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(Conducted by the Sisters o f C harity)

ASSISTANT EDITRESS: MARGARET KISSANE

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OUR PATRO N: OUR REVERED ARCHB ISHOP .

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Editorial On the 15th August, 1945, the feast of her Assumption, Our Lady brought peace in the Pacific, thus ending the war of weapons. gest'Ure, for who can doubt her intervention?

It was a g reat and tender motherly She knows what anguish is, fo r she

stood by the Cross agonising with her Divine Son, and, when the sufferings her human children were causing each other became too great for her mother's heart to bear, she used her power with God to stop them .

The statue of Our Lady of the Sacred

Heart in its high gable niche in the front of our Convent was illuminated on the nigh t of the 15th August, 1945.

Viewed from the Cathedral grounds, the gentle Queen of

Heaven seemed to be floating in the se rene and luminous a ir above the top of the t all pa lm tree.

And yet, in a very real sense, the wa r has not stopped.

The same selfish

injustice in individuals and nations is stil l a live and obvious;

the dark mists of

misunde rstandings and hatreds have not yet cleared away.

"Home to Australia"

was a magioc phrase for our p risone rs of war, but what have they came to?

If they

are fortunate enough to have a home, t heir home-life is dis located by continual strikes.

In spite of their gruelling expedences they are willing to wo rk, but they art

not always considered as fit and co m pe tent as the young· unhurt civilian.

The

Government and the Univensities are making a splendid effort to be jus t to these generous and much-tried Aust ra lians, bu t the individuals, who in reality decide whom they will employ, consu lt what they consi der to be t heir own interests, forgetting that the employer's greatest asset is the sterling character of his employee.

In exq uisitely wistful verse the Ro man poet, Vergil, speaks of the unexpressed sadness that u nderlies life a nd lau ghte r as lacrimae rerum, "the tears of things."

W ith t heir brave spirit, these Australians, as prisone rs of war, cou ld play c ricketuntil ordered by their doctor to conserve their energycould still see the funny s ide. far worse .

and, when starving and sick,

It was ·ta save ou r lives they end u red this and

There are at p resen t thousands of returned men in Military Hospitals .

Bodily pain ca n be borne bravely, but ing ratitude can embitte r t he sensitively generous.

Are we going to allow these lads to have such c ruel si lent tearrs in their hearts?

Sure ly

our first step towards a brave new wor ld sho ul d be, for t he love of Christ and of His Mot her a nd ou rs, to treat with justice and rea l ki ndness these men who have beer. through a crucifixion for us and all that we ho ld deor, our C hristian fai·th, and' our country, Au st ral ia .

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CONTENTS £ditoriol A Sense of Values Educating for Leisure Religion Priice Day at C.L.C. Vatican Speaking The Rise and Fal'I af Empires A Sincere Artist The Cotholic Eviden1-1e Guild Fascinating Contacts Review of Old Collegians' Activities Eyes That See Letter to a New Studen,t Beethoven Damsons in the Hedge C.L.C. Diary We Deboite Students' Concert Matriculation Class Notes Spart Leaving Poss Class Notes Australia's Wor Effort Y.C.S. Strange Adventure Intermediate Class Notes Third Year Closs Notes The Melbourne Museum Second Year Closs Notes First Year Class Not·e s Sixth Grade Cfoss Notes Fifth Grade Class Notes Results of Public Examinations Australian Musical Examination Board

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LLUSTRATIONS Po·g e Prefects, 1944 Flower Strewers on Holy Thursday Priice Day at C. L.C. First Communicants Groups of Past and 'Present Students Senior Choir Scenes from Play and Operetta Junior Chair a,nd "Les Sylphides" Class and Sports Captains Music Pupils Juniors

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A Sense of Values Soon a(ter King Solomon succeeded t o th e th rone of I sr ael, h e was promi sed by Goel in a dream any gift for whi ch he should ask. This was hi s answer, "O Lord Goel, thou has t made th y servant king in st ea d of David, my fa th e r, and I am but a chi ld, .g ive therefore to thy servan t an und er standin g heart, t o judge Thy people, an d di sce rn betwe en good an d ev il."

H e was praised by God for hi s request, rather than for asking for power a n d ri ch es, th e promise was fulfilled, a nd Solomon becam e famous not on ly for hi s riche s a nd magnificence, but above all for hi s wisdom and knowledge a nd prud ence . H oweve r , there is a warni ng 111 h is later life, w h e n he fell away fr om these st<1nclarcl s . . was attracted by wrong influ e n ces, and no lo nger clist ig ui shecl b et wee n good a nd evil.

