Caritas 1939 by Catholic Ladies' College

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ROLL CAl.L, 1939.

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Front Row ! sitting , le ft to right ): Christopher Rudolph , Cyril Blak e , Karon Brennek e , Co rm e l Dunn , Carla Massola , Patricia Hore, Jacqueline Collins, Judith Madden, Gwen Brabazon , Groce Menodue, Pamela Berick, Patricia O'Sullivan, Joan Serong, Margaret Mc Master, Lilli:IM Barry, Joan Cadman, Diana Holmberg, Helen Cahir, 6orbarc Wilding, Maureen Eyre, Margaret Dowding, Joan McMaster, Anne Brown, Margot Mills, Mary Hince, Marlene Brea , Pat Evans, Leonie Hartnett, Kevin Blake, John Serong, John Rush . !ie cond Row : Joan Sandiford, Jane Stirneman, Mary Gorman, Mode line Younes, Mo1y Mcnadue, Carmel Youn e s, Margaret Murphy, Eil een M"llone, Tim Smiley, Meg Taylor, Kathleen Tucker, Margaret Le ehy, Pat Crowe, Marie Cook, Alison Begg, Moira Murphy, Paula Mcinerney, Pot Cadden, Vena Simmons, Claire Pedlc:y, E·~ tty Vernall, Josie Noseda, Noelle Solly, Betty Barrett, Marian Mocke n:z:ie, Joyce Power, Eileen Shanahan, Edwina Sullivan, Beryl fowler, Betty O'Brien, Marie Chandler. Third Row : Eloine Wilson , Virginie Haddad, Joy Heritage, Joan Tucke r, Sylvia F~nt, Sheila Hernon, Pat Hanrahan, Mary Mills, Lorna Douglas, Dorothy Keeler., Mory Maxwell, Betty Malcolm, Shirley Thomas, Theresa Cook, Mona Cronin, Joan Smitherom , Carmel Roodknight, Claire Wee kes, Pot Blake, Theresa Mcinerney, Valdo Simmons, Margaret Saunders, Joan Porter, Gwen Barnet, Helen Malcolm, June Potter, Deirdre Cash, Margaret Kendall, Betty Corrigan , Pat P~rry, Pot Carroll. fourth Row : Judith Cohir, Helen Moore, Pat Dipnall, Theresa O'Kee fe, Tess Reid, Ettilia Corre zzo, Carmel Solly, Dorothy Grose, Norma Rodgers, Noreen O'Brien, Joan Gallagher, Joan Duke, Nancy Natoli, Romo O' Kane, Pat McGuire, Diana Clegg , Prudence Hyett, Rosalie Bendall, Mary Beeden , Joan Cronin, Robin Llyw elln, Morge Costello, Morie Edwards, Nancy Black, Mary Hyett , Corothy Cook, Anita Ryan , Maureen Moloney, Lorraine Hom den , Joan Motscm, Shirley lssel, Moidie Hoare, Peggy Walker. f ifth Row : Aileen Heath, Vivienne Kelly, Monico Burns, Rita Murphy, Morion O'Connor, Pat Vines, Pot McDonald, Marie Woods, Moira O'Connor, Claire Blake , Ursula Broadhurst, Pauline Abrahams, Olive Curran, Leonif?: McDonald, Carmel Leahy, Anne Molan, Pat Doyle, Joan Bryon, Morie Kegele, Felicia McCarthy, Flore nce O'Brien, Margaret Slattery, Betty Fleming, June Fit:z:ge rold, Ne ll Panlook, Anne Stirneman, Mojello Ahern , Pat Oman, Kathleen O' Connor, Joan Verdon, Valdo Smith, Mory Garden , Phyllis Hoare. Sixth Row : Pauline Doyle, Irene O'Sullivan, Majory Rose Neal, Mau ree n Anderson , Joan Rudolph, Anne Forest , Pot Abrahams, Maria Walsh, Je!':n ~tock , Joan Mullens, Linda M:lntyre, Dorothy Mccrohan, Cassie Duggan , Pat Higgins, Rina Codognotto, Mary Grant, Carm e l Webb, Morion R€id, Carmel Brennan, Marie Re ynolds, Bernadette Doyl~, Emelia ferlazzo , Barbaro Walsh, Marie McDonald, Ito Moloney, Th e re sa Wallace, Pauline Gough, Erno Moore, Joan Harris, Ouida Worthington, Peggy 6'arry, Marjorie Word, Aileen Prowse, Moya Bonson .

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A GROUP OF OLD COLLEGIANS ON COMMEMORATION DAY, 1939. Top Row : E. Kenneally , M. Rafter, J . Rafter, D. Wh ite, N. Culph, Mrs. Worry (M. Hedrick ) , M. Fell, P. Hadded, D. Phillips, M. Cronin , M. Brody, L. Height, M. Carr, N. Hughes, N. Heogerty, S. O'Holloran, Mrs. Loughnane ( E. Tobin I , P. Wollbridge . Second Row : N. J ohns, M. Kissane, M. Hording , M. Harrison, P. Ke nny, M. Nogle, F. McAuliffe, M. Mason, J , O' Donnell, M. Clifford, K. Clancy, W. Fanning, Mrs. Costigan ( U. Hoy I , E. Lym er, C. Rule, P. Wright, M. Galli, M. Curran, A. Brobant, Mrs. Ley, Front Row : A. Arendse n, E. Rush , S. O' Donnell, M. Kenny, B. Bart e ls, F. Donovan, B. Barbaro , M. Killian , C. Misell, M. Fennessy, C. M. Brick , K. Ryan , N. Hunt , S. Lanigan , K. Kane, N. Molloy, K. Reid, P. Reid, Mrs. Newbould 10 . Ledwidg e J .

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ED IT OR IA L HE yeai; tba has passed has been one of memorie--h allowed m e111 91·ie:;; of one hund1·ed yea1·s'

wo1·k in the buildin g up of the Church of God "rcat city of Melbou rne. '!'9 our b loved Axchwe dedicat e this issue of "Carit as /' a11 a small j' • token of our ;i;eeogn ition of his grand woxk <i n this cause, I ~ · t..· particu la1·ly in the comp1c tion of.1;he Oathed i;al, the beauty of whi ch is ·or u , who live in its cl ose proxim ity, an . .:i .1,!· eve~·-pxesenb .rcmind ex of " vhe th ings t hat a'l'e above "a r e rnindei· of "the spil'itu a l U;(e around this earthly life," th value:;; of which cannot be weigh ecj, in the scale with sordid materia 1 ain;;; in tbe \p urSL1i , of which so many pend t heit· eneTg ies-::rn d ' lay wa i'; te their 'J>Ower s ." F01: us who enjoy the blessin °·s of 'true educa tion-educat ion f ol' time and elel'nit' y- there 1is no doubt a s to what pursui t are wo1:thy of ot\)' h ig hest endeavou:i:. They m:e embodi ed in th e. mo tto w'h ich haa beeu :!leld be:fo1·e us all ou1· s chool-l ife, "Know ledge and Virtue Unit· e d/' The beautif ul sy mbol of t he 1ily of virtue and the book of know ledge form t he cheyish ed badge. so d ear to the heart o;f every GL . . . t)upil- ;rnst an~ p'L·esen t.. We trust th.at, with all t he graces lavishe d on us by Alm5g hty God in our Annua l ;Ret r eat -Lin the o.r )'ani sation of t he Apo tleship of P~·ayer, and the peda l devotio ns on the First Ftiday , th e annua l eo nsec:i:atio n of the College to Our Blessed Lady il;l the mon l h of May, and out daily visits to th e Blesse d Sacrnm entJ in our Gonvei 1t Gha_pel , we will ;J;ulfil ou1· ci dea l ~ and be loyal lo God and our choo l throu g;hout ou1· li ves. A s t here. ace so many dange:r s f ac.in · g itl :,, leavin school nowad ay91 s1)ecial safegu ards are necess m:y, and the Cathol ic Action Study Circle :fo rQ'Jed this year bas p\·oved invalua ble to t he Senior g irls. Next year fuxth er g roups will b fol· med, so th a t; a g:reate~· numbe r ·will be able to avail themse lves of thi s opl)ort unity of prepa~· ing more thorou gh ly ;for theh· ,pa rt in th e sptead ing of the Kingdo m, of Chl'is t. Be.cause it has. bee,n a yeaT of grand m emorie s of the, woi:k of the pionee rs , we find in. t he ;followi ng pages !"~e rence to the great Cathol ic Genten m;y; to the b onoUTin$ of St. Patrick , the gTeat A.po t~e to whom we owe the g1·eatc st gift we poss e· in our Cathol i c. Faith; and itg th e Teat celebra tions on the> occa s ion o:( the comple tion of,: the Gathed i;al, culmin atin g 'i n t he s ublime drama of "'Credo .I' Who a111o n ~· the 'flup il of C.L.C. wil l eve:i; fo~·get the. btn-s 6f gratitu de to God whi c'h s uTged throug h h ex h ea'.l:t as she knelt, in An gel's :robes, to form an escort foT the King of C1o ry to J>as:;; in H.is Sacram ental Presen ce? That was a momen t, the mernoi;y of whic'h sti'rs the heart now with a g low of buTnin g 1ove and faith and hope, and we ice! su~·e that in the ;future 1wh en "So\·i;ow i har d to beat·, and doubt; is slpw to clear," the 1nemo1·y of the C ·ucified Figui:e o.f Christ', shinin out agains t the i.:uins of the city of Babylo n, and Hi s tl'iump hant :proces 1).ion,

wil l a ·ai n ;remind ns t hat Calva xy was a reality , and t hat i11 the Holy Sac.r ifice of. the Mass, wherei n is xen ewed the Sacrifi ce of Calva1·y, and in J;lis SacJ,;am ental Pi:ee.nce, will we a lone find an unfaili ng soul"Ce of streng th to face the difficul ties o~ life. Valuin g befoJ'e a ll else a thorou gh .knowle dge of our Cathol ic Faith, we yet have achi eved l'esu lts in the scholas tic world of whlch any colle e may wel.1 be prou d. Last yea:i;'s list o:f hon our at tJie Leavin g llonoui ; Examination wa$ outstan ding, whi le th L eaving Pa ss and Inte ~·mediate showed the solid bas is on which the. wol'k Te t s. In the Interm ediate Exami nation two candid ates achieve d an extTaoi :dinaTy fea 'in passing nine s ubjects at the Higher Standa rd, while two others passed in eight at the same standa rd . A lready this y a · we have receive d ~·e ul ts of th e Ann ual Shakes peare Exami nation, in 1vruch one of ou.1; pupils gained th ird prize an d anothe r fifth p~·ize.

l~hus is the College cal'l'yin g on the ttaditio ns handed down f~·0111 p.reviou s g enerati ons, and the motto of " Knowl edge and Virtue " co ntinu es to be an 'ins pil'atio n to aim at the h.ighes t ideals. It is primar ily to th e fust .five Sistexs wbo left Ireland tcJ help i.o p hrnt the. Faith in our distan t< land that we, Owe om J?lend id traditio ns, and it; is. fitting that jn OUT volume ·hould be include d th e eloque nt sermon p.reach ed on he o<'ca s ion 0:£ l..he Centen ary celebra tions i n Sydney la t year. Fi·on1 th e ·e five great ouls the fire oJ; Chm·ic y spL·ead , and the flanrn was bol'ne to the south by othei;s who wete anjma ted by the same Jove of God and of their neighb our. " al'ita s Christi UT ·et nos" was the motto chosen by Ma-ry Aikenh ead fo1· lier Congre gati011, and for fifty yea rs he:i; daugh tei·s, have la bou red in the city o;f Me.1boum e. H is to them that we owe a debt of gratitu de t hat can be- 'l'epaid on ly by stl'ivin g om· ut)nost to live up to the noble ideals they have set before us by serving God ;faithfu lly in t he. details of our daily lives. In the fo liowin g pages i s include d a b~'ief ketch of t he noble work of those fifty years. We ca n give but th e exterio r 111ani:festatfom;_- but how mu ch t,h e1;e is tha i.s iknown to God a lone, how many noble deeds have been offe1'ed ):Jy these consec1;ated s ouls, and how many 'beauti ful temple s have been built up-no t made with, hands -but in the !;ouls of th e t housan ds whom they J:iave b t oug'ht to the fee of God by 1.h ei'.r Missio n of 'ha ·ity. This i s s u ~ of "Cm;ita s)I fa , then , an expres s ion o'£ fer vent 0 Ta'titud e to God for all that H e has given us th r ough the instrum enta lity 9f t hose who have go ne before. May we, in the tru est sense of the word be worthy of our predec.esso;i:-;; and walk worthi ly in th e vocatio n, whatev er iii i1rny be, to which we at·e called, and may God abunda ntly bless all who have bel1 ed u s to produc e this publi nation, which e11sn rjn es such hallow ed memor ies.

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What Must N OE again the yea1/$ end will ;;_ec. a mu ltitude of boys and gi11ls, youn ,. rn e.n and ,,·omen, )ea ving· their school years be'hin them to ~ i:.Os ~ -~ he. ~hr ei;; bQW into adult life. They will enter nnivers it y OT otfi o or factor y; ·nJ:w inte1·est_s wi11 c:Jai m them, n ew prnbl ·~m;,, will present themselves; ab ove all, n e w influences wi ll be brou ~ht to bea1· on th em. Th e 01.1tCQm will (]elf.end on the y~ars of preparnt;iQn which ha ve gon e b e~ Ol' , and in pai:ticular on the plan · and l'incip les which hav been formnlatea and th e outlook which ha. bi'! en clevel pel. That is th e ·eason why our Catholic college and sch ols have been e ~ tablish e d-t hat training and education ma y be given fo J.: life>' to come. The purpose o education fa and should be to affoi:d ·'flreparntfon in th fulles t -~i. c, to obtain th e best f.uom one's life o n earth- not me1·ely that employment may be secu ·ed , that a liv ing may be earned, that enjoyment may b e obtained, ut t hat the infinitely mo i: ~ important nd may be 1·ea li ·<" cl, of fulfilling th e ;p u:rposi!i of existenc an<;! of u;;ing to the :;\ill e>; t the abiliti es and :£acultie g· ive11 by God.

Hence the imJ)ortance of: the question and the answe 1· -that each on.e should )?;iv!} earnest and s ince1·e thoug·h , to th e futu t·e, so that it may bring hap pin ess and sec urity and content. If we rnei:ely st un1ble on Oti 1· :Vay, or wait for ~ortune an q 'l'011rnnce to g;uide us , we wiJl be l e-ft, by the way§;ide , sad and di 'llus ioned. Our lives s'hQu ld be such tha t, some time i n th e far 'uture- !11aybe . l t h0 end- we may look ba ~ k ove l' th e pa ·t and :;ee Ql11 ' achieve men t, to d1·aw up life's balan cc.-- ~heet and ;f nd i t, in the· main, sati:;;fa ctoi'y. It is hardly nec es:;a1·y to state tha tl th e soul's. secucity is. th e fir. t essei1tial. Na tim:ally, t hen, eve ·y Cat holi c gfrJ wrn think of t he service of God in the relig·ious life, with its digni ty expandin opportunities, and great l'ewal'd s. A s a nun , she may devote h erself f ully to th ~ s preading- o cb-e Gospel in th e mission fi eld, to the nurs in and :;e rvicc. of Go dt's poo1· and sick, HJ the instrnction ancl t-raining- of His childi:.en, 6 1· tne contemplation of Hi s Maj es ty and the makin g r eparation :t;or Its violation. A. de. ir tg serve God ·is. ali that i 1·equil'ed. :.Phei:e is no n e_c.(] to wait ifo ~ the nrompting ot: any i nner vo ice or [ he manifestation of a s upernatural s ign. Ev n if 10 11os it iv attxaction be d'.elt, t ha t is no bar, ;for, if t h e, intention lJc right, there will follow t he co nsolation oJ Divjne gTace,. But that is no t th only means of sel'vin1,; God. Ne v r s hould we 1 t hro l}gh esteem for tlle hi g he · s ta te, expre. or enter,tain a contempt for any ot h C:I'. It wa only to a few that Out Lol'd e..x tendecl Hi s. invitati on to leave. aJJ things and follow Him. Tho ugh He cam () on eai; th fo1' the salvation of, all men, we mu st no tr 'or ,.el:i iJhat the married state was .i ns titutecli by Goel, and was e levated .,

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by Our Lord LQ lhe dignity vI a aerament, to overcome t he tOnl empt and sto rn in ...which lnarriage was held by th e pa ~;~tn w J·ld, to hold up an idea l of ex-t raordinary bea uty , "jth lirni dess oppo l'tuniti e for good for the ptic de~ so uis of God's creatures. But \\'hat of the1· ca reers or e m1i16'y m ents? It is no t )1·op osc.d Lo offei; here advice on how to become a ypist OT t •at:h ro;r 01· dn•s:; de s igneT, or any other of the thousand 01· two purn~ui t~ by wh ich one's daily bread may be won. Fo1· in al111 st a ny t:arcer God may e se1· ved and sand ity a l hi cved. Bu l al111o s t as much thought s hould be givqn t o th i" a o; o t hose othe r vocation s of .religion or marriage. Fo r wom en to-da y have far gTeater oppm:l: unities for ex.e rtin g an infl nent: • ove r 01. hel'>i than they 'had fo past ce nturi es, whe11 their li ves we re li.v d mainly in th e home. N6w, because o[ the g-reate1· facilities :for liigher educat ion tor girls , of the great numbers in shops , offices, p1·qj'ess i(1ns, factories, of 1. he e man cipation of w omen l e~·ally and volitically, there has i · ' s ulted a much g ·eat e1· 'I1his has led not only fr ~rc d o m than ho1n e lile afforded. 6 na ny and greate r oppo rtirniti es , bu . al so to dange i:s and problems . -'Fo r co nstan t ly Che r.!? is the influ ence of t hose around, an influence in th e n'lain to t ally alien to atl10 li c prin ci pl es and practice" 'I1here is ex.posure to co ns tant prnpag·anda against r eli g ion and morals. '.lflle 1· • i · <>Teat e 1· indepe nd ence, leading so metime to a e nt l' mpt 1'~ 1 · the advice a nd id eas of pa ·ents 01· oth"lJ's, 1'v ho sC'i'n1 old-fashioned, so metime!; to a loss of intEp;est in man iag-e and childre n. But, ati th(• same tim e, th el'e is th ~ op 1ortrn1ity foJ· the Catho lic:, i.;· irl l o s how to the world th e high id eal s of the Ch urch fo r women. Ii s he be well educated and in st ructed , s he 111ay s h.ow th e beau t ies of Catho li c. dop:ma 01· literature. 1 ' s he be keen and enthush C' may in f'u. e Catholic i) rincipl es. into or ani sat io11s 1ha nevci: knew th e s anity and s tren ·th and divin e v i "l'n h· o f th e Chu rch. That is tlfo wo ~ k whi ch th e; Pope · ml th Di s ho fls arc calling n all Oatholics, both J11 en and \\'om e n, to c1o, wha te ver th ci ix $tatus, whatever their had c t)1· prnfe:o;s io11. If' they res pond they arc not only a s u1 ·in g t heir own salvation, but al' e takin g an active and m:.1·konal rn1-t in the work o Our Divine 'IJo rd in th e wol'ld. Th a. is why, t he n, the guidance of th e Holy Spil'.it sh ould be, a 8l\ecl t (i"jrnow how best we may serve Cod, ouT own real inte rest and our fe llow men i why we ::;h ould promise Our L rd that, throu ~hout our lives, we hall ;foll ow and se rv e Him , and 1 not the leas t, why, whateve.1.· the vocation Ol' ca ·eeJ· w e may choose, we should plan earcfully now an d n6t n egl ect the prese nt o port u11iti e · fi() r ea:m esf a11il 1,horough prepal'ation.

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'· Bac kw a rd, LU.P l bac.:kw ard 0 !fin1 e, in thy :flight, Fo ld th y win gs ove 1· m e. just ~ox to -nig ht." PEN to m e th ese m y ste ri o us po [ta s th at my r ead e rs may live again in th ose days of th e sowi ng and of the seed-tim e, a nd bl ess God Who h <!s ~ i ve n t he inc rease for h e comin g oti th e Sis ter s of Ch a ri ty . if the m os t bea utifu l a\] d precious J?rOducl of our :;.arth be a

C::;n , wh en -O;i ex pi:essed an a rd en t wi sh to int rod uce He lig i0ui3 into his Ca't he.draL C.i ty who w o u1d n ot onl y train th a it U~ chi ldxen lo kn ow 1ove an d serve their Creato r and t()rd, bu t would a1so ca rty God' s m essage t o t he in mat es of th e S ta te fostri buti oos an d h om es of the poor; a nd

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sym bo l o{ Cha rity, eve n the C ha rity of God, \.h W\ indeed, we m ay s_ay that th e past 'fiJ;ty yea rs have been <la den wilh deeds of gold . There was cha r ity, ove ·flowit.1' d1 ari ly . i n lh t: ' l' C.<:l h eart of th e A rchbish op o( Mel bourn e., t he mu c;h - loved D r.

l<is tly a nd thi s by no m ea ns of th e leas t hi s Gra ce's opinion, t hey w ould in God's a ug ur a te a 1 institution wh e.re th e lJoor sick na t ions wou ld be cra ther-ed in and lovingly h ands of th ese sam e Re li gious Sisters.

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Nor was the Charity of Christ lacking in the hearts of t he Sisters at S t. Vincent's Convent, Sydney, when they we~·e called on to leave the.ir Convent home where they had spent thei~· happy Novitiate days, where th ey had pronounced the Vows oJ Religion, and where they had formed ties of friendship as s rong as, or even stronger than, the sweet sacre.d family tie. Rev. Mother Fi:ancis McGuigan , who had recently been re-elected, H ead Superior, with M.M. Xavier Cu,n.Qin gham Rectress of St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, accompanied the five young Sisters on their long journey. On arrivjng at Spencer Street S tation on Thursday, 17th January-, 1889, they fq und the Very Rev. Dean Donaghy, Administrator of S t. Patrick's Cathedral, waiting to take them to a house in Albert Street, East Melbourne, which ilh eY' wer e to occupy tempo'rarily. Here the k ind-hearted lad ies of the committee who had prepared everything for their reception we.re waiting to give them a cordial w elCO,(lle.

On the Mo nd ay following, 21st January, 1889, Rev. Mothe r Xavier accompanied the Sistei:s to St. P atrick' s School , where they found t he good Dean awaitin g them in the playground, su Tounded by the child1·en, who gree.ted their 1~ew teachers with a h ea rty cheer. Aft.er a short) instruc tiQn on th e r espec t and obedience due to the Siste.rs, the Rev. Father took his departure, and the children prepared to mak ~ a rus]l, as was their wont, foJ· the schoolroom . To th.eir own am usemen t and surprise, however, they found themselves almost unconsciou ~ly obeying a call to order, a nd t h ey were marched into school with something like military precision. The s lende r little Sister whose clarion voice 'had been so effective in restoring order in the playground was marked out by Divine Providence to sway, not only the minds and hearts of the children she taught, but also th e Community and th e. Congregation over which she was one day to preside, and with her great heart and powerful mind, she would infi~ence even the potentates of the great city oi Melbourne, so that, with t,he ir aid and the encouragement Qf the citizens, she would raise up the great monume,n t of charity known as St. Vincent's Hospital For the present, Sister M . Berchmans found sufficient scope for h er energies in controlling the somewhat unruly th o ugh good-hearted, children of St. Patrick's. On M othe rGeneral's return . to Sydney, she d espatched Mother M. Gertrude Davis, with a companion, to tak·e up her duties as first Rectress of the Melbourne foundation. Mother M . G 2rtrude took a pardonable pride in her dose kinship with the William Davis who earned such an hon oura ble place in Australian Church history. Nor was she unworthy to bear the name o~ that 'heroic fig ure. A lovable personality w;;is Mothe.r Gertru de. for to h e · many exterior cha rm s

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There was charity too, a se1f.-less charity, in the hearts of those Lladies who formed themselves into a committee to organise the raising of funds fo r the pu~·pose. of caq·ying out the wishes of their loved pastor, and to prepare a comfortable home for the new-comers o their arrival on t h e scene of theii: labour.

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was added the beau Y' of a cultivated mind and a pure and ardent soul. The name of Mother G er k ude was known and reve,red by both prisoner and officei: in th e Darlinghurst Gaol , and in many a pove rty - stricken,. nome in the slums of the city. "Sure, ' said one of these to her one day, "'tis yourself is th e g~ea t. preacher." Now obedience called her to Melbourne, where her labours wne abundantly blessed. At the Dean's request, Moth er M . G ertrude took charge of the Sodality oi the Children of Mary attached to St. Patrick,'s a post ior which she was e minently adapted. The -fervour and piety o~ the Direclress soon commuQicated itself to the youn g girls, many oJi whom hear~ the calli 0£ the Heavenly Brideg,roo m a nd embraced the Religious lite . It was a grea t> day for th e pa rishio.oe rs o[ St. P at.rick's when they saw for th e first time the consecrated Children o[ Ma~·y assembled in the aisles of th eir Cathedral clad in b1ue cloak and white veil which is now so dear and familia l; a sigh t. in every arish in the State. That year, for t,he fir st. tim e, the children look part in St. P atrick's Day process ionc1 girls arJ·ayed in white frocks, green sashes and i:ed :ribbons; boys also wearing green sashes and red rosettes. Bearing banne rs with appropriate dev1ces, and jojnin g in the singing with all their hearts, th ey attracted much attention. The fo llowing day, Archdeacon Slattery of Gee long, paid a visit to the Conven t, and a(ter congliatulating the Sisters on th e children's "grar:id Irish spiJ·it, ' the good pi:iest presented Mot;her Rec tress with a ch gue for £500 towards the new hospital, "in honour," as he playfully remarked, "of those wonder.l;u l g ee.o sashes.11 1889- 1939.

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Full filty years h ave flown since th en and what grand work h as been done. Removing from th PJ r firsl dwelling in Albe rt Stree t, the Community went to r eside in Victori a 'Parade, a terrace of three houses h aving been bou ght next to St. Patrick's Primary School 1 where St. Vincent's Hospital now stands. In 893 the ho3pita1 was opened in one of the houses in the terrace, and ·che Nursing Sisters r emained there until 1901, when the building of the presen t St. Vinc ent's Hospital was begun . In this year t he school Sisters were transferred to Grey Street, East Melbourne, Mother M. Berchmans having bough t a property in Grey Stree t, Chalmers Church and the G;·eak. Chmch. The presen Conven t and College w ere built during 1901 and 1902, and th e Sisters lived a t · Fan e Court Gipps S tiree.t ,:md taught in the former Greek Church while the buildings wei:e in course cf erection . The firs t Holy Mass was cele brated on the Feast of Ou,r Lady of Lourdes, 1903. Mother M. Laurence was appointed fiTst Rectress d arranged with Archbishop Carr for a new name Ca tholic l',adies' College, to be given b he schoo\ to avoid confusion with St.. Patrick's College, S.J . By this time, St. Joh n's School East Melbourne; St. J oseph's. Collingwood; Sf. Johnls, Clifton Hill; and S t. George's, Carlton were under tre care of the Grey Street Comm u 1Jity. Late ~" a sepai:;it foundation was made at.

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CARIT A$ GliLloh 1iW1. Anotbe,1: fol!ndati QD was made at St. Col1;mba1s, Ess'J.)1 <JJ1, by Mother M. Ursula Bruton, and round it hav s prlJJ1 up th e pai:Qchial schools o~ ~t. Monica 's 1 SL T e.r:;)Sa 's ~nd St. Vincent de Paul's . 'Fhe subsc.qucnt dev !opn'lent of Sf. Vincent's '.Hospital is analoous t o the g,r wth oI ·the 1J1US!iard seed. G od inde:d blessed th work begun wj(h .J:i UCh faith a nd insight at both St. Vincent's and late'J.· a tl J¥It. Sl. 'Evin's, by Mother JV.I. B :1rchmans 'Daly , ana cfil'.1ied n on a sf ill gi:ander scale, 'Cy M.oHui.T M. Gett.rude 'Hea ly.

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work has extended fur ther and now ft ncludes th e n1uch -,.1.1ee.ded M~ t e rnity Hospital. wh e ~· e even the poo rest lmotl~ers are.. cared fo r. :Holy Mass was offered h ere for the first ~ im c OtJ the F east of.. Om; L <;idy's Nativity 1937 surely an appropri ate day for Our Divine Lord to take up His abode in the littl e o ra to ry, where to both pa t i e n ts and nurses He is an unfaiJfo g sourc3 o~ strength. '.Lhc most rece.n :found ati on in Melbourne is t h e '' C a r i t 'a s Chri sti' Hospice, K ew. On,. the 6th Jun e 1 938, fhe Sis te.J:S took up i.:_ esidence MOTHER M . BERCHMANS DALY . here, th e, fixs t Mas.s being sai:l by his Grace the Archbi shop, who has tak'8n this h ome of cba'.·ity to his h ea~·t.

On e could sca~·cely believe t hat the old building purchased on a bea utiful site in S t udl ey P al:k Road could be so qu ickl y ti:ansformed into a h ome oi such_ p eace q.nd cheerfulnes s. But we soo n learn th e ~ecrot. D oes Jlot th e picture of Mary Aik enhead hold pride of place in Moth e r Rectress's offi.ce, and is it not th e. spixit. of the saintly Foundress wliicb inspires h er present 'followers to aid so powerfully those who are on the last stage of their journ ey to Eternity ? It has fitly been described as Heaven' s ante - chamber, for the sadness of death seems t o l ose its bitten;i·ess in th.is atmosphere of calm fa ith and trust in the love of G od. Standing sentinel in t he Hospice grounds .is the whi te, 1i£e- size statue of Christ, with arms o utstretched , biddin g all who la bour and are burdened to come to Him. Who wouJ,d ;not wi sh to spend one's las ' days on eai;th in s uch s urrou_nding s? G od will surely bless abundantly all who h ave h elped in this great woxk. Such, then is the mission of t]le S isters 0£ Charity-1:0 bring a ll, both young and old-to the feet o Christ; <;1 nd in the story of the past fifty years we ~e e how that mission Jrns been fa ithfully fiulfilled in our ow n city of Melbourne. ,From tha first small foundation , in th eir tiny convent in Albert St1·eet, what great institutions h av·e sprung up! They h ave, indeed , put out the ir ]land s to st~·ong things, an d God has blessed the work in school an d hospital. Old Time ·s still a -flying, an d we are borne along in its t;·ain . L et us, too, gather our roses while w e :maynot,,, indeed, th e fast-fad ing flowe1·s of earthly and som e times sinful pleasures, but the precious an d unfading flow ers of virtue3 and good deeds; and may the sweet, unfading flower of charity be ;not wantin g to t h e garland which at the sunset. of our lives we shall Jay at the Feet. of Hi m Wh o, in Bl-essed Juliana 's quain t old English , is "full o{ jo}I, most homely and, com·teous, blessedful a nd very life." May this be our happy lot, an d for th e manifest graces an d bless ings granted to us through the Sisters of Charity durin g the last fifty ·years, let us ech o the Churchs grand hymn of th anksgiving: ''P er sin gulos die s, l::enedicimu s T e, Domine." - T .J .R.

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"Wondrous was this Cross of victory, , 1. and I, s ta in ed, with crim and covered witb sir. ; I saw the gTocious tree shining jn il oy , deck ed and ad orned w'ith p lated "old, for the Cross oe the C re<!tor w as w o..rthily bej ewc!l '·J. Ye t thro u gh t h at gold I could see th (} evil s d0n by meP- j n o ur a)'(i othe\' d e see that once i h ad ble d on the i:ig_bt-_h:;md -' I w as we ighed down witlL care, for th e vision 06 beauty fiJled m e witb [ear. I loo ked upon tbe chan g lin g Crnss wit h its restl<:.'ss adornments and colou rs; • ,. •, • at ti mes ~ tained with Rowing Blood, th en decked aga in wi fb pre::ious treasure i It and, sad a hea r t, I lay a nd gazed fQl: J,ong, till J beard th e tree o~ th e Saviou1· beg inning to speak. Then the excelle nt tre e spok e thu s : 'Ah , that was Jong ago. I still remembe1· it. I was cut down at the e g h ewn from my trunk. Mi ghty enemfos seized m e ... made me a sp ec tacle in the eyes of men, biddiqg me rai se aloH th eir crimi.oals. They bore me off on theJ,r shoulders and •se t me on a hill, wh er 2 many h an ds bound me fast. T '.' n I saw the Princa of mankind hastPning eagerly forward, th at· t_he weight be r ai sed upon me. Th c.u I ~a w t h e face oii t)l"' earth, trem bJin " but I durst not bow or break against t he L ords b eh es t; and I might have felled all His foes and yet I stood fir m. Then th e young H ei:oH e was God Almigh tyfirm and unRinching, stripped Him e1J) and mounted on the high Cross brave in the sight of the multjtud u for H e was ;res olve to redeem th . w orl d .

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l trembled when the Hero claspe d me. Y eti I diu:cd not iJow to th e earth or fall lo Ih a ground, eds must stan d firm . but I To a Cross was ] 1·a ised up . I bm:e a lo ft lh e m igh ty KiJ.1g1 lbe. Loi:d of Heaven.; l durs 11ol s toop. TJvough rn a- th ey drove dm·k 'Tla ils. 1Jhc wounds a.i; still plain to se9 in me, gapi.ng gasbcs Df m<"l li.ce, nor da:i;ed t harm one of them. The mockc.a us boTh togethe>. I was a ll cd ew d wit h rth c Blood .flow.i.nl'? from. the. 'Man 's side aitei: His spirit went ~o r th . On. t h4t 1h.ill I suffe red in accd, l§i; I saw the Son of Hosts

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and bowed humbl y to the h ar;ids cf men . There the)'! look Almighty God, look: Him from His h eavy tormen t : leavin g m e. standing s treaming with and pi e~·ccd wi h shafts. '(h en they l e.id Him to rest, weary of imb. They stood at Hi s ) 1ead and gazed <Jt th e Lord of and He r ested awh il e, ti:red alt · tbe mighty conRicl. 1' hicre, jn th e s ight oJ th e slaye rs, Hjs frjends b e.,gan. to ashion Him a tomb. They hewed i t! out of bt:ight rock, and placed •therein the. Lord of Victories. Then in fh e evening, siC' at h ear:t, they sang a di;rge and deparled jn s or.row from tbe glorious Prince. He rested the.re alqne. Y'et fo · a long t im d t · U1 voice of th · warrioi:s was silent, I 1 d th: re in m y place, cove,red with B!1ood .

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" 'No one a1eed be afr:J.id wh.o bears in 'his b reast · the best of signs; bu t each soul whic.bi desi~e~ fo dwell with th e must seelv t h e kingdom which is J:ar fi:om 'fhe earth , by th e way oi th e Cm~s .'I "The n.. glad at hear t,

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" 'Now, my beloved man you m ay h ea r that I !h a ve e ndured ,hea vy an g uish suffered great sorro ws. Now th e time ha s come when I am Joyed a nd ho no ure d fa r an d wide over the w h ole sp)e ndi ~ creation of- the earth. · • The Son of God suffe red for a lime iQ me· whe refore I now Tise glorious beneath the h QaveJ1 si and now I bid you decl a re this vis~on to men, ...,..; "I ' to r eveal th e gl9ry of th e tree ' in which Alm ighty God suffered ,for the many sins 0£ men, , :ind even the d ~ ds of ~Clam.

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R EMEJMBERED well my fi rs t. day at C .L.C., s.o m e t h fr tycJgh t y ea rs a go, wh en I was a tiny ch ild of six or se ven. I had b . :m longi.Jlg to begin my sc.h olastic career 1 and, a t .last, l t hink il was on m y b irthday, 1 act ua lly becam e a JJ, Upi l. I can st il l see. Moth er L a ur-:mce, wi th h er o ut sta ndin g pe rsonality an d q w et di <>"n t y~ taking m e by t he h a nd an d introdu cing me. to my future confreres in t h e Infa n t Depa rtment, presided over a t that ti me by Sjste i; M . ,i fo.lachy . Sin ce the.n. th~ s dea r Sis er h as gone to G od, and is r eap in g th e r eward iD E tern ity of a life devoted to t he little on es of Christ. The first day w ent on iull o( n e w adv entures a nd introduction s to n ew views on thi ngs io general, and e ffor ts t9 mast r t he un iq u e a rt of st;:okes an d p otho ok s a nd cccasiona ll y the abstrus e math ematica l c" lculations involved in '·one and on e" and " two aDci L)vo -" "Dinn el"- tim e' w a an outs tan din g c.v -n t" ® d h er e I w as perfectl y at h Qme,. and, in compa ny w ith m y ne wly-ma de frie nds, sat dow n ~n th e 10ng ] unch eo n-r com to do justica to wh at:, was "in my case." All day Q.ng one thou gh t h ad been revolvin g in m y brain . No ma llter what poth oo k d evice pu zzled ·m e or wh q_t m a the m a tical p ro blem elud ed ltJe th at ooe ins is tent th ou ght k:ep t reitei:ating : "Will I e ver ba able- to find my ba t?" 'Ch e a n 'cipa tion .of fa ilu re h aunted me, an d on t he so und of ili e dismissa l bell, after the littl e praye.rs h ad baen dul y said, ! went w ith some trepid ation to that collectio.o of hats in th e po~·ch , an d, " Mirabile dic ~ u! ' I fo und mine. As I said to my old e1: s ister afte rward s, w it.h a nob~ of trimnph : "I foun d my h at fi rst sh ot!"-ce.r tai n,ly a !'£markable fea t Lo t· a ch ild oi six! My first day over th e n ex t s u cceed ed, an d th e next, wjth rhe vai;ying sa m en ess, a)) cl I gr e w t o love scho ol and to Jee! that I was pa r t of an import<;m t whole. I w as raally a C.L.C. p upil a nd could s ince.re ly boast of su ch . be an to experi J1ce for th e first time w.hat th ey now call "Esp ·· d corps." Of co u r se, th e C onven t was notl b uilt in t)10 ~e days, and the Sis ters Uved in some cottages in Easb Mel bou r ne. This fact, d cou rse n ecessita ted their t ravellin g' ba ckwa rd s and for wards every d ay. How W ':! t:sed to v ie w ith on e an oth er to m eet t h e Sistexs, and to carry th eir vario u s n ecessities for t h e d ay, fee lin g (as w e d 'd so) m os ·importan t, and tha t w e W2.l"e d oin g O U T p a r t IJ1 h elping on Cath olic Education i11 Victc ria ! In. J,902 th e fo undation-sto ne o"{ the n ew Conve n t w as lai d, an d in th e days th at followe d w e en j oy : d w a tch in g th e building grow to th e bea u tiful structure that it is lo-day . Ma ny a lovely game of h i d e.-and-se·e k we h a d in a nd o u ~ th e bui lding m ater ia ls , and som etimes, alth ou gh they k ne._w it not, t he Sistexs t h em selves look par t in t he games. Thirty - eigh t- yea rs is a long t im lo loo k bac k u po n , bu ~ a fgw ou tstan ding d ays com e before me a s T cas!t 1n y .mind over th ose h a ppy yea.rs. Bursts of a:Qpl ause greeted, otu · P r incipal M oth er La u r:ence, on t h e d ay sh e !JI" ented t h e assem bl ed stude n ts th e " College. Badge ''

a nd explained to us the sym bolic Lil y of Pu.rity and Book of Kn owl ed ge, sur ro unded by the s<;.r olls enclosin g t he m otto chose n, " Knowkdgc an·d. Virtue United." What that little ba dge h as m eant to thousa nds and thousands of C.L.C. pupils et6rnity will tell, but 'I know that to m e it was one ~£' m y dearest possessions, a.Pd wh en , in Jater yea rs, through so m e m ysterious misapp rehensiqn, I was awarded a gold one-a Bad ge cf H onour- 'th e h e i g h ~ of my school- gi_r L am biti ons had been r ea lised. Smely w e S fu dei;its o1 Honou r sh a r ed the joys of a Che va1 ie;i; d 'H onne ur! The " Oratorio" in S t. P atrick's Cat'be d ra Jor th a G o ld ~n Jubifoe o.fi the Immacula te C oncep tion is a;10th ec1' b ea u1·i£ul em dry. ~ac h o us small er chi ld\·en fe lt ve r y importan ind eed , in 6ur white fr ock s an vei ls, when we f ormed (J<:! r t of th e procession to the Ca th edra l. Al tho ugh we w e r e no prima d o,n nas 1 we did our humble pa rt in swe lling th e gor geo us bursts of: p ra ise in h oJ1 0ur of Ma r y 'Im m acu late . Th a~ w as ce rta inl y a gr ea t clay a nd we wer e very g rivi lege d, child ren . \Ve h ad m any S p ech D ay and Con ce rts duri ng my twelve ye;i rs at C.L.C., bu t, o f co urse , as I look back now, t hey merge. in to o ne an oth er. and 1 fii;i d it hard to dis ting uish b2.t w.een the m. .How e v ~r, I now apprecfa te a nd ·ealise the t r eme nd ou s en er gy en thu siasm an d self- sacrifice of th ose Sisters w ho spa r ed nothi ng lo m a k e t h ose exhibiti ons outs ta ndjn g in ex cellence of v_er y kin d . Archbishop Carr pr€cs ided at m an y of these assemblies, and h e lovea to distribute the prizes to the jubilant winn ers and to speak a li tt le wo rd, of fa th erly e.n couragem en t a.nd copgr at ul a ion . Thos e were h aJ?PY days. I w eJ re.membe1· h urry ing dow n the steps of th e ~ ta ge, fo r f eax 1 mi gh t :uiss m y chan ce to r eceive. n volume of "The .Li ves of th e Soi n ts," fo r, I t hink, Religion . Howeve r, jt w as, certainl y a big book and I w as n et a ver y large body, and the in coJ1gl:lliLy of th e s ituat ion amused the a udien ce. That pai:ticu Ja r volu me of ''Th<' Live.s of th e S aints' ' w as q ui te <l t a vou t·ite of min e in, l a ter yea rs. The old G 2lle r y was the re in th os ~ days, not a s lar ge as it is to-day, and how we .ha d to p ractise "Stana; • "Sit ," "Stan d," "Sit,' unt il we h ardly kn ew wh eth er we wer standing or sitting! Certainly "effi ciency" w as th e w 01;d w ith our old tea ch e~· s . I u sed t o love th ose. items in whi ch i u r or fi ve piao os took pa r t wit,h two gir ls at each piano. I d o no t kn ow wha m ade th ese> th e fa vouri tes (i ma y h ave been the noise, or ·ath e r j h e mus ic) b ut to m e. nn d my companion s of eight or nin e y ea rs of age the high est a mbi tion was to sit at on e o.f Uh es ~ pianos, an d, w ith dexteri ty and skill, .help to p roduct; th ese unmistak eable revexb erations 0£ h arm ony. The years sped by with w ipgs of lightni og, an d sooJ1 I .fo und m ysc l£ really an impo r fan{ pupil, and a m ember of the Juni o~· Public Class. 1 can not r em ember mu ch a bou t th~ exam ination itself, except that th e a lgeb rn w as easy a nd the G er man w as h ard ; bu t, lookin g u p th e recoxds I 1 kn ow th at, by som e m \)an s or oth e r, pa~se d . The Senfoi·

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Caihe dral , an d speaking, if ,not w riting, a d etailed, criticism the (rocking o Lh e bride an d heT atten dants. 1t was s tran e th at gen er all y we knew the time oi th.e weddings and managed to be on the sj:Jot, if not a li' togeth er, a t least, n o by on e, and then otu· various information would be p ieced t geth eT to form an ;;ideq uate description, of a ny particula1· society wedding. I won d er bow many old C.L.C . iJ·ls have been watched an d c.i:iticised by th e youn ger ·enerati n from th e old fam.i1iar vanta ge-poin t. "l'eter" cam t o C.L .C. when I was at school. 1 r em emb-r .h,im w 11 H e look ed so young th en an d so f. u!L o energy. How true an d fa ithful he has been! He has nllied hims Ji to the College, an d its interests are h.is. Of c ui:se, ail th e cl· -sro ll'ls a.re changed now from wha t th ey w r::! when w were st ud ents, but t hey still bri.ng back i;;Jeasaot !)1croories of old ;faces an d happy days 'Of long ago. When th e Convent wa op·en ea in early l903 it was an nounced to u s i h a for 'the fo tw e we would h ave the privj}ege o:f paying a daily .isil to the Bl essed Sa ramen in the Sj Lers' Chap l From t hat day till the present streams of childt'en ascend and descend th e steps leading t the Convent Ch@el and spend th eix fe w minutes each mornin g an d afteTUoon in sil ent and loving convet·se witJ1 theu· Sac ramental Lord. Ba by lips lisp their baby 'P.J:ayers in. siLnplicity and l ov e; young and carefree h earts bring th ei r childlike joy and sor:rows to the sympalh ebic H ear t of th e Divine Lord of little ones, and youthful hearts of a dokscents -po L' o u their !>ecTet lo ngings an d desires to theiu Mastel', Wh o looks on the m and loves t hem. How w man y oi u s can r ememb ei; kneeling in that beautifu l Ch pel on the last day of our school career, and praying with intensity and fervo ur foi· the grace of fidelity to the _pri n c ipfas o our Alma lVIafex! How many you thful and g~e.i.·ou yoim hearts h a ve here, in this very Chapel, iJl the 11u·cs()nce of Lhe D e·.roted Friend of their Childhooc!, d cid2d Lo follow th e exampl e of hose d evoted and selfsacrifi ciu · Sisters 0£ Charity of the earJy twentiefh century, and to "'.l,~ave all and foUow Christ''1 -·A Grateful E x-Stude nt .

