majestic creations of Nature, and he is inspired by their beauty and greatness. Here are two such exap:iples !" I think that I shall never see A poem, lovely as a tree ! " -From the poem by Joyce Kilmer. And" Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! As in my youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now." -From "Woodman, spare that Tree" by George P. Norris. But these men are not the only humans who have discovered .the magnificence of this form of creation. How many of us, in our childhood, have not had some happy recollections of playing in or under a tree ? What fun I had, as a child, pretending that a certain old gnarled oak in the Botanical Gardens was a Fairy Palace, and I spent many happy hours playing around its bole and exposed roots, which reminded me of serpents crawling along the ground. I looked for fairy folk, making and decorating rooms for them to live in. What joy we had, too, climbing trees, at which, I am afraid to say, I was rather timid ; but my brothers loved to make tree-huts, and at

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one stage, they spent weeks furnishing one. We often made swings in trees or rode fiery steeds, jumping up and down with creepers, as reins, twined round and round the trunks. How glad am I that trees bear fruit! My brothers and I often spent two or three hours in a nectarine, cherry or plum tree, stuffing ourselves with fruit. The ideal place to camp or have a picnic is beneath a tree near a river. The shade is so cool on a very hot day, and it is so peaceful. The shelter, shade and natural beauty of a tree create a contentment within the heart of every man. I often admire the weeping willows in the summer time on the banks of the River Avon, lazily trailing the tips of their leafy branches in the slowmoving current. The Botanical Gardens are famous for the trees which grace their lawns. People can rest contentedly there in the shade, and think that they are in the country miles away from the busy city. Deans' Bush in Riccarton is the only piece of virgin forest left in Canterbury, and there native vegetation can grown profusely to its heart's content. I have spent many afternoons there exploring the numerous pathways which seem to wind endlessly. The birds sing their songs with jubilant glee, and a person can feel the serenity. The sun is like a splintered star whose light is scintillating through the leaves. The gurgling creek bubbles away merrily beneath the half-moon bridge. Many trees have been planted in New Zealand for their sheJter, beauty and for preventing erosion. A solitary tree on the side of a hill or a block of trees acts as a useful land-mark anywhere. In the many accounts of the early days of settlement, Canterbury arrivals often remarked on the lack of woods in their new country. They must have planned early to plant trees around their farms and homesteads, and to endeavour to create an atmosph(rJ like the one which they had left. The French settlers at Akaroa landed at one of the few places in Canterbury where there were a number of trees, but they also planted many fruit groves, which persist to this day. As the Pilgrims spread over the Plains, the lack of trees cost them a great deal of work. When the Northerly and Southerly winds blew across the land, they often longed for shelter. The Deans brothers planted the first trees in Canterbury, and ·there is a plaque marking the place where Mrs. Jane Dean planted an oak, in her first year here. Trees contain abundant qualities for spiritual thought, as. well as for material usefulness. It was quite understandable for primitive man to worship trees. He naturally loved beauty,

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strength and the mystery of the supernatural. Although we live thousands of years later, our admiration for trees is still very strong. We have discovered many material qualities some of which are timber, certain foods, fruit and rubber. Trees are therefore of inestimable value in the community, and should be ,appreciated by young and old alike. Trees are capable, as I have stated, through their beauty, shade and greatness, of inspiring peace and happiness. Peace is needed by all, so why should we not obtain it through contact with Nature 1 As Henry Van Dyke has said!" He that planteth a tree is the Servant of God, He provides a kindness for many generations, And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him." -BEVERLEY HA WES (V Upper A).

MOON CATS When the moon rides the sky, When thro' the air the witches fly, With a devilish glint in each green eye, Out creep the moon-cats. From foul gutter and dirty street, With outstretched claws and padded feet, With thin flanks heaving, silent, fleet, Out creep the moon-cats. When the wind moans o'er the sea, When pious people like you and me, Are dreaming of things that ne'er shall be, Out creep the moon-cats. When dark, foul shapes are creeping, When the wind is moaning and weeping, Then is the dark, unholy meeting Of moon-cats. Tamely round the fire they sit During the day, while old folks knit, But when the moon and stars are Jit. Out creep the moon-cats. • Over the roof-tops dark they creep, When Christian folk are all asleep, A watch upon the stars they keep, The moon-cats.

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But when again dawn rides the sky, Out dies the glint in each green eye, Back to the warm :fireside to lie, Home go the moon-cats. -JANIS CLARK(V Lower M).

SLALOM •• Heavens, it's hot !-a nuisance the tow rope's broken, but I suppose we can't expect too much. I didn't really mind herringboning up that last hundred yards-I suppose I could have taken off my skis and walked up, but I really couldn't be bothered to carry them. Yes, my safety bindings are working perfectly well, thank you-my bindings come off my boots every single time I fall over. Am I sure ? Of course I am! All right, it's too hot to argue. " Where do we start 1 Right· over ther.e ! Oh well, come on, and stop harping about your boots-I know you've got a blister, a-nd I know you've had it since Saturday ..... "At last ! Well you can catch me up, can't you ? I'm not going any further till we start racing. Yes, if you really want to know, your ski-pants are much too baggy at the backthey look awful. Hey, cut it out! I've got enough snow down my neck already. "Did anyone call my name 1 Do I have to start already 1 Oh, you want me to colle t my number. Thank you so muchI might have known it would be 13. "Well, here goes. It looks as though I'm next. Oh, do be a dear and shut up. I know you're scared stiff-so are we all. Thank you, I'll need all of it the way my skis are sticking, to-day. Of course I waxed them, you ass ! I'm not quite as absentminded as you think . . . . " My turn ? Yes I am quite ready thank you. Do I start now ? Well, why didn't you tel1. me before 1 All right, I'm going. . .. The snow seems to be awfully slow to-day. P'raps it's just my skis. Come to think of it, I haven't waxed them since aturday. This turn's terribly steep ... I might just manage a tern christie .... I knew it was too steep .... p'raps if I stay sitting down, I could slide down this bit, seeing they can't see