The abi li ty to make so und ju dgments is a n ecessit y in every wa lk of li fe, for it enters int o eve r y profess io n o r trade or caree r, and is an essential eleme nt of li fe it self. To di stin guis h the good from the bad , th e true from the fa lse, the imp o rtant from the trivial, is th e co r rect use o f a facu lty w hich we all possess, and w hich is th e powe r to a nalyse and exa mine the qua liti es of w hateve r we meet, and even our own actions and li ves. O ur conscie nce is nothing else than this-a fac ulty give n t o u s by Goel in wh ich we judge th e mora l valu e of ou r act iv iti es, w h et h er th be good or had, w h ether th ey be in co nfo rmit y wit h or opposed to the divinely g ive n laws and principles wh ich should rule ou r li ves and direct our conduct. vVe kn ow that in endeavourin g to guide ou r lives accordi ng t o the se standards we must continuallv gua rd aga inst the influ ence of man y other facto 1·s- te111ptation 1n all its for m s, w he ther our ow n inclin ations and weakn esses, o r tl1 e examp le of tho se abo ut us, or th e atmosphere in whic h we mu st pass much of our time-factors w hich wo uld slow ly but certainl y draw u s away from the co ur se of life w hich Goel wou ld have us fo ll ow. It is necessary to he ever 0 11 th e a lert , to k eep ou r sta n da rd of va lues hi gh, t o h ave that under st and ing h eart, foi· ' w hi ch Solomo n prayed, to discern between good and evi l.

That n eed to.- cl ay is a particularly urgen t one, fo r more and more quickly a nd completely are th e stand a rd s of Chri stian civili za tion being r ejec t ed and ig no r ed. W e have no w to cont e nd no t m e r ely with th e age-o ld st ruggle between o ur ow n wea k na tur es a nd th e law o f Goel, w hi ch was r ecog~ i ze cl and striv e n a ft e r , eve n am id st pass io n a nd fa ilur e, as sa nc ti oned by e t ern a l a nd infinitely ju st s ta ndard s. Thi s law is now op posed as o utm oded, and man is co nsid e r ed self -s uffi cie nt.

The ce nturi es-o ld cultur e, based on an d emph as isin g sp iritua l and su pe rn at ura l value s is co nsid er ed out of touc h w ith and un suit ed for modern need s. In stead, th e basic philosophy (if such it ca n be ca lled ) is materialistic a nd se n sua l.

The so-called victories of s'cie nc e, th e lowe rin g of the dignity of m a n, th e c ult of th e purely physica l, th e ve h ement appeals to th e pa ss io n s of man-to hi s passion for mone y, for pleas ur e, fo r ind ependence , fo r fame a nd no toriety- th e loss of th e se n se of sin a nd r espo n sibilit y, the rejection of any r es tr a int o r a uth o rit y exce pt that of might o r fo r·ce, all thes e are conseque nces a nd symp tom s o f a n ew scale of value s, of a cultur e which frankly r e jec t s Goel o r r emov es Him from th e ce ntral place He sho uld occupy in rel a ti on t o man and hi s e ncl. T h e r e is sub st ituted in st ea d th e worship' of man him self, of human r easo n a nd human grea tn ess, of wealth and powe r and p leas ur e, of all those things th a t flatt er a nd please and g lo rify th e proud , pl eas ur e -l ov in g sup e rm a n of o ur t we nti et h century civili zation.

Hence th e tll'ge nt n eed t o have always before us tru e valu es and sta nd a rd s. So g r ea t is th e deve lopm ent of mechanical inv ention s and so a rr estin g and peremptory th e m ea ns o f propaga nd a-th e radi o , press, fi lm s, popu lar lit e r atur e, a ll too oft en u sed t o appea l t o th e e mo ti o n s and no t t o the mind s of m en , t o stimulate th eir curi os it y and of t en their passions, to det e rmin e f eelin g a nd ac ti o ns by the laws of ma ss psychology, th at it is extr emely difficu lt t o r ema in free fr om th eir imp ac t a nd influ e nce.

There is a n in sidious a nd oft en p la u sibl e s uggestion that sacrifice , t o il and self -control are undig nifi ed a nd bad and a r e t o be avoided whenever possible, that

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Th er e is n o n eed to say ho w pe rni cio us a ll thi s Ma ny in stin cts in has bee n in its eff ec t s. huma n natur e, hith ert o r es tr a ined a nd r epr essed, have bee n all owed to over rid e sa n e reaso n. Th ey have cr e pt into lit era tur e a nd art , t hey have ent er ed fa mil y a nd soc ia l life.

Th e bittern ess, h at r ed a nd jealo usy, th e ho r ror a nd cru elt y rece ntl y unl eas h ed on th e wo rl d, t h e growth o f class ha tr ed a m! suspicio n, toget h er wit h lux ury o n th e o ne ha nd and pove r ty o n t he oth er, th e in stab ility, despa ir a nd di sillu sio nm ent o f so m a ny, all show th a t a ma ter ia li sti c p hil osop hy o f life will not sa ti sfy th e na tur e of m a n , w ho does not live by bread alo ne.