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m'.ssion . ;T hey a r e despcra td ,y poc.r, a nd w o uld be ve ry grat;;:ful for any he lp. Ou~· firsf po r t o:fi call a ft er lca vin Au;:;t r alia w as P e r t Mon:·s by, w hi ch we r eac h ed ab6 u t dayb reak . Vle !1ad been told th a t it was very d ry an d u nin t : xcsti ng, buti, th a nks to rcc::'nt 'liai ns, the h i.IJs we r e cover,ed with gr ee n , wh ich made a l ovely backgi:o u nd fo r th e hund reds of enormo us o:ca,r let poinsi:mas an d ;na':i;ve ll o us fra ngipa nn i. Our Joy w as compl e t:: wh en se veJ·a) li t l e ca n o2s-wi \ih ou t rigg2r s and all-and pl·o peJled by ver y sm<l.11 nati ve boys, ca me out t o mee t th e ship. The idea, of co u rse, w as t h e acquis ition of h a rd cash, wnich .t he pasoen ge rs will ingly gave fo i: th 2 pleasute o s2ei og the skill of U!ese sm::iJ l urch ins in th e w ater. T h ey w er e en t irely un c n cu m ben":: d by clo the s, althou gh ope p lu focra t woi·e di vin g g°:$glesl H ow eve 1-,

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they did doJl the ir Jap -lnps al th e 01:d e r o( t he captainonly to remove t h em aga in wh e n a uth;jr·ty1 · back was turned ! In our ignora nce. w e exp eded the s hops to di ~ l ay t h eir goo ds in windows, as in Mel bo u i.:ne, a nd :faile d to fuid any shops at a1 L until a goo d-n atured fe ll ow-passen ger Jed u s to Burns, Philps' store whic h is e1;1p'rmous but resc m 1'ile::; 1 our war houses rathe r t ha n ou,r shops. W e w ei:e soon fo fi,nd thai glass (net g lassl"s plays very \ittle. pad in life in the t1·op'ics. The blazin g s un m ade us realise ~ h at th e tropics d o induc::! a compelnn g i hirs t, an d w e bethou g'h us of Sist2 r F.lo rien t's invitat.ion to morning tea. In spite of the / act that. the chur:ch was on t he i1~ev itab l e .hill, w e gratetu lly turne d "O ur steps in th at direcbion. The ch u,·ch was delight fully coo l, 'being provided with very wide ve randa s al~ each side a nd open-air treatment as (a r as t.he w aUs w eTe concerned . A s it v.-as the Chnstmas sc.<:l_Son, w e found a crib, wh~ch , although composed a lm ost enti.reJy of brown. pa pex, w as a ve ry realistic representat ion. of th e Sta ble 0:6 B ethlehem . The convent, perched on a hill behind the church, commanded a wonde rful vi e w ove 1· th e sea. Galvan ised il"on did not commend itself to us as the id eal builtli.ng mate.rial for that climate but a la r ge ro om , oJ which t)i r ee wa11s 1 w e re practica lly all window s, see med to attract wh a tever breeze there was. We h ated to think , how ever, o( the stifling h eat of the cells above. All the nuns, exce pt Sis~ r Da mi~n-a:1 d the visitor, Sis.te r Flode nt- w e re away on retreat. She gave us a royal w e lcome. A Sydoey si1'.b r chatte r did no prevent o ur enjoying th e seve ra l cups oJ tea she provided. She a lso initiated u s into the correct met hod ol eatjpg mangoes, for which w e w e r e a ll th e mor ~ grateful as she gave us a bag of man goes to practise on. After b eing so thrilled with Port M res by w e w ere pre p<ired to be disappointed withp. Samaria, but it liv ed up to its reputation as the mos bea utiful isl an d in th.e wo 1·ld . It is ;merely the cone of a mounta in th qt h as a lm ost disa ppeared (o r is it appearing?) a nd its fq.J;ma tion .is p e r fe ct 1 for t~ display of its m a nifold c haQn s. T ·ee gro w t'o an en c rmous size, and a r e covered with the most brillian fl ow ers. It was he re w e. saw our ~rs t laburpums a nd i u1ip tn:es, and the hibi sc u s outdid th Pms2lv es in variety and Size. The whole jsland is a drf <om o( de ligh t. Sa m aria js the port for a g rea t many sma ll is la nd s, whi f'.h seem to be completely covered wit"h, coconut palrns, a nd, in fact, th e export of co pra is the ir on claim t;o fame. Our J1ex t' port, Salama na, did not have a wpmf large ~nough to acco mmodat e th 2 Bulolo , a nd w e had to go ashore in the ship's pinnace-an aJa rmin g enou gh e xpe.d encc wh_en, owing to the swell of th e sea, th e, ga.ngway and th e pinnace came into contact only occasion ally, and then foi; a very shor time. Howe ve r, w e soon became a lmost expert -o ur only cas ualty bein g a dropped s unshade . Salam a n a is impor ta nt as be in g the starting;- lace for the ' pla n es in

the interior. It shares this hon o ur with Lae. As absolutely everything has to be taken inland by air, the 'planes are stripped 0£ all unessentials, so that th~y can carry the hug'-' loads ofte n consistin g of heavy mining machinery . Th e oil-drums on the wharf were evidence of a new industry in Ne w Guinea. Rabaul, th e capital, is still in ptocess of recove,ring from the eruption of .i937. The new volcano, Vulcan, a cknowledged our prese,nce by puffing graciously. It is a mountain of fin.e pumice whjch appea red ii\ the harbour-itsel an old c1·a:te1:-ove rnight a nd almost succ2eded in wiping out Rabaul. The t own owes its beauty mainly to the avenues of magnificent trees, planted by the Germans durin g th eir occ upation. R a!:>a ul sta nds ou t in our memory as h avi ng hospit2ble citizens an d delicious tea! We lef the Bulolo at Ma.dang to go to Alexishafon by pinnace in order to have a closer view of the innume rab le coJ:.a L islands, and to land at a most interesting native village. We saw veoy little coloured coral, bu t thoroughly e nj oyed the experience. Ale xishafen is the centre of the New Guio en missions, and is the possesso1· of a noble cathedral, buil t enti"~ely by natjve labour. This mission is uniqu e in bein g entirely self-supporting. It has large areas of coconu t! and coffee plantations which provide a s ufficient r evenue . At AJ.ex ishaien ~e re are timbei--mills, workshops, boatsh ed s, where they have built se veral boats, under the direction o( Brother Jacobus, a fo rme i: Dutch ca ptain, and a printi ng pxess. Am on · other things, they have printed prnye r and hym.n b coks in pidgi;1-Engli$h. Inland missions ::ire visit2d by 'plan e, thu s saving many days' arduous ;ind angeTous jo un1 ey. Timbe r and good > ai:e carried to a num l:x~ r of statior>s by th e mission schoom:r, Stella Maris, commanded by Brothe 1 J aco bus. A priest fro m th e mJssions, F a ther Wheele r who was t ravelling on the Bulolo celebrated Mass on the S telb Ma{ i$ one morning a nd invit ed us to be present. A nativ ~ boy se rved Mass, a nd the res of the cn.w sang hymns and r epea ed th Propep of the Mass in pidgin-English. F a ther Wh ee le r preache d-a lso in pidgin - Englis - much to our delight. terwards w e h ad, breakfast on b oard and w e r e overwh elm ed by their ho spitality. Th e pnly time w e Were caught in a fa·opical downpour was a t K a vic ng, two deg r ees south of the equator. Our s un s hades proved tbat, they could serve a d ouble purpose. On the r eturn journey we felt that the only thing we h a d mi5sed was a cyclone. Nature kindly provided one as soon as we came near our own coast again, and we cam e close to r egr e tting the impulse hat suggested we sh ould t ry a nything once. S t ill it may have been a bl ess ing in disguise, in tha t we 1dt the ship less unwill.ingly than we should have done had the weather remained pei·fect.

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''RELIGION ,i s the opium. of the. peqple," so Kar MaJ;x stated calmly to the. matcriali tic world 011 the. n in s tee.nth centui; a matci:ia listic world which by its ver y negation of spirit ual values ha_d itself creat~d a m onster t hat would in evitably desti·oy Lt to c~·eate .!11 its plac: a i·uth less force that woul d take no stock of the va lues th at h ad gon° t make up what w Calbolics regaxd as Eu.ropean civilisation . M axx living as h e did in the mids ~ oi a w gxld that wa s ca1lous ' to the suffo1ings oi th e poo1· a work! which had .for go tten the purpose of lif e and wh ose on_e. aim w as lo obtaw t h e maximum of matenaJ uccess, a wo.i:ld whjch had overlooked th at "here w,e h a ve. no las ting cita del ," an d who h ad [limself no faith in th at lnst itution foun d ed by Christ on His Apostles, evolved a mo t b a rbarous and deg~a din g system by wbich men c u]d )ivQ-Communism . Wh at th en, is this Corruuuni$11 1 preached by Marx and practised by his aL>ciples, Lenin ana Stalio which we, as bei rs o,£ a Ch1· istian Eur pe., must ombat w~th a11 oU1; power i:(- wh at we mean by r Ji >i011 and civilisa ion are t9 suJ.:viv't? Comm u nism is an e conomic theory, a political move m s n t and a philoso phy oJ life. E on mically, it denies h e r ight of th e individual ~~ own a ny pxoductive pr operty , assextin g tha t U1 e instr um en ts of production should be all in the hands of the State. P olitically it differs fr om s 'o cialism in a dvocatin g vi olence, ~av6lu tion ;m d class~ wa rfare as 'th e cnly effective wea,pons Lor the establis.h.mcnt of th e C mm u ni stic St11te, with. its absolute. monopoly of t he )and and wealth of a nat ion. As a philosophy, jt js based unon the mateTiaJis ti · in terp:r ~ tation of history, denies the 'existe.nc~ of God and the afte,r lif.e, asseTting that :man is .merely a social animal, with no spjri t u al uatur and no ete.J:nal destwy . ',I'h e cor n ei· ston(l ol t h e Marxi an attihld e to re li gion is that 'r Jj ion is the oj'.lium of the p eopl e ." The tru e Mandst must fight again st l'eligion, 11ot in t.he abstxac.t, " but' C\lllCre.tely on the basjs o.f the class stn.iggle actual1y p.roea din '' Can :you daub~ when yo u g.rasp th e Marxis t a tt..' tude that "r eli gion is a kind of pi1' itual intoxicant in wnich th e slaves. of capital dxown th eir humanity and bl unt th eir desit·es for a de cent hu man existence' , that reli gi n and C ommunism are th eore tically an d pra cticall y incompatibl e? "Reli gion is ilie opiu.m of th e peo pl .,·1- what an ins\ d t ta G od! What an insult to our inte Ui ~c ! Sw·eJ y, w e, in the light of reason , must i;e.ali e that "civil society must ackn owledge God as its Founde1· ond P ai:c nt, an d mus t o bey and r ve r ence Hjs ower and autho ri ty . Justice. fo rbids aod ·eason itself forbids lh e State to be Godle~s .. • The Ma rxian sch ool of tho u 0 ht flagrantly and wilfully disr egards the testimony o[ hi stoJ y wh en it m ak this sta1:tlin " ass rti9n. For 'Christian Eur pe ha · subdued barbarous .ations and cb ang:::d them fr :.i sn va to a civilised con t! it iQn, fr om su pers itio n to t ·ue w re.h ip. It victori.ousl rolled back the tid e of Mohom..rnedan conques t; reiaiu:cl ·he h eoch:hip of civili sati n ; s'to d for tl1 i11 the fus t rank ' " Lcn 'n en Re Ug' on ,' p. 16 '

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as the JeadeT a nd teacher of al~ Jn e very branch of natural o ul tun~ ; be.stowed on th e world t h e gift of true an d manyi.ded Jib~·ty a nd :most wi sely fo@de d very num e.ro us ins titut ions for th~ solace. 9£ hum an sufl'ecin g. And if we i.nguire how jt was able lo bring abo ut so altered a con dition of things, th e answei; is : Bey.end all questions in lai-ge m t anue thraugh rdigi ll·n und er whose auspices so m a ny ctreat undertakings were set on footr, through whose aid they were brougb to compl etion ."' Ye h M<:rf'x an d L e;Q)n would h ave u s believe. th a t ' r e ligion is t h e 9pj um o · th e people." And now Je.t us consid er poin t by point exactly wh ol. the Chu ~·c h ha:; d one Loi; hum an ity . First 0£ all , wh ot has it done fo r· th e work ei;'? Eunipeao. workmen. evolved 1a bO.riously from th e position of slaves through t h e inst rum entality 0£ th e Chu rch . The pa an of old r ega rded labo ur as d egradin g, fit, occupa tion 6nly tor slaves. With, th e conve rsion o th e pagan world to i_h e gentl e Jn.t?Ssage of ChTis tianity, a new doctr ine was preached. Christia nity insis ted on th e dign ity of w6rk. rr'he New Testpme.nt is a prolonged incitement to "wo rk with, your own. h an ds_,, St. Paul, who w as s om e what boastful that h e h ad labo ured night and da y t h at re "migh t n gt be chargea bl e t© any of you ," laid d own th e rule f]1at ifj any m an would n ot work rnpl:h e;· should he eat! Cbristiav ity changed slaves into w odvrnen, m'a kii;ig " w orkm en? ;m honourable titl e. Com m un ism, howev e:r, would change t,)le worker back into slaves again-th e ~!av s oi. th!) State Monopolist-Industriali sm. The Church, moreo ve r, secured Test for thP w otkex . She and, sh e a lone m ad e th e first. day o{ th e w ek a day 0£ rest. foi; the w orld , and s uch it h as contin u ed to b e in Ch t·istia n countries. The very wo r d "h o liday" is a conti;ac;tion, of t h e wo ~·d nFioly Day." At one ime,, 'llh ere w er e ove~· one hund i;ed Holy Days besides the fifty-two Sundays oii t h e year which. represent a consi.d e.J·abl e amoun t o.£ ho1iday s or r est d ays secl!red for th e work-er! ~noth e.i; evi l which the Church sb:.e nuously opposed was us ury e ven to the exJen t ofl .hindering th e advent oi th e mod e.rn credit system. T hJs was a gr eat social w elfare factor- I;iecaus usmy. is oppx0ssi():n a nd both employers and work e-rs an:\ to-day victims of u ~ ury. Th e Church, too has always strenuously defended the fam ily because sh e, i n h e.r wisdom , knows that if all is w ell with Uie. fami1y then th e w ell-bein g of the S tate is ass ured. Tb faehex is the h ead of the f<1JTiily, and he h a s a right to a suff.ioiency to keep the whole famjly in d ee n t comfoT t . 'I'h0 moth er should be 'fre e to d o a m oilier'!; work to look afte r fh c h ome, ithe children and h er husband. I t should n ot be 11ecessary lor he r to en age in industry nor, except in case of necessi ty is it d 3Sirab le. Nume ;·ous sod a! instit utjons h ave been (ou,nded b:y th e Chuxch during h e r history. The h ospital system is a Catholic fo und ation . So is tJi"e Orphanage>. The con-

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ve n ts an d m onasteries which d id so much fo r t h e poor ; the sc.hools and unive r si ties wh ich h a ve sprun g fro m the m onast e.ry an d Lr iary sch ools; parliaments, d emocracy, th e prin ting p r ess-all th eo:? ar e Ca th o lic fo undations. Nor h ave I Lhe tim e or spac <> t o eve n men t ion th e inspir a tio n the Cbu_rch h as been to painte11;s, musi cian s, write rs, e tc .. in e very <(ge. An d yet M arx a nd Leni n in sist. tJ1 a t "xeJ igion is th ~ opium ot the p eople.'' I t h as bee n urged by J?eO pl e t hat th e Church 's i n~ sisten ce on th e importa n ce of th e a f te rlifo h as ca u se d h er to ma ke no u ~h t of the thin s of this life; but t h is is not so. We h ave ail been give n ta le nts, to s ome more, to othe rs less, bu t wh a te ve~· ta len t_s w e d o p ossess they mu sh be m ad th e most of. Th at is o u r du ty . W e must a lso lo ve o ur n eighb our as w e w o uld ourselves; tha t also is a n oth er Christian d u ty. lfi w e ta k e no te, th er efore, of th es·e tw o duties w e ca n see h ow th ey w ou ld i ne vitably be nefit th e world. Nor h a ve the Sovere ig n P on tiffs bee n slow in takin g up the cudge ls on behalf of fhe p oor and oppressed . Th ey h a ve rea lised tha t we ca n not love G od unl ess w e truly and s ince rely Jo ve our n e ighbour. Tbis, they h a ve insis t ed on in th eir various E ncyclica ls, that it is only by a :r eturn to d yna mic Christiani ty t ha t t he w orld ca n h ope to end th e twin s la ve d es of Ca pita lis t Indus tr ia lism a nd mon.op o Jistic State Capitalism or Communism . The la ck of time and space pre ve n ts me ,from q uo ting too exte ns ive ly from t hose t wo fa m ou s .E ncy clica1s, "Rer um N ova rum " and "Q uadrages im o Anno," to ill ustr ate h ow convinced t.he Church is oJ;, t h e inj us tices of the Capita lis t Industria l sy stem, b u t I wjj] rn e re ly q uote a fe w p assages. "R e1 ig ion teach es the w eal th y ownex a nd the e mployer that the wm:kpeo p~e a re n ot to be accounted th e ir bonds m en; th a t in e ver y man th ey must respect h is dign ity and wo r th as a man a nd as a Ch r is tia n ... a n d t hat it is sham·e ful and inhuma n to trea t me n lik o chattels to make money by . or to Jooli: upon the m m e rely as s o m u ch m u scle o u phys ica l streng th .'" Or a gaiJi, " To ex e.rcise pressure u pon th e indi gsnt a nd th e d estitute for th e sa k e of gain , and to ga ther one's profit ou t of th e i:i eed of a noth e r is condem ne d by a ll law s h u m a n and div ine . To cl efra ud an yone o( wages that a rc his du e is a c rim e w hich c ri es to the a v ~nging a nge r 9( h eave n ."' And a gain : "The rich inust r el igiously refrain from c u tti ng down th e workmen' s ea rnin g;;, whe the r by forc e by 'fra u d or b y u suri o us d ealin.~ . " " Do th ese quota t ions s tr ik e yo u a!:t bein g co ndu ci v.~ ~o druggin g people? I d o not think so. The a ttitude o{ th e Ch u rch to the r elation o ( th e S fa tc and th e Worke r ·s just as c1 ea r ly d efin e d : "Justice de m a nds th a t the inte re s ts of th e work in g classes ~ h ouJd. b e ca refully w a tch ed ove r by the a d min i str at ion~ so th at th ey wh o contribute- so largely t o th e ad va ntage o f th e com -

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Little 'Iimnry got a fl:i ·ht, A nd .i:an away las t Fxid ay nigh t All t he chil dren l ook ed fox !;rim But. c.ou ld not find our little Tim.

"They, re comi.1Jg to -day, th e coa t -Jrnngers cried , AQd th e t€J"l ni s rackets smil ed, Whil e the baske tiba ll s in, the s un)ight s ighed "This ictl enes·s dri ves us wild. 1

H e frotted .:ound t ill bi fee. w er ·or Then wand eL·ed into Witt1wl"'s St01"1' " J:I e t h ou ·h t his way. h e. would no t lo c, If h e c:ould bu y him self s ome shoes.

Th Qlgckboa rds murmured, ' 1T ey' re corning back,' Tn desks bounced r o und in g lee Th e mii:ror said, aYo u foolish things, ! .' They:JJ )ook mos at me."'

The man was kind and said, "Thi rnoJ ·11ing'~ pape 1· you have 11ot x1:;a d; You lve. played the t'l: uant ;!'tern C. L.C., So, lit tJe man , yo u i110 sli come .,vjtb me.'' - .Pat. CaHoll GTad c JV.).

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Cries oi w elcome and happy faces, Appe.a~·ed at- the ope n door, ,,-H o w do yo u do old mom?"' 'they )aughed, "l~ s good to see yo u once more .1' - B etty .Rendall (Intermediate) .

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The Life and Work of T has be eJil said that Pop e P ius X I. J'aced a w orld more full of difficulties au c:L pel"i1s thau t hat fa ced by any of his p tT decessor:s. It was his las k to r epel th e violen ce of his pa <ilJJ e ne mies whi le building up a nd st~·ength en in g th e stJ· ucture. o th e Chu rch to meet th e ')1eeds of t he age.

Achille R atti , who was lo b ee me Pius XI. w as born at Desio, 111e__a1· M ilan, in 1857 , :oi t a time wb c.n Lombardy w a s a pa rt o.f he Empi.ra of Ausl-r ia . !Ls yo u th w as quie t and uE even ifu] his .fathe r J:>e in eng<o1gea in s il k J11a n ufacture. l;l'e e nte red t he " Co1le e o the L o in.bards" lo Milan in ll.876, Gi il w as ot:dai ned in ;J..87!). H e soon gain ed an outst a nd ing re pu tatio n as a scJJO I ~ r, a Ed .O b taine d a t riple D oc.torate iJi '1882. jn Canon L a w . Th olo ·y and Philosophy, which gaine d :(oi· hi n1 t.hc 'pcrso n tl l con ~·atula tj on of Pope te o xrn. F ro m 1882 onw i"i rd;; h e a u ght for S"ix yea~·s at Milan. i n 1888 h is ::ip pointm e;nt as One f th e D ctor s o ' th e Am bxo ia.n Libl"a~-y b [(au lox 'b,im a ljfo o · qui et schola rly activity <i!Q d r esea~·GJ1 , wh.i<fu las ted t ill b is sixti eth yeax. Du r in g: th e l on , sg::ide o C ti m t ill 1,9J. 7, h e s too d apa r t fr om t h e g~1eat life of the 'Wor ld , as on o oJ th os unassuin i.,11~ m en wh ose task is l:o cnn ·erve lh e (i;€a q r es of the pas t. H is oa111e w as unk n wn ~av a m cm, scho la rs, a nd he took no p art in t he c;reat ·Q>ntJ"dv rsi s o f Church a nd S tate in Italy. Durin thas y <ns be ravdled a broad on ;;esearch work to G e1rnaoy. V ienn a, B uCl<.t est and Paris, and twi ce to E ng land ·n ~9QO to r ai1ches te 1· ah d i f1 1914 h e rep rese nted t.he V'atic.a.i~ at lb Oxfo rd celebratio11s in h on our of .Rog21; .B<Jcon . By tkt tim e h h ad beco.m-2 a Prefect of th e A.mbrosian ib r;;iry , <Jl~d Vi c e-P~·efec t o.J; the Va tican Lib rary · and ih th e same. yeai; w be11 t he wa r br ought th e r e tire.m e.nt of Ji\·. Eh r le S.J .. h s ucceed ed h im in contro l o f th e Vatican L i.br ai:y. D u ring th ese yea rs h e b crone so m e what re110wn ed as a m o un t<;li ne er. In 1889 ihe w as the fi rst I ta lian to make th e

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T one stage in m y ca reer I w as prese n ted with. a self-filling fo unta in pe n by a ge ner ous r el a tive . Afte r a li t'tle expe rimen tin g, we rea lised tha th e ouly n a me fo r it w a s Vesuvius, sin ce it e rupted at j:r eque n b intervals . While w e w ere a b 8ut it, w e n a me d my home w o rk- book P ompeii. V esu vius hpd a few l ittle p eculi a ritjes . If you no ticed wh ile writitJg that the supply of ink _in th e pe n seem ed to be fa iling, yo u w ou ld say to yo urself, resign ed!)! : "Vesuvius is at it aga in," a nd , armin g yourself wi th a piece o~ blott ing-

paper, you wou ld prepare for the eruption whi c~ w as sure to follow. If th is h a ppened too many t imes in one night you examined Vesuvius's inside to see if it had indigestion . ~f so, cold water w a s applie d in huge doses to soothe t he p a in . S inc e it had indigest ion nearly e ve ry night, it is little wond e r that in a few months Ves uvius w as n o m or e. My teacher thinks my writing is improvin g. - Texese Mclne rney.

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difficult southern asce nt of the Niou nt R osa· an d a11 his Jife he retained his inter est a nd e n thusiasm fox thi s recreation . H e w as alread y verging on old age, and .in J918 ib seem ed that h e w as destin ed to pass the i;est, of his hfe in the g uiet seclusion of his scho)arly activities. H ow ver. h is life of p eace w as ended wh en h e w as a ppoin ted Visitor-Apostolic to P oland. The office w as one of g r eat difficulty , as P ol a nd was in a st a te of chaos, d esola tion an d civil strife . H ow eve r , the m a n who w 2s to be.co m e Pope d id m agn ificent w ork, there, and when h e return ed to Milan in 1920 it was to assume the offic e 0£ Archbish op of Mil an , an d th en h e was raised t o the Ca rdin ala t e . Five mon ths of act ive w ork fo llowed his ent h rone m ent, an d t h e n ca m e t he sudden death of P ope Be nedict, an d the Conclave, wh ich chose Ca rdinal R a tti as the su ccessor to St . P eter. Whatever be the ultim <;lte judgm e nt of his tory on P ope Pius XI., it is safe t o say that his p on tifica te will st a nd ou t as among the g r eatest in the last th ree centuries. N o P ope in the past h as given such constant guida nce to the Ca tho lic world in eve ry de t ail of th e probfem s of the ag_e. N on e has been so closely in contact with the rank and fil e of the faithful. We could e ven hear his voice, th a nks t o the wonder of rad io, he could speak to the wh ole w orld from a little r oom in the Vatican. H e has b een known a.s the P ope of t h e Missior.s beca u se his r eign has seer., t hrou gh his efforts, s u ch · tremendous growth of Cath olicism in the pagan world of native races. He has also been .r eJJowned fo r his decisive attac.ks on the enemies of Christia nity. His reign m a r k s, many people believe, a t urning pbin t in Catholic h istor y, both in the m ission fields a nd in Eu i:ope 1 wh ere t h e coming of la y activity, through his tremendou s drive for Ca tholic Action, has crea ted a r e.v olution in. the life of the Chris tian people . S o, a1though Pope P ius is dead , the P a pacy live on, unshaken and impregna ble in the face of tre m endous odds. - P a t Cad de n .

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"Exactl y! I w as guillotined io the year 1794, on the 27th 0£ July. A s a matter of fa ct, it was at exactly twentythree minutes past t wo. But I see you are puzzled. This is a baU to which all th e figures of the past are invited. We h ave come b ack to earth for one last fling ." "Why, then, are you not middle aged, and why did you eome and speak to me? I thought you dreaded women." "Well, as a matter of fact, to-night I p !," eferred to come back as a young man. Don't you think I am good ooking?"

He set hls wig str a igFit in a i;ninor set in the wall, and pulling my ar:r:n t hro ugh his, h e walked me along the terrace, pointing out to me various p eople on 1:he way. "That is Metternich over there . I detest that fellow. He ch eated :r:ne, at cards t he other night, and at the duel afterwards h e pinked me, the coward . Oh, here's my dear frien d Marie Antoinette! Your Majesty! May I present to you my very old friend, Paula? There, I'll leave you to it. I see Queen Victoria over t he re, and as a matter of fact, I particularly don 't want to see he r, to-night. Goodbye." Mar~e Antoinette seemed somehow to be worried over somet'hing, and wpen I asked her the reason she said: "Well, a relative of min e, has too much energy ih his body, and i b e doctors are examining him now. His name is Bismarck. You hav·e heard 0£ him."

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Echoes of Sisters of Charity's Centenary 838.-A smaU boat pushes off from lhe side of the Sir F rancis Speight, ancho red c1ose by . The voices of the sailors float abov , the ripple of wa lJ! rs ana the splas of oars as the tiny c·raf..t canies its burde n t o th e la ndin g place. What a w elcome a waits the Sisters of Chai:ity from the few hundred so ul s on, the sh ore! 1938.-The laugh of the k ook a burra calls a cross the wate rs. It~ is stJll the sa m e spot-b ut h ow diffe.rent in apl?earan ce ! Now· it is th e great cit y o S ydn ey which with its s is te r-cities in ·th e North a nd South. is celebratin g t h e LOOth anniversa ry of th at a rrival. F o.r 100 years th e standar d of "Cqritas Christi urge t n os" h as been, J:io~ne hi gh by tpe 'followers 0£ those va1iaht women, and th eir nam es are he ld in benedi ction by the thousands to whom they J1ave been the nunisterin g angels o · ch a rity in t h eir own homes, in sch oo ls, hospitals, orphanage s, hosi;>ices lo r th2 d yin g, and, most 0£ all perh:ips, in prison ce)Is. H w as no small w ond er th at prelates and priests a nd 1·eligious of almost all Orders and hundred s of th e faithful crowded St. Mary's Basilica, whe.re the m ai n ce ntP..)1 ary celeoratio ns were h eld. It was on the F east o ( th 2 Immac ulate Conceptio n . In Melbourn e th e pupils of C.L.C. a nd all th e oth er school s under the ca re of tlie Sisters of: Charity ass isted a t M ass a nd r eceived Holy Communi on li n thanksg ~vin g for the blessings of the past ce ntury, a nd to as k God's blessing on the fotu re. At th e. Catholic L a,dies' College Very Re v. P . L yo.lilS D.D ., Administ<rator o~ St. Pa rick's Ca thedra l, celebTated Holy Mass and, ii\ an c:ddrc ~s, impressed oru the niind s o-f. the children the sign ifica nce or that d ay's celebratio ns. H e outlined the w ork, accomp1i ~ed by the pionee,J.· n uns a nd th eir successors, ai;i also J·emind ed the girls th a t 1939 marks t he fifti eth anniversa ry o ti the com in g of th e Siste rs of Charj ty to Melbourn e. Th eir wo rk h ad spread so much in, New' South W a les th:;it th ey ha<l been u n,_a bl e to acced e to the r eq ues ;t to form a fo unda tion h ere until 1889. When they did come to Melbourn e their work b ~g an in humble poverty, but with the charity 0£ Chris ur ing them on 1 their efforts were aga in hlessed with s uccess, and w e see t he resuits of t h eir labours to-d ay. Ve.ry Re v. Dr. L yo n s exhorted al t o offe r fe r vent praye ·s of th an k sgivi n g. to God during the Holy Sacrifi ce, ;rnd a lso to offer vrayers of peW.fon (or t h e continua nce of tho~e good works in the f u t ure, when )ie h oped th a£ a t least som e of the <present schooJgirl s w ould be labouring in God's vin eya rd as SiBters of Charity. Solemn Pontifical High Mass was b.i:oadcastl ;b·om St. Mary's Basi1ica, Sydney at 10 a.m. Not only at C.L.C., bu t in a ll th e schools und er th e SisteL·s of> Char ity :i n Melbourne rind suburbs thousands of ea er listeners h ea rd a ll t he d etails of the great cen te na ry cele bra tions in Syd n ey. at which, r epresentat ives from Mclboui·n e we re presen.t. A't S t. Mary's Basilica His G race the Coaaj u to1:-Archbisbop of Sydney: M ost Rev. Dr. Gilroy, assisted by Rev.

E. O'Donnell (A1·chbish op's se.ci:et a.i:y) celeb.i:ale.d S J.emo Pontifical High Mass, a t which His Grace th A.i:chbisl10p, Most R ev. Dr. K elly, presided . Th m.usic 1L the .Niass was r endered by a choir of sclected voice.s £rorn 22 sc hools, under the direc tion of Rev . F'athe.r W. Dh·ou M.S.C.

OCCASIO NAL SERMON BY REV. G. BARTLETT, P.P. The occasional sermon ·was preached by Rev. G. B artJeLl~ P .P., who took as .his text, "Caritas Christi urge rios" ("The Chari ty of Christ pTesseth u s' .- (Paul 2; Cor. v., 14.) He said: '11he great things for G od at"e worked by instr ume.nt the wo;·ld w ould never select. Brough up in an atJnos phere of culture, refinemen t, and corn.Lor£, he.r "Psote tan.t fa ther in si~tin g tha t sh e sho uld be ba pti zed .and :i;eared a Protes tan t, Ma ~y Aikenhea d was to spend her life am.o n g povei;ty and sorrow and s ickqess, and was o be t he ]'uun dxess of the Irish Sisters of Cha dty. 'Ihe P rot stant foth e' received 't he grace of conversioT \ on his deathbed ana the next year- being then 16 years or ag~"Mary Aikenhea d was bapt ized 1 m ade .he;· .first. Holy Communi on, and w:;is confirme d. From h er infancy this child had bow.o. in. a r ema rk~ ble degree the best characteri stics of hc,i; "a'in · and mother-a bread th of ch a\Jhy, a so un d, jud :men.t, a steady purpose mingled with sweetness and gc11tkness . H er biographe r ·tells us th a neith er am u semen t nor bus~.ne.ss ~eft her withou t ti m e to visit fh e poo,. Accom pan ied bY' a young fr ie nd of k ~n dred disposition , sh e d aily acie t he rounds o( th e poores quarte1; oi th e city, brin gin com(o1 ti and reliet to th e sick a nd sorrowful .