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what I'm doing from up there. That's better; now I can see the second gate ; I rather think I'll take this bit straight .... I knew my bindings would slip off again-p'raps this would be funny if I had a sense of humour, but I can't laugh in this position anyway. "Now that I can stand up, I might get going again. The snow's wonderful. It makes me blink to look at it now that I'm out in the sun again. Bother. I knew I'd forgotten something, and now I've left my goggles right up at the top tow shed. ''. I seem to be going awfully fast. That must have been the third gate rushing past me just now. It has occurred to me that I didn't go through it, and I very much think that I'm out of control-it's awfully steep here-much more than I thought. "I don't really want to die yet, but I think something awfu]'s. going to happen in a minute .... I can see something large and white rushing at me .... " Well, I really expected worse than that ! Of course both my ski's have come off and my knees don't seem to be able to function properly, but now that I've got some of the snow out of my eyes and ears, the prospect looks a little brighter. Lucky that snow wasn't quite frozen .... I must have done a half somersault to land like this. My stick has broken again, of course, but I should manage like this. "I do believe that's the finishing line not far below. I'd better get a move on, seeing I seem to be sitting on a very large piece of windslab that's acting rather queerly .... Yes, I sort of knew it would slide as soon as I moved. Thank goodness I'm back on the course. I seem to have by-passed three or four gates, but that won't make much difference-I have an idea I've already been disqualified. " One more straight run across the line, and it's all over. What ! But I've finished ! No ? Pray tell me where the last flag was supposed to be, if not there ? Well it's too late to go back now; the next racer's started. He's going awfuJly fast, and he's going the wrong way, anyhow. What ? I might have guessed it. Why, oh why, didn't someone tell me to follow the red flags ? -MARY

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OF THEM They haven't any crooked lanesOnly the straight hard roads That blea,kly face the winds and rains. They never knew the pulse of earth That gives a high, ec tatic birth To clover clumps and wayside weeds, Their ways are the ways of gaunt grey stone, That are made for speed and for speed alone. They haven't any cottages With eaves of mellow thatchOnly the dismal passages Of brick that's fired in heavy sweat That's ugly and hot and cheap to get And holds the grime of their charcoal fires. How could they know of a garden bed ? When their eyes on djngy stone are fed? They haven't any charityOnly the selfish thoughts That are weighed in chattels and currency. Their dreams are stock and merchandise, Thejr love is of value and fickle price, Their only friends are dollar bills. Their hearts are the hearts of gaunt grey stone That are made in greed and in greed alone. God!

Ma.ke them see that their precious days Are fretted on ugly dross .. •.. God! Let them walk through the woodland paths Fragrant with dewy moss, Let them but see the furrowed fields And the poppies upturned on the sod, And they'll bear down their filthy stone and give The living land to God! -FLORE CE JONES (V Upper A). SCENES FROM GIRLHOOD In Cranmer Square there stands a school -St. Margaret's Coll ! Where Maths and Art and French are taught, With History and lots of sport, But yet it's not so droll. But yet it's not so droll.

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Some tables to begin the day, What a starter ! With algebra and four place logs My brain just sticks and gets in bogs. Oh ! What a suffering martyr ! Oh ! What a suffering martyr ! With French we pass the next half hour. Oh! Quelle horreur ! We translate paragraphs with strain Of poets, kings, but all in vajn_ It goes in "peu a peu." It goes in " peu a peu." Then elocution comes our way Our speech to better ! Here we recite of Mr. Brown Who stumbled down and broke his crown, Attending to each letter ! ttending to each letter ! Then into History delve we deep. Chatham or Pitt ! ! ! We learn of Greeks with games and races, Smuggling ships with fine French laces, Or ancient papyrus writ. Or ancient papyrus writ. Hear we of penny farthing bikes With eat and wheels ; Of penny stamps and penny post, Of vessels, trading round the coast, Of Irish songs and reels. Of Irish songs and reels. Then pass we to the Realms of GoldKeats and Chaucer ! We talk of lyrjcs, sonnets sweet, Of mighty epics, such a feat ! And Oliver with " more Sir." And Oliver with "more i ir." Then back we're whisked to Roman days, Discipuli ! Amo, amas, we struggle on With Latin verbs to think upon. To educate poor me ! To educate poor me !

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In Art we try to draw and paint Like Gainsborough t? We do our best to satisfy Our teacher with a watchful eye, Only to give Pains - to - ha. Only to give Pains - to - ha. Now Sport's a thing we have a JotExercise for health ! We start by running round the square, A sight in Christchurch you'll think rare. Glorious, radiant health ! Glorious, radiant health! We exercise for half an hour. Ah aching us ! We fling ourselves on hard wood boxes ! Pain all over with our knockses ! Without· the slightest fuss ! Without the slightest fuss ! ow in Biol. we all must learn Of living things ; Perianth and cotyledon, Ovary where you find the seed in, Of insects and their wings. Of insects and their wings. In the lab they find things out By trial and error! They take some glycerine, so placid Then add a little nitric acid! ! ! But oh ! they flee in terror. But oh ! they flee in terror ! Yet through the year I struggle on With cheerful faceFor though at times I feel low, Sick of chool and work and woe, I rather love the place ! I rather love the place ! -MARY ELPHICK (V Lower A).

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FANTASY THE traveller yawned and gazed at the countryside coach window, pastures, rolling on and on .....

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He turned and watched his companions-strange companiom, he mused-these three men who had not uttered a single word since he had entered the carriage. Beside him one was reading a newspaper, the man in the opposite corner was asleep while the other stared uncomprehendingly ahead of him. The traveller shrugged his shoulders dismissing the eccentricities of men and drifted back into his reveries ..... . Suddenly he stirred again. Something intangible had pushed his thoughts back to co]d reality. Once more his eyes strayed to the window and beyond . . . . He stiffened. Sma11 shivers began to ripple up and down his spine. The coach had entered a belt of trees, gaunt, skeletal and lifeless. Nothing grew around their tortured roots, nothing living save the scavengers of death-vultures clutching the withered yellow branches, hideous and macabre, waiting, waiting.

In fascinated horror he turned to his companions to watch their reactions. All was still and quiet-within the coach the light was fading and the three men never moved. The travel1er felt his eyes slide to .the newspaper of the man beside him-"The London Times, 1765" ! ! He stared horrified at the reader whose features suddenly contorted into a lifeless mask out of which the eyes stared dully-the face of the sleeper assumed a mirthless grin and the horrid, sightless features of the third, suddenly awoke the traveller to stark realization of the coach's destination. With a hoarse cry he grasped the door hand]e and jumped . . . . . Through the swirJing mists he heard the voice grow louder. " The worst is over ; he has miraculously evaded Death," and opened his eyes to see the Surgeon bending over him. JE

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THE SOUTHERN ALPS Aloft, above, the sun-scorched plains they tower in icy dignity These mountains, this back-bone of our triple isle; Their thousand peaks soaring to meet the saucer of the sky Like sentinels, in cold, forbidding majesty.