Th er e a r e indica tion s th <i t man y are r ealizin g thi s. Th e t erro r whi ch sw ep t th e wor ld w hen

it was fo und th a t th e utilizi ng of a tomi c force was a weapo n of in ca lcul ab le des tru cti o n, th e th o ug ht th a t th e cessa ti o n of hos t ilities has no t bro ugh t r ea l sec urit y to th e wo rld , have show n h ow se ri o us a cri sis is a t ha nd , have demon stra t ed how ba nkrupt is a theo ry of li fe w hi ch leads to th e starva ti o n a nd slave ry of m ill ions T he prese nt t r a1g1c th ro ug h o ut th e g lobe. sta t e, bese t w it h wa rn ings o f im pe nding doom in st ea d o f th e fa nt as ti c ben efi t s lo udl y a n d lav ishl y pro1i1 ised but not ac h ieved, is a n ob ject lesso n 11101·e powerf ul t han any eloquence of tongue. I t is a lesso n t ha t we mu st keep olll·selves un spott ed from th e wo rl d, t hat for in div idua ls a nd society can d isas ter be averted a nd sa lva tio n atta in ed , o nl y if in a ll our ways and a ll o ur af fa irs we have "a n un de1·s tandi ng h ea rt a nd discern b et ween good a nd ev il."

L. P. MORAN, Coll ege Chapla in .

Edueatin g for Leisure I s th er e a nything m or e pr ecio us th an o ur It is during o ur fr ee tim e t11at w e leisur e may live o ur o wn lives, th a t w e m ay b e our ow n selves. Th e extend ed us e of m a chin er y for all so rt s o f purposes in th e h om e, on fa rm s, in offi ces. in fa ctori es, an d-oh! ha ppy th o ug ht for a ll con ce rned-in min es for bringing <:oat t o th e surface with o ut sending th e min ers do wn fo r it, thi s extended u se o f m ac hin er y will soon g ive mu ch m o r e leisure to all w o rk er s.

We u sed to h ear o f th e lei sured class , but it was elec trifi ed by W o rld War II and beca me p a rt Close of th e va st ho nrn-fr o nt machin er y. co ntac t with wo rk ers , the actua l experience of h ard work a nd subordin a ti on to auth o rity have m ade th e m o re open-mind ed and gen ero u s memb ers o f thi s upper clas s anxio us to sh are futur e lei sur e 'with ot h er hum a n b ein gs of all cla sses. W o rld-wide strik es, unpl ea sant thoug h th ey m ay be to the genera l public, are a symp t om of the workers ' determin ati o n to have th eir full sha re of th e leisure which th e wider S om e use o f machin ery is m a kin g poss ible. fact o ry work er s alre a dy hav e a g r eat deal of fre e tim e. These ar e th e fa cto ry h a nd s w ho

lef t a prim a r y sc hool a t a ve r y ea rl y age anu wh o kn o w n o u sef ul o r hap py way of fillin g in vaca nt ho ur s . E du ca tin g th ese chil d r e n to spend th eir free tim e wi sely is esse nti al in o rd e r to preven t th eir being de- hu ma ni sed by th e ha rd m ec ha nic a l na tur e of th eir da ily drud ge ry, and by th e kind s o f r elaxa t ion th ey w ill see k if le ft to th eir ow n dev ices . Up to th e prese nt thi s type of wo rker has user! hi s leisur e with da nge r to him self a nd th e communit y.

H ow m ay we spend o ur leisur e w isely?

Wh a t is th e purpose o f leisur e? Th e p urp ose of leisur e is th e sa m e a s th e pur pose of li feto in cr ease o ur own a nd oth er p e~p l e's h app in ess. Life is roo ted in joy, a joy th at sp rin gs fr om love. Cr ea ti o n w as a n ac t o f pur e love on th e pa rt o f God, and Go d. pure, a ll -powe rful , ab solut ely w ise, is esse nti all y Li fe a nd J oy.

We w ere cr ea t ed to love God fir st a nd th a t 1s the fir st purpose-a joy, bring ing purpose- ot life a nd leisure.

W e w ere cr ea ted t o kn ow, love, a nd se rve God, and so ent er into h ap pin ess-we ca n ge t quit e a Jot o f o ur h ea ven str a i ht away, fo r

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th e Kingdom of Goel is within us. B ut- we ca nn ot know Goel without being human, that is, without acti ng accord in g to the laws of our hum a n natu r e. vVe ll , aren't we human?

Not always . The searc hlights of Worl d War II-the tri a ls of war crim in als are now go ing on ( D ece mb er, 1945)-have show n that human beings can, and do, fall far below the beasb.

Animals keep the laws of nature; man y human bein gs do not ke ep the laws of human nature.

One cause of human degradation is our enrry into a machine age whic h is de-humaniz ing us , but the main cause is that we se t too much va lue on mater ial things and care too li tt le for th e thin gs of th e mind a nd th e so ul. The old phrase for th e type of ed uca ti o n which help, u s to li ve an inn er life was "t he study of th e humanities." Lord E lton de scribes it as a liberal

educa ti o n, "th e ed uca ti o n for a free man" in ancient Greece, wh o, "unlike a slave w.a s qualified to lead the good life."

"If," says Lo rd E lton, ''w e are to h ave a national ed uca tion whic h co nce rn s itself with Ends (that is, with th e real purposes of life, goodness a nd h<tpp in ess, not merely with the means of keeping alive, ga ining a living) wt: shall have to see th a t as many of our people as possible receiv e some trai ning in th e broad elements of one, some, o r all, of th ese four stud ies, th eology, philosophy, hi story and (St. Geo rge or The Dragon. literature."