THE ARCH BISHOP'S CHOICE. Archbish oI? Munay w as a man of gr eat. sanc t ity an d wisdom, and h e h ad long rea1ised that a commu ~1ity o[ nuns to care for the sick and pooi: w ' a pTeSs.i:ng nec essity. H e soo n came to appr eciate th e high chaxa cte...11 a cl i'eli"iou s spirit of Maxy Aikenh e.ad . H e ,hel ped to d evelop the vocation to the life ot chari~y whi ch he '1'€cogn ised in h er. On her part, the pious young woman h etseli h ad b eeJ1. considexing the possibility o · jo1•ing a ·eli gions Cong regation in which, wfiile keeping td ' the observance, of nJig,ious Jll<\ sh e should be free to evote he-rseJfl Lo t.he cme. oi the. Sick and poor, whom she could visit in thei · own hoi;nes. The Archbisho p became co.nvinced that Mory Aikenhead was the instrum en chosen by Provido.nce to can-y ou the desire of his h ea rt; aod~ when spoken to, sh e ;i;e.plied that if s uch a Congreg_ation wer e fo un ded she w <Juld considc~· tha tJ it would be G od 's w1H fo · he ~· to joi11 it. It w a ~ wi th grea t consterna tion that she learned tha t; sh herse lf was to be the F oundre.ss ofi this new Congre atiou of the Siste rs of' Charity. Mary Aike.nh ead and a companion sp n a n ovitia t of n ea rly three years a t the Institute Of the Blessed Virgin Ma ry at York ; and on this day, December 8th, one. hundred and tw en ty-tw o years ago, the Archbisho p of Dublin presided at the first r eception of the Sisters of Charity. On

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tha t occasion t he preacher cho3e for his text the words of S . Paul: " Caotas Christi urget nos" ("The Charity of Chdst presseth us"). From that day tha t text pecame the motto oi th e Congr Egation ; emblazoned in their chapels,_ en ~ ·aved on their seals and exemplified in their dai1y acts, Lbose animat in g words of the great Apostle,, " Caritas Christi urget nos." MANIFOLD SERVICES. 'r.heii· work d aily increased. There were the sick to be visited; the orphans to be cared for; there was teaching in th e poor school, and the priso,ners in gaol to be visited. In 1834 tllree Sisters were sent to Paris for hospital training, and, with th ese three w ell-tra ined nursing Sisters, Mothei: Mary Aikc.nhead founded St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. R~ qu es ts carne from many quarters to make foundations . Some of these s.h e was able to manage ; others had to be refo ~ed bEcause as the Foundress said: " We h <\ve not enough for the arduous duties we have already undertaken." But one day there cant-e a call not from a neighbouring city or diocese, bu t from 12,000 miles away. lt was so pressing a i·equest lhat th e Mother Foundress listened with sympathetic ears. This request came from the newly-appointed Vicar-Apostolic of New Holland, John Bede Folding. He had s om e idea of the work that was awaiting him. He knew tha t pTiests we1·e wan ted in that distant mission field; nuns, ico, we:r;e required to care for children , the sick, the orp.han. J)r. Folding was in Sydney a very short time when he was shocked by the misery of the female prisoners who had been t r ansported there; and h e soon realised th a t i( an y thing was to be done fox the spiritual welfare of th e e poor creatures, h e must have the hel p of the nu tts. He sent his Vi car-General, Dr. Ullathorne, to Ew- pe to seek h elp an d volun teers fOl' the Australian mission , and p a rticularly he begged Moth er Mary Aikenh e~1d to spar some of h er spiri tual children. vVh en M oth er Aikenhead h eard the Bishop's urgent .vleadin sh e. told }1 er .nuns tha ' they were free to v 1unleex for the Au t1·alian Miss ions if t h ey chose to do "I would gladly go myself,' sh e- said " if I were in h ealth and younger." In A.ugust of that yEar, 1838, five Sisters em barked from London, and af ter a tedious journ ey of over four months <th ey la11ded in Sydn ey on. the l ast day of the year 1838. In his book, "The Foundation. of Australia,,'' Dr. Eris O'Bden says that 83 per cent. of the first convicts were guilty of offences against the la w for which, in modern times they would be d eal t with by the summary ju.risdicti r,m 0£ a police court, or pardoned, possibly, under the Fi):st OffendeTS Act. A gain , Dr. OIBrien tells us that one authodty was disposed to raise th le vel of. comparatively ignorant m e n an d w om:m on the fir st- fleet to 92 per cent. ; and ye t, says one' writer on thi s subject : " Vengeance and cru ::lty were the only prin ciples of the system o-f transportatfo.n ; cha rity and Teforma tion formed no part of its scheme." '.[HE SISTERS AT PARRAMATTA. When t h e Sisters arrived in Sydney they settled in Farramatta . !)ne of their most importan t duties was to give

religious insti:uctions to the 800 Catholic pciso ners who were in the penitentiary, or, as it was called, "Th e F actory." This factory was called by Dr. UllathortJ e ''a sink of abomination:" It will surpdse ~nany of you no doubt, to learn that the women prison ers a hundred year ago were engaged in breaking stones and sawing wo od . The nun s saw at once that, whil ~t these poor creatures were engage,d in work so d egr ading to thcil sex 1 iti would be almost impossible to do anything fo r their spiritual Tege neration. It was due to tJi·e representations oE th e Siste rs that this barbarous state of affairs ceased,, and the women prisolile1"s in future were engaged in la undry work and sewin g. The zeal and the successful work of these fiv e Sisters oJ Charity were noted immediately, even in officia1 circles. The Gove•rno.r of the day, Sir Ge o rge Gipps, was so appreciative of the ir work that he offered the nun s a salary, which t hey refused . By Dr. Folding th eir work amo11gst these poor creatures was called a miracle. But one of the duties dea r est to th e he arts oi these Sister$ of Charity was th eir attendance upon prisoners under sentence ol death. Many who, but fo~ th e.se ge.ntlc minisfiua tions,_ would have met the ir fa te in h al'dened unbelief died with words of humble faith and hope on their iips. The Mother, Foundress had the great joy and conso1afi on of knowm g tha V the seed sown by h er h an ds w as grow in g into a flouri shing tree; tha t jt sent Qut a hope£u1 off sh oot to gather within iis shelte r the wretched and fo rsa ken at the utmost pai:t of the ea rth, and would continue fo r generation a fter generation its salutary influence. THE PIONEER SPIRIT. The names of th ese five pior.eer Sisters sh o uld ~ver be h eld in benediction an d in th e. deepes t rev erence. Their names w e re Mother John Cahill, Sis te r Franci de Sa les O'Brien, Sister L awrt nce Cator, Sister X avier Williams, and Sister Baptis~ de Lacy. The letter written by Moth er Jol;m Cahill to Vhe Mother Foundress, whe n volunteerin g lo r ibe Austra lian mi ss ion, gives us a n insight into h e~ ·eai}y saintl y charac.te.r. '·Jt you think," she w rote, "Almighty G od wouJd r eceive on e so unworthy, I would be most willin g to sh are t he. iobo ur.:; cf the Australian missions. I am aware oi my dc.fici cies and still more of my want of virtue, i:iut I trus t if chosen by Him, H e will prepare the instruments (or Hjs 'ow13 wo11k. H e knows that I desire nothing but to fulfil Hi g })QLy will." One of this noble ba nd live.ct lo celebrate th e gold ~ n jubi!lee o{ th eir arrival in Austra lia. To them we may app ly the words o.{ Holy Writ: ' AU these were gi ven glory in t h eir generation and wexe pra ised in th eir da.vs. Th eil( bodies a re buried in p eace, and th eir \Tla me Jiveth un t.o ge,ne ra tion and gen eration . Lef the peo ple show fo r th th eir wisdom a nd the Church d eclare th eir praise.1 Many a nd heavy were the crosses borne by that Jittle ban d. Not only w a:i their firs t home quite u.n suita ble for a conv~nt, but there was no m e.ans of s upport for the Jrnns, an d Bishop F olding< despite his goodwill, could not provide foi· !'h em . ''Every day is Lent for us " one of th em wrnte. But th ey had 'p u t their hands to the plough and ~he re was no turnin g back .

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th e ca re of th e Sisters of Chari ty: St. V incent's and M t. St. Evin's in Melbo urne, St. J oseph's (A uburn ), St . Vjncen fs (Toowoomba) , and St. V in ce11t' s (Ba thu rst) . Or12hanagqs at Livexpool and H oba r t, condu cted by t h e Sisters of Cha rity , have functio ned fo r m any y ears. In 1888 t he Sisters celebrated th e golden jubilee of th eir a rriva l in Au stralia, and one of th e joyo us ev-en t of t he ir jubilee w as the am a lgam ation of th e Sisters of Charity in Tasm ania with the Sist e rs on th e m a in land . The sepa ra tion h a d lasted 41 years. Not onl y w er e the Sisters of Chat:i ty the pion eer s in h ospital w ork in A ustralia, pi on eers in caring for orphans, pion eers in th e work of reclaiming poo r cr eatures whom pove r ty h ad d riven to the streets; bu t tl;iey have the h ono ur of being th e pion ee rs of Cat h olic e ducati on in Au st ral ia.

THE POTTS POl!~T FOUNDATIO N. An appea l was immedi ately m ad e. It was a great su ccess, and, as a result, it was p ossible for the n u ns to purchase "Tarmons," a deligh tfu l p r ope r ty s~t u ated a t P otts P oint, of w h ich the nuns took possess 10n._ in March , 1857 . "TarmOns, ' but lateJy a cent re of w orldly amn.tion and a sym bol of wea lth a nd power , h ad beco me a h a ven fo r souls, a h em e ffo r th e affli cted , a sch oo l fo r litfle children, a foc us 91£ spir.it ua l en <: r gy , an d a ta bern acle fo r th e God of the Euch21j s t. The old n~• me was soon to be a dim m em ory : () n the 'l:uins 11ad a risen St. Vin ce n t's. L ater i n th e y ear t)1e firs t ou t- patient w as re ceived, and in Novembex t he fir st in - patient. R esour ces we r e sm all, and it is said th at less th an £40 was r eceived from su bscri ption s d urin g the course of th e yea r . The woxk l?rogr essed , bu t still again Our L ord ask ed th at litt le ba nd to carry t he Cross. A mi sun derstand ing ca used th e r esigQation and r eturn t o Ire lan d of th e Moth er Rect..r ss, who h ad given 20 years of genero us se r vice to relig ion a nd ch a rity in Austr a lia. For a t im e it seemed p ossible that the b osl_)ital w ou.ld close and that a1 1 of the n u ns wo uld leave Aust ra lia, bu t in God's ';)OOd t ime d iffi cul ties w ere over co m e, misunde rstandin gs disappeared, and soon it was fo und th2t th e prop erty at Potts' P oin t was not big eno ugh noi: con venient for their h ospjta l wor k. They de.sired to h a ve a m ore central site . Th is w ish was fu l fi lled and in 1870 S t. Vin cen t's H ospital., Da rlinghurst w as opened . One of th e b iographer s of Moth er Mary Aikenh ead te lls us tha t: sh e w as every wh e rein th e sch ool, in th e p rison, in th e hospit l-a11d , as her toil increas s_d, h er splendid . gen er o us n a ture expanded , as if she was y ea rni ng to gather a ll w h o wer e in pai.n or g ri ef into he1· m oth erly ca r e, a nd h er spiritua l daughters in Australia ha ve fo llowe d b1 he r footsteps.

WORK FOR EDUCATION . Almos t immedia tely after th Sis ters settlerl in Sydney they gave religio us instxuctio ns in the Cath olic sc:iools, which we r e staffed with ]ay teach ers; bu t in 1858 S t. Vip·cen t's ope n ed its doo rs to d ay s ch olars. T h is school pxosper ed, and was soon J'ecogn ised as t h e leadin g ed ucational esta blishment for gi rls in the colony. In 1872 S tate ai d w as withd raw n from Ca thol"c scnools and th e w hole burden of edu ca tin g th eir children fe ll upon th e sn o uld ers of th e Ca th olics. The politician wh o in t rod uced t he Bill stat::d tha t it w ould be dea th to th e callin g 0£ ·U1e pcies th ood, but h e m a de a great mistak e . H e did n ot rea lise b ow Ca tholics prize th eir F a ith ; h e did not r eal ise that 'th ey w ould b pre paFed to m ak e such sac rHi ce t h at wc uld e:nable t h em still to m a inta in th eir ow u sch o is; an d , a bove all, h ~ did not r ealise th at so m any ge.oe~· ous :soul s w ou ld b :! fo un d to dedica te their li ves to the sa c~·e d ca use of Cath olic education . And as the year s w e..n f:: by the Si.stexs of Charity t ook con trol of sch ools a t St . Mary's Cath edral, D aclin ghu vst, Lewish am, Liverpool, Asl;i fi eld, ConC'ord, Aubut.:r:! , Hurstvill e, \Voollahra , P add ington , and Katoomba. Their edu ca tional a ctivitJ.i es in. due ti.me w ere ex ten ded t Q th e Arci1 dioceses of Me lbomne a n d B r isba ne. The. spiri t di' sac.i.·.ific ~ and de·v oticn , char acteristic of tb e Siste1·s o.f Ch ai;ity J);o m th e begin ning, has been th e sou rce of great b less in gs fr om Almi gh t y God. The ir h ospitals an d sch ool;, and o ~ pha11 ages h ave prospe r ed ; the num b er o( subjects ha s increased , so th::it lo-day we find th at th-2 r e are nearly 500 ~·e.l i gi 0 us S:sters in 'th e Con gregation of the S isters of Cha rity . Amon g 1h e n a mes that h ave ad de d l ust r e to th e gloxi ous traditi ons of the Ordet, t he foll owing m igh t b e me,nti oned: Mother s Bap tist d e L acy, J o ~2 ph O'B rien, Gertrude D av is, F ran cis l'VicGui gan , and Can ice B r u ton. A hundred ye9rs ago, as th e fi rst fi ve Sis te rs were about to se foot o n Australian soil, th e sailo rs on th ei r boat c1·ied nuf: "G od bless yo u." That p raye r h a~ been ans wer ed and to - day, whe n w e- a r e commem or at in g th :! lOOth anniversar y of ~hat event, w e offer our congrat ulation s to th e Sisters of Cha rity, and w e j oin w ith th em in thank ing God fo r :he blessin gs and fa vours of th e p ::ist 100 y ears, and with d eep r espec t and g ra ti tud e w e repea t tha t prayc.r : "Gpd bl e s.~ you."

FO'R TUE SUFFERING. On e of th e m ost no bl e charities in Austra lia is t h e H osp ice for th e Dy in g. ]t is th e home wher e t h ose wh o are nea r th e end of theix days can r eceive expert and d evoted car e, with a ll that can be otte r ed by Chris tian charity for th e <reljef of Chri ~ t's s uff~ r i n g poo r . In that i t h e ex plan a tion of th e peace which is t h e a tm osphe re of the H ospice,, robbing dea th o( its · d'r ead a nd bitte rness. Tj me perm its m e on ly to m ention th e othe r hospitals 1Jnd er

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Yea, and to seek wi th tende.r, outs t retche d a~·ms The stricken,, outcast siste~', h er Whom the sa111e c ~ u e l wor d that made I~ • A ruin, scorns- h er murderer Shrieking fi erce curses in h er aff.rig,h ted ear . 0)1, raise . er up and sooth h er wild alarm Si •. And whispe r of the Sa viou.r kind Wh o said : 1 "Although your sin may be Redder t h an scarlet, seeMy Blood h ath washed it' white; lo w ea-i: the robe I died to pu.rchase thee!"

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Here passe_d the brave old Moth er , And another., •. Formed by h er love after God's fas hi on , took Th.e sh epherdess's crook·• The pilgrim's staff and scrip- · From h er rdaxe d gri p And led th e. fl ock in all its wonte d ways ..:_., .. Of labour and of praise, S till into wid er pastures wiih an ever Multjplying foTce for large endea vour. A Maxy Magdalen s he Of p.ristme purity, Who in her g.reat humility Fi.xe d h :: r clear gaze, ne'er shadowed by a fall , On th e fa r noonaay height,_ Gained by rebound from depths of darkest' rn ight, By that fir st Ma.ry 'Magdal~n for 'Whom t he Redeemer's saving Jove won all.

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She, also, lives amid the sai nts in h eaven . Lo! a third M_ary reigns, '' And by God's grace, The flock hath grown so la rge tha wider; space Than the old House afford s must h a rbour them . So th e t hird Mother, wise in gentle sway, Gathered up all her flow ers o( one ste m, L eadeth t h e an geli o c;:ompany :::way ()f .her whi te dau g h ter1:; to another home. Now, ye unha11py on es, ai-ise and come, Who ha ve no 11lace to lay y our dying h ead s, And fill these va can t b eds :

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With image. of God's death upon h er breast, North, south, east and west~ To light an altar, heal a wound, mak e soft a bed, Wher eon skk pov Erty n;iight lay its h ead; T'o snatch young children from the open door of si n,, And to th e L ord 's sweet shelt!!,r d ram them safely in.

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HE miracl e plays of the Middle Ages were based on th ~ Jife. of Our Lord and on th Jives of t oe s aints. Th ey we:re fos t ered b ~r t he Chu rch, and universally a_pprove d. '~'h ey were first uc rfo ji)ned in churches, and latei: in J,> ublic places. However, the ris e of the comm en~ia l drama led to their abandonme nt, ai1d t h e famous Pal'\S ion '.Play is their s ole s u rv ivoL Th e s o-call ed Refonnation we1Jt over EUL·ope. Monast eries wei:e destroyed, a t holicity was s upi,H·essed, and th e fine old pirij of '<'aith almo ~t di ed in North ern )E urope. With the advent of mod e rn t~11es cam e th e. desU:e for ' 1:1);eedom, ' a" iit is ·o ea ily cal led, <f oi; e.vil, sin, and i ndifference to r eli »ion. Lik e Babylon of old, th Q. \worl<;l surrende'.r e,d itseJ:{ to $ata n and hi s ho rde. o~ s in 1;5 . · o t he souls of pio u · pegple t hi was a iJ ·uly ')hoclfo1 g state; o::fi affairs. ' her· cou ld be bu one 1·emedy to rouse up t)le s lothful mod e rn · and to sav e t hem fi;om t he just vengeance of an angry God. 4nd that was 1.o s tir up anew the sp irit of loyalty, Faith, and adh e.i· nee to God which had animated t he i;>eople of th e Middl e Ages . T his, then, is the ~ pidtl of "Credo,'' whiah, like t he i:eJi g ious play of old, aims at op enin °· th e. eyes of th e. wo,i;ld to its s infulness. The. very name ~rc r e do," (I beli eve), is s ymbolic of th ~ pii;jt of the p la y , It is a gTeat and g lorious act. of Fai t h, !;endin g it · mi g hty challeng·e abroad to the unb elievei-, he un cba s te, th e indiffexent , t h e de1:;picable " back-s lidei:," all of w'h om have JJO place in the ranks o:( God's builder s, w ho are .dct () rmin ed to build out of ruins of t he mode~·n aby lon a ·plendid, ·loTious city,· aflame ·w ith zea l fol! Cod a nd f{ i ~ Church.

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W e do no t whispet to each otheJ.:, wott1d t hat she, Ou\: fi\·st deal; mother, could look down and see ,He1·i:i, to h el' old sweet hom e How t h e poo.i; suff ei:e.r s s o ·ladly co me , For 1·est beneath hel' roof, and warmth at h ex wide h a rt 1, And '.fo1· h \l~· chee1· 'in th ei.1; las t days in eai:th; Bec;rn se we kn ow T hat God doth will it so, R ei: spirit is aJ11ong us a s we go To and fro. H e:i.· moth er-hand i!'; on th e s uff erer's bro>Y ; B er s111ile is on ber dau g hters' faces, now A s wh en in the fil·st days, Leadino- th e m in t he ways Of labou,;r and of praise, She ate with them in th ese old quiet rooms, Shadowed with jas min e blooms, T ea chin g the axts of Him Befor e whose radiant face t he an e ls' eyes grow di:i)1.

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In th e 1n·olog ue of ' d'i:edo' 1 lhe people call on the Sacye.d 'Hea1·t to come and bless them. The. Sacred H ai·t, now so bru-ise<:l, so mocJ<ed, and so de :p icably hurit and crm;h ed, m ust be the centre o.J; the n ew Babylon. Each line of the p,i;olo ue ha a special si n ifica nc:e. Tl;e citizens implore in spir in g help of MaI'Y Ilnmaculate, to s mile on t he work of h eT enthus ia t ic chilch'en. Th e ,Play itself, o:{ c6uJ'Se, tells of t h e ovei:t i:ow f th e forces of evil, and the 'u ltimate txiumpb of Goodn r ~;; in the hearts of t he citizens of Babylon. So it mw;t be even with t he. )eopl who come to watcl1 . T hey ~ 1·e not rn e;rely 5pectatol' a t a pTetty p lay, but a ctive part akers in the stn:aggle which is taking ·1lace. I t i t heir g lol:ious stru ·g.Ie. agains Satan, and lneir triumph, if th ey will 1et it be o, Their eyes 11rn:;t be opened to their s ins , a s were: t he eyes of the citizens of Babylon. It is each one of us, ado1·s and specta tors, who must go foi:th af t ex th e play and ~·e bui l d the desecxated Te111ple of God ; who must carry that ferven 1 BELIEVE with us into every wa lk of life.

'Jlhat is th e. 1esson o.( " redo"-that all w ho a ct in or see ii. and catc.h its mi ·hty m essage ·may, by thei't' example, "o-o forth to th e p loug hed fi elds, to h e factorjes, the town ships, and the. min es, iJo t he iJ; own h ome;;, sin ing !,.h e sweet, song of nttex tr·uth, that t h (\ land we love may be a garden of peace in t he Flam e of Hi s H eart !fo revet"" · ". · - Meg. 'Payl or.

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Noum ea T was on a warm, showery, and rather sultry morning in, August that we anchored in the beautiful h arbou r of Noumea. In the distance we couJd see the township lying, as if asleep, under a low 11101:ning mist. We boarded the launch and m a de for the q uay arme d with umbrellas and raincoats, for, though it was ve;·y hot and close, it was moist. The first thing to do was to e xchan ge our u stxalian money for francs and cents. This we did in tents arran"ed on the quay. A franc is equivale.n t to about tw op ance, Australian money. As we wanted to go to \h e bank, wt:! enquired from the first Frenchma n we m et where it was. He told us the way, but said th at w e had better huny because the bank closed at 10 a.m. Beca use of the weather conditions all work is done in the very ea rly hours of th morning, before the heat of the d ay sets in . Then , armed witb. our francs and a feeling of expectatio n , we set off; to see the town. New CaJedoni H was discoverr d by Captain Cook in 1774 1 and !at'e r, colonise.cl by tl;ie French. Noumea, which is on th easte~·n sid e, wa s ma de the capital because of its n<;1tural and wonderf:u l h arbo ur. It has fo r its backgroun d high , ~·afher bai:ren-lo oking mountain s, which we w er e told ar rjch in deposit of iron-ore and mica. But it is on th e. wes te;·n side that the coffee - growing, which provides a large amount of work for the population of brown-sk inn ed Kanakas, Javanese, Chinese, French, and others, is found. Noumea is rather well establishe d. When boats come to Noumea that m eans brisk trade for all the owners o{ th e wooden.-s huttered shops. French perfumes and liquo1·, especially champagn e, are obtainable for about one-thii;d the Australian price. Although some of the things are i;iot obtainable in Aus tralia, Customs Duty has to be paid on many. The roads are vE:ry good, and the cars are left-hand drive and French. The hospital is a good building, but the Cathedral , which overlooks the town, ~s certainly th e best and most substantia l building. Jacaranda and crotantrees spread thei r fo liage over the squares, thus making a h aven of shelter. Ther e are many sights and tours which one should n ot miss. The colours in the view from Ouen Toro at sunset ar~ unsurpass ed, and are beyond descxiptio n. From a hill the w)lole of the Noumea Peninsul a-reefs, islan ds, an d m ountains, thousands of feet high-can be seen. The trip to Plum takes one right into the mountain s, wh~ch fo rm a bea utiful picture wnen the morning mist is slowly rising . The event of Noumea when a sbip caJTs in is the ball, which the Mayor gives in the Town H all. It is a most wonderfu l sight, and a tremendo us throng of people att end. It h as, to say the least, an open-air setting, for only three sides are covered in . The other side opeos on to a leafy squar e, wh ere the e ver-contin uing native p erformers Sin g an d dance. Lights of numerous colours twine through the tree that towers over the square. The tree was gigantic in size, and lhe sight w as a ltogether spectacula r.

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One Hundred Years of Catholicism HUNDRED years ago, in 1,839, wh en M e lbou rne wa on ly a ba by town, whe re the L igh t of Faith h ad peu et:;r ated but little, a w onde rful eve n t took pla c Melbourn e' s fir st Mass w as said! The cele bran t w as R Eiv . F ath er G eogh ega n, the p a 11tjcipan ts, those lnos Jo yal o·f Ca tholics, th e I rish pionee rs.

Then th e:re we r e oth er test agaiJ1 the Edu ati S t. P a txick' Cathedr al cfos.cd with th e siJ) in "H lel jah Chorus.' '

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And th ro ugh t he yea rs tha t fo1) owe d, alti;t o ugh bat tliti agai nst al m ost i.ris urmo u n a bl djffkul ti es, those am e 1 ya] so ns of St. P ati;ick built ch urch es and sch oo ls. so t h al th eir child r€n sh ould gro w '\.!.P in th 2 wanntq an d b eauty of th e Cat hoUc reli gion . This y ear, 939, is the hundni.d lh annj ve1·sa..vy of MeJ bomne's firs t., Mass. It m at ks th cJose f a brill iant c tm·y-a century \Of Fa i th~ Nat urall y, th e. occasion ca1le.d foT so.m e special cel eb"O ti on on St. Patrick's D ay. The. b elci ve.d saint .must !:ih cnoured as nev er be.fo~·e ! T h sch ool s oi th e iour tec.11 different te ach in ~ C rd ers oi M elbc;m rQ2 rose J'io bly to t h occasion ; th e resul t being the s pecta cu la r p ageant in MeJ bourne Town H a ll, and a glorious procESsion tJuo ugh t h-3 ~ treets th e fo llowi ng afte rn oo n . The pag an t presented in th e Town H all, wh.i.c.b w M call ed "T he L i h t of Ei re ' ' was inqedjbly beau tiful. In a rs ucc o:ssion of cha r m i11g scen es j t t u ch s-d 1h::! ve:.ry h ear t Catholic sent im ent.

T'h e fir st scen e. de pic ted S i:. Patrick )i"' 1t' ng lh e P as01 Ql fi re "on Tara's hU ltop," fha t fi re wh ich we to sp:rc<Jd ystically th.m u h o ut the wor ld . T h e fo]]o wi n , sc.2:11 ~·e pr ese n led a n I r ish family arri v.i.n in Ausll'a lia i n 1835· they portray d mo st to uehin ~ly th e. sl:ren <>'t b .f th pibueeys, and th eir wond erfu) trus in G gd a nd Ou r L ad y . Tb e E.osa.ry wa ~ sai d k e ::din ro tmd tbe B l' -·::? J. - as th e sh adov"s of tb c .8uslra li::m evEll) in ls.na th cn Cl into njghl. 'l'hen .M,eJ b ur nc '"' .fi «t ass wn ~b wn. th d ~v ut piooeai.·s kn eel in<> 1· , und th e U'Z.e - h:u,nk wb ich s~v-:J d as. an altar.

The sc ond p axt r pr t.senled the or igin ·a nd p a.l'tic.:ula r wo k of each Or der of tea ching n u ns in Melbounn . Si;>ecial in ter e t was added to i.his i n view of' t h e fac.~ th at c'hi ld ren fro m th e variou s c , ven ts took the m ain parts. Each scen e h ad its own p :::ciaJ at traction an d m erit!. The r; up.i.ls of C.L .C . and S t. Ccilum ba's p r esente d a ver y beautiful p iclu re-the latteT in deep r ed satin sym bolisi.dg Charity and bea rin g a banner w ith th e motto of the Cong cgation, " Caritas Christi u r g.2t nos,' a n d t.he fox m e r in g oups r·- re sen t in g tbe m issicn of the Sister s of Cha vity, w ho came from Ireland to Australi a ovei· a ce.otu r y ago. The chief a ctivities of th e Congregation - Nursin g, Teaching a nd Vi siting th e P cior-w c_re r epresen ted , whil e fi ve A n gels surro un di ng A u st~·aE a symbol ised the spirits of the fu:sfi fi v Sisters o ~ Ch arity sent from b'e lan d . Durin g t h e l blcau x a ven:e - speakin g choir in ter pr eted th e significa nce cf euch group. In t h e s ec :;nd tablea u w ere represented Faith Mope and Cha r ity, as the ch oir ann oun ce d : "J'ai th stood erec t w ith steadfast m ien, With lhe Credo on h ci· breast , T ·usUuJ t hat once h er m ission w as d one, He1· sisters w ould d o th e rest .

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The pageant closed with a scene showing the St.. Patrick s Cath(:dral, completed with the spires;, a lovely tribute> to Catholicism's hundred years of progress in Melbourne. And then , with the bea uty and sentiment, o~ the pageant still sweet upon her, Melbourne heard the following after-

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Sister , please may I have the seat by the window this term? I'm s ure I will work much b s tter over t here. Yes, of course,, !'II take great care of the window box. Oh, thank you so n;iuch, Sister!" And so it was that I secured possession of the most prized seat in the clas.sroom-th e desk by the window. What. a glorious prospect confronted me for the corr.ing term! Proudly I unpacked my shiny new text books, and arranged them j n nf'at piles in the coveted desk. After one last-minute inspection of the desk , an d th r window box, I settle.cl down to the Jes inspiring prospect of a Roman History lesson. "My! How quickly the weeds grow in these window ): oxes. Now that I h ave. charge, I will begin by pui>t"in!( in new soi). I think I'll plant pansies. I'll have great ciusters of violet - coloured pansies. No I won't. I think fil h ave differe nt shadES. If I arrange them a rtistically, and cultivate hem care fully , I may even have a photo of them in the paper. They often do photograph things like that. I think I would have the photograph taken as I am w aterin g them. Yes, it w0uld b ? quite easy to take a photo of this window if the photogra pher sat o_n that fence opposite . ''Er-r, I beg your pardon, Sistex, Yes, I !;hink my thoughts w ere straying. No I am sure it will not h appen again .'" With a look that show2d plainly Sister's private opinion, the lesso n was r esum ed. "Now, girls, we will read through the founding of Rome again, to make it quite clear.'' "Underneath t~ spreading chestn ut tree . " I t's wonderful how popular the "Chestnut Tree is at present. Tha t b oy in the street is a perfect whistl er. Personally I

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OR perhaps tJu·ee . weeks vadous mysterious activities ha~ bean go m g on 111 the sc hool ball. The centre of t hJS nny stery appea red to be th e 4th, 5t an d 6th classes, and no amo un t of coaxing ancl threatening on ou i.; pa r t ~ould ex ttact u·o.)11 l hem their. prec;ious se ci·et. But eventually, on Wed nesday, 30th Au gust th e mystery was ck;ared. Qn the following day tl1e 4th 5th , and 6 ~h c;lasses of-t he school were to g ive a concert, and had in vited t h e 9tl:\er .me.m bs.rs oi th e school an d, GI coUI;se lh e i ~ pan~nts. Thur:>day, the ~Us t? Au gust, dawn ed bright_ an d clear, und in th e s.ch oo l hall at C.L.C, there was gr eat acti vity. Little fee t ran hit h e · a nd thithei: busily a n ;a ngin g the 111any fl owe rs that decorated the ha1 1, p nqparing th e rows a nd rows oi se~.ts an d h e lpi Qg flu ste red i(.ri1mds to d i;css. At last, every thin g was in J''cadin e-ss . The a rt ists w ere prepa r ed. Graduall y th e motheJ·s arrJved , each one eagerly anticipatin_g fhe special items fo, whichi\ h e1· d au ghter ·Nas a ppearjpg. The oth er classes of the sch ool then file d into the ir places. midst much excited wh isperin g. "Oh , doem't_ tha t.. curta in lo ok ter ribly !myster ious? ' oT "Please let Q1e h ave one ook at th ~ programme," was often heard iJ.bovig the thTob cf c.onve rsation. SuqdenJy , as th e " m ysterio us" cu da in was drawn, 1ihe talkin g ceased and the concer 4 commrn1cc;d. Th e fi vs ti jtem w<ls a short play. entitl ed "The. Silve r Cross." The p r ologu e was spoke by Ma uree n And exson , who se a high stand a rd ifoi; th e res t\ o( the performers by h e l· e xc eJ lign t speakin g. Amidst much rus tlin g, a gro up of monks, b d oy St. Au_gus tin e (wh ose pa rt w as pla ved by Pa t. Abrahams), came on to the stage. Tbese m onks h t,d laud ed on th e foreign shore s of England, rul ed by Kin g Ethelber t and, Quee n Be r th a, to bring Christjan ity to th e kin gd om. Moya Banso n, looking de li ght(ul in h er red h e rald's suit, an nounced to the monks that the K i ng and Qu1:en w ould r eceive. them a the pa lace. The. seco nd scene sh owed the sta e artisticall y arrange.cl o represent a ro om in the pa lace. The Kin g and Qu Een, 1 l;iy ed with tru)y r ega l dignity by C a~·m el B ran na n and !Joan Mullens, res p ect~v J, together with attend a nts, w eJ;e awa itin g th e li ttle band of m onk s. In fhis pretty setting the Kin g an d Quee n gra ciou sly consentsd o S t. Augustine a nd hi s m on ks s r eadin g Christiani ty th ~·o u gh th e.ir )and . The seco nd item was enjoyable to a ll. Marlene Bahr a sm all Germ an girl , who has not been long amo ngst ·us, san g i<t deli ghtful song in Gc.rm a n, entitled " Wi vie.le Steme n, s te hen a m Himme l? (" How Many S tars a~·e II'h ere? "). Althou gh tran slatior w as above u s, w e all thoroughly en joyed and appreciated this ite.111. P a t Ca rrol!, l0oking very like a 'fairy in h er lon g frock and daioty toe - shoes, aston ish etl a] l wi t h }~eJ.' graceful dan.cing in her ~olo ite m. T'he f olk d ances by th e 4t and 5th classes w er e ve,r y ente rta ining. The choru s an d da ce uTh e Umbrella Man ," was very popular. The chorus, "The Second M.in UI,et, w <is ~ung with a rea e nthus ias m by the perfo rmers, who appeared to r e lish it every bi t . as much as th e a udi ence . The dial o ue, 'Ti t fQJ· Tat;" by An ne F oi:est an d Judith Ca hir, dese rves 'm uch praise. I was n ot.iced th at J udith

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put gr eat force jn to h e.r wo.rk whe'1 she took the bite of th e appl e! "'The Contradictory Couple,°' a dia log ue by Ouida Worthin gton a nd M are9 Walsh , a lso de:o;erves much praise· Ebeneza.r's lau gh beiDg i:ieculiarly infec tiou s, a lthough t h e emph ati c Mrs. Ebene zar sa w no r easo n for it ; an d does s,h e kno w ye t if the poor man wh ose imbs we re b ~·oken and wh_ose h em·t gave o u t w as d·eally !killed? Anoth eJ' fairy-llke membe.r o · our community is P at. Abra ham s, who -e ntertained u s with a, delightful solo. We enj oyed v ery m t•.ch th e sigh t of Pat,. daintily f;litting about t h e stage. Great credi t is due to th e verse s peak ers and also to th eir teacher, w h o, obviously, took grea t- p a.ins fo coach a nd petlwps, coax them. lb 1:eq uired no effm·t to h ear eac h word of th e ve.rses, an d they we re- all very enjoyable , especially "Li ttle Miss Brag» an d ' "When F ather L <J id t'he Ca rpet on the StaiJ'S,' which wer.e d elivered with much spirit and appi:opriate. action s. But, a$ the sayin g· goes, "'All good 1hin gs must have an end,' and t his truly delightful cp nce rt w as conduded with a choru s e nti t led "Daffodils.'' The little singers ooked very ,Pretty an d very charmin g m assad together in their c.;oncei:t f rocks., each hcile'Jjn g daff odils. Ouida Wo rthin gton , as the soloist, djsp1ayed h er very swe~t voice. Thus co n c1 ud ~d a vei;y e njoya ble co~1cert fo r both school J.rie)<ds an d :par ents, and compliment s w e re showered on th e performe rs, who wo r ked so diU g2ntly lo pre pare such an admi r <l bl e entert;;dl))llen t. On. thi s occasion, too , Miss Essie We1·fel genero usly ave h er valuable support a;, accompa niste. Anoth er p9 rt oJI the secret o.f the Juniors w as al so revealed-the F o1·e.ign Missions are to be h elped by the proceeds . - Ma rg;ar e L tw by . PROGR AM ME FOR JU N :O RS' CONCERT . Th e Silver Cross." Pro lc.- gu e spo ken by Ma u ree n And e rson . Kir:ig Eth elbert Carmel Brennan . Queen Bertha Joan Mullens . St . Augus t ine ·,.;., : :.' Pati'ic ia Ab rah ams.

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MIX A LITTLE SUNSHINE. Tak e the scent from fl ow er s, A cup of mellowed win e, Ta ke the r a indrops ~ra m the s h ow ers, And mix a little s unshin e.

Ta ke 1he blosso ms fro m the trees, The pu;·p)e of the hills; Tak e the mu sic of the breeze, And fh e blue bird's ca :·efre ~ t.riJls .

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BRIGHT EYES. Ruffled dress and picture hat, H e.t muff with ribbon ties; All th e v illage ado red that Li ttle gid ca l) ed B i; igh t E,es .

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•, SPRING RAINS . Skies of blue, a rai nbow hu e A qd blossc ms in the him·, D affodil s new, buttercups too , After the spring-time rain. H ear the clatter of tl,e r a indrops patter, On th e r oof top overhead, R obins chatt~r, roses fl atter, The bloomin g gard en bed.

A nd wh en th almond blossom fe ll, And the sea crad ed lies, Every flow er , e.very d ell , Echoed th e laugh o( Brigh t Eyes.

''Little things on silver wings, Filling the b.eathle.ss streams, P attern s of gold, n ew ones and old, S ~oJ eon from childish dreams.

And as th e yea rs sped s wiftly by, H ow lovely to ~ urmiset What treasured hopes and memories lie Locke d in the h eart of Bright Eyes . - Joan Duke..

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Sights and Sounds at C.L.C. on Wednesday Afternoon 15 P .M. T he pell r ings a nd anot her Wedn esday afternoon beg in s at C.L .C. W e lea ve the t enn is • and basketba ll cow;ts, an d we proceed ups tairs to he gallery for singing. W e- all lo k fo rward to our vocal athl et ics n. a Wedn esd ay. T uis yem: we h ave l ea rn t a "" f. variety of ·s.o ngs, an d snatch es of catch y ';-0 " pastm.:al tunes or l oveJy Vi ennese a irs a r e 'f(,J,'($,".f waf'ted on t h e breezes. Bu t the1·e js also l!Jifl]~~ "' 1110\"e serious wo~'k. rv.:i~e a lrea d y. this ey,r j\\~ yea r we h,ave had th e puv1lege of smg mg

a nd we were r ath er p r oud oJ' the n umero us favo u ra ble re po r t · · we rece ived . L ater this 1 1 yea r we are once mo re tQ sin g t h eJ"e t o ), / ~..... . comme m orate the fiftieth,. yea.r of t h e Sisters Ee tore Spo rt. ot Charity in Vi ctoria. A t 2 o'clock we go d ownslaiJs to p~· e pa re fo~· p hys;cal cult ure. Os1 the w ay W•e hE: a r : "Have yo u g,ot the roll c a rds ~ " 'O h, I h ope th e pian ist plays 'Little Sir Echo' today!' an d we soon fa ll in for drill putting gr e.a t vigou r into our w ork- l ik e hea lth y you ng A ustr.:alians . Many an d of varied nationality axe the exercise wh ich we perforrnlive ly Du tch d ances contrast wi f,h g1·ace.fu\ Greci'l-n J?lastic movements, whi1e we aU :enjoy th e S wedish e.xei;cises, d one to th e swinging r hythm o.f .11optJhi: music . A t the end o:li h e le;;sons th e i:olls a~·,e called abd we go to o ur classi'ooms ioi· elocution. A lthou uh wE? )11ay be tired Jn Jimb, we are stil l strong in voice . Th is lesso n is, pe.rk1ps. the, on to which -we \

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Bu t t h e m aj ority p refer th e attraction of spo r t. We hea r th e pipi ng so und of the whistle and w e k now th at basketba ll is on . G en erally t he m atch is a hectic one, and th er e is much. am u seme nt among th e players. On the ten nis cour ts unconqu erable s piri ts wJ·estle in ha1:d -fo ugh t con tests - th e coiff ures sufferin g visibly in the process. some ce.rtain ly h av in g a "permanent"' w ave; t he curls h ave w aved goo d - bye an d now are seen no mo r e. At 4 p .n1. t h e s in9ers, th e actors, th e dan c2rs t h e r.rnsicians, and th e athl etes become just one body of C .L.C. gir ls, i:ead y Lor th e journey home. T r uly t he w orld does not s uspect th e talen t hidden und e,i; many a som bre grey and da rk bl ue u njform , b ut some day it will "awa ke a nd k lUember and understand. ' -Alison B ega'.