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Then in the noon day heat, Calm and serene, their menacing caverns cloaked In eternal bliss, they doze And then, like some great monster troubled in its sJeep They turn and heave, waver~ng in the smoky, dreamy To doze and dream again. At set of sunOutlined against the glowing western light, Blackened like to Hell's inferno-rimThey watch the flaming clouds sink to their rest Then vanish in the solitude of night. -JANET

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SCHOOL PARTY TO ARTHUR'S PASS A couple of dozen girls, bright-eyed, singing and chattering as only girls can, are sitting in a stationary bus on the Bealey Bridge. On either side of them hundreds of sheep are milling past. "One, two, three ... two hundred, two hundred and one ... " " You'll that rate."

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sheep at

Down in the riverbed a little figure dashes about in a vain attempt to drive back one stray sheep. Who are these pretty Where are they from ?

maids ?

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Let me explain. A party of Upper Fifth and Sixth Formers from St. Margaret's was that Saturday in the May holidays on its way to Arthur's Pass for a week. Three enthusiastic members of staff-MisR Clifford, Miss Garnham and Miss Owen (who waR the nbove) had undertaken the relittle shepherdess mentioned sponsibility of chaperones. The idea had been to travel by train but, owing to slips on the line the journey was made by bus. ThiR urban vehicle had obviously never been out of ::;ight of civilization before. The tremendous exertion required for mountainous roads proved too much for its poor old heart-or was it the clutch ? Whatever failed, at least three halts had to be ca.lled en route and it was during one of these that the busloa,cl of girls as described a.hove might have been seen. After a prolongerl journey we reached our headquarters in the Alpine Club hut set back in the beautiful beech trees high up

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on the embankment. The original plan was that on arriva] half the party should go up to Temple Basin, but it was so wet that the trip was postponed until Monday. On Sunday morning, clad in shorts and parkas, we sallied forth in the rain to perform for our own amusement circus feats on the wire bridge. The first Temple Basin party had clear weather and one afternoon some of the girls climbed Mt. Blimit where Miss Owen gave some their first lesson in rope-climbing. The more artistic members of the party preferred to stay at the hut where they did some very good landscapes. On the ·wednesday night we had a reunion and all went to the pictures at Otira. There we had a hilarious evening and were let into the "Three Secrets" billed as the main feature. More wet weather restricted our activities but could not dampen our spirits. Some of the girls were, alas, initiated into the wicked ways of the world when they participated in lie dice, poker and racing demon, but all will realise just how necessary indoor games are at such times when the only remedy for loquacious females is something to think about.

It is a well-known fact that mountain air sharpens the appetite. In the small hours of a morning near the end of a one o'clock feast a slight, pyjama-clad figure appeared in the doorway. Suspecting that such activities after lights-out might be forbidden, all culprits steeled themselves for the blow, tha,t terrible denunciation which mu t inevitably follow ... and then Miss Owen whispered! " Have you a bit of chocolate for me, too 1 " If from this episode it appears that our mountain appetites were not satisfied, I must hasten to correct that impression. Owing to thP- excellent organisation by our chaperones, all meals were in the five-star class. One very favourable aspect of this holiday was that, within certain limits, one could do as one p]eased. If you wanted to go to Otira or the Devi]'s Punch Bowl in the rain, you could; if not, nobody minded your staying at home. In the small matter of domestic duties no compulsion was necessary. All tasks were done cheerfully and there was alwa,ys a happy atmos- . phere. All the girls are very grateful to the mistresses for the wonderful holiday that they made possible and hope that it success will make it a forerunner of other such occasion in the near future. MARIE COT'l' (VT B).

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NIGHT AT SEA The white waves glimmer, The breeze is fair, The ship sails under a starry sky, Hunter Orion and Sirius shimmer, The Lion peers forth from his dim-lit lair, And the cratered moon is nigh.

No other sound but the wind and waves, And the ship's prow cutting the foaming crests; And a low song crooned by the man at the wheel, As the flapping mainsail fills and caves, And the watch pursue their tranquil quests, While the ship sails yet on an even keel. -ANGEL.A SPEAR (Form II. r

A VISIT TO A SCHOOL WHERE THEY TEACH THE USE OF THE UMBRELLA. ONE afternoon last summer, I had the opportunity of visiting Gampus College, as I had to take there, in person a special package of new umbrellas. In gratitude for the extra long journey which this deliverance entailed, I was taken on a tour of the college.

Of course the umbrella is the main topic of conversation here, and the whole life of the College centres round it. The younger pupils are taught, the most elementary uses only such as the value of this instrument if you happen to see someone you don't like. A quick flick of the wrist, the umbrella slips between his legs and the poor victim finds himself lying on the ground. A very useful idea, I thought to myself. As I advanced up through the school, I was shown how the various parts of the umbrella have their own specific uses. For instance, the type with the curved handle can be most advantageous on arrival at a crowded station. A stretch of the arm out of a carriage window and a porter can easily be hooked round the neck, without going through any of the usual pushing, calling out, and carrying-you-own-luggage type of arrival. I am told that many Cannibal Kings are found with umbrellas in their possession. Apparently they find them invaluable for fishing their victims out of the pot, and also use the point to poke their prisoners' tummies to see if they are ready for cooking.

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The middle part of the umbrella seemed to be the dominant part in use, while I was present. The older pupils were using theirs' as parachutes and were jumping out of third and fourth storey windows, in case at any time they might be caught upstairs, with a lift out of order. The teachers were emphasising that whenever the pupils went travelling by ship or by plane, they should always carry an umbrella, as it can be most useful, in case of accident, turned upside down to catch rain water in if their supply happened to run out. At the same time it was found indispensible for warding off hungry sharks. They weren't practising with sharks however, as they can be rather dangerous, but with tame whales. Some more of the younger classes were becoming quite proficient in opening and shutting their umbrellas very swiftly, and on inquiry I found that this action was used to frighten away any hungry wolves that one might meet in the street. • Finally, the point of the umbrella. There seemed to be great scope here for various lessons and exercises-one in particular I noticed. Several of the pupils had attached pins to the point of their umbrellas and were proceeding to pick up, as unconcernedly as possible, tickets and various objects from the ground. I suppose if one were keen enough one valid ticket might be found among a day's gleanings at the races. My tour of the school had now come to an end and although I wou]d have liked to stay and pick up a few more hints, my presence was disturbing the routine of the school, so I took my leave, and returned to the normal world again. --JUDITH

FULTON

MEMORIES If I sit upon a hiJl Against the setting sun, Faint memories return to me Of that old man I used to see, Whose look was kind, whose speech was old, Whose eyes were bright as twinkling gold. His face was wrinkled, merry, brown, His hair like wisps of thistle down. In spite of worries he seemed gay ; " I'm happy here," he used to say.?

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He sat there quietly in the fall, As if he had no cares at all. His clothes were torn and tattered That autumn evening, long ·agoAgainst the setting sun.

so,

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CLARK

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IMP OF THE INKPOT I play on your paper, I hide in your pen, And make in your inkwell My little black den. But although I'm a nuisance, And rather a tease, y OU never could catch me Try as you plea~e ! Joy MACHIN (V Lower A).

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ST. MARGARET'S COLLEGEOLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION ( (Incorporated) ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 30th SEPTEMBER, 1953. Patron:

Miss J. P. Croshcr.

Past Presidents: Miss Janet 8torry, M1·s. G. ('otLerill, Miss Mary Morten, fr . C. H. Cl m ns, ~frs .. A. G. S. Gibbs, Mrs. C. L. Wilson, Mis Lila Gardner, Mrs. J. Roy Amith, Mrs. ru.M. Gibson, Miss "ai.ali<' Vale. Immediate

Past

President:

President: Honorary Vice-Presidents: Lila Gardner. Vice Presidents:

Mrs.

Heathcote

(Jal'land.

Mrs. N. Morton-Emitb. Mrs . .T. N. ITamilton,

Miss N. Vale, Miss

Mrs. W. Quirk, Mrs. A. Benzie, Miss Betty Hatherley.

Hon.

Secretary:

Mrs.

F.. A.

Guillermo.

Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. C'. L. Si.urg<'. Committee: Mesdames W. I,. Partridge, J. B. Williams, H. \iVauchop, B .. Jamieson, B. Ott, Misses Marlene Bell, Beryl Vizer. Hon.

Auditor:

Mr. David

In submitting the ~"-nnual September, 1953, your Committee

Cowie.

Report for the ?Car ended is able to r<'pol't a. atisfaci.ory

30th year.

The financial position of the Association was discussed at a Special General Meeting held on Monday, July 20th, 1953, and it was finally decided that owing to the rising costs of running the Association, members would in future be asked to pay for their School Magazine, and interest on Life-Membership as money received from subscriptions Funds is only sufficient to cover running costs and Reunion expenses. Magazines for 1953 cost the. Association £152, and Members will realise that the Association bas not the income to meet this amount. This matter has b n discussed more fully in the Annual and Balance Sheet already sent to members.

Report

Membership: Sixty-four new members joined the ssociation this year, 26 of these being Life Memb rs. There are now 733 on the membership roll, including 34.4.Life Members, 2 Honora1'y Life Members, and 16 Honorary Members. Social Evening: ew members and members of the Committee St. Andrew's Hall on March 4 th.

were welcomed by the President at an Evening Socia,! held in

Storry Shield: Owing to the inclement w ather, the annual tennistournament for the Storry Shield bad to be postponed, but it is hoped that arrangements can be made to hold it early in the forthcoming season.

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The Dances: It was decided that, because of the large membership of the Association, two dances would be held this year-one for debutantes who could invite their relatives and friends to be present at their debut, and the other to be the Association's Annual Ball. The success of the innovation proved that the decision was a wise one. Debutante Ball: This was held at the Winter Garden on 16th April and proved an outstanding success. The presentation of the 46 debutantes was a most graceful and dignified ceremony, and the girls who were presented by Mrs. N. Morton-Smith, to the Bishop of Christchurch, the Right Rev. A. K. Warren, carried white posies, surrounded by green leaves and finished with silver bows, all the work of Margaret Perry who also made the posies presented to the guests of honour. Mrs. S. Milne (Edna Gill) was responsible for the training of the debutantes who were a great credit to her. We should like to note here that several debutantes were partnered for the debutante waltz by their fathers or their brothers-another innovation which we hope will be continued and which helped to make the dance so much more -of a large family gathering.

Annual Ball: Over 400 guests attended the Annual Ball which was held on 7th May at the Winter Garden. The latest ideas in novelty paper hats distributed during the evening, and hot soup served prior to the last dance added much to the enjoyment of the guests and the success of the function. Special General Meeting: As the Association's printed Rule Books -did not accord with the registered Rules, a Special General Meeting was called by the Committee in accordance with Rule 15, and held -on Monday, July 20th, 1953, at St. Margaret's College, Cranmer Square, when the necessary alterations were duly passed. Patron of the Association: At the Special General Meeting, Miss .J. P. Crosher, Headmistress of St. Margaret's College, was elected Patron of the Association in succession to Mrs. C. L. Young, and on August 2nd, at a Committee meeting, Mrs. N. Morton-Smith welcomed -our new Patron to the Association and presented her with an Old Girls' badge. Honorary Life Members: Old Girls' badges were presented to both our Honorary Life Members-Mrs. C. L. Young and Miss Ngaio Marsh.· Social Evening: At this function we entertained representatives of 12 kindred associations not already entertained by us this year, and all thoroughly enjoyed the musical programme provided by Miss Dora Charters and Miss Beryl Gough. The Association is greatly indebted to Mr. H.P. Smith and Mr. Roy Evans who provided such .an excellent selection of films. During the year the Association has received many invitations from kindred associations, while we in turn have entertained repre:Sentatives from 28 kindred associations.

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Armagh Circle Notes: The luncheon party held in Beath's Tea Rooms last November was a great success but was marred by the absenc of Janet Storry, our hostess. In May we held a pleasant though somewhat poorly attended evening in the St. Andrew's Hall, when Muriel Clemens who recently returned from a trip abroad gave a very interesting talk on her experiences. This ovember we plan to hold a morning gathering and hope it will be better attended. The membership has now been extended to pupils who attended the school until 1919.-E. RICH (Convenor). , Health Stamps: On the opening day of the Health Stamp Campaign, our Association was responsible for the sale of Health Stamps at the St. Albans Post Office, and our thanks to those members who gave of their time so willingly. School History: Members of the Editorial Committee of the "School History" have spent many months compiling the first section, and members are asked to help in this matter by filling in and returning the. " School History " forms already sent to them. Assembly Hall Fund: This fund now stands at £1,542 /1 /2. Sister Winifred Memorial F\Jnd: This fund has been closed and donations now amount to £45/13/9. Old Girls' Scholarship Fund: This now stands at £202/16/7. Note: One Life Member suggested that all Life Members give £1 /1 /- towards the above Scholarship Fund, as previously, Life Membership fee did not include any amount to be set aside for this purpose. l /- of every Annual Subscription is credited to the Scholarship Fund. Some members have already sent their donations. Association Badges: ew Badges were purchased this year and may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary at a cost of 4/- each. Cookery Books: These are now completely sold out. Unfortunately, the Supplementary Book has not met with such success, and it is hoped that next year something can be arranged to ensure a quick sale of same. • Thanks: In conclusion we should like to accord our thanks to the following : To Miss J. P. Crosher, for the use of the School Hall for the Special General Meeting, and for her helpful co-operation in all matters; Mrs. Greaves, the School Secretary, for the re-addressing of our mail which is so often sent to the School ; Joe Eddy-one of om membersfor doing miscellaneous typing for us; J. Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., for undertaking the sale of tickets for our various functions, and for their generous help in regard to the sale of the Supplementary Cookery Book; the Lady-Editors of the "press" and the "Star-Sun" for their splendid reports on all our functions, and to Mr. David Cowie for his services as Honorary Auditor ; the husbands of our Committee Members for their assistance at both our d~nces, and finally we-desire to thank members of the Committee for the use of their homes for our Committee Meetings-for the suppers they have all provided, and for their cooperation and untiring efforts to make the year under review so successful. For the Committee, MARY GUILLERMO, Hon. Secretary. 80 Mansfield Avenue. St. Albans. • Telephone: 57-52 7.

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Evensong and Founders'

on Thursday ovember by several Old Girls.

13th in the School

Day Ceremony was heJd Hall,

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Communion Service: There was a large attendance at this service C. L. M ountfort at St. Mary' , which was conducted by rchdeacon This was followed by morning Meriva,le. on Saturday, ovember 15th. tea in the Parish Hall whore specially invited guests were repr0sentai. ivN; from St. Hilda's College. Tennis Match and Old Girls' Race: On Saturday a,Hernoon. "ovembor 15th, a 'l'enni Match for the Betty Thoma Cup was played Om· team, captained by and resulted in a win for the preseni, girls. comprised Misses l\'Tary Falck, Judy Mardon. Miss Betty Hatherley, Felidty Ower, Gwen apier, Barbara Murray. 11arilyn Johnson and Marian Minty . .LVter afternoon tea ha,d been serY d by the Pre.-ident and members of the Committee, the Old Girls' Race for tlle .Ail.deb Pe1·kins Cup was run and resulted in :Mrs. Elaine Fisher finishing first, closely followed by Mrs. A. Benzie with Mrs. W. Quirk in third place.

Sunday, November 16th, St. Margaret's Day: .About 100 Old Girl attended Evensong at the Cathedral. Annual Dinner: One hundred and foi-t y members Dinn<.'r whic-h was lwkl at the f,jgn of ihe 'l'akahe ovember 17th.

attended th on Monday.

Mrs. Heathcote Oa1·lancl (the retiring President) wolcomt>d the guests, among whom w re Mr . C. L. Young (Patron of the Association), of the Tima,ru Miss J. P. Crasher, and Mrs. A. C. Barton, chainvoman Branch of the Association.

Annual General Meeting: There was a large attendance of members at the Annual General Meeting which wa!". held in the Lounge of the Sign of the Takahe, following th dinner, and at which Mrs. H. Garland pre ided. Election of Honorary Life Member: Miss gaio Marsh was elected an Honorary Life Member of the . ssociation, in recognition of the honour slle had brought to the College and the Association through he1· literary success. Appreciation of the work done by the retiring Treasurer, Miss Sandra Dowland, was expressed by Mrs. H. Garland, who made a ocia.tion. presentation to her from the Warm tributes Garland.

were paid to the retiring

President,

Miss J. Crasher, in a review of the school activities successes attained by the girls during the year.

Mrs. Heathcote spoke of the

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Election of Honorary Member: Mrs. c:;. Dromgoole Honorary Member of the Association.

was elected

Election of Officers: Mi s Lila Gardne1· was elected an Honorary Vice-President in recognition of the loyal and untiring support she has given the Association in official capacities in the last 20 years. The following i::, the l'esult of the election of Officers for 1953 :President : Mrs. N. Mmton-Smith. Vice-Presidents: Mrs. W. Quirk, Mrs. A. Benzie, Miss Betty Hatberley. Hon. Secretary:

Mrs. E . .A. Guillermo.

Hon.

: Mrs. 0. L. Sturge.

Treasurer

Committee: Mesdames J. B. Williams, H. Waucbop, B. Jameson, ~tnd W. L. Partridge. Misses Marlene Bell and Sandra Dowland. NEWS OF OLD GIRLS.

01·. Noeline Clemens has returned to N.Z. after taking a post graduate course in Pediatrics at Great Ormond St. Hospital for children in London. Gaining her D.C.H. in March she was on the staff of several hospitals as well as in private practice gaining further experience. During her stay abroad she visited many countries and made several visits to the Continent as well as many parts of England and Scotland. On her return trip to New Zealand, oeline spent two weeks with Miss A. L. Hart at St. Paul's College, University of Sydney. Wa,rren was awarded the Sir William Hartley Scholarship Jennifer given to a woman graduate deemed capable of obtaining a doctor's degree of an English University. Jennifer is reading classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Marie Ashby, a dental nurse, is progressing with her singing, and during the last eighteen months has given a number of broadcasts from local radio stations, for all of which she has received favourable comment in Monitor's weekly column of the Star-Sun. Marie receives her musical tuition from an old girl-Molly Hatherley. J udiih Gill, occupational therapist at Burwood Hospital, from a visit to the United Kingdom and Europe. P1·udence Rothenberg has entered the Royal officers' school at Whenuapai.

has returned

ew Zealand

Air Force

Stella Purchas, who for sevei-al years worked with the Church Missionpost with the ary 1-lociety in China, has taken an administrative Society a,t Kampala, Uganda. Dr. Mary Tolley, until recently surgical registrar at the Gore Public Hospital, is now doing a special course in gynaecology and obstetrics at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne. Her mother, a former mistress at St. Margaret's, recently left New Zealand to join Mary in Australia.

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Nancy Glass has been admitted as an associate of the New Zealanrl Institute of Secretaries . .Jean Adams, who left New Zealand towards the end of last yea,1.·as a member of the New Zealand ski-ing team. Lhat competed in Oslo. unfortunately became seriously ill while overseas and only recently returned home after a long convalescence. is physical educationalist for the Victorian Brenda Bannehr Education Board, Melbourne. Isla Nottingham (Gibson) has returned to New Zealand after being overseas for three years with her husband, Dr. JoLtingham, who studied as a member of the Scientific Defence Corps . .Jennifer Thompson (Wood) and her husband a1·e now in England. Jennifer's husband was awarded a scholarship for two years' study in Britain, by the Research Board of the Faculty of Commerce and Social Science at the University of Birmingham. Grace Wilkinson (now Mrs. Edward Blomfield-Jackson) formerly a well-known singer in Canterbury has returned from overseas with her husband and three children, and is living in Christchurch where she has given several Song Recitals. Dr. Helen Hervey, who came to ew ·Zealand, last year has again returned to London, where she is studying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of London.

Guildhall School Record Our heartiest congratulations to Nancy Wise who created a record at the Guildhall School of Drama, by completing in six months the three-year course for her Licentiate's degree, which in Britain It has been done is the equivalent of a Teacher's Diploma. before in two years, but never in two term's work, and must have meant much hard work on the part of Nancy who spent on an average of almost fourteen hours a day in study. Rose Reynolds, a member of the Committee of the Canterbury Pilgrims' and Ea,rly Settlers' Association, was appointed Honorary Custodian of costumes and relics owned by the Association. Never before in New Zealand have Historical Costumes been than those made produced with greater detail and_ accuracy & under the direction of Rose and displayed by J. Ballantyne Co. Ltd. during the Coronation Celebrations. At the completion of the display, the costumes were to be presented to the Canterbury Museum Trust Board as a permanent record for the Canterbury Museum. Another old girl who will leave New Zealand shortly is Betty Jenkin (Blackburn) whose husband, a lecturer in psychology at Victoria University College, has been awarded a Resident Fellowship for post-graduate study and research in the Department of Social • Relations, Harvard University. Our congratulations to Robin Jenkin who was awarded the Sir George Grey Scholarship. Elspeth Cook is on the staff of Ashburton High Rchool. Elizabeth Todd is on the staff of West Christchurch High School. Prudence To bin is relieving French Mistress at Craighead.

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AT CHRISTCHURCH

HOSPITAL

INCLUDE:

Mary Pickering, Barbara Besley,Lenzie orman, Jennifer Gardner, Sally Lake, Bernadette Rountree, Nedra Myers, Robin Keith .Toan D'Arcy, Frances Walker, Elaine MacKenzie, Diana Jarvie, Leonie Little, Margot Wills, Diana Wilson, Sally Harrison, Judith Pickles, Mary Ballantyne. Norma Barnard is training a,t, the Timal'U Public Hospital. OLD GIRLS

CANTERBURY

UNIVERSITY

Capped this Year: M.A., Prudence Tobin. Thomas. B.Sc., Robyn Jenkin. Diploma,

In Journalism:

Completing Fourth

M.A. : Muriel

Year:

Gillian

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B.A .. Lorna, Cook, Mul'iel

Quenton-Baxter.

Thomas.

B.A., Mary .r ewton.

Third Year: B .. , Ann Acton Adams, Marlene Bell, Margaret Cameron. Margaret Lewis, Eloise Marshall, Janice McLeod, Alison Perry, Rosemary Smith. B.Sc., Anne Hudson Second Year: B.A., Elizabeth Davie. Jennifer Jenkins (part time). GilJian Prestop., Alison Ross, Enid Roy-Smith (part time), B.Sc .. Ena Balfour, Felicity Ower. First

Year: B.A .. Jennifer Coombes (part time), Diana Fulton (part time), Avril Jones (part, time), Elisabeth Perrott, Mary Radcliffe~ Barbara Todd, Beryl Vizer.

Lincoln

College:

Mary Pretsch,

ST. MARGARET'S

Preliminary Castro.

Clas~:

Ann Somers.

OLD GIRLS AT SCHOOL OF ART

Beverley

Worsnop,

Stage

Pamela

King,

Jac~ueline

Stage

(Design) : Leith

Bowater.

Diploma

in Fina

Elizabeth

Ensor.

La Roche,

Myfanwy

Dinah

Coxhead.

rts : Jose Owen.

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY

.Ann Coates passed her 2nd Professional examination year and is now a 4th year Med. Student. Marian

Cotter

and Basil Unwin

in Medicine last

are 2nd year Physiotherapy

students.

Ballinda Myers is a final year Home Science Degree student, Falck is a 2nd year Diploma student.

and Mary

Helen Shaw (Stan) was capped M.H.Sc. staff of the Home Science School.

this year and is now on the

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ENGAGEMENTS

Hilary Thornton to Rex Dodd Marilyn Holliss to John Paterson Betty Hatherley to John Neale Julia Dunn to Peter Tierney Mary Pretsch to Paul Slapylton-Smith Barbara Stevens to Alister Rule Marie Ashby to Robin Gurnsey. Anne Macdonald to Gra me Sharp. Isabel Buckeridge to Kim Kinzli. Jennifer Brown to Derek Warren . Shirley Milnes to Alfred Caddick. ancy Glass to Derek Fechney. Patricia Duckworth to John Pausing. Gaybrielle Moor to Derek Kinley. Audrey Kofoed to Denis Flint. Patricia McCallum to Leicester Wilkinson. Mary Davis to John Butters Alison Hughey to David Hurford. Leith Bowater to Reginald Wells. Averil Fowle1· to Robe1·t Alderson. June Francis to Bruce Irving. No-aire Cooper to Wesley Stenberg R ma Miller to Kenneth Maynard. Barbara Jones to David Batten. Janet ·'Nilson to Robin Currie. Doreen Schluter to Victor Jones. Jllne Loe to Murray Adam .

MARRIAGES.

Marjorie Da zell to Frank CaUell. Margaret Cox to J. McK. Pugh. Yvonne Watson to John Patrick. Aileen Clark to Edward Reilly. Rosemary Thackn to Bruce Childs. Shirlev ·wise to Mit.chell Elder. Alison Besley to D. Armstrong. Helen 8tarr to Douglas Shaw ola Vile to James McLean. Ray Brownlee to Thomas Milliken. Janet Gould to David Pezaro. Kathleen Moore to Walter orris. Bettv Blackburn to Noel Jenkin. Sandra Dowland to Bruce Ott. Diana Robertson to J. Brokenshire. Jennifer Wood to R. Thompson. Kathleen Hawkins to David Morris. Rosemary Godfrey to David Owen. 7,ora Treleaven to W. J. Price. Tessa Calder to John Veale. Anne Darwin to James Drummond.

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Margaret Souter to Charles Seed. Rosalind Carey to John Mead. Ursula Richards to Robin Bisley. Thelma Gray to V. Hall. Ailsa Stott to Owen Cogswell. Jocelyn Vile to Edward Stokes. Margaret Wilkinson to Alan M cFarlane. Helen Johnston to Kenneth Colvill. Elizabeth Williamson to -. Batten. Edith Ashby to S. Sinclair. Margaret Penrose to F. Blandford. Thelma Bloxham to M. Houssmann. orma Blakey to John Purnell.

BIRTHS Jean Swanson (Christie), son. Jocelyn Egden (Freeman) son. Marjorie Steel (Harris), son. Gwen Watkinson (Clarke), daughter. Joy Smith (Ro billiard), son. Gwynda Williams (Chappell), daughte1·. Janet Sheppard (Lamb), son. Vivien Faris (Ellis), daughter. Marion Donovan (Fisher), daughter. Pamela Johnston (Sharpe), daughter. Ola Kirk-Burnnard (Knight), daughter. June Calder (Wilson), son. Margaret Knowles (Elder), daughter. Jill Penman (Woodward), daughter. Pauline Ashbey (Price), daughter. June Mathieson (Edbrook), son. Joan Thacker (Stevens), daughter. Shirley Green (Wellwood), son. Margaret Blair (Barrell), daughter. Jocelyn Broughton (Roy Smith), daughter. Margaret Seed (Souter), son. Lavinia Dyer (Hamilton), daughter. Eleanor McFarlane (Sutherland), daughter. Dorothy Thompson (Proctor), daughter. Leonie Cowlishaw (Anderson), daughter. Esther Bisman (Hollander), daughter. Margaret Lawrence (Burrell), son. Ruth Austin (Woods), son. Margaret Waldin (Richardson), daughter. Jocelyn Devore (Goggin), son. Gwylfa G rard (Owen), daughter. Gwynneth I icholls (Talbot), son. Lorraine rchibold (Dawe), daughter. Mary Williams (Mammering), daughter. Valerie Treasure (Main), son. Ailsa Cogswell (Stott), daughter. Penelope Wheeler (Pocock), son. lison Armstrong (Besley), son. Marjorie Ca,ttell (Dalzell), daughter.

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Pat Stemmers (Stevens), twin sons. Joan Roper (Turnbull), son. Enid Richards (Stone), daughter. Natalie Mcllraith (Tod), daughte1·. Margot Wethey (Seque), daughter. Lynnette lsdale (Grant), daughter. Patty Wigley (Hart), son. Ailsa Ramsay (McIntosh), daughter. Elizabeth Batten (Williamson), daughter. AUCKLAND BRANCH-ANNUAL

It is with pleasure that of the Auckland Branch.

REPORT, 1953.

I give the year's

report

of the activities

The membership has remained steady, having at the end of the It is unfortunat& year, twenty-seven regular, enthusiastic members. we have lost touch with some, but in their place have gained and welcomed several new members-Jennifer Orchard, Betty Murphy (Parry), Jennifer Worseldine, who is doing Occupational Therapy work at the Green Lane Hospital-Barbara Mathias, at present on the staff of the Dilworth School-Mary Pidgeon (Boot) and Rachael Delahunt.y, who has recently returned from a t;iP abroad. We were sorry to lose Mary Bishop (Vincent) .a.s she has returned to Christchurch to live.

Births: Barbara

Downing

(nee Jagger)

to the Parent

Branch,

has a daughter.

Meetings have been held at, Lwo monthly intervals in the homes -of individual members-with an average attendance of about twenty. At two of these we have had speakers-Mona King delighted us all with a lively colourful talk of her travels abroad in England, Scotland, the Continent and America. We had an unusual subject for a talk by Mrs. Henderson, a forme1· mistress of St. Margaret's. This was a picture of her life as a Medical Missionary among the poeples of the Punjab. Many sad and amusing incidents made up this most interesting talk. ta third evening we were very grateful to Gladys Scott (Stow) who gave us a practical and artistic demonstration of flower and fruit .arrangements. We all gained many valuable hints and inspiration for our own home decorations. • For our Annual Re-Union last Novembel' we had a celebration Communion at St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden-and also a most enjoyable Luncheon Party at the Cornwall Kiosk. Mary Morten, .our immediate Past President, welcomed those present. During the year we have collected £4/6/- towards the Building Fund. (Signed) -0f Holy

President

: Als Jones, 7 Granville Terrace, Parnell, Auckland.

Secretary

: Betty Dunsheath, 1 7 7 ictoria A venue. , Remuera, Auckland.

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The Annual Meeting .at the Hotel Watel'loo.

:md Re-Union

Births: Alison Williamson <nee Clarke), a daughter.

held on December

6th

and Eileen Hunter,

(nee Roll) has returned

Chessel is a Speech Therapist

BRANCH NOTES

Chessel Boon was elected President .Joan Deldyck

MAGAZI

Secretary .

from a trip overseas.

at the Thorndon

School.

(nee Lush), a daughter;

Errol Richmond

During Mrs. Guille1·mo's visit to vVellington in the August holidays we were very pleaserl. to welcome Jrnr at an afternoon tea at the Hotel Waterloo. We were most interested in news of the Christchurch r\.ssociation, and members enjoyed this opportunity of meeting Mrs. Guillermo. The Secretary would be very pleased pas ·ing through Wellington. President

: Chessel Boon, A Talave1·n 'l'errace, Kelburn.

TIMARU

BRANCH

to hear from any members

Secretary:

ANNUAL

Eileen Hunter, 15 Donald Street, Karori.

REPORT, 1953

in reviewing I have very much pleasur the Timaru Branch of the S.M.C.O.G.A.

the year's

activities

We Again we have had only a few functions during the year. find it difficult to gather our scattered members together, but what functions we have attend d have been enjoyable. The Annual Meeting of this B1·anch was held at the home of Mrs. Payne. It was decided to dect a committee of four to help with functions and for a quorum if necessary. The following officers were elected:President : Mrs A. 0. Barton. Secretary-Treasm·er: Mr . D. H. Harris. Committee: Mesdames 0. D. Walesby, Miss Eunice L e.

Nicholson,

Prins

and

In vember the l resident attended the Annual Re-Union weekend in Christchurch, and gave a brief report of the Branch's activities at the Annual Meeting.

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Early in December the Branch held its Annual Luncheon Party Service at Houston's Lounge, preceded by an ll o'clock Communion at St. Mary's Church, at which the Epistle to Queen Margaret, and the prayer for the Present and Old Girls were 'incorporated. RepresenA Xmas tatives of kindred Old Girls' Associations were entertained. cake, made and iced by the President was cut and toasts to ''The School" and "Kindred Associations" were drunk. Party

and Secretary attended a Xmas Also in December the President given by the Timaru High School Old Girls' ssociation.

In March the Craighead Diocesan Old Girls' Association gave a buffet dinner party at the home of Mrs. Harold Elworthy, "Craigmore," at which the representatives of kindred associations were entertained. Last month Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Nicholson attended a five o'clock party given by the Otago High School Ex-Girls' ssociation to entertain representaives of kindred associations. In ·July the Branch Committee held a meeting in connection with the Special General Meeting called by the Parent Association. After discussing the agenda it was decided to send the President to represent the Branch at the meeting. To commemorate Coronation Year the combined Old Girls' Associations of Timaru held a function in the Bay Hall. Mrs. 0. D. Wales by was our representative on the committee formed to organise the It was a most enjoyable evening. We thank Mrs. Walesby function. for the shield she had made for the occasion. • During the year we lost two members a.nd a committee member. Elizabeth Todd is now teaching in Christchurch, and Elspeth Cook is teaching in Ashburton. Our committee membe1·, Mrs. Prins, has A small gift was given her before she left. moved to Waipukm'au. Mrs. J. Hamilton (Jean Penrose) has moved consented to fill the vacancy on the committee. Flowers were wired to Mrs. Walesby Dunedin Hospital.

to Timaru,

who spent

and she

a period

in the

Letters of sympathy were sent to Mrs. Walesby on the death her father, and to Mrs. Powey on the death' of her husband. The supplementary

cookery

books have been rather

Old Girls training i'.i.tTimaru Public bone, Pamela Cullen and Helen Sell.

Hospital

are:

slow in selling. Janice

Dorothy Talbot is Tutor Sister at the Public Hospital, and Joy Simons is doing Occupational Therapy there.

Marriage: Rosemary I wish to thank the year.

White

the Secretary

to John

SmallTimaru,

Owens.

and Committee CHRISSlE

for their help during BARTON,

President.

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AND SCHOOL LIST

The School History is now beginning to take shape and the First Editorial Committee is becoming more and more interested in the project and hopes that its appearance in l 960 will be a noteworthy contribution to the School Jubilee. The Prologue covers the efforts made by Bishop Julius to found a Church School for gir]s and the final consent of the Sisters to come to Christchurch for that purpose. Then follows Chapter I, describing the early days at 28 Armagh St. and at "The Old Deanery" and the building and dedicating of the "new school" in Cranmer Square. As an appendix to this chapter it is planned to have a series of reminiscences contributed by Muriel Clemens (Wallace) and a committee of her contemporaries. Chapter II will take the School from 1914 to 1930 and will again be followed by reminiscences of those days. Chapter III will cover the years from 19:-n to 1949 with a further series of reminiscences, and the last section should be from 1950 to 1960. Another Chapter headed "Old Girls Look Back" is being planned to which two contributions have already been promised "A Novelist Producer Looks Back" by Ngaio Marsh, and "A Lawyer Looks Back" by Isobel Matson (Wright). Archdeacon Taylor is contributing a foreword. In the list there will be a note of every girl who ever attended the School, with her School number as entered in the Enrolment Book and with as many details about her as can be ascertained.

It is hoped that there will be about thirty pages of illustrations, among them school groups new and old and the spotting of identities should become a popular pastime.

ADDRESSES

WANTED OF THE FOLLOWING

Mrs. A. C. Morton (Alison Thomas). Miss Jean Gordon. Miss Anne MacDonald. Miss Lois Dawrant. Miss Jennifer Connor.

IN MEMORIAM

Members of the Association learned with regret of the death of Archbishop West-Watson, who at all times was held in the highest esteem by all members of the School, and a message was conveyed to his relatives expressing our deepest sympathy in the passing of so great a life and personality.

Rose Templer (Withers)-Old Girls who were at school in 19101911 will be grieved to hear of the death of Rose which occurred in December, 1952, at her home in Geraldine. She married Edward Templer, a farmer, and was very happy in her country life. Rose was the first pupil of St. Margaret's to gain her matriculation. Our sympathy goes to her husband, and to her sister, Chloe, also an Old Girl.

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Dolly Jones (Grant)-Mrs. Clifford Jones who died at Christchurch on January 2nd was at school from 1912 to 1917 and will be affectionately remembered by many girls of that time. She leaves one daughter, Mary Rose, who left school at the end of l 952 and to whom we extend our deepest sympathy. Kathleen Lester (Bishop )-Old Girls who attended school from 1910-1913 will be grieved to hear of the death of Kathleen, who died at her home at Loburn, North Canterbury, on October 13th, and to her husband we extend our deep st sympathy. During the year, several members have uffered bereavements,. and to all these members we extend our sincere . ympathy.

Andrews,

Baty & Co. Ltd., Printers,

Liverpool

St., Ch'ch.

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