Towards a C hri st:an Democracy, by Lord E lton, British Hous e of Lords, 1942) . What is Lord E lton talking abo ut?

Lord E lto n 1s thinking, no doubt, that as human beings we have all sort s of experiences

PREFECTS, 1945 From- Left to Right-Margare t Kissane , Maureen Saunders , Joan Margaret Callanan

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and th a t, fo r tim e a nd eternit y, ou r r e-ac ti o ns to th em beco m e pa rt of o ur selves. O ur co n tact s with nature ar e a h ea ling a nd enlig ht en ing expe ri en ce leadin g us in m an ifo ld ways t o think of Na tur e's Cr ea to r. T ru e app r ecia ti o n of lovely pictur es helps us to ca t ch a glimp se of th e Divinity r e fl ected in th e min d o f the arti st. Think of Str ee to n's pi ctur es in th e M elbourn e Art Ga ller y in 1943. Rea l mu sic lifts us rig ht up from th e sord id, struggling ma teri al wo rld into th e r ealm s of th e spi ri t, a nd cl earl y ex presses fee lings, in finit ely hig h, p ur e, a nd full o f deep joy, w hi ch we kn ow co ul d never be put into wo rd·s. T hink of K r eisler, if yo u have heard him .

N a tur e, g r ea t p ict ur es a nd mu sic appea l to our mind s a nd so ul s th ro ug h o ur se nses, but th e app ea l o f mind to mind-d irec t th ro ug h hum a n co nt ac t s, o r in dir ec t thro ug h liter a tur e -i s o f g r eat er powe r , mo r e trul y hum a n. Histo ri cal litera t ur e is of imme n se va lu e. A s individual m emb er s of th e hum a n race we live o n m emo ry, every o ne of o ur p r ese nt expe riences is bein g colo ur ed by past expe ri ences, all o ur expe ri en ces h elpin g us to ma ke n ecessar y decisio ns m o r e o r less wi se ly. T h e human rac e, t oo, li ves in th e lig ht o f its pas t , or sho uld do so . Wh y a r e so m a ny w r o ng co ur ses o f ac ti o n , so ma ny wa r s. ente r ed upo n by na ti o ns? Beca use, as na ti o ns, th ey ha ve not If we do stud ied natio nal o r wo rl d- hi story. not kn ow h ow nati ns acted in th e past, w hy th ey fa iled . o r why th ey succeeded we, as th e people of a na ti n , a r e not lik ely to kn ow how we sho uld a'ct a t pr esent. In ele m cr ac ics such as ou rs, by m ea ns of r efe r enda. impo rta n t dec isio ns a r e 1 ein g incr ea in gly r e fer r ed to th e p eople. H ow tr ag ic if we do not kn ow o ur W e a r e all be o min g pr ogr essive ly hi sto r y. worl d-co nsc ious a nd powe rful. A r c ·we go ing to he th rowe rs of atomi c bom bs o r h ealer s of hum a n hurt s-j y-b rin gers? It depe nds la rge ly o n th e way we a r e go in g t use o ur lei ur e, w het h er we are goin g to t h ink a nd ;;i.ct w iselv a nd kindl y. o r w heth er we sha ll pass ively all ow o urse lves to be fir ed by selfi sh ha tr ed s a nrl a ct with fi end is h cru eltv .

It is no use study in g hi sto r v if we cl T o t hink wE not r ead nati o nal literat ures. u nd ersta nd E urop ea n hi sto1·y w ith o ut h av in g read so m e o f th e bes t E ng lis h ;;i. nd Fr en ch lit eratur e o f th e 17th , 18th , 19th a nd 20th cen-

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turi es is just foo lishn ess. The sa m e appli es tu an att empt to stud y t he g r ea t periods of Gr eek and R o ma n civilisa ti o n-upo n whi ch so much of o ur m odern life and thought a re basedwith o ut h avin g r ead so m ethin g a bo ut th e ti1n es by th e peo ple wh o were th en living and writing.

Children sho uld be in spired with thi s love of oth er nati o ns a nd with interest in th eir past, so th a t wh en th ey a r e m en a nd wom en their fr ee tim e w ill be a ll too sho rt fo r r eadin g, not to m enti o n th e joy th ey w ill find in art a nd mu sic.

B ut boo ks al ou t ph il osop hy o r th eolog y ar e bett er still. Philosoph y ap peal s to o ur se nse of logic, to th e r ea so n th a t distin g ui shes us fr om th e m er ely animal cr eati on. It is living a cco rdin g to r ea so n that mak es u s truly human , capabl e o f lea rnin g to kn ow Goel. T o bec0111e r eal hum a n bein gs w e mu st learn to think logi call y and th en, w ith th e help o f God's grace, we mu st do wh a t we see to b e r easonabl e, th at is w ha t is ri g ht. If we go o n t o th e na tur e o f Goel and o ur r ela tion s stud y with Him by rea din g boo ks o n th eology-and ther e are no w m a ny po pular and r elia ble boo ks o n ,C ath oli c theology- we sh all be thrill ed by th e n ew lig ht fillin g o ur mind s. Philoso ph y a nd th eology a r e studi es for adult s, but th e found ati o ns mu st be la id at school.