SEN IO R STU DEN TS. F_r ont Row : M. Me nodue , . C. You nes, Morgo re t Murphy, P. Cro we , M. Cc o k, A . Be gg , Moi ra Murphy , P. Mcin e rne y , P. Cad de n, Ve n a S1m ':"'on s.' C. Pe dle y, M. Youn es, M. Go1m on . Seco nd Row: 8 . O'B1i e n, M. Cha nd le r, T. Smil ey, C. W eeks , C. R:. odkn igh t, E. Molon e , J. San difo rd , D. Cash , M. Le ahy , V. Simm o nds, M. ~ ounder s , J. Po tt e r, B. Verr.all, S. He r-no n , K. Tucker, M. Ta y lor. Third Row : A. He ath , C. Dugga n, C. Corro x xo, M. Mills , M. Cro nin , L. Do ug las, D. Ko e la.n , [ '. Ma lc ol m , S. Th o mos B. FGwie r M Ke ndall E Sulliv an . J. Cro nin , B. Corrigan , P. Pe rry, J. N ose do . Fo ur t h Row : P. Walker, V. Ha dd a d, V. Ke Hy , C. So ily , R. Be nd1all , M. Reyn~ld s: B. Doy le , 0 . Fcrlono , B. Wals h, M. Be ed e n , N. Bloc k. I J . Mort in , B. Re ndall, ab se nt.) 0

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N the 27th. ofi December I le'llt by the Strai hn ave_i· for a h oliday trip to India. Our first interestin g Easter,n port wa Colombo. The large shjps anchor; h aJf a mile irom Colom bo wh°;n{. The tend rs, man ned by natives, come to meet a nd brin g yo u )Jack to the j e£ty where you a re met by crowds of natives, each on e anxious to take you for a drive iJ1 his. ricksha. W e Temained in Colombo for a day and then went on to Bombay,, where we stayed a week a nd a hali. Bombay is a wondeTfu l city. Th e p laces of in terest are: The Gateway o{ India opened in ;I,91J! eo celebra te tne la ndin g of the late Ki ng-Emper or, G e 9'Lge V . an d Queen Ma ry ; 0

buil t a Town Hal~, a ll m ade of white marble. At nigh , about eigh o'clock , when the s un is settin g an d the Jjgh ts a re 1;efl ecte d on this building, it is a magnifice nt sigh t In Co'!Qrnbo th e sh opkeepe rs wait at th e door for their custome rs. If they are 'tired fh ey sleep n t he doors.t ep. Both n Colombo and Bombay it js necessary to be vac inated aJJd innoculate d fo r there are a lot o[ geJm3 apouf. The M aho mm cdan mosque is a beautiful building, wit ~ two big low ers in the middle. I t is white marbl e, of beautiful a rchitectun;. There are many frujt store~ controlled by th e pa tives, wh ere y ou buy coconuts, bananas, paw-paws and mel0ns an d many other tropica l fruits. In Col ombo,

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and a lso in Bombay , th e Jrn Lives are ve ry h a ppy. '.il'hey wea;: very b~ri gbt co1ou · . The meJ1 si t back a nd ial k, w · e the women calTY' h eavy loads Of\ their backs. Kandy is much th e same as Colombo, but smaller. On the w ay to Kandy th ere a r e bea utiful valleys and hills. I forgot to say K andy is s ituated on tne bills. It is much cooler than Colombo. In Kandy and Col ombo the women wash. their cloth es on ston es. In K a ngy · there is a Temple of th e To olh. Jt is a Buddhist temple. There is a lso a lovely Jake there. We ar.dvea bc:c k in Melbour ne, after a love)y trip, the day before sch ool i;e- opened . I

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C.L.C. FTER months of suspense, anxiety and hop e, the curse of war has now resp unded throughout the w o rld . It is a terrific combat, in which the valiant lfolis,h nation, is struggling doggedly for its right to live Yet far more in freedom from violence and oppress~ on . deadly is the hidden conflict raging between the forces gf Perceiving, with a grieved paganism and Christiar.ity. heart, the thousands o Catholics who, owing to lack of interes_t or to a defective knowl edge of their Faith, were being gulled by the poisonous propaganda of the enemies of the Church, our late Holy Father, Pius XI., sent1 out to his subjects a clarion call for a great rally, which h e And since the youth of to-day called Catholic Action. forms th e nation of to-morrow, h e hought it fitting that preparation for this great participation in the work of the Church should begin in the schools.

H ence it is that some of the senior gir)s of C.L.C. have ):>anded together, so that, h a ving learnt more cai;efully 11h detail$ of their religion and its application to modern life they will be able to help in the work of the Church,. on leaving school. Under the direction o Father Moran , our College Chaplain, the Study Cjrc\e, under the patronage of St. Joan of Arc, meets on every second Tuesday As nothing can be achieved without at 4 o'clock. the help of God, the meeting is begun and concluded with prayer, in which is included a petition for the conversion o Australia. Then follows reading from the New Testament notably of parables which we afterwards dis cuss in detail, with special reference fo the special applicaWe are a11 familiar with the tion to Catpolic Action. touching story of the Good Samaritan and in this is th e In th e same way as the embodiment of Catholic Action. Samaritan aided the strickel) traveller, should the Catholic girl, by her example and teachin ~, when possible, guide

STUDY CIRCLE careless Catholics back to their religion, <J,11d non-Catholics to a knowledge of the true Faith. Before the meeting, one or two girls prepare papers on subjects selected, ana these are r ead and discussed. Topics such. as "Confirmation as th~ Sacrament of Catholic Action," "The Mystical Body of Christ, ' and "'I'h e Problems Confronting th.e Church at th Pres:mti Time'' have all been treated since the inauguration o the. group at the These discussions can b e very beginning of last t erm . interesting as we are all allowed to express our opm1ons <in d to receive th e help o.i; Father Moran on points about :The talk on Communism wl;iich, we 'may be in doubt. proved ve;:y interesting, as we discussed the absurd claims of t hose who, whih declarh;ig that religion is the opium of . t h e people, maintain that a union between Commu_p ism and T,he '7Question Box," in Catholicism should be possible . which any dijfi culties or l)'lisunderstandings in religious matters are explained, co,ncludes the m eeting at about 5 o'clock. At the first meetingJ Father Morwi presided, but our group leader, Paula Mclnerney, gradually gained sufficient confidence to conduct th e meeting herself, 1and is now capable of arousing animated discussions by stimulating W>e owe a deep debt oj gratitude to Father questions. Moran, who is always ready to come to our assistance H e always sheds a very when we get into difficulties. ckar light on obscure problems. Already our meetings have proved of great value to us in understanding our religion more fully, and in realising with pride, the firm stand the Church is taking against the corrupt morals of our times; and we hope that, when our own school days are over, we wjll live up to the standard of our religion and College by helping to iurther Christ's work among His people. -Eileen Malone, S ecretary , C.A .S.C.

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MEANING OF CATH OLIC ACTION HILE to-day througho ut the wOTld nations are calling for voluntee rs to fight for suprema cy, another army is being recruited undei· the standard of the Cross. It is the army of Catholic Action, and its weapon is knowled ge a nd convictio n of the t ru ths to which jt has sworn itse lf. Catholic Action originate d when th . Holy Father looked over th e world and noticed with a sinking heaxt the number of ordinary Catholics in the Church. These Catholics were not bad in thernseJv es, but t hey were listless. They were not making any impressi on on the world, and so the Holy F ather iss ued a challen e an d call. H e J)amed it Catholic Action . This is an age of activity, and the members of the Church would no t be content with an inactiv.e faith and a reli gion without achievem ents. ~The growth of Commun ism and the rebirth of paganism gave an add ed stimulus to Catholic Action. As the Holy Father says, Catholic Action is the participat,ion of the laity in the aposto1ic issio n of the Hierarch y, and to quote .Father Lord, 'few sentence ~\ h a ve ever bee,n so packed with meaning and h ope an d propheti c promise." No lon ger should we b e jus t ordinary Catholics ; we are to participa te with the priests in their work for the world, to he lp the clergy in the world's conquest and we do not do this alone or unaided, but rather under the certain, guidance of God. Catholic Action consists in itself of prayer study and actio n. Nothing can be accomplis h ed without p1·ayer. Prayer is, undoubte dly, one of th e stronges t forces in the world to-day. A student in a Ca th olic school dare not leave his school with a skimped knowled ge of his Faith. H must master it and be a ble to e.xplain its reasonab le ness and validity if called upon to do so. The whole aim of the study of Catholic doct;:ine is to ensure that every Catholic should be able to give a ready and capable explanat ion of his religion. Why doe s a Catholic eat meat on every day but Friday ? Why does he go to Mass on Sunday? Ther·e is a r eason, and people of othe:r religio.ns will have mo1:e respect and moxe interest in the Catholic religion if hhey are given a capab1e a swe r. Not only will the heckler be sil encs d by a i:easonab le answer , but the honest inqu irer will b e informed on a matter which may have been seriously worrying b.im or k eepin g him from being converte d.

earth. Thus Catholics live th eir own life accordin g to the comman ds o:f' Our L osd , a nd by their teaching and go od example they influence ife about them. The necessity for Ca tholic Action a t the prese;1i time is gi·eat, foi: the number of people w.ho know little or nothin g abqut GoB has increased greatly, and is still incrrnsin g . Th ese people see k to brii;ig about a new civilisation without God an d with idols which give ,rise to a new code of mo;:als tha t is entirely pa ~a n and material istic. H ence the P ope h as called for a strong, united body , compose d of all the Ca tholic laity, lo countera ct this new pagan ism. His call is especiall y to youth. All Cath olic schools should encourag e the chiJdi·en to practice Catho]ic Action while at school, for thes e children will some day, as m en a nd women, have a g reat' influence on society, a.nd if th ey have been properly trained while at school, th ey will be invaluab le in the lanks of Cat}10lic Action, fightin for ~h e cause of God ahd Christian civilisati on. In the Sacxame nt 0£ Confirma tion , w e-. r ecei ved special grace fo.1: the work of Catholic Act io,n. By this Sacrame n t we axe ;made good soldiers of. Chris . As soldiers we must fight for God; firstly , in defendin g ourselve s; and seco ndl y , in bringing souls to Him, a,nd for our help e r eceive gn,at graces i ro.rn G od through the Holy Ghost. Catholi Action oannot b imposed by violence or force. It is the victory o.f Faith and Charity. The fi ·st pre paration for Catholic Actio m is to be a good and zealous Catholic . We must ~) ve ood l ives, be faithful to prayei;, observe a ll the Comman dments of Go<;i, and be carnful of ou,r re1igious duties. Just as a pei·son who se life as a Catholic was at fault , w ould be u_.: eless in the field of' Catholic Action, so a p erson who did not und erstand his religion in such a way as to t :w ch others clearly and correctly , would b e m ore of a hi,ndranc e than a help. It is imperati ve t hat we understa nd our religio)1, for how could we dispel the doubts of others, if we we ue doubtful ourselve s? To enable Cat holics to secure a widespre <) d knowl edge oi th eir religion, Study Circ1es for men and womep. have been formed. These Study Circles are guided by an ex ec utive b ody 0£ laym en appointe d by the Bishops for the purpose, and the members oi these groups study eveTy aspect tha ti p1·esents a difficulty in their re)igion. - Margai;e t Leal;iy .

THE EXCEL LENCE OF T H E M ASS

-Moira Murphy.

SUMMARY OF PAPERS READ AT STUDY CIRCLE MEE:TINGS PR EPARA T ION FOR CATHOL IC ACT ION

ATHOLI C ACTION is the work of the Catholic laity in th e spreadin g cf their re1igion by their own ex ample. It is merely another w ay of e xp1·essin g Catholic life itself. The work of Catholic Action is apostolic~ for it is the spi;eadin g of the reign ol Chi;ist on

T _l~e Last ~upper Christ i;1stituted the Mass, a tlue, v1s1bie sacrifice, and H e gave it to His Church to r e present and commem orate the Sacrifice on Calvary, and lo be of avail for the benefi t o the living and t h e dead. Our Lord esta blished a special priesthoo d for tl;ie celebxati on of the Mass, and thr ough the minis-'try of the priest offexs Himself in the Mass as truly as He offered Hims el£ on the Crnss, the only differenc e being that in th e S acTi fic e of the Mass no blood is shed. The Mass is s uperior even to the Real Presence of Our Lord. We roay draw close to Him and plead with Him,

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but through, the Mass we can. do much more than this. The "Hour" of the l ife of Christ, the hour a bove all others, was the one in which H e gave fljs Life for the salvation of mankind. In the Mass w e. are with Our Blessed Lad y f th.e Cross, a nd we c. nd St. J ohn at the foat ask God, through, Our Lord, to apply to our so uls If we join R edemption. all the bless ings of th H e fak with Christ in His offel'ings of Himsel up our poor and fee ble acts of woi;ship in His own In finitely strong and perfect acts and brings them to His Father ; hence it is tha t assisting at Mass is superior to a ll re ligious exe rcises, all private prayers and penan ces. " No wor k can be petfo rm ed by the :faithlll l so h ol y, :;o divin e as this tremendous Myste ry" \the Co uncil of Trent) . In th e " Ora te Fra tres" th. priest say s: It is our sac;·ifice. "Pray, brethren , th at my sac.rifice and yours m ay be acceptable to God. ' To one, n oth in g is so consoling, pie rcing, so thrilling, so overc oming s the IV.(ass. It is not a m ere for m of wol·ds, it is a gr eat action, the grea tes t action th at can be on ea rth . (Card in al Newman . - P a ul a Mcin erney. 0

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THE MYSTICAL BODY HE solemn mome n t of th e Last Supper h ad drawn Christ ::: nd H is discip les tog>eth er into a closeness which they had never felt before. Christ had given th em His fl :sh and His b lood in the banquet wh,ich w as th e climax of th e Passove1: :feast of wine and unleaven ed The disciples fel l the deep bread and ~o tl ess lamb. solemnity of th e ir Master's mann el's and w aite d io tr em uThen suddenly Christ burst l cu s awe and exvectan cy. into wh a't was a lmos t a song: "I am th e tr ue Vine,' H e cri::d ; " abide in Me an d I in you. A s the bra nch cannot bear fruit of itse lf, unl ess it. a bide in the v ine, so neith-:: r can you un) ess you abide in Me." Christ desccibed the union betwee n His ad opted chi ldren a nd Himself , c mparing it with the un ion of the bra11ches 'If. anyone a bide not in Me, h e shall be cast. to the vin e. forth as a branch and shall w ith er , and th ey shall gat her him up and qst him in to th e fire and h e burneth." S o fully did Ch1·ist explain this mystica l union with His body, that the Apostles had no diffic ulty in und e.r From the v i n.~ to t h e branch es fl ows tha t sta nding it. kind of life th at ma.kes possible t he. b ea.ring of rich f rui t. From J esus Ch r ist to m e.n flow s that:, sort of life which is His, and wh ich makes possible fr ui f worthy of eternity . In that fla sh of lightin g whj ch stJ·uck Saul, the pe.rsecutor of Ch.ristians, Christ's voice ~cho e d , "Saul_, Sa ul, why p ersecutest thou Me?" Saul understood at once. Christ did The no t ask, " Why do you persecute My followers? " N o wonder, then, that S t. 'P a ul 's unioi:i was loo great. first preachings declared "I Jive, not I, bu t Christ liveth in me." It was St. P aul who expande d and explained again He said, Christ's metaphor of the vine and branches. "For as in one body, we have many members, but all the

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m embers h ave not the sam.e o.ff;ic.e; so we bein g many, a re one body in Christ, an d every one m·~bers o ne of Paul u sed this comparison, again an d, <'u~ain an other." h en H e bo und to show the people God's great love Himself to His children, mo ~·e like a b1·other. H ere, though , the mystkal uni on is likened to a mystical Christ is the Head ; w e, t he h uman ~·ace , a.re the body . member s Ul1ited to that H ead in God's own union. Tlu·o ugh the H ead and members flow s th e sa me div iJ1e liie. Unive.rsally, it is regarded that the h ead is the som·ce of life, The head as it is the source of sensation and direction. de cr ees, plans, oversees exec ution, it is tbe limbs that react a nd do the h ead's bidding. We do not becom e members of Clu:ist, directly h ow vex; we become memb ers o:fi the Church which is Cb.rist's Mys.tica l Body, and of which we are each component parts. This gr eat tr uth , h owever, is not fully unders tood by everyone. If it we.re, the woxld would be a vastly different 1£ it were realised , properly people would see p lace. that the ti:uth of the Mystical Union in Christ's body is th Jt motivates,._ not Catholic answer to w orld probl ems. 'T ·s the common only charity, but justice as w ell . ground on wh ich the nations must eventually m eet, il F or on tne theiT meetings are not to be 011 batJefield s.'' truth of th e Mystical Body could be founded a new ordex ct social justice, mutual l ove and chal'ity. Nati ons w o uld stan d togeth er as bro thers. And in the H eart of ChT.ist "In whom we have r ed emption through Hjs blood and H e is the head of bod y, the Church," all men will find their unity an happin ess and. - Mar axet l\/Iu l'.ph y. peace.

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lov:: of th e Ble s~ :: d Sacram en t is the rand and It is Faith mu ltiJ?l ied J'Oyal de vo tion of F aith ! F aj th intensified , Faith glorified, an d ye T roa inin g Faith still, while it is g101·y also." The ag~ we li ve in has a particular need fo r . :uch a The earth was never more earthly ihan i1ow devotion. "Truths Cl\'e peri shin g away .from. amo ngst t h e. a days! P eo,Ple begin to r e bel children of men" ( P salm x i., 2 . aga inst the a uthority of Christendom and to b ecom.e ind ependent of God . Once St. John the E vangelist was asked by S t. G er trude why h e had not explained all the beatings of the Di vine Hear t of J esus, h avin g him.self drunk them in .fro m h eir source as he leaned at t h e Last Suppe,i· u p on ·th e bosom of Our L ord, a nd this Apostle responded "The :£~ l p er suasive swee tness of th at Divine R e<1 ri was reserved to be revea led at a la ter tim e, when the w odd should b e s unk in tepidity, that it might thus be rnkindled and a·eawak ened to the love of G od." Thus w e see the great ne ed "(o · Catholic Action so that · everyone may realise the greatness o.f God ii;i th e Blessed Eucharist. Ever since the time when Our Lord instituted this great Sacrament, when on t he eve of His crucifixion 1 at the

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Las\ Supper, "H e too k bread~ blessed a nd bro ke a nd ga ve to His di sciples sayingJ 'Take ye a nd ea t, fo r this is My 'Body,' and ta k en th e ch alice o~ wine ga ve thinks, sayin g, 'Drj nk. fo r thi s is M'y: Blood ,, " rha n y soul s pave fo lfilled His com ma nd, "D o t his i t) coJnm em oi;ation oJi .Me .' In (his Sacram en t o:f: th e A1ta r, th e sam J es us Christ becomes ou.r Advocate, and inter ced es fo · u s to His F a th er, Who js in. B eaven . Re humbl es Himself fo ac tu a'uy com into t he J1earts of t h ose who .have offended Him , and wh o a re so inferiox to Hjm . WW:1 p]easu1·e H e w atch es Hi s s ubj ects go to H im wi th. confid en ce a nd love, to Jiv e. with Hi t h at t h ey may Jive for Him . T he h earts of men JTiay be cdosed to th em , but t he H e.art o{J J esus js al ways n'aithful a nd open to th em, :fM H e h as said, " Com e all to me: My H ea r t is 1arge eno ugh fo1· a ll." De votion to Jesu s in th e Blessed Euch ari st wj][ n ot go uM·ewa rdedJ as ,is po'rtrayed i n His pro mises fo St. Mai; garel M ary, th at, if any one recei ved H oly Communion fo r n ine consec uti ve fri:st Fridays, h e would no t die without th e Sac ram en ts. This is a r ewa rd foi: which w e. sh ould st r ive. If we caJ1 instil into the h earts of those al'O und u s a Jo ve fOl' J esus in th e Blessed Euch arist, especiall y by exa mpl e we axe cany.in g ou t th e wo rk o.( Cat holic Action .

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URIN G the Middle A ges th e econ om y oi Europe w as not ca pi ta listic. Ea~h s m aJl co mmunity w as ;relat iveJy self.- sufficient. The re was no large scale prod ud ion o f good s. What was pi;oduce.d was con sum ed a nd n ot accu m ul ated ox saved . But the indus trial J"e"oluti on, the s urp1·isi ng d iscove ries o · science th :;: ch anged r elations o~ m asters and w o1k m e11 ave rise to capitalism . Capitalism i$ a system in which men , e ither individually 01 by bandin g togeth er into co mpanies or coTporatfon s, hii:o ct)Lr men to work fo r t h em at c e r t~ in salai;ies in ord er to in cJ·ease p r ofi ts. Capi ta lism in itseli is not wro ng, bu ll it has Jed to wj d 2sprea d and e;.rucl _ cc.sses. We have wh at js called a n ccono m jc dom inat:on c ocenirated in -t h e bands of a few. The ca pi tal of the wo rld is n ot pro per ly distribu ted, and a t hreefo ld sti, uggl h a ~ ar isenfo r econom ic su p remacy itself; for control o.f th e State, and, fi n al ly, the clush betw een Slates th emselves. Such a condi tio n is whoJly co11ttary to th _ teachi ng of th :Cafh oli c C.hurch. P ope Pius XI. cona .<: mo ed the p r ~s en ft capital ist 1·egirne in th e strongest ter ms. The Catholic Church cannot be id en tifie d w ith mod ern capita lism. Mo dern capi talism a rose, b eca:us.::? 0£ t h e abandon m ent of the C hurch's teaching, es pe.cially o n th o r igh of l abour and tho ethi cs of u sury. It grew u p ml fl ourished in t h ose ver y countri es from whi ch tho Cath Ji:: Ch urch was banish ed-e.g., E:1gl an d . The Church b as always con de mn ed the a buses of cap i tali~m, and it has a lways b en its a im and e ffo r t to h armonise t he !'elations betw een ca pita l and la bour. Th Church eaches that th o wealthy class a nd th e w orkin 1

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class a r e intend ed by n·1iure to live in harmony throu gh t he accepta nce o( th e teachin gs of Christ. Communism is a r evolutionar y de velopment o f ca pitalism and bo th ar e m o1·e opposed to th e Ca th olic Church l h an. they ar e opposed to ::ach othe r . But th e communis tic system is no t a r erned y fo r ca pita lism , because the pl an which th e Communist s _propos would only r esult in a Ca$e of the cure bein g worse th a n th e di sea sel for in t h e Communist pla n tb workei· would ave less p1·0pe:rty and l ess fr eed om th a n, h e h as to -day. In o rde r to clean a h o use. a :man do es not destroy it. The Communist s w ould desll·oy t h ci socia l stru cture and a bQ] ish,. p p va te prcpc rty. Such is a ainst justice 'a nd th e na tura l law . The Com.munist s 16ok u po n ~h e Catholic Church as t.h eir wo rst and m ost. p owc rJ;ul e n c.my" a nd eve n whil e th ey !;idicule and m ak e fu n. of it-, d ee p, d own in th eir fi e a ~ t s t h ey r ealise th at th e Ca tholi c CJ:Wr ch i s the on :- en em y tb a t will wi thstand the.rn to th e last di tch . Co mmunism js definitely against ChristiaJ1 'principJ es. B oys and gi,I) s are tau ght that th e onl y )oya1ty th a t th ey rnu st pract,ise is to th e Communis t pa r y. Love of Comm unism com es befo r e pa rents and co untry. They are t a ught t ha t t h ere is no distinction be tween ri ght and wxon g, t ruth a nd lyi ng, cru eJly and indness decency a nd indecency . They are ta ugh to ha te all m en and wom en sa ve those who ar e m embe rs of the Communist pa rty. They a r i!a ughn th a m a rria ge- is not th e holy thin g that w e kinow it to be, lha t a ll th e l o v e~y a nd te nd e r associa ti ons o( lfa mjly a nd hom e life ar i; foo lishn ess. '.fhey tea ch childre n to r esis t and fi g ht aga in st, a ll a uthority. They ar e ta ugh to h ate a ll u~en ti o n of ·eligion, {bey are taughf t ha t praye r an d go in g to Con fess ion and Holy Communion , and tr yi,n g to Ji ve as good Ca tholi c boys and girls are all a waste of ti m e a nd a super stition. 1 1hey a r e ta ught th at we do J1 t hav tQ su_pp ar t. th e Gov e rnm ent a nd tha we n eed not p ~·ac t.i,<;e pa trioti sm to Au ~trali a. A s th e wi d9w of ;Len in, wh o h a d ch a rge a.f Communis t du catio rl., wro te: " W must ma ke our school boys a nd gir l s n ot lner e ly no n-religiou s, bu b a ctively ai:i d passionate ly an ti -re1 ig ious ." Co mmunisr:ti and Chr;stian ity can n eve:r b e reco n ciled b cca u ~.e Commun i_sm is a h eresy fundam e nta ll y faLe. b ut w; lh enou gh truth in it to m ak e it at tractive to m an . The C.a tb o)ic Chu ~c h h as been fi gh t ing h e.r e y fox 2000 y.:::a rs. H e r esy is c n or wi th en ough t ruth, in it to ;:t ppea l to th min d. H '.2.resy is ha lf tJ· utb, w ith th e em phasis on th e h a l t hat: is tru 2. No so · ner does on heresy d ecline th a n a n oth 2r d ses to ta ke its p1ace. The last g-reat h er esy- nam ely, of Protes ta ntism which occasion 3d tho rjse Jl. ca piiaJi ~m - i s on th e d ecline but Communi sm, th e lalest oft !he r eresiQS, has reached its vi goxo us ~ t ag o th.ro ugh u t th e world. - !Vf. Murphy an d A,. Dcgg.

THE WORI< OF CATHOL IC ACTION LL Cath oli cs a re _di v ided i1:to so ma ny classi6.ca ti on s t ha t. one faces with a smkm ~ heart "the..r1· differ ences and disco rda n e vi ews, the ir va ry in g d 2gr ees of e.nlhu siasm fo · th eir F a it bi a nd of bla n a pa t hy towa rd s if ;

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this h.i h est 0£ hum a_n callin s; then one a·eal ises wilh ee.p "ratjtude that th.e H ly .Falhe.r has co;mtnunicated 1.hj~ c lling to the whole C~tholic woi:ld. U is th e w o rk oJ every Catholic who walks throu.gh the world to brii:b " J esus Christ inlo the intellectual life of modern bme; for lhis An d so t h e Boly Father assutes the faithfol that their w :rk Js to help bring Christ into th e wo.xld and by so doing, they are to attend Mass, not as ioei·L spectatoxs, but as active participants in the lory qf th:: liturgy. We m ay almost s;;iy that devotios1 to th Ma:ss a nd app.r:eciation of Ca tholjc )ilurgy are at the very basis o( Catholic Action. A gain the. laity must assist the priest in br.ingin Jesu s Christ .into t h e inteJLectual Jife of m dem tirna for ibis, as for the work of the priest, there must be car eful preparation. Prayer, in th e Catholic Action programm e, is not a mc~re beg ing for favours. It is dixe ct and intell ie ut co:nver ation with God. It is the thoughliul on side.ration 0£ flis life, His truths, the appl ic9t ion of His ljie to our iives and His d octd nes and prin cipl es to ow.: pi:oblems. This is mental praye,i·. Prayer becomes th closest possible approach of the soul to Ch.r"sl, so 'tha with eyes faste ned upon Him, a heart. in tune wi h Hi the Catholic, conversing easily with Chl"is t, comes to koow Rim thoroughly, lov>e Him deeply an d consult Him. with faith and confidence. 'I'h.rou h Catholic Actjon, therelore, men and women are carryjng principles into evexy field of hu mao activity. Catholic Action is, undoubtedly, pTecise]y the thin that wjJl save this generation. lt will Wm back 'ltnini-c.rested and apathetic Catholics, and beyond that, it will cai:A·y the spirit of Cruist in o t he whole world, into ach detail oL lhe life of mankind· and in t hat sp.irit Ow.re is ho,P:> and salvation in this life and the next.. Thls gei;i.ei:atfon wlll he kJJown in tim as th e- gene,ration iha t ;pr.oduced no t ordina1:y Catholics bu t the exl.raordimH·y CaiboliC"S ¢( Ca tho1.ic Adion ; and they will cro:i:y Ch;Jst inL th:lives of rneri who need Hirn on d await IDm <w itho u realising l:lis bea u ty and pQweJ·. - Mari Cook.

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N August 2lst our Annua1 Retreat was op ened at 3 p.m. by Father O'L oughliJ1, M.S.C. Af:te \· a few pl'aye rs, Father deJive.J;ed a lecture OT\ t h e meoniug of the retreat, and the spirit with which we h ould pl"-J?are ui'selve.s fox thjs quiet. ·etirern c n t and in'timate com mun ion. with Our Lord. We oncJuded ur fir i ex erci_e with B-ened.iction , durin g whi ch the Senior gids san . On Tuesday, Father O'Lou h[jn commenced t h day wilh. Mass at 9 a.m., alter which w e were free to read pl'ivate ly, a nd then listen to one of the nuns readi ng the hle of one f th e saints. Next, we visited th e chapel for t h e Rosary a nd prayers, and a t 10.30 a.m. Fath e r deliveJ'e.d a lectuxe. on '"'Our S oul- Its B ea uty and L i.f.e. In giving us a so ul , God bestowed on hum an bein s t h ~ reat::!st gilt ever iven

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act.ion increases sandifyin g f race, and bea uGl-ies tb e oul m re and Jno i·c. If we do not corr po nd with the grace given. ·o us, w e are lia ble Lo Jo\· i God a nd comm it s in . Our co ncJudin g lec ture fox· this day w s co ne exnjn g "Conse uences of Sin . 1£ we fo.i:get God ar~d co mmit s.i n , w r b against God ; we rej ect sa nctifyin g raC·3. and de slroy th _, bea uty ol the immo,·ta! soul. F a tb c.i· eomparcd a s.o ul sta ined with sin to a counlryride .i:a,va ged and d es t royed by fire killjn g th e r adiance and glory bes tow ed on it by God. Tho. day th en c oo<: lud ~· d with. Be.ne dicti n. The n ex t day commenced wi t h. Mas'l a nd prayer at 9 am. as on th e pi'ecedin g morninis. AUer M ass we re<i d priva bely untH it was time. to go to t h e chapGl fo.r Ch fir st of th'

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THE CLOSE OF RETREAT : Th e Archbishop cele brating Maso, with Mr . Cooney assisting.

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to anyone . Beca use of our so ul, w e are made like to God's own image a nd likeness; we becom e sh ar rs in G cd 's bea uty, in His e verlasting life. 'I h ave only one life to live, and, at all costs I must save my soul." Father explained that the b eauty of a soul is so wonde.du] , we should fa ll down and adore it, thinking it to be God H)mseli. After dinner we aga in read a little, until the 'Rosary w as re cited in om· claSSl'OO m. " Sa nctifyin , Grace" was the s ubj ect o.£ Fath e r's third lecture. From hjs previous l ecture b e r eminded u s that we a rc he re to save our soul s., and merit h eaven. This w e cannot do jf w e are alon e and un a ided. W e n eed the Divine Grace of God. Ou Sac,red Sa viour, by His sufferings a nd death , has merited so much grace, so that each and ever.y one of us may save his or her soul. Each good

day' s lee.tuxes. Father d elivered a lecJure. on the ''Particular Judgment." This judgmen t take:; place immedia tely th e soul d eparts from tbe body-. "It is appointed un to men once to die, and a(ter ttbat th e judgment. 'J'he body then begins to corrupt, whlJ u th o soul is tak en into eve rlasting 'J?Unjshment or eve.r.lasLi ng' life. Those who die in the sta te of mortal sin go in to th e J1cxt w QJ;ld hating God. By their own freewi11 they have cuL themselves off .f ro m God, and must suffer th e tern a l puni s hmen~ of hell ; -whil e th ose in the sta te. o.( g~·ace e njoy. by th e Ligh t o( Gl ory. the immediate visi on of Our Divine Lo rd . T'he intens it of the Light of Glory will d ?pend on th e. grrnter o_r J esser d egree or sanctifying grace each one possesses in death.

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The second lect ure., after 1un ch , I r Wed nesday w as "Vocatio ns." Every o11e is giv n. n specia l calling or vocation in life, wh eth el' it be !for the cloistar, matrimony, or for single sta te o.£ life. God give5 each one th e 1·ace to foUow his or her partic ulaL· v0cation. jn ifc. an d no one should ,F ath er de9 le mainly with tbe vocation for th e reject i'L clois ter , as it is prob<i bly the most ser.io u step to tak e . To le;;i rn oi our vocation we <Sho uld pra y ever y day a nd give it ser i o u ~ th ough t considerin g u; we are fit . and suitable applican ts fo r th a t station in li1'e . A this lectu re we were also r eminded oi the va lu"i ble he! we can be to th e Church as membe rs of th e Apqstles hip of P rayer. Late on Wedn esd ay after.noon, following· r ecreation and we h eard the 1iPal 1ectui;es on "P erfect private ~·ea clin C6ntriti on' 1 and " T.he l\fas ." We were shown the great nqed of petiect conti;ition, as it i th ::- onl y means many For lh se who ai·e with h <ivc of saving th eir so uls . i,it th e Sac rament of: P ena •Jce an acl o.f perfect contrition is the o nl y prayer that w ill help them ;;it the h our of dea th , for many ai·e ta k en unawares a:; th e result 0£ <;1 n accident. A short act oi p edeo t contrition sa id then, if t hey are co nsdous , is p e rh aps the only 1Jraye:i: t h ey will be a ble to cay, a nd it will s<1ve th e m :from eternal da mna t.i on. "F rom the risin o · the ~un Lo th e rroin down My Name is great among the GenWl es, and .J n e very p lac.e tb·e.re is Sacrifice, a nd l1 e1·0 js offerC'd to M Nam.e a clean oblation, foJ· my Name is great ;o: m on g th b. G :}nt ilc,s, said the L ord oi H'o.sts_,, Thi s 'is the prophecy of folach i<j,S 'l'cferriug to the Saci'ifice qi the Mass. F ath ru; ex plained why some prayer were said at the ri gh t1- h a 11d side of the a1 tar ai1 d SQme at the leit-haud side while the sac rificial ac ti on Benedjction conlook place at the centre of ·t h e a llar . e] uded this day o~ grace . JU S GRACE CELEBRATES TIOI~ Y l\lASS. URING the Mass a choir of speci a ll y-~·elected voices sang with much fee llng the !110tct . 'O J es u Mi" and "Ave Ma ri a'' (Arcadel t,) , in thr e P<••·ts. A s on e of the g irls 'Who h ad ma d the rnlre<1t li <t d th e great ):l rivilege o\ receiving her firs H oly C1rnununion from lh e b a nds of o ur ven erated Archbish op. the _in gi.n o( 'lhe .First Com munion Hymn e,n kindled in many heaJ't · a mo.re ardent lqve f the Di vine Guest th ey .vcre abou t Lo r c.cejve. It was an impr2,;;sive s ight w'.h i i a lm <;>st Ollc bundHid a nd fiJty i rls fro m tbc S ao ior De partm nl' o( lh q College approached th e altar, their vejled head s bowed iJ1 reveren ce before tJ1eir Eucharis ti c K i!Jg. Afle.r th e d n in' 0£ " Jjnm ac ulate," at th e conclu sion of th e M a s!;, Fathe:i· 0 1 u hlin ave t h r. f\. postolic Blessing, a nd bri efly \·ernjnded the retxeatants of th e reat gr<1cc.s 'tbey h ad r eceiv d and for wh ich th ey should g ive '(exveJ1t t h ;:i n.k s t · G d.

ADD~ESS BY ~ U G!IACE. Need of Prayer ar..d th o Sac_rnmcnts. Af ter the Communion Brea k tasl :1t. w'hich His Grac 2 p~·e s id e d, he addresse,d us congr:abu-Lating us n t h e wonder~· u l retreat we h a d made , for he had bee:i1 told by Fafhex O'Loughlin thot h e believed that si lence h ad not bern bro ken liy <'lnyo ne, which he lh <Ju. ht was a rnarve..ll ous I I

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thin g for girl s! The Archbishop re.ma.rked cm Lhe in cr asc of. the number of retreatlolnts this year, a nd expressed the h ope th at th resu)t of th2 retreat would l as~ not fo r one day but for th e year an d for years to come . It should have an influence oveT our whole lives. Girls n eed to be very core.ful and mak e constant use 0£ the Sacraments. Nowadays many think oi nothing but pleasure, and ,neglect h m e life altogether. Girls a t C.L .C. would have a diffeTent outl ook on life. They will ~ow their duty to God a nd to theit· feJlow.-bein gs. Th ey should realise the gr eat power a woman b as in the world. Afte r the r etrea t th ey w ould be more obedient, .more kindl y in act, a nd more charitable i n thought and word; havin g no contact whatever with, a nd "iving no countenance to , the vulgarity which is so OirlmOJ1 among yo un g p eople to - day , many of whom h ave J10t th e opportw1ities provid ed at C.L.C. Girls who h ave th ch ance o obtai nin the races of such a r etrea t sh ould carry on the high standard of th Colleg~. If, h ow~ve.r, praye1· an d the Sacraments are neglected, good resolu tions will soo n be .forgotten. Apa rt from our obligation to pray we should consider it a p.rivil ege a nd a pleas ure to think of ten of God durin g the d · y. ':Fervent aspirations are a ".r eat c;o.nsolatiop t9 the Sacred H eart, especially in these tim es whe n o many oiI:er Him nothing bu t blasphemies. A shor t prayer as, Glory be to th e F ath el', and to th e Son , an d to t,he Holy Ghost, c;an be frequentl y offered in reparation. If this practice of fe.rve11t prayer is ke pt up, then the r esult of the r etreat will be perm an ent. His Gra ce expressed Ais gra ti tud e t6 the SisLel's for the privile e J say in g Ma s~s and a dmin istering Hol y Communion to so Jna ny children ofi the College, a nd concluded by expressin tho fervent wi sh that t hey wou ld remain a I the ir Jjves fl'fo:nd o.f God, as we were to-day. On be.hall oi the Sisters and the chjldren, F ath e · 0 1L o ughlin expr es~e d deep appreciation o His Grace visi , loln d thanked him for comin g a m on st u s th a t morp.in , as a bel oved E'<i-ther, to giv to u s Om· L ord in Holy Comm uni n. 1ie reminded us of 'tbe 1:eat thfo gs tha t God b ad don for us an d urged us to give Him some return fo~· the great favours we had received. - Mar aret Murph y. Firs t Communicants Blok e, Terry Brody,

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R'AKESPEA RE E.aid almost cvcJ'ylhin g lh ;:-, t co uld be ai d of man'kincl, ar>d n thin g th at e ver cam tram hi s _geJ.1 js tru er (han tb a bc e, quotation. Our life iS -pltrn ned or u · lbe; bi g hings o~ life ar beyo nd rur powei; o <.i lter bul i t remains w jth us to bring the xi h t sp ir it l o Lh e e very- d ay thin gs o.f life. Thus iC r could ch m1ge my I t t should pTQb;;ib ly be jus t\ as di sconte nted as I ;:m: to -day. J . M. Bany wTofe a very farn.o us p1ay, call d D eax Brutus.'' It dealt with so.me peopl e who, just for 0~1e 11 ighl. ar· a11owed to cb2nge the i1· ot, an d most of them are con ented and happy. These a re t he ones who have been ·esj <>- ned to and willing to ma e the m s fr oi th e ii;- ordinary., 1 cvc;·y -day live . How ver there is one, wQ.man., Alice who has been Jnopd £' nnd discontente d, and. who makes o beMe,; s uccess J he~· dre.<:im li fe fov the one shor t n igh.t it comes t'ru c.. Th eq~ f re, when tow disco nteJ1t'ed ;rnd s igh, lo~ a b edroom .J u ·ni shc d in 'L ouis Quin ze .furni ture, 2nd a t ri p round t ho wo1·Id. I sudd.enly rec.uIJ ect a nd try ot 'to compl c<in , Jest, perhaps these. thjngs do come t i:u e, and I fu:id I ha ve 1 !St th power to e nj oy the:tn. W·r> shall Jl\'C,i.end, thcTcio:re, that I am x:oally l ivil)g my dream tiCe and ~ j oy i ng it. Behold me back in the e venteenLh c ntur living fo an old Eng1ish M.a nor, a nd )l'lin us a Jjf;t!3 bTOther or any d escripti on. Wh at a lovely old hou se. it would be, with its abled roof and d orm e r windo ws. r should h ave dozens of d ress in th e gay c Jou r $ Qi th e l? ·iod · dr sses with long wid skirls an d l ittle laced bod ices; a nd on my cu ' s I should wear a stiff, whi te cap . Y·es, I'd have curls, certainly. Wh at a reliel it would be n t bavjn lo w e.ar curly cews t h at transform m e into a veritabl e M:J;s. Hentwis tle sorry! .Entwistle) e ve r y time I wish lo Du l on a displ ay of. h er suite. splendour! In .tny fathe.r's stables th ere. w ould be a bea u fifu L white h01;sc that iide to i h e hun t . I am , of co u ~·se, a wonderful h rsew o.man ; quit~ the best in ·thr e cen turi es. oi· so, ,pe.1:-haps ve.n fo ur oanLm:i cs. That ( es G ax ry said wh en h e J o'und that the elbows w e.re o u ft oi ois bes t j umpe.J' th ~ sec.ond 'me he. wore. it is a mere d e.t ail. Anyway three o.r fou_;r centuxi-es be what number it m ay, I'd st,iJJ b 2 the best horse woman in ilie m. r a m living my peaceful life at t h e Mano i; wh e o the En lish Oivil Wal' b1·e ~ ks out in 1,642. My fath e r goes to ..fi 0 h.t. :for th Kin g and my mothe,r dies. Sorrow, fo r t h e ,fir·s.t tiJnc, h as toucbea my bright you11g life, etc., etc . L et m e. la pse in a twen tieth cen tur :yism for " .moment, and say, 'A.ud no w. '· In. th at su mn;:i e.r· of 1643 some colourful even.ls ake p lace.. To b egin, a 'party of ca valjers, all v ery gaJl::int Gln d handsome allop through c ur v iUa •e qn the:ir wny tu join the- Kin g. I Jemi ou b of one o f he u pper wjn dows a nd wave: t9 th e.m etc. Tbe.n we h ea l' the Bat tle o( .Ed ehill and we" oyal supp rte.rs of the King ar ovexj oyed. W e have. a bonfire, 0£ course, and, in h e-

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mids[ oJ lhe dan cin '· c; c .. a worn a nd pan in g .of c ur sc, . JJaQ,lrng) m esseoge r arr ives an d fo ils on hi s kn ees be.J\n·e me. H h as a lwa ys amazed me that men in such a11 e xh avsled state can manage to drop on their nee.;; wit s u cb, agiJiiy, b u · t hey do manage it , <'n d my mess=ge.i· sha ll be. J 10 xceplion. Th e mes se nger s ha ll car ry "!Ue a h tter from m y fatner. Th e conte n ts of thi s e p i'S Ue a~·e l the e.ffe.q~ that 't.he Rbundhec d · ;:i,rc d emolishin g our LondOJ1 house and I :; hal~ hav e. to go a id get my moiheT's j ~wel s 'hidde n for Sa.iely behind a t);; ne l. of co urse, in t h e ll b1·a.1:y . S6 I s ~ ·o ul with n one fcJ prolec:t' me, save a n old m::m - scr van l , a n d w e anive in l:,01~ d o n w,ithou t al;Jy mishap. I s lay with my co u si ~ . Lond on 's in a state of uprna r. The Roundhea d s,. le nifi c d a t lhe Kin ·s appJ'oacb on J'.,o ndon , m~ Lhrnwin g uf} emban kments in all the ma il\ ih ~ou ghfares. I g , •1.111 de r cover of night ( needless {'o say , to Lhc c it:)r m a nsion, only o .fina it!- st ·ipped oJ a lm o'St a1J it forn il u re but I find th e je w e)s a nd c reep quie tly away . I; nanage lo sli p back to Oxfo rd to my fatJ1 c r , and g ive he Kin !! a co mp etc Jnap o f London ~$ forlifi !ed by the R '>u hdJwads. T.hey hear 0L th is and mark 1 ie down as ::i spy. M y fct hei:. is killed at the Battle of M <1r,s lon Moor. A fit :'! r t Q.e Batt! :) of Nascby I s h elter some; Royalis ts. The R oundhe;oids a ·2 s uccf'ssf ul , and 1 am. C<)pturcd. Becau se- of lh e f?.ct l hat. I s'belt.\: red th e R oya lis ls i and also because oi th.e aforcmcnLi oned map. I arn conde:ntned tn gn 1.u Jamaica <1od work' on lhe l;int a lion s. Off I sq,l, with mai]y ot her I;> ri w nel'S, b ul ;;1 111 rcsc.u q,d by one of Prince R upNfs s hjp;; that conti irn~d th e w ar aga in ~ l Par!iamchl 011 sea lon g ;~fte1· i t was en d ed on )<;ind . Whi lh C' fight is g ing o n th cr~ js o ~ cow · · . a re2 t deal of exc ite ment, ~ nd, ju ~ 1 as I <l.01 go in " to faint " Qr ·ome fhin " likE" h a t , I am swept up in the strn n g, a rn1s o f Si1· -,David Morgan , son e> f a We! sh C'xi le.d Royalist ,md one of P i· inre J:lupe~t'~ b 1·avest followers . Si1· ;Dav id is ta ll , dcr1·k an . h<1,11c:isomc. All w e Roy a lis t<> who w e r e d ·11ed to s:la\·e ry it1 Ja.m a ica ar e~orod ~ d to France by P .i;;inc-e Rt:pe rl. The1·e the exileJ cou r4 i. In re.at i;:ovc)·t y. I m.2u·y Sir D av id, J1eed less h say. A las l. comes 1he .Resto ration , a nd I a m one oJ t h e mo s t brilliant figure s al 't.hc cci.lr!, oJ lh e ~c-r:ond Cl:(arles . 0( cn cu·se, it is we ll kn ow n that h a rl c~ entNcd inin p egotfa ti ons with Louis XIV. of Frbncc, in order t · t1·:v a nd m.akc: E.u 0 bnd C<itholic . 1 a m one 6 .th e chief go -bet.we e n s bctw en Louis a nd Ch<t cl ·s, <.>ncl h<ive an exc ibn ,. {jinf'. r die in FJ·~1!'ice. a t the e.x iled court al SL Germain, at a ood ag , abou ' sixty - five o r so . hu.s "e nd s my drna111 lifo . Wh en I dl'ca m o f hese wo () des[ul thin ~s I grnw ver.y t ired ol " ·us to ~ cho?l, :rnd bathing th e pup, and a ll the oµier very ol·d in oi:y thin 'S fhal m;:J<c up my ]ii«·. On g row Ht: cl L th e 111 notony · nd 't;Ji;; work, ancl I find it hard to 1111\k e the mo i; ol fh ina ". Still , at 1imes . exc ilin" th in" d o b aupen . ;CJ-. c bt he r da){ I ha d to run affe · he _p up ;i ll he way down Peel Slrcel. That w::i s C!uil c cxc itin ~: ;i nd, a t any n :ifa as Wnlp0 le said : "I" isn' t life th at m a llets; it's h e coura 1 P we br:i;1 g to IC - D e idre Gash .

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Physical Culture Display this time to 1·ecite P"aily "T h e Fairies' House,'' ''Wha b They Like," an d "Th e Rose." Then the S eniors entm;taine d with a set of exe1·dses pe rformed in eights. The sight ·w a:s most j mpress ive, and was mueh ad mixed by fhe a ppreciative a udience . " L ochinv a r, ' pre se nt ~ d in dramatic 'form by the Juniors, a dded colour to t h e scene, and n o one could h el p l oving th e p rn tty little brid e <rnd admirin i; the d ashiug,

bra ve L ocht)lVal'. Whc; 1 thi s stoTy was '1,o ld on d Locbinvat h a d won his bride, th e s weet, 111C!lod ic'us tones of ib ha rp were h eaLd, a.nd on consultin g the pro r <'nnme it w a~ fo und th at R qsalie Ikndall, our t:::le nte.d harpist, was playing "At the Spi;i.ilg." This unusual item call ed fosth wa ~m applause from the <1 udience aod Rosa lie was r ecal \ed to play an eJ1core. To fin ish 1he fixs t part of the pro ramme ·he e nergetic Middl e :::Ochool danced an e xh a u sti11g "Jumpi n J ack" an d a mazurka reel

N Wedn esda y, October 18th, the Ph ys~ cal Cultu re Display w as held. This 'yea.r the1·e was no ;ieed to worry whe ther th e day would be s unny, because th e d isplay W<J S h eld a th e Cathedral Hall. Free d from this anx iety., the excited spirits of th e g irls rose, a nd at 1.15 th e whole School assem bl ed at the hall. If w as not long before the visitors beaa n to a rriv e, a nd Lhe:y were rec2j ved by some of the Seniors a nd sh :J w,0. to th eir seats. ~mon g tJ1 0 g uests of honour was Rev. Fathe r Moran.

A t :<.lS th e Displ ay wa s opened on li veJy n ote by t11e College Orch cst r ::i, wh )ch pj3 y t;d a m CTrch and '"'F a r e wd l to \h0 Flowe r s: ' This w as fo)lowed by th o Senior Division pe rformin g the s prigh tly Trish Lit:. Th~ Juni i; 1· Scl;loo] than m ade an impress ive oppcaranc e, a nd J.:hy thmicaliy went thi·ough a set o~ exe rcises an d a ·olk dan ce . :Ihe a udi en c greatly appreciated th e fi ne sigh b ot ;lhe .~ imultan 20 u5 1x10ve.ments of the t iny tots . Wh en the Middl e School h eld finished their exercises, t h e Juni ors appea r ed o~ce :m ore,

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Th e Firs.t and Second Yems e xcelled iJ1 th e· ren d ering o! the sad life of '" Maiy, Queen of Scots.," and a humorous p cem 0£ "Bxian Boru ." The conh:ast was m.ost effective . N ext, the vexsatile Seniors enterta ined with a graceful gavotte an d a sk atin g da;1ce. The Sub- Intermediates follo w ed with an excell ent exhibition of verse speaking; in th e fin nl choxus o[ T . S. Eliot's ' Mur d er in th e Cath edral." Again the orc hestra entci;ta in ed, playins t h e ~a miJ ia \· 'rBa1·carolle" an d "The Moun'tajn Maid." A new ty pe. o~ mocle rn

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cejved 1ot1g - s us taincd ap plau:;;e . The Jase Hem o( the day w as the Se niors' iJ1terpretati on oi ' The Four H orsemen ," an d was, pcrbap , th 2 item mosf e:n j0yqd py the a udience. No one co uld h elp but cmj oy t h e sigh t of th ai versatile S enio ts who, bu t a shox( time ago, had performed to l?erfection the movem e,nts of the Greek Ji;je.ze, · aJloping lighth eartedly aro und th e h all . tr<;> tb strnins, of fro lickin g mus ic . The members of the a udience were a!J of th e opinioi;i tha t it was, withou t exception th e fi n cSl dispJay that they had eve r had t.he 'pl eas u~·e 'JJi witn essing. Th girls were very proud of th emselves, and \hey had set an e.xtxem el y hi gh standard in their firs di splay giv eJ1 indoors, whjch it wiJl be prac tica ll y impossible to surpass and very diffi cul t even t o equal. - Moira Murphy . J.'

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l onged -£ r school picnic had arrived at last! Such was the h appy thou ght 0£ each gi rl as she awoke on tha e ventful day . The weather prospects w er e not e.ncow-aging , as then:· h ad been rajn on the t wo p1'evi ou s d ays, an d th e sky was c louded OV'er , whilst an 01ninous roll oi thunder brought fore bodi ng . As the day wor on, the s un. ap peared :m d the wind djed down, to pres·ent us with. a glo.riou s clay. P asse.rs - by that clay envied th e lucky C.L.C. girls, who, with c(!rcs disp rsed, and in the be.st of spirits, rolled off in t h wo omnibuses to a more car: free spot at the picturesqu e Kallista . The scenery on the w oy to otu· destinat ion was very beautiful. Up a nd d wn wound th e road lik~ a silver ribbon, the gitls ingi11g a.od Lau ghin as we went. By 11 o'clock we had ;·eached our d estination . Immediatel y w e decided upon a hort, tour of inspection before dinn er, so w e s e off in high spirits to a deep gully . H e re w e gazed u pon a place of bea u ty. The rees and ferns , 1it by the r ays f the sun spa rkled lik.e jewels, a£ter the recent rain s. All ai:o und i:i1·ose mi ghty trees. stretching leafy arms to the sky, whilst the luxuriant un d e rgrowth w as soft benea th our foet. But we were a ll hungry and Teturn ed to the ' buses to expei:ie.n e the de.lights of eatin g o ur lunches in t h e op n a ir. The buncrry bixds, scen tin g the h appy moods of t he vi sitors, pluck ed up their cournge to ai::iproach them b oldly, and became the happy r ci pien ts of all so rts of delicacies. After dinn er we decided lo exp lore th e g ull y , and set out alo ng a l eafy pa th with the inten tio n of vi siting tJ1e ~fam o us falls. Around us the scenery, wild and rugged , untou ched by th e ' h a nd of rn an , sto'.ld as it did th ou sa nd s of years aero . Tree.s a nd f.en1s, unta med by cul t iva tio n, t heir wild b ea uty appea led more than eve r be.fore, as they ,tood cleai-ly ou in the sunli ght, throwing out the ir ch allcng1.!I to mankind, an d the verdant carpet whi ch s tretch ed for ® Jes beyond. B walking softly along w e w eTe p rivileged to s2e the k an garoo, as it disappea red behind

a massjve clump oL b~es . Then, as wq walked alon g t h e. road, there caree to us the clear, swe et' cal\ oi t he lyre.-bird ; th whip- l ik e call ol the whip - a-w ill, an d the jolly la ugh of th e p lump jackass. T•hc ca nopy of green almost blo( ted out the sjght of the sky ,. whilst on ly the most observant, could spy th e n ocisy song-bi.rds which nestled in the l eaves. As w e h eard the song of the th rush w e appreciate d Browning' s lines: "Ther e's the wi se thru sh i h e sings each song twic e over, L est you s11ou ld think he n aver could recapture The ffrst fin e, careless rapture. ' Fin nlly, we n eared the. alls. As w e approached we could h ear the rhythmical prattling o.li the water as it fe ll .from rock to rock. The fa1 ls w ere surrounded by fer ns and luxuTiant undergrowt h, and the, stream, winding amongst it far b<!.low us spa rkled like crysta1-wa~·e in a background of gr een. T'h.e day was no . d evoi.d of adventures. One oi our most cnthusios tic members, seeki)1g h e1· fa ir refle ction in a pool, came to grief and fell in. ,Another part y of three was accosted by a most pec u]jar chaTacter, who appeared so formidable tha t I.h ey fl ed in haste, to eventuall y end up by li ter ally rolling down the hi ll side to a plac·e oi safety. These three w ere al so lost, ond wande11ed along a narrow path, on one side bordered by winding .(em s, whilst below yawn€d a wid e chasm. We w e.re aJl thankful to paTtake of home·- made ice-cream , which, t he shopkeeper said was much nicer and cheaper than that of 'th,e cit . We agree wi th her in r ega rd to quanti ty ! (I don ' thlJ1k Jt advisable to men t ion quality! ) A t l ength , tb ::i shadow s began to length en . 'i 'he sun fel l in a deep bank of c:loud:;;, .·ts $ple11dou r ol ·eel a nd go ld fading into a deep purple t adiance.. ·The fl eecy clouds b ecame paler, ye t e ve n m Or E7 beaut.iful, fo; ·®ng a n unfor ge ttable picture. 'I'hen two omni.buses of happy g~rl s h ·ailed h om ewards, leaving behind them th e realms of fairyland, bu t 1·etaining many a pleasant r ecollection . - S. R e.rnon.

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-J . Keats. & the guide led us thro ugh th e Ar t Ga!J er y, and dre w our attention to the artis tic wo rk of the living and dead axtists, I 'r eca!Jed th a bove Jine s by Keats. Though some of these grea masters ax e dead , they Jiv e on for us in their woi:ks, as our contempor a ry artists shall r emain after they th em!':elve;; a nd t h eir gen erations have passed away. As I looked on th e be auty of th e pa inting of the "Madonn a and Child " I recall ed its creator, Van Eyck, who was th e He mad e an accidental firs t to u se oils in his paintings. discovery of this, wpen he was end eavourin g to m end a broken frame . H e found that th e mixture which he u sed Besid ~ s could also be employed in his great paintings. existin g fo r us in his own paintiJ)gs, Van Eyck c : > nti.nu es to live in the works of his s uccessors, s6m e of which w e were privilege d to see, togeth er wjth hi s, on our tour round the Ga!Jeries . Rembrandt's self portrait was there, as were the works I was pai·ticularly impressed by of Ti tian and Re ynolds. the effects of light aod shade in R embrandt's painting. The guide led us t o th e McArthur Gallery, wh e..r e w e viewed a picture of th e bl,ack and brown cows moving amon gst some gum trees, and th e b::a uty of a tree was brough .home lo us by the magnificent scen e wrnught by this great lover of trees, and we r ealised the truth of Browning' s words:

''' We 're made so that w e love First1 when we see them painted thin gs we have passed Perhaps a hundred time s nor care.cl to see· And so they are better, painted-better to u s, Which is the same thing. Art wa s given fo r that; God uses us to help each other so, Lending our minds out.'11

The tr ees in this pidure whisper to us th e stoTy of Coro t's youthful praye r, "God, keep m e e ve r as a child, so tha t I m ay not ;forget how to paint a tree." It may h ave been Corot who by his love of landscape Indeed., this in spired the painting of "Welcome Shade." love of landscape seems to be predominant in all AusThe awful grandeur of "Gippsland" might tralian art. easily have been a record of par ts of Gipps]and durin g the terrifyin g days of last summer.

We re turned from our own land a nd times, throu gh the d ays of Corot, Reynolds and Van Ey ck; through the days oi Michae.l Angelo and his paintings on the roof of the Sistine Chape l, back to th e ages before Christ, to ancie11t We, who Greece, and we found the •·Grecian Figw·,e ." w er e untutore d in such things, thought it rather ludicrous to see this armless statue. However, we were infor:med by the g uide that, in these ea rly days of art, the sculptors had So not yet discovel'e d the correct position of the arms. we regarde d the famous Venu s of Milo with a n ew in t.er est. L as t of all we came upon fhe portrait of Felton, who h as provided our Art Gallery with unrivalJed works of a rt, a nd these works of the great masters will remain in th mi:lst oi other generations teaching Keats' s old lesson : "Beau ty is truth ," for "'I'he beauty and the wonder and the power, The shapes of things, their colours, lights and shad es. Changes. su; prises, ' teach us that " God made it all." - Helen Makolm.

OUR P ICNIC. On e day we went to a picnic. How w e enjoy ed ourselves! We had the ti!ll e of our lives. W e starte d ou t for Elwood B::ach, but th e wind blew us off th e re. S o we h a d to go to St. Kilda, but th e wind blew us off th e re, t o. So, at last, we w en t to the Zoo ; and we h ;;id a lovely time . I had three ,rides on th e d onkey-catt and two on t he merry-goa·ound, an d th en ca me the only part tha t w e did not like: we h a d to go borne ; ana I want to thank th e kind peopl <> w ho drove us th em and back.

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6 a. rn . 'O n Marc.h -4."lb w e s i ( . Llh tD S . P ete:i," foi: th e So lsmn H) gb M:tss ;ind Coronal.ion oC His }folio:·ss Pap(} Pius XII. 'L t was n mpo ~ ibl c to :Yt a 1..xan and th e ' buses ran only <!S far as !be- IT'ib 2i: brid e . R oweve.i:., we 111.:m::iged to board a l<t! ),' "lrqnsp 1·[ '.),r," and ev~1 tl1 e litUe dist a nc p?> · au to-" wa,; a he lp, bci;duse, to walk fr n1 1:he rivet: lo the very back of. St. P c t2i:'s, whose. our 'yeJI win vi talio n'' entrance w <1s situ a ted, see m ed to bi;: mihs lon . l und e rsta nd th n e w ete 400,000 ~·equ ~ts for seats, and, a · only 40,000 i n vitatioJ1S could be iss ued, a nd oJ; thes w r.ec:eived two, I consiaer I wa ~ ve ry fg r un ale. Only ;'! Jimilcd nup:ibc r oi sea(s we,r re$lll:ved ~1 11.d, th :; principal u ~st in l}1osc included: 'Jhe Pri n · a nd P1;i ncess ot Picdmoo Te,pres:euting !be E oLJ E. u( S<wo y (s h was Prin c2ss J 'OS.il · ( B 1 ium)· c th<i i; Princes of th "}louse of Savoy: the Duke of Noi:fo lk, rep.i;esentin g Kin George. wearin lb c Blu e Ribbon 0£ th e Gart2r «cross Ju s sca l"l al tunic· C un t Ciano, )!; cpre<·entin g th e ,D alian Gov e rnment: 'he de legates <J{ ~he for ty ot he r Sta tes, each attended by a Private Ch 2mb e rlai o · King Alphonso ; Quee n Vdcto ria o( Spajn ; = -'Kino- .Fe.~·dinand of BuJ ra1"a; th o QucE:.11-Mo lh c.i,' f the B elg ia;1s ; and m a,ny olh<'r Prin e and Princesses· membq rs of foreign cmbassi • etc. QI e fo rtu na te ho ld eTs oJ t h es.q in vi alion5 arcivc.d half-anh ur before 1h '.! ceremony bc,,a n. It wa s ·nrs · ccmc, tixs t se ved" (Q r th r ema inin g 38.000. Ai 6.30 a.111 . my 110st 2ss id 1 found ou1·sc lves in sj cl e U1 ' ch urch, and cve,n then all tJ1.-. scalin..,· i'lcco111111 od a li 1 cemed to be filbd. Hdw e cs, so me ob li 'iu - fol - m ovod o l0ng n (o)'m. itTH1 w w c r ' Se:i lcd- a nd th en. begao 1\-h ::: woH un t jl ~0.30_,, wb eii lh e actu~.l l).'I as~ c9mmence.d. E · m !) 9'clock lh e quiet J;l r oparat.ions wen~ on; !he Swiss Guard , si n ly o r in gro u ~s, m a r s,hal Lin ~ th e i1T1po rl an t g uests ti !hei-r cats (m;i ny o( th sc c<ime much e_a r.l,_ic,_r tba _ 10 t>'cfuic.k ; th e n l he entry o'f fhc Si sti ne Choi1· into th e s p2cial r :: e rvp o llo ile.d Lo r them ; lhc $p lcodid arrival. of the. P apa l l).'Ii li! Or Gu:u:d of Vatican City; th e li g h li n ~ of th ~ b2auti.fu.l can dles aTo und the · rypl in w hich U1e bod y oi S t.. f btt r is bud eel; then the cheers f1·om !he er wd in ibe Piazza ol>lsid e, s ignallin g ( :ho s ~ in th :Basili ca !h a tJ1 g reat proc2s;ion wa s <lP P ~<H in g in lh c )"01·tico, and was ob u t. lo e nt e r th e hu.!'(e brn nzc di) r!;. One hund 1·cd Bishop:;; and A;:chbi :o: hop s, besi des 6 Cardj nals ao cl many mLtred Abb((> l' i:reccd2d the Sedia "Cs!atori;1. !Eld ~· e h e Pupo e nter ed \,h e B as ilica h '=' pau;;c;d t9 rec.; ·vc lh ~ hnm v '(~ vJ lh ~ Chapter of St. P e lt·•,. · and th (· c ler y altacli ,a t ~h ::i Votic;a'1. Th e rnns!Jinc s trikj n « !hr iu . h lb -piJ l::i.rs s hon e e n tl1 "ro up Qt while-robe,d .f)g_urc:;. Th en. a s th e Popo r e£;urnod hi s p1·oar2:;;s, th e Prin ce. ::ri d Prin cess Q.f PJedmtiot r prc.";en Un ' th e R oye; ! &t ·e. approacJ1 d Jrom th o oLhc:i: eJ1d o.f <th o J'ol'lico, a nd , fa llin rr 11 fh eir kn ees be.fo re i,h S edi a Ges!atori.g, rccciyed lhe apal Ble sill . A glo riou s cloth o · _gold canopy w as h e ld ovci: the h e<t d Qi His l:roJin es ~

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:ind two w on dedul ita n s £ os trich J a lhers were bomo b ::-hind th e Sedia. I nove.1· th ou ght to see so m a ny unifonns m assed togetb.er. Apa rt from the glitter o( tb 2 di st.ipguis.l1ed visitors iu th o a p _e I counted twe.lve difteL·e11t ord:.rs in my immediate vicinity- nd Ita lian uniform s run to Lh e pictu1·esquc. Dmin g 1h2 Mass fhe Swiss Guard stood to attention aro und th z. great a ltar c£ th e Crypt. l:he l'ap<Jl Guard was immovable before th e sanctified balcon y - used during the Elevatio n on the other occ<!s ion s-a nd ab ve cl l towe}·ed tbe bu g-e str ucture of the Co nfe.ssi01 of St. P e t ar , part ' w}1ich is buil t of bronze take.Ji {rom th e 'Pa r Cbe nQJl · and beneath th e Bnld ac.h.in o is the altar at which on ly the Pop<;J ma y Qffi cia tc. This-J ikc a ll Papal alt:ns-is tUl'll d towa rds !JJ Q e<'.' St acc.o rdil1g to the LU.la Of th e C hurch. Th e- new BoJy .E'atlher, l ooking J'atbe.i.· frail and sm <o1ll in tl1 2 mids t of a ll thi.s sple nd our, mo ve d w.iJh greal di nit y while b e wa s celebrat.ing Mass. I was too "a r aw<.ly d uJ' in the Mass to sec t.b c faa tu.J:~ S of i · Holiness. very distinctly, but, late r , dUl·io ~ th e p1·ocessio n fo1· the CCJ'Onation, I h 0d a bettei.: oppoJ'l;uni ty of notin g h ·s bea u tif1tl a nd pie rcing b1;own 2yes, a nd J1is Jarge, fin e mouth. [D ul'in the El e val.i011 ·'1..he Vaiicai1 tnunpe ts p la yc c;I 'tr i um ph ant and rnovmg musj . l think thi was U1e neare L ;,ipp-i;oaoh to J1eavenJy J1armony I hav h ea rd m· shaJl he a r, if1 my Jifc.. The sin ~n of th ~ Sisti n e. Choi · w as very fin e. r h '.!i\ I my favout)te Tu .cs J'-c tr us,' bu t-. r think 1hi S' l'hoi1· is eard, at its bes jn t)1c Sis bn o Chapel . Afle i: 01c !\[ass ca n2e U1e CoronabQn, an d !h' s took place in th e c2JJ !r no of the 11ine balc.cni "' OV'C! rlooking the Pj u ~za . Tlus !;quai· is a n imm2nse one; and , j( 1h ·e were 40,000 iJJsido fh c 13a ·ilica, theJ·e were a least. 500, 000 ou tsid e. Du r in g the six hours in tbr church 1 1a,d been i11a1·ve Uina a t th di n ifi ed, oL·dedy, and uict conti:ol of p L·o ceedin. s; m:i Auny .no n qi;;e ., Alb i· Ll1c J.Yia ~ thc be;:i utifu l s ilvCJ· lrn mpds pe.als d ou t a.ga in, fr om the Co r onatio o Bakon)t thi s lime· bu t pl;;ryed j nlo 1h church. 090 he.:ird t h fmr.ous mEu·<;b Qssocjafc.d with great occayj ns ~ t S f. Peter's. 8 wly up the ::iis.lc to t he g;:ea't bronz cl ors came UJe J?loces:;j n- Swjss Gu ard, with spea1·s aloJt: Papa l Gu a rd s, with dra w n s words · Ca r<li1J ls Bish Qps. Ai:. ~11 b i$.h 0'.)S, Ab bot§:; His 'FioJin css rinied high uJld c r the g or~ nus canopy, a 11d with,. lhc w av in,s ostrich fan~ j ust be.h im:\ t'1c S2dia! 1i was tb e11 -sa w him closely aPd noti ::r:I c w W <.Jn a1J d tiTed be. Jogk d . Th e n ca1 ·"e th 2 R 0:i! train- Princes, Pnnc-e.sscs, 1 th e, dist iJ1g uish ed i·epre.r nlaLivcs - a lJlass oJ go r rr~q u s co l<;> u r; a nd th.c cheer ~ of th e popule.c~ . and .the wavina > ar1J1s ;;ma handkc1·c;hi d !:i. f()t' onf' gersQ'n on ly. P Qp l?it · X II .: a)ld t hi s wond e r(ul i·om the Papal ~i lv e1 trumpets. And tlY n I n;)d m1 firs t e.xp c:ric nce b in cr in t h e c.e.n tJ.: of a hug<,; c.;xo wd , ;:os T was carried, wi th no voJittion o( m..y owJJ_,_ ou inlo t,he Pisizz;;i of St. Peter"s! It Wa];i a L 'Tify in g ex pe.r,ie nce btJ b f urvived it ar,id maoaged

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to be carried to a good pos iti on, in spite of my f ear. Th e Cornnatio n ceremon y on the cen t r e halcony was v ry h or t. First; came t wo atte ndants with th e fans, a nd t h en. two offi cials of the P apa l G u ard on e with th e f! a ; twq or three Ca rdinals w ith atten da nts; and fin all y, H is H oliness, to seat himself in th e th ron e. 'rhe proclama t ion was read t hro ugh a l oud - speak er , so th at the huge crowd cou ld h ear every w ord . Then one Card inal passed th crowu. Th e Senior Cardin al took it an d p lace d jt on t h e he.ad of H is H o]iness. Rising, the P ope w alke d to th e ed ge o{ th e bal-

co;1y and f1a ve h is b l e~s in g l the m ul ti t ude b elow . Cheer s 1;hundcred a u e. St. P eter's l:: a{ ls clanaed, ans we red by t h e hellz On C;,1ste san An gelo; aJ1 d Jrn m a ll d irection s b y hun d r ed s Q.( bclls Jiom inn um era bJe chu:i:ch es. The bands played, a nd I w as b orne O u ~ aga i.n w ithou t my own voli tio n; out oL th e Pia zza nnd d ow n to t he ba nk QL the T ibe,r. Ne dl ess to say I h ad lost y hostess iu th e cr owd, an d we di d not m ed uotiJ 3 p. m .-a nd th en over the belated dinu eJ' - ta ble . -Eil een O'K eck .

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Not many poets have been e nd owed wi th such a gift for word pictures as R obext B ro wn ing; an d still fewer h ave been blessed wit h su ch v er satility as h e p ossessed . In b oth h is dramatic mo n ologu es a nd descr ipti ve poems h e use s his skill in tu.m ing words into p ictu res, e ither d elicat e, bea utiful or striking, as it pleases him . D elicacy a nd ch arm form t he essence oi "P ippa's S ong" in w hi ch the poet con jures up vision of a 'dew - pea rl ed " hillside w ith l ar k s w inging t h ro ugh th e clear a i(·; of t he En glish coun tryside sce.ne in "D e Gustibus," o.f a "corn fi el d- side a -flu tter w ith poppies." Wha t a contr ast b e tw een this q uiet, l ovely 5ce;ie and t h a t of 'er castle, precipice- e ncu rled In a gash of t he win d- grieved A ppenine. ' or "A sea- side hou se to 'th e faJ' the~· So u ~h , Wher e the bak ed cical a di es of <ll'o ugh t And one sh arp t ree- tis a cyp ress-stan d s. By the man y hu n<ll'ed years r ed- r usted, Ro ugh ir on spiked, ripe fr ui t o'er- cru sted ." What m or e beautiful English scen e could th ere pe th an th <;1 t fro m "H eme Though ts fro m A broad" ? "H ark , where m y blossomed pear-tr e.e in t h h ed e ')Lean s to the field and scattexs on t h e clover Blossoms and d ewdrops- at th e bent sprays e d ge~-" Italy, so dear to Bro w ning's h ea rt, fin d s a place in man y of hi s poems, and the qu aint customs of h er peasants are vivi dly expressed by s u ch l ines as,"You kn ow, w ith u s in L om bard y, they br in P rnvisions pack ed on mules, a st r ing Wi th little. bells th at chee r t hefr task And cask s, an d bo ugh s on every ca sk To k ee p th e sun's hea t fro m the w ine. Then. t here is "Up at a Villa-Do w n in the City"-a perfect riot of w ord - pictures d escribing life i.n th e co u ntr y and tow ns of Ita ly. 0 £ th ese, tw o are p articul arly expressiv eon_e d escribi ng the co u ntry" You've the bro wn p lo ugh ed land befo i:e, where t h e oxen steam and wheeze, A nd the hills over- sm ok ed beh in d by the fain t grey ol ive tre es." and, " Mid t h e sh ort sh ar p em er a ld wh ea t, scarce risen t hre fi n ge rs well The w ild t uli p, at end of its t ube , blows du t its gr eat red b ell Lik e a thin clear bubble of blood, for th e children to pick and, sell."

As w ith m a ny a p ain te r, Brow ni ng also Ja ved to r eprodu ce w ith h is pen simple homely scenes such_ as the sweet simpli cit; ot Evel yn H ope and h er s u rro und ings"That, is her boo k- sh elf thi s h e r b ed ;, She plucked th at piece of gera nium flowe r ,Begin ning to die too in th e g lass ; Li tt le h as ye t been ch a nged I thi u k ." T h e chi ef cha r m of "P or ph y ri a' s L ove.r lies in the simplicity of la ng uage, <'.S wi tness P orphyTia in th e cottage'S he shu t th cold ou t an d th e storm, A nd kn eele d and mad e1 th e cheer less grate Blaze up, an d t he cottage wal'n.1." Th y ou n g girl 's trag ic end is v ividl y ex pre ss~d by the lin es :-

"All h er h air In ~ne Jong ye ll ow string I wo u nd Th re e ti.me s he r l ittle th roat aro und An d strangled h er.·' Brow n in se£ms to h ave been an ad ept a b de picting w omen of d:J'Ierent cha racte rs. T <ik e f'or insta nce, the b eau t if u l, ill-fated gen tlewoma n of ''M) Las Duch ess," an d set h e 1· b eside t h e cold, so ulJ ess wife of Andrea de L S arto. Lucrezia h erself a ppear s be.fo re oux eyes in. th e lines: "H ad yo u- oh , wi th th e same pe rfect bro w And perfoct eyes a nd mo r e th a n p er f_ect m ou th, 11.nd the low voice my so u l h ea rs, as a b ird The fo wl e.r's pipe a nd fo ll ows to t he. snareH ad yo u , with, th e.se, th e sa m e bu t br;o ugh t a m ind !" No concep tion ol tw ilight is rjva ll d by t h ese .lines fr.g m "Love Am ong t h e R u ins' "Wh ern t h e q u ie t- c6loured end bf even ing sm il es Miles a ud m il Es, A nd t he solitarJ:< .Pas tures w here our sh eep Ftalf asleep T wj nkJe h om eward f;br Qugh th e t,.wiligh t, 'StaJ' or stop A s th ey crop. is d ocrip tions )jkl these, viv id , gl owi ng_,, me lodi ou s w : dding di pb.xases th at- ,!:ia ve 1 iven B ro wni ng such fam -. H e has all the feel ing a nd im agination al i\ gr eat a rtist an d . b est oI <1ll. he ca n lran s.k r h is impressio ns lo _papeJ: j n s uch a ma un~r tha t we, 1,oo, can a_pprecfote ev ery d e.tail o( the s n e - vex j phrase of h is ch ar acte rs. - Eil een Malone. 0

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Sl'ORTS 'DAY 1939. UGUST is "depression'-' month a t any school. After th e lovely, lazy d ays o'f Ma rch a nd April , the spr igh t ly, nippy d ays oi May , June, a nd Jul y, Au g ust descend s lik e a 'hea vy cl oud on thz bx·ow f th z sch ool- year . It is th e mon ~h whe r ein o ne goes to s l e p a nd dreams of tex t-boo k s a nd e xams.~af hope less p.rn ba ble fa ilure. Oh, a worrizd m oo t;h is Au ust! But th e w isdom of C.L .C. hit tlpon Au ust as the ideal m on th fo r Sports D ay; ;;i <'lay n which to sh out ~111 d " ba i:rack ' :m d let o u t al1 th e mu ~ti n s th at has bee.n coll ectin g in pupi ls s in ce th e be i11;1in g f Jun z. Acco rdin <1ly, fhe 6 p ow cx - th a t- be" di via ed t he S ch ool i nto 'fo u r hou ses, each wi th il wn name and colm.u·- gold

A t 2 o clock the pa r ent a nd r el ations began to assemble . The y sat r ou n d th e cour ts in a di gnified semi - circl e, each wear ing th e colour f h er da u gh ter's h ouse ; and fh.an the Spor ts began . F our ro ws oi girls, with prim fa ces a nd rac in g h em ts, m ar ch ed on to t h e gro und to th e stimulatin g trains 0£ <'.! m ar tial cih·, th eir glowin g colours and white sh oes catching the r ays of th e s un as iliey wa lk ed . The a ir was fol l of suspense. On co uld h a ve h eard a pin drop as th e contestan ts lin d up J.o r th e first race. Th en--they were off! "Eggs balance d p r-:.. ca rio usl y on spoon s, pigt ail fl ying, r.o ise all arou nd t he.111, yet livin g in a world tha t was made 0£ t hree thi.ngs-an "egg," a s poo n , and a far - off tape. Tb 2 no ise m ad 2 by t he '' bar nic k : r s" was deafen in g. 'Corne on G old! ' " C me on, Gr : en!" " Good old R(' d !"

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CLASS AND SPORTS CAPTAINS . Front Row : T. Brody, B. Galliv e r, D. Holmbe rg , C. Du nn . Second Row : M. Bonson, P. Abrahams, K. Bre nn e cke , M. Murphy ( He ad Pre fe ct , P. Mcinerney !School Sports Coptainl , J . Rudolf, M. Wal sh, J . Stoc k, P. Carroll. Third Row : J. Matson , S. lsse ll, J. Mar'tin , J. Power, P. Cadd e n, A . Molan , N . Natoli, B. Corrigan, B. O' Brien, M. Slattery.

for A ik en head H ou se, bluG fo r V iuee n f,i a , gr ee n fo t L oyola, a nd r ed foe Campion. Fo;- two w eeks each day a t l unch bour r e prese n'b<i tive s of each. h o\J s gath ere d on t he courts, each one de te rm i.ned to h elp w.iu poin ts for 'h er h.ou se. Ra ces were run, gam es w e1"e p layed, exc item en t r a n hi gh. What m atte red .French verbs and Lati n d eclensions when Sports Day w as dxawi n g nea re r aud nea rer ? And then it cam e, d rench ed in s un shine, spill ing its h a ppinesS' over C.L .C.-t h e WLh, of A ug u st! The scor es w er e vex.y close. G old and G reen w ere bitter rivals, with Blue and Red coming f ast behin d! Who would win2 The 16th w ould tell!

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got a chanc aga in st, Green!" saicl auolhe.r , tossin g hex head , ' 'Bosh !" cried yel:· ano he r. ungram.rna tjcally. "Blues are ce rtainties~" "What about Red? " d e m Qnded a Red w pporier. he<1tedly. '·WeJl, what abou ~ th en~?,. asked the " Gree n; gii:l , u nkindl y. J us t a . this poin t U1 ove.r.h e<i.d ball began, soo n. to be follow ed by th~ 'p(!Ss-ball. These events w e:i·, w a lch ~d eagerl y: . w d a mi gh ty sh oul came from th e dis ction of t he Gold s uppoi; ters wh e n it w ns ka1rned that Gold Lad woQ th e cup. GteG n w ere secon ·, t hen Blue, th e n R ed. Rev-. Father Moran pre.~entsd U:ie cups l g the s ucces iul teams, and each teom r eceived a loud cb ee · both fi;om, s upportei:s :md i- ivals. .Li ke a ll good Sports D ays, the aftern oo n was to pped oIT witb. cakes and -soil: cl.rif1ks. Then a ll, victo1·s :;in d va nquished, wen f home hnppy and tir d. AnB on the G.L .C. er -ound.s th e wind picked up little t c.ra2s of: coloured riObon an d 1ittle co1ou1;ed bows d ropped in haste by t hei r own er ·), and scatte(·ed th em hi th er a nci / h ithe r . A nd that was all that 1'eJ11a.i11ed o Spo1·fs Dayl ~Me g.

P ass Ba ll.~, L o y ula : P. Cadde.n . C . Y: C\ un cs, S. Bernon, D . Cook. M. L c •.h y, D. C legg, E. Shanahan. 2 Virwe n l ia: 1 B . Va rn al.J, E. M al one, T . Smilcy 0. Curr:rn N. Rod)5; r s 1 C. R oad knig ht, C . .Duggan , L. Mc.D Q.nald. Flag Ra c:c~ .-1, IJGyo la : E. Shanah' n, C . SuJiy. B. c · rri gan, C. W e.ek es, C. lfoun cs, B. Do ~· l c, l;{. Murp_h y, J , 1 V.2rd on. 2, A ike n.h ead : M . C6o.k. V. ,Kelly , P. ]:(e rr S. 'rhomas, M. K i;:"cle. ,B. O"B ricn, T. Cook, B. Bousfield . Baskc tba ll.-Aike;,.h ca cl v. Vi nccm li a: A ik c nh cad . 3 goals: M. Sa unde:i; (goa l) :0. O'Brien (2nd goa l), S . T.hom as (de·Jcudet) , IV!'. Murphy de fc.nd e r , iF. Walk e r . cenlrn , M . CroJ1in w ing}, l\(I. Coor: (w ing) . Vin cc nl ia, O gmils : L. M Don:;i ld (cent.re\ T. Smil ey go· D, D. K eelan (2nd 1ual ) B . Vetnall d e fcnd ex) , E. M:.1lone d c[e ntlci:), 0. Curran (win g ) , N. R o d ge.TS- wjr1 g) . B r;sk e tba ll .-Loyo la v. Camp:on : l. qyu la . aoa'l: B . Cur ·i·"an Ccen(xe), C . Yg un es (goal) S. cr non (2nd goa l t- . Cadden defender), D. Coo k (de(cnder ), B. Doy)c (win g C. W e.i? kes (win g) . Ca mpi o n. l g oa l: J. Noseda centre . L. D oug las C"Dal V alda Simm nds G2nd goal), .M. K g.ndall deJender , N. O"Brj en d efender , J . G a llagh e r win g ) , V ern Sjmmol)S (wing). Ribb1; n Ra ce.-J, C:, m piun: l\(I. K e nd GJ), N. S olly, A. H e.a{h. B . Roid_a ll L . Dou 1Jas, M. '.lvkDona ld. Pat~y O' Sull ivan, Simmons . Tenni s: l'resc nl . P ast· l' u11ils. P 1 ·es ~nl Pupils: C. Yoqoes, M. Mmphy. rast .Fup:l$: N. lfugh e:;, A. AreJ1 d se n .

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Egg and Spoo n. .RaC'e (Seniors): J . Sm ithera)11. L o:yo la . Egg and Spoo n R ace (Jun iors : J . Se.rang (Vincentia) . Quoit Race (Seniors): C . Leahy (Loyola ), V. Kelly Ai k enh.ead . Quoit Ra<:e (Jun iors): 0 . Wotthingto n Vincentia . Bin i's Ne£t R ace (Juniors : l C. B lake (L oyo:la ; 2, .r, Rudolf L 0yola L 3, P. K err (Aikenhead ) . Te nni s ..Racqu ::t Rae_e : 1 C. Roadknj 1h t (Vinceutia · 2, S. T hom as (Loyola); 3, M a rie MacDona ld (Campion . O vc rh e,ad Ba ll.-1 Vin ccn t ia : B. Vern all, E . Mal cnQ. T. Sn ·1ey, L,. McDonald 0. Curra n, N. Rodget·s, C . B..o<tdkni ghf C. D uggan.

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Our fo·sl pai t· Mad eleine and Cih· mc l Youn es, played a 1'C markabie game, as is u s u;i ll y tli c aL~ wi h (bese t wd sister with the res ult: 6- 1, 6- 4. Moi.n.i Murphy and Nge1l e Sol ly, as we expected o ~ the:m pu t up ·1 !i) rnilar y succcssJul ScUJ·c: G- 2, ~-4 . Our thi rd and fourth pai r s-Betty Olfl.ri n :ind J o~111 Sanrljford. 3-6, G ~·nd P c s 'Y W:'l lkc.r a nd 'B tty · "J' it. 4-G, 4- G, n;.!ip~ cliv tJ.)?-S t rn gg led ha rC! bu ~ were i1ot as ..;;,1 ces:s.tul . A s ih 2 ~c ts we r . a draw. th e am s an th e supp cJ'te.i:s on cit}ier s ide were. c.xc itcd and happy with th eir s ucce<s whqn lbcy wep l b aft c rn · on lea. B oth teams won g1·ca t praise from all th e ~ p ~c;.lalors :1 nd, ind eed , th ey d o.se rv ed j . II revea led goo d s tyl e :ind d :it1,Jnninal ion . It was a trea t le> see not only t h e finc 5ta nd urd (\ f pJay , bu [_ lh k ecll\ n C ~S f CV ry pl ay 'l'. LA vlmN A " T OUR>N AMENT.

SECOND YEAR BASKETBALL TEAM . Mory Maxwell, Joan Bryon , Joy Heritag e , Te resa O' Ke e f'e , Fe licia McCarthy, Rina Codo9notto, Mary Grant , Joan Mat son .

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OWARDS 8 p .m . on M ay 19, taxis and pria te ca rs rv lled up to th e open doors of th e_ Cathe dra l H all a nd de posited on the pavement brilliantl y dressed fig ures. Youn g hea rts flu t te red wildly beneath frag r an t bouqu ets as each youn g m a id stepped in to th e we.II-ligh ted h a llwhich was to be the scene of th e C.L.C. ball. Ther e was a cho rus of ex clam a tions, a n o u tpo uri ng of omp li m eJ1is a friend gree te-!1 fr iend. Admiri o frien ds and )·e la t io ns watched the brillian t scen e from th e balconies . Gi r ls in white, 'blues, pin k s, y e1)ows a nd g ree ns a d01"n ed th e floor, looking fo r a ll the wor ld li ke {b e prod ucts of som e lovely exo ti c ga rd en. "G i;own- u ps," in dee per shades, min gled with them, w a iting fo r th e' dao dn g to begin . After the last gu es ts h ad been a:ece ived by l'he lad ies'

co mm ittee ilie orch estr a, un dei: th e di r ecli n I Mx. Gaw ne. set our feet atin glin g for th e first da nce. AIL the items we r e lovely bu t I thin k th e ·Babies dese rved a special me11 t.ian fo r t he ir ve ry exce llen t fro'lics j n th e lively dance with w hi ch th ey delighted th e a udi enc e a nd jn whi ch they the m selves fo und k een enjoyme n t. To th e h a untin & s t rains of ' Lie.best:r a om ," th e sen io rs perform ed a scad dan.ce the ir soft tinted sca rves ton ing ex q u isitely with th e. ii;. e ven ing froc k s. Yet anothe r lovely i tem was t h e state ly mi nu et, pei·form ed with g race and dign ity by th e m idd le school. A special f eature oi th e progra mme w as a solo da nce by Miss Edna B uss, wh o r eceived w ell-merited a ppl a us e. The perf6 rman ce of all the special items refl ected grea t credit on the excellen t t r ain in g impa r ted by o u.i; i nstru ctress, Miss E unice Weston . Th e evening w as con clu d ed wi th suppei;, w hi ch w as a very special trea t prepaxed by th e lad ies' comm ittee . The d ec·o ration s in t h e su ppeT-.room , as jn th e h all, w e re carried out in the College colo urs, gold an d w h ite . So another C .L. C. ball passed into t h e m ists of t ime, leavin g w ith us pleasant memories, and <th e 'follo wing 1no r oj ng th.e daintily -frocked fafr ies of but a few ho urs be.Jore were <•gain sea ted demuJ'cly in th ~ class-'l·oo ms i u so mbre bl ue and grey. - M eg. Taylor.

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UR LADY was walking in heaven. Bes ide hex each tiny a ngel cl amoured to be. nea r est to h er and to hold h er hand. But Mary, smi1ing, folded t he m a ll it1 her mantle, so that non e were left out. Then she looked around at the w ondrou s bea uty of heaven . But the little angels w er e curious to look at the eai:th and see what the son s of men w e r e doing. So Mary led the m to the rini. of h eav en, wh ere a r e the beautiful pearly gates, and wh ere th e clouds lie in fl eecy hills about th e h eavenly walls. And the Moth er of m en looke d down at h e r children wilh tendern ess and love . The earth lay s pread out below h e r, h alf in darkn es,5 and the other h a lf in brillia nt sun shin e .

Be tween earth and h eaven big angel s moved to and fro , carrying messages from G od to men , a nd bearing men's love and petition s to God. In one co rner of th e earth Mass w as being cel ebrated. From th e h ands of the priest, holding th e Sacred Host, a mighty prayer ascended to the Throne of God . Mary, Jcoking down smiled up on th 17 faithfol gathered in th e chmch, and eacii felt sudd n ly stron ger a nd purer.

In anoth er pa rt of the earth the Rosa ry was being said. A!l each sweet " A ve Maria" ascend ed to h eave n it brought witJ1 it a rose fo r th e Queen oJ' Heaven. Mary gathered tJ1c roses in h er arm s and blessed them with h er sm ile . ;Little angels came ar. d wov e a c;rown fo r h er : a crown of Rosari s! Then Mai.·y lool{ed again an d saw b low h e r a clo ister, with black- ga rbed nuns, from wh om a rose a co.nstant stream of prayer, .so th at it se?me d as if a stairway of fl owers linked it to h eave n . Then th ere w ere h ospital s, from which acts of· c!-iarity :rnd mercy c::ime, as r eel r oses, to the fe t of. God .

Thei:e were children wh ose love ;rnd obedience appeared like weet spring flowers in the f ight of their Mother. Selfsacrific.ing parents; youn g girls, pure as lilies ; :; trong, truthful young m en ; patient s ufferei:s-a \l these rec ei ved gj.f~s from M'a ry's h a nds. Tiny babes felt hev swee tn ess. The little girl, shyly givin$ h er last coin. to the s tree beggar, felt Ta'di a nt Happy childre.n, preparing altaxs for Our Lord's and Our Lady's ho no ur, becam e fi lled with spjrih.:al swe etness when the Mother looked at the01 . So Mary comfo rted th e aged an d weak; consoled the w ea ry a nd w an . She even touched the hard exa m~n er's heart with charity so that t h e poo_r studen t might pass, or e lse se nt s weet comfo rts to those who had faile d . And who is thi~ who kn eels in the shadow of the confess ional, weak, trem b]jng, asha med ? The. pooi: penitent come back to the F old aga in! Mary's heart overflows with joy as s h e watches ihe poor Magda! ne or Aug ustine wa shed with th e Blood of th e L ani b. For th es(: Ma~y h as special gifts. But, a las! in distan t lan d s lV1aJ·y sees wh at causes h eT intense gricl. War, h"aired , pride., murd er cause h er Divin Son to be crucified aga in. She sees lhe deseci:a ti on of th e monaste;d es, the- h a trad of H oly Church, the murder an d bloodsh d caused by wicked. fo olish m en. Yet, e ven in the midst' o.f sU.1 and h o n01; th ere spri ng up stron·' an d tr u e-g~·o wn fr om th e blood of martyrs- new childL·en of th e Chu1:ch , <'ldo rin g, pure, s pl e ndid ~ Then, wh at joy fill s th heart of th at Mother as m en sin g lhe. praises of God throu ghout the ea rth. 0. st range foctl 'l'her o me. soine. wh o in this w orld would wish to see. Mary di honoU),·cd; to see h er dev ot d childrr..n. cut d own. Le t us , then , L·epeat wilh gr e::iter fervour: "Blessed art thou amon' wo;11en." - Meg. Tayl or.

C.L.C. Choir Broadcast from the Cathedral T was pure misfort une tha t I wa s lyin g ill in be d at 11 a.m. on the fourth Sunday aft r Easter . I h ::id th e same feeling as a sm a ll child has wh en she is inissin g a party through the m easles. I was wonderin g wha t they were doing now. They were surely in their places by this time, 5ilently lookin g at one ano th er frownin g at th e slightest crinkling of paper, or watching with silent inte rest the organist's fingers sliding over the k eys. I could picture them grouped unde r the tall. pilJaJ·s, th e grey and navy of thei r uniforms blending with the so mbre shades of the Cathedral, the ir tense fa.ces st an din g ou t against the .shadows like "The Night Watch ," by Rembrandt. As I lay back in bed I closed my eyes. The v oice. of the announcer died away and a short silence ensued. Then, without warning, I heard tne soft strains of the "Vidi

Aquam." C.L .C. was hroadcasting! I sa~ up, my b ear t bea t in g h ard , and someon e turned up the wire less. I lay back again with a s igh. They sounded better than I had ever dreamt they could. I th o ugh t, as I liste ned that they must even be be tter than the angels, a.nd , as, their voices rose nd fell in the swee t cadences oi th e Gregorian chant, I kn ew that the girls of C.L.C. could t:·Ot h av fail ed t h eir school ori. this day of day s, and l listened to. the rest of the broadcast calmly, knowing they co uld no t go wron g. The broadcast was beautUul. The ·e is no other word for it. It was not possibl e. to cons id ~r tpes angel-like voices as belonging to the every - day girls that 1 knew. I know, b ecause I tried ar;d fa iled-and yet it was true! Tha t "palace of sound" w as reared by none other than my own school choir. - Paula Mclnerney.

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Class Notes AMONG THE HONOURS. N entering 'th e ]Jlose ii.m portant b uilding oL the Col lege k nown as Aikenb eaCL Ho use, one is i mpressed wi th its tr a nqu.il, ahnosph.e.r:e for h er e, as one would expect resides m ost di n in ed an d l eaxned set of g i<t ls 'i!J. th,e sch ool- nam ely, th e H on ours Class. "'The f u ture sc_ientists, o rator s, journ alists a nd gen er al benefactors of 1:h e n at ion .'

Moir a Murphy is oa r h ono ured H ead P refect; is tall, dark , an d~ som e people thi n k\, goo d looking. S,be is our infor m ation burea u on detail s of Gl'eek, Rom a n~ European o r p lain English history. Any diffjculty about 1 'Sup.v ly aJ1 d D m and 11 will a lso be ~o lv ed aft a:· cor1 ul tation with M oi_ra . It is s uggested, however, t hat her fa vouJ·ite them e is Cbauce.r OJl t h e Humo uJ:s! P a ula Mclner.n c is, in spite of h er fi ve .feet one, a pron1inent pel'so1ialit7, ha vin g h eJd t h e p osit ion, of Spor ts Capta in. It is io rtu.oate for Paula !th at or atoTS ai;e provided wi th soap box es, fo l' it 'is sm:e.l,y in this sphere that she will attain fam e. F or a ti m e h e1· h obby w as playing t he tin, whist1e, b u t as 'th e h o bby oi th e resf of h e class con sisted iJJ, try in to stop pey, out: IT\instxel' s m usic now i,s sile nt. T oo d.ale we rc.alised o u r folly, ·f or wh en she was p laying she w as al, least. pl'evcoted from alkin g Economi cs! Aliso n, Begg also w ear:s l'he decora tive p ocket of a P refect, a nd has ca tTied o u J;ier du ties as becom es h e1· sta tio n . AJison is on e of o u ~ b udding scieJJ tists, and, judging from, snatc hes 01! i;cpoi;ts fro m fue scien ce m om s he h as h ad som e rousjng ex peT.im ces. Marie, Cook is 'th e oth er ex al te.d be ing who is 'Permitte d e ntrance to th e r c,fects' Room- t h ae h allowe d wo t un soiled by l esse.r cxea.tures. Howeve.r, w e feel that )\fad e wo u) d pre_{e r lo live in a m useum , judging rom the curios that a rc stored .in t h at cylin di:ical tin, k nown as a p.e ncil case . W e can rec0 mmend M arie :for th e positi on of treasu)·ei: i a ny sphet:e-feel t h e w eight of our Mission box! Cassie D ugga n, lesser i ha n fi ve feee, n ot greater, is ~i v e n every e ncQw ·agem e:i:rb to <1tta in a s tatu.re worthy of tbe dig nity o( a n Hon o ur St u dCJlt but, al.asl sh e <!ve n h ad to jo.in th,e ra nks ol the J un iors ini 'th e school i:h oto. Excellen t cha ra ctei; h·aining, Cassie! I( you w ant a g uide on y our tr ip to Euro pe, ta ke Cassje-an authority on ·Ja n,g u ages, and in t im a tely acqua in ted, with ever y town a nd vill age, a tl l east, jn G e t:ma ny! K,aihlee n T uck e r h as in txoduced so rn_e ex otic scen ts as a xes·u lt of h er ex pexi ences in scienti.fic research . She cch eads'' the fa sh ion list in J1 air styles, as h e r curls reach a high e r level <than 0 1.lrS. Margaret L ea hy does not l1 on ou r u s w ith hex p resence for th.e w)io le o( {he di! , as iih.e 'is a buddi11g secrear y, a nd is exercising m uch o[, ·Jie.r a bili ty in ty pi n g for "Ca.r:.i tas.'' ,Many th an.ks fro m al l, M arga ret. Is it

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Dor othy Power was m issed by al l w h en h ex u clies wer e interr up ted for severnl wee.ks t his year owing to ill.ness, bu t Doroth y h as illustlated Browning' s oftrepeated t h em e-we are "baffled to figh t betler·'-and n ow, with h er usual cheer y mile, sh e is ready lf r any difficulty the ex am iners wish to set befor e h er, and, with th e rest o.£ u s, sta n ds read y for one fi.gh.t more, which, be ing the last, we h ope, w ill pr ove the best. -Vena Simmons.

L EAVING P ASS, 1939. Ca rm el Younes is o ur te.nn i star. She an d Madeleine h er " bigger '' sis ter , won th e fina ls in the Scho J.girls Tou rnam ent, in aid of the Fran,ciscan Retica t House. Ail een H ea th 's fa vu uri te subj ect is E nglish (? Her chief w orry is th at sh e rn.igh.t fo r get hex E nglish cs a . We su spect t h a t sh e w ou ld r ath er illustrate anyone else's J.ite.r ary pl'oduction . Claire P edl ey, in h e.i: sp axe time, l ik es to .kni t, and d u, e:fu1 woTk for ayi tas' with h e:r cameTa . How ve ', a1;1y oth er time sh e h as sh e w .ill always be seen read in h ex "B l:ue Book." Anoihex hobby of Cla ir e's is c lie.ct.in 'Mission m oney. She is our tr e<l$ u.rer th.is yeal', and i will J1ot be Cla.fre's fa ult ££ the m ission fund i n bt co11sid1;1:ably a ugmen ted. Mal·y Menadu c : These. d ays 'Mary and t he "piano" s ool a r e one. We we r e all de'ligh ted to h ea:r t hat Mary was a warded h on ouxs in mus.ical perception. S oon we. will heax o.E fm· the.r achie ve.m en ts. Marie ChancUc:r: Matie's favo UTite pastime is visiUn g th e. dentist. They say, wh en in doubt ask a policCJ11an-w " as k Marie. M a ri e h as also q ual ified ill ardening and p hotogr aphy.

.Pa t. Cro'\\'e : P at. h asn ' t leao.t a amst t h~ w all once this year. We' ll all fo ll ow h er examp le when w e hear she is, a :p r.ima don n a. P a t. Cadde n : No m a t tel' what time of the d ay P at. is. seen sh e will always be hur rying sou:i ewhere. We hon our her as ou r Class Captain. l;'at. also is a p rom.isi.ng musicjan. Betty O' Bri en, ou r Sports Captain , makes thJ 110J:tly pfil· o n~ i n P al"s :puff p1·0:£u seJy wh en sh .Dl1 n th · lJac a; "pa i;k et-Jial l." Eileen Malone : Wh en EileeJ1 is n ot bre aking he crysta l of L ea ving P ass she p1:actises Jl.alJ in g grac:cl'uJJy downsta irs, upstairs, or somewh e.re. She h as prnve t be on,c o our ab lest speakets in th e Catho1fo Actjon group. Al las t sh ei h as h er oppo r:tuujty . Josfo Noseda : J osie m akes maJly trips, especiall y on tb e tennis co UJ·t. We. h ea r th at a niau w h o speak s two l angu a~~s is w orth t w o m en . J sic is w or h a t least II F re11ch made -

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moiselle, a German fra ulein, an d an Italian signorina-and a good Australian. Of course, sh e could be a d ead Roman! Sheila He1·non looks anxiously forward to t h e end of the term, whe n sh e will ·i;eturn to Berriwillock to help with the management of the farm. Sheila loves to buy saucepans. Margaret Murphy: Marga ret can tell before the questions h ave been set. respon sible for noisome n uisances laboratory; she seems quite immune to

the maths. answers She is sometimes in the chemistry gas attacks.

Tim Smiley.: W.e believe that Tim is to h ave an elevator installed in Aikenh ead House for the b enefit of business principie students. It has been suggested that at present Tim works on a sliding scale when op_portunity offers. Betty Veen.al: Betty extended her Christmas holidays to four months, but now that she is back sh e is pursuing a brilliant English course1 although sh e s uffers a l ittle dis traction from business principles and prosa ic ledgers, etc. Virginie Haddad: 'I'he aJai:m c1ock is very kind to Virginie. It never awakens h e~· at an untimely hour, so she is always early when the School b ell is ]ate. We owe the brightness of our jardinieres to Virginie . Ma1·y Gorman.- The Senio11 Commercial student is sad at leaving C.L.C. Mary can ~·emember the day, way back in 1925, when s he first donned t he College uniform. Since then many h appy events have happened in Mary's school life. She b egan at five years of age to be a Flower S trewer OQ, H oly Thursday. Her first College J3all was in the St. Kilda Town Hall in 1926. In the following year sh e featured in the Gran d Concert in the Athemeum. In 1928 the late Cardinal Cerretti visited C.L.C. after the Sydney Congress, and Cardinal MacRory's visit is another happy memory-but the greatest day of all was when Mary received her Badge of Honour. And we are quite sure that she will always live up to t h e high ideals of her fourteen years at C.L.C. Peggy Walker, Betty Walker, Noelle Solly and Madeleine Younes also spend halcyon d ays unworried by ominous exam. clouds. They are all expert tennis players,; Madeleine has quite a few trophies to her credit. She has also distinguishe d h erself at dramatic work. Congratulations on, your efficiency as Mr. Shakespeare's stage manager, "Madeleine! Bet ty likes to go cruising. She enjoyed Noumea this year. All have given most valuable assistance in typing copy for "Caritas," for which the managemeQt is most grateful. - By "The Rouseabout" (Joan Sandiford).

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We all live in constant dread of Joan Martin, who, as Class Captain, exercises over us her mighty sway. Joan is one of our keenest students. Betty Coniga.n has a great deal of hard work organising the class sports, in which she has the wholehearted co - operation of the class. Margaret Kendall, a brilliant Latin student, weekly risks her life when collecting the class fund.

Ettilia Carrazzo, our class nightingale, shows a decided taste for languages. Lorna Douglas is quite anoth er Anna Pavlova. also obtained honours in musical perception.

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Betty Malcolm likes to visit rest homes. Nancy Black has artistic tendencies, and is our knitting expert. Mary Beeden is another of our artistic member s, and a rock of common sense. Teachers would like a whole class of Marys.

Bernadette Doyle can show us b ow to mix paintsshe n ever gets h er colours mixed! Bernadette is one of our most generous members. Clare Weeks sympathises with aU sufferers, esl?ecially t hose with dcks; sh e also like.s granting favours.

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Rosalie Bendall.-The Latin lesson would not exist without the fervent efforts of Rosalie. We appreciate greatly the musical treats t hat Rosalie gives us on her harp. Carmel Roadk;night can show us h ow to balance a ball on a tennis racquet. She specialises in the art of being photographed.

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Deirdre Cash, our gem a t English, and our Encyclop iedia at ,history. She is also a strong factor in an m·gument or debate.

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Carn,cl Soll y, a ve ry good runnex; likes biking, and al ways dodges the tra ff:io. Jun e P ot ter. likes watching h ockey mat ches, aua is very keen on fishing. June has been b usily engaged of ]ate in regal pursuits, and :made a most 'wm;thy Quec;:i of. R ich mond. Shi lilcy Thomas is very keen on J?lay:in FJyei-. Not 011 ly does Shii;ley f:ly, but h e.r heel a lso, so she is a permanen t custon rn r ;it th e boo tm ake r's. Do ru;th y K ccJau is one of ou t star t enn is ·p layers. 'l;cddi Sullivanc is good al al gebra, a nd h as distingu ished, h ei self at swimmin g compe titions. Teddie is ano th er of our most gen ero us girls when fbeJ?e's w ork t o do. l\'la(y Mi lk , th 0 hy vio let of the class, likes play ing Ji oppy and :f:lye,r-, and som times the piano . Valda Sinu n ons our tallest m ember , excels at tennis a nd takes gr eat del iaht in fi din g th e m a xim u m value of "X ." Vivienne K e ll y with h e.r goJde n lock s, b• ings sunshine into the l ive , of all. Vivi emrn js a k een athl,ete.. Befty :Rendall k eeps our Question Box: open after h ours. She is a fi r m believex in t he fa ct tha t "By guesti ons ye shall learn ." Marg-a cci. Saunders ,bas capt ured a perfec genius for .fulling over. H a rdly Jess unfortun at is h er ability f or £o rge tt'ng such thi ng as Pre nch and Gexman gramm ar. Em ilja I!'e rl azzo s pc<Jk s fiv e languages with ease. She also wrestle succ.esd ully w ith m athema tical an d cie.o ti fic problems. I n brieI-a gi.rl of whom C.L .C. will h a ve l'e.aso n to be pr oud . P a ( · P~rr y.-On e oI ou r youngest and most popu lar members· h as trea ted us to a couple o:Ji go od la ugh s a English . "O listen, liste.n , l adie.s gay No forty feet of arms I tell! ! ! ' - By Vivieaoc K elly and Deir dre Cash .

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Nan cy is th ~ Subs' S,P d Cnpta i.n Bu w e tl:1Jnk sh "d be m uch gayq; J f sl;i c. c,o1.1Ld ins( nd b '~·a pt in A. b ri«h t now b00k by Gco rgdle$,ey " And who wOtl.ld,. eve r think lha t < schoo l ' i1:1 co u ld really interest b ersell in Roman and Gn; ek ro ytholog:y ! h y llis Hoa r <;: evid entl y d oes . Th -j u)11p from the Gr(>:c ion i do of s trength. <J nd b eauty 1.o a 'lwenti efh- cci'li m - exis(j n E! idol i9 one U1at•· cafJ as.ily b spa nn l'd an "Sub •• f r. wh ;J ~ Pb yJLis 1 "ad o-i:es'' t he w 2i rcl dofo !T of P !? rs us a nd the G01; ons, 1 J oan. V e rdon goesi i11tt'l 'c6s t ::i ~ i es" ov, · l~ latest. Shirl ey Tem 1tle if>hOt ograph , J 1· J'0 nn is. an ard e.a t Joll wer o · th e "p e Weu Shi:l·l P at. H a nr ah a n~ wh en aik ed t wri le a Fxench compositio n on " A D ay in t he Co1J ntn1 ' ~· <en; ed to h er pi:c hisfo1;ic instincts, and Ja r far • w<:) y u pon ffie hr0acl " r !ling plains , dmi lt d picnic.ki'1 g : n brea d b •:i L ~ · a nd F El\/IEN! (Jus a lit le c:onfu s_ion 'between, "pomm es'-" and ''J?O.mp im:_s '" ! OUJ· ch a111 pion spriJ1tei: is Eilc ,_ Shana hau wJ\ Q h as ach.iJ \'Ped m J'P t_h '-! n Ljust winnin g C\.le.n ts · b th sp . · s_. She was a J:f12.m J f c.L .C. fl ;;i n; race (ca m a ft b Sp l'lS. J oan Po rt~· j s raU1 c r .fl c?" · of Coo t, too ~ bu .i·a_t <> 1· s_hy wh en it Qni e to be i n ~ i;>ra iscd fo r J1 CJ; c:xc len t class - w ork Ma.1;y Gai·d 0 ·1 :rnd Tess .B<!id :we -part o( th e ,i;oup o~ support · lot· Eileen <;rri d J oa n . J o-a n Smil:h OJ·a:m likes sk atin cr, bu t h er fiaures - oJ - e i ht w c.rq 1Jo( in o.1·dcr the other dey whc:n ~1 e fol: in to ii po6l u,£ n ru d . J oa n a id i w ould .f l :1c · have ln1p p nedi i sh hrid had b e;r sk'-\teS, and i ~ t h eJ mud b ad beGn a .c:hcct o f icP ! W won der! iE' Ll n ny <thin gs_ ta n h appen n sk ate . loo.. Pa uline Ab ral1arns a]>;0 >; ka esi bnJ ·w d no tkn "'"·ha t <s tr n th of h e r· cnd ma nce. One d:;iy J oan Galiaaii cr w er'l l golfio , and a. u su<1 1, like all gollei:s egi:nnin·" "{ p: re;,t ::id vcn fuxc with th e littl e w hite bal l, ' sh , could 110 b i l H, i lh missin g j t by half a n it'lch r h al f a ya rcH At last,, sl10> rn::id a · e L·J:ifi swin g which ove.r;palan.c d her int o a bush. J oan -wil l 11 0 tell u h e r h andi cap. bu t I think i t is oo lho ofh · ~ d e oi a_ bundwd. figu~·es sh e cu ts, nor lhc

Musfo is the pmtic: ulc:r s up je.cl of P a l. Om an. wh o lo ves o w:i f ~ op r os. Ma rje, W docls likes m us ic, to . l'ha is why _she plays th vioJin !>Q Jc!auljfo1ly , and h as obtai ned very n i 'U mat;k: at her l!cxa rn in a ti on this

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Our Ca-p tain J oyce Eliza beth Powe r, W tch es o ver us by the h oui· Like ;;i sc:n ti.nel on gti<J rd , Making life $; C> v exy h a~·d · Stopping us with awful lance, Thou h w e t.hin k ' twould be more ample If sh e sh wed the go d ex a1u ple l

D orothy Gro s is a '.5port s " irl. for, wh ne vcT a i;a me is .in p~·ogi;css . thei· yb u find Doroth:V. J\ll'o ni a Burn!';, MaT e Costello, ana Ma r fe Edwa-i: d a "" a 11·iu of c'rnusketee rs ," believin g i lha overwoxk ecL qu ota uo r~ , "On to r all. aU for one." And ~ lill y f ci not)1cr h~ o: P l. Bl ake CJaiJ' J<e rs on, and K ath ie n O'C tmm-. .Pa t. )J · ves t ha "o l ittle n a1.e:n e like a peaYI, i ~ irea ·ured QY 01 ·w ises t u1, • a1'1 d Claire anti :R:a thJ ea ag.i:e w i th her.

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Norma Rodgei:s lik es tenuis and geometry, to o! H as she ahea dy succeeded in, playing tennis geometrically? Noreen O'Brien_ is a irl who takes her work seriously, but is ready to let Euclid pause any time there is a chance of a trip to Culgoa! Noreen also enjoys unravelling deep sec rets of scie1).ce. Helen M alcolm and Prudence and Mary Hyett, our twins, also attend science lessons. Dorothy Cook, who sh ares and shares alike wi th Prudence an d Ma1y, is another Mona Lisa, but more lively than the figure on cauvas. Terese Cook , Carmel Leahy, and Olive Curran take a :keen interest in bookkeeping, which is not the kind of bookk eeping that applies to library shelves. P auiine Gough joined our ranks half w ay through the year, and we wonder (~ii she will no t " beat many of u s at the post ." Pauline paid Syi;lney a visit last te.rm holiday and nearly stayed there!

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T herese Wallace is our " baby," and I feel sure that one day sh e will be a hairdresser, for creating new hair styles is one of h er pet pass.ions. Another is to see in how many different ,r::ositions sh e can place a chair in forty minutes. Yet another fa vourite occupation is chasing me.rcury along the science-room floor! Therese Mcinerney sh ould join the Comedy Harmonists, so great is h er talent for singing comic songs. Joan Duke is our p oetess and information bureau . If you wish to know anything about politics, go straight to Joan , end I assu re yo u that the service r eceived will be most satisfactory. J oan will also draw most flatterin g caricatures of your new enemies ii you w ould like her to.

Gw en. Barnett is a girl with ver.y dry humour, and is especially fon d of those who sit in front of her at singing time.

P at. Vin es is our rl.reamer. We often wonder what her dreams are about, but n one of us can find a clue. They must be wonderful dreams though, for she is always so pensive. P al. Hanrah an, Rita MHrphy and Maria n O'Connor are fr iends of P at. Vin es. They are much alike in spirit, and I think that their dreams are shared, or perhaps one has a better dream than the other. If so, b eware of jealousy.

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SECOND-YEAR INTERMEDIATE, CLASS. Among the Second years Marga ret Slattery is honoured as Class Capta i11. Margaret is a k een musjc student, a nd got Honours in her J!heo ry and practical examinations. Congratulations, Margaret! Joan Matson is one of the best students of th e class. She is al so OUT Spo1-t$ Captain, is v ei:y 'bi:ight, and enjoys a good joke. Ca rmel We bb works very h ai;d in the front seat, or ra ther out of the front seat, fo r s he is always bobbing up to ask questions. Ma ry Gran t loves physical cultw·e . Every Wednesday you will see h er on the court swinging h er arms to the rhythm. You may b e s ure Carmel is not far away. Felicia McCa rthy is very keen on h er studies, and is extra keen on h er music. She is often seen looking for some mischief to try on so me unlucky girl! Theresa O'Keefe is alw ays smilin g, and, if you could see her play tennis, you would say she will be another H elen Moody . Noeline Wilmot, with he1· pretty curls, is tennis, and is achieving great musjc results.

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ff you wa'nt to meet Lorraine H Qrnden just stand outside the Jolly shop . I need say no '!nore. Bu ~ we mus e coJJgratulate Lorraine on her fine music results.

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Rina Codognotto is ver y fon d of sk a ting. now sh e m igh t r ival Sonj a H eni e .

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Aileen P ro wse n e ver has th tennis .1:acquet ou t of h er h and s. She even brings it into sch ool with her , and m ay be, I am n ot sure-m ay tak e it to bed wi th her. P atricia Dipna ll is t h e a rtist of the class. H er drawings are excellent. We offered 'Fat. ou r ver y sincere sympathy on th e death of he r fath er du ring last Au gust, and will re.member him in our prayers. Ma rie .K egele loves h er sch ool work , an d is also a p romising tenn is p laye r . Bet ty Flem ing also h as tennis ambitions . Anita Ryan doesn t miss a thing. Anjta is very k een on m usic, a nd nearl y every day yo u will see h er t rippin g 1·ou nd the corn e1· fo r a lesson .in .giano or v iolin or theory or perception-or somethin g musicaJ.

Helen Moore is a good stud ent an d loves bask etball. P at. K err is our best goal- th rower-at sport an d study! She h as been away for so me time t h rou gh , sickness, b u t w e h op e tu w elcome h er back soon. Betty McKinnon is our keen stamp- collector. J oan Bryan is a nothe r of t h e stud en ts. Fren ch and German.

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Ma ureen Malon ey la ugh s at a ll her jokes, "and m an y a jok e h as sh e ." Ma ureen is one of ou r k een est deb aters. Fl or ence O'Brien alw ays h as th e last laugh . A s you see, w e ar e a h appy littl e b and in the Second-Year Intermediate Class. - Written by an O bserver (Mary Max well ).

THE N ATIVITY

Let man r ejoice a nd An gels sing, This day is born a God , a King! At Bethleh em's stable, so h oly and mild, Are Mary and J oseph a nd God as a Child.

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An ox and an ass sta nd silentl y by, In a crib u pon h ay Ou r Red ee mer m u st lie; The promised of nations, b y Moses fore told, Mary to J oseph the Child does uphold.

L =t us off to th e crib, join in spi rit th e tra in To t h ank our good God again an d again F or r esigning th e glor y of h eaven awhile And coming to save us, in the form of a Child.

H e fal ls on his kn ees his God to ad ore, While myJ:iads of An gels throu gh th e s ky soar; Th e m usic of !1eaven v ihrates to th e earth , Gi ving glory to Gu d at our sweet Sav iour's b irth .

And, breakin g the fe tters of sin , death , and he ll , And th e dark ness in cur red by E ve H e'll disp el. The jny of the Angels, th e bliss of th e blest , If we live in His love shall be ou r tr ue rest.

Three Kin gs fro m th e E ast n ow w end th eir w ay, Their lribute of h onou1· to Christ will they p ay; A sta;: in th e h eaven, brillian t an d brigh t, Guides th e thrne h oly pilgrim s by day av<l by p igh t .

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Fcb.ruary 14th: Sch ool re-ope.ns and the girl s weJcome "the now ·cnes" at assembly, where Mofh er Rectress gives us some helpful advice for the year. February 15th: First s in ing pracl;ic oii tlie yea r . C.L.C. has been honou ·cd by being asked to siJ:ig at.. the ChildJen's Mass foT th e 1·epose oi th e soul of His Hol iness P ope P ius XL Fc!J rum: 2001: To-day we fe.eJ th at we h ave int y re - c pened aJtc.r two days' holiday on the occasion 0£ the d a Ui o.f His Holiness. February 2Lst: We ha ve just about se ttled down for a good year's woxk. .J\fa rch lsl: Sltb-l utexmediate s go to the Nat ional Muse um and see the famou s V enus de Milo . 'March 2ncl: W aTe very b usy practisin fo r St. P atrick' s Cone r t to be held at Melbomne Town Hall. Several cl us a\-.e represe:nliJJ our School in a tableau. We will be assisted by s:rirls. from St. Columba's College. Man~h

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6!h: We h ave eev ral things on h an d-singin g dancing tableau and broadcast .

Marcl1 l5 tJ1: Sub-In ·medial are eon£ound e.d by news oi a n ew am. They ar serio u sly thinking o:f aceostin o- the' Mini :ter for Educalfon in perso n. Mm:c UitJ1: Everyone seems to be busy pre,pal'iJ1g for the final dress - rehearsal for St. P a trick's Concert. March 17th: A full holiday, except for those in tho tableau . Loud is he re joicing of those who, un til now, have b~c:n "dyin to be in it. ' .M.arcJ1 20th: Photogra ph$ of ablea ux are excellent. Some one was heard to muxmur s orrowfuUy that usually we did not look quite so angelic. March 22nd: At voice cultui.' e : "Dear , throw yo u r voice ou t m ore.. Look ! Righ t through th at door-right th1·ou gh, t e window down there." Voice from back, u.i:gently: ' u flo mind th gla ."

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to Ou r Lady in the Conven t Chapel, and delivered a short se~· mon. on real devotion to t he Blessed Virgin. Ma:y 4th : Blouses of a new materi al are beginning to put in an a ppeara nce and l h c owJ1e.rs a re, io some cases, very much embarr.assed at the attention which they are attracting.

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"We:ll the:,; sai d it DID." (Tria ls of a wardro be mistress.)

May J2th: '.I'erni tests. May 16t.h : The '.Ball.

End <>f the TcJ·m. P ass the news from cl ass to class Ex ams. a re fioi shed In L eavin g Pass; Pu t a way text-book::;, our wo i:k is done; H ere comft t h e h olidays! H ere come s iu,o! P :;iss th_e pews '.f.\rom class t o class, Resu,Us are out in L ea"vin P ass! So111e ~aces happy, so;ne !faces b lue; 'Iherc's troubJe f.or some, e.re the first term s through . P ass tl;ie news from class to class, We 're breakfo g up in L eaving P ass ! Oh, wh at joy here cloth abo und , Through the School it does resound! - Meg. Taylor. SECOND TERM.

Jun e Gth: R eturn to School for the second term, after a very w et h 0liday. The w eather , bejng ve;:y cold pullovers are appearin g thick a nd fast (so are chilbla ins) . J'une 7th: Play at. sjn gio g.-timeJ becaus(,} oE our wonde rful pe rfol'.01a.oce on May 7th. First bask etball pradic e. Our h_e.a ds are still spinning f ·om t he new rul es. More free passes than other ones we r e thrown. June 8th: The " ' flu' ' is raging, a nd ou~· depleted ranks ar l no soo ner fiJled than othe,rs stay away. So seld on1 js there a full muster 0£ H onour En glish studen ts <t ha t we celebrate each occasion <.>s a d ay of great rejoicjng. June 12th : With, wintt r, fir es are a ppea ring, and as we issue aft°- r af least attemptin g to ligh t th-= fire co ughin g wi tb. smok e {ace a nd hands black with coal du sf, we comfqr ourselves with the th ou ght th_<i tsandwiches, toasted (01· burn t)., and cocoa from a thermos taste l~k e n ectar and ambrosja.

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Jun e 20th : The Cath olic A ction grot1p meets fortni gh tly, an d, a lthough the lead e r gets tongue -t ied an d de pends gJ·eatly on the Di rector (Rev. F ath er Moran), the papers are very good ao d ·th e. sp eak rs con fid en t. Jun e 21s t: Why d oes it al ways ra in o:o o W zdn ecsday? The girls of C.L .C. w ould like to warn any who a rc t hinking of an outd 0 1 p icn ic n c·t to p:c.k a We.dn :!sday fo r th e ir cuti ng. Jul y 2nd: The members of th e te nnis tea).)1 at·e preparin g fo r their oncoming t u ssl e witb the represen tati ves of St. Columba's . Balli teams s<-em very confident H owever. .. . Jul y ~ th : The d ay of Am erican Independence w as spe n t uoe ve n tfuJly , un til the end of th e day when the Cath oli c Action m eeti n was h eld . The l ea d ~ bein g absent, another was chosen , a i;id Vena conductad the proceec:Llngs very competently. Jul y 7th: Mam.be;rs of the Sub - Interm ediate Class r ece i v ~ d anoth er ci-ueJ blow lhey h ave barely r ecovered from the news oi th e Firs t C ertificate), wh en th ey. learned t h at those und er fo urteen and a half a r e to stud for th e J LUJior Government S chola!iship. '" j ust i n case. ' Jul :y 8th: The d?y oi our m eeti.n with S t. Col um ba's t ~ m1is team h as come and go ne both sides reti:eating wilh h onours ev.en. Jul y 10th: Ah, bitter chill it is th ese morningsl Can you won der th at " the train wa later The foJLvwin mi ght explain : ANY MEMORIES?

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Jul y 17th : This w eek-en d has sh own much feveTish activity in m a ny homes thro ughout the m etropobs , and to-day we face d th e ordeal an d came out with fiyiDg colours-D r . Beo vich examined u s. Jul y 20th : An event for whi'.!h we have been wait in g-the con cert given by the Vien na Mozart B oys' Choir. Many d isa ppointed whispers of, " Oh! isn't there any more?" After two hours and a half an hour of excellent entertainment, L ittle Marlen e told u s that she thoroughly enjoyed a recital in her native tongue. J'u ly 25th-26th : F ollowing on the recen t ordinations a l the Cath edra l, two young pries ts, whose ·isters are past pupils of C.L.C., came and said Mass and gave their blessing to each girl in th e School. Father Murphy, w ho gave u s an hour 's r ec rea tion in the afternoon , fo u nd that his popularity, which h ad been 100 per cent., soared to 150 per cent. ; while F ath er P ayne gave us a choice: (1) An extra lesson after school ; (2) free dom from Latin homew ork; and (3) <1n extra play. Naturally, we ch ose the extra lesson! Au gust 1st : The Cathol ic Action meeting "went with a swing," qu.e stions, answers, and arg uments flyin g across the room unti l more t h an on e person was h ot and bothered . Enthusiam is soaring, and quest ions are pouring into the q u estion- box. Nasty persons in corners are chuck lin g over 1ittle s lips of paper before handing them in. So they think they can trip us, huh? Augu st 2nd : D ancing, p h otography, and rhythmic work Cus afternoon-not to m ention the Knittin g Circle

m eetin g. T he col o u_rs fo r th e · sports day are being sold like h t ca kes, a nd the captains are overwhelmec\ by demands of, "Two oE i·ed, please! " " Go on, blue's bes t-<;me g.Ji blue, please !" The redh ::!ad s a rc. depl ori n th2 fac th o t10 t one of th em is on ithe · blue- o r rec n , but all on red or gold . A ug usf 7th : Ra ces ar e in full swin g, and cheering ca n be. heard any day a t, l un ch - time. Au g ust U th : To-morrow the F east of the Assumption will b a holiday, and so our pre parations t or ports day 'are feverish and ten sion 11un s ,high. A u gu s 16th : SpoTts D ay . We are all ga ily bedeck ed in the r ibboos which we have been buying fo r week s. The cneeTin g is tremendou s, and when Gold has won , with Green a close second, Blue and Red t,ry to forget their sorrows in, lemonade and gin ger beer . tr JJ;;.,..,,,:,!.. A ug u st 21s t : Oui: annual Retreat begins this afte.rnoon , and will co11ti.nue- fol' three da ys th e gii;ls in the classes from L eavin g H onours to Firs t-Year Interm ediates taking pai·t. A u gu st 22nd : Silence . A u g ust 23 rd: Sile nce.

Quie t exteriors bu busy interiors.

A ug ust; 24th : Th e Retreat ended tq -da y with M;ass cel ebrated by His Groce tne A:t·chbishop. Our cong ratulations to Eileen Shanaha n w,h o received h e,r fust H oly C ommu.Il i n from His G i:ace t h e A.rchbjshop . At Couunu.nion b1·eakiast th e girls d iscovered th at th ey h ad not lost th e use oli ibeix tongues. Aileen ' vcn burst into poetry . Cl'N RECOVERING THE USE OF ONE' S TONGUE AFTER RETR EAT. Lo n g sii c nce reignir.g o'e r !he gi rl s of C. L. C., And th e Sisters walk wi th peace of mind in si lent e.c stasy ; T here is till hc.ss l i k e th e dead of n igh t in those face s all dcwncast. It h as checked fhe jo lly la u gh t er, th e la u g hter lon_g hOw past ; It h as steppe.a the end less c h a tter, 1,,~ chatter once en jcoyed; For the i n mos t depth of ever y h 2o rt is very muc h emp loyea. Th e.y h ave mode th eir mo 1hers vyonder at the si lence o nce t h ey lac k ed, Th ey have cau sed th eir n aug hi / i; rothcrs t o te ase and to dl,>.t raet ; An d th e p ri es t iiimself Is uver 10Ycd th at we so ,,ood shoul d be T o lock up tight our r ti cs fongu a n d throw awa 1the k ey . But o n 1hc third a nd fina l day here si>ill wa s nc'8 r a so u nd , Till , after ,£ecrc hing anxiou sly, th os~ lor.g- los t k ys we re fou n d . T he'> speech cam e forth wi th such r ahe.f , which wa s by no m eans flat·; It 111.a de th e feather \Vave r In a ce rtalq teache r 's hat ; And laug hter came In meny t ones, like ripµics v 'cr the sea, T o t'hink tha t we, at las t , could ta lk and le t our t ongues go- fr ee ! -Al leen H e.a rh .

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A ugust 29th : "Nods and becks and wreathed smiles" are noticeable among the 4th, Sth, and 6th classes. W e wonder why? Septom l.ier 1st : We discovered this m ornin g the r easo n why the ·" upstairs" classes were so mysterious 2Jl th e week, for they presen ted an excellent entertainment for the rest of tl:e School, who enjoyed it immensely . This afternoon we were present at another concert, this time in the Melbom-ne Town H all . The Mel bourne Symphop y Orchestra, under the baton of Dr. Malcolm Sargent, entertained us for two hours, and even the self- confessed jazz enthusiasts admitted, that they enjoyed cve1·y :minute of it. The Schoo1 "broke up" ifor the second term, and, much as we like School, we all admit the need of a rest.

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From the south return the cheery s·wa ll ows . Lo 1 where the T y r el l, mi ds t the lu sciou s leaves,

Refresh e s l h e fauna; and, wind ing throug h th e clover, I t s meander ing cour se it silently weaves. Th ere's the b rown lark- h e sing s each song twice over, " Le-:; t you shculd th ink he never could recap ture Hi s fi rst f i ne, ca re less r ap tur e." And now the fiel ds ore g o lrl witr ripening 1,vh eo t , An d shady tr ees give sh e lter from the heat. Th e bu t te rcups -::i g ift fo r l ittl e folkFa r be tt er 1han thi s t o wn of g rim e and smoke! -

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Octobe.r 2nd: Feast of Our Gu a q:iian An gels.

Oct:cbe r 3rd : Many of th e girl s w ent to Mass this mornin g, a nd shrin es w ere erected in hon our of the Little Flower, w.hose aid we are all invoking for the success of our Tests; Theory and Musical Percep·tion exams . perturb some otherwise calm spirits. ,· I

Ocfobe r 5th : The much-discussed a nd greatly-dread ed October Tests began th is morning, with Latin and French this afternoon . Of co urse, both papers were fearful, although most of the Intermediates liked th ei r En glish paper. Algeb ra h owever, was not up to form.

THIRD TERM. September 19th : 'Back to School again, with the Damocles' Sword of the October Tests over our heads. We h ave Jess than a month to prepare for them. Sept.emb€T 20th : One poor girl was heard to remark: "You don't know how much y ou don 't know until you sta rt revising wh at you think you do know." We agree, .from bitter experience in many years of October '.I'ests. Septemlre1· 25th : A notice on the Honour-room blackboard, "Make up your soul, rather than your face," was not xeceived enthusiast ically. Septem ber 27th : An American tournament was ina uguratsd for !funds for the Magazine, and it will be a great success among our t~nnis enthusiasts. S eptem ber 29th: The producer of " Credo" came to C.L.C. to e xplain the parts to b e play ed in this monster pedorrnance by our School. It is really like spring to-day, and this is how at least two of us feel:

October 6th: Greek an d Rom:m History for an unlucky few . "H as anybody 'eve r h ea rd of t he campaigns of Brasidas :in the Thrace·- ward region ?" An ea rn est s 1ppliant h opes that all replies will be forwarded to t h e printers, wh ere they will be re - addressed. wiJl not try to d·esc.ribe th e agonies of the Lea vin g P ass Physics stud ents. Did anyon e say it was an e3.Sy' paper ? Octob'e r 8th : A rehearsal in th e Ca thedral Hall for the choi r for the Worn.en' s Mass on November 4th in the Cathed ral. The rain did uot dete r the ea rnest chodsters, who are de ter mined to beat a certain boys' choir on their own gr ound. Octobe r 9th : Music ex::ims. w er;e in full swing to-day, and som e girls' h ap ds simply r efu sed to :functio11. AFTER AN ENGLISH TEST . apo logies ~o Browning.)

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Octo ber 9t h : 'l' e t co ntinu ed fo r E xam. la s i::~ ~ t h es tim e a;i:e besL fo r g otten. Oct c be:r l lth : Practi ce a t -a th edxa l R all f i· om P h ys ica l Cu lt ur ;;i nd Voi c nltm di spla y . Octobe r 13th: Las t day of T es t s- s ig h of , ·e.lie:f. St. Patri ck' po t s a t Olym p ic P a k Ma n y fQ1·g ott.en ~· e l a tio n s hip w ere ·ed i cove red. October l 6t h : Re ult of T c.st for I nter s a nd P a s" Ro nour arc. s till in su ])ense. Oct obe r 17th : l?botos. t aken. Oc tober l8 th: P hy ica l Cul t11L'e a nd Ve r$ - peak.i n ,. di s play. Th e audi enc f ull y aJ?_pr eciated lhe w ork of th e g id s. Th e m·cb estn:al number· 1:ece ived w ell- m erited a.vp la us . October 20t h: L es ons in t he s1111 to -day. Sum mru: i 1·eally co.min · at la t. October 23rd : Onr :fi.rs b practi c f or t h ceni c play, "Cr edo." All th e gil-Js :u e ve1·y enthu la st ic. "If Som of th e H 011o m· ·lass Jia vE) ;fo un d ·~ h Ci! m . elves

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.L.t;. oYcrnb r 2nd : Cn c mor e )ra cti ce 'Lo ~· "C1·edo" t hi s m om in "', aJld a g a in at n igh t -a fu ll -dress r e.h e.arsal. Novc m bc_r 4: "Credo."' M st ofi us span t th e a Uern ooh p_rayin g Jo1· fin e w ea tih e r, and a t n ig h t th e .l? • ·j or ma nce vcn LlLJ;>a s;;ed Our · xpectations . "rlLe An g el wei:e an gelic, and w hop e t ha t. t hose w ho )ook ed o h eav e nly will kee p up t he 1· pu tat i n wh(ch th ey ha ve earn ed. On t hi s._ note w e c1o e., h opi ng_ t ha t om iew i naccu raci es th.rou g h· oi..1t l hi dia r y w ill ))a s u n noticed. T he o nly hin o·s t ha t \'\1C) · l eft ont wer e be5 ioJ'gotten ir. m1y ca e. - Paula Mcln m·ney .

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Examination 8'esults, 1938 ALICE O'BRIEN: En glish F rench, German , Mathem atics D rawing . MARIE CARR: English, French, Math em a tics, D raw ing, Music. MARJE COOK: English , French , Germa n, Mathe matics, D rawin g. VENA SIMMONS: English , F rench, Ge.rman, M a them atics. KATHLEEN TUCKER: English , F ren ch, Music, Chemistry (Inter.) .

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LEAVING HO NOURS . NANCY H UGHES: English (3rd class), French (3rd class), Ew·opean Histor y (3rd class) , Greek and Roman His tory (2nd class). PAULA M cINER NEY : E nglish (2nd ), French (2n d ) ,, D rawing 3rd)., European His to'l;y P.H.P. ). MARGARET KE NNY: G-=rman (2nd , French (3rd. , Furopean .History (2n d). BET'I'Y BAR TELS : German (2nd), European History (3rd ), English (P .H .P .). ANNIE ARENDSEN : Eng lish (3rd), German 2nd ), Botany (L.P. Latin (Inter.). MOIRA MURPHY: Eu ropean History 2nd) , Greek an d Roman History (2nd ), English (P.H.P.). BETTY MAD DEN: F rench (3l'd), German (3i;d), En glish (P .H .P .) . FRANCES DONOVAN: F ren ch (3rd ), German (3rd), English (P.H.P .). ALISON BEGG : L atin (3rd), English (P .H .P .), French (P .H .P .), Chemistry (L.P .). MONICA H ARRISON: German (3rd ), F rench (3rd ). MARGERY HARDING : German (3rd), French (P.H .P .). DOROTHY M cGANN: D rawing (3rd class) . LEAVING PASS. DOROTHY McGANN: Engl ish , French, Ma th ematics, D rawing (H ons., 3rd ). MARIE MURPHY: English, F rench , German, M ath ematics, Mus ic, Ch emistr y (Inter.). MARGARET LEAHY: English , F rench , Ger man , Math e matics D rawing.

CARMEL YOUNES: English , Fren ch. AILEEN HEATH: Math emati cs, Fren ch . JOAN SANDIFORD : Engl ish, F ren ch (Inter. , German (Inter), Al ge bra (Inter .), Geom etry and T'rigo·nomctry (In ter.). BETTINA BARBARO: Italian.

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SHEILA HERNON: English , French 1 Germ an, L a tin, Ari thmetic, Alge bra, Geome try, British. H is tor y a nd Civics Drawing. JOSIE NOSEDA: 'English , Freoch, Latin, Algeb ra, Arithme tic, Geom e try, German, Itafi an, British Histor y and Civics . EILEEN MALONE': En gljsh , French, Germ an, L a tin, Arithm t!! tic., Algebra, Geometr y, J)rawin g. MAR GARET MURPHY: En glish , French , German, L atin, A rithme tic, Alge bxa, Geo metry, D rawing. BETTY 0 1BRIEN: English , French, Ger,man, L atin Arith1 metic, Alge bra, Geometry , D rawing (L ;) . MEG TAYLOR: En glish, French, Ge rman, La tin, A d thmetic, Al ge bra, Geom eb·y (L. ). TERESA TOOHEY: English , French , Ger ma n, Algebra, Geom etr y (L. ), Drawing. MARIE CHANDLER: En glish , F rench (L.), German, L a tin, Algebra, Geometry (L.), D rawin g (L.). PAT. CADDEN: En gljsh, French, Ge rman, Arithm etic (L .), Algeb;:a, Bdtish. Histor y and Civics (L.). MARY MENADUE: English , Fren ch (L .), German, British History and Civics, Music. 'I'IM SMILEY: En glish , French, German, Algebra (L .). ELEANOR BENSON: EngUsh , Germ a n, Algebra. GLYNICE DAVIES: English , Germa n (L .), Ai:ith metjc, Algeb ra (L .), Music. VIRGINIE HADDAD: English, Fren ch (L.), German, Alge bra. THERESA ANDREETTA: German, Italian , F rench (L .), Algebra (L .). LILY STARKIE: En glish L .), German (L .), Algebra, Music. PAT. CROWE: E:nglish , F rench (L .), Germ an Al gebra (L .).

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CARIT AS NEWMAN SCHOLAR SHIP EXAMINA TfON 1939. Moira Murphy Newman Exhibi tion Alison Be g C.L .C. Exhibition .. MUSI C RESUL11 S l939. Grade 1. Biddy Molan, Piano Credit . Grade 2. Valda Simmons Piano (P;,,ss ; Rosal ie Be.ndal, H a rmony and Counterpoi nt (Honours . · Jvfory Menadu e, Musical P r ception (Hons. ; H elen Ge orge Musical P ercepti 11 (Hons.) .

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Grade 5. Margaret Slattery, Theory (Hons.); Lorraine Homtlen, Theory (Hon:;.) ; P at. Maguire, T.heory ( H ~ns.); P a ttie Higgins, Piano (Hons.); Carm el Brennan Piano (Credit). Grade 6. J ean S tock , Piano (Hon s.); J oan Rudolph , Piano (Credit) ; Ma u ree n Anderson, Piano (Credit ); Marea W alsh P iano (P ass) ; Ma ureen Eyre, Piano (Hons.).

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SHAlrnSP EARE E XAMlNAT ION, 1939. To Eileen Malone, wh.o won Third Prize at the Annu a l Shakespem:e Examinatio n, to Meg. Taylor, wh o won Fifth Prize, and to Pau la. Mcinerney who was awarded a Certificate, we offer our sincere congratulat ions.

PHYSICA L CUL'il:UR E-SENIOR DIV1SlON . We co11gl'atula te Eileen Malone on winning- the medal fot· i. h e Seniot Division ot Ph ys ical Culture, and Paula McTnerney and L o.rna Doo las nn obtaining certificates .

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®bttuarp Th pi.·ay et of ow: ~· ead e n; a ·e eSJ;J ecially a sl<ed for : he xepo e o · th e s oul s o · t h e foll owin · :pa st pupil s who have di ed d1u'ing th e pas t yc.ar, and we1;e s pecially pr ay ed .for a t H Qly l\'lass. Qn omme mo1·ation Day.

Old Coll egians ' A ssoci at ion and a loyal s upJJ01'tex of her old chool always. Om· ympa hy i s extended t o all h eT deai: ones .

EILEEN Mc[JAUGRLIN.

SJS'l'ER MARY GONZA GA bEDWIDGE. We offei: our sincere sympathy t o Mxs. M. Ley a d Mrs. A. Newbould on the ecent death. of their dea rly loved sister, Siste ~· M. Gonzaga Ledwidge, who died at St. Vinceut's Hospital, Sydney, on November 8. Sister M. Gonzaga, a past pupil 011 C.L.C., taught music here fo~· many years after her Profession, and endeared herse'lf bo h to th s taff and fo he1: pupils, all of whom cherish. th e fondest memo1·ies of her many kindn esses . 'B r illn ess wa a very p ainful on e, but her pat ience and i;ead:y accee tan ce of God's Eoly Wi11 were h e-roic. We 'fee l that h ex eveT bu sy, y et sain t ly, life, completed by h eT Teat s uff eJ:ing , will earn, J:o ~· h e1· th e full xewa1:d p ~·om i se d to those wbo h<tve le;ft all and fo llowed Him.

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For many y ears Eil een manag·ed her own che mi st's hop at B'!mnswi ck, and was renowned fo~· h er g en e1·osity to many people. Sh <:: s uffaered a ve:r:y painful illnes , bu t died a saintly death at the Mercy 'Hospital a f ew wee ks a g o.

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MOTi,IER MARY BURk'E, F.C.J. Many of oi.n· Old Collegians will be g.rieved to leaxn of th e ~1:ecent death of Moth ei: fMaL·y Bq.1'ke, a!fter a Jon g illness in St. Vincen t: s Hospital. On leavin g C.L .C., Ma·ry, who was a ni ece of th.e late Si s t er M. Bo1·om eo, coneinued heT studi es a t the University, doing a bvilliant A~· ts coUl'se and ·aining her M.A. AfteJ.' entei; ing th e Faithful Companion$. of J es us, she went abroad f OJ.: many y ears, :retm·nin · la t year. Upfo1tunately, s inc<l' h er ~·e tm; n, sJi e had been in bad health. On Nove1n)Je1· 22 he di ed a m9s t holy dtiath. J\'lay Our LoTd, Whom s h e se:rved s o '.faithfully, ·ewaQ·d her abundantly now t hat hei;· hor t life on eai:th ha closed. T o h e:r: 'l:elatives and fr i J1d we otfe1· om· s in cere sympathy.

FIAT MIHI A oi t light flood s a s itnp le J.·oom, wherein A maiden kn eels a t p1·aye r; h e r eye are raised r o ·ee Tea t Gabriel , God ' m (m ·er, Wh o g r eet h eT i·ev er ent ly, 'Hail, f ull oi G:i:ace,'' An not1 nc:in · that h er God ha willed Hi s Son F r m h er chast e body t tak e human fou11 . O'exwh elm ed wi t h humbl wond e:r, " Be ii; don e A c:cm·din · t o Thy W ord," th e maid r epli es; E'en fi:om E ter nity is marked that h our. And in th e mom ent ·he h er ''fiat" speaks, The Son of God obeys th e maiden 's word. A r ich lig ht steal at ven in · oftly t lll'ougb An upp er r oom, and hin es wi t h t end e.r g.rn ce On fa ces r oi.rnd a s upper tabl e ranged Ii'or Paschal F ea st. All eyes ax t m;-ned a s on e. 'l'h eir Ma ter r ise , and u p lif t s Hi s Hands And E yes towa r ds H eaven , and Hi s vo ice rings clear:

"This Bread My Body is, this Wine My Blood; My Blood, which s halJ ;(01; you and all Be s hed unto .i;edemption.u In t ha t hour Though shape and form and hl'le uncha11 g ed app ea i:, Natn t e obeys the Voi ce of Ghri st, h er God. A dim li g ht strn ·g:ie thTough a wintry mi st. 'L'o Teach an altar 'Window glowing s oft, WheTe t!owe'J; and candl e de.ck a Table s:pxead Fm· Eucha1·isti c Sac rifice and ]!'ea s t. And O'ne bend i't low, i n stately vestment clad, And lift. s in tl:ernblin hand ( but yes t e:i:day N ewly ol'dained t o s ei v ' hi God for ay e ) Th Bread and Wine wi tJh sa c:rificiai :rite : "l'his Bxeacl My Body is , thi s 'Wine My Blood," H whi sp eJ'S clear, and i:e. hi s voice ha s di ed The Son of God obey H,is cTeature's wo;rd. - "Ancilla Do)11ini.'

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Catholic Ladies' C ollege Old Collegians' Association OMMEMORATION DA Y'., 1939, was on_e of the happiest cr·eunions th aL h as bee n held at th e College. On Sunday , Novembe r 12 brillian t sun shine a11d a flag- waved o ll ~g clou(ll ss sky, agarm;t whic h t he 0 ·en Jy, helJ.led th • man y Old ·o1Je "iau S' \v h o atten ded to fo1•g;e fo1· one day t h.eii: ronndart c.axes and Ji.v e over aO'a in t h hap(ty days o:f c.b ildb ood.

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A t. 10 o' clock H oly Mass was offered by Rev. P . Lyons, D.D., Administrato r, St . P at.rick s Ca th ed ra.l, M elbourne, jn t he CoJ! ego chapel, fo r the repose o-€ th_e so uls of de ceased teache1·s a nd pupils o( th e College, and especially i9 r Sist.eli M. Gonzaga Ledwidge w bo was a pu pil of the College, and who Jater taugbU mu ~c. for m a ny ye-a1 s ;:i C.L.C., a nd a lso for Misses Margai;et O'.Keefe a1i d E iJ een O ' Lo u ghlin~ wh_o h ave died since last Commemoratio n b ay.

In the course o( hls address, Rev. Dr. Lyons congr at ulated th e Associa tion. on th e la rge number 0£ Old C6llegians pxesent, which gave tang ible proof of t heir loyalty to thei,r school. Tha t loyalty, he remi_nded t b,em, sho uld be shown in (th e.!r daily )ivcs, by fide,lity to prayer and the Sacraments and the Holy SacTifice of t h e Thus they would w ea ve in to the ii; da ily lives Mas~. t he t h eme o n which was based all t he work, which was don e lor them by the Sisters ol Ch.a ·ity while t h ey were at school-"Caritas Christi UrgeJ; Nos"- the Cbarity H e \'eie red to t h e Epistle of Christ Jl resses us on. read in h e Mass tha t' moming, in whi ch St. Paul e x tols th e vir1 :ue 0£ charity. I,f th ey undei:!;;tood th at virtue a righ t, th ey would give glory to God by iliefr Jives h :=re on ear th q_nd r ea p an eter nal rewa rd of hapJ?iness with God in h ea ven. .Rev. Dr. Lyons r eminde d th e Old CoUegians that on Decembe r 3 a sp ecial Pontifical High Mass js being offe r ed in S t. I;'atri.ck's CatheClral to ,m ar t.he Fiftieth Ann iversary of the coming of th e Siste.i:s o.£' Charity to A t the close of last yeaJ' t he Centenal'y Melbourne. oi the Order in Australia wa s ce~t! bi:ated with gi;eat solemr\ity in Sy dn ey, and now !he pupils, past a nd pre sent, aQcll fij:::nds oj the Sist ea·s o.t Charity in Melbourne arc to ass is at th e Cathedra l on. ·Decem be 3 to sh ow t h eir gra ti t ude to God lor th e b lessin s which He has bestowed on the city of Melbourn e sin ce ~h e coming Co legians were All 01 of the Sisters of Charity. urged to be prese n t 011 th a t reaft occa ion . Rev. Dr. Lyons also r eminded ,his beajers that t here were ot he r ways in whi ch. they could give tangible proof of th e.ii· appreciation of th.di; school on s u ch an occasion pa rticula rly by giv ing ge nernu.sly to wards the College Building Fund . B'e was s ure tha t Mother Recta•ess would a pprec iate whatcve_r they did in th a t direct ion. After M ass the Business Meeti ng was h eld in the OfCol~ge h al!, and 'the annua1 electio ns took place. :tice -bea rers for the coming yeai· are: -P residen t: M.iss Nita La ntq· i; Vice -Presi.d en f~: Mesdam es P. 'L. Grogan, I I

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R. I Cab,ir, J. F. Ellis and M iss M. !Feil ; SeCTetar ~es: Misses G. Guilfoyle a nd P . W allbridge; Treasuxer: MiSs D. D aley; Committee: Mrs. J . E . Willis, lVfrs. C. Owen . Misses B. 0 Halloran, M . Amad.,, J . Wa lker, K . Reid, R. Re.id, F. McAuliffe, M . Malcolm, N . Culph, Maxgaret Moloney, B . Ma dden, I. Cau:bU, E. K enneally anq M. Tomlinson. After luncheon, which was served io the College diny a in g hall, an excellent en terta inmen t was en joyed vary appreciative audience, the g uests of honour bcjng F ath er L. Moran College Chaplain, and Contessa Filip p ini, a 'past :riupil of t be Sisteis 0£ Charity a St. VinBea utiful vocal items were re nd ered cent's, Sydney. hilJi pson au d D e-lia Daley, Qiano ~o lo s by Mi ses June by M isses Mamie Clifford and, boreen Phillius, an d hat p Co nsolos by a })xesent pupil Miss Rosalie Benda]. tes" a Fili.r>pini al o deliu·h e.d t he mJdie nc: e "\\' it h h 1· Singin g. The p i:esent pupils' Dramatic Club staged very effec All items t ively, "The Reh earsal," by Maurice Bmiug. were wa rmly applauded. A t the conclusion of t h e programm._e, afteJ'noo n lea was an d the day was brought lo a close with Bene dic tion of. t h e Blessed Sac_rame11t give,n by Rev. L. Lou "'hi1an, S.J. se~ved,

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The following ex-students were present at the reunion: Mesdames J. Boyle, F. Costigan, J. Collins, J ohn Ellis, T. Flanagan Fitzgera ld, L. P . Grogan C. Hoy, T. J . Hawkins, J. Keane , J. Jenkinson, A. Loughnane, G . Lightfoo T . Spenser , C. Murphy, J . McNamara, J . Nelson , C. Owen, B. Mazzorini, T . Phillipson, P. Ryan, Raftus, Tully, J. Willis, J. Warry, M. Ley a nd Newbould. Misses A. Arensden, C. Arendsen, Mary Amad, N. Bartlett B. Bartels, B. Bryan, Bettina Barbaro, Moira Brady, Margaret Cronin, Mar ie Carr, Mamje Clifford, Kath. Cla ncy, Norrie Culph, Merna Curran, Frances Donovan, Margaret Douglas, Jean Douglas, Marie Doug las, Tess Doherty, Delia Daley, Mary Daley, Jennie Donovan, Do reen Elliott, Dollie Egan, Muriel Field, Mo ll y Fagan, Rona Fox, Maj ella Field, Mollie F e nn essey, W. Fanning, G. Guilfoy le, Mo lly Galli, Noreen Heagerty, Desleys H eight, Nancy Hugh es, Marjorie Harding, L a ura Hardy, Monica Harrison, Pauline Haddad, Nell Huot, Nan J ohns, Mary Jones, Molly J enkins, Elizabet h Keane, Mary K ennedy, Eileen Kennelly , M. C. Kenny, Molly Killian, P at. Kenny, l\fy,ra Kissane , Margaret Kissane, Shcila Laniga n , Eileen Lymer, Nit a Lanteri, L. ynch, Betty Ma dden , Peggie. Mason, Mary Maso n, M'ary Ma lcc1n1, Bernie Ma lcolm, Christina Mise ll, Marie Murphy, Vera ;McMahon, Lorna Moore, Freda McG lade ,, NeJ I Moll oy, Margaret Moloney, Jea n Murray, Frances McAuliffe, Mildred Nagl e. Valerie Norris, I. Cooley, Betty O'H alloran, Edna O'Con no1:,_ Marie O'Connor, Ma ry O'Conn:ill , Ali ce O'BrienJ Sheila O' DonJrnll, Joan O'Donnell, Connie O Loughlin, Ursula O' C9nnor, T . McCafl'rey, Vera McMahon F . McKernan, Doreen Phillips, Ronnie Patti .son, Nancy Price, Jun e Phillipso n , Cla rice Ru le, Eva Rush , K . Reid, P. Reir:l, Kath. R yan, Mary Rafter, J . Rafter K alhie Street, Lorna Tacey, Nancy Tehan, Lil. Toohey, M . Tomilson, Raie Uniacke, Maria Vigano, Molly Vines, Betty Walker, Phyllis Wright, Kath . Walsh , E ssie Werfel , P eggy Walbridge, Eileen Webb, Doro thy Whit<'!, Joyce Wal h .

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Th om mittee t hj s y ear chose No. 9 Da1foio-- ·b·eet fox th e A ociation 's annual at h ome:, ·which wa s h eld o n June 20. 1' h e choice proved a g·ood on , a s th e hom ely atrno phere p1;ovided by the bright lo · frr es and the lovely floral decorations in the College colours did much to inci·ease th e enjoym ent of t he Old olle ·ian s and theit friends who atte.nd ed t hi function. The 0 ·uests and r epree:ntativ es of kindred a ociation were i·eceived by t h e J;':i:e:;iident, Mrs . P. L. Grogan, as s i. ted by t he S ecretari es, Mr!=<. D. J. Nel on and Mir; P eg ·y Wallbrido·e.

'J'he kindxed as oc iation s. r ep re:;e1it d in c:Jucjed Ne' man Society, V.C.O .C.A., St. Columba's Coll~ge, Acad emy of Ma1·y Immaculate, St. PatJ:ick' s ollege (Ea st; M lb6m:ne), St. Patrick's Coll eg·e (Sal ~ ), Old Paradia h!'> and St. Jose ph'i', North Me lbourne.

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'' llnfOGE l' A.R'PY,. The fi ts t social ev nt of the y ear wa s a b ·idg·e, })ai:ty, ·iven by the Pi·eside.nt, )Vlrs. 0. I.. Grogan 1 at h ex hom e. It was a very hap1?Y g a t h ei: ing-, and proved a grea t s uccess ocially and financia ll y. ' h' non -bricjg· ])layers we.r catered f01· by t-he so·eening- o . v e ry interesting tn\v el fi lmf< taken on a world tO H1·.

T HE l?J '!URE NfGHT. In Apri l th e co mmittee organised a s u<;ce. s ul J)icture ni g ht at the P1aza Tfieahe. Fi:Om the attendance at this function by CHd Co ll egian s , i.t was clearly obvious that th e cinema plays. a very poi t\la 1· ;iad in th e amusemen of past pupils . ThEi picllure ni · ·ht wa s suppot·ted by ove:r a 11und.red m e mber ;:;.

G-;ENE RQ S DE"N;E.FA T ORS. T o Mr. Arthur Sha ll a rd w olte · om· i; in ·ei;e thank s fo1· hi s mu ch aJ'Pr cfated ,.ift o · £1 20 to ))rbvid n e\ caJ·pet for th e Co nv ent Chap ~ !. It . c rv es a s, a co n$tan t i 111ind e1; to J)J:ay for the ~·cpo;:;e of the s oul o,f h:s mot h er , in ·whose m e1110 1·y th e gift wa be,; t owed, and h e ~\ ! so haJ·es in t h e f rv n t j)tayers of the Go mmunity . W e' c:!,x pTes-s our ince1;e 0 Tatit1.1d e al ' O tQ ML and Mr . J. Egan, who 'f urnished th e altar with a very beaut ifu l ·old tabe1: na cle door, in memory of' the.it· daug·hter, Joan, who died i n 19.37, whi le till a J)upil 0£ th .ollege. Sh is co n s tantly r e m e mb r eel in the prnyill's of t h e c hi ldr en and oi. th ' omrnunj t y.

Mrs. Moore, who is always so 'enerous to th e Sister3 o.f Charity, has recently donated a Projector for lnov in g pictures., which wil l prove of gteaL ,~ duc ati ona l value. To her w e offer ouJ· sincere th;;inks. W tak e thi oppo r t unity of e-xp r essirig o ur apprecia tion of the ge n ero s ity of. all our be nefa ctors, and particularly of the work of the membe 1·s of t h Mothers' As s o iation , who have been so untiuino· In th eir eff orts to h Ip th e College th ·oughout the year. To a ll we wish a ve:i:y happy h 1·istJ11as ancl God's blessing on th e. co m~n g· y-em-.

ACKNOWLEDGME NTS W e thank sinceTely all who hav e co ntributed to " adta /' and thank P aula Mc.Inern ey, Eileen Aile.ei1 l;Ieath, and Pal. Dipnall for k etches. To Claire Pedley, Marie Chandler, and Mary we owe our inte.resting "snaps" of school-life·

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Marie Carr and Clarice Are nd £e n our glimpses o.f the Old Collegjans' Reunion. To all we extend our sincere thanks, and wish all our 1·eaders and our advertisers God's blessing for Christmas and the coming year.

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Old C ollegians Far and N ear O Sister ii'I. Austina (Josie Thompson) and Sistei: Mai:y Leonore (Joan Murphy), who were professed this year at St. Vincent's Convent, Potts Point, we offe r our sincere congratulations. We also congratulate .Jean Gough, who received the holy habit in August, and Js now Sister M. Joha nnes. Mother M. Col umcille (Ellie Payne) is doing gra nd work on the mission field in Northern India. At present she is in charge or Mt. St. Mary' s, at Entallyl a suburb of Calcutta. !iCJ.· occupations a re decidedly va1:ied. She has already a chi eved 1. he i·e ma~·kabl e feat of giving Maths. lessons in Ben g·a1i . Hm: ins tructions to th e native childten al·e al o g iven i n th eiT lang ua ge. Eve n at Darjeeli ng, wh er e s he s pends a few weeks ' i;esp ite in the hills dur ing th e intense umme r h eat, what us.ed to be a rather exclusive. Eurovean school now has Greeks, Armenians, J ew'S, Hindus , "Buddhis t s, and Mahommedans . All of these r aces wexe ·epJ·esented in a wonde1::f.ul a s pageant, which she des cribes, which was recently staged at Darjeeling, to teach the people the s ignifi_cance. of the Roly Sacrifice. Our recent experience of "Credo" ha made us realise the powe_r oi a g1·e_at Myste,ry J>lay, and thi s g·i:ea drama must have pi;oved jus.t as effective. The priest at the a1ta7J.· occ upi ed the centre of th e back stag e with his assistants and congregation around him , and t he an gels in adorntion be]lind. ( We hop e th ey wei:e a s devou t a s our C.L.C. An gel§; in "Cxedo." ) T he priest faced the altar and went s lowly t hi;o ug h t he 'Ma ss . By m ea ns of another stage i11 front1 t he hi ·tory Of the human race was developed. Its attempts at aci-iii ce, its s hare in th e one gxeat Sacrifice and th e cont.inaance of the Sacdfice were clearly shown. In th e fir s t pai-t of the action lfi gu,i:es fro m the Old Tc ta111ent appear , King David joining in the P s alm, aud Ada\n co ming forward at th e Confiteo11, declaring that it i he who should confes his sin. They t a lk of th e co min g Redee m er and ca ll on th e pr ophets to teach, whi G.h th ey do in dial o ue with David. T he. sig; nificance of Me lchi sad ech's offei;ing i a lso discussed. Afte'l: the Kyri e, th e. h eph erds on Bethl e he m's hillside take up th e tory, r eheaes_i ng th e Mes iani pTophecies. The an gel dire t · them to Bethlehem, as t h e choir s ings the Gl uria. The Cri b i t self form s a beautiful fea ture. J'ohn t he Bapti st and a group of Phari sees, including Nicodemu s, app ear. T hen fox t he rest of th e -play Our Lord and :Fris discip1es take th e front stage, teaching in Nazareth at th e Epistle, and g ivin · the Beati ud es at th e Gos pel. At th e Offert ory, children came forward to offer themsc]ves-on thi s occa s ion it was Nepales children :;peakin g Nepalese. A t the Corni.ectatio n th e action was most impressive. 1' he. pi·ies t pam,ed afteT the Preparatory Prayei:s, and Om· Lord took up the words of Tra ns ubstantiati on from t he Suppe r-Table in froJ1t. The va s.t audience was made lo fee,1 tb e. id entity of th.e t wo; a)vary, shown in an inset

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behind, c:;oincided with Lhc Elevation, and E mmau s, later, with the Oommunion . It was wonderfully work d o ut, t he w m.:.ds and action s of the pTies t min g lin g natural! 1 a ~ it were m elting, into t hose of th e Gnat Hi g h Priest i11 f'1;ont of him. 1' he Epilo ·ae s how ed Ch'-i·i st in ?1cn-y, and tlhe l>ope cal1ing on all to live the Mass by bein g; othe1; Chi:ists in all th <!J walk· of t heir daily )ives. W e can und er.stand t hat ueh a JJ la y would 11roduc la's tii1 g effects. I t was pedoi:med on eventeen ni g ht f or variou s gro ups, including _:R e lig-iou , the Catholi c chil·· dr en, t h e chi ldre n o'.£ PL·9te ~tant sc hool $, t he .Darjeelin g J~ Ub l ic, the K.u ~se on ,. pLiblic, and the Indian congregat ion. One oi t he conve rsio ns r es L1lting £rom "t was that of t he child wh o played the p int o.£ Chr is us, and many Catholk.s have been led to know t he Ma ss bette];. T hi s i jnst a g limpse di t he work being done fot· the convei:s ion of India. W e,. a,re s ure that our :read e1's w i!! help with the.ir -ferve n pi:ayer s, s uch a g iganti c task , and join with us in wishin~· every bl essi n · on the WO't"k oi; one of our Old Coll egians, who is s pendin g h eL" eneJ:g ie · in s uch a g1·a nd cause, m1d s.he, too, wi shes u e v e t' ~' ble. sfog on on ~ wq1·k in her old ·chool. On one mor ning· thi s . ear she was spec ially in om thoughts -and we know t hat ·h e was h ere in spir it, ton, wh e n hei.· brnihex s aid one of th e ,fi,n;t Masses a fter hi s oi;dination in on i; Co nv ent Gha pcl. At that Mas he wa :re me mb e:r ed both by th e celebrnnt and th ei eon "l"e· g ation, fOJ: in the Hol y Sacrifice, which is t he .centre o.f1 t he Faith ~h e is helpin g to s pread amon g t hose "in t he s.hadow of death ;-' ar e we not all brnught togelhrr " P e r ips um, cum ipso et in ips.o.'i AnotheL· Qf Q lll" J1a ·t. pupil in India i S' Lo uil:;,e L ignt.foot, who ;retui:ned to 4 u. {ralia ;fol!" a s ho r t t im dm:rng thi s year. She j vei;y interes t e.cl in Indian dan cing an cl has flroduc e.d In a ian ballets and written and lec tur ed Ql1 t he s ubj ect. At prese nt s he has h er ow n <lancin · s t'udio a t Ma(ha o;,. t11·i_nga vi it to Calcu tta s he in et MotheJ; M. Oolnm ci ll 0, and had a long chat ab out old t ime · at O. L.C. 'rt mus t have been an intere ·ting 11ee tin g, 101: ti{ was ove r twelv • year ~ si nce th ey 'had 111et. Aftei: leaving sc,ho ol bot!~ went to the Univ e r ·ity and N ewman College, Lon ::;e g ainin · h m· Diploma of AL"chi ilectur and i,El11i e n e r M.A. Row vaTied t heh; c.ai:eer :;; are now. From Mt. St. Mary's, Nadi, Fiji, S ister Gerald J;Iawkin ~ wri tes to s ay how much s he e njoyed lcCa r itas," and a k. for pray rs '.fOJ: the s.uccess oi a n ew chool for Indian g'irls., which has beell ope.ne:d in he,i: field oi 1nis iona 1·sr labours . W e are sllJie. tha t s.uch a ,·eq uest will n o b e made in vain to C.L. Q. g iJ"l , past Ol" present. Mothel," M. F ra nci,: Xa '\l iPr Ma 1>leback alSo a s ks. ioi· prayexs -for th e mi . 1Qn field in China . She is at •p r e ent at Go lumban Mi s ion Ho use, Ca hirco n, Co. Glare, and t horo u ,. hly enj oyed J·eadin g n ew s of old cla ss · ma tes in la y e.ar'. "Ca1·itas. ' "Sh e . Qnds .he r be.st wi she to aH,

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and w a 1·c su1·e t hat th ey ar e J: eCilj1 rOcated by her old tcachel'. and he r many f ri en ds fo AustJ:alia. An interestin g letter a Tived i rmn l' hillida Cooper, :from Fu1ha01-xoaa, 'Ken in ·-ton, London . She was ~wend i,n · a holidl:l y with hex s i tel' prior t resuming 'her studies in Pari ·. On J1er trip .fro m Me lbourn e the poJ:t which $he fou nd most interes ting· wa s Vill efr anch e. She wa de li g hted Q meet a gum tr~c in Nice. At ·~ h e. time of w1·itin <> <th was e njoyino· the ti;.eas ures of London National wor k of Michelan elo. She wen v, l;:ia ll e:~·y , es peci ally th fro 145 Pi ccadilly, wh ern the Kin g and Qu een u sed to li va 9efore th ey ascended t he throne. She aw the:re letters wl·ibten by Napoleon and Ne lso n, and Captain Oates' $'1 ee ping· qa<», and Scott's snow s hsie , and shi~·t · Q.f Charle J., 'a·JJ 'fril1y,, with bi g 5leeve5," and Quee n Elizabeth' s throne, and all sort o:f marvellou_s things. Sh e wa in London fo r th e last night o · the ballet at Covent Ganle n, and saw Lic:hine and Baronova and there wa:, a g enex·a l re union . W e hav e. s ince recei ved n ews t ha t hill ifla is .re.turning· with the .Ru ·s ian Ba llet be:toxe t he end o.1;: t he y~ar. We wis.h Jwr a sa fe journ ey, and will be very pleased to have h cJ' back with u s again.

li' ROM GE R Mi\NY. Marifa MeJde. who left Au. ralia wit h h e r mother last Jun e, has written ve ry inte,1·esti ng I ·tten;. Ser friend s will be pl : ased to know t hat, althou g h h e is in Berlin, . he is quit ha ppy and s afe. JV1a1·ita io und Durban vel'y attra1;tiv-e. ·Tb ~ Zu1u s h·uck her a s be ing very g ood bus il1 e:s m e.n. They \'v ~ . i.;·qing to chaxge 4/ - for a 1·ith · a :Ui<;l e, bu t' finally dip it fou 6d.! Athlone Res e.i;ve, ovexloo kin g be Bay, waSc- a very beautii(ul spot. J ourneying 'l'urt'he 1· on, thjs t im e, b; car, they came to rnonkeylanc), whc ·e th e. co nn.try i ~ t hick with t tee and th ~re al,'e milli9trs o'f m o nk e y ~ .i:unning wild! Ma6ta bought s ome veau ut'$ fo r th e:m , but, in t !'Ue monl{ ey :fa, h ion, One Of hem [na pped the bag from her hand and ran up a treefo rtu na tely t he ·est of the monk ey. , 'Wh ich !:)ad jumped 9n to t he ca r , follo\v~ d the bag of 11uts! .'\ ntwcsp, the vc.1: y old town wi hh jts histo ri ca l bui ldmuse um . T he cat heing , inciud e:s a vety intei·estin dral wa s buill in t he i5th, centm:y. T hey climbed the 500 ·tep t.o th e Id c,.a thedraJ t owe r and had a view of the. w hole ci t y . I n th e catbed\·al a~· e1 two large pictut es by ul:lcus . G r w~.se l s provided fj);es h in leJ:e.s t s. King Leol old'· bala cc., t h Law Gou rt, ·.;;rith its 300 r ooms, th e Town lfa11, with its hi :,to,1;i ~ tatu e , and th e. Cathedra l, with its famous stained- glass windows. On a car trip thro u ·b Be lo-ium th ey w e_r varUcu lady s tJ:uck by t he beauty of' t he flowen, begonia$ in eye1·y s hade.. The old aa ties-compl e..t e \Vith d.rnw-brid es and quaint old btidg es-peasant in national costumes, carried her m ind back o t he love ly old le ·ends so often enjoyed withou t really be:lievin o- uch sce,n es e.xi sfi. A Y pres t he Cathedxal is ·omp lete.ly ~·ebui.l t, as 1914. n t hin 1 main ed of it a,ft (J i; the. di;eadf;u l war '!'h e re. i s :J bea utiful :J 1·ch bui!L at Meme n, t~ 'the memo1·:y

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of Aus trn li:Jn s oldiers who fell ther e, all th e nam es being ng raved on the arch. It was on Ju ly 22 that th ey aniv e.d in B,·e.men t he po1t so familiar to the Leavin g Honour Ge:i:lnan s.tud e.ut ! ) . Th e ;foll owing day they di·ove fo · ix hon.rs be.fore :reachi'n o- Be rlin, wh ere they a.re now es tablis hed, in one of th e loveli es t homes in the city, not f ar from t he Wannsee. I t is sad to think that af t el' vi win · h e scenes of t.he last war, wh er e s uch havo c wa wrought, that they s hould be so far from us ndw; bu t, thank God, th ey a re s afe a nd a rn spend in a happ y tim e w ith thei:t· own r elatives. '!;'heir letters give eve ry reassm:an ue.

A lm a A llan (Mr s. J . M. Ker na n ) is k ept busy with h · youn g fami ly of seven, but, i.n spite of that, s he is a lways ready to he lp w hen she is n eeded at C.L .C. Mar y Ama d was at l he R eunion, although sh e ha no t :Cull y l'ecove:i;ed from her ~ · ece nt opera fon. W e apJ>'t·eciate very much Mary's loyalty and hop e t hat sh e will be. quite w ell aga in soon. Ronnie A rchbald attends First Aid classes with 'Rona F ox. Ne llie Ba rt lett missed one of her favou.rit teachers a li the Reunion, and hopes sh e will · oon retm·n fr om Quee nsland . lif.}tty Bar tels was a m e mber of th Gentena r:y hoir . Be t has ~ r cla . snrnte:,' predi ction. have co me true! be.en bu y prepaxing for heT debu t at St. Vince nt's Hospital Ball. Mrs. R. Boy le we we.re plea ed to see again on Co 111m e 111oxation Day. Retty Bryan, one of oux l,'ecent " Old Gr.rl s.," was d e.lig hted w ith her first R eun ion. Do ro th y Beagley (M r s. Mc roh a n ) has a little dau g hi <}J:, a p~·e. ent pupil of the Coll ege, who has. th e sam e mile as her moth e):. b ~· i g· ht Mo ira B r ad y's ch eer y s mil e br ig htened all on Commemor ation Day. I sn't; Moira g lad s he does no . Jiave to study history now! May B ri ck is a vi go'.l:ous me mbe.1: of the L egion of Mary, and was one of the many Old Collegian s wh.o ook part in "Credo." H elen By rne arr ived sa·f ely in Au t,ra lia a fe;w wee ks a g o, aftei; an excitin trip frn m London, inclU<;li_n · a chase by a subma~·ine! Du.ring he1· ix: months' ab r oad, Italy, France, Switzerland, Gm:many, Holland, and Bel gium, lreland and England w ere vi s.i.ted. Most Qf J:\e;r t ime was spent in France. I mmediately on returning to Aus tralia s he had to begin to fun ction a s on e. o~ t h e ex_aminers jn Italian, so a lto&'ethe.r .E:eJen has had rath er a bus y year. We hop e. to h eai: more of h e.i: expe.dences ab.road. Tris Bowden: A very ke en t enni s enthus.iast. R ece nt ly did om c very good woi·k in oxganis.ing: a t enni s tournam ent, which unfoxtunat ely Had to be nostponed on account of th e inclemency 0£ t he weath e)'. We offe\' Iri s our congrntulations on compl eting h e1· Pharmacy co urse.

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J;!etty ;Bar nard i taking up u1· ing at. St. Vin cent' RMpita\. Jl ~i: s,i t:er, Pat. (Mr alli geri) , i · r e iain · in the En1n s.wi k di trict.

Bettina Ba rbaro is teachi ng Italian. W e wer o· · B tti11a on Co mm emoration Day.

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Mary ahill. ·who pen la t. year vi itin · F xa nce I taly, Gei:many Beln· ium, Nonvay, $\ eden , Ireland, ana England, 1· tul'ned early in F bnaa:i;y. MaTy has, a tore of beaut,ifu l 'me.mor:ie o:f her trav I , but A u traua ·eemed v :i·y dear to her on h t return, paJ:ticularly a s h had b CJ! in Loml n dw:ing the ci·i i of last Sep e.rnber. Mal')' ha now e.t tkd down to t h arduous life of a pro bationei; at. t. Vincent' Hosp ital and .!?~·o mi ses to b a v ry cavable nuL·se. Sh stjil find odd mom ent to v isit h · old cla -room s and Tecall ":fond memoi:ies." Mary wa s on e oi t he debutant e at tb e S.V.R. ball Tecently. 'M ar garet Cronin alway attend on 01n1nemora t ion Day. laric arr loves the ollege a much a e'li'eT, and ba help cl to bri g hten ' aritas" with intm:· esb ng " naps" tak n on omm emoration Day. W mi e.d Mari e's ta len in our cm1cett thi yea1-. rs ula Cos tigan jom·neyed from Yea on Commemorat ion Day. lier you ng daughtel' and Baby @era ld k eep h L' bu y. U rsula looks fonvard to "Carita " each y a r . 'We hop ::i to have Jacq ueline's photo in p rint so me day. ,A my ann se J11 to hav S[lent the g r eatei· pal·t of her time travellin · sin e she left chool. Ber: fir st tr ip wa to Japan. Sh then v i it cl Europe, and returned a f w month s ago fro m a lon · n ·i p \ hich eem to have inclndecl mo t of Europe and Ameri ca. The trip up th Rh ine wa a joy not easil y forgotten. W e fee l ·ure th ·>t l he old Jen·ends Arny wa introduced to at h er G rm a n lesso ns enhan ced t he beauty of many a . c n . Sh e did n ot tell u if she l' ally aw the Lorelei! Kath. Ja ney enjoy f)d a crui e to Papua thi s year. Kath. a lway en joys R eunion Day, and h elps others to e njoy it, too. H er pa1;e time i d vot d to t h e Clith erow Soci ty. Her i t e1·, Dorot hy (Mr . Lani gan) , is J-: pt bn y with h er yo un g fami ly. N orri e ulph love h ex school co lolll' and h e.Ip to bl'ig hlen the Catholic Mi ss ion Office. Norrie made h r debut at St. Vin cent's Hospita l Ba ll thi year. h arroll is a promisin g mu ician, and a m ember of t he Id Collegian ' Comm ittee. Th e1;e is ha rd work ah ead, I vy! Merna urran is very faithfu.1 to Com memoration Day. Vrances Donovan has enteTed the Tea chino· Profess ion, and find it most congenia1. At last Frnnc.e ha h r opportun ity! Vje mi s her in ur Dran'latic Club. Margaret Douglas i often e n on the ice at t. '.Moritz. J(athleen ha pent mo t of this yea1· in t h oun try. W e missed h er on Com memoration Day. J enni e D oncvan help the P.M.G .'s Department lo ke p 0 ·o in g . Enjoy ed a car trip to Adelaide recently, and saw t he Grampians at their best.

J)eli a Daley ha · be n a h a s u1: ' a ~ h e.a "QL"r :[ th e, A · iati on. DeJia will I:» on ly too plea ·e.d fo a ·c.:ept do na t ion toward · i h Asf< QC' ia t. i o n '~ a011eal QJ« t.hc pi res' ompletion Fund . Jler si s. e ,., .M ar y, gives Delia and t he oll ·e hc.r loya l s~p p oi,t On . omm emQ.ration. :Oay botb Mary and Delia deli g ht t h. '"a tJ1e ri ng with ] iano an•J voca l oloi;. 0

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arm el rawford is maui od a nd liv e a t E h ood, and now Mr s . D u •fa· Veal. R a s two lovely children , Doug1a :s and J oan. lI i· ·isC '" ,l;ila, no,w ML'S. Bill purlin o" li ves at T.r cnt harn. Vera raw ley, v.<110 (t' ained at I;, Vin cent :s , i · a) p r sent on l be staff at St. J s .!)h's Hosp ita l, .A!ulJl\rn, N.S.W. Rathl een Dal to n. \ h is )10w M1·s. Jam es Allan, lives a t au lfieJcl and ha s twu iil dl' n, J~m and ool. Si ter 1ari e Jo o Ditchburn tiow at Noti:e Dame 01wen t, Box Hill , and c.nj,O:y cd n w:;, crf Old oil g ians 1n la st yea r's i u N ancy Da lto n, n ' Micha el.

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E dna J)ougla s 1) l ay ~ i1n th e ifl ter-Stato baslm tba ll match $ • Joan J) vine ann - un · od her c. ng ag·e men t hi s year. ono· ra ti.1 lation s and best wi s h " Joa n. Meg D ea ·ue i among (h • •x-110pil s in tra iniop: at t. V in ent -. Re e E r ck we wou ld lik • on m.m t11.orntion Day an I brin °· a long h eJ; old !ich()o l ;fri end, Be rnad ette. ~'fo lli e Desaill y (S i ·ter J\1 • .Jo:sc phin e) i ~ now at t. J . eph ' · Convent, Swan B'ill , and sent h e.~ be ·t w i he t.o " arita s," wh ich h enj oy d very much la:t y ar. Nancy i s i1ow at: Munurindi. W were f;QJ.·1·y to 11 eaL· that he had no be w 11, and tr u. t that ho J1a now made a ·ood xe ·ov 1 y. Dollie Egan i k pt bu y a s Head Misti·Qss a amb rw ll Dom estic Art· S hool. in t e rested in ommcrnoration Day. l\toll ic F a.ran i now I •ai·nin g; t pilo t. h 1· own ·aL W a1· p lea sed that Moll y has mad ·uc.h a ·o cl l'ecave ry from 11J r i:e ent atta ck of 11 ppe:ndi cit i . Rona Fox i v ry iJ1 b' · f\ t d io First Aid, and is an cnth u ·ia Uc membe1· oi t h Le "i tl of Ma\:y. Majclla Fi eld is wel l on 11ow in h e:r nu.r ·in g care r, and i looked up t.o w ith aw by 1110 1:e 1·ec •nt, addition to th · ranks of :i;n·obatione.i·s . Mo llie Fenn e ·y an d Rofla Fox <!11j ©y ed a ha pgy h oli day at t he Gra mpian · r c"lnll :y . Mollie is 11 ow l eaching at M reland; we ar pl a· (i t hat. . he wa s ab! t o attend he Annual R eunion. Miss T. F lana "an wa s p ·e c.nt on 0111111.e·mol'a t ion Day, with h er old sch ol fri,nd, 1\fxs . Keane. 0

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Mr s. F itz gerald helped to ma ke om memol'a t ion Day m ol'e enjoyabl e for he.i: Jar g ·:.it:cle of fr iends. l\'la r ga r et ,Fitz gera ld m a y be fo nn lJ i n t h e Pat hological Depa1·tment at St. Vince nt' , wh ei:e he r po wer a· :rn a na lyti ca l ch e mi s t ai·e h ig hl y ·~S t ee m ed . ·rand wo.rk er. Muri e l Feil, Vice-pJ'esident , and a Mu ri e l l'ecent ly o r g an~se d a Late Afterno on Par ty at t he OJ'ienta l in honou r of t he S c"t·etary (Ml's. D. N el on), whi ch wa a "Tea t socc:e $_. Iri . F eely is man i cl to Mr. Vin . Mur ra y, a de nLi ·t at K ilmot·e. She ha two childre n. H ex co usin, Essie Feely is maLTi ed to Majo.i; E ath eL E ssie has two chi ld ren. Wynn e F ann in g is t eachin g at E s endon lligh Schoo l. Clan cy a r e Kath . and M1;ixp hy, W )1nn e 1 Mari e A ction Lholic Ca · 1 ou of one of s enthus iastic me mb er group , th e "C lithei·ow Societ y." Rath i tea chin g· at obur Eig h School. S he and W y nn e had an enjoyable tJ:ip to Pa pua early th is yea·!'. o mmeJ)1 o.ra tfo n Day. Carme l Forbes we mi s eel on woman . CaTm el has beco me a n a c omp lis hed bu ine We thank her fo r h e r l)ra ctical help to ward th e publicat ion of "Carita ." :S:e:r s iste r, Thea (Mrs. B urns) , has a lovely littl e s on. Gw ynn e Guil fo y le, e l ct od ec n itar y fo r Lhe co min g year., will how h erself equal to he r tas k, we are s ure. Gwynn and B reda Lea rdon , w ho is a lso on t he offi ce re nero us alwa y s ta ff a t St . Vjnce11 t's H ospi ta l, ar work e r::; :fo.r th e College. M r$. J'. L. Gro ga n (Tess Ma lone) , P~·es id en of t he Old oll egian A. $OCiation for 1!)39, gav e mu ch-ap preciated oJlcg ian s' not os, j n sp ite of h e r busy help with Old da ys and ni g·ht .. Loi · Green has achi eved s ucce s both on th e ta ge and creen , and is a t JH' e.se nt Jn E.' ngland doin o- T hea t:i: ica ls. Noreen H ea gerty wa pl'esen t on Co m mem o.ration Day; also he l' old class-mate, Des ley He.ig ht . Desl eys' s mall broth e r, John, al o an ex -pupi l, v is ited hi;; o ld school on Sports Day. W e arc ·t1l' e he fo un d th e m much bett er t han Burke Hall's . Mrs. H oy (Dotie K illen) w <1 a re a lway· pl eased t o see a ain Ou Oo111J11 e1no.1:a t ion Day. Mar••ery Hardin g i in th e E du ca t ion D e1Ja r t me nt, and lover, it to rain on P hys i<:al Culture da ys . W e mi ssed he1· s is t er, Ma ri e, on o mm e.m o~r ati o n Day . Mrs. T . J. Ha wkins Day.

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Pa ul ine H add ad has a ni ce., a present J) up il , wh o a cq uitted he1· elf w.i th g ·eat n,d it in her p ar t in th e p lay on Oo mm e.i1101·at ion Day. Ne ll H un t, one of th e t al ented dramati st· oi th e A ·ociat ion is o'fiten ~ta1 T e d in amate u1' p r odu ctions in Me lbourn e. 'Nell is ve t y inter ested in th e Associati on, and

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can be depend ed upon t o upply inter esting iterus 011 t he Co mm emoration Day p r og ramme. E ileen Ha r per is marr ied and lives in Ba cchus Ma n; h di s txict. D orothy Ha wkins is an enthu s ia sti c t enni :play er. Irene H ussey (Mrs. J. McKe rn a n) has t hree 10·10ly chil dren, and is long ing fo r t h e da y wh en Diann will do11 C.L .C. u11ifo r m . Mo nica Harriso n is com p letin · a Co mm er cial Cou rse, and som etim e ca ll s in on he r way h ome t o collect small broth er, Ken , from th e Music Depa r tm ent.

E ileen Ra wk im;; is t ea chin g at N um m·kah, a nd Kath ie n is a t Caulfi eld Ea t . A nni e (M r s. Robbie) w as in M lbo1une for a few m onth s t hi year, bu t h a retu.rned to he r hom e in N .S.W. Sh e has two chi ldre n t o k eep hex busy. Jos ie (Mis. O'Lo ug hlin ) and h e r fa mi ly ar s t ill enjoyin g th e warm Mall ee un shin e. P hyllis Hayes was mani ed t o Mr. Wh eeler l·ecentl y. wi s h yo u ever y blessing , Ph yll is. Mary Henn ess y wa unfo r t unately un a ble t o be prese nt on Co mm em oration Day. W e hope t o see MaTy soo n. Mr -. .J e nkins on (Veroni ca Cos grave) wa .· pn a ·ent on Comm em oration Day and enj oyed meeting old fr i nd. and viewin g old photo gr a phs . Ma r y .Jones. No Comm mora ti on D ay would be co mp lete with out h e r b~· i g h t compan y . Molli e .Jenkin s is a very gene t·ous Old oil g ia n, w hom we wer e pleased t o see a t th e R euni on.

Betty K ea ne, we are sad t o sa y , i leavin · for Swan llill next year -but we hope tha t s he will be ab le to k eep up her l'ecol'd and not m iss 11 ext Comme mora t ion D ay. P hoebe and J\'lary h a ve bee n tTan sfe1•red to th e city, so we hop e. to see t hem a gain ow. Mr s. Kea ne and Mrs.. Ma jorini a r e t wo of th e most loyal Old Collegia ns . Mr . A . Kost (Nora F ly nn ) , a lways a brig ht additi on t o th e Old Collegians' functi ons, w hi ch he invariably atte nd with her old schoo l-fr iend, Sh eila Quix k. Kath. K le mm, who cam e fro m Wan garatt a t o C.L. ., is now Mt· . Tom Hanr a h an and lives in Yanawon ga. E il een Kennell y i wol'k ing in a ci t y bank offi ce, a nd is a m e mber of th e cffmmittee for th e co ming yeax. W e may be s m e of ·enerou s h el p £1·0111 Ei leen . Kathleen K yne, Mo nica McCa ug han, a nd Ma r ie Ma r ti n ar a t the T ea chel'S ' Coll ege. T hey mu s be k ep t busy for we did not see. th em even 011 omm em01:atio11 D ay . MaTie i al so doin · an Ar t Co ur e a t evenin · lectu\:e W e h op e sb e bas eaJ.·ly su ccess. M r s. J. Tehan ( N a ncy O'Hara) w wo uld like t o see, on h e1· n ex t vi s it to Melbourn e. H er interest i n h ei; old school n ever fla gs , thou g h s h e h as a n ew infierest now in her baby SOJ1 . Co ng ra t ulati ons, N ancy .

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'Eil een J.,.y mc_r, L .'I . .L., .f.D. , of 146 B eaver's-ro ad, orthco te ha. been a1)pojn t ed to the committe e oi the Tx ini ty (!)le ·e Diploma Ho ld er ' lub, ·i:ecent1y :(arm ed ;in Melbou·rn e. Eileen i a f aithfu l Old olle ·ian and has attend ed all t h R union ·ince &he has left school. Shei la L anig·an is a faj t..h'ful m ember of t he As ociafjo11 ancl a ·ood wox:k e: · f o1· th cau e. N ita u an t e ri ·was P.i: s ident of the A ssociat'ion in 1,938, and a s b c.11 a g ain ap poin ted Pt· i:d dent for 1940-wh icb Q'i al( · or i tse.li. o.n g ratuJation , N ita . L ucy T, y nch n ev i· m.i e a R eunion, and is one o::f om: m ost lqya1 Olcl uTJ ,,,,ian ·. H s 1' ister , IJ\'farie (l\'{rs. S1ienc.c.r) journeyed fl.:om WarTagul on ommemor ation Day. E c:i: fi v childl'e.n ai· t lnivin g in th f xes h air o:Jl Gippslaod. 'Mar ie' Badg oi H on,om· has already awak ened ambitions jn h er . i11all dau g·h t c.1-. A delin e Leonard •wa nnfM· tunate~y unabl e t o com e to t he R euni on tbi y ar. We a ls o mi · ed Geraldine R eade alH:l llma W .i lkin (Mr . .Mentieth) . l\I ar f 1\fakolm a 0 •t·eat \•OrkeT fo t t he A ssociation . Ma1·y j · an en thusia tic Commi ltee membe:i: t his year and h :;1 b en a gT at h el p to the A s ociation. Bernie has Spc.n t bis yea · a t t h T ea cher ·1 Trnining Col1ege., and )la s. b en . ·cne:ral ly bu ·y. j n lh e Edu alio11 D e1)axtm e11t, and is als o c ntinni:fl · h er mu j al tudies.. W e were p lea eel to se Mar y on mm e moJ:ation Day.

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Tiidd y Iol an is <1o in g a l'hy ical Edi.1catio11 couJ:se a t th niv ei:s.:i ty, and g ives her time g·enerou ly as coach (o · .L . . bask etball t eam. W e w r very s ony to hea1· of Mil li ' il1n . , and tru t that ·he wi ll oon b e well a g ain. F r eda M' ·Glade a.nd .rsula O'Connor w e:re with u on o mm mol'ation Da y . Th ey both hav e important positi QJl in i. he P l)bli Libxary . l\la r gar.e M oloney i continuin · het mu ·i ca l tu di es, and clu.rin"· th e comin <" year i fa ced with haxd '-'Ol'k a s a on1111itt a m ember of the O.C.A.

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pifal fo1· om weeks i.h is year, we axe deli ,,.hted that he is qnjte s trong a ·ain on Coll ege Sta.tr.

Yera Mc fahon , one of C.L.C.'s m o-s t f aii.bful ;friend , i" a lw ay· ~· ad y wh en help i s n eeded. l)at. l\'TcDollald, om Seer ta:ry for 1939, became Mr . D. cls on a t Ea t ei· tinie. May God's hi es in · be with t h m both.

Mrs. . M u r ph y (l\fay Fearon) looks a lmost as young a s b e · ld e t dau ·hte r, who is 11ow in the L eavin g Pas a t. .L. Evid ently a family of nine is an e.xcell enta id to the p reservatio n of youth! Betty M acldeJ1, one of the year's llonoui; Gia s, lows h e r chool a· m uch a evei; and is a member of the 0 . .A. f or U:ie c m fo g yea r. She js sme to do good work. Chci ·Una Mi eU i a mo t active. mem ber of t he Legion of M a ry, and i cl ing· splendid work.

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,Ma ri e Murph-y ha. b en appren ti c,ed at R. Fran e!i.:;; & c h eJ11i ~~. and will soo11 her ready to make up y our pre:scrij)ti on s.

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Rona Mc Farlane. ·we wer e p'Jea sed t o see. :i:ece nt ly after many years ! Rona cQJ1i_[l lc;:.t ecl her haini n ~ at St. Vincents a nd loves nursing. Recently she had a ti:jp fo Sydney ai1d was t h e - nest of Mai s ie J\'loi:gan (!Hr ·. Peter$) ~ wh.o live. at t>o ubl e .B ay. She a lso met t heJ' e Eileen and Ulanch e Cullin ey, who a re mar ~ie d and livin ;n Sydney.. To Mrs. McGuinn ess w e offe r Ont· s inci!:r e $.ympathy \'.Ill t ha death of h e:r ni: ter·, Eilee n M<l:Loughl in, who di ed. a ·few w eek ;:; a ·o. S.hc was e ·pec.iall y rem e,m bered on Oon1m e morati on 'Day. .('eg!;'Y Maso11 enjoy ed JHW h oli(lay at lne G1:am.J:lian s. Sh e. j - inte:i:e ted in ,hiking and wa rks w ith. ctbe Pallotine Young r .Set . Mrs. Moore (Ste.Ila Dwy (JJ;) · · a s true a 1;.r:ien<l as eve;: to O.L. O. l\;fay Goe 3·e.w arcl her 'oh· hei: &ene ros it y. N ell M ollo y j s @ t he stafl' at the omrnercia l iBaok We wexe pleased to s e. her on Oo mmemora tion Day, 'bnt h · is tei,·, A li ce, w h i; (} ar t thou? .J ea n i\1u qay i. con t imdng h e'!; nrn sical tudie-s. with gnOlat ·ncccss, and is th - same ·en erou s ' ·i.rl l'ha t sh e was at school. Lorna 'M oore is · e1 in te r!":S,t ecl )n h e_r 't<Jrtois e, aT1d hopes it will grnw qui c1dy, and become vahiable,. We heaJ; that Lorna i · a baclminto n t;ha mpion iving- an exhibi l.i.on, w hen? She mi . . ed )l cr .f r iend, Zita M ·Ve ig h , on m1)1 e:rnorati on Day. Fra nces McA uliIT e mad e. he ~· debu t t hi s year, and i e.l c.ted to the 0 .C.A. co mn1iete ;(or the COJllin g :srear. We ar u~ Fran ces wm do g·ood work P hyllis 1\1c_A nuff, whom w e 1iad 'i\ot . een foJ ' a long tim e, was a ·o)oi at 11 r edo ' a nd ca me a lon · 011 om memoi·ati on 'Day. lri Cool ey wa'$ amon · those who enjo yed mcetins- old fr iend on Comm e moration Day. S heila, Mooney wa. rnaJ: ri ecl this ')! a r to 'Mr . Ma:i; tijg·au. on grntulatio n and best w ishes to both. Le.Ila McKer11a n (M rl;l. L ig hifoot) ha tw g beau l:i;fo l chi ldren, Joa n and P e:te.1;. T hey ha" ahead y attended C.L. · . on at; least on o cc.a~on. W mi s sed hex s i te:r, Bertha, on onu1iemo ration na y. Ve.ra Cl\fot her M. Doloro a) is . till in P cL"th, and ea g erly looks forwa:i;d to th e pu blicatrion of ncarita . ' Sh e en joyed '.n W S of he1· old s chooJ fri e,n d in the la&t i $~ u e . Kat h. Kan e; 19ves tio dr iv e. b cl" fr iern;l aro un cT t he. seas ide a nd cotmtr y l'esOJ·t . Ear ly bookin ~:, Kath.? Mildred N a g le is s t~ill p ur ;; uin •· he1· musi c.al tuclies at t he Co ll e ·e-so h knows wh e:J'e to C:: orne on ;Rennion Day. alerie orr is wa. p1· ::;ent ol:ll CoJ11rn e m01'ati Qtl. Day. W e h op e t o see h r ru re oite:n. Mari e o· onnor. who is i11 tn N at J ssu c D cvai: t rnent, renewed old ;£i: ienc1 hips. 0-n Om J1Wm o_i;atj n Day .

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CARITAS 'l\[a ry 0' Onnor and J)oree n. ('hilli1>s ar . member ol an evei·-I aithiul g"t·ou.v who attend a11 1·eonion s . Doi:een alw ays deli "ht s t he g-athe1·in g; w it h her exce11eJ1t piano :olo:;. E dna 0 ' onnor a lway: v 1 ~ts h er olcl school on om m nioratio n Day- and is t he ;;ame o·e neroos Edna- esu ec:ial l. at fe,t c" ti me. Be tty O'll.alloran. B e . y's intere. t at·e all " jn t he air." Ras ta ken to flyin g , and s pend most of h e1· week-end~ "!'< ky1a1·king. ' Sh e ila O' Balloran ('Mi:. J. Byrn · ) Is v er y busy with household i.l uti e.s, and s ince th e arrival o<e 1'Petex J ohn " has h(i1· ba nd ~ ;t;u!L P et e-'!; is a bonny blue-ey eQ. baby, w ho has iJ1he.rited hi ~ moth e" 's ~mUc . He call ed on Q.L. · . recently, and . uite enSoyed hi s v i ib. Connie O' Lou g hl in wa f)rese11l: on · on'\.memo1·ation Day~ with h e r old sc ho o1 :(J:ie nds, Q ui. s ie ~1i se ll and Mo lli e Ye nne><s y. T<a t hleen O' Keeff e we have 11ot se'en thi year. . h wa s t e_achi ng at AJ.·at ·at H ig·h Schoo1, and wa busy wi 'h atho li c Action works . Dorothy J\1cGa nn who i;> in th e Po t Office, and Tess T oo hey, who i· t rainin g £01· nursing, aa lled a fe w w eeks a g·o . Bo t l1 aTe as keen1y 'in teJ·es Ced i n G.L.Q. as wh n a t s hool. S he ila f atters on i:ecCTnt ly secLu·ed a n aJ111ointmen t i11 onth e Prim e 1\'I.ini s te l"s J)epa r tmen l. at Ca nber,ra. g·!·atulati cl ns SJ1 •j]a, we were} very p lea: c.d t o hea r of t he a;ppo in tmc.nt. Ronnie l'att~.rson ca11 a lways be depended o·n wl e n he re i wo1·k to be don e. Ronn~e ha s h e ld office ·n t h e A:. w ciation f or . cver al ye.a rs, a.1,id ha$ b C.n a loya1 mid nt h us.ia sti wo.rk ei'. Pa t. l'i ckett was in hosl)ita l i or several weeks tbi y ea1-, afte r a n acc ident when ridin g, bu t is now quite able to mana ·e hei: i1ount again. Pat. lives over a ·ain h e:r most in ercs tin g hjp h i:oug h Europe and Am erica, when ·h :·ees he rs cli on t he sc ree,n in het· . a l bel'' · film s . Er:~1· sisfc.r, Moll y (Mni . Ly nc h), has tw() ll)veJy children .

Doreen Phillips -U • teac hin g mu ·ic, an d g-ene.l'ou s ly ontribute s. del ightfu l pjano so los oJJ Go mm emo1'atio n Day. Ka tie l'a yne i kep t> busy a s mana ge 1· $ of t he ''Htrd z n," and a · p.resent .is act in "· ed ittes . SI'\. was with us this year when her bro1hei-, Father Bernard. Payne, said one o:t; h ~!:i fir s t Mass es i 11 th e Coll e ·e hapel. May (Mrs. 'r. Muri>hy) wa& a ls9 with u s t ha t i1101·nin g, t he eldes t of May s l!:io of s mall boys, who arc J:lnpi ls of St. Palb·i ck:' · oll eg e, being- he sm·ve:r. I t· was a ve ry happy e wer e. ·orry tha A nnie (Mrs. Macken) wa C\•illi t . unable t p b e presenJ . Anni is sti ll livin o· at Parkdal e, und lbc tw in . arE} a joy. N ancy J>ric-e was un abl e to .be with u s on R e un ·on Day, bu t J'a i li'fu1ly s upports 0 . .A. d;unct ions. K.ath. Rya n i. ' t ill a k e.e n te nni s ,p la y<'J -, and i makin g he t· nam mqr wid ely k nown in tenni circJ

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Do roth y W hite i in a city offi ce, an d h ke · l o vi ·j t; her old school. We missed Marjorie on Commemo ra tion Day . ·irm el Wr ig ley an d h el· i t e r , Kilty (l\frs. Metz ner) axe seen a t mos t of th e p rom inent. J·a ce n1eeti n ·s . E ileen W ebb is teac hin g , an d ha ann ou nced he r eng a g ment to Mr. C. Mill er . Co ng·rat ul ation , Eilee n. E ssie W erfel h as r ecentl y a nnoun ced h r en ·a g·e ment t o Mr . H annan. Con gra tul a ti ons, E s ie; w e w i h yo u bo t h evexy ble s ing . E s ie still ·ives he1· se1·v ice. g :11~ r ous ly a a ccm11_p ani ste on W edn esday afte rn oon. J oyce W alk er p la y golf a s a pa s ti me. Nex t y ea · ;;n e wi ll )Je a ve:i:y bard wo ·ker on t he 0 . .A. omJJ1 itt ee. l\<lrs . .J. W arry (Moll y H edr ick) wa s w it h u o n om rn e morn t ion Day. H er li t tl e dau g ht er cla ims mo ·t oi h ~· attent ion th ese days.

Mrs . .J. '\\ a ls h CMarg-a ret McG linchey) must have felt J? r oud l>f hei: ·on, J ohn, wh en ho f eatLU:ed a s t he Arch bi s ho.i;> ' tra in-bearer d ur ing; a ll t he Cente nar y eelebrntio n -. \Ve off ei: he r oux. ~ in ce r sympath y in th e prolong cl illn e ·s of ber mother, a r1c1 J?XOm ise he.i.· ou 1· fer ve nt N·a y ets. M u ff~c Pa ul, w ho ga ined t he Tr avel li ng Scholarship , valued £800, awaxded by the Free Kin ::!erga rten Union , last y eai·, is a t p1·esent at the National College of Educati on, Evansto wn ,_ I lli.n..o is. She has been successful i n all h er e.xamin atfons so far, and we wish h er continued ~ u cc ess . She will return to Columbia Un iversity, New Yo.rk, a t t he e nd or the yea r . We offer o ur congr a tulations and best wishes to Rita Ro~e, who l'ecentl y became Mrs. alone, a nd is no w jiving at La ncefi eld. E ileen still m anages he r chemist's sh op a t Y aJ lourn . We met Annie on Reunion Day.

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'Vl'e off er our s in cer co ngr a t ulation · t o Dr. Mar gar e R ya n, M.B ., B.S., wh o g raduated a t the end of la s t yea r, winning th e Margaxet Ry an Scholar hi p in $ urge1:y. A t pr esent he is in r esj dence at St. Vin cent'· Hospita l, a n d we wis h he-r eve ry s uccess in he r 1 rofes ·on, w hi h he has beg un o br illiant ly .

S t ella Madd en, 13.Sc., we a ls o cong rn t u la t c on co mplc i ng her Science co uxse. St e.Ila i · a !xead y in t he Ed ucati on D ep artm en t a nd doin <r g ood work.

J\ nn eli e Ko hl e r i · in 1· ·:sic1 en e ~lb St. Ma ~ y 's Hall , a nd is. kept bu ·y w ith Seco nd Y ear Arts . S he g ain ed H onotw s in G r man 1a yea'i:, iox whi ch w e offer h e• ou.t: on ·ratulation · a nd w is h h e r cont inu d ·uccess .

;w .I ohn s we OJJ 0 Tatula t e on her g ood wot:k in F it·s tl Yea r A r t la ·t y a r, an d h 01~ e th a t her s 'cond y ea r will prnv a uc ·essf ul. N a n is a loya l member oi t he L eg ion of Ma ry, and does ·ood work Jo · t he. ath oli .Action 0

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E li za bet h Kea ne, B.A ., a dd ed Diploma oi Ed ucation t o he r qua lifi ca t ion la t yea r a nd wa s. a ppoin t ed to E s e.ndo o Hi h Scho ol. W e w i h her g rea t s ucce. s in h er teachin g ca r ee1-.

Na ncy H ug hes is one of t h i year'· " F reshen;," a ncf i e njoying h er Unive rs it y life to t he fo ll. W e wi s h h ei: eve ry s ur ce s jn he.i· xa mina t iOn$.

Cla rie Arendi:;e.n co mplet ed Fo ur t h Year Med ici ne t.bi.· year . S incere co ng rntu la t ions, Clar i , and be t w i o h ~ for furth er s ucces

Ma ri e Marti n is t a hin g b~ da y ;:ind co nt inue · h e· A1t cou 1·se i n t he even i ng- ~ . S he wa,c:;, ve1·y s uceessful la t y ea r a nd de: CJ·v es f urth e.1· s ucce. s.

A nni e A r endsen is doing Fir t Year M, di cine. If 1c fo llows in Claxi ce' foo t s t ep a ll w ill b w U, and we are s ure s he wi ll. Kathlee n Cummins g ain ed Ho nou r 0 i '.: E ng li s h a nd French las t yea r, and a t present doin g Final in E ng lish. W e wi sh h e1· th e be t. W e off e1· our conoTa t uh ti ons t o Kathl ee n on her r ecent election to th e St ud en t ' R epresent ati ve Co un cil and t he Com mittee of Melbour n.; Universit y Women. She is doing good work in th e U nivei: ·ity Cath olic Acti on g r oup. Keep go ing , Kath lee n ! Ma r ie McA nul ty is also doin g Thii-d Yea r Art , h av ing done splendid 'work las t y ea r. Ma ri e t ill m an a ges t o keep in good ten ni fo rm , and, in sp it e of th e bad wea t her, was rea dy to tak e part in t he Old oll eg ian ' t enn is to urnam ent, which unfortun ately ha d to be aba n doned. Marie h as qualified for B.A. Sincere co ngr atula tions from all.

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R idd y l\fo la n is ouJ" pi on eer in t h Ph ys ica l E d ucation onr e, a nd he eem t o be en joying- t he cxp e.1·ie1rne. B iddy, we h ea r, is now an invin cible f encer. H ei- weap on certa inl y 1ooks fox mida ble. W r:>, a re mo ·t g rateful to Bidd y fo 1· o· en e r o ~1 s ly 0 ·ivin g· he1· t im t o train ou u fla g ra ce t eam f m· th e Un iver s ity : port , and a ls o fo r c::o min ea ch we k t o coa h our ba ·kei. ba ll t eam . Ma m ie li fford we con ,.ratu!at e on 11 e r bri lli a nt w ork t hi s yea r in ga ini11 g t.h Ex hibi.t ion of t e n »uin ea: in th exa min a t io n for L.A.B. She is als o doin g h e;1· F ib· t Yea r Mu . Bae., a nd i · ·u re to ucceed. Juu e ] 'hi!i ppso11 i co mpfot ing he r ·ou rsc f or Mus . Ba e., an d w wi h her very u cce s ~ . Bot h Jun e and Mami ge nero u. ly ·o n b:ibute it ems on Comm ern oi:ation Day . R ut h Ren nes ·y i t}t i · y eax doin g F ir .t Year Mu s. Bae. W e ha ve not seen J{ uth fo r ome. t im e- omm e morati on Da y i s ti ll h eld, Ruth .

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whi i:ih mak e· all ekar to i hc,i r go >s tion·ing· minds -a'hcl h cer t ainly do :)S rn ' t. 11n i<) uo q u e~tion s sometimes . Ev 1·y cla!';s in t he s hoo l ha ,, cl e ri\.md 1nvaluable he.Ip from hi weekly in 9tr~1 ·tion ~ . and 1.h e seni m:· girl s, wh o tn dy ire] , owe him a de ep debt ar e membe r s oi t h of g rati t ud e. fo r hi !'; i;;- uidan c.e in di ·e.c.;ting the.it· Cath olic A ctio n S1. ucls Cir cl . We ·wi ' h to talc thi $ o ppo-r t:unity of xpress in · our de l g ra t itod e to Fath eT Moran, wh has inde.ed p..rove.d him self t h sp iri t ual iathGJ· of u. a ll.

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