1969 SMC Yearbook by St Margaret's College Foundation

1969

No. 61

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THE PREFECTS, 1968 Back row: Charlotte Holme , Susan Cum mack, Deborah Rawson, Rosemary Biss. Middle row: Christine Worthington, Leona Wilson, Susan Wilton, Helen Shanks, Nicola Johns, Julie Sinclair. Seated: udith Ber man Eliz • •

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Contents Page

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Primary School Notes

Hostel

Form Orderlies -

Prefects' Notes -

School Rool

Konini House Notes -

Editorial

Kowhai Hou e Ntes -

Prize List. 1967 -

Rata House

Junior Prize List,. 1967

Matipo Hou e

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Examination Re ult,

Athletic

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Prize List, 1968 -

Hockey

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Cranmer

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Junior Prize List, 1968

Tennis Note

Examination Results, 1968 -

Life-saving Notes

Library

Basketball

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Swimming Notes

Mu ic Club

Gymnastic

Sanctuary Notes

Tramping

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S.C.M. Notes

Junior Games Notes -

Debating

O.G.A. Notes

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President O.G.A., 1967-8 -

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Debutantes

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Board of Governors The Staff

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Contributions

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Myer

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Society

Cup Competition

Art Room

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS Warden: The Right Reverend W. M. Pyatt, M.A.(Hons.) Chri tchurch.

the Bishop cf

Chairman:

Mr C. L. S. Paterson. Mr P. B. Austin Mr N. R. Parkes. Mrs C. F. Browne, M.A. Mrs W. L. Partridge. ( till Sept.). Canon J. 0. Rymer. Mr H. Cordery, M.B.E., F.R.A.N.Z. Mr G. C. C. Sandston, M.B.E., Dr. D. H. Cummack, B.Sc., M.B., LL.M. Ch.B.(N.Z.). Mr L. H. Scott. Mr B. J. Drake, B.A., LL.M. The Very Reverend M. L. UnderMr T. D. J. Holdernes . hill, M.A., LL.B., Dean of Mr G. Louisson, M.B., Ch.B., Christchurch. R.C.O.G. Dr. H. Jenner Wale, M.B., Ch.B., Mrs I. Matson, L.LB. ( .Z.), D.O.M.S. M.A.(Oxon). Bursar: Mr G. S. Williams. Chaplain: The Venerable H. G. Norri , L.Th.

THE STAFF Headmistress : Mis M. Mullan, M.A. (Hons.). Secondary School: Miss . Corder, B.A.(Hons.) (London), Dip.Ed., Fiu A sistant. Mr S. Penney, B.A. ( .z.), B.Cert., Head of Hi tory Department. Mis D. H. Robin on, L.T.C.L., P.C.T., Career' Advi or, Head of Commercial Department. Mr L. M. Astley, B.Sc. ( Hon . ) (London), Dip.Ed., Head of Biology Department. Mis C. H. Blair, B.A. ( .Z.), Head of Geography Department. Mr N. Halliday, M.Sc. (Hons.) ( .z.), Head of Chemistry Department. Mr K. Adams, B.Sc.(Hon .) (London), Mathematic. Mi s Bradfield, Homecraft Teacher ' Certificate (Clothing) (Dunedin). Mr M. E. Butterfield, M.Sc.(Hon .) (Victoria), Phy ics, Biology. Miss G. R. Bull, B.Sc. (Cant.), Biology, General Science. Mrs A. Cooper, M.A. (Hons.) ( St. Andrews), Head of English Department. Mrs A. L. Cro bie, M.A. (Hons.), Librarian, Engli h, French, Latin. Mrs F. Dennis, M.A.(Hons.), LL.B. (Edinburgh). Mrs N. Erber, M.A.(Hons.) (Cant.), History, English. Mrs N. J. Garrett, B.A.( .Z.), Dip.Teaching, Geography, English. Mrs Goodall, Divinity. Mr Hair, Gymnastic . Mrs D. Jame on, M.A.(Hons.), History, French. Mr A. F. Johnson, B.Sc.( .Z.), Dip.Ed., A.M.I.C., Head of Mathematics Department. Miss B. C. Keenan, B.A.(Cant.), Geography (Term I). Miss T. M. Lewin, Mus.B., L.R.S.M., L.Mus.T.C.L., Music. Mrs D. J. Lina, Homecraft Cert., Clothing, Homecraft, General Science.

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Mr J. Longbottom, B.Sc. (Hons.) (Cant.), Chemistry, Physics. Mrs M. I. Manhart, R.D.O. (Wales), Homecraft Cert., Homecraft. Mrs J. Marriott, B.A.(Cant.), German, English (Term I). Mi s F. Mangos, Specialist in Phy .Ed., ( Otago), Physical Education. Mrs Peek, B.A. (Cant.), Geography ( Term II and III). Mr B. C. Penney, M.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed., Mathematic, Engli h. Miss K. Scannell, B.A. (Cant.), Dip.Mu ic, Head of French Department. Miss D. H. Tutill, L.T.C.L., L.Th.(Hon .), Head of Art Department. Mis Van der Leij, B.A.(Cant.), German and English (Term II and III). Mrs C. J. Yeabsley, M.A.(N.Z.), Head of Latin Department. The Venerable H. G. Norris, L.Th, Divinity. Mrs N. C. Buchanan, Remedial Reading. PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF Headmistress: Miss J. L. Newson, Dip.Tchg., B.Cert., Form II Miss M. E. Scrimgeour, M.A., A.Cert. Form IIS. Mrs M. D. Elphick,. Certified Teacher, Chapter IV Scotland. Form IE. Mrs P. M. Standring, C.Cert. Form IS. Springfield Road : Mr E. M. Edwards, C.Cert. Standard 4. Mrs C. M. S. Taylor, C.Cert. Standard 3. Mrs I. Mitchell, C.Cert. Standard 2. Mrs S. E. Haley, C.Cert. Standard 1. Miss R. M. Craighead, C.Cert. Upper Primers. Mrs M. J. Ander on, C.Cert. Infant Mistres . Miss D. M. Beattie, C.Cert. Remedial Reading. Miss W. Morgan, Dip.Aust., College of Phys.Ed. Games. Music Staff : Mrs M. Allison, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., Dip.Mus., Head of Music Dept. Mis E. Brown, L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Pianoforte. Mrs M. Clark, Dip.Mu ., L.R.S.M., L.T.C.L., Class Singing, Pianoforte. Mis R. M. Billcliff, L.R.S.M., Voice and Pianoforte. Mrs J. B. Hindin. Mr Bae, L.T.C.L. Mrs S. Thompson. Speech Training: Mrs . S. Kingston, Mr K. E. Scrivener. Mr W. L. Partridge.

Bursar's Office: Mrs . McGregor. Medical Officer :

Dr. T. K. Williams. Hostel Staff : Matron-In-Chief: Mrs Van Roode. Winchester: Mrs E. Brook . Warren: Mrs A. Brown. Julius: Mrs Tenquist. Kil•burn: Miss I. M. Shand. House Mistresses: Miss J. Morrison, Miss S. Singh, Mi s C. Apperley (Term 1), Mis M. Lee, Mi s J. Fitzgerald, Mis J. Kerr.

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FORM ORDERLIES, 6A 6S 6L 6G

A. Livingstone C. Prattley J. Woods J. Richardson 6F . B. Grueber VL. R. Chignell VG ..... R. F arrester VF .................... . W. McGowan . VH ................ K. McArthur VG ..... . M. Morton IVL ............... . G. Giller IVF. S. Hume IVG .. J. Matthews IVP. C. Buchanan IIIY A. Water IIIA S. Hunter IIIG ....... . T. Hambleton IIIP. A. Rollo III/. A. Wagner

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Margo Anderson A. Sullivan S. Good M. Ensor M. Wauchop R. Chignell J. Irwin G. Annand M. Foster J. Molineaux R. Newman A. Thomas P. Dixon J. Glasson P. MacKay B. Underhill P. Barnett D. Williams W. Harkness

P. Harris A. Bown M. Saunders P. Streeter Susan Taylor J. West K. Wilkinson J. Perkins S. Berry S. Lawrence D. Ayton J. Suckling J. Matthews D.Carr A. Blance J. Lithgow S. Waghorn S. Stevenson D. Benton

Form Orderlies

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Term I

Term II

Jennifer Shand icola Mercer Carol Pierson Rebecca Smith Wendy Morris

Marianne Cottrell Janet Trengrove Joanne Taylor Wendy Stewart Dana Reuhman

Term III Gail Anderson Gail Quilter Anne Wood Sally Stewart Pamela Wylie

Form Librarians

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II IIS IIT IE IS

Form: Std. 4 Std. 3

Term I

Term II

Term III

Barbara Langford Nicola Williams Janet Trengrove Jacqine Taylor Jane Scott Elizabeth Mcilroy Lyn Brown Jane Waters Cherry Gilmour Joan Overton

Jennie Goldstein Anne Mehal ki Joanne Smith Patricia Riggott Carol Pierson Mary Williams Su anna Mathews Elizabeth Slatter Anne Lorimer Andrea Hunter

Marianne Cottrell Diana Scullin Felicity Kerr Jennifer McEwen Margot Johnson icola Jamieson Angela Millar Belinda Wright Nicola Fox Gillian Powell

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Term I Diana Howarth Anna Milliken

Term II Janice Rymer Juliana Booth

Term III Catherine Sandston Helen Yule

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SCHOOL ROLL FORM VIA (Miss Corder) Ander on, Margo (Konini) (Term II and III). Anderson, Margot (Matipo) Berryman, Judith (Konini) Biss, Rosemary (Rata) Brathwaite, Pamela ( Matipo) Chisholm, Philippa ( Rata) Cummack, Susan (Matipo) De La Bere, Imagen (Matipo) Drake, Jennifer (Konini) Fox, Vivianne (Matipo) Harris, Philip pa ( Rata) Holmes, Charlotte ( Konini) (Terms I and II).

John , Nicola ( Rimu) Johnston, Elizabeth ( Kowhai) Living tone, Anne ( Rimu) Paterson, Sally (Kowhai) Ragg, Margaret ( Rimu) Rawson, Deborah (Kowhai) Sand ton, Jocelyn (Rimu) Shanks, Helen ( Rata) Sinclair, Julie (Matipo) Twyneham, Lucy ( Kowhai) Williams, Christine (Konini) Wil on, Leona ( Matipo) Wilton, Susan ( Rimu) Worthington, Christine (Konini)

FORM VIF (Mrs Butterfield) Arm trong, Joanne ( Konini) Bell, Pauline ( Rimu) Chaney, Anne (Rata (until April) Dennis, Lynette ( Kowhai) Dunbar, Jocelyn (Rimu) Farra ,Lynsey (Rata) French-Wright, Robyn (Rata) Grueber, Bronwyn ( Rata) Harrison, Michele ( Konini) Harrison, Susan ( Rata) He lop, Jane ( Rata) Howard, Jane (Rata) Hume, Dereley (Kowhai) Irvine, Penelope ( Kowhai) Judd, Phillipa (Rata) Mackin to h, Katrina ( Konini)

McRae, Diana (Matipo) Mitchell, Sally ( Rimu) Oswald, Elizabeth ( Rimu) Pearson, Robyn (Kowhai) Renwick, Chri tine (Kowhai) Robb, Suzanne (Konini) Shellock, Judith (Rata) Smail, Jennifer (Matipo) tone treet, Janis ( Rata) Taylor, Susan (Matipo) Underhill, Clemency ( Rimu) Vowles, Lynette (Rata) Wauchop, Mary (Rata) Wilson, Judith (Matipo) Wright, Marcia (Kowhai)

FORM VIS ( Miss Tu till) Ackroyd, Hilary (Matipo) Allen, Kaye (Rimu) Bown, Alison ( Rata) Carnaby, Margaret ( Rimu) Cox, Jennifer ( Rimu) Gibb,. Lyndsay ( Rata) Hester, Philippa (Rata) Holland, Su an (Matipo) Langford, Joanna ( Rimu) Meredith, Jane (Kowhai)

Mulligan, Felicity (Konini) Murchi on, Margaret (Rata) Prattley, Claire ( Rata) Robson, Pamela ( Rimu) Sullivan, Annabel (Kowhai) Thatcher, Adrienne ( Konini) Thompon, Adrienne (Matipo) Voller, Lynda (Matipo) Williamson, Diane (Rimu)

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FORM VIL (Miss Blair) Backhouse, Helen ( Rimu) Mehalski, Jill ( Rimu) Baker, Linda (Rata) Muir, Philippa (Rata) Collins,. Marianne ( Matipo) O'Brien, Helen ( Rimu) Drake, Margaret (Kowhai) Saunders, Margaret (Konini) Everist, Elizabeth (Konini) Smith, Deborah (Rata) Fraser, Jan (Kowhai) (Term I Snowdon, Mary (Matipo) and II). Spiers, Victoria ( Kowhai) Freemantle, Jane ( Matipo) Taylor, Suzanne ( Rata) Good, Sharyn (Rimu) Thompson, Sally (Matipo) Hueston, Patricia (Rata) Tovey, Jane (Rata) McCallum, Susan (Rata) William , Angela (Kowhai) McDonald, Anne (Kowhai) Wood, Joy (Matipo) McGuinness, Susan ( Rimu) FORM VIG ( Miss Robinson) Deane, Lindsay (Matipo) Streeter, Pauline ( Rata) Ensor, Michelle ( Rimu) Stringer, Susan (Kowhai) Farmer, Anne (Konini) Taylor, Anne ( Rimu) Fountaine, Felicity (Kowhai) Taylor, Sandra (Kowhai) (Term I) Tod, Cheryl (Matipo) Grant, Carol (Konini) Urquhart, Robyn (Konini) Hannah, Robyn ( Rimu) Whetter, Angela (Kowhai) Hunter-Wright, Anne (Rimu) Williams, Genevieve ( Konini) Richard on, Judith (Konini) Wilson, Penelope ( Rata) Stevens, Chri tina (Kowhai) FORM VL ( Mrs Cooper) Bain, Pamela ( Kowhai) Oates, Sandra (Rata) Barlow, Su an (Rimu) Pallot, June (Rata) Beetham, Ann (Kowhai) Parry, Gwyngold (Konini) Begg, Bronwen ( Konini) Paterson, Louie (Kowhai) Bell, Christine ( Rimu) Patter on, Margaret (Konini) Chambers, Caroline Pierson, Rosemary ( Konini) Chignell, Ruth (Rata) Roberts, Lilian (Rata) Cowli haw, Marion ( Konini) Saunders, Marion ( Rimu) Dean, icola (Matipo) Sparks, Gillian (Matipo) Gerard, Philippa (Kowhai) Steel, Jenny ( Matipo) Henderson, Sally ( Rata) Stevenson, Helen (Matipo) Hulme, Ro anne ( Matipo) Taylor, Sally ( Matipo) Louis on, Susan (Rimu) Vincent-Smith, Jannene (Matipo) Maple , Rosemary ( Rata) Watson, Diana (Konini) Mercer, Anne (Matipo) West, Jocelyn (Konini) Milligan, Anne (Matipo) Williams, Su an (Konini) FORM VF ( Mrs Dennis) Annand, Gillian ( Matipo) Hayes, Anne (Konini) Banks, Christina ( Kowhai) Hindin, Jennifer ( Kowhai) Barnard, Lee (Matipo) McGowan, Waveney (Rata) Chignell, Sarah ( Rata) Markwick, Victoria (Rimu) Copland, Cheryl (Matipo) Nurse, Sally Ann ( Rimu) Fletcher, Jennifer ( Ma ti po) Perkins, Jocelyn (Rimu) Goldstein, Anna ( Rimu) Rutledge, Philippa (Rata) Gracie, Sharron (Matipo) Rymer, Judy (Rimu)

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Saunders, Dianna ( Konini) Staniland, Helen (Konini) Talbot, Jane (Rata) Thoma , Beverley ( Konini)

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Watkin on, Mary ( Konini ) (Term 1 only). Whitty, Jan (Matipo) Wilkins, Laone (Konini) Williams, Rosemary (Konini)

FORM VH (Mrs Manhart) Allison, Judith (Rimu) Macarthur, Kirsty (Kowhai) Armstrong, Kathrine (Konini) Mackenzie, Christine (Matipo) Bell, Rosemary (Konini) Mclnto h, Carolyn (Matipo) Berry,. Susan (Rimu) Mcllraith, Felicity (Kowhai) Bettle, Adrienne (Kowhai) Mahony, Anne (Rata) Brooks, Lynette (Konini) Ormandy, Wendy (Konini) Penmant Jane (Rata) Foster, Noeline (Matipo) Fountaine, Joanna (Kowhai) Shadbolt, Chri tine (Rimu) Henderson, Barbara (Kowhai) Smail, Mary Louie (Konini) Hoare, Christine (Rimu) Swaney, Kathryn (Kowhai) Kirk-Burnnand, Patricia (Rimu) Tallott, Carolyn (Rimu) Knowle, icola (Rata) Thompon, Wendy (Kowhai) Latter, Bridget (Kowhai) William , Janet (Konini) Lauren on, Jayne (Kowhai) Wright, Christine (Kowhai) FORM VG (Miss Keenan, Mrs Peek) Beetham, Deborath (Kowhai) Leonard, Su an (Matipo) Butcher, Sally-Jane (Rimu) MacKenzie, Lynn (Rata) Caldwell, Jillian ( Konini) Marriott, Barbara ( Konini) Cochrane, Loi ( Rimu) Miller, Beverley ( Matipo) Claridge, Jillian ( Konini) Paton, Elizabeth ( Matipo) Daniel, Jennifer (Matipo) Patterson, Jan (Kowhai) Felton, Christine (Konini) Robin on, Judith (Rimu) Ferguson, Ruth (Rata) Ruske, Shirley (Konini) Fletcher, Patricia (Rimu) Shipston, Tui (Matipo) Forrester, Rosemary (Rimu) Slatter, Sandra (Rata) Hamilton, icola ( Rata) Spencer, Pamela ( Konini) Hammett, Pamela (Matipo) Stanley, Gaynor (Rata) Hewat, Sarah (Konini) Thompson, Judith (Rimu) Honeybone, Daryll (Kowhai) White, Angela (Rimu) Irwin, Julie (Rimu) Wilkin on, Kristine (Konini) Woods, Rosemary (Rata) Kendall, Kay (Rimu) Lawrence, Susan ( Rata) FORM VC (Mrs Lina) Archibald, Prudence (Rimu) Little, Wendy Ann (Rata) Bain, Ruth ( Matipo) Molineux, Janet ( Konini) Davis, Jennifer (Matipo) Morton, Margaret (Matipo) Doak, Jenefer (Rata) Ritchie, Su an (Konini) Dodg hun, Janet (Rata) Robertson, Sara (Rata) Fear, icola (Matipo) Sharpe, Jane (Rata) Gibbon, Louise (Kowhai) Symonds, Jennifer (Kowhai) Grice, Wendy (Kowha.i) Thom on, Susan (Kowhai) Hearn, Maryanne (Rimu) Walker, Loi (Kowha.i) Henderson, Margaret (Kowhai) Waters, Elizabeth (Matipo) Hinks, Daphne (Kowhai) Watkinson, Elizabeth (Konini) Lawrence, arah (Konini) Wat on, Kerry (Konini)

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Webb, Lesley ( Kowhai) Westenra, Priscilla (Rimu) Wingham, Linda ( Mati po)

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Winter, Victoria (Konini) Wooding, Gillian (Konini)

FORM IVF (Mrs Erber) Bundy, Diana ( Kowhai) McGregor, Sandra ( Rata) Brown, Penelope (Rimu) McIntosh, Lesley (Rimu) Clifford, Anne (Matipo) Phillip, Louise (Rata) Crichton, Anna (Matipo) Rattray, Su an (Matipo) Fifield, Lauren (Rata) Suckling, Janet (Matipo) Holmes, Rosheen (Matipo) Thomas, Anna (Matipo) Holmes, Sarah (Konini) (Term I) Thomas, Mary (Kowhai) Hopkinson, Gaye (Konini) Tod, Vivienne (Matipo) Hume, Sally (Kowhai) Trengrove, Sarah (Kowhai) Jacob, Robyn (Konini) Turnbull, Mary (Rimu) Jame on, Jennifer (Matipo) Urquhart, icola (Konini) (Terms I andII) Wall, Margaret (Matipo) Lawrence, Belinda (Rata) Williams, Julia (Kowhai) Livingstone, Lydia (Rimu) Wilson, Mari (Kowhai) Macdonald, Jay ( Rimu) FORM IVG (Miss Bull) Anderson, Dinah (Rimu) Lawrence, Janet (Rimu) Anderson, Jane ( Rimu) Legge, Helen ( Rata) Arm trong, Mary-Ann ( Konini) Mcfarlane, Jan ( Rimu) Bamford, Angela (Kowhai) Mathews, Jill (Rimu) Behringer, Anna (Rimu) Meikle, Susan (Rata) Broughton, Virginia (Rata) Moore, Jacqueline (Matipo) Davis, Rosemary ( Mati po) Morling, Patricia ( Kowhai) Dixon, Prudence ( Rimu) orri , Alexandra ( Rimu) Donovan, Jan (Kowhai) Samuels, Rosalie (Matipo) Egan, Janet (Rata) Skinner, Angela (Rimu) Ha ye , Anne ( came Term II I) Stonestreet, Angela ( Ra ta) Hayes, Rowena (Rimu) Symonds, icola (Kowhai) Inman, Sandra ( Rata) Vowles,, Jennifer ( Rata) John , Annette ( Kowhai) Whale, Judith ( Ra ta) John ton, Judith (Kowhai) Wright, Kathryn (Kowhai) FORM IVL (Mrs Marriott, Miss Van der Leij) Ayton, Deborah (Rata) Milligan, Kaye (Matipo) Barlow, Patricia (Rimu) ewman, Rosalind (Matipo) Black, Su an (Matipo) Ogilvie, icola (Kowhai) Bunt, Felicity (Konini) Paterson, Mary (Rata) Cattell, Joanne (Matipo) Pie se, Gaynor (Kowhai) Clark, Bee (Rata) Potts, Ro emary (Konini) Drennan, Marcia (Kowhai) Shanks, Maryanne (Rata) Gerard, Jessica ( Kowhai) Sinclair, Paula ( Rimu) Gibb, Peta ( Rata) Smith, Gabrielle Morton ( Matipo) Giller, Gabrielle (Rimu) Snowdon, Margaret (Matipo) Hamilton, Anna (Konini) Tha,cker, Helen (Rimu) Jarman,, Susan ( Ma ti po) Thorne, Genevieve ( Ra ta) Livingstone, Sara (Rimu) Vaughan, Margaret (Konini) Martin, Joanna (Rimu) Wagner, Julie (Kowhai) Mazey, Suzanne (Rimu) Wilkins, Cherise (Konini) Millar, Helen (Konini) Wil on, Maureen (Matipo)

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FORM IVP Anderson, nnabel ( Rimu) Ander on, Lynette ( Matipo) Buchanan, Clare (Rata) Carr, Diane (Rimu) Dobson, Jan (Kowhai) Evenden, Dale (Kowhai) Fra er, Phillipa (Kowhai) Glas on, Jane (Rata) Gla son, Sara (Rata) Harrison, Anne (Rata) Hill, Gay (Kowhai) Hoare, Patricia (Rimu) Hobbs. Delia (Konini)

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(Mr Penney) Holmes, Loui e ( Rata) Howard, Christine ( Rata) Howden, Jennifer (Rata) Latter, Susannah (Kowhai) McIntosh, Robyn (Matipo) McKenzie, Jane (Konini) McLachlan, Jenness (Konini) Rawcliffe, Robyn (Rimu) Smith, Diane (Kowhai) Stacy, Margaret (Kowhai) Turner, Patricia (Rimu) Whetter, Sally (Kowhai) Whittington, Lesley (Kowhai)

FORM IIIG (Mrs M. J. Garrett) Allison, Elizabeth (Rata) Jone, Judith (Kowhai) Barnett, Penelope (Konini) Ken ett, Edwina (Matipo) Bown, Anthea (Rata) Neave, Diana (Rimu) Church ward, Annette ( Konini) icholls, Sally ( Rata) Denham, Elizabeth (Konini) orton, Jane (Konini) Hambleton, Tonette (Rimu) Reed, Alison (Matipo) Hicks, Elizabeth (Rimu) Scott, Philippa (Konini) Hudson, Jennifer (Kowhai) Somers, Helen (Rata) Sullivan, Janet (Matipo) Hueston, Barbara (Rata) Hunt, Jane (Kowhai) van Schreven, Sally (Rata) Hyslop, Robyn (Rata) Wadworth, Wendy (Rimu) John ton, Kathryn (Konini) Waghorn, Sarah (Konini) Jones, Janet (Kowhai) White, Dianne (Konini) FORM IIIP ( Mrs S. Penney) Ba her, Patricia ( Kowhai) McGregor, Vicki ( Rata) Clark, Pamela (Rata) Milne, Lynne (Rata) De Pass, Marianne (Rimu) Millner, Gay (Matipo) Diedrich, Robyn (Kowhai) Moffat, Jane (Matipo) Dunbar, Jennifer (R'imu) Paterson, Annette (Konini) Dyer, Rosemary (Konini) Prenti,ce, Victoria (Matipo) Gerard, Nicola (Kowhai) Preston, Margaret (Kowhai) Hender on, Joanna (Kowhai) Pre ton, Ro emary (Matipo) Hill, Penelope (Kowhai) Read, Phillipa (Kowhai) Holme , Jennifer (Matipo) Rollo, Alison (Matipo) Je op, Patricia (Rimu) Sloss, Linley (Kowhai) Jones, Pauline (Rimu) Stephenson, Suzanne (Matipo) Latimer, Juliet (Konini) Whitford, Jill (Rimu) Lovett, Andrea (Matipo) Williams, Dinah (Kowhai) FORM IIIJ ( Mrs Jameson) Eddington, Virginia (Konini) Archibold, Diana ( Rimu) Fechney, icola (Kowhai) Arlow, Sharon ( Konini) Foate, Jacqueline (Matipo) Benton, Denis ( Konini) Fo ter, Pauline (Matipo) Bi , Louise ( Rata) Freeman, Susan (Matipo) Blunden, Clare ( Rimu) Frykman, Jennifer (Matipo) Chun, Janice (Kowhai) Harkne , Wendy (Kowhai) Doak, Anne (Rata)

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Mackie, Caroline ( Rimu) Mahoney, Kathryn ( Rata) Oakey, Lesley ( Konini) Palmer, Alison ( Rimu) Richards,, Victoria (Kowhai) Ross, Linda (Kowhai) Russell, Sandra (Kowhai)

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Savage, Anne (Konini) Stokes, Gillian ( Konini) Trolove, Jane (Konini) Wagner, Alison (Kowhai) Walker, Michelle ( Kowhai) Welsford, Elizabeth ( Kowhai) Young, Felicity (Rata)

FORM IIIY ( Miss C. Yeabsley) Allison, Penelope (Koninl) Mackay, Philippa (Rimu) Ansley, Philippa (Rimu) Mills, Gretchen (Kowhai) Batstone, Lesley (Rata) Monk, Stella (Matipo) Bird, Trudi-Jane (Matipo) Oates, Vicki (Rata) Blance, Anne (Rata) Palmers, Jacqueline (Kowhai) Brett, Anne (Konini) (Term III only). Browne, Teresa (Matipo) Peer, Robyn (Rata) Bunt, Angela ( Konini) Phillipps, Jeanette ( Rimu) Cree e, Elizabeth ( Rata) Pinfold, Mary ( Rimu) Dobson, Sandra (Konini) Robert, Jacqueline (Konini) Drake, Geraldine (Kowhai) Smith, Erica (Rata) Gib on, Su an (Kowhai) Smith, Jillian (Rimu) Harry, Jan (Kowhai) Waters, Anna (Matipo) Holland, Claire ( Matipo) Wetherell, Margaret ( Rimu) Johnston, Ann ( Kowhai) William on, Nicola ( Rimu) Kirk, Sharon ( Rimu) FORM IIIA (Mrs K. Adam) Baker, Christine (Konini) Klijn, Gina (Konini) Beckett, Sarah (Konini) Lithgow, Jenny (Kowhai) Beechey, Jill ( Konini) Mander, N~cola ( Konini) Begg, Ali on (Konini) ur e, Rosemary (Matipo) Behringer, Karin ( Rimu) Perry, Sarah ( Rimu) Booth, Deborah (Matipo) Sander, Toni (Rimu) Burt, Su an ( Rimu) teel, Rebecca ( Matipo) Campbell, Jane (Kowhai) Taylor, Prudence (Matipo) Clemens, Deni e (Kowhai) Term I). De Lambert, Sarah (Matipo) Underhill,. Bridget (Rimu) Donnithorne, Joanna (Konini) Wallace, Beverley (Matipo) Dunbar, Anna (Konini) Wareing, Jeannine (Rata) Fox, Jennifer (Rata) Welch, Judith (Matipo) Graham, Barbara ( Ra ta) Willia ms, Gretchen ( Konini) Hart, Sarah (Konini) Wil on, Shirley (Matipo) Hunter, Susan ( Matipo) FORM 11S ( Miss M. E. Scrimgeour) Ba sett, Jennifer (Rimu) Jameson, Robin ( Konini) Clifford, Deirdre (Matipo) Kerr,. Felicity ( Rim u) Fisher, Pauline (Kowhai) McEwen, Jennifer (Kowhai) Hannafin, Deirdre ( Rata) Mcilroy, Jane (Rata) Hibbard, Jillian ( Rimu) Mercer, icola (Matipo) Riggott, Patricia (Matipo) Quilter, Gail (Kowhai) Holmes, Shevaun (Matipo) Rendel, Susan ( Kowhai) Jame on, Roberta (Konini) Ross, Claire ( Kowhai)

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Staniland, Helen ( Konini) Sams, Gillian ( Konini) Stuart, Linda (Rata) Sanders, Georgina ( Konini) Taylor, Jacqueline ( Matipo) Sinclair, Deni e (Rimu) Trengrove, Janet (Kowhai) Sinclair, Sandra ( Matipo) Wales, Philippa (Rimu) Smith, Joanne (Rata) FORM IIT ( Mrs Taylor) Armitage, Mary (Kowhai) Manson, Victoria (Kowhai) Arm trong, Jillian (Konini) Pierson, Carol (Konini) Bates, Vivienne (Matipo) Rattray, Jane (Matipo) Butler, Margaret (Rata) Robinson, Ann (Matipo) Campbell, Fiona (Rata) Scott,. Jane (Rata) Cooper, Loi ( Kowhai) omers, Elizabeth ( Rata) Downs, Meredith (Konini) tewart, Phillippa (Rata) Edward , Gillian ( Rimu) Stuart-] ones, Amanda ( Matipo) Gardiner, Jane (Matipo) Taylor, Joanne (Rimu) Garland, Diane ( Kowhai) Tipping, Suzanne ( Konini) Hannah, Elizabeth (Matipo) Wet, Fiona (Matipo) Jamieson, Nicola (Konini) Williams, Mary (Term II). John on, Margot (Rata) (Term II). Wood, Anne (Rata) Mcllroy, Elizabeth (Rata) FORM IIN ( Miss Newson) Morten, Deborah ( Konini) Ander on, Gail (Konini) Murchison, Helen ( Rata) ( Terms II and III). icholls ,Victoria ( Konini) Aston, Mary ( Rimu) Ott, Janine ( Rimu) Barlow, Judith ( Rimu) Pallot, Marie ( Rata) Cottrell, Maryanne (Rata) Philipson, Linda ( Matipo) Cowles, Prunella (Rimu) Piesse, Susan ( Kowhai) Dobson, Joanne (Konini) Pryor, Susan ( Kowhai) Gold tein, Jennie ( Rimu) Rankin, Lorna ( Kowhai) Gunn, Diana ( Konini) Shand, Jennifer ( Kowhai) Harris,. Rosemary ( Konini) Scullin, Diana ( Konini) Langford, Barbara ( Rimu) Thompsont Linda ( Konini) Liddell, Anne ( Rimu) Waters, Su an (Rimu) McGlashen, Ann (Kowhai) Williams, Nicola (Konini) MacKay, Catriona (Matipo) Mehal ki, Anne (Rimu)

FORM IS (Mrs P. M. Standring) Bettle, Janice ( Kowhai) Hunter, Andrea ( Matipo) Brooke, icola ( Rimu) Jack on,. Margaret ( Konini) Carter, Belinda (Rimu) Jaggar, Suzanne (Rata) Edmund on, Joan (Kowhai) Lorimer, Anne (Rimu) Fox, Meredyth (Matipo) Morris, Wendy (Kowhai) Fox, icola (Rata) Mowat, Rosemary (Rata) Frykman, Meli sa (Matipo) Mountfort, Catherine (Matipo) (Term II and III) uttall, Stephanie (Matipo) Gable, Sharron (Konini) Overton, Joan (Konini) Gilmour, Cherry (Rata) Owen, Michele (Kowhai) Gray, Su an (Rimu) Pater on, Jayne (Rata) Halliday, Victoria ( Konini) Powell, Gillian ( Rimu) Henderson, Jean ( Matipo) Reuhman, Dana ( Matipo) Henderson, Su an (Rata) Rincke , Katrina (Kowhai)

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Thomas, ancy (Kowhai) West-Watson, Jane (Kowhai) White-Johnson, Jennifer (Matipo) Wilkin on, Lynda (Konini) Wylie, Pamela ( Konini)

FORM IE (Mrs Elphick) Andrews, Susan. ( Kowhai) Jameson, Sandra ( Konini) An ley, Jennifer (Konini) Larnder, Sarah (Kowhai) Bell, Sara (Rata) Louisson, Anna (Rimu) Blance, Julie (Rata) Mathew, Su anna (Rimu) Bridger, Sally-Ann (Kowhai) Millar, Angela (Konini) Brown, Lyn (Koniru) Mos, Amanda (Matipo) Bullock, Judith (Matipo) Phillipps, Michelle (Rimu) Carey, icola (Kowhai) Pinfold~ Judy (Rimu) Chamberlain, Melanie (Konini) Slatter, Elizabeth (Rata) Creese, Caroline ( Rata) Smith, Rebecca ( Matipo) de Lambert, Elizabeth (Matipo) Stadnyk, Pamela (Kowhai) Downs, Tiffany (Koni•ni) Stewart, Sally (Kowhai) Elder, Melanie (Rimu) Stewart, Wendy (Kowhai) Fletcher, Susan (Rata) Sulima-Rogaczewski, Lydia (Konini) Gibbun, Bridget (Kowhai) Tomlinson, Judith (Rata) Hamer, Rosemary (Matipo) Water, E. Jane (Matipo) Hamilton, Susan (Rata) Wiggin, Belinda (Rata) Harry, Gaye (Kowhai) Wilson, Helen (Konini) Heatherley, Jennie-Lynne (Rimu) Wright, Belinda (Rimu) Addison, Joanne Ashton, Catherine A hton, Tracy Barty, Jane Booth, Felicity Beadel, Sarah Elder, Sally Fahey,. Piera Cattermole, Suzanne Cuzens, Felicity Dear, Sarah Beaumont, Lloma Buttle, Penelope Chapman, Karen Cox, Gina Lee French, Julie

PRIMERS ( Mrs Anderson) Fra er, Christine Scott, Charlotte Hill, Mary Stevenson, Nicola Hobb , Annabelle Taylor, Lucy Larnder, Catherine Toomer, Stephanie McKenzie, Amanda Utley, Juliet ollet, Anouk Wiersina, Nando Reid, Gillian Yule, Fiona Scott, Amanda PRIMER 4 ( Miss Craighead) Kendall, Vicki Sorrell, Lynnette Ru 11,Janine Uren, Deni e Sheppard, Belinda STANDARD I Hunter, Linda Jone , Sallyanne Lohrey, Philippa McGill, Nicola McLean, Alison

Meaclem, Su an u ttall, Julie Sanders, J ulict latter, Mary

STANDARD 2( Mrs Haley) Adshead, Gwynnyth Blaxall, Kim Fahey, Belinda Ashton, Joanne Bremner, Sally Francis, Su an Ayling, Philippa Cook, Anna Gray,. Wendy Barty, Kim (Term III) Cuzens, Victoria Holt, Nicola Bell, Marianne de Lambert, Diana Larnd r, Bridget

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ollet, athalie Philipson, Vicki Philpott, Nicola Reilly, Elizabeth

Le Gren, Janice Lowe, Melanie Matson, Sara Millar, Ruth

STANDARD 3 (Mrs Mitchell) Abell, Marcia Andrew ~ Bryony Ayling, Vicki Baird, Virginia Barlow, Jane Blain, Penelope Booth, Juliana Brander, Penelope Bunt, Belinda Button, Virginia Cattell, Josephine Chamberlain, Jennifer

Chamberlain, Marylyn Coulthard, Margaret ( from 23-7-68) Ecroyd, Jacqucline Hartley, Joanne Hindin, Deborah Hurst, Julia Kennedy,. Belinda Kennedy, Catherine McGill, Anne Mackenzie, Julia Mathews, Nicola

Matson, Mary Milliken, Anna Morris, Marianne Sellars, Juliet Staniland, Elizabeth Stringer, Deborah Suttron, Elaine Tapley, Charlotte Taylor, Sandra Wardell, Jayne Watson, Sally Yule, Helen

STANDARD 4 (Mrs Edwards) Baird,. Amanda Baker, Felicity Beadel, Elizabeth Bendall, Penelope Botting, Mary Cattell, Jane Drayton, Philippa Hobb , Victoria Howarth, Diana Hurrell, Mei Sam Jameson, Karen Jamieson, Debra

Liddell, Patricia Lockhart, Barbara McCook, Helen Majendie, Ann Mercer, Jacqueline Nuttall, Christine Orr, Elizabeth Pannell, Shelley Peach, Elizabeth Perry, Jane Perry, Susan Philipson, Gillian

Piesse, Sandra Reece, Sally Reid, Devon Rymer, Janice Sands ton, Catherine Sheppard, Jane Sheppard, Susan Thompson, Gillian Trengrove, Charlotte West, Loui e Williams, Penelope

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EDITORIAL At the end of last year we decided to publish the Magazine in future in the first term instead of the third. be able to publish examination

We wanted to

results, prize lists and other

achievements, while these were still fresh in people's minds. We wanted

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writers

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remembered at school. The Board has decided to distribute

copies to financial

members of the Old Girls' Association, in recognition of their services to the school, and in the desire to strengthen their links with the school.

As I write this, I can see through the window, people clearing up after our Fair, trucks carrying away trestles, girls helping to remove rubbi h.

The Fair has been a tremendous

effort of happy co-operation among parents, friends, old girls, staff and present girls, and the funds we raised have not been so important as the pleasure of meeting and working with people. We hope that the distribution of this Magazine will further encourage the friendliness and goodwill which were the lasrting profits of the Fair.

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PRIZE LIST, 1967 FORM IIIA: Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Jay Macdonald. Farm Prize: Diana Motus. Farm Prize: Sarah Trengrove. FORM IIIB: Progress Prize: Virginia Broughton. Form Prize: Belinda Lawrence. Form Prize: Lesley McIntosh. Divinity Prize: Louise Phillips. FORM IIIG: Progress Prize: Penelope Brown. Form Prize: Sally Hume. Farm Prize: Anna Thomas. Divinity Prize: Margaret Wall. FORM IIIS: Form Prize: Joanne Cattell. Progress Prize; Divinity Prize: Bee Clark. Divinity Prize: Jessica Gerard. Commended in Junior Section of Myers Cup for Public ara Livingstone. Speaking: Form Prizes: Joanna Martin. Form Prize; Divinity Prize; Winner of Junior Section of Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Suzanne Mazey. Mrs Clark)s Prize for Grade V Theory: Gaynor Piesse. FORM IVF: Farm Prize: Christina Banks. Progress Prize: Cheryl Copland. Farm Prize: Jennifer Hindin. Divinity Prize: Laone Wilkins. FORM IVG: Form Prize: Jennifer Doak. Farm Prize). Divinity Prize: Bridget Latter. Form Prize: Kristine Wilkin on. FORM IVL: Progress Prize: Christine Bell. Commended in Intermediate Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Jane Matheson. Mrs Clark)s Prize for Sight Reading: Sandra Oates. Form Prize)· Divinity Prize; Winner of Intermediate Section of Myers Cup for Public Speaking: June Pallot.

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Farm Prize: Margaret Patter on. Commended in Intermediate Sect:on of Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Lillian Roberts. Farm Prize: Gillian Sparks. FORM IVP: Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Lois Cochrane. Progress Prize: Jayne Laurenson. Form Prize: Lesley Webb. FORM VF: Divinity Prize: Anne-Marie Amiel. Form Prize: Jane Freemantle. Form Prt·ze; Kathleen Keith-Gillon Divinity Prize: Philippa Hester. Progress Prize: Penelope Irvine. Old Girls) Drawing Cup: Victoria Spiers. FORM VG: Form Prize: Joanne Armstrong. Progress Prize: Pauline Bell. Miss Robinson)s Commercial Cup: Lindsay Deane. D:vinity Prize: Jane Heslop. Farm Prize: Adrienne Thatcher. FORM VL: Form Prize)· MacGibbon Cup for Biology in 5th Form: Ali on Bown. Form Prize)· Embroidery Prize: Helen O'Brien. Special Prize for Embroidery: Suzanne Taylor. Form Prize)· Divinity Prize). M ajar Levy Cup for History in the 5th Form: Angela Williams. Progress Prize: Diana Williamson. FORM VP: Progress Prize). Divinity Prize). Clothing CujJ: Pauline Streeter. Form Prize: Anne Taylor. Progress Prize: Kerry Watson. FORM V UPPER: Progress Prize). Divinity Prize: Phillippa Holmes. Form Prize: Helene McLachlan. Alabaster Cup for Homecraft: Pamela Muirson. The Wendy Nicholls Cup for the most helpful Non-Prefect in the Boarding House: Patricia Turpin. Form Prize: Mary W au chop.

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FORM VIF: Divinity Prize: Victoria Hiseman. Form Prize: Barbara Kempthorne. Divinity Prize: Christine Worthington. FORM VIG: Form Prize: Ann Blair. Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Delia Clark. Progress Prize: Alison Dendle. Divinity Prize: Susan Wilton. FORM VIL: Divinity Prize; The Penney Rose Bowl for History in 6B: Lynn Bowman. Commended in Starry Essay Competition: Pamela Brath-· waite. Form Prize)· Miss Du·ffs CujJ for School Certificate Latin)· Marlene Bell Cup for All Round Ability in 6B (shared): Jennifer Drake. Commended in Senior Section of Myerl Cup for Public Speaking: Anne Livingstone. Commended in Miss Edwardl Cup for Original English: Julia Matheson. Progress Prize: Julie Sinclair. Form Prize)· Starry Essay Cup; Miss Lewin's Theory of M us5c Prize; Marlene Bell Cup for All Round Ability in 6B (shared)_; Miss Edwards'" Cup for Original English: Mary Grace Sussex. FORM VIS: Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Ro emary Biss. Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Charlotte Holme . Progress Prize: Nicola Johns. Miss Tutill's Divinity Prize; Marlene Bell Cup for All Round Ability in 6B (shared): Elizabeth Johnston. Form Prize: Leona Wilson.

FORM VIA: Cup for Mathematics: Pamela Alderton. Divinity Prize: Rosemary Carson. Miss Stock)s Geography Cup (shared); Miss Edgar's Art Cup (shared): Victoria Collins. Miss Stock)s Geography Cup (shared): Helen Cook.

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Form Prize; Corsbie Science Cup; Felicity Austin Biology Cup; Whitcombe and Tombs Divinity Prize: Susan Gardiner. Miss Edgar)s Art Cup (shared): Marcia Hollard. Stokes Music Cup: Suzanne Lennon. Miss Corder)s Drama Cup (shared): Yvonne Mackay. Prize for Creative Embroidery: Robyn Sellars. Mrs Penneis Prize for History in 6A: Hilary Tomlin. Jillian Smith)s Divinity Prize: Rosemary Williams. Form Prize; Commended in Storry Essay Competition)· Miss Corder)s Drama Cup (shared); Paul,:ne Gamble)s German Cup; Roy Smith History Cup; Larcombe French Cup; Wellington Old Girfs English Cup: Catherine Wilkin.

HOUSE SPORTS TROPHIES: Athletics: Konini. Swimming: Konini. Basketball: Konini. Hockey: Konini. Tennis: Kowhai and Matipo. Life Saving: Konini. Gymnastics: Kowhai. COLOURS: Athletics: Joanna Latter (Re-awarded: Basketball: Helen Cook (Re-awarded), Robyn Urquhart, Bronwyn Grueber, Cheryl Tod, Suzanne Scoggins, Penni Wilson. Hockey: Christine Williams (Re-awarded). Swimming: J. Berryman (Re-awarded), T. Shipston (Reawarded). Life Saving: Helen Cook. Tennis: Felicity Maples (Re-awarded), Jan Archibald. Gymnastics: Penelope Fear, Louise Paterson. Prefects hand in badges and receive their leaving badges: Pamela Alderton, Rosemary Carson, Victoria Collins, Penelope Fear, Susan Gardiner, Marcia Hollard, Felicity Maples, Yvonne Mackay, Ceridwyn Parr, Catherine Phillips, Robyn Sellars, Heather Scott, Hilary Tomlin, Rosemary Walker ,Catherine Wilkin. Head of House hands in badge and receives leaving badge: Susan Gardiner.

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Head Prefect hands in badge and receives leaving badge: Jennifer Harris. Four Premier Awards - for Service and Ability in Sport, for Service to the School and for General Excellence. The Mollie Copper Cup for True Sportsmanship and Service to Games in the School: Helen Cook. Prize for the Head of the House: Susan Gardiner. The Headmistress's Prize for Service to the School: Jennifer Harris. The St. Margaret's Prize awarded to the best All Round Girl in the School: Susan Gardiner.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PRIZE LIST, 1967 Primer I: Lorraine Allen, Tracey Bearman, Joanne Addison, Shelley Roberts, Charlotte Scott, Nicola Stevenson, Sarah Beadel. Primer 2: Elizabeth Drayton, Sally Elder, Piera Fahey, Christine Fraser, Louise Hill, Annabelle Hobbs, Catherine Larnder, Lucy Taylor, Juliet Utley, Fiona Yule. Primer 3: Sarah Dear, Vicki Kendall, Janine Russell, Belinda Sheppard, Lynnette Sorrell. Primer 4: Lloma Beaumont, Penelope Buttle, Gina-Lee Cox, Julie French, Linda Hunter, Sallyanne Jones, Philippa Lohrey, Nicola McGill, Alison McLean, Susan Meaclem, Juliet Sanders, Mary Slatter, Sandra Stevens, Denise Uren. Standard I: Class Prizes (presented by Board of Governors): Wendy Gray, Gwynnyth Adshead, Janice le Cren. Divinity Prize ( presented by Board of Governors) : Bridget Larnder. Progress Prize (presented by P.T.A.): Sally Bremner. Standard 2: Class Prizes: Mary Matson, Julia McKenzie, Catherine Kennedy. Divinity Prize: Juliet Sellars. Progress Prize: Helen Yule. Standard 3: Class Prizes: Barbara Lockhart, Susan Perry, Janice Rymer. Divinity Prize: Elizabeth Beadel. Progress Prize: Karen Jameson.

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Standard 4: icola Carey, Sally Stewart. Class Prizes: Judith Bullock, Divinity Prize: Lynn Brown. Progress Prize: Julie Blance. Form IE: Class Prizes: Susan Waters, Lorna Rankin, Barbara Lrngford. Divinity Prize: Rosemary Harris. Progress Prize: Ann McGlashan. Form IS: Class Prizes: Diana Scullin, Anne Mehalski, Susan Piessc. Divinity Prize: Helen Murchison. Progress Prize: Meredith Downs. Form IIN: Class Prizes: Ann Johnston, Sharon Kirk, Elizabeth Creese. Divinity Prize: Sandra Dob on. Progress Prize: Felicity Young. Form IIS: Class Prizes: Vicki Oates, Philippa Ansley, Christine Baker, Teresa Browne. Divinity Prize: Wendy Harkness. Progress Prize: Jane Moffatt. Cup for English Competition ( presented by Suniver Ballantyne) : Jacqueline Roberts. School Patrol Certificates: Philippa Ansley, Claire Blunden, Tere a Browne, Elizabeth Denham, Wendy Harkness, Lesley Oakey, Rosemary Preston, Alison Rollo, Linda Ross, Sandra Ru sell, Helen Somers, Jill Whitford. Music: Theory-Grade I: Elizabeth Orr; Grade I I: Sandra Pies c; Grade III: Su an Pryor. Sightreading: Grades I and II: Helen Murchison. Grades II I and IV: Susan Piesse. Progress in M us~·c ( presented by Mrs Clark) : Anna Milliken, Jane Mcllroy, Rosemary Harris, Anne Liddell. Music Projects Std. 4 (presented by Mrs Clark): Elizabeth de Lambert. Form IE: Susan Waters. Form IS: Linda Philipson.

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Appreciation of assistance given as accompanist of Junior School Carol Service: Mary-Grace Sus.sex. Special Prize, excellence in Theory and Practical Work (presentted by Mr· Clark): Susan Pies.se. Hockey Shield: Inter-primary chools weekly competition won by S.M.C. Captain: Vicki McGregor. Mary

Weathered Cup for Private and Independent Schools' Basketball competition: Won by S.M.C. "A" team. Captain: Jennifer Fox.

Junior Red Cross Certificates: Philippa Ansley, Susan Burt, Elizabeth Creese, Elizabeth Denham, Jan Harry, Ann Johnston, Vicki McGregor, Jane Moffat, Mary Pinf old, Prudence Taylor, Jane Trolove, Bridget Underhill, Gretchen Williams.

THEORY OF MUSIC N ovmber, 1967: Grade III-Susan Pryor. July, 1968: Grade II-Joan Patterson, Judy Rymer. Grade III-Rosemary Harri, Helen Murchison.

1967 MUSIC

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Grade II-Anne Brett, Marianne Cottrell. Merit- Jennifer Hudson, Sharon Kirk, Sally Grade III: Merit-Louise Phillips. EXAMINATION

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Royal School of Music - Practical: Grade V-Merit: Sandra Oates; Pass: Jennifer Hindin, Rosalind ewman, Gaynor Pies.se. Grade IV-Pass: Jan Patter on. Grade III-Distinction: Susan Pies.se, Susan Pryor; Merit: Anne Liddell; Pass: Jane Mcllroy. Grade II-Distinction: Rosemary Harris, Helen Murchison. Grade I-Merit: Elizabeth Orr, Jane Waters; Pass: Mei Hurrell, Nicola Mercer, Denise Sinclair.

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THEORY OF MUSIC RESULTS Royal Schools of Music: Grade IV: Christine Baker, Suzanne Tipping. Grade V: Helen Stevenson. Grade VI I: Lynette Dennis, Sally Donnithome ( Distinction). Grade VIII: Lindsay Deane, Mary-Grace Sussex (Distinction). Trinity College of Music: Grade IV: Sally Taylor ( with merit;.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS English: G. Annand, J. Armstrong, P. Bell, M. Camaby, A. Chaney (Hons.), J. Claridge, J. Davis, J. Ensor, M. Ensor, J. Wilson, N. Fear, M. Wright, C. Foster, J. Fountaine, M. Fox, J. Fraser, R. French-Wright (Hons.), C. Gaskell, S. Gracie, C. Grant, N. Hamilton, R. Hannah, M. Hearn, P. Hester, D. Hinks, S. Holland, G. Hopkinson, P. Hueston, A. Hunter-Wright, S. Leonard, K. McArthur, B. Marriott, S. McCallum, B. McLaughlin, S. Mitchell, P. Muir, M. Murchison, R. Pearson, J. Reese, S. Robb, C. Renwick, J. Richardson, S. Ritchie, T. Shipston, J. Smail, C. Stevens, P. Streeter, A. Taylor, S. Taylor (Hons.), A. Thatcher, C. Tod, C. Underhill, R. Urquhart, L. Vowles, M. Watkin on, M. Wright, M. Wauchop, A. Whitford, G. Williams, P. Wilson. Arithmetic: J. Fraser, M. Heam, S. Holland, M. Muchison, C. Underhill, S. Ritchie, S. Stringer, C. Renwick, J. Richardson, M. Wright, C. Underhill, J. Smail. Shorthand: C. Grant, V. Fleetwood, K. Kendall, J. Jenkins, G. Hopkinson, S. Stringer (Hons.), C. Stevens, M. W au chop. Handwriting: S Mitchell (Hons.), C. Renwick, S. Taylor (Hons.), M. Watkinson, A. Whitford. Public Service Examination: Junior Government Shorthand-Typists: Stringer.

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SCHOLARSHIPS 1967 University Scholarship: Catherine Wilkin. University Scholarship Credit Pass: Pamela Alderton, Susan Gardiner, Rosemary Carson. 'A' Bursaries: Catherine Phillips, Hilary Tomlin. 'BJ Bursaries: Bridget Blunden, Celia Buchanan, Ceridwyn Parr, Heather Scott, Robyn Sellar, Rosemary Williams, Aynsley Young. SCHOOL Ackroyd, Hilary Allen, Kaye Averel, Anne-Marie Armstrong, Joanne Backhouse, Helen Baker, Linda Bell, Pauline Bown, Alison Camaby, Margaret Chaney, Anne Collins, Marianne Cox, Jennifer Deane, Lind ay Dennis, Lynette Drake, Margaret Ensor, Jillian Ensor, Michelle E verist, Elizabeth Farmer, Ann Farra, Lynsey Fountaine, Felicity Fraser, Jan French-Wright, Robyn Gaskell, Carol-Anne Gibb, Lyndsay Good, Sharyn Grant, Carol Haley, Christine Hannah, Robyn Harri on, Michele Harrison, Susan Heslop, Jane

CERTIFICATE, 1967 Hester, Philippa Holland, Su an Holmes, Philippa Hopkin on, G. Howard, Elizabeth Jane Hueston, Patricia Hume, Derely Hunter-Wright, Anne Irvine, Penelope Langford, Joanna McCallum, Susan McDonald, Anne McGuinness, Susan MacKintosh, Katrina McLachlan, Helen McLaughlin, Beverley McRae, Diana M ehalski, Jill Meredith, Mary Jane Mitchell, Sally Mulligan, Felicity Muir, Philippa Muirson, Pamela Murchison, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Oswald, Elizabeth Pearson, Robyn Prattley, Claire Preston, Helen Renwick, Christine Richardson, Judith Robb, uzanne

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Robson, Pamela Saunders, Margaret Shellock, Judith Smail, Jennifer Smith, Deborah Snowdon, Mary Spiers, Victoria Stevens, Christine Streeter, Pauline Stringer, Susan Sullivan, Annabel Taylor, Anne Taylor, Sandra Taylor, Suzanne Thatcher, Adrienne Thompson, Adrienne UNIVERSITY Archibald, Jan Armstrong, Jocelyn Beetham, Sally Berryman, Judith Biss,Roemary Blair, Anne Bowman, Lynn Brath, Pamela Chisholm, Philippa Clark, Delia Cleveland, L ley Cummack, Susan Dendle, Alison Donnithorne, Sally Drake, Jennifer Ferner, Barbara Fisher, Suzanne Fox, Vivianne Harris, Philippa Hiseman, Victoria Holmes, Charlotte Johns, Nicola Johnston, Elizabeth Kempthorne, Barbara Kirk, Susan

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Tod, Cheryl Tovey, Jane Underhill, Clemency U rq uh art, Robyn Voller, Linda Vowles, Lynette W auchop, Mary Whetter, Angela Williams, Angela Williams, Genevieve Williamson, Diane Wilson, Judith Wilson, Penelope Wright, Marcia Woods, Joy ENTRANCE

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Latter, Joanna Lee, Joanne Leete, Juliet Living tone, Anne Matheson, Julia McArthur, Miriam Paterson, Sally Penrose, Anne Ragg, Margaret Rawson, Deborah Sandston, Jocelyn Saunders, Joan Shand, Juliet Shanks, Helen Sinclair, Julie Sussex, Mary-Grace Tallott, Jennifer Twyneham, Lucy Webb, Phillipa Wiffen, Rosemary Williams, Christine Wilson, Leona Wilton, Susan Worthington, Christine

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PRIZE LIST, 1968 FORM IE: Divinity Prize: Lyn Brown. Form Prize: Judith Bullock. Form Prize: Nicola Carey. Progress Prize: Susan Fletcher. Form Prize: Rebecca Smith. FORM IS: Progress Prize: Wendy Morris. Divinity Prize: Michele Owen. Form Prize: Dana Reuhman. Form Prize: Trudy Sampson. Form Prize: Jane West-Watson. Form Prize: Pamela Wylie. FORM IIN: Music Theory Prize-Grades III and IV; Cup for English Com position presented by Suniver Ballantyne in 1962: Rosemary Harris. Progress Prize: Deborah Morten. Grades II and III Sightreading Prize: Helen Murchison. Form Prize: Linda Philipson. Divinity Prize; Grade IV and VI Sightreadin.q, Prize: Susan Piesse. Form Prize: Diana Scullin. Form Prize: Susan Waters. FORM IIS: Progress Prize: Jennifer Bassett. Form Prize: Patricia Riggott. Form Prize: Nicola Mercer. Form Prize: Gail Quilter. Divinity Prize: Georgina Sanders. Progress Prize: Sandra Sinclair. FORM IIT: Form Prize: Mary Armitage. Music Theory Prize Grades I and II: Jane Gardiner. Divinity Prize: icola Jamieson. Progress Prize: Elizabeth Somers. Form Prize: Suzanne Tipping. Form Prize: Anne Wood.

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FORM IIIA: Divinity Prize: Sarah Beckett. Progress Prize: Joanna Donnithorne. Form Prize: Toni Sanders. Form Prize)· Mrs Pennei·s Prize for History in 3rd Form: Shirley Wilson. FORM IIIG: Divinity Prize: Anthea Bown. Form Prize: Tonette Hambleton. Form Prize: Diana Neave. Progress Prize: Janet Sullivan. FORM IIIJ: Divinity Prize: Virginia Eddington. Progress Prize: Nicola Fechney. Form Prize: Wendy Harkness. Form Prize: Alison Palmer. FORM IIIP: Form Prize: Joanna Hender on. Progress Prize J. Divinity Prize: Jennifer Holmes. Form Prize: Andrea Lovett. Form Prize: Suzanne Stephenson. FORM IIIY: Form Prize: Elizabeth Creese. Form Prize J. Divinity Prize: Ann Johnston. Progress Prize: Sharon Kirk. Form Prize: Stella Monk. Winner of Junior Section of Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Jacqueline Roberts. FORM IVF: Form Prize: Jay Macdonald. Progress Prize: Sandra McGregor. Form Prize J. Divinity Prize J. Embroidery Prize: Sarah Trengrove. Kathleen Keith-GillonJs Prize for 4th Form Divinity: Diana Motus. FORM IVG: Form Prize Embroidery Prize: Sandra Inman. Progress Prize: Judith John ton. Divinity Prize: Angela Skinner. Form Prize: Nicola Symonds. J.

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FORM IVL: Miss Lewin's Theory of Music Prize: Felicity Bunt. Form Prize: Jessica Gerard. Myers' Cup for Public Speaking: Sara Living tone. Form Prize: Suzanne Mazey. Mrs Penney's 4th Form History Prize; Music Theory Prize Grades V and VI; Divinity Prize: Gaynor Piesse. Progress Prize: Julie Wagner. FORM IVP: Form Prize: Janet Dobson. Divinity Prize: Jane Glas on. Form Prize: Susannah Latter. Progress Prize: Robyn Rawcliff. FORM VC: Divinity Prize; Clothing Cup: Jenefer Doak. Progress Prize: Wendy Little. FORM VF: Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Jennifer Hindin. Progress Prize: Jane Talbot. Form Prize: Laone Wilkins. FORM VG: Form Prize: Jillian Caldwell. Progress Prize: Shirley Ruske. Progress Prize: Pamela Spencer. Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Angela Whyte. FORM VH: Form Prize; Alabaster Cup for H omecraf t: Patricia KirkBumnand. Form Prize; Divinity Prize: Bridget Latter. Progress Prize: Wendy Ormandy. FORMVL: Progress Prize: Philippa Gerard. Form Prize; Divinity Prize; MacGibbon Biology Cup for 5th Forms: June Pallat. Form Prize: Rosemary Maples. Runner-up in Myers Cup for Public Speaking: Lilian Roberts. Major Levy's History Cup for 5th Forms: Marion Saunders. Progress Prize; Embroidery Prize: Gillian Sparks.

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FORM VIF: Form Prize: Janis Stonestreet. Form Prize: Susan Taylor. Progress Prize)· Divinity Prize: Clemency Underhill. Divinity Prize: Judith Wilson. FORM VIG: Miss Robinson)s Commercial Cup)· Stokes Music Cup: Lindsay Deane. Divinity Prize: Anne Hunter-iWright. Form Prize: Judith Richardson. Progress Prize)· Edgar Art Cup: Genevieve Williams. FORM VIL: Miss Du·/Fs School Certificate Latin Cup: Margaret Drake. Divinity Prize)· enior Section of Myers Cup for Public Speaking)· The Penney Rose Bowl for 6B History: Elizabeth Everist. Form Prize: Sharyn Good. Progress Prize). Wendy Nicholls Cup for the most helpful Non-Prefect in the Boarding House: Patricia Hueston. Jill Smith Prize for Divinity in 6B: Susan McCall um. Storry Essay Cup: Helen O'Brien. Old Girll Drawing Cup: Victoria Spiers. Form Prize)· Mrs Cooper)s Prize for 6B English: Angela Williams. FORM VIS: Form Prize)· Miss Tutilrs Prize for Divinity: Kaye Allen. Form Prize). Divinity Prize: Alison Bown. Progress Prize: Margaret Carnaby. Divinity Prize: Philippa Hester. Marlene Bell Cup for Girl in 6B with Best All Round Ability: Lynda Voller. FORM VIA: Roy Smith History Cup: Margot Anderson. Larcombe French Cup: Margot Anderson. Form Prize). Wellington Old Girls) English Cup). Miss Edwards) Cup· for Original English: Imagen de la Bere. Form Prize)· Marie Scott Latin Cup: Jennifer Drake. Divinity Prize: Nicola Johns. W hitcombe and Tombs Divinity Prize: Sally Paterson. Miss Stock)s Geography Cup). Embroidery Prize: Christine Williams.

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Pauline Gamble German Cup: Anne Livingstone. Progress Prize: Chri tine Worthington. Form Prize; Corsbie Science Cup). Physics Prize). Felicity Austin Biology Cup; Miss Rois Maths Cup: Leona Wilson.

HOUSE TROPHIES: Swimming: Konini. Athletics: Kowhai. Basketball: Rimu. Hockey: Matipo. Life Saving: Konini. Gymnastics: Rata. Volleyball: Matipo, Konini. Softball: Matipo, Konini, Rimu. The Bates House Cup) the House with most points in all spheres: COLOURS: Athletics: Clemency Underhill, Susan Ritchie, Laone Wilkins, Louise Patter on. Swimming: (Re-awarded): Judith Berryman, Tui Shipston. Basketball: (Re-awarded): Bronwyn Grueber, Penelope Wilson, Robyn Urquhart, Cheryl Tod. (Awarded) : Rosemary Forrester. Hockey: (Re-awarded): Christine Williams. (Awarded): Deborah Beetham, Anne Farmer, Pamela Hammett, Diana McRae, Gaynor Stanley, Adrienne Thompson, Kerry W at on. Gymnastics: (Re-awarded) : Louise Paterson. (Awarded): Elizabeth Johnston, Lynda Voller, Diane Williamson, Katrina Mackintosh. Prefects hand in badges and receive their Leaving Badges: Judith Berryman, Rosemary Biss, Susan Cumrnack, Nicola Johns, Elizabeth Johnston, Sally Paterson, Deborah Raw on, Jocelyn Sandston, Helen Shanks, Julie Sinclair, Christine Williams, Leona Wilson, Susan Wilton, Christine Worthington. Head of House hands in badge and receives Leaving Badge: Nicola Johns. Last Years Head Prefect receives her Leaving Badge: Bronwen Morris. Head Prefect hands in badge and receives Leaving Badge: Jennifer Drake.

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The following awards are the Premier Awards of the School for Sportsmanship, Service to the School and All-round Excellence. The Mollie Copper Cup for True Sportsmanship and Service to Games in the School: Christine Williams. Prize for the Head of the House: icola Johns. The Headmistresls Prize for Service to the School: Jennifer Drake, Sally Paterson. The St. M argaref s Prize awarded to the best All-Round Girl in the School: Jennifer Drake.

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Felicity Booth, Amanda MacKenzie, Gillian Reid, Amanda Scott, Stephanie Toomer, Nanda Wier ma. Primer 2: Catherine Ashton, Tracy Ashton, Anouk

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Joanne Addi on, Sarah Beadel, Jane Barty, Sally Elder, Piera Fahey, Chrjstine Fra er, Louise Hill, Annabelle Hobb, Catherine Larnder, Charlotte Scott, Nicola Stevenson, Lucy Taylor, Juliet Utley, Fiona Yule. Primer 4: Suzanne Cattermole, Felicity Cuzens, Sarah Dear, Vicki Kendall, Janine Ru ell, Belinda Sheppard, Lynnette Sorrell, Denis Uren. Standard 1: Class Prizes: Julie French, Philippa Lohrey, Mary Slatter. Progress Prize: Penelope Buttle. Divinity Prize: Juliet Sanders. Standard 4: Prize List: Elizabeth Peach, Janice Rymer, Barbara Lockhart. Progress: Elizabeth Orr. Divinity: Mary-Jane Botting. Standard 3: Class Prizes: Julia Mackenzie, Mary Matson, Anna Milliken. Divinity: Julia Mackenzie. Progress: Belinda Kennedy.

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Standard 2: Class Prizes: Wendy Gray, Janice Le Cren, Gwyneth Adrhead. Progress: Nicola Holt. Divinity: Philippa Ayling.

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English:

J. Alli on, K. Armstrong, R. Bain, J. Dodgshun, P. Foster, D. Honeybone, B. Latter, J. Laurenson, W. Little, J. Penman, J. Symonds, L. Walker, W. Watkinson, J. Williams, V. Winter, C. Wright. Shorthand: L. Cochrane, L. Deane, D. Honeybone, K. Kendall, B. Marriott, S. Taylor. Typewriting: K. Kendall, B. Marriott, J. Patterson, S. Taylor, R. Woods. Arithmetic: J. Claridge, W. Thompson, E. Waters.

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Junior Government: B. Marriott, S. Stringer.

SCHOLARSHIPS 1968 University Scholarship: Leona Wilson. University Scholarship Credit Pass: Rosemary Biss, Imagen de la Bere, Jennifer Drake, Anne Livingstone. 'A' Bursaries: Margo Anderson, Elizabeth Johnston, Sally Paterson, Deborah Rawson, Jocelyn Sandston. HIGHER Andu on, Margo Ander on, Margot Berryman, Judith Biss, Rosemary Brathwaite, Pamela Chi holm, Philippa Cummack, Susan Drake, Jennifer

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SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESULTS 1968 The following qualified for admittance to U.E. classes. Annand, Gillian Hamilton, Nicola Armstrong, Kathrine Hammett, Pamela Bain, Pamela Hayes, Anne Banks, Christina Heam, Maryanne Barlow, Susan Henderson, Margaret Barnard, Lee Henderson, Sally Beetham, Ann Hewat, Sarah Beetham, Deborah Hindin, Jennifer Begg, Bronwen Hinks, Daphne Bell, Chri tine Hoare, Christine Bell, Rosemary Hulme, Rosanne Berry, Susan Irwin, Julie Bettle, Adrienne Kendall, Kay Caldwell, Jillian Kirk-Bumnand, Patricia Chambers, Caroline Latter, Bridget Chignell, Ruth Lauren on, Jayne Chignell, Sarah Lawrence, Sarah Cochrane, Lois Lawrence, Susan Copland, Cheryl Leonard, Susan Cowlishaw, Marion Little, Wendy Daniel, Jennifer Louis on, Su an Davis, Jennifer Macarthur, Kirsty Dean, Nicola McGowan, Waveney Doak, Jenefer MacKenzie, Lynn Dodgshun, Janet Mahony, Anne Fear, Nicola Maples, Rosemary Fergu on, Ruth Markwick, Victoria Fletcher, Jennifer Marriott, Barbara Fletcher, Patricia Mercer, Anne F arrester, Rosemary Miller, Beverley Faster, N oeline Milligan, Anne Fountaine, Joanna Molineaux, Janet Gerard, Philippa Morton, Margaret Gibbon, Louise Nurse, Sally-Ann Goldstein, Anna Oates, Sandra Gracie, Sharron Pallot, June

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Taylor, Sally Thomas, Beverley Thompson, Susan Thompson, Wendy Vincent-Smith, J annene Walker, Lois Waters, Jane Watson, Diana W at on, Kerry Webb, Lesley West, Jocelyn White, Angela Whitty, Jan Wilkins, Laone Wilkinson, Kri tine Williams, Janet Williams, Rosemary Williams, Susan Wingham, Linda Winter, Victoria Woods, Ro emary Wright, Christine

The following gained passes in School Certificate m the subjects pecified. English, Homecraf t. Allison, Judith English. Archibald, Prudence English, Clothing. Bain, Ruth English. Claridge, Jillian Homecraft. Henderson, Barbara English. Knowles, Nicola Homecraft. McIntosh, Carolyn Geography, Homecraft, General Mackenzie, Christine Science. Homecraft. Ormandy, Wendy English. Patterson, Jan English, French. Perkins, Jocelyn Geography, History. Ruske, Shirley Engli h. Shipston, Tui Geography. Spencer, Pamela English. Tallot, Carolyn Geography, Clothing. Watkinson, Elizabeth Geography, Clothing. Wooding, Gillian

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List of Recommended Candidates. Ackroyd, Hilary Allen, Kaye Armstrong, Joanne Backhouse, Helen Baker, Linda Bell, Pauline Bown, Alison Carnaby, Margaret Collins, Marianne Cox, Jennifer Deane, Lindsay Dennis, Lynette Drake, Margaret Ensor, Michelle Everist, Elizabeth Farmer, Anne Farra, Lynsey Freemantle, Jane French-Wright, Robyn Gibb, Lyndsay Good, Sharyn Grant, Carol Hannah, Robyn Harrison, Michele Harrison, Susan H lop, Jane Hester, Philippa Holland, Su an Howard, Jane Hueston, Patricia Hume, Dereley Hunter-Wright, Anne Irvine, Penelope Langford, Joanna McCallum, Susan McDonald, Anne McGuinness, Susan Mackintosh, Katrina McRae, Diana Mehalski, Jill

Meredith, Mary Jane Mitchell, Sally Muir, Phillippa Mulligan, Felicity Murchison, Margaret O'Brien, Helen Oswald, Elizabeth Pearson, Robyn Prattley, Claire Renwick, Christine Richardson, Judith Robb, Suzanne Robson, Pamela Saunders, Margaret Shellock, Judith Smail, Jennifer Smith, Deborah Snowdon, Mary Spiers, Victoria Stevens, Christina Streeter, Pauline Stringer, Susan ullivan, Annabel Taylor, Anne Taylor, Sandra Taylor, Suzanne Thatcher, Adrienne Thompson, Adrienne Helen Thompson, Sally Tod, Cheryl Tovey, Jane Underhill, Clemency Urguhart, Robyn Voller, Lynda Margaret Vowles, Lynette Wauchop, Mary Whetter, Angela Williams, Angela Williams, Genevieve Williamson, Dinane

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PASSES FOR UNIVERSITY Ackroyd, Hilary M. Allen, Kaye H. Anderson, Margo J. Armstrong, Joanne M. Backhouse, Helen R. Baker, Linda M. Bown, Alison H. Camaby, Margaret J. Collins, Marianne Cox, Jennifer M. Dennis, Lynette C. Drake, Margaret I. Dunbar, Jocelyn F. Everist, Elizabeth K. H. Farr a, Lynsey J. Freemantle, Jane R. Gibb, Lyndsay S. A. Good, Sharyn M. Grueber, Bronwyn J. Hannah, Robyn M. He lop, Jane E. Hester, Philippa J. Hueston, Patricia M. Hunter-Wright, Anne Irvine, Penelope Judd, Phillipa J. Langford, Joanna M. Mackinto h, Katrina J. McCallum, Susan L. McDonald, Anne E. McGuinness, Susan M. Mehalski, Jill L.

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Meredith, Mary J. Muir, Philippa M. Mulligan, Felicity A. Murchison, Patricia M. O'Brien, Helen R. Renwick, Christine N. Richardson, Judith L. Rob on, Pamela M. Saunders, Margaret A. Shellock, Judith A. Smail, Jennifer A. Smith, Deborah V. L. Snowdon, Helen M. Spiers, Victoria L. Stevens, Christina Stonestreet, Janis L. Sullivan, Annabel J. Taylor, Anne E. Taylor, Susan E. Taylor, Suzanne E. Thatcher, Adrienne A. Thompson, Adrienne H. Thompson, Sally J. Tovey, Vivien J.H. Underhill, Clemency M. Urquhart, Robyn K. J. Voller, Lynda M. Vowles, Lynette J. Williams, Angela B. Williams, Genevieve G. Williamson, Diane E. Woods, Joy L.

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LIBRARIA S Back row: K. Kendall, L. Voller, A. Taylor, D. Hume, E. Everi t, P. Chi holm, J. Meredith, Su an Taylor. Middle row: Sandra Taylor, D. William on, J. Richard on, A. Bown, L. Deane, M. Snowdon, P. Wilson, P. Streeter, A. Langford. Seated: L. Twyneham, M. Ragg, P. Judd, Mr L. Crosbie, C. Worthington (Head), P. Brathwaite, M. Ander on, P. Harris.

LIBRARY OTES The Senior School Library and the Stephanie Young Wing Library have continued to be very buy thi year. The Senior Library has also continued to b the warmest place in the school, and the girls, while taking advantage of this, have found many new and interesting books on the shelves. With the movement of the Junior School ( primer 1 to standard 4) to Springfield Road, we have been able to expand the Main Library. The 3rd and 4th form fiction books have been moved into the Stephanie Young Wing Library giving much-needed shelf space in the Main Library. After a few teething problem this system has worked well, and my deputy, Pamela Brathwaite, has capably looked after the Junior Library. A new system has been introduced thi year in which the parents of pupils have been invited to donate any books which they think uitable and have no use for themselves. There was a great response to thi and a large number of books wer given. We are very grateful to those contributors and hope that this system will continue in the future.

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A large number of books have been bought this year and many new and modem books have been added to the English and History Sections of the Library, and the girls will benefit from this. Mrs Cro bie has guided and helped the Senim Librarians effortlessly and has been very helpful to the pupils in their selection of books. We are also very grateful to Mrs Holland who has assisted in the workroom. Finally I hould like to thank all the Senior Librarians, particularly my deputie - Phillippa Judd and Pamela Brathwaite - and the Form Librarian for their assistance this year and wish the 1969 Librarians a happy and enjoyable year in the Library.

Senior Librarians: Christine Worthington (Head), Pamela Brathwaite (deputy), Phillippa Judd (deputy), Margot Anderson, Margo Anderson, Philippa Chisholm, Philippa Harris, Margaret Ragg, Lucy Twyneham, Alison Bown, Marianne Collin , Lindsay Deane, Elizabeth Everist, Dereley Hume, Kay Kendall, Joanna Langford, Jane Meredith, Judith Richardson, Mary Snowdon, Pauline Streeter, Susan Taylor, Anne Taylor, Lynda Voller, Diane Williamson. Form Librarians: 6L( 1 t term) Anne McDonald, Helen O'Brien; ( 2nd term) Anne McDonald, Helen O'Brien; (3rd term) Sharyn Good, Jane Tovey. 6Slst term) Jennifer Cox, Adrienne Thompson; (2nd term) Felicity Mulligan, Claire Prattley; ( 3rd term) Lynd ay Gibb, Pamela Robson. 6F-

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SC( 1 t term) Daphne Hink , Linda Wingham; ( 2nd term) Daphne Hinks, Kerry Watson; ( 3 rd term) Margaret Morton, Jennifer Symonds.

SH( 1 t term) Kathrine Armstrong, Carolyn Tallot; ( 2nd term) Barbara Henderson, Wendy Ormandy; (3rd term) Patri ia Kirk-Bumnand, Bridget Latter. 4L-

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( 1 t, 2nd, 3rd terms) Anne Clifford, Louise Phillips. 4G (1st term) Sus:in Meikle, Rosalie Samuel; (2nd term) Jennifer Vowle, Kathryn Wright; (3rd term) Helen Legge, Patricia Marling.

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3/( 1 t term) Deri e Benton, icola F hney; ( 2nd term) Kathryn Mahony, Jane Trolove; ( 3rd term) Louise Biss, Vicky Richards, Jenny Twyneham, Elizabeth Wel ford.

3Y( 1 t term) Elizabeth Creese, Jacqueline Robert ; ( 2nd term) Tere a Browne, Claire Holland; ( 3rd term) Anne Blance, Ja queline Roberts.

2S(1st term) Jackie Taylor, Janet Trengrove; (2nd term) Patricia Riggott, Joanne Smith; (3rd term) Felicity Kerr, Jennifer McEwen. 2T-

( 1st term) Elizabeth Mackelroy,. Jane Scott; (2nd term) Patricia Riggott, Joanne mith; (3rd term) JicoJa Jamie on, Margo Johnson. 2N( 1st term) Barbara Langford, icola Williams; ( 2nd term) Jenny Gold tein, Ann Mehalski; ( 3rd term) Mariane Cotterell, Diana Sculler.

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We began our Red Cross year by having three delegates attend the Red Cross Leadership Course at Lincoln College. They returned with many new ideas which we have been able to use during the year. The girls have been active in community service. Several have visited Fernwood Hostel for the Blind and others have helped the staff at Mary Potter Hospice during the weekends. In the second term, Anna N atu eh, who took the circle during the winter, went with a group of girls to entertain the Blind at Fernwood and their folksinging and gifts were much appreciated. A variety of vegetables, cakes, preserves and toys were sent in for Market Day in June. Several girls volunteered to collect for the Red Cross Appeal. In the August holidays most of the circle attended the Annual Delegates Meeting where Anne McDonald was awarded a prize for her novel entry in the handwork competition. Four Form I members were especially busy in the holidays - they set a fine example to the rest of the circle by rai ing $3 2 at a stall they held. During the year we raised about $14 by selling sweets to the school. In Term II Miss Thornton from Mary Gray Ltd. came to the school and demonstrated the professional way to make sweets. Covered coat hangers, stamp greeting cards, clothes, friendship bags, soft toys, marbles and skipping ropes for Vietnamese orphans have been collected during the year. Earlier in the year Anna N atusch and Bruce Devine spoke and showed slides of their recent trips overseas to Red Cross Conferences. Anna had been to Canada and Bruce to the Philippines. Anna was also able to show us some very intere ting slides on the work being done by the Red Cross team in South Vietnam. Thi year, Ann Hayes and Jane Sharpe have been chosen to go to the Leadership Course in Wellington. Next year we hope the circle will be much larger. The more member there are the more work can be undertaken.

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MUSIC CLUB All credit to the junior members of the Music Club who formed the basis of the four meetings held during 1968. We would like to thank them for their constant support and enthusiastic presentation of not only solo items but also varied group activities. Senior support was at times lacking, but their performances were, however, of a very pleasing standard and were much appreciated. It is to be hoped that a stronger member hip will follow in the years to come. During the middle of the year, the Music Club received a letter from Polly Sussex, who wa at that time studying music in Prague. Here i an extract from her letter:"I think the Music Club is one of the best things that has ever been started at St. Margaret's and it must keep going. It is really a wonderful idea for you to play to each other, and it is one of the best ways of curing nerves in performance. Even the twenty-three year old tudents here at the academy get nervous. My cello teacher here, is a wonderful performer, often playing concerto • with orchestras. He told me he gets nervous too, but he has learnt how to control his nerves. A far as musical life goes, Prague is a very different place from Christchurch. There are concerts every night and now that it is so warm there are lots of concerts in the garden of the old palaces. There are all orts of world famous people who come here regularly, and there are three or four professional orchestras, including th famous Czech Philharmonic. In Prague there is a Conservatorium of Mu ic which young musicians attend from the age of twelve or thirteen year .. After five years at the conservatorium, the students graduate to the Academy, the tandard there being very high. Every student has to give at least one public concert a year and in the last year at the academy, each tudent gives a whole concert of solo works". Polly is noiw studying at the London Academy of Music. We would like to thank Mr Clarke, for her unfailing guidance in the organi ation of the Music Club, and Misses Billcliff and Brown for their intere t in our meetings. The Music Club has given the girls an opportunity to gain the confidence which i often lacking in young musicians. We hope that next year, with more seniors participating, the Mu ic Club will become a more important part of the school.

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SANCTUARY NOTES At the beginning of the year it was decided to use the money we have accumulated in the Chapel Fund towards furnishing and redecorating the sanctuary. This was duly done, and the matching walnut Bishop's Chair, Credence Table and Communion Rail/ Clergy seats were dedicated by Bishop Pyatt at the fir t Communion ervice after the Confirmation. Goods received from the Harve t Festival on February 23rd were sent to various homes and parishes where the gifts were warmly appreciated. During Lent, Wednesday morning Communion at St. Mary's was attended by the prefects, but the Maundy Service could not be held because of the Easter storm. The Direct Giving Service, with Canon Rymer a preacher, wa held on August 15th. The Confirmation and First Communion Services were held in the third term on October 1st and 2nd respectively. The St. Margaret's Day Service was held on ovember 1st followed by the Old Girls' Communion the next morning. This year it wa decided to hold the Carol Service on December 3rd in the Cathedral in order to accommodate the whole school - Springfield and Papanui Road - but unfortunately the eating was not adequate for all the congregation so many had to stand. The school year fini hed with the Leaver 'Communion. Many thanks to the Sanctuary Guild, Assembly pianists and the many clergy who have helped with our services in the Chapel this year. NAMES OF GIRLS CONFIRMED IN 1968 Anderson, Annabel Dixon, Prudence Anderson, Dinah Doak, Anne Ansley, Philippa Drake, Geraldine Barlow, Judith Egan, Jan Barnett, Penelope Evenden, Dale Behringer, Karin Fechney, Nicola Brett, Anne Foate, Jacqueline Blance, Anne Faster, Pauline Bown, Anthea Fox, Jennifer Clemens, Denise Freeman, Susan Gerard, icola Crichton, Anna de Lambert, Sarah Gibson, Susan de Pass, Marianne Glasson, Jane Glasson, Sarah Diedrichs, Robyn

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Rattray, Jane Read, Phillipa Reed, Alison Robinson, Anne Rollo, Ali on Ros, Linda Sanders, Toni Sloss, Lynley Snowdon, Margaret Stephenson, Suzanne Stokes, Gillian Suckling, Janet Sullivan, Janet Thacker, Helen Thomas, Anna Thomas, Mary Thompson, Linda Trolove, Jane Vaughan, Margaret Wadworth, Wendy W aghorn, Sarah Wagner, Alison Vvater , Anna Waters, Susan W elsford, Elizabeth Wetherell, Margaret White, Dianne Wilkins, Cherise Wilkin , Laone Wright, Kathryn

S.C.M. OTES This year S.C.M. meetings have been held in the Art Room each fortnight under t~e leadership of Mis Tutill. The interesting speakers we have heard this year include Canon Fraud, who poke and howed films about the girls' school on San Cristobal Island in the Solomon I lands; Archdeacon Reynolds, who told us of the work of the Melanesian Mission; Cynthia Roberts, who recounted her experiences as a Volunteer Service Abroad worker in Fiji; Madeleine de la Bere, who described the architecture of Engli h cathedrals and Mrs W. de la Bere, who spoke about religious drama.

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During Term II "Prayer" was taken as our theme and helpful discussions were held. A total of forty-nine dollars was raised during the year by having a drinks stall at the Athletic Sports, a sweet stall and a cake stall on a Parents' Evening. A Talent Que t was held and twenty-•6ght dollars raised. Thirty dollars were sent to our Sponsored Child in Greece and twenty dollars to Federation Funds. We sincerely thank all those who spoke to us and Miss Tutill for her guidance throughout the year. DEBATING SOCIETY The annual meeting in February re ulted in the unanimous re-election of Mrs Penney as president. Deborah Rawson was elected secretary and Charlotte Holmes and Anne Livingstone became the committee. A motion was passed by Mrs Penney, suggesting that more discussions, rather than debates take place. The idea was to eliminate the rather competitive, tense atmosphere of a debate, and to encourage more girls to speak. Mrs Penney suggested that we also invite guest speakers to provide the necessary information for these discussions. This scheme began when Mr D. E. Donnithorne spoke to 3rd formers on Homes and Home Construction. His talk, illustrated by slides to a large audience, provided ample information for the discussion which followed later. Mrs G. Whale was our next guest speaker and gave an interesting talk to 4th formers on the controversial topic of PreSchool Education. After she had spoken in favour of preschool education, Suzanne Mazey gave a very spirited speech against it. This was followed by a discussion from the audience where a large number of girls contributed their arguments. Mrs Helen Garrett came one lunch hour and gave the 6th form a fascinating talk on the New Zealand jury system. Her speech furnished the sixth form with valuable information for a discussion. Unfortunately they did not rise to the occasion, and the discussion which followed a week or so later was rather poorly attended. Third form talent was discovered in an impromptu speaking contest. Many, enthusiastic 3rd's attended, and fourteen girls spoke. The judges, Margo Anderson and Deborah Rawson, gave 1st place to Beverley Wallace, and 2nd to Sandra Dobson. "That the development of tourism would be beneficial to New Zealand" was the topic of a 6th Form debate in the third term. The affirmative was taken by Alison Bown, Elizabeth

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Everist and Victoria Spiers; the negative by Anne Livingstone and Margo Anderson. The judge Mrs Jameson, awarded the debate to the negative, and the winning speech in the affirmative to E. Everist; in the negative to Anne Livingstone. "Should the L.S.Z. speed go up to 65 m.p.h." was a topic debated by the 3rd form. The negative was taken by 3A: Sarah Hart, Beverley Wallace, Shirley Wilson; the affirmative by 3Y: Jacqueline Roberts, Stella Monk and Phillippa MacKay. The judges, Elizabeth Everist and Victoria Spiers awarded the debate to the negative and declared J. Roberts and S. Wilson as the best speakers. The 4th form debated the topic "Should women be active participants in war". Angela Stone.street, Helen Legge and Patricia Morling took the affirmative; Sara Livingstone, Marcia Drennan and Nicola Ogilvie the negative. There were a number of floor speakers, and the judges, Linda Wingham and Janet Molineaux gave the debate to the affirmative. The committee thanks the senior girls who have chaired and judged debates, and Mrs Penney for her guidance and assistance during the year. MYERS CUP COMPETITION The 1968 public- peaking contest had to be postponed until the third term-not the ideal time to hold it when examinations are imminent. However, there was a keen entry of contestants, especially in the junior section, and a high standard was maintained. Moreover, this proved a most entertaining evening and it i a pity that more parents do not come to enjoy these speeches. Usually subjects are chosen which give the competitors a chance to be sincere and natural and in actual fact this year lower-sixth formers, seasoned campaigner , helped to select the topics. With. the change to a Form I-VI School the division of sections was altered. Form I-III comprised the Junior Section, Form IV and V the intermediate and the Sixth Forms the senior. We were grateful to Mrs Helen Garrett, who fresh from successfully campaigning a council election, came to give the benefit of her experience and a delightful example of ease of speech and manner. Her comments were always apposite and helpful. The winners in each section were as follows: Junior: Winner: J. Roberts; Runner-up: Belinda Wright. Intermediate: Winner: Sara Livingstone (Cup Winner); Runner-up: Lilian Roberts (Runner- up for Cup). Senior: Winner: E. Everist; Runner-up: A. Livingstone. 1

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ART ROOM NOTES Life is governed, it is said, by the law of compensation; and it is true that one can usually, if one has the will, see a loss in one sphere as offset by a gain in another. When last year's increased allocation of time to academic subjects resulted in very few sixth-formers being able to take Art, it was a matter of dismay to many; but the tremendous zeal and not inconsiderable achievements of third-formers, while being in no way a compensation to the disconsolate sixths, did at least brighten the over-all picture. The introduction this year of Art as a University Entrance subject should, provided it does not stifle spontaneity, which it need not do, eventually result in widened horizons and deeper appreciation on the part of those taking the subject. It should mean that instead of an understanding limited by the work of one's own country or generation, there will gradually emerge a body of people better equipped to ass the value of current work through an understanding of the achievements of the past. Moreover, just as in other departments of life the real value of an action is apparent only when one is aware of the motive underlying it, so the work of any artist can rightly be assessed only when there is a realisation of his aims and motives. And this understanding of motives, together with a realisaJtion of the circumstances and difficulties which confronted artists in past generations, should be greatly fostered and developed by the study of Art History. E. H. Gombrich has said, "There really is no such thing as Art. There are only arti :ts". The statement points up an important truth, namely, that while the value of art education is rightly judged by the visible results in works produced, there is yet another, less obviou but no less important, aspect of art education, and this is the effect of such education upon the outlook and attitudes of tho e taking the subject. If the extension of art studies awakens in those involved a greater awareness of the wonder of the universe and of the nature, needs and achievements of man, it will prove to have been a forward move in education. PRIMARY SCHOOL The Primary School with classe from P l -S4 is now a successfully accomplished fact at Springfield Road. The girls are very happy there and enjoy having their own identity. The children contributed generously to their own Harvest Festival

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Service, the Standard 4 girls en joying the experience of helping to distribute their gifts to Children's homes and the Maori Boys' Hostel. Some of the Standard 4 girls have been able to come across to the main chool for gym and have sat their iron and bronze badges while one girl was a member of the gym team which came second in its grade at the inter-primary chools' competition in Term II. The Swimming sport in the first term and the athletics sports in the third term were both occasions for the Primary School to combine with Forms I and II and two most successful days re ulted. The girls enjoy being able to wim at the St. Albans pool as it is heated and they look forward to starting each day this way. At the beginning of this term the primer children travelled to Woodend to gain experience of life on a farm. The day was perfect and they appreciated very much the kindne of Mr and Mrs Scott who showed them o many different sides to country life. A most attractive class book reflects the impression this trip made on young minds. The girls look forward to combining with the Secondary School in the carol service which this year i to be held in the Cathedral. The Junior Red Cros has been an active Circle comprising girls of Std. 3 and Std. 4 under the capable guidance of Mrs Mitchell. In the first term a very generous supply of marbles, rubber balls, soap, toothpaste and brushes and note-books were brought in for inclu ion in the "Friendship Bag" for the children in Vietnam. Several large bags of u ed tamps have been handed in, and the upply continues. To aid the "Wheelchair Fund", a Bring and Buy was held on May 1st. This was very well patronised by the rest of the school, and the sum of $26.43 was raised. A small group held a stall at home during the holidays, and handed in $4 .16 towards general funds. Several large cartons of good clothing were handed in for earthquake relief, and general Red Cro s distribution. Handwork: Busy knitters supplied enough peggy squares to make three

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warm rugs which were given to Miss Bland, matron of ursc Maude Hospital. The girls walked to the hospital on July 16th and were shown over the wards and spent a pleasant time chatting to the patients. They were delighted to see the rug they gave last year being used. Other handwork includes several attractive scrap-books for ~hildren in hospital and International Friendship cards for sendmg overseas. A letter received from Elizabeth Gregory Hunt of Pitt Island has been answered by the Circle, and it is hoped to form a friend-ship with member of this remote circle, exchanging news regularly. Health and Hygiene: We have had di cu sions on rules for healthy living at a level suitable for the age group. Fund raising Term III: A very successful Doll Show brought in $15.48 which was given to the Biafra fund. Members continue to collect used stamps and have al o made more stamp greeting cards for sending abroad. Handwork: Covered coat hangers and novelty soap and flannel packs are being made for Christmas gifts for the Nurse Maude patients. Members are going to present these when we go in December to ing carols. HOSTEL OTES 1968 has been a ucce ful year for the boarders. We have all had our "moments" but the outcome has been very satisfactory. The year began with the usual hostel picnic to W aikuku Beach - sand and sun galore. Soon afterwards with our House Swimming Sports, when everyone competed enthusiastically in the numerous events. At Ea ter, owing to the inadequacy of the hostel roofs, under the onslaught of rain, and the travelling hazards, school was closed and delighted boarders could leave at whatever time wa most expedient for their parents to collect them. The Pacific Art Festival earlier this year gave us an opportunity to broaden our education in many ways. Among the displays we visited were Rodin's Sculpture and the art exhibition, and the film showing at the time. Board~rs have shouldered the customary number of odd

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jobs around the school this year. When this happens we say "where would the school be without the boarders"! No doubt daygirls do not appreciate this remark, but they would if there were no boarders to clean up after them. During the cour e of this year, two of our common rooms were redecorated, and another large room was converted into our third common room. We are grateful to the P.T.A. who donated a television set and have carpe~ed our common rooms. The Boarding Establishment has now extended westward with the addition of a house on Winchester Street for Forms I and II. Soon we shall command the whole block. We are also mo t grateful to the P.T.A. members who have given up their Saturday nights to how us films throughout the year in our provisional cinema; we find the films mo t enjoyable. We thank Mis Morri on and the other matrons and tutors who have arranged our entertainment on the otherwise uneventful Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The most memorable of all our outings have been our beach barbecue of the rough and ready variety. We appreciate the help of our head matron, Mrs Van Roode, and the other members of the staff, Mrs Brooks, Miss Shand, Miss Brown, Mrs Garrison, Mrs Tenquist and Mrs Foate, have given us throughout the year. Our house mistresses thi year have been Miss Apperley, Miss Fitzgerald, Miss Kerr, Miss Morrison and Miss Lee, who have al o helped with the smooth running of our hostel. This year our kitchen staff have provided us food fit to be served in a "five-star" hotel. For this we hould like to thank our cook, Mrs Stone, and her staff, e pecially Mrs Dooley. Finally, I should like to thank the prefects for their help they have given me this year and we wish our successors the best of luck. PREFECTS' OTES Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. Jenny: "She led her regiment from behind and found it less exciting". Sally: "They also erve who only tand and wait". Deb: "A wandering minstrel I, a thing of shreds and patches". Sue Wilton: "Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice?" Nick: "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage".

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Helen: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever?" Chris Worthington: "Beware the librarian: She move her lips while she reads". Judy: "Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasure prove". Sue Cummack: "Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draw· us with a single hair". Rose: "A rose is a rose is a ro e". Leo: "Nature and Nature's Law lay hid in Night, God said, 'Let Newton be and all was Light'." Joey: "I have been complimented many times and every time I get embarrassed for they never say enough". Chris Williams: "Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast". Liz: "Virtue above is happiness below". Julie: "I've got a little list of society offenders who might well be underground, and who never would be missed". Charlotte: "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who will agree with me".

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Back row: J. He lop, M. Harrison, J. How;;,rd. Middle row: P. Judd, L. Wilson, J. Dunbar, J. Perkins. Front row: A. Bown, . .John (Head), J. Armstrong.

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KONINI HOUSE NOTES 1968 . has been a year of partial success. Though not as outstanding as last year, we are still a force to be reckoned with. Again this year we won the swimming sports with a total of 200 points. However, the House Crocodile was not our strongest event, maybe due to sabotage - thus we retired to the 3rd place. Congratulations to Angela Bunt who became joint Junior Champion, F. Bunt who became Intermediate Champion, also to Judy Berryman on being Senior Runner-up. Special congratulations to Helen Millar who was runner-up for the Junior Championship and was also the girl with the most points not a champion. The relay teams proved most exciting with both Konini teams winning, with the added vocal support of the rest of the house. The members of the Junior team are to be congratulated for their fine effort in not only breaking the Junior record, but also the Senior relay record. This year at the Athletic Sports, Konini moved down the ranks one place to take a well-deserved 2nd place. However, the margin between Kowhai and ourselves was only about 15 points so that the challenge for 1st place proved to be a most exciting one. The Senior Relay team gained an excellent 1st place and the Junior and Intermediate teams spr.i.nted their way to 2nd and 3rd respectively. We are especially proud of Cherise Wilkins for becoming Junior Champion and of Laone Wilkins for being Intermediate Runner-up and receiving the cup for the most points not a champion. All in all, Konini, backed up by the House spirit, had a good day, despite the weather. The sack relay must not be forgotten for the way in which they jumped furiously towards the finishing tape. In the 1st term we won the Bates Cup but in the second we were third, just four points behind Rimu who were 2nd. I should like to thank all those who made an effort to gain work bars and mentions for Konini. As with last year it was the younger members Form I to IV who gained most of these valuable points for us. Konini was not at her best in the 2nd term as can be seen from our inglorious position at the rear of the Basketball and our defeat in the Hockey in the second round. This year the House has in particular two people to congra~ulate. We should like to extend our good wishes to Charlotte Holmes who is at the moment on an American Field Scholarship and has left an unfillable place in the House. From what Charlotte has written to us we detect that she is having a most

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interesting and beneficial year as a Judge's daughter . Secondly, congratulations to Katrina McIntosh on her fine sprinting efforts in the School Athletics Sports, as well as her success in going to Auckland where the National were being held. Congratulations also to all House girls in School Hockey and Basketball teams. So far this year there has not been many chances for Konini to participate in any fields other than sport. Let us hope Konini finds success in other fields also when the opportunity comes. It only remains for me to thank the House for the support and enthusiasm they have given this year, and my vice-captain, Chris Williams. I was most grateful for the time she made from her other responsibilities to come and hare in the running of the house. We both wish those returning next year all the fun and success we have had this year and hope all runs moothly. Congratulations to the following: Awards) 1968 Swimming: Colours Re-awarded: Judy Berryman. Pockets Awarded: Helen Millar, Angela Bunt. Pocket Re-awarded: Felicity Bunt. Athletics: Colours Awarded: Sue Ritchie, Laone Wilkin . Pockets Re-awarded: Cherise Wilkins. Pockets Awarded: Katrina McIntosh, Jocelyn Perkins, Sarah Lawrence. Life Saving: Senior Instructor's Certificate: Carol Grant, Anne Farmer, Margaret Saunders, Mary Watkin on. Hockey: Colours Re-awarded: Chris Williams. Colour~ Awarded: Anne Farmer. Pockets Re-awarded: Margaret Saunders. Pockets Awarded: Elizabeth Watkinson. Basketball: Colours Re-awarded: Robyn Urquhart. Pockets Awarded: Carol Grant, Adrienne Thatcher.

KOWHAI HOUSE NOTES Kowhai has had rather an unusual year. We have had some brilliant moments, and some very shameful ones. The year began rather tragically when Kowhai came last

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in the Swimming ports. None of the relays were placed and few girls reached the finals. However, we regained our prestige by winning with a comfortable margin in the Athletic sports. We· came second in the Whole House Relay and first in the House Captains' Novelty Race. Our congratulations to Louise Paterson ( Intermediate champ~on) and Susan Gibson (Junior runner-up), and all those who earned valuable points by coming second and third in their events. Kowhai contributed well in life-saving coming a close 3rd in the Life Saving Cup. In gym, many Kowhai girls passed their awards, supplying the house with still more marks. Our special congratulations go to Louise Paterson who performed particularly well in the girls' B Grade National Gym Championships. The ba ketball matches left Kowhai a little out of the limelight. We came 4th in overall points. However, the hockey team played a fine match, losing to Matipo only in the last few minutes of the game. Academically, Kowhai has excelled. We have won every time in term and exam mentions, and Kowhai girls have been awarded an impressive number of work bars. The efforts of these studious ones have contributed largely to our winning the Bates House Cup in term II. On looking back, this has been a very interesting year for Kowhai, and my thanks go to Lucy Twyneham, who has helped me many times, and to all those who have gained points during the year. Awards) Swimming: Pocket: Robyn Pearson.

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RATA HOUSE NOTES 1968 has been an interesting year for Rata, as the number of girls has increased and the competition has become keener. Although Rata has not achieved outstanding success it shows great potential for the future and, with continued cooperation from junior house members, the efforts made in the past year should stand them in good stead. The first meeting of the year was held to welcome the junior members and an opportunity was taken to encourage these new members together with the rest of the house to endeavour to obtain good results for the benefit of Rata during the coming year. Rata was runner-up in the swimming sports, being placed first in the House Crocodile, second in the Junior Relay and third in the Senior Relay. In the Athletic Sports Rata did not achieve such distinction but in addition to being first in the whole-house relay several members obtained minor places. At the winter sports competition Rata's hockey team was unfortunate to be defeated in the first match, while the four basketball teams were struggling for second place. Overall, the number of gym awards, gym badges, pockets and colours showed that the house put up a creditable perform-• ance throughout the year. Scholastically, Rata was reasonably successful as shown by the large number of examination mentions and work bars obtained. Thanks are due to the girls who made special efforts for the house throughout the year and so contributing to Rata's success. Credit is also due to my vice-captain, Philippa Harris, for her continued support and assistance. Finally, I should like to wish Rata house best of luck for the coming year. Awards) 1968 Hockey: Colours Awarded: Gaynor Stanley. Basketball: Colours Re-awarded: Bronwyn Grueber, Penni Wilson.

RIMU HOUSE NOTES This year, Rimu, with its notable characteristic of kindness, declined to accept the honour of holding its prominent position in all House Events as they did in 1909 !

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Although we have not done as well as we had intended, the Hou e has entered wholeheartedly into all they have been asked to with true house spirit. Unfortunately we failed to distinguish ourselves in the Swimming Sports but we did manage to come second in the House Crocodile. Our prowess was imilar in the Athletic Sports, but there was one exception, that of Clemency Underhill, who won the Senior Champion hip. During the term the Inter-house Hockey and Basketball matches were held. As in past years the hockey was a knock-out competition and we were unlucky to meet the eventual winners in the first round. Our hard-earned success of the year came as a great surprise when we proved ourselves worthy of the Basketball Shield in these matches. Our concentrated efforts in the cholastic field gave us econd place in the Bate Cup for the 2nd Term. Thank you one and all Hou e members for your cooperation throughout the year and my special thanks to Jocelyn Dunbar, my vice-captain for her unfailing upport throughout the year. Best luck goes to my successor and good luck to you all for 1969. Awards) 1967 Tennis: Colour : Jan Archibald. Gymnastics: Pocket Awarded: Diane Williamson. Awards) 1968 Swimming: Pocket Re-awarded: Ro emary Forrester. Athletics: Colours: Clemency Underhill. Basketball: Colours: Ro emary Forrester. Umpire's Whistle: Rosemary Forrester. MATIPO HOUSE OTES This year, Matipo ha pursued a median course, not shining or failing in anything. However, Matipo has shown greater prowess in the sporting field than the scholastic field, which had never been our forte. Our house teams did not distinguish themselves in the

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Swimming Sports, despite Tui Shipston's help, and we gained only third place. Tui Shipston was the senior champion, and Susan Hunter was first equal for the junior championship. Our congratulations go to our two champions, and especially to Tui, who has represented New Zealand in the Mexico Olympic Games. We came third in the Athletic Sports also, in which our house teams excelled themselves. Our junior, intermediate and sack relays were placed first, and the senior relay was second. We gained many valuable point from these teams, and the le s athletic members who entered in the events. In the basketball tournament in the second term, we gained only third place overall, in spite of all practice . Both the B and C teams won their grades. In the hockey, however, we came to the fore by winning the knockout tournament, after successfully playing three games. At the end of the first term, with all our points from life-• saving medals and mentions, we came a close second in the Bates House Cup. However, at the end of the second term we did not do quite so well, despite all our mentions and points from gym badges. We now anticipate better results in the coming year. Finally, I should like to thank my ~ice-captain, Sue, for all the help she has given me, and the house member for their support throughout the year.

Swimming Awards: Colours Re-awarded: Tui Shipston. Pocket Re-awarded: Cheryl Tod. Pocket Awarded: Susan Hunter. Athletic Awards: Pocket Re-awarded:

Cheryl Copeland.

Basketball Awards: Colours Re-awarded: Cheryl Tod. Pocket Re-awarded: Linda Voller. Hockey Awards: Colours Awarded: Adrienne Thompson, Pamela Hammett, Diane McRae. Pocket Awarded: Susan Holland.

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Back row: ]. Perkins, G. tanley, . Thoma , P. Gerard, L. Roberts, C. Copland. Middle row: S. Gib on, M. Harri on, D. Clemen , Lawrence, C. Wilkin. Seated: L. Wilkin, L. Pater on, I . John (Captain), C. Underhill, S. Ritchie, K. Mackinto h.

ATHLETIC OTES The annual Athletic Sports were held at Rugby Park on March 13th. Unfortunately the weather only held until lunchtime but we carried on despite this. The efficient organisation of the day was the re ult of much hard work and time spent by Miss Mangos and Mrs Hair, who were a i ted by Miss Morgan and Mr Jameson. We are grateful to them and other staff members and al o the parents who helped as officials. Thanks are also due to Mrs Paterson who presented the cups at the end of the day. A new event in the Championship section this year wa the shot-put. Many attempted the shot but found it harder than they had anticipated. The standard of our athletics this year has been high and this standard was apparent in the Inter-School Sports where we

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gained first place. Congratulations to Laone Wilkins who won the 100 yard event and achieved a new Canterbury record; to Clemency Underhill who was placed third in the long jump; to Cherise Wilkins who won the 100 yards and equalled the record in the 75 yards and finally to the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Relay teams who finished first, second and second respectively.

Athlet;c Awards: Senior Champion: Clemency Underhill. Runner-up: Katrina Mackintosh. Intermediate Champion: Louise Paterson. Runner-up: Laone Wilkins. Junior Champion: C. Wilkins. Runner-up: Susan Gibson. Most Points not a Champion: Laone Wilkins. Colours Awarded: Clemency Underhill, Susan Ritchie, Laone Wilkins, Louise Paterson. Pockets Re-awarded: Cheryl Copland, Cherise Wilkins. Pockets Awarded: Katrina Mackintosh, Susan Gibson, Jocelyn Perkins, Sarah Lawrence. CHAMPIONSHIP EVE TS Senior: 220 yards-C. Copland, 1; S. Lawrence, 2; S. Ritchie, 3. Time: 27.6 sec . Shot Put-M. Harri on, 1; C. Underhill, 2; S. Lawrence, 3. Distance: 32ft 1lins. Long Jump-C. Underhill, 1; S. Ritchie, 2; C. Copeland, 3. Distance: 15ft 2½in . 75 yards-K. Mackintosh, 1; C. Copland, 2; S. Lawrence, 3. Time: 9.2secs. 80 Metres Hurdles-C. Underhill, 1; S. Ritchie, 2; A. Bettle, 3. Time: 14.4secs. Discus. Johns, 1; M. Harrison, 2; C. Underhill, 3. Distance: 84ft 4¼ins. JOOyards-K. Mackintosh, 1; C. Copland, 2; S. Lawrence, 3. Time: 12.7 sees. High Jump-S. Ritchie, 1; C. Underhill, 2; A. Bettle, 3. Height: 4ft 6in .

Intermediate: Discus-G. Stanley, 1; L. Paterson, 2; L. Wilkins, 3. Distance: 58ft 4¼ins. 220 yards-L. Wilkins, 1; L. Paterson, 2; P. Gerard, 3. Time: 28.3sec. 75 yards-L. Wilkins, 1; L. Pater on, 2; J. Egan, 3. Time: 9.4secs. Shot Put-G. Stanley, 1; L. Pater on, 2; P. Gerard, 3. Distance: 28f t 11½ins.

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80 yards Hurdles-L. Pater on ,1; P. Fraser, 2; P. Gerard, 3. Time: 12.9sec . High Jump-L. Paterson, 1; G. Stanley, 2; J. Wagner and P. Gerard . 3 equal. Height: 4ft 6in . 100 yards-L. Wilkin, 1; L. Paterson, 2; P. Fraser, 3. Time: 1_3.0secs. Long Jump-L. Wilkins, 1; L. Pater on, 2; S. Barlow, 3. Distance: 15ft lOin . Junior: High Jump-A. Waters, 1; J. Dunbar, 2; B. Underhill, 3. Height: 4ft 3¾ins. 70 yards Hurdles-S. Gibson, 1; C. Wilkins, 2; A. Waters, 3. Time: 11.3 ecs. (record) . 75 yards-C. Wilkin, 1; A. Waters, 2; S. Gibson and D. Clemens, 3rd equal. Time: 9.6 ecs. Shot Put-C. Wilkins, 1; S. Gibson, 2; A. Waters, 3. Di tance: 26ft Oins. Long Jump-S. Gib on, 1; C. Wilkins, 2; F. Sanders, 3. Distance: 14ft 5ins. 100 yards-C. Wilkins, 1; S. Gib on, 2; A. Waters, 3. Time: 13.0secs. Discus-A. Water, 1; C. Wilkins, 2; V. McGregor, 3. Distance: 56ft 3½ins. 220 yards-D. Clemens, 1; C. Wilkins, 2; S. Gibson, 3. Time: 29.5sec . (record) . Inter-School Team: Junior: Deni e Clemens, Cherise Wilkin, Su an Gib on, Anna Waters. Intermediate: Philippa Gerard, Laone Wilkin , Gaynor Stanley, Loui e Pater on, Lyn Roberts, Su an Black. Senior: Cheryl Copland, Katrina Mackinto h, Su an Ritchie, Michele Harri on, icola John , Clemency Underhill, Jocelyn Perkin , u an Lawrence.

HOCKEY OTES 1968 was in retrospect a year of frustration and di appoint-• ment for the "A" hockey team. In over-all ability the team must be ranked favourably with those of -the last few years, but its record in w,inter school competition did not reflect this, with various fluctuations in performance. The eason began with the first match against Darfield. The first stages of the game developed into a close encounter with honours fairly evenly divided but early in the second half it was obvious that St. Margaret's had gained a slight edge and was now two goals up. However, the last ten minutes saw the team deprived of possession and forced into a largely defensive role with two quick goals scored against them. In spite of all the effort expended in the last minute, not enough sparkle could be aroused to score the much needed goal. This pattern of play was in large measure to dominate the season' play.

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However, with two teams in the "B" grade this year, there proved to be aggressive and confident play and both came through to win their zones. The "D" and third form teams enjoyed their matches and developed quite an amount of hockey sense from the season's games. Both were 1st equal in their respective grades. A di appointing feature of Wednesday hockey was the successive run of wet days which cau ed matches to be repeatedly postponed. The winter Triangular Tournament which was to have been held at the end of July was postponed at the eleventh hour. The alternative date set for the second weekend of the third term raised sun and mild temperatures. The games were played on a hard, fast ground and the team displayed competent attacking hockey in scoring a convincing 5-1 win over Craighead. This score was repeated in the second match against St. Hilda's, and after the August tournament debacle it seemed a somewhat transformed team which held advantage.

HOCKEY Back row: A. Thompson, P. Hammett, A. Farmer. Middle row: L. Pater on, E. Watkinson, S. Holland, M. Saunder . Seated: K. Wat on, G. Stanley, C. Williams (Captain), D. Beetham, D. McRae.

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The team's performance at the South I~land Secondary Schools' Tournament, this year held in Christchurch, was di appointing. Although we did not lose a match we failed to capitalise on the opposition' mistakes with a hesitancy which co t us many goals. Congratulations to Anne Farmer and Diana McRae who were selected to play in the Secondary School Rep. team. This year in wretched conditions the house hockey was won by Matipo who defeated Kowhai. Though successful seasons are usually the most enjoyable, it could not be said that there was not plenty of enjoyment in the discipline of practice and opportunity for experience. Team spirit and friendship was good and the attractive tyle of hockey Her was a reward for many hours of toil by Miss Morgan. expert guidance and perseverance will rank amongst the mo t memorable of our time at school. We sincerely thank Miss Morgan for her dedication and wish next year's team pleasant succe as we carry away memories of particular triumphs and handsome friendships. Our thanks are also extended to Mrs Haley for devoting her Wednesday afternoon to umpiring many matches. We greatly appreciate her interest and enthu iasm. This year we were thrilled to have an invitation from the old girls to challenge them in a match. Although the fitness of our girls had a light advantage over the past pupil , the game was fast and invigorating with the "A" team running away with a clear victory, however not before the old girl had scored a brilliant goal. We must, however, thank the old girl for this opportunity and hope that next year they continue with this delightful meeting , and perhaps core a decisive win. Finally, it eem fitting to mention that of the 30 matches played in the Secondary School Hockey, we won 25, drew 3 and lost only 2.

Awards~ 1968 Colours Re-awarded: Christine Williams. Colours Awarded: Deborah Beetham, Diana McRae, Anne Farmer, Keri Watson, Gaynor Stanley, Adrienne Thompson, Pamela Hammett. Pockets Re-awarded: Margaret Saunders. Pockets Awarded: Sarah Lawrence, usan Holland, Philippa Judd, Elizabeth Watkinson, Christine Wri ht Loui ~ Paterson,

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"A, ,team-(Goalkeeper)

E. Watkinson; (right back) . Holland, M. Saunders; (left back) Deb Beetham; (right half) Adrienne Thompson; (centre half) Anne Farmer; (left half) Pam Hammett; (right wing) Gay Stanley; (right inner) Keri Wat on; ( entre forward) Diana McRae; (left inner) Louie Paterson; (left wing) Chri tine William· (capt.). "BJ)) team-(Goalkeeper) J. Rymer; (right back) M. Saunders; (left back) . Foster; (right half) D. Saunder; (centre half) F. Bunt; (left half) R. Wood; (right wing) S. Cummack (capt.); (right inner) S. Wilton; ( centre forward) H. Ackroyd; (left inner) V. Fox; (left wing) P. Judd. "B2" team-(Goalkeeper) A. Gold tein; (right back) S. William; ( left back) S. Jarman; ( right half) J. Suckling; ( right inner) L. Gibbon; (centre half) C. Wright; (left half) A. Mercer; (right wing) J. Sandston ( capt.); ( centre forward) J. Talbot; (left inner) K. Wright; (left wing) S. Lawrence. "D)) team-(Goalkeeper) J. Water; (right back) J. Matthew; (left back) A. kinner; (right half) S. Barlow; (centre half) P. Bain; (left half) D. Ayton; (right wing) A. William; (right inner) P. Barlow; ( centre forward) J. Gia on; ( left inner) J. Wagner; ( left wing) J. Glasson. "3rd form)) team-(Goalkeeper) J. Trolove; (right back) C. Blunden; (left back) H. Somers; (right half) S. Burt; (centre half) V. McGregor; ( left half) A. Wagner; ( right wing) J. Harry; ( right inner) S. Waghorn; (centre forward) P. Fo ter; (left inner) S. Gibson; (left wing) A. Bunt; ( Re erve) A. Beetham.

Results of Hockey Matches:

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v. Darfield, drew 2-2. v. Rangi Ruru, drew 1-1. v. Papanui, won 5-1. v. Rangiora, won 6-0. v. Burn ide, lo t 2-1.

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v. Hagley, won 5-0. v. Rangi Ruru, won 2-1. v. Riccarton, won v. Girls' High School, drew 1-1. v. Lincoln, won 9-0. v. Villa Maria, won v. Ca hmere, won

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v. Rangi Ruru, won 7-1. v. Papanui, won 3-1. v. Aranui, won 2-1. v. Mairehau, won 5-1. v. Villa Maria, won 5-2. v. Rangiora, won 7-1. v. Bum ide (unplayed).

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St. Margaret's v. Hillmorton, won 8-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lost 0-2. v. Villa Maria, won 8-0. v. Burnside,, woh 6-0. v. Girls' High School, won 2-0. v. Linwood, won 2-0. v. Sacred Heart (unplayed). Third Form team St. Margaret's v. Linwood, won 8-0. v. Rangi Ruru, won 2-1. v. Riccarton, won 14-0. v. Girls' High School, won 1-0. v. Rangiora, won by default. v. Sacred Heart, won 4-0.

CRANMER HOCKEY The "A" hockey team perpetuating the name of Cranmer in the Saturday competition had an amazingly successful season with brief excursions into opposing territory which gained them goals and subsequent wins. Saturday match play brought about steady progress with some persistent attacks mingled with a few difficult afternoons on defence. At times the forwards showed sensible attacking abilities while the halves proved generally safe on defence and frequently very enterprising and consistent in attack. Their covering gave confidence to the backs and goalkeepers who were rarely overshadowed. With wins and draws dominating losses, our performances were rewarded with second place honours in the Senior Reserve grade. It was unfortunate that hard draws usually occurred in holiday time where player often found themselves in unaccustomed positions. However, we are sincerely grateful during these difficult periods to the replacements without whom triumph would have been less attainable. Anne Farmer and Judy Rymer were chosen for the Rep. team. Congratulations to you both. Many thank are due to those parents who regularly supported the team, and especially to Miss Morgan without whose spirit and vigour we would have failed to achieve relative merits. Although the ground was heavy at times, most of the games were thoroughly enjoyed and produced consistently good friend-· ship amongst a serviceable team. Girls who played during the season were: C. Williams, S. Cummack, G. Stanley, K. Watson, D. McRae, L. Paterson, A. Thompson, A. Farmer, P. Hammett, D. Beetham, M. Saunders, S. Holland, N. Foster, P. Judd, S. Wilton, C. Wright, S. Gibson, J. Rymer, E. Watkinson.

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"A" TENNIS Back row: A. Farmer, H. Ackroyd. Seated: C. William , J. Dodgshun.

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Although the "A" team managed to finish only third in the section, matches were not without excitement, often developing into tussles between leading players in the city. Once again in our annual match the Old Girls' proved to hold commanding positions with sustained repertoires of strokes and well-placed balls winning them matches. We put up a spirited display but to no avail again t an experienced pack. Prospects for 1968 looked a little disheartening with three of the "A" team departed from school. However, a general improvement in all-round play has been noticeable and it was a disappointed Quadrangular team which returned from Timaru when rain caused cancellation of the tournament. On the whole last year, tennis was enjoyed by all who took part. Our special thanks go to the coaches and organisers for their interest and assi tance, especially to Mrs Lawrence and Anne, Mrs Rymer, Miss Morgan and Miss Mangos. Matches have just begun with an extra team in the "C" grade this year. However, greater concentration might produce more adaptable players. Serving is not a strong point in the school and ome ground trokes and volleys need attention. Early this year Mr Clark conducted a coaching session for girls from the "A and B' team . Valuable knowledge and techniques were gained from this and with a good number of junior players available for coaching, the coming few years may reach a peak in the history of school tennis. In the 1967 chool championships Felicity Maples was successful in the senior single while the intermediate and junior title went to Anne Farmer and Beverley Miller respectively.

Tennis Awards, 1967: Colours Re-awarded: Felicity Maples. Colours Awarded: Jan Archibald. Pockets Re-awarded: Christine Williams. Awarded: Janet Cameron. Teams, 1968: "A"-C. Williams, J. Dodgshun, A. Farmer, H. Ackroyd. "B"-D. Wat on, M. Collins, B. Grueber, R. Woods, B. Miller, M. Wright, A. Thatcher, A. Sullivan. "Cl "-P. Chisholm, S. Robb, L. Twyneham, D. Anderson J. Mehal ki, P. Streeter, M. Saunders, M. Thomas. ' "C2"-P. Barlow, L. Gib on, D. McRae, S. WiJliam , C. Bell, P. Harris, M. Carnaby, R. Pott . 3rd "-S. Hart, A. Palmer, S. Gibson, J. Lithgow, B. Underhill, A. Water, J. Harry, W. Harknes .

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Results, 1967: A GRADE: St. Margaret's

B GRADE St. Margaret's

v. Riccarton, won 6-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lo t 2-4. v. Burn ide, won 6-0. v. Villa Maria, lo t 27 games to 29. Result: S. ,1.C. 3rd in ection. v. Riccarton, won 4-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lo t 1-3. v. Villa Maria, won 3-1. v. Cotte more, lost 26-27 game . v. Burnside, won 3-1. v. Papanui, won 4-0. Result: S.M.C. 2nd in ection.

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v. Hagley, won 3-1. v. Hillmorton, won 3-1. v. G.H.S., won 4-0. v. St. Mary's, won 3-1. v. Rangi Ruru, won 3-1. Final v. Sacred Heart, won 4-0.

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v. Ric arton, won 4-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lost 0-4. v. Villa Maria,. won 4-0. v. Cotte more, won 30-23 game . v. Hillmorton, won 4-0. v. Papanui, won 4-0. Result: S.M.C. 2nd in section.

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v. Riccarton, won 6-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lost 1-5. v. Burnside, won 4-2. v. Cotte more, lost 1-5. v. Villa Maria, won 26-23 games. v. Riccarton, won 4-Li. v Rangi Ruru, lost 0-4. v. Burn ide, won 4-0. v. Cottesmore, won 4-0. v. Villa Maria, won 4-0. v. Aranui, won 4-0. v. Linwood, lo t 1-3. v. Maireh:iu, lost 1-3.

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C2 GRADE St. Margaret's

v. Hagley, won 4-0. v. Hillmorton, lo t 0-4. v. Sacred Heart, v. G.H.S., won 3-1. v. St. Mary' , won 4-0. v. Ri carton, won 4-0.

3RD FORM: St. Margaret's v. Riccarton, vvon 4-0. v. Rangi Ruru, lo t 28-31 game . v. Cottesmore, won 4-0. v. Cashmer , won 36-23 games. v. Villa Maria, drew 29-29 games.

QUADRA GULAR TOURNAME T The annual tournament between St. Hilda's, Craighead, Rangi Ruru and St. Margaret's was held at Craighead in Timaru. It can be aid, literally, that the Tournament was a 'washout' but nevertheles the wimming part of the Tournament was held, the tennis being abandoned. Thi year our wimming team was a well-balanced, strong team with each member pulling her weight, allowing u to win handsomely. LIFE-SA VI G OTES This year the s hool was eligible and won the Peterson Cup, which i awarded to the school with a roll of 500 upward gain-• ing the mo t Royal Life Saving Award . The interest taken in this was tremendous and the enthusiasm of the girls sitting awards was a plea ing ight. We should like to thank Miss Mango for her help and encouragement throughout the year. The results were as follows: Intermediate tar 16 Bronze Medallion 50 Bar to Bronze Medallion 8 Bronze Cros 25 Bar to Bronze Cross . 5 Award of Merit 13 ,., Bar to Award of Merit I Junior In tructor 4 Senior In tructor 6 •• .• I

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BASKETBALL "A" Back row: C. Grant, C. Tod, L. Voller. Front row: P. Wilson, R. Urquhart, B. Grueber, R. Forr ster.

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to Dunedin to participate in the South Island Secondary Schools' Tournament. With individual cooperation and determination they were able to progress undefeated to the emi-finals. The support of those who contributed to the fund-raising ventures to make this trip po ible wa greatly appreciated. Good results were also gained by other teams ,especially the "C" team who reached the finals in the Wednesday competitions. Arrangements for teams to play on Thursday afternoons against Girls' High School again proved very popular. Thank are due again to Mr Escott who devoted considerable time to coaching the "A" and "B" teams ,and to Miss Mango for her continued assistance and support. Pockets Awarded: Adrienne Thatcher, Sally Pater on, Carol Grant, Linda Voller. Colours A warded : Rosemary F arrester. Colour Re-awarded: Bronwyn Grueber, Penni Wilson, Robyn Urquhart, Cheryl Tod.

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The wimming Sports were held on the 20th February, and the weather treated u kindly, helping to make the sports a success. Congratulations go out to Tui Ship ton on her admission to the Olympic team, to travel to Mexico for the 1968 Olympic Games. The school, especially the swimmers, have had reason to look up to Tui, as h is a fine example of the dedication an<l hard work that are needed to get to the top ! Angela Bunt, this year, startled many when she broke the record in the Junior 50 yards Breaststroke. The other four records of the day were broken by Tui Shipston. The success of the ports was not all due to weather, but largely to Mi Mangos, Mi Morgan, for the help and constructive advice they gave. The work of the re t of the staff and senior girl was much appreciated. Finally, I should like to thank my vice-captain, Deb Rawson, for her help she has given me throughout the year, over the monetary problems of Uc saving and in the heat run-offs after school.

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S. Hunter. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS SE IOR: 1. Individual Medley (record 50.9, 1967): T. Shipston 1; J. Berryman 2; R. Pearson 3. Time: 49.5 ec. (record). 2. 50 yards Freestyle ( re ord T. Shipston 27.9, 1967): T. Ship ton l; J. Berryman 2; R. Forrester 3. Time: 26.9sec. (record). 3. 50 yards Breast stroke ( record T. Shipston, 35.8, 1967): T. Ship ton 1; A. Thomp on 2; R. Pear on 3. Time: 35.6sec .(record). 4. 50 yards Backstroke (record T. Ship ton, 32.0, 1967): T. Ship ton 1; J. Berryman 2; R. Forrester 3. Time: 32.2sec. 5. Dive: J. Dodg hun 1; C. Tod and M. Harri on, equal 2.

INTERMEDIATE: 1. Individual Medley (record T. Ship ton, 50.6, 1966): F. Bunt 1; . Oate 2; A. Goldstein 3. Time: 53.65secs. 2. 50 yards Freestyle (record T. hip ton, 28.4, 1966): F. Bunt 1; S. Oates 2; L. Mackinto h 3. Time: 30.1 ecs. 3. 50 yards Breast stroke (record T. Shipston, 36.5, 1966): F. Bunt 1; A. Thoma 2; R. ev,,man 3. Time: 37.6sec .

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4. 50 yards Backstroke (record T. Ship ton, 32.1, 1966): F. Bunt 1; L. Mackinto h 2; S. McGregor 3. Time: 35.5secs. 5. Dive: L. Livingstone 1; R. Newman 2; S. Hender on and S. McGregor, equal 3. JUNIOR: 1. Individual Medley ( record T. Ship ton, 54 ec, 1965): A. Bunt 1; S. Hunter 2; H. Millar 3. Time: 55secs. 2. 50 yards Freestyl•e (record T. Shipston, 29.5, 1966): H. Millar 1; A. Bunt 2; S. Hunter 3. Time: 29.5 equal record. 3. 50 yards Breast stroke ( record T. Shipston, 38.75, 1965): A. Bunt 1; S. Hunter 2; V. Oat . 3. Time: 36.5secs. ( r cord). 4. 50 yards Backstroke (record T. Ship ton, 34 ec , 1965): S. Hunter 1; H. Millar 2; V. Oate 3. Time: 35 ec . 5. Dive: P. McKay 1; A. Blance 2; H. Sommer and V. Oates, equal 3. OPE

: 1. 100 yards Freestyle (record T. Shipston, 62 ec, 1967): T. Shipston 1; F. Bunt 2; H. Millar 3. Time: 59.2 ec. (record). 2. Water Stunt: S. Barlow and R. Urquhart 1: S. Fox and J. uckling 3. NON-CHAMPION HIP EVEN1 S E IIOR: I. 25 yards Freest) le: S. La,.,vrence l; P. Harris 2; R. Urquhart 3. 2. 25 yards Breast stroke: A. Farmer 1; L. Gibb 2; A. Thatcher 3. 3. 25 yards Backstroke: A. Farmer l; S. McCallum 2; . Thatcher 3. 1

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IOR: 1. 25 yards Freestyle: 0. Ar hibald l; . Baker 2; B. Latter 3. 2. 25 yards Breast stroke: S. Gib on 1; V. McGregor 2; . Waghorn 3. 3. 25 )'ards Backstroke: L. Bat tone l; J. Dunbar 2; A. Palmer 3. RELAYS: I. Senior Forms Medley Relay ( r ord 67.4): 6A 1; 6G 2; 6S 3. Time: 67.4secs. 2. 5th Forms Medley Relay: 5G l; 5C 2; 5L 3. Time: 64.7 ec . 3. Senior House Relay ( record 1:29.2, Kowhai): Konini l; Kowhai 2; Rata 3. Time: 1:30.3 ecs. 4. Junior House Relay ( record 1:31.2): Konini 1; Rata 2; Rimu 3. Time: 1:29.0 ecs. (record). 5. House Crocodile: Rata l; Rimu 2; Konini 3.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS: House Championship: Konini 200; Rata 140; Matipo 138¼; Rimu 98 ¼; Kowhai 90. Senior Championship: T. Shipston, 30 point 1; J. Barryman, 12 points 2. Intermediate Championship: F. Bunt, 20 points 1; S. Oate, 8 point

Junior Championship: A. Bunt and S. Hunter, 16 points; Runnerup: H. Millar. Most Points not a Champion: Helen Millar, 14 points.

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Gymnastics has again taken a major part in school activities this year. In the fir t term a group of girl enter~d the Canterbury Rhythmical Championship . Katrina Macintosh wa placed third in the Women's A Grade and represented Canterbury at Auckland in May.

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In the second term Louise Paterson represented the school at the Canterbury Gymnastic Championship and was placed second in the Girls' B Grade. She later represented Canterbury at ew Plymouth being placed fifth individually. Several teams entered the Secondary School ' Rhythmical Champion hips. The A team conisting of K. Mackintosh, L. Voller, D. Williamson and S. Hume was placed first and K. Mackintosh was placed second individually. In the Primary School Gymnastic Championships in the econd term our A team was placed second. It con isted of D. Hanafin, A. Wood and A. Majendie. More than two hundred girls sat their iron, bronze or silver awards in the second term while the higher awards were sat in the third term. We are very grateful to Miss Mangos and Mrs Hair for their unfailing and enthusiastic support throughout the year and for the time and energy they have given up for us. Award Results) 1968 Iron Award: 92 passed. Bronze Award: 50 passed. Silver Award: 21 passed. Gold Award: 13 passed. Elite Award: 5 passed. Iron Leaders: L. Voller, D. Williamson, C. Grant, L. Gibb, S. Hume, L. Roberts, S. Barlow. Bronze Leaders: K. Mackintosh, P. Hueston.

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The fir t meeting of the Tramping Club was held in February, and was attended by a large number of enthusiastic 6th formers. The committee wa elected and plans were outlined for the future. In March, Mr Norman Hardie, our 'patron' gave an introductory talk on tramping techniques and equipment. He came again in July to give a fa cinating talk on the ascent of Mount Kanchenjunga. Variou tramp have been held since October last year. Miss Mango and Miss Blair have remained as our long-suffering supervisors.

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A tramp from the Boys' High Hut was held in November last year. Unfortunately it coincided with the end of a very heavy snow fall, and the spirit of adventure was rather dampened. However, we climbed half-,way up W oolshed Hill on the first afternoon, walked some of the way to Hallelujah Flats the second day and ascended 'Corner Knob' the day after. A very successful tramp was held at Cass in early December. We walked the first day from Arthur's Pass to Mr Hardie's house at Cora Lynn. This journey involved crossing the Waimakariri river, where we were re cued by our guides Mr Hardie, Nick Ashby and Gavin Wills. That night we slept (?) in the open on beds of moss. Next day we experienced one of the most exhilarating tramps we have ever had. It was a warm, beautiful day and we climbed Mt. Misery, descending the other side to Cass river, which we cros ed several times before reaching the flat. We had 'dinner' in a hay hed and caught the railcar home. The first tramp held in 1968 was a day tramp from the Takahe to Motukarara. It was a hot, sunny day, but we were all able to reach Motukarara where we enjoyed ice-creams and iced drinks. A weekend tramp was held at Arthur's Pass later in the term. Thi was another of Mr Hardie's famous 'training' tramps. Gavin Wills and Pete Squires were his faithful assistant guides. We absorbed masses of theory and put our knowledge into practice by bravely crossing the W aimakariri in water up to our chins. That night we followed S.M.C. Tramping Club tradition by going to Hans Bohney's restaurant for scones and dancing. We climbed all the next day in the Temple Basin area, and back to Arthur's Pass. Miss Blair, Miss Mangos and Mrs Dennis supervised a tramp from the Boys' High Hut in August. On the first day we walked along the Andrew's Stream, almost reaching Hal lelu jah Flats. The next day was wet and we decided on a more leisurely tramp to Cass. We caught the railcar home that night. At the moment we are planning another tramp to be held at Mr Hardie's house at Cora Lynn. We are looking forward once more to the delights of crossing the W aimakariri, sleeping under the stars and conquering another mighty mound. The Tramping Club is very grateful to Mr Hardie, who has given us so much incentive and leadership, and to Miss Blair, Miss Mangos, Mrs Dennis and Miss Keenan who have acrificed weekend of leisure to supervise us.

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Back row: J. Hender on, V. Bate , L. Thom. Front row: C. Gilmour, J. Ott, D. Hanafin, L. Cooper.

JU IOR SCHOOL GAMES NOTE Basketball Notes: For the third year in succession we won the Mary Weathered Trophy. The A team gained the maximum number of wins and received 18 points. Rangi Ruru A were runners-up with 15 points and our B team were third with 14 points. Once again I would like to thank Miss Mangos for coaching the teams, also the senior girls for umpiring the matches on Monday afternoon. Results: St. Margaret's A v. Middleton Grange A,. won 17-2. v. Middleton Grange B, won 23-2. v. Selwyn Hou e B, won 18-0. v. St. Mark's B, won 7-2. v. Selwyn Hou e A, won 13-8.

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v. Rangi Ruru B, won 21-0. v. Rangi Ruru A, won 12-5. v. St. Mark's A, won v. St. Margaret's B, won St. Margaret's B v. St. Mark's A, won 11-4. v. Rangi Ruru B, won 11-4. v. Rangi Ruru A, lost v. Middleton Grange A, won 8-7. v. Selwyn House B, won 15-3. v. Middleton Grange B, won 3-2. v. St. Mark's B, won 12-2. v. Selwyn House A, won Team 'A'-J. Henderson, J. Ott, D. Hanafin, C. Gilmour, L. Cooper, V. Bate , L. Thompson. Team 'B'-B. K. Rinke , A. Robinson, N. Fox, J. Rattray, D. Morten, P. Wylie, G. Ander on, C. Magines, P. Fisher, . Mercer.

Swimming Notes: Our sports were held on Thursday, 29th February. The day w as overcast and cool but fortunately the water temperature was high. Three records were broken, they were:50 yards Backstroke Forms I and II Championship: N. Mercer, 38.8 sees. 25 yards Backstroke Standards 3 and 4 Non-Championship: J. Wardell, 23.4 sees. 25 yards backstroke Form I Non ..champion hip: J. Henderson, 20 sees. 1

Tennis Notes: Again the three Form II's had their own tennis ladders. A great number of challengers were played du.ring the third term and eventually we were able to pick a team of twelve girls. During the last two weeks of the term we played matches against Selwyn House and Cathedral Grammar. These proved most successful and it is hoped that these fixtures will be repeated. Hockey Notes: This season we entered two teams in the Primary School competition which was organised by the Canterbury Women's Hockey Association; again it was divided into two zones. Unfortunately Fridays were invariably disappointing weather-wise, and it was impossible to complete the draw, this meant that the 'A' team was unable to play the final against the other zone winner so instead the shield is held jointly. Jane Mcllroy and Jaqueline Taylor were selected for the Canterbury Primary Schools' repre entative team and they competed in a tournament played in Nelson. Jane was the captain

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of the team. Later in the season Jane Mcllroy, Linda Philpson and Anne Liddell repre ented Canterbury A while usan Pryor gained election in th B team. The Canterbury A sociation decided to elect a quad of girl to train for the Primary chool tournament to be held in Palmerston North in May 1969. After several trial four of our girls gained election for training throughout the summer. They were ally and Wendy Stewart, Sara Bell and Jennifer WhiteJohnson. The three former girls have been selected for the team to travel to Palmer ton orth for the Primary tournament. Results: St. Margaret's A v. St. Maruaret's B, won 1-0. v. Opawa, won 11-0. v. Waltham, won 10-0. v. Wool ton, won 16-0. v. Beckenham, won 6-0.

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B v. St. Margaret' A, lo t 1-0. v. Waltham, won 2-0. v. Woolston, won 5-0. v. Beckenham, won 5-0. v. Opawa, won 6-2.

Team ' '-J. Barlow, J. Mclllroy, N. Williams, J. Trengrove, A. Liddell, B. Ro s, S. Pie se, S. Pryor, M. Cottrell, L. Philip on, J. Taylor. Team 'B'-S. Holmes, L. Rankin, J. White-John on, M. Ashton, S. Bell, A. Mehalski, J. Smith, W. Stewart, J. Taylor, S. Stewart, E. Somer . Emergencies- J. Blanc, L. ullivan, J. Dob on.

Athletic Notes: The 1967 athletic sports were held on Tuesday, 21st ovember. The track was heavy after recent rain but the afternoon was fine but cold, which made it difficult to regi ter good times. times. RECORDS: High Jump 13 Years Championship: B. Underhill, 4ft. 4¼ins. 100 yards 10 and 11 Years Non-Championship: J. Haley, 15.3 ec. 100 yards 12 and 13 Years Non-ChamjJionship: H. omers, 13.6 e . RECORD EQUALLED: 50 yards Hurdles 12 Years Non-Championship:

V. McGregor, 9.2

ec. RESULTS, 1967: Championship 13 Years: . Blance, 11 point ; Runner-up: V. Prentice, 10 point . Championship 12 Years: R. ur e> A. Waters, S. Gib on, 15 point. Championship 11 Years: K. Behringer, 19 points; Runner-up: S. Pryor, 10 points. Championship 10 Years: A. Mo , 16 points; D. Jame on, 8 poinL. Championship 9 Years: M. J. Botting, 13 point; Runner-up: E. Beadel, 5 points. Championship 8 Years: D. Hindin. Championship 7 Years: M. Bell. I FA TRACES: 50 yards 6 Years: L. Hunter. 50 yards 5 Years: L. Hill.

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Tuesday, 19th November, 1968, was the perfect day for athletic sports, very warm with a light wind blowing which was conducive to good times being recorded. RECORDS: JOOyards I I Years Championship:

A. Moss, 13 ecs.

100 yards 13 Years Championship:

D. Gunn, 12.4 sec .

JOO yards JO and I I Years, Non-Championship:

C. Creese, 14.6 sees.

100 yards 12 and 13 years, Non-Championship:

R. Jameson, 13.5 ecs.

A. Mo s, 6.9 ec .

50 yards I I Years Championship:

50 yards 12 Years, Non-Championship:

S. Bell, 7.2 ecs.

50 yards 13 Years Non-Championship:

D. Garland,

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JOOyards 12 Years Championship: 50 yards 9 Years Championship:

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Championship 6 point .

13 Years: D. Gunn, 15 point ; Runner-up:

Championship 12 points.

12 Years: E. Somers, 14 point;

Championship 12 points.

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JO Years: D. Reid, 10 point;

Championship 9 Years: D. Hindin, ken, P. Blain, D. Stringer. Championship

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7 Years: L. Hunter.

I FA TRACES: 50 yards 7 Years: D. Uren. 50 yards 6 Years: C. Scott. 50 yards 5 Years: C. A hton.

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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE -AN OPEN DOOR The jet taxied down the runway-we were airborne! Friends and families left behind, the future loomed ahead of us. On board the jet bound for Hawaii and Los Angeles were ninety-eight young Australians and fifty-nine New Zealanders, winners of American Field Service Scholarships for 1967 /68. Heat in Hawaii, heat in Los Angeles; after coming from the New Zealand winter it was a shock to our systems. We spent three days at the enormous University of California, Los Angeles -- there are over 25,000 students - being orientated and getting to know one another better. On the evening of July 30th a large group of us set off for Los Angeles Airport and thence to Kansas City. From here we split into yet smaller groups and I was taken into hand by a kind family who motored me round the city before putting me on a bus to Omaha, Nebraska. Six hours and miles of waving cornfields later, I stepped off the bus into the welcoming arms of my new family - Mom, Dad, Gwen and Becky Tank. A short eighty-mile ride eastward and I was home - the Tank farm six miles north of the small Iowan town of Manning. I shall never know where those first three weeks before school started went to, or for that matter the twelve months I was in the United States of America. A family wedding, interviews, parties in the park, the county fair, new faces and names - I was glad when school started and I could begin to catch my breath. Manning was typical of many small mid-western towns. A German farming community of 1700, its population was declining as its young left to find opportunities in the big city, and its supporting farm population slowly dwindled. The main street was cobbled and the high school buildings were very old, but contrasting with these were the ultra-modem buildings of the elementary and junior high school and highway 141, one of the main link between Des Moine. and Omaha. The silver water tower dominated the tree-studded town. My school, despite its size-180 pupils-was an active one. The life of the students revolved around the school with its many clubs-drama, journalism, and pep clubs to mention but a fewand its sport teams-basketball, football, baseball and track.

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It was a new and exciting experience for me to be going to a mixed school and to study new subjects-Economics, American Government and Chorus, and old ones, English and History, from an American point of view. Have you ever wondered jut what the Americans thought of Britain during the War of Incle-• pendence? "Home" for the year was a two-storied ,·1ooden-slate house with an enormous basement and many "out-buildings", including two big barns and a huge machine sheet Besides owning two tractors, my Dad also had corn picking, grinding and planting machines! On his 250 acre farm he grew corn (maize), soya beans and alfalfa for animal feed. Almost as far as the eye could see were acres and acres of corn, broken here and there by a grove of trees and the occasional grain silo soaring into the sky. To devour all this food my Dad had approximatdy one hundred head of Hereford cattle bought from ranches in Montana, and two hundred hogs which were bred on the farm. Many people ask about the smell from the hog barns, but I can assure you that the only time I ever smelt them was when it was about to rain. They were a reliable weather gauge! All too quickly the days became weeks, and the weeks, months, and I, caught up in school work, sport and club , speeches-I gave about thirty-meeting people, and enjoying myself, was surprised to find my year almost over. At the end of June I bade a tearful farwell to my family, and together with forty-two students, from twenty-four different countries, who had spent their year in Iowa, I set off on a three week tour of the United States. We began our tour at Iowa Falls, Iowa, then set off for Aurora, Illinois, about forty miles west of Chicago. Parties were on the agenda here, and also a trip into Chicago city. From here we headed towards Lansing, Michigan, Niles, Ohio, and so on to Syracuse, New York State. Sightseeing, parties, and dances were the usual fare, and in Niles we also participated in 4th of July celebrations-baseball games, family get-togethers, and an enormou fireworks display. While in Syracuse I was fortunate to be taken by my host family to Niagara Falls-one of the highlights of my trip. Long Island, New York, was our next stop and we spent five days here sightseeing in Manhattanthe United Nations, the Statute of Liberty, the Empire State, Wall Street and the Stock Exchange, Radio City and Chinatown-and having interviews with representative of the Central A.F.S. committee to evaluate our year in America. Our tour was

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not yet over and we headed north for We t New Bedford in Mas achusetts. New Bedford was on the "Moby Dick Trail" so we visited all places of hi torical interest. My final stop was Baltimore, Maryland. Seventy-two A.F.S. buses converged on the area near Washington D.C., and over three thou and A.F.S. students commuted daily for three days into that city for speeches, discussions, and emotionalism at the A.F .S. "Midway". "Midway" because we had now completed our year in the United States and were going back home to help promote the under-· standing of other peoples which we had gained during the past twelve months. From Washington D.C. the New Zealand students flew to San Francisco, then bused back to Sacramento for ten day of sunbathing, sightseeing, and re-orientation before flying home to New Zealand on August 1st. I returned from the United States a much wiser per on. During my year away I learnt to appreciate what I had left behind in New Zealand - whether we realize it or not, we New Zealanders are a very privileged people. I learnt to love another group of people and to fit in with their way of life, but most important I came to the realization that people the world over - Americans or New Zealanders, Japanese or African, black, white, or yellow-have the same needs, the same fears, the same desires. In other word , I learnt to understand, and that is what A.F.S. is all about--peace through understanding. A.F.S. has opened many doors for me and continues to do so. It is a wonderful programme with an important message: "Walk together, talk together ye peoples of the earth, Then and only t~en will ye know peace". Sanskrit. I am convinced of this. - Bronwen Morris. SKI-ING You're on top of a mountain high in the air; So ski away now without ever a care. Ski away now, take rocks in your stride, The valley's inviting, so big and so wide. The wind rushes past and burns your cheeks, The sun's strong rays will blind your eyes. But, you're on top of a mountain high in the air; So ski away now without ever a care. - Sandra Dobson, 3Y.

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LISTE ING TO THE ORCHESTRA Sitting back idly in my eat I listen to the fiery passage , With tense, excited feelings. But soon my thoughts begin to change As the music's tempo slows To begin a different mood. Everyone is very still, Listening with enraptured look . I too fall into trances Ab orbing all the changing nuances. For a time I enter an enchanting world But all too soon the music ceases, And the audience bursts forth, In spontaneou applause. - Geraldine Drake, 3Y. THE U WANTED Leaning to heaven with her branches wide Stretches the tree. Her golden leaves come away and drift to the ground Where they wish to remain. To die. obody care . They are not thought of, but bru hed el ewhere, As they are not wanted there. Most would ay "Ger rid of them; they untidy the ground". or "Aren't those horrid yellow thing a nuisance". These golden beautie cannot speak. They cannot protest. Why can't they stay? - Erica Smith, 3Y. EARTHQUAKE Thunder, Lightning, House ro king, Ground cracking, Trees falling, Rattling window, Swinging lights, Breaking glass, People shrieking. - Jennifer White-Johnson,

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FOG The air is all clogged up and muggy with fog, The way ahead is blinded by tiny drops of water. Mingling in the air around, making all things damp. It is cold but the ground does not glisten with frost, It lingers around lamps, mothering their brightness. All eye are careful for the on-coming light, And things move more slowly than usual. The sound of a nearby bell or horn is muffled, By this air, which is heavy and clammy. - R. ewman, 4L.

NOTHING I am going to fill this heet up with nothing so, if I'm going to fill this up with nothing what am I going to do? I was going to fill it up with nothing but - I've done something o, if I'm going to fill it up with nothing I'd better stop, so, if nothing i nothing what have I written? I think I've filled it up with something which I was planning to be nothing, o, if nothing is nothing what is this. I'm sure it is something which I meant be be nothing so, I think my nothing is something so, I think I'd better stop writing nothing o I think nothing is something o, I don't think nothing i true o, nothing i something which i nothing which was meant to be absolutely nothing so-now I have done nothing I'd better do something which is not nothing which is something so, I can think I've done nothing which i really something. - C. E. Robinson, Form I. ARE YOU? Fate A time, a date. A rope, Fraying, decaying. A whisper of the wind and ea: Death to ambition and all, all that i left to me. Life A war, a strife, A voice Falling, calling, The echo in the cave of death, Meat to the dying, and fate to all those who take breath. - Caroline Chambers, SL.

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A FEW FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, BLOOMINGTON, I DIANA School starts at 8.30 a.m. each morning. There are mx period a day. Each period lasting fifty minutes with five minutes in between each period for changing clas es. School finishes at 3. p.m. each day. This school goes from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Although a child may be in 9th Grade they do not stay with the same children for each lesson. In one class there may be seven pupils and in the next class there may be thirty pupils, but out of all the e children ( all in 9th Grade) only one child may be in both classes. There are three different lunch-hours. One for the Kinder-• garten and Elementary Schools. This is served in their own cafeteria. This is from 11.30 a.m. till 12 .30 p.m. The second lunch-hour (the B lunch-hour) is from 11.30 a.m. till 12.00. This lunch is erved in the Senior Cafeteria. This lunch-hour is for Junior and Senior High pupil . The third lunch-hour ( the A lunch-hour) is also for Junior and Senior High pupils. This lunch-hour is from 12.30 p.m. till 1.00 p.m. School lunches are served in the schooJ cafeteria. The lunches cost about twenty-five or thirty cents. Mostly you get hamburger or hot dogs. In the lunch you get a main dish, e.g. Hot Dogs and vegetable with a small des ert like Cherry Cobbler and a drink of chocolate or plain milk. As mo it children buy their lunch at chool only half an hour is given for lunch. In the Senior High mo t of the pupils drive their own cars to school so that sometimes a few pupil go into town during the lunch time. The Junior High begins at eventh grade. Thee children are twelve or thirteen. In Junior High the children start changing teachers for each subject. Because of this the children that have the B lunch-time have three classe before lunch and three classe after lunch. Those children that have the A lunch<ime have four clas es before lunch and two classe after lunch. Senior High begins at tenth grade. The children in tenth grade are fifteen or sixteen. Senior High ends at twelfth grade. These children are seventeen or eighteen. In some classe television is u ed. An example of this is when the tenth grade wa studying "Romeo and Juliet'': the school got hold of the television tape and they were able to show this to the pupils. The televisions were also used in Government and World Studies cla es for political speeches ( during the

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elections last year). Other equipment used at the school is also very good. This equipment makes learning much easier. School uniform is not worn and satchels are not used. All school books are carried in the pupils' arms. - Jacqui Palmer, 3Y. YOUNG

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What a trial young brothers are. It is hard to believe that when little Tim and Mac wake up in the morning they will be quite a different colour by four o'clock or when bathtime brings the u ual dirty knees and cut fingers. Breakfast starts with two tousled-haired, bleary-eyed monsters sitting at the kitchen table, stuffing kornies and milk into their mouths as quickly as po~ble, and as these disappear, the toa t rack is raided and jam and honey flying everywhere on the tablecloth and walls. No one knows quite how we do it, but somehow we seem to be able to get our little rascals off to school. They walk to school which take about ten minutes and during that time Mac, one Wednesday morning, had a short encounter with a somewhat fierce little puppy who tore the seat out of his britches, and he came running home with his britches falling down about his ankles. Mother put a new pair on him and took him in the car to school. When I arrived home from school that night I had to hear the whole sad story of how the puppy had bitten him. I was bathing him at the time and as he de cribed to me how he had punched this big fierce brute of a dog in the nose I watched the water leap from the bath and land with a gentle plip plop on the lino. After the bath the next problem is to dress these two devils in disguise, because as they wriggle and squirm I get my hair pulled and when at last my task is completed they go helter skelter down the banisters and land with a thundering crash at the bottom. Meal time is like having a race to see who can eat the most food in the shortest space. of time. At bedtime there is a great feeling deep down inside me that they could not have been so mischievous during the day. As they do e their eye and drift off to slumber I find myself feeling very attached to these young brothers. -P. Riggott., Form 2S.

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SAND Sifted crystals ebb and flow in creeping waves, Which, lifted in whispering sheen, Catch and swirl in stately sweep the threadlike staves, Of grasses in pivoting dance. Liquid flow of golden warmth through fingers pours, Like time in the glance of the sun, And children excavations slip and fall on shores, Where rippling fingers destroy. - Victoria Spiers, 6L. IN THE GARDENS It is quite peaceful in the gardens today. The school holidays are over and the sky looks too forbidding for anyone else to venture into the gardens for lunch. A place looks quite differ-• ent when there are no people about. It is almost possible to forget that the flowerbeds are neatly arranged in rows and the grass edges cut, that the trees have boards nailed on them giving their long, rarely used botanical names and underneath the name by which we know them. The glasshou es, too, are quiet. No children play chasing, ducking round their harassed parents. No amateur photographers are carefully focussing their cameras on some especially perfect bloom, their wives anxiously keeping other people from standing in front of him. No grandmothers are finding it too hot and want to be taken out, no little children are slipping on the wet floors. It is just very quiet and very beautiful inside. A short shower of rain comes. It sounds very loud. Inside the cacti room it is very hot, everything seems dry. No flowers, as yet, break the monotous green of the cacti. Down the two steps and back amongst the brightly coloured, moisture-loving tropical flowers. Foot teps sound very loud even with the rain. It is hard to imagine a place where such plants grow and bloom without the care that is here lavished on them. Outside, the river i flowing quite fast and mo t of the ducks are huddled under the trees. I wish I had something for them but I will remember tomorrow. But tomorrow may be warm and sunny and then there will be others here. People who will laugh and shout, tum on a transistor and leave their rubbish when they depart. It will be different tomorrow. -Helen O'Brien, 6L.

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MARAMAROHA No one wept at her burial, though there was much wailing in the tangi. She was just a young thing, doe-like with huge eyes and long black hair, beautiful but rejected; a Maori girl. When she first came to the school, bravely, leading her fat little brother by the hand, the big white girls sneered and talked indignantly among themselves. The few white boys, uncertain, but unwilling to do wrong before the white girl watched unsmilingly. Barefoot and ragged, but clean, he walked, a little defiantly, straight to the teacher's desk and asked if she, Maramaroha, could take les ons with the others, and if her brother could come too, as her mother had just had another baby, born dead, and was very sick, so she had to look after her kid-brother. Unsure, the teacher told her to sit at the back, until he could ask what to do. What should he do? All the other Maoris went to the school down at the pa. None of them had dared to come near the pakeha school, but could he send her away? She could neither read nor write, and, in her low clear voice spoke hesitantly with faulty grammar. The others laughed cruelly at her. Every day she came, lipping quietly into the back seat after the others were there, so they would not see her. At lunch time she would sit apart from them, her little brother with her, giving him the few scraps she had brought for lunch, and devouring from afar with her eyes the plentiful delicacies in the others' lunch boxes. In the afternoon she would sit at the back again, showing her little brother the pictures in the book she was looking at. She was learning to read fast. The teacher, having received no instructions from his superiors, let her tay. The others soon accepted, or rather ignored her. One day she brought no lunch. Her brother was hungry and cried. Quietly she reached an apple for him from a tree in the playing field; not quietly enough! One of the others, smarting becaused Maramaroha had bettered her that morning shrieked, "She's pinching our apples, look at her!" Instantly the cry was taken up and the brown girl fled, her tormentors streaming after her. She flew out of the school gate onto the road. The screech of brakes as the heavy sheep truck swerved brought the others, wide-eyed, to a halt at the fence. The driver trembling, leaped from the cab and ran to the limp little body,

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slumped at the side of the road where the wheel had thrown her. White faced, he turned away. "We were ju t playing", omeone gabbled. "She shouldn't have run out like that, it wasn't our fault!" They tried to lessen their guilt, to stem the flood of horror. A sobbing wail ro e from a fat little brown boy, who knew, without eeing, that his sister was dead. "Better take him to his mother". "Can't, he died last week!" "Take them to the pa, then, let their own people look after them''. After that day the small boy never came again. - Alie Bowan, 6L.

I TOW Loaded with parcels I plodded steadily towards the car, behind many other people with the same intention in mjnd. In one parcel was my new dress, in another a vase my morther had just bought, in another were some new Christmas decoration for our tree, and then of course I was carrying a large hopping basket piled high with smaller parcels. My mother, who was be ide me, was carrying just as many objects, all wrapped in gay paper ( the shops are very generous at this time of the year) and tied with string. Some people, who eemed to be in a 1.::t:t minute rush, were running down the street, not caring whose toes they stood on, or what parcels they knocked out of people's hot and sticky hands. But the doors of the shops were do ing, as it had struck closing time. Then uddenly I felt heavy spots of rain falling on my hot brow. I looked about me. Weary feet had become very active. Even the long-haired boys and over-made-up girls who normally slouch round the town on a Friday evening, had started to run. I could see mum's car but my feet were so weary I could not change from my continuous plod, plod, plod. Eventually we got there only to di cover that all the doors were locked o Mum had to put down all her parcels and hunt in her handbag for quite some time to find the key. When we finally got in to the car and got all the parcel loaded into the back eat, I noticed how furu1y the people looked, with parcels under their plastic raincoats, and with their drenched hair. I was very pleased when we got home and lit a nice big fire. - S. Waters, F2 .

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FOG othing can pierce this dark wall: It devour everything in its path, Groping round corners, Sifting through trees, Striking every man blind. They don't know; They don't know what may be lurking, Camouflaged, Hidden, In this thick fog. All seems weird when painted with grey mist; Everywhere there are shapes, Jut shapes, Are they even real, Or are they just in the mind. - G. Giller, 4L. THE SQUARE ON A NEW YEAR'S EVE When you approach the Square on New Year's Eve there is always a lot of commotion going on. You have to block your ears to drown out the shouting and screaming of teenagers, the shrill of a policeman blowing his whistle and the noise of people who have gone and got themselves drunk to celebrate the new year. Of course the traffic is just about as bad with the tyres of car screeching a they round corner and the heavy tooting of horns. You look at your watch and discover that it is about two minutes to midnight and as you go to hurry across the street a lunatic comes careering wildly round a bend in an old brokendown car that ju t about knocks you over because it is zig-zagging everywhere. The crowd are so thick in the middle of the square that you may look up to find that you are holding hands with a stern-looking young policeman. At last the cathedral bell toll olemnly and cheering crowds move aside to welcome in the new year. It seems o funny that it's now 1968 instead of 1967 and you suddenly find that it's hard to say goodbye to the old year. When it's all over you slowly thread your way through the now departing crowd . Before reaching your car some drunken fellow breaks a completely full bottle of beer in your face and you feel you're pretty lucky not to get cut. At last, however, you find your car before your mother starts having a long conversation with one of her friends. -

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THE SCHOOLGIRL IN FACT AND FICTION Most children at some time of their lives go through a stage of reading books about schoolgirls or boys of the same age. These books are full of fun and adventure, the kind of adventure that is usually lacking in our lives. One of the favourite topics in these books is a school ghost which lurks around the old stone buildings, creaking floorboards and rattling doorknob as it goes. The heroic schoolgirls in attempts to track it down as it goes. The heroic schoolgirl in and sliding panels. The 'Ghost' usually turns out to be a girl who is trying to protect her name. Her story is told to an extremely kind and understanding headmistress who soon puts everything right. These schoolgirls are perfect in appearance. Their hair is always in place, of ten falling loosely and extremely neatly onto their shoulders. Never a dirty mark or crease can be found on their uniform which always looks nice on their beautifully shaped figures! They al o get on extremely well with their teachers despite the usual stink bomb, broken window and cats in cupboard pranks which always get played in class. These interruptions in class, however, never interfere with their examina:tion results, which are always amongst the highest in the school. The only teacher who is not so amiable is the French 'Mam-selle' who is always involved somewhere in the evil part of the plot. In reality we are not nearly so perfect! Much as we dislike to admit it, our uniform is often dirty, and there is rarely a girl whose gym frock i uncreased. Our hair, too, even if it is tied back can get very untidy. Nor do we have the fun and excitement that they have. Our kind of fun is entirely different. By the time we reach High School the sensation these books caused has usually worn away and we settle down to face school life in reality. -Browen Begg, SL. THOUGHTS ON SUNSET Sky a symphony of Fire, Touched with soft silver at cloud-edge. Silver merged t0 blue - hence to lush indigo. Black sharpness of hills - ridges razor-backed. Glorious live orb of dying sun, Mushrooming light-burst forth, Like batch of flame from volcano, Or from molten heart of atom-bomb. - Ali Bown, 6L.

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DOGS! The time eight o'clock. The sound deafening. The sight awe-•striking. This is the Canterbury Dog Show. As we enter the building we see large aristocratic Afghans and small shorthaired Chihuahuas being groomed in readiness for the morning's showing. Around the cages of dogs there are owners in white coats fussing and cooing above the noise of the hundred and one different tones of yapping and barking. At one end of the cages an enormous Irish Wolfhound is being admired for his height and beauty. At the other end two Pomeranian pups are being watched by silent wondering children. Out ide in the judging ring the stewards and helpers are preparing the ring for the morning's judging. During the morning the judge will commend the dogs on their standard and he will also award the prizes to the best of breed in each group. Now we have seen the inside and outside of the dog show we can imagine the reaction of a Martian when he comes to the how and sees the dogs. Will he think an Irish Wolfhound and Chihuahua, Dobermann and Samoyed, and Bulldog and Borzoi are the ame species of mammal? If, for instance he goes to the horse show he will see many different colours and sizes but all horses and ponies are basically the same hape. - Teresa Browne, 3Y.

A MUSIC LESSON I sit watching over the table, serious faces, protruding tongues, awkward fingers and hear the sound made by twenty beginner 'cellos playing a major ( or is it a minor?) scale. ( It wouldn't matter which, both would sound equally unharmonic ! ) One person at the back is playing on more long hair than on her strings. Her parka rustles in a monotone as she bows. Some other 'cello slips and a stand falls with a musical crash. (And it's all called making music on Saturday morning!) The lesson ends; everybody is thankful and sighs with relief. There is much chattering, banging and shouting as they go out, but they leave behind a restful quiet and peacefulness which the tortured air seems to cleave to and absorb. - Helen Stevenson, SL.

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FOG Tonight the fog hangs over the city; A thick, cold, cloaking fog, Like an unmoving blanket of grey smoke, Curling from the chimneys into smog. The rain has ceased, The world is still, But through the dense, wirling mist, Is a light, from a house across the way, Struggling feebly with the fog, Golden particl floating in its rays. - Joanne Cattell, 4L. GUY FAWKES DAY Whi - zzzz go the crackers Hurray shout the children! Up up to the sky The sparkling rockets fly. What fun it is, To look up at the sky, With those gay colours Whizzing by. Then oon you can't see them, They've all gone away. What a pity it is They did look so gay. - Melonie Lowe, S.2.

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ON THE PLEASURES OF BEI GA SPIKE "Are you a Catholic?" curiou , and not very sympathetic people ask me, when they catch me making the ign of the Cross. "Ye ", I say and leave it at that, not bothering to tell them that I am an Anglo-Catholic. Such misleading nominations and the enthusiasm and mirth with which we Anglo-Catholics or "spikes" pursue our religion are not infrequently disapproved of, or worse, condemned. But of cour~e, we thrive on such treatment and, unfortunately, grow even sharper-tongued toward our opponents. Sharp tongues are the cur e of the Anglo-Catholics, likewise of our opponents, whom we call "our Evangelical brethren"; but as I always maintain, our salvation is our ability to ee through our elve . I have yet to meet a "spike" who could not laugh at his own "spikery" and at the same time be quite convinced of its im-• portance. Anyone wishing to become a " pike ' or to understand us, must first know that those exteriors for which we are accused of 'papali m' and 'prettification' - those practices which Nancy Mitford calls 'lace and smells' -are not e entials. What is important is doctrine: we believe in the extreme importance of the BI ed acrament, in Our Lord' real presence therein, in the neccs ity of all the Sacraments, including the practice ( lamentably neglected in the Church of England) of auricular confession, in the invocation of Saints, in the reverence due to the Blessed Virgin, in prayer for the dead, in the separatene and sanctity of the priesthood . . . . These things make an AngloCatholic and the 'lace and smells' are almost incidental, or perhap I should say, for fear of up etting my fellow "spikes", they are outward signs of an inward belief. Therefore, becau e our inward faith is firm, we can afford to amuse our elves with the externals. Of cour e, I should not say 'amu e' for the ceremony of the Anglo-Catholics i conducted with the utmost reverence, incerity and above all, devotion. But, I defy the mo t pious Anglo-Catholic to deny that he, like all his kind, he feels ome pleasure in contemplating the glories planned for a major festival. Backstage I will certify, the planning of, and preparation for uch festivals is accompanied by no small pleasure, especially on the part of the younger "spikes". The first pleasure, then, of being a "spike" is imagining, planning, preparing and participating in great festal occasion . (To describe one of the e occasion would take, alas, longer than I can afford to g.ive it). The last participation is limited

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to priests and server ; only they can have the pleasure of fussing round the High Altar in lace cottas, ringing tiny bells, censing everybody within sight, genuflecting thrice, prostrating themselves .... in effect, getting in the way, and loving it. The second pleasure is fortunately unlimited - it is talking. It is the habit of "spikes" to retire with coffee-mug and talk "shop" for a whole evening. What do we talk about? Clerical gossips, other people's rituals, Eastern liturgies, Fr. somebody's fight with the Vestry, what we're going to do at Whitsun .... There are a great many stories to be told, and all are told with a certain brand of malicious-sounding, but unintentional, humour. Yes, we can pass many happy hours repeating and embroidering such stories. Next I would place the related pleasures of dress and book. The first is restricted, as before, to priests ( not to forget bishops) and servers, who to a lesser degree glory in their double-breasted cassocks and lace. The glorious old days of clerical garb shovel-hats, berettas, ferriolas and buckled shoes - are declining ( though I have a friend, who, when ordained fitted himself out with all these adornments and the result was, I am sad to ay slightly ridiculous) . Sacerdotal cloaks, Canterbury caps and Roman 'dog-collars' are definitely "in" and no longer the mark of an Anglo-•Catholic. Nor, for that matter, are vestments; especially in England, where they are used commonly in 'middleof-the-road' churches. The pleasure of the book is open to allI have an assortment of missals, manuals and devotional books of which I am proud. Some priests take great pride in their huge antiquated be-medalled mi als; and a friend of mine takes unholy pleasure in ordering blatantly "high" manuals through Evangelical bookshops; which leads to my fourth and last 'pleasure'. I do not myself take part in the game called "Bait the Evangelical'; I used to, and it was not very much fun. In fact, even the retellings of encounters between Evangelicals-unfortunate and sincere Christians-and my more militant "spiky" friends, however much they are heightened to make the enemy appear more provocative and malicious than he is, are distasteful to me. But, nevertheless, this game does rank as one of the pleasures of the "spike". In a way, I can understand why my friends play thi game: their opponents are far from blameless and if the two parties live at close range, war is inevitable and neither party will stop it. The worst effect of this game or war, is that the belligerence is also directed toward others-besides

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our traditional and honoured opposites-those others being any strong group not 'High Church' ( and even some that are). Suddenly I find myself, since I am a Pentecostal as well as a "spike", the object of all that baiting-all those jibes, cautionary tales and half-serious arguments which are by tradition reserved for the Evangelicals. Fortunately I remain a "spike" and sometimes I am allowed to forget my heresy of Penteco talism, to talk about such "spiky" matters as are current. So it is, that I can not only sympathise with our enemies, but also see the greatest danger of being a "spike". However, I shall not end on a bitter note: it is true that there is dissension in the Church of England, and that the extreme ends of the Church fight. But I believe this fighting is a sign of life, of concern for the truth. So also, I believe is the unashamed enjoyment of worship which is a mark of "spikes". I do not believe that we make the beauty of holiness an end in itself, or that we are in love with Religion. Our smaller pleasures spring from a greater one, a Love and Desire, for which our ritual searches. - Imagen de la Bere, VIA. RAIN On the window On your hat Listen to it pat, pat, pat, All the horses neigh and neigh, Oh how I wish I was out at play That is all I can say! - Vicki Philipson, S.2. SPRING Now its Spring, Everything Is blooming In the sun. And the girls With the curls Are picking flowers Throughout the hours. Summer will be here soon When all the blossoms Are in bloom So beautiful is Spring. -

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"SIR GEORGE MANNING" - a person whom I greatly admire Sir George Manning has been Mayor of Christchurch, for the last nine years. He was knighted last year. He is retiring from the position of first citizen of our city in October of this year after a very long term of office. I decided to write about Sir George Manning because I think he is a very friendly and likable man. When I have seen him on television, in the newspapers and even on the street he seems so interested and approachable. Perhaps this is because he is a real Christian gentleman. Sir George Manning is a very small man. He may be short in figure but he is very big in spirit. After about fifty years of living in New Zealand he still retains his Welsh accent from the country of his birth. Before becoming mayor he was a city councillor and topped the polls at the elections. For many years he has been the chief organizer for the Workers Educational Association and its chief tutor. Sir George Manning gained his M.A. degree from the Canterbury University College, with part-time studies - surely a great achievement. He has also been an active member of the Trinity Congregational Church all his life in New Zealand. Even at the age of eighty-two Sir George Manning is very energetic and does his own gardening. I remember last year seeing a photo of Sir George in his garden working hard when he had just been told that he had been knighted. After the bad storms we had during April this y~ar when people's hou es in the Sumner - Heathcote district were badly damaged, Sir George and Lady Manning visited the many residents to see if all was well. He and Lady Manning are very interested in all that goes on in the city and generously accept a large number of invitation to many social events. Their life must be a very tiring affair with very little spare time. Although Sir George Manning is retiring from being leading citizen, I am sure he will continue to be generally interested in the welfare of the City of Christchurch. Equally so, all the citizens of Christchurch will remember his services to the city and wish him and Lady Manning a very long and happy retirement. - Jan Norton, 3G.

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FOG Lost to the haze a searching sound, Anguished cries for solid ground ; Should a blindman fear to tread In this, a kind of silken web. Spun for the glory of Heaven's might, And sent to kiss the earth a cold goodnight. Gently lowered, it weaves its way, Smothering the dark to the morning grey. Ghostly shapes through a misty morn, To the broken silence of a warning horn; My anxiou gaze becomes a frozen stare, And then the fog begins to clear. - S. Black, 4L. FA TASIA The waves crash down on ears of stone, The solemn cliffs stand silent high; While I watch there aloof alone, The time haze shimmers; Who am I? The moors roll over Devon's white cliffs, The grey sky arche her back on high; While I look down through heaven's great rifts, The time haze shimmers; Who am I? The vault of heaven soar high above, The mysterious depths below do lie; While I watch in wonder the power of love, The time haze shimmers; Who am I? The wind whistles loud its endless song, And low and sweet the hills reply; While I watch there for, oh how long, The time haze shimmer , Who am I? Men blame me, for the thread I spin, But the fault I make are God's alone; It is he who holds the scissors which cut the thread; And endeth man's mortal song; The time haze shatters; I am late. - Jacqueline Roberts, 3Y.

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I am a wild horse and a Palomino one. My name is Racing Diamond and I am a colt. One fine summer's day we were all grazing peacefully by a valley when suddenly two riders appeared from the top of the hill. I had never seen men before and they were riding horses like me and so I didn't see what was the matter with them, but because my mother and the rest of the herd ( not counting the other colts) started panicking and rearing so I did too. We went for our lives across the grass, when suddenly we were drawn to a stand-still because there was a fence in front. A very good jumper called Flying Star tried it but it was too high and he only fell back. Then a whistling bit of string came through the air and fell neatly round my neck. I wasn't the sort of horse that would be led from my mother with a bit of string and the cowboy that had lassoed me sensed that too. As soon as it had landed on my neck I reared and started to strike at the fence which the cowboy sat on but the fence was too strong and so it was no good . Then I thought of a plan, I would let myself be led then I would suddenly rear and get the string off my neck. I hoped. So I got led out, but the cowboy was experienced and so was ready for it and so I didn't get the rope off my neck, but instead got led into a horse box where there were stall on each side of me. Later many other young colts were moved in but not my mother. Soon the sound of a motor rose in the air and the horse box started moving and so did we. Soon our first journey was over and I got moved to a ranch where they sold unbroken horses. The next day because I was a Palomino I was sold first and so my breaking started. First the man had to get me on a rope and then teach me not the cowboy way of breaking, but the ordinary way. After you have broken a horse you let it out to graze for a month otherwise it will never be a good horse, and will always be tired. When I had been broken I was sold again to a circus. I was not used to circus norises, so I bashed my stable and galloped free to join my mother. - Mary Chamberlain, Std. 3.

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DRIFTING IN THE HEAT Drifting, drifting, Drifting slowly by, Yachts and bays, Piers and wharves, Drifting slowly by. Hot and sticky am I, Drifting, drifting, Tired and dreary, Thinking, dreaming, Drift I slowly by. Oh, for water, Ice cold water, Oh, to cherish, A cool, cool day, Drifting, drifting, Am I, slowly by. - Catriona Mackay, F2N.

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A VISIT TO SACRED HEART 5L from St. Margaret's College climbed into a school bus, one ordinary Wednesday morning, wondering what was ahead of them. They were on their way to Sacred Heart, a girls' Roman Catholic School, to discuss differences between their religions. On the way there several girls read their prayer books, others talked about the church, all thinking they were preparing themselves for a boring discussion. But their visit was far from boring. On arriving the girls were met by the Sacred Heart girls and .although a little nervous at first they were soon talking and laughing together. The Sacred Heart girls showed them over their cathedral - an enormous building with a mysterious air. All were very interested at the beautiful altar and the fascinating carvings on the dome. The girls observed differences in the cathedrals of both religions and laughed over their wrong beliefs. Many girls climbed up the long, winding staircase to the top of the dome, where they looked down, far below, to see other girls being shown round the altar. The Sacred Heart and St. Margaret's girls then returned to the school hall where they indulged in a luscious morning tea made especially by the Sacred Heart girls. After this, small groups split up and discussed each other's religion. The girls were helped by a Roman Catholic priest and nun who explained the ways of Roman Catholicism to the St. Margaret's girls. After this it was time to leave. The St. Margaret's girls left Sacred Heart feeling that they had made many new friends and learnt much about the Roman Catholic Church. The journey back to St. Margaret's in the bus was very different from the journey there as everyone was happily talking about their trip, and discussing all they had learnt. - Anne Mercer, 5L. FOG It creeps down empty streets, Like a silent army. It pounces on busy streets, Confusion. Everyone is blind Feeling his way. Cars creep. The streets empty, And the fog clears. - Helen Millar, 4L.

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PARTY LINE I was alone in our rambling echoing farmhouse, so, for want of a better diversion, I decided to ring my closest friend, Gerry. I did not think I would achieve much in doing this as these days her head was high in the clouds as she was engaged to marry a young farmer, Peter Brooke. She could barely utter two coherent sentences together. I reached for the telephone and was about to dial when I heard two voices and Gerry's name mentioned. Immediately I had an irrepressible urge to do the forbidden; listen in. This is what I heard. "Have you noticed, my dear, how pointedly Mrs B. ( Gerry's mother I presumed) absolutely ignores Peter Brooke. Why just yesterday I was going to town and Mrs B was picking mushrooms in Old Mill Paddock. And, only three padocks further away was Brooke. I stopped the car to wipe the screen, quite accidentally of course, those midge make such a mess. I was there for a full twenty minutes and not a syllable, not a word passed between them. Of course, it's not urprising, such an unlikely match; a Colonel's daughter with all that wealth, position, and such poise. Mind you I know that our Jane, if given half the chance could be just as successful in high society". "But my dear Mrs King, surely we should leave these young people be? Because as Shakespeare said, "If music be the food of love, play on". You must admit Geraldine can make a piano literally ing, and didn't you hear Peter at the Church Social, such a fine tenor. We'll be able to add a new item to the Sunday School Concert. It's so difficult - ... " "Really, Martha, just because Geraldine played 'Chopsticks' in a comedy act and Brooke sang 'Rugby, Racing and Beer' does not mean they are professionals. But, besides that, Geraldine will apparently be wearing white lace. You know my wedding gown still fits me perfectly. I tried it on the other day and I looked just as slender as the day I married. "Could you even bend down in it?" "W-ell you see ... not being clumsy I ... well ... I didn't drop .anything". "Oh". "My goodne , my pot is boiling over, I must dash, and oh! heaven forbid, that muddy pig is in my wa hing My sheets! Goodbye Martha - ring soon". Click. I felt guilty. - Sue Mazey, 4L.

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A DAY WITH JENNY IN SARAWAK A shattering sound of laughter and rubber shoes thudding on metal surface pierced my ears. It was not the dreaded howling of dogs that had upset my dreams during the night, it was the students on their morning run and time for me to stir myself and start another day. Wednesday was my worst day but thank goodness I was well prepared for a change. My pre-school routine included bathing under my hose connected. to the tap, eating the usual coffee and cracker biscuits and if I felt inclined, washing and cleaning. As I performed my morning duties I compared my method to that of Flora's mother whom I had observed the previous weekend when I had stayed with this land Dayak family. Apart from acute attacks of dy entery I survived my first experience of native life without too many clumsy blues. Whatever I attempted to do, eat with chopsticks, cut vegetables or play badminton, I was heralded by the giggles of children who had gathered to watch. Flora's family thrashed the dirt out of their washing with scrubbing brushes and by lapping them on the rocks by the river. I stood at my bench very feebly rubbing the cloth between my fingers. My own coffee tasted extra good as I thought of the clear , yrupy liquid I had sampled there. Meals differed considerably, rice being supplemented by vegetables from gardens, dried fish, and on special occasions, pork. The method of cooking would leave many New Zealand mothers horrified. The stove is non-existent and with pots and open fire on earth is used. The smoke filters through the holes in the house which is made of flattened giant bamboo and the roof of dried nipah thatched palm. Kety's mother was tiny and yet she carried huge loads of firewood and water, the latter from a communal bamboo pipe. I had slept under a mosquito net, but was still covered in big red lump , mo quito bites. As I scratched furiously my thoughts were interrupted by a bell. I dashed from my house past the boarding houses and across the basketball court answering greetings of "Good morning, Miss".

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The evening before, the Malays in the Campong next to the school had had a concert with amplifiers at their loudest. Anyone within a radius of a mile could do little but join them. There was a murmured undertone of sighs and groans when I suggested that the cla s take part in the 1 on by doing some exercises. At breaktime I was momentarily relieved by mail from home telling me how good the nectarines were and how hot it had been; not nearly as muggy as what I was experienc-· ing. The following two periods were also English with another Form I and the pupils were in a similar mood. The restlessness was not improved by the fact that lunchtime was drawing nearer and frying smells floated into the classroom. The class consisted of Chinese and Malay, girls seated on one side and boys on the other, the two races being segregated amongst themselves. At the beginning of the lesson I nearly exploded ( with mirth) when I noticed that Jeusi one of the most physically mature Malay boys in the class had a permanent wave on the front piece of his hair which was now a fuzzy tangle hanging over one eye. Unintentionally I managed to embarass him and so the rest of the class followed uit. After much repeated nagging I managed to get the class launched into some work. Then the bell, a scorching walk to my house, shoes off, flop on the floor, relief, but nothing to reward myself with except the usual cracker biscuits, bananas and papaya (pawpaw). That afternoon was the one I dreaded. My geography lesson went on well and I became quite carried away with sheep in New Zealand. The class consisted of Chinese, who were very competitive amongst themselves, and very loath to challenge anything I said. There were very seldom any questions asked. Before the lesson finished I was called to the phone. It was a persistent middle-aged Chinese gentleman who in endeavouring to impr me had done just the opposite and hi comprehension of English was insufficient for him to detect my tones of sarcasm. By local standards, at nineteen my pro pects of marriage was considered rather slim. A fourteen-year-old in my class pointed his girl out to me saying that the best go first so one has to get in early. I wasted my next period, which w:as free, discussing education with our Indian science teacher. The last period in the day was devoted to my most difficult class, transition, a group of the best pupils from Chine e medium school who spend a year learning in English everything they already know. I always

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had to be on my toes as the Chinese are so clever at maths and many a time I had to bluff in order to draw the right answer from them. The word numerator seemed to have a particular fa cination for them and everytime it was mentioned there was a burst of giggles. Later I realised that this word was tabu. When I mentioned it to the other Chinese teachers there was merely an exchange of glances and everybody was all of a sudden too busy to explain. That maths lesson was a truggle. We battled on, asking questions and the class answering in unison. Unfortunately the inevitable afternoon rain storm couldn't wait till four. Once the rain started it kept coming. This really up et thing as the children's attention was focused on activities outside rather than on me. Outside children rushed to collect washing from the line and close their windows. I choose one to close my windows as the week before my bed had been soaked. The children had pushed their desks towards the middle of the room and those on the out ide were sitting with their umbrellas up. The rain thundered on the roof and the. wind blew drops into the room, thus soaking us and the blackboard. The only sensible thing to do was to give up so we sang a song till the bell rang. After uch a day I felt I deserved a relief so I packed my haversack and set off through pepper and vegetable garden past fish ponds and paddi fields, over the jungle-covered hill to exchange complaints with an American Peace Corps girl who was teaching in a village primary school forty minutes walk away. There I could always rely on a good welcome not only from ancy but the rest of her housemates. Wearing a sarong ( a two yard length of material sewn together) I went to the communal dribble and, under the observation of many youngsters from the village I attempted to wa h myself and change to a dry sarong without exposing myself. After a meal of rice and bamboo shoots cooked by us and eaten by candlelight, we sat in Nancy's room surrounded by mosquito coils. Somehow the atmo phere of the village had a lethargic effect on me, and I was never able to remain in a lively state for long. Whether because of the walk, or because the name of the village, Quop, meant yawn, I have no idea. As I fell asleep my last thought was of the early morning walk that awaited me back through the jungle. -

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THE SCHOOLGIRL IN FACT AND FICTION Considering the fact that every author who turns out a book about schoolgirls, must once have been at school, it is surpri ing that very few of them have yet managed to write a book which gives a reliable picture of the average schoolgirl. The ordinary schoolgirl is not on the whole tidy in appearance, sweet-natured, ready to help someone. She dislikes merely on the principle of doing good, nor does she know how to explain every situation good or bad in which she finds herself. However, neither does the ordinary schoolgirl indulge in orgies of burning down school buildings, getting r1d of unpopular teachers and beating up girls and boys from rival schools a the inmates of St. Trinian's do. In fact, the ordinary school is, as the terms suggests, an ordinary. She comes to school five days a week at least until she is fifteen. She neither likes nor dislikes it though she may vow at times ( usually near exams) that she cannot tolerate the "hole" a day longer. She sits through a variety of subjects, taught by a variety of teachers using a variety of methods. She seldom encounters a genuine "dragon" of a teacher or one who is a paragon of the perfect instructor. She leaves the school having made her little mark which is soon worn over and flies out into the arms of the waiting world. As the schoolgirl in fact is the same the world over, so apparently is the fictional one, e pecially the boarder. The fictional boarder indulges in midnight feasts, which go unnoticed, or, if bad lucks befalls, they are discovered by a sympathetic house mistress who simply sends them to an equally understanding headmistress who realises that they are simply carrying on a boarders' tradition that she herself once took part in. Next day this choolgirl is up, fresh as a daisy, impeccably turned-out, skirt, blouse and jersey pre ed, tie knotted at exactly the right point, shoes gleaming, hair perfectly brushed and with an angelic or otherwise expression on her face depending on whether she is a "goodie" or a "baddie". At the end of the book though the scales have been returned to their uneven balance, everyone on the right side, except for the few "lambs" who have escaped from the fold forever, and these are never the schoolgirls, but always the hardened criminal or the mistress who underneath is really "evil and corrupt". Withstanding these few loose ends the schoolgirl has once again triumphed; she has saved the school from either debt, fire, thieves, or a rival school. She has transformed the sulky dis-

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agreeable girl of the first chapter into the eternally grateful charming girl she now is, and she is carried out of the school on her friends' shoulders, after shaking ( with a firm grasp) the headmistress's hand, after agreeing to allow a house or wing of the building to be named after her. Despite the fact that the schoolgirl in fiction is so far re-• moved from most schoolgirl , books about her are nevertheless still popular. After all if they were not maybe no one would have the courage to go to school if they listened to the lurid tales of their older sisters. - Marion Saunders, 5L. LIFE AT BOARDING SCHOOL Life at boarding school is, for me anyway, usually very exciting and happy. Of course there are always days when I feel miserable and home ick but those days aren't very frequent. I usually find we have a lot of fun; of course there is a slight element of trouble but that can usually be overcome by ome quick talking or acting. We begin our usual school day when the rising bell rings at 6.45 a.m. shattering our peaceful dreams and when a matron comes in to haul our lazy carcasses out of those nice warm beds! This is followed by a wa h or brief shower before we get dressed and start to think of that delicious five-star breakfast. After breakfast we go about our household chores of sweeping, dusting or polishing before we all troop down to school thinking worriedly of the prep we didn't do the night before. The routine at school is the same as that of a day-girl broken only by our return to the house for lunch. After school we change for tea, dutifully polish our shoes, get our letters or sometimes even parcels and go to chapel. Tea is at 5.30 and after this half-hour of ab olute bliss we settle down ( under the watchful eye of a prefect) to do our prep. After prep we have supper ( one biscuit) and then we all retire to bed and at 8.20 the lights are turned out. This is when the fun begins. Although we are usually caught by a matron or prefect we always enjoy ourselves. I have tried to portray to you in this essay the usual day of a boarder's life. Of course there are many variations which provide more fun. On the whole I think a boarder's life is a very good one in nearly every different way. - Gretchen Mills, 3Y.

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GOOD AND EVIL June Pallot VL

DETENTION EXERCISES I Don't Know This Is So True When I am asked why sometimes I don't know, what I ay is "I don't know" and when I ask my friends something, they say to me "I don't know, don't you?" I walk off thinking and wondering who to ask so I went to my desk and looked it up, and I was lucky, the dictionary didn't say "I don't know". Sometimes when I am caught out of bed, I am asked "Why are you out of bed?" I stand there shaking and hivering in the dark and then I say "I don't know", and then I'm told "oh yes, you do know". I stand there looking at my feet and it slips out again "I don't know". Then I go to bed again in the dark. In prep I do something wrong and I am asked "And why did you put that?" I lift one leg up and kick my other leg and then stiffen up and say "I don't know". But now I just DON'T know. - C. E. Robinson, Form I.

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GOLF: A BEGINNER'S VIEW Golf must surely be one of the most infuriating games for a beginner. I think Peter Thompson once declared that it was an easy game. I disagree most heartily from my own experience. The worst enemy of the beginner is, perhaps, an audience. One is usually subjected to one of these monstrosities on the first tee and on the eighteenth green in front of the clubhouse if one survives that far. The beginner, painfully aware that every movement he makes is being watched critically and maybe commented on, becomes flustered, can feel his palms growing sticky and his ears and the back of his neck glowing like luminous red paint, and then, of course, muffs the shot. The course itself is designed to trap every unsuspecting beginner. Numerous bunkers, a half dozen or so creeks, strategically placed bunches of trees, small hills deposited deliberately in certain places and fairways of incredible shapes and styles are all ingredients for a successful golf course. This recipe provides enough to conquer many dozens of victims every week, and its success cannot be doubted. Two or three bunkers, every inch of which the beginner can assign to the desrign rooms of a truly diabolical power, surround each green and a couple more scattered along the fairway. The addition of a creek every now and again adds to the charms and attractions of a hole. A common experience for the beginner is that of slithering down a steep grassy bank to do some sort of juggling manoeuvre with two clubs, or a sucker if one is lucky enough, in order to retrieve the ball. Balls do not contribute much, if anything, to the beginner's well-being. They not only have an insolent, almost leering air but also show the most amazing capacity for going in almost any direction but the one intended, not moving at all, when that phenomenon 'the air-shot' occurs, and for disappearing and leaving no evidence of their presence. Often one walks at a brisk pace, clubs weighing down one's shoulder in a bag artistically constructed of old leather, rotten canvas, string, sticking plaster and so on, to the place one thought the ball landed at only to find a dry, curled up leaf there, and the ball, with its habitual leer, lying several yards back, or nowhere in sight. The greens, perhaps the most important ingredients, may look innocent but, in reality contain scoundrelly traps. This is why champion make microscopic-like examinations of their ball's lie on the green so that they may make the best use possible

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of the slant of the green, the way it has been cut, the type of grass on it and so on. This doubtful pleasure is derived to the beginner, w:ho knows his place in the golfing hierarchy and if he does not, will soon have it instilled into him, and who scuttles along as unobstrusively as he is able, in an effort not to break one of the numerous rules of etiquette. Quibbles over the size of the ball and the actual hole are not for the beginner. These may safely be left to those venerable gentlemen who have played golf for many years and can be said to have attained sufficient years and wisdom to decide these mat-• ters. The claims of some manufacturers that their balls travel further, bounce higher and last longer do not seem to mean much when applied to the beginner's game. Golf is a most maddening game but I mu t admit it i a good source for exercise and in this respect, the beginner benefits more than the expert. This is because the beginner must hit or try to hit twice or three times as often as the expert and also has to weave an erratic course from one side of the fairway to the other in the pursuit of that ball. - Angela Williams, 6L. MUSIC

It drifts through the trees like tinkling bells, Rises and falls on the wind's broad back, Brings back memories so dear to me, When the people were kind, and the world was free. - Anne Liddell, F2N.

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OH! WHAT A LIFE TO LEAD Our seven year-old cat Mingh, leads a very full but lazy life. Her last owners spoilt her with play toys, two baskets and expensive food. She was three when she was given to us by friends who were moving into a flat. Petrified, she huddled under a chair and would not budge. Unfortunately, Siamese cats have a vicious meow, and this was the noise she made, spitting and hissing at the strange house she had been dumped in. Eventually she came out and we could see her features clearly. Her sleek body wandered about our legs, bumping into them, so as to get an itchy place satisfied. In no time she had made herself at home. Time showed that she was an intelligent cat. She would always be standing beside the fridge where her meat was kept, waiting for a passer-by to open it and get out the tasty plate of mutton skirts which was itting on the bottom helf on the left. She knew where it was, and if she wanted it, she would not be content until she got it. Another sign of intelligence was the way she acted in the morning. After staggering out of bed with a weary eyelid she would wander down to my grandmother's bed where she would remain until the late hours of the morning. After this she would eat her breakfast and calmly wander out in the garden and challenge any cat or even dog who dared to place a paw onto our lawn or usually her lawn. In the evenings she would happily lie in front of the fire, purring loudly, waiting for me to pick her up and cuddle her and pop her into my bed beside me and then of course wait for the morning. Then her daily routine would begin again. What fun it would be to lead the life of a cat ! - Ann McGlashan, F2N. THE KILLER OF THE FOREST A wisp of smoke Smo4ldering A flicRer of flame Hungry for fuel, Spreading rapidly. Scorching heat, Flaming torches crash to the ground Sizzling sparks leaping everywhere, Making fires of their own, The forest - a raging furnace. - Katrina Rinckes, FIS.

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CHARLEY WAS A LOVELY BIRD How I wish we still had Charley, the house seems so lonely without his singing and merry chatter. It seems funny to go outside and not have him swooping down on me in search for food. Charley was a magpie which we caught last spring. He was brought up on minced meat and worms although he tried to eat plastic, cloth and bits of clay and stones he could fine in the garden. As a young bird he was scrawny and ruffled with bits of baby-down on his chest and head and the soft brown feather on his back. As he grew older the down disappeared and the shiny black feathers of an adult appeared. Charley became conscious of his beauty and spent hours preening his feathers and chuckling away, using 'words' quite unpronounceable to the human tongue. He was very friendly and liked to play chasing or run up your arm and climb to the highest point, your head. There he would sit with his claws dug in and pull your hair. He loved human company and would often come inside. Mum would find traces of his vis.its in the livingroom and bedrooms. In the summer he loved to take a bath. Someone would fill the big stainless-steel bowl and he would hop in and cool himself. Charley used a sawing method with his wings to cover himself with water. Then he would retreat to the shade under the garden eat where he would shake himself and spray everybody's legs. 1

He loved teasing the dogs and the cat would never venture into the garden as he would be pursued by this squawking bird. The poor cat would have to retreat to a less interesting place. Mum would find that she was unable to plant seeds as thi troublesome bird would peck out each seed as it was placed in the garden. As time went on Charley began to realize that a magpie's life is not with human beings and began to drift away from the house, only coming back to eat the cat's meat. Now he is never seen in the garden as he has probably got a nest and is living happily with the other magpies at the top of the macrocarpa trees. Of ten I hear his distinct singing voice above those of all the other magpies. - P. Allison, 3Y.

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BALLAD OF THE SKI SLOPES He met her in the tow queue, He admired her golden hair. Said, "I've just been up to Cheeseman Did I see you there?" But Mary did not answer, And tos.sed her pretty head. Flicked on her nutcrasher, Up the hill she sped. In vain he tried to catch her, But stem twins they are slow. And Mary with great confidence, Could weave to and fro. There were many girls at Ohau, But only one for John. And that was pretty Mary, With the latest clip boots on. The air was getting icy, And many had gone on. But Mary rode the highest tow, Unseen by all save John. He followed up the mountain, He felt a sudden fear. Then he saw that Mary, Was lying crumpled there. My ankle, oh my ankle, Was all that she could say. But John was there to help her, And really saved the day. Now Mary is quite better, And John is happy too. Because at Broken River, She's promised to be true. - Sara Livingstone, 4L. SHEARING The mother sheep has lost her wool, When days get warm she'll feel quite cool. Her coat will make a cosy rug, So you and I will feel quite snug. Without her wool how cold we'd be, Our clothes are made from this you see. - Clas.s Effort (Primer) .

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OUR VISIT TO SACRED HEART We did not know what to expect when we got off the bus at Sacred Heart's gate. We were met by the 5A girls but we were all rather silent and regarded them across the playground. When we saJWthe spread they had prepared for morning tea our stomachs quickly felt empty. In our threes and fours we were taken over the cathedral. This was very interesting and quite different from our own cathedral. Our Roman Catholic friends knew a lot about their own cathedral and did not mind our inquiring questions. We were also shown into the nuns' beautiful little chapel and around the garden and grotto. We rather thought that the Roman Catholic girls would overpower us in the discussions but conversations and questions came easily in our threes. At break we were shown around their school - this was very similar to ours but a little smaller. A Roman Catholic priest gave us a talk on Church unity. I did not realize the many problems that have to be overcome before the churches are united. Before our visit I did not realise that their Mass was so like our Communion. I thought the priests walked up and down singing and throwing incense everywhere. We all enjoyed our morning and would like to meet our Sacred Heart friends again. - Ann Beetham, 5L. SEA SONG Diving down through clear blue water To translucent depths below. Where green weed, waves and light flecks play, As fish dart to and fro. Swimming past a coral shimmer, In pink and blue and red. Where drowned ships lie with bones beside, Of sailors long since dead. And when a storm blows dark and cold, We dolphins stick together. And huddle in a frightened school, To ride the stormy weather. Calmed the sea and flat the waves, As herrings pass together. And with a flick of my fins I'm off to win, A tit-bit for my dinner. - Jacqueline Roberts, 3Y.

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'But first a hush of peace) a soundless calm descends). from Emily Bronte)s "The Prisoner)).

A SMALL BOAT, WAITI G FOR A FATAL STORM And it was hot, Black clouds banked up behind, We looked, We looked aero the water, The warm waiting water. There was no sun, Just heat. And it was hot, We could not feel emotion~ We ate, We ate the biscuits, Held in our damp hands, There was no wind, Just heat. And it was hot, We were powerless in thi soundless calm, We waited, We waited for the angry roar, Of a triumphant wave, There was no life, Ju t death. - Caroline Chambers, 5 L. TO A BOAT The sun appears above the hill, The sea i calm; the wind is still, In and out of boats I weave, Until the harbour's end I leave; Out here the sea's not quite o calm, The cool wind blow like a swaying palm; With my hand tight on the wheel, Fir t to the left, then right I keel; I see other boats driven here and there, Some people wave and others stare. Now the sun's high in the sky, I turn the boat and back I fly; This is the only life for me, The wind, a boat and a choppy sea. -

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DESIGN Denise Clements, IIIL

FROSTY MORNINGS On these cold and frosty mornings when I wake up I don't like to get out of bed. I lie there looking at the misty windows wondering how cold it is outside. Then when I think I had better get up, I get out of bed and I go to the window, I clear a little space and then have a look outside. The lawn is a shimmering, glistening white and it truly is a beautiful sight. The trees stand silently covered with a coat of white. Then when I'm dressed and I've had my breakfast, I go and put on my hat, coat, gloves and scarf, because it is so cold. Then daddy takes me to school. Then the sun comes out and it makes the white frost sparkle and though it's cold it is a beautiful sight. - Julia Mackenzie, Std. 3.

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MY FAVOURITE RELATIVE What do you suppose a person that wrote love books would look like? Young, smart, attractive and fashionable? Well you can imagine the shock I received when my mother told me that my Aunt Bethea wrote love stories. Aunt Bethea is a rather faded elderly lady. She i very sweet and generous, and never a birthday or a Christmas passes without her sending beautifullywrapped and beribboned parcels, with sweet little messages on carefully picked cards. Aunt Bethea is very neat and particular person. If you have not got a pencil or a rubber or a needle you need only ask Aunt Bethea and it appears from one of her very neatly labelled boxes. All her belongings are very tidily kept, and she has a little box for this, and a little box for that. She even names her clothes pegs! Wherever Aunt Bethea goes her diary goes with her. If she comes across a word or a place she does not know about, down it goes in her diary so that she does not forget it. Aunt Bethea is thin and tall with short hair. Although her hair is faded she proudly brushes it a hundred times a day. Her clothes are always in dull colours and unfashionable, but they are always well made. She walks in a most particularly queer way with her hands held behind her and her back very straight. She ays she was always taught to walk like this with a board on her back. Aunt Bethea is always willing to try new things. She went camping in a caravan with us for the first time and when shown the sea or a river pool would dive straight in before the rest of the family. In the summer on hot evenings she sits by her balcony wearing as few clothes as possible and plays her recorder. She has a tiny little flat in London with only one bedroom so when she has any visitors she will let them sleep in her bedroom while she sleeps on the kitchen floor. I feel sorry for my favourite relative as she writes love stories most probably only because she lost her fiance in the Second World War and has never fallen in love with anybody since. I can see her right at this minute hurriedly going through the telephone book to see that nobody else has the same name as her latest hero or heroine in her latest book so that she can not be prosecuted for making a story about real people. - E. Creese, 3Y. 1

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THE STORM Rushing winds, incessant rain, Slapping on my window pane; Lightning flashe , thunder roars, Huge waves break upon the hares. Branches breaking, battered trees, Frantic winds, swirling leaves; Clouded river rushing high, Frightening lightning in the ky. From my bed so fare and warm, I listen to the raging storm. Lashing endless lullaby, Beating downwards from the ky. - Caroline Creese, FIE. CHEMISTRY As the test tube is held over the burning flame, There is a 'pop' it has worked again. The flask for distilling are over there, And sulphur dioxide is everywhere. Resounding coughs and splutters, Sound from people in various clusters. The test tubes are put on the corridor stairs, So the teachers who pass have reason to stare. Acid is added to copper and zinc, With violent reactions, which are poured down the sink. The mixing of chemical is fun for us, But practical work can be dangerous. - Marion Cowlishaw, 5L. WI DOW PA E I love to hear the rain, Splash about my window pane. When the skies are grey and cloudy, And my temper is completely frowdy. I pull up the covers, Around my shoulders, To settle myself down to listen to the rain. But other days bring bright the light, Through the shiny, hard, mooth pane. It seeps to every corner changing night, To clay, and painting plain. Colours into brilliant hues of every type. Oh! with what joy I could kiss that pane. icky Dean, 5L.

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THE RIVER Looking down upon the clear water, Sparkling and shin,ing far below. On the river that winds between the cliffs, That were formed many hundreds of years ago. The grey rock upon which I sit, Is very hot with the intense heat. The brilliant spectacle far below, Gives to the scene, a clourful glow. The gurgling and tinkling and cheerful cry, Are pleasing to both the ear and the eye. Then the brilliance of the sun's glaze, Sends me into a dreamy haze. - Philippa MacKay, 3Y. AUSTRALIA'S ANIMALS From all the bears from east to west Australia's is the cuddliest. Koala is his proper name, But some people use him as game. The furry little wombat is something like a pig, With rather a grumpy nature and an awful urge to dig. Just for fun I call him Willy, Although I know you think it's silly. A funny little fellow as round as a ball of twine, Looking like a pincushion, or a porcupine. It's really an echinda although you may think it neater, To call him an Australian Ant-eater. - Joanne Dobson, F2N. MOERAKI - for S.R.W. 0 desolate eternity of rock and sand, devoured, yet indigestible, by pounding seapure blue, and treacherous white, gentle in touch, most cruel in effectMan is like you, endless'ly he, accepts the buffetings of fate and time, glad greets the beauty, stumbles at the pain, lives, dies, loves, cries, in hopeless passivity. But there is God. The world declares it, and no less this beach. He is here too, in form intangible, yet far more real than rocks, sand, sea, He is the white sand's, whole world's, all men's virginity. - Imogen de la Bere, Jan. 1969.

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ST. MARGARET'S COLLEGE OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION Officers of the Association, 1968 Patron: Miss M. Mullan. Past Presidents: Miss Janet Starry, Mr G. Cotterill, Mi Mary Morten, Mrs C. H. Clemens, Mrs . G. S. Gibb , Mr C. L. Wilson, Mi s Lila Gardner, Mr J. Roy Smith, Mrs E. M. Gib on, Mrs W. Smith, Mrs E. J. Smith, Mrs Morton Smith, Mrs W. L. Partridge, Miss M. Bet, Mrs A. H. Johnstone, Mis G. Rankin and Mrs R. J. Dendle. Immediate Past President: Mrs E. A. Lee. Hon. Vice-Presidents: Mrs J. . Hamilton, Mi s L. Gardner, Mr W. Smith. President: Mr J. . Mat on. Vice-Presidents: Mr L. H. S ott, Mrs R. Collins, Mr. P. G. Egden. Hon. Secretary: Mis A. Wright, P.O. Box 1103, Telephone 70-008. Hon. Treasurer: Mrs J. K. Lawrence, 105 Glandovey Road, Telephone 517-379. Committee: Misse M. Cook,. S. Thomson, J. Young, C. Roberts, . Gardner, and B. Morris, Me dame W. D. Wood, J. F. Burn, B. 0. Alexander, I. J. Botting. Country Representatives: Mrs R. L. Thompson, Rangiora. Mr . Mcllraith, Southbridge. ARMAGH CIRCLE: Convener: Mrs A. H. Johnstone, Telephone 326-037. Assistant Convener: Mr G. Rich, Telephone 35-405.

ANNUAL REPORT, 1968 On behalf of your Committee I have plea ure in presenting a report of the Association's activities for the year, together with the Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet a at September 30th, 1968. Our total member hip, excluding Branche , now tand at 1,238, which number is made up of 716 Life Members and 522 ordinary members. It is pleasing that a high proportion of girl join the Association within a year of leaving school. Obituary: During the year we have lo t everal of our members, including: Mrs Sharpe (Webster), chool Li t 162; Mrs Greenslade (Hopkin ) , School List 214. A number of members have suffered bereavements and to them we offer our incere ympathy.

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Annual Reunion 1967: The dedication by the School Chaplain ( the Rev. H. G. Norris) of the Gates presented to the School by the A sociation, provided a fitting opening to the Reunion function . This short but impressive service was attended by a large number of Old Girls, parents, present girls, members of staff and other friend of the School. It was particularly pleasing to have with us for the occasion the School Architect, Mr R. A. Stewart and Mr E. A. Lee, who during her term as President was responsible for all the detailed planning which had gone into this undertaking. After the dedication, those present moved to the School Chapel for the Founder ' Day Service. Once again the Staff entertained us to supper afterwards, and we should like to record our appreciation of their kindness. It made a happy ending to a memorable evening. The School Chaplain, assisted by the Reverend Peter Tovey, celebrated Holy Communion on Saturday, November 4th, in the School Chapel. About 60 Old Girls,. Staff and Prefects were pre ent-not a large number however, when one considers our total membership. Morning tea was followed by the Tennis Match which resulted in a win for the Old Girls. Our thanks again go to Mrs Margaret Lawrence for arranging the team which consisted of Miss Anne Lawrence, Mrs Margaret Cooper, Mrs Beverley Lee, Mrs June Mathieson, Miss Anne Wright, Miss Wendy Morgan, Miss Christine Reay, Mr Cecily Wright, Mrs Pat Alexander, Miss Elizabeth Ru sell, Miss Jan Young and Mrs Margaret Lawrence. About 90 members attended the Dinner and Annual General Meeting held on Monday, November 6th at Heatherlea. During the meeting Miss Mullan spoke of the School and its activities and presentations were made to Mrs Margaret Logan who retired from the position of Secretary, and to Mrs Beverley Maples, who for seven year had been responsible for the magnificent floral decorations that had become one of the most striking features of any of our formal functions, particularly our Balls. Jane Paterson was also farewelled as she was to be at Otago University for the rest of her studies. Storry Shield: This match was played on February 17th at the United Tennis Club Courts and again the weather was perfect. The result was in doubt until the very end when we emerged as runners up to St. Andrew's by the narrowest of margins. Those playing for the Association were: Mrs Margaret Lawrence, Miss Anne Lawrence, Mr Margaret Cooper, Mrs Beverley Lee, Mi s Jan Archibald, l\fiss Felicity Maples, Mrs Judy Howe and Miss Rosemary Austin.

New Old Girls' Party: On March 4th in the Horticultural Hall about 5 7 girls were our guests at an evening Buffet meal. This function continues to be very worthwhile, affording as it does an opportunity for us to get to know those who have just left school. It was an added plea ure that both Miss Mullan and Miss Corder were able to be present. Debutante Ball: This was held at the Winter Garden on April 18th and was, as always, a mo t happy occasion. The debutantes were trained by Mrs Jill Penman and we are grateful to her for the care and skill with which she did this. Diana Solomon played for the rehearsals, Mrs Marjorie Harkness, Mrs Ray Milliken, Mrs Cook (Margaret's mother) and Margaret Watling helped with the floral decorations, and we thank them all most sincerely. Those presented to the Bi hop and Mrs Pyatt and our Patron were: Jennifer Armstrong, Jocelyn Armstrong, Ann Blair,

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Helen Cook, Alison Dendle, Rosemary Durie, Penni Fear, Barba:a. Ferner Christine Foster Suzanne Fisher, Barbara Kempthorne, V1v1enne Fle~twood, Suzanne Hammond, Susan Hydhman, Joanne Lee, Felicity Maples, Vivienne Muirson, Helen McLaughlan, Lindsay Macbeth, Heather Scott, Judith Tipping, Dinah Thomas, Rosemary Walker, Rosemary Wiffin, Suzanne Whale, Rosemary Williams, Victoria Collins, Jan Archibald, Suni Ballantyne, Gillian Polson, Nicola Reynolds, Sue Wagner and Gail· Douglas.

Golf Day: An innovation this year was the holding of the Golf Day earlier in the year and in spite of, or perhaps because of, the date (April 1st) the new arrangement was entirely successful. We had a record number of entries. Mrs Margarita Scott organized the whole day most capably, and to our delight Mrs Partridge again presented the prizes. The winners ·were: Partridge Cup and Spoon, Nancy Simpson; Addeh Perkins Cup, Margaret Gibbon. Annual Ball: This was held on June 8th and the theme was, appropriately enough, "A Winter Garden". Mrs Judith Wood was in charge of decorations and she and her helpers wrought miracles with flowers (paper) massed together in reds, yellows and pinks. Rumour has it that one of our official guests was so taken with the idea that it was adapted for another Ball. Tickets were again limited and numbers were slightly fewer as a result, but comfort and enjoyment were greatly increased. Indeed, it was one of the most successful Balls we have had for a long time. Morning Tea: About 53 Old Girls were present for this function which was held on June 28th at the Takahe. The sun shone, the views were wonderful and altogether it was a most enjoyable occasion. Hockey Match: Our enthusiastic and indefatigable Secretary arranged a Hockey match against the School at the end of the winter term. If experience and/or low cunning triumph on the tennis court, the girls certainly had their revenge on this occasion. It was a good game, but the plain truth was that we just did not have enough "puff" and we were soundly beaten. The following were brave enough to do battle: Jennifer Abrahamson,. Jan Banks, Diana Harkness, Anne Lawrence, Wendy Morrow, Jillian Polson, Jennifer Pryor, Christine Reay, Judy Turner, Ann Wright and Jan Young. We are hopeful that this may become a permanent fixture and that we might even do a little better next time-or the time after. Luncheon: This was held at the Russley Hotel on September 20th. About 60 were present and it was a most successful function. Kindred Associations: Representatives from those Associations who do not come to our Balls are to be entertained at the Takahe on October 1st. We look forward to greeting a host of old friends and making some new ones. Gifts and Charities: The A sociation has continued tv support various charities and several of the Committee, helped by other members, sold Health Stamps on the first day of issue. The Canterbury Public Library Picture Subscription which we gave to the School last year, has been renewed, a further donation has been made to the Boarders' Amenities Fund and the Endowment Fund. No major projects for the school

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have been undertaken this year but we have everal ideas awaiting further discu sion a soon as our finances allow. St. Margaret's College Trust Board: During the past year I have attended Board Meetings as your repre entative, and along with all other members I have been deeply impressed with the vigour, enthusiasm and dedication shown by the Board's new Chairman, Mr C. L. Paterson. Indicative of his wide interest in anything connected with the School was his attendance at one of our Committee meetings during the year. It was not a particularly stimulating one but he never flinched, and we are gratified that he took the time and trouble to meet us and see what makes the Association "tick". In this connection I should like to mention that my re-appointment to the Board to replace Mrs C. Fo ter Browne ( who retires after almost twenty years' service) I regard very much as a recognition of the value of the interest which the Association takes in the School, and I am most happy to continue for a further term. Appreciation: Our first thanks go as always to our Patron, Miss Mullan. Her help and cooperation in innumerable ways have been of tremendous value to the Association and we are most grateful. Particularly do we thank her for her readiness to allow us to use the School on various occasions and for making it possible for us to hold all our Reunion Functions, including the Dinner and Annual General Meeting, at the School this year. The Committee would wish members to know how much help we have had from Mis Mullan in the planning of this weekend. We hope the change of venue will be especially appreciated by those members who do not always have an opportunity to see the recent developments to the School and its grounds. Mr M. H. Vile, our Honorary Auditor, continues to give us help and advice on money matters and Messr J. Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. to sell Ball Ticket . We thank them most sincerely, a we do the Lady Editors of The Press and The Star. I should like to give a special word of thanks to the hu band of Committee members for their support and help on numerou occa ion . everal have almost earned an Old Girl ' badge a a ort of long service medal. To all others who have helped during the year, and there are many, we expre s our gratitude. The kind and number of function continue to exercise the minds of the Committee and it would be of great assistance if members would give some indication of their preferences. It is not entirely satisfactory to have to remind members by telephone or to have to cajole them into attending. It puts a heavy burden on an active and very willing Committee and tends to make us wonder if in fact we are providing what is really wanted. We should be glad therefore if members would give ome thought to this matter and be prepared with their suggestions and/or complaint at the Reunion. At the end of my term of office I must acknowledge most gratefully the help, advice and support I have had from two uccessive Committees and indeed from all members of the A sociation. It has been an honour and a privilege to be your President but I must emphasize that it has been a team effort, and the . trength of the Association reflects the calibre of your team. Working with them has been a rewarding experience. It is, I hope, not invidious to mention the two people who do the lion's share of the work, the Secretary, Miss Anne Wright and the Treasurer,

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Mrs Margaret Lawrence. Anne took over an exacting job with an efficiency and enthusiasm which left me gasping and made my task look almost a sinecure by comparison. Mrs Margaret Lawrence is as always, far more than Chancellor of the Exchequer. Not only her flair for money matters but her wise counsel and mature judgment continue to be of inestimable value. I personally, and the Association as a whole, owe her a debt of gratitude. Finally, may I conclude this somewhat lengthy report by wishing the Association a steady continuing of its growth and vigour,. and my successor a great deal of enjoyment in the part she will play in that growth. ISOBEL MATSON, President .

Endowment Fund: This continues to grow albeit slowly, and this year the income provided a TV Set which is now installed in one of the Boarding Houses. At the end of the financial year a further donation of fifty dollars was made to this Fund. Annual Ball Mailing List: Every member receives each year an invitation to the Annual Ball and this is something to which her subscription entitles her. There are however, many who cannot attend either because of distance or for some other reason. Printing and postage costs are heavy and the Committee would be grateful for an expression of opinion as to whether a separate mailing list for Ball invitations would Merely as a basis for discussion at the be an acceptable innovation. Annual General Meeting would you indicate your views, if any, on the accompanying slip.

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS Norma Kerr (Barnard) is in second year of teaching in Indianapolis U.S.A. Norma was also at Riding Camp again (her fifth year) as Camp Mother, with 112 campers in Nova Scotia. Joy Bendal has been in Melbourne and Sydney studying advanced courses of singing for four years and had two scholarships,, one to the National Theatre in Melbourne and one to the Sydney Conservatorium. She also appeared professionally in television and stage shows, recital work as a soloist for David Jones' Christmas Choir. Unfortunately a motor accident interferred with her immediate future plans. Janice Jones (Fogg) completed the degree for Bachelor of Veterinary Science and graduated from Massey University in April 1968 and is practising with her husband at Reefton. Angela Sewel (Bryne) is living in Kingston, Canada, her husband is Assistant Professor of Economics at Queen's University. Margarita Scott (McKenzie) has just returned from an extensive six months trip abroad visiting many interesting countries. Mary Louise Radford (Peek) is living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vicki Livingstone is working for Health Organisation in Munich. Phillippa Gardiner (Ruston) is living in Fiji.

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Anne Jamieson is returning to New Zealand in December after four years nursing and sightseeing in United Kingdom. Jillian Holland has gone to Rhodesia for six months. Marjorie Steel (Harris) has just returned from accompanying her husband on a business trip around the world, while in England she met Barbara Mathias. Faith Rubin (Rodd) who lives at Long Island, 75 miles from New York, has been out visiting her mother in Adelaide, and en-route home spent a short time with her sister in Christchurch. Susan Abrams (Kellaway)

is living in Kingston,. Jamaica.

During the Australia and New Zealand Association for Advancement of Science held in Christchurch in January, Dr. Vivienne Benzie gave three papers; one on the breeding and behaviour of Whitebait; and the other two on Psychology. Vivienne is now Overseas with her husband both doing further Studies. A most interesting working holiday was had by Sandra Australia, 'especially while up in Port Headland.

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Priscilla Harris (Taylor) whose home is in Nigeria has been spending September with members of her family in New Zealand. On her return her husband will become Professor of Libraries at the University of Ghana. Catherine McLay (Coop) is living near Punta Areas, in Chile, the southern-most city in the world. Her husband is farming with· his father on a half-inhabited island where there are about 20 other farms. The journey to the town takes about four hours by barge and car. Going to join her husband who is attending Nottingham under a Rotary Scholarship is Felicity Rudgin (Austin).

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Bronwen Morris has recently returned from a year in the United States as an American Field Service Student. She spent her year in Manning a small town in West-Central Iowa, with a farmihg family, Mr and Mrs Clifford Fank and two of their daughters. While there she attended an American High School as a senior pupil, and represented New Zealand as an unofficial ambassadress. At the end of her year in Iowa she had a month touring various places in the U.S.A. with the other A.F.S. students from 63 different countries. She returned on August 1st, a strong advocate of the A.F.S. Motto - Walk together, talk together; Ye peoples of the earth; Then, and only then will ye know Peace. Old Girls overseas: Mary Bananas, Suzanne Harrison, Prudence Williams, Suzanne Dearsley, Lynsay Messenger (Marriott) and Dorothy Watson, Alison Peate, Barbara Saunders, Celia Beaumont, Kathryn Wills (nee Gardiner) and P. Willets (Hamann). Lynne Bowman returned to her home Katyryn Drive, Orchard Park, New York 14127, U.S.A., in December, after a year at school as an American Field Scholar. Jenny Harris is at present doing Voluntary Service abroad in Sarawak.

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BIRTHS Sandra Simmons (Urquhart), a son. Lesyl Bullen ( Luisette), a son. Ann Judd (Stackhouse), a son. Maureen Robertson (Harrow), a daughter. Francis Smith (Powell), a son. Margaret Welsh (Carter), a daughter. Fay Dalgety (Moffatt), a son. Jose Seymour (Owen), a daughter. Robyn Gossett (Jenkins),. a daughter. Louise Welling (Partridge) , a son. Jenny Chater (Wagner), a son. Susan Harrison (Whitford), a son. Janet Bevan ( Sidey) , a son. Janet Shepherd (Lamb) , a <laughter. Dianne Lester ( Goo by), a son. Sandra Burton (Sutton), a son. Anne Sidey (Mason) , a son. Pamela Rundle (Stone), a son. Rosemary Pringle ( Luisetti), a daughter. Gill Hunter-Weston (Holdgate), a son. Sandra Ellis (McDonald), a daughter. Felicity Rudkin (Austin), a son. Elizabeth Draper (Hamann), a daughter Diana Rutherford (Wright) , a son.

ENGAGEMENTS Prudence Austin to Timothy Finch. Elizabeth Brand to Donn Armstrong. Jocelyn Moffitt to John Foate. Dianne Whitty to David Lester. Joanne Appleby to Anthony Dacre. Phillippa Ruston to David Gardiner. Helen Cook to Geoffre1/ Scott. Pamela Thompson to Morgan Williams. Virginia Matson to Arthur Blakely. Barbara Peddie to Robin Stevens. Phillippa Blakely to William Patterson. Adrienne Lake to Kenneth Fraser. Ann Watkinson to John Northcott. Barbara Peate to Edward Taylor. Virginia Stevens to Mark Saunders. Wanda Parham to James Fattorini. Caroline Blair to Peter Oliver. Mary Blakely to Donald Strachan. Helen Berry to Murray Spinks. Janis Todd to Lindsay Laing. Neroli Wagner to Gavin Youl. Pieter McKenzie to Peter Stewart. Rosa McDonald to Simon Chaffey. Barbara Cook to Graham Turner.

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Jan Lemon to Emmett O'Sullivan. Kathryn Evans to Rodney Shaw. Patricia Neil to Ross McKenzie.

MARRIAGES Janice Fogg to Boyd Jones. Wendy Scott to David Morrow. Elizabeth Brand to Donn Armstrong. Pauline Horten to Douglas Sutton. Phillippa Ruston to David Gardiner. Neroli Wagner to Gavin Youl. Karolyn Boon to Brian Knapp. Diana Reid to Neil Rainey. Christine Whetter to Peter Cook. Catherine Coop to Hugh Maclay. Lynette Redmond to Colin Jenkins. Jennifer Clark to Michael Abrahamson. Sally Morris to David Lawrence. Rosa McDonald to Simon Chaffey. Rosemary Gardner to William Paterson. Joanne Appleby to Anthony Dacre. Phillipa Ruston to David Gardiner. Irene Minson to Michael O'Halloran.

DEGREES CONFERRED Master of Arts:

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Rowen Cunningham Sally Fear Elizabeth Felton Diana Harkness Robyn Leeming Elizabeth Wilkin BacheZ.Or of Science:

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Emily Mulligan Second

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Virginia Matson Elizabeth Rivers Sally Thomas

OLD GIRLS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY FinP. Arts:

Ann Macarthur Jenny Anderson Vicky Collins Suzanne Fisher Vicki Hiseman First Year Arts:

Rosemary Carson Pauline Farra

Joanne Lee Suzanne Lennon Lindsay Macbeth Nicola Reynolds Heather Scott Hilary Tomlin Susan Wagner Catherine Wilkin Rosemary Williams Sally Donnithorne

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Cynthia Roberts Lynne White Jane Skinner Avenal Gough Catherine Vaughan Mary Holmes First Year Science: Pamela Alderton Bridget Blunden Susan Gardiner Second Year Science: Margaret Johnston Vicky Louisson Lynette Jenkins (Redmond) First Year Law: Suni Ballantyne Marcia Hollard

Victoria: Catherine Phillips Third Year Arts: Christine Jones Fourth Year Arts: Phillippa Benzie Pamela Thompson Denise T ocker ;, econd Year Arts: Nichola Clarke Heather Forbes Joanne Holderness Jan Grueber Aileen Kidd Alison Langford Jaeet McClelland Annette Dynes

CHRISTCHURCH TEACHERS' COLLEGE First Year: Jan Archibald Jocelyn Armstrong Lesley Cleveland Helen Cook Barbara Ferner Susan Kirk Miriam McArthur Josephine Rankin Jennifer Tallot Alison Tetley

Phillippa Wells Susan Whale Second Year: Bridgit Blackie Josephine Cook Jill Cowper Yvonne Jenkins Anne Lawrence Jocelyn Munr:o Jennifer Price Felicity Sladen

AUCKLAND TEACHERS' COLLEGE Ceridwyn Parr

CHRISTCHURCH DENT AL TRAINING SCHOOL First Year: Barbara Bell

Second Year: Mary Jane McCutcheon Rosemary Parkinson

KARIT ANE HOSPITAL Gillian Polson Vivienne Fleetwood

Rosemary Durie

OLD GIRLS TRAINING AT CHRISTCHURCH, PRINCESS MARGARET AND BURWOOD HOSPITALS Registered Nurses: J. Gardiner Jeanette Webley

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Graduates 6, 1968: Dorothy Wat on Bridgie Moore Jan Phillips Julie Bell Jill Stewart Joanne Appleby Barbara Cook Anne Denham Alison Greenslade Janet Coe Claire Cordery Christine Urquart M. Boanas Nurses Training: Helen Cook Suzanne McCready Patricia eal Janet Saunders Diana Sutton Angela Blackie Diane Clemen Helen Denham Yvonne Flitcroft Rowan Morten Susan Stranach Janet Scott Penny Hall Judith Knight Phillipa Tipping Barbara Heasley

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