F inally th e purpose of ge nera l edu catio n, of edu catio n fo r leisur e, o f life, of ou r cr ea ti o n, is just o n e-to k now, love a nd se r ve God. a nd so to ent er o ur h eave n , brin g in g as 111 a ny oth er people as we ca n w ith us. Ri g ht use o f leisur e wo uld ma k e happy in dividu a ls, happy hom es a nd na ti o n s, a nd a happy wo rld. A ll sc hools should have curri cul a w hi ch aim a t develop ing t o th eir full es t th e pe rso na lities o f th e pupil -, w ho w ill thu s no t o nl y be pro vid ed w ith a m ea n of ea rnin g th ei r li ving but w h ose fr ee ti111 e will becom e a joy for th e111 selves a nd oth er s. S tich sc hool curri cul a sho uld be fol lowed up by a goo d sys t em of a dult edu ca ti on .

In th is 20th ce ntury boys and g irl s a1·e o fte n th e pil ots o f t h eir o wn indi vidua l ed uca ti o nal pla nes, and soa r hi g h o r low a s it suit s th emselves . If, w hen a t sc hool th ese yo un g p eople ca n be made r ea li e th a t th e r espo n sibility fo r rig ht edu ca ti on is a ver y se rio us o ne, th ey will m a ke a sple ndi d use o f th e fr eedom a m odern w o rld g ives th em ; th ey will go o n edu ca tin g th em selves a ft er leavin g school, a nd will h elp

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on a ll wise sch emes of adult educat ion. They w ill help other people to reali se that nappi ness lies 111 the mind and soul, that a human being IS a crea tur e, g ifted with rea son , almost

infinite 111 facu lty, and destined to share in the divine li fe and joy of it s Cre a to r. " Man must not only be 111an; he must also be a child of Goel."

FLOWER STREWERS ON HOLY THURSDA Y. Left to Right-Ann Mills, Olive Moore , Judith Everest , T he l ma Galliver, Rosemary Griffiths. Frances Pittari.

Relig ion T H E MIS SI ONS. "Go ye into the whole world a nd preach th e Gospel to every crea ture."

Co untl ess numbers of missionaries have obeyed God's command, a nd to-day we find the prophecy of Malachy being fulfilled. "From th e rising of th e sun eve n to th e going down, My Name is great among the Genti les: and 111 every place th ere is sacrifice, and th er e i~ offered to My Name a clea n obla ti o n."

That is fundamentally the work of th e Propagation of the Fa ith . All who work in th a t cause-the mis sionaries on th e field and the great body of members of the Propagation of the Faith '· o n the home front-all are cooperating towards o ne end ; that the prop h ecy

of Malachy may be fulfill ed, that th e sun may never se t o n th e sacrifice of th e Mass.

Throughout Aus trali a and th e Pacific islands we find small bands of Australian Missionary priests, lay-bro ther s, and nun s w h o, in their zest fo r soul s, have g iven up a ll that is dear to th em and, unda unt ed, have gone to face unend ing ha rd ships .

These h eroic soldier s of Christ, devoting th eir liv es to th e se rvi ce of God and th e welfare of th ei r fellowmen, have es tabli sh ed mi ssion sta ti o ns, where th ey care for the spi ritual and tempo ral welfare of their charges. Th e love o f God burns so strongly in th e hearts of the Missionaries that some o f th em, for Christ's sak e, devote th eir entir e lives to th e care of

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D1uring th e wa r w ith J apa n th e work of th e mi ss ions was inter ru pted by rava ge and destruction. We a re proud f o ur mi ss io na rie s, because th ey have written a splendi d chap t er o f Chri stian ch ee rfuln es s and cou r age into th e hi sto r y of th e war. and th e hi story of th e Pacific mi ss io ns. The work of rebuildin g is go ing to be slow a nd painful ; but it ha s begun much earlier th a n a ny of us dared to hope .

MARGARET KISSANE, Matriculation C la ss .

The ch oi r Hi s Grace A r chbi sh op Mannix. sa ng w ith g r ea t devotion during th e Mass, and th er e \\'as a ge n era l Holy .Co mmunion . After Mass, His G ra ce presided at the Communion brea kfa st, a nd co ng r at ulat ed Fr. Branagan and th e g irl s o n the success of the retreat . Dr. Mannix said th at it was th e 23rd r etreat breakfas t he had a ttended at .C.L.C., and he hoped to be a ble to be th er e for hi s silver jubilee r etr eat breakfa st . He a lso told the girls to pra y fo r the q ui ck a nd sa fe return of o ur fo r ce s, a nd particularly for a ju st a nd lasting peace.

MARGARET KISSANE, Ma tri cula ti on Class.

ANNUAL R'E TR EA T. The thr ee clays' retr ea t fo r th e sen ior .girls with which th e second term clo sed thi s year was given by R ev. Fr. Branagan, C. .S .R. Each mornin g he celebrat ed H oly Mass in th e Chapel, and gave us in stru cti o ns throug h the clay, which closed with Benediction of th e Hi s lec tur es were very .

Bl essed Sacrament. enj oya bl e and in structive, es peciall y th e on e o n Our Blessed Lad y und er th e title of Mother vVe r ap id ly adopted of P erp et ual S uccour. hi s them e so ng, " What doth it profit a m a n if h e ga in th e who le wor ld a nd suffe r th e loss of hi s own so ul ?" H e a lso spoke on o bedien ce At th e end of the and our careers in life.

R etreat we were consecrated to Our Bl essed Lad y and r eceived the Papal blessing. O n th e fourth m o rnin g Ma ss was offe red for us by

FIRST COMMUNION. "S uffer the littl e childr en to co m e unto Me and forb id them not, for of such is th e Kingdo m o f Heaven." These words mu st have come into th e mind s of th ose who witnessed t he lovely s ig ht of sm a ll children making t heir fir st Holy Co mmuni o n in the Cathol ic Ladies' Coll ege on 17th October. No wo nd er that i11 th e clays of th e Catacom b s t h e sacred species were oft en entru sted to ch il dren .

It is sig nificant that th e mo st impor ta nt eve nt in th e life of a Ca th olic tak es place w h en sh e is in th e infant s' school. Thi s is a time of specia l training. It is during thi s period that th e teacher and parents have the oppo rtunity a nd d uty of lay in g the foundation o f a t ru ly Cat holic cha r ac ter.

Prize Day at

C.I~.c·.

DE CEMBER, 1944.

Hi s Grace th e Archbishop presented th e ·prizes at the r ece nt annual prize-giving at the Catholic Ladies' College. As His G ra ce, accompani ed by th e college chaplain, Rev. L. P . M o ran, entered th e hall, th e stud ents sa ng their greeting, "Vivat, Vivat," which th e seniors foll owed with a choru s, " The Call of the Maytime," by M. H. Brahe. An address of welcome to his Grace was th en read by Felicia McCarth y, and the programme continued with the following items: Pianoforte duet, Val erie a nd Margaret Buchan; r ec ita ti o n s, "The Tale of th e F a iry"

and "The ~irst Chri stma s," Juniors; song, "Nymph s a nd S hep herds" (Purcell), Juniors, part song, "Th er e Were Shepherds" (Charles Vincent) , Seniors; verse speaking, "The Comin g of Chri st" (John Masefield), Proficiency.

The "Acleste Ficleles" was then sung by the coll ege choir.

His Grace the Archbishop, after pres enting th e prizes, said that alth o ugh th e di strib ution of prizes ha d not t a k en very much time, he rea li sed that a grea t dea l of tim e had been devoted to qua li fyi ng for th em , a nd he con -

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gra tu lated th e g irls whose indust ry a nd ab ility had placed th em a t th e top of th eir respec tive classes . Ma ny ot hers had work ed industriously a nd con scie ntio usly a nd th ese g irl s must n ot be d ishea rt en ed, as t hose who ca me fir st a t s'chool wer e not a lways th e mos t success ful in li fe.

Some g irls, as th eir beaut iful add r ess n ot ed, we re going int o th e worl d wher e they wo uld p ut to th e t es t th e fi ne ed uca tion g ive r. th em, a nd wou ld t es t it successf ull y.

T hey wo uld ent er li fe wi th its da ngers resolut ely, tru stin g in Go el, h elped more th a n eve r by th eir t each ers, a nd joining w ha teve r .Cat ho lic Ac tion a ssocia t ion most appea led to th em. By associa ting th em selves wi th Cat holic Actio n movtm ent s, th ey woul d h elp th em selves , th e Ca th olic Chur'c h, a nd A ustr alia. Ma ny, hi s Grace th e Ar chbishop hop ed, wo uld be call ed to th e re -

ligio us life, w here so man y works-hospita ls, sc hools, or p ha nages-needed t he m. H e co n g ra tul a ted th e stud ents on t he ir excellen t prog ra mm e, and w ished th e Sisters a nd chil dren a ve r y happy a nd ho ly Chri stm as a nd a bright er a nd happi er New Yea r th a n we had p erh aps rea son to expect. We must go on pray in g for peace, said his Grace, fo r peace wo uld co me soo ner beca use o f our praye r s.

Special Prizea.-Chri stian D oc trin e: Ma ry Fe nn essy. Du x (Bessy K enn edy P ri ze). Ma uree n Molon ey. E ng lish (Dolly Ega n P r ize) : Patri cia Gilha m . Mode rn La nguages (Molli e Card ift P rize ) : Ma ur ee n Mo loney.

Ma th ema ti cs (Marga ret Ki ssa ne Prize): Felicia McCa rt hy.

Scien ce (a n Ex-S tud en t's P ri ze) : J oa n M cLeod.

Hi story (Do tey Ki llen Prize) : P a tri cia Gilha m .

Draw ing (A lma San key

REV. L. P. MORAN WITH FIRST COMMUNICANTS. Left to Right : Maureen Martin, Marian Lopes, Margaret Halloran, Teresa K en•y and Valree Monaghan.

• CARITAS Pri ze) : Hila r y Sm ith era m.

Man ner s: Ma r ie Gunn .

Co urt esy a nd Go od

Leaving Certificate. - Christi a n D octrine.

Bri die O'Co nnor. ! st Aggr ega te : Ma r y Wa tker. 2nd: Ma uree n Sa und ers a nd Ma rga r et Ki ssa ne. 3rd: J oa n Cooga n. lntermediate--Christ ia n Doct rin e: J oa n M ullens. ! st Aggr ega t e : Pat Craw fo rd a nd J oa n Cli ffo rd . 2nd: Ma r y H oy ne.

3rd : Moy r a K eith . 4th : Rosa Ca r rodu s.

Proficiency.- Christian Doctr in e: Pamela Kers ten. ! st Aggr ega t e: A n n Brown. 2nd: Ma rga ret Fe nn essy a nd A nn Shelton.

3rd : M a rga ret Bucha n. 4th : Imelda P almer. 5th: Jea n S toc k.

Secon d Year.- Christ ian D oc tr ine: Marga r et Smith . ! st Agg regate : J ennifer H art nett .

2nd: Doroth y Bra naga n. 3rd: J oa n Serong.

First Year.- .Ch ris ti a n Doc trin e : ] un e Co lk.

1st Aggr ega t e: D eni se A tkin so n. 2nd: Ma r-

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gare t Cos tiga n. 3rd : Le nor e Kers ten. 4th : Doree n Willia m s.

5th Grade.-Chri sti a n D octrin e: Clare Welch.

1st Agg regat e : Ma rga r et Jamieson. 2nd : Clar e Welc h. 3rd : Patri cia Bath ga te. 4th: M a r y O'B ri en.

6th Grade.-Chr is ti a n Doctrin e : M a rga r et Fa rr ell y. ! st Agg rega te : Ma ri e Ba rry. 2nd : Ma ur een Collin s. 3rd : Ma rgaret H ickey.

Music.- Grade 1 (Co nni e O'Lo ug hlin Pri ze) : J oa n Ba rr ett .

Gra de II, H o nour s (Ma mie Cli ffo rd Pr ize) : P a tri cia Doyle.

Grade II Credit (An n Mola n Pr ize) : Marga ret Ki ssa ne.

Gra de III, Ho nours: Ne lli e J ones, Grace M enadue.

Elocution. -P rofic iency : Lorn a Bly th e. 2nd Y ea r : Ca rm el A imers. ! st Yea r : Helen E ngg li sh. 6th Grad e : Bett y Crowe. 5th Grad e: Patri cia O'S ha nn essy.

Vatiean Speaking (Gera rd H effey, M .A., L L.B. ).

W hen th e Pope speaks on soc ia l ju stice, he speaks not as a n eco nomist or as a politi cian, but as a moral t eac her. H e cla im s no t echnical . juri sd iction 111 eco nomic or politi ca l ma tt ers. He has no views upon wheth er Australia should be a Federa ti on or not, o r whether she shoul d r edu ce the ta ri ff on Ame ri ca n mot or cors.

It is th e moral la w whi ch "com ma nd s us t o seek in all our conduct our sup rem e a nd fin al end," a nd th er efore our economi c co nduct must be subjec t to th e mora l law.

T he P ope deni es th at eco nomi cs is a sepa rt e science and di stin ct fr om th e . moral law. "It is not tru e," said P ope Pius XI , th a t th e two sp her es a re so d istin ct a nd a lien that th e fo rm er in no way d epe nds upo n th e la tt er ."

Thu s th e Pope al ways confin es him self to principles affec tin g th e social a nd eco nomi c ord er , a nd it is fo r th e Cath olic in each count r y to tr y a nd apply th ose p rin ciples to his ow n pa rti cula r fa th erl a nd. In this se n se, it may be said th a t th er e is no .Cath olic social systemth er e are Cath olic social systems.

In hi s spce"c h on th e Fifth Anniv ersa r y o f th e wa r , P ope P ius XI gave a mas t erl y sum-

ma r y of Ca tholi c social tea ching. Hi s word s will be sta rtlin g t o th ose who consider th a t Cath olics should suppor t the sta tu s quo.

T he Pope does not sugges t tha t we should aba nd on our traditi o ns merely because the socia l order needs r efo rm. O n th e contr ary, his fir st point is th a t "fid eli ty to our Chri stia n herit age is th e keys tone" o f r ehab ilitation. H e m ea ns th a t we wi ll get now her e by a ba nd oning th e Christi an view o f ma n, Chri st ia n sta nd a rd s of rig ht or wro ng, Christi a n v irtues.

It is Chri st ia nity w hi ch has ma de E urope g r ea t , a nd a ny solution w hi ch in volves th e a ba ndo nm ent o f th e .Ch rist ia n tradition w ould be fruit less .

Neve rth eless the P ope is not sa tis fi ed w ith th e prese nt situa ti on. H e says " th e very idea of Christia nity dema nd s th e crea ti on of a mor e exac t jurid ical ord er" in social a nd eco nomic fi elds. Strong word s those-th e ve ry idea of Chri sti a nity. It see ms to im ply tha t an yo ne wh o claim s even th e r emotes t alleg ian ce to Our L ord J es us Christ is involved in wo rking for a n ord er "more in keeping with th e eternal law of God a nd w it h th e dig nity of man."

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s ho uld be the ba sis o f the new order. What, more preci sely, arc we fight in g for?" th e Pope gives the an swer in hi s next sc nt e nce-"C hri sti a n thought ," he says, " in sis t s . . . on the rehabi litation of · th e pro le tari a t. " The prole tariat is that class wh ich, hav ing no property, is dependent up on wages for sub sis t e nce . Th e rehabilit a ti o n of th e proletariat th e n comes to mean a mo re widespread div i io n of priva te property. "T he la w," said L eo XIII, "s houl d favour ow ner ship."

Does the Pope consider thi s crusade at. important o ne? H ere a re hi s ow n rem a rka ble words- "The ac hi e ve m e nt o f thi s in a r esolut e and gen e ro us mann e r appears t o eve r y tru e . . as th e fulfilment of a follower of Ch ri st \ Vorcls co uld hardl y be moral ob~ igation ." plainer.

The H o ly Fat he r goes o n to show how. a lth ough th e Ch urc h suppo rt s th e doc trin e o f privat e pJ·operty as th e g ua rant ee "not o nl y of economic freedom , but a lso of politica l, c ul tural and relig io u s freedo m ," s he docs not approve o f all sys t e m s \\' hi ch r ecog ni ze thi s ri g ht of private property. " vVh e r e Cap ita li s m is ba eel o n such fa lse co n cep t s as t o a rrogate t o itself an un limited ri g ht ove r property, w ith out a ny s ubordin a ti o n to the co mm o n good, th e Chur ch ha s condemned it as co nt rary t o the nat ural law ."

No. Th e kind o f sys t em \\' hi ch the Popt w a nt s is o ne in ' Yhi c h pri va t e property is play . ing it s proper fun cti o n. It mu st, in fact , be th e g ua rant ee o f th e fr eedo m s noted above. It s ro le in h uman affairs is thu s described by His H olines s- it is (a) "a necessa r y presupposition t o human initia tiv e;" (b) "a n in ce tHiv e t u work ;" and (c) "a n in strum e nt of th e lib ert y and dignity o f man cr ea t ed in the lik eness of God, who from th e begi nnin g assigned to him fo r hi s benefit do mini o n o ve r ma t eri a l things."

Privat e property can not play its proper r ole when it is inequitabl y di s tribut ed and when "countless numb e r s" are "deprived of e ve ry direct o r indirect sec urity o f liv elih ood," and are fac ed wi th "th e virtua l imp ossi bilit y o f effectivel y acquiring private property."

T he P o pe goes so far as to s tate that wh ere private prope rt y is no t \\'Ork in g in accordance with th e dictat es of th e co mm o n good, th e State m ay int erve ne "i f it ca nn o t equ it ably

meet th e situ a tion in a ny other way by decree in g th e ex prop riati o n of proper ty, g iving a suit a bl e indemnity."

So it can be see n from these extrac t s from the P 1 e's s tat e me nt th a t a nobl e duty is hri stian s. The P ope e verypla·c ed up o n all w he r e Ins ist s o n charity as being o ne of th e main m ea n o f es ta bli shin g th e ne w Chris t erIt is obvio us that a new order 1s dom.

I rirn a ril y an a ffa ir o f the sp irit. It canno t be es tabli s hed merely by laws and r eg ulati ons.

"Charit y," sai d Pope Pius X I , " mu st play a lea din g pa rt "i n a social o rd er root ed in so rdid selfi shn ess." How t he n s h<tll we begin ? Two things obv io usly stand o ut as th e main pillar s of o ur stra t egy.

F irstl y, we mu st kn ow w hat we are fighting for. It is of no use ju s t fightin g against so methin g beca use the Pope has spec ifi ca ll y s tat ed we nee d a new o rd e r. Ent hu sias m for the defe nsiv e is o nl y t e111po rary in a ny case. Merel y to defeat Co mmui s m is no t th e e nd o f o ur ta sk.

Second ly, in o ur dai ly li ves we mu st beco me Th e det e rmin ing hri stian. more and m o re questio n in our co nscie nce s ho uld no t be: "\ ¥hat docs th e .Church all ow? " but rath e r "vVhat s ho uld a fo ll o we r o f Chri st do?"

Havin g answered th e qu es ti o n. we mu st go away and do it irr es pective o f consequence or circ u m s tan ce.

CHRISTMAS .

H ar k, ha rk , what do I hear ? :rhe bell s o f Chri stm as rin g in g clear.

I hea r th e little childr en s ing '"' elcome to the ir newbo rn King.

Th e little Chi ld in Mar y's arms S leeps w~th all His wi stful ch a r ms, And J ose ph smil es the Babe t o see.

The Chri s t who di ed fo1· you a nd m e.

The \Vi se Men sec a shi ning sta r G lea min g brig htl y fr o m afa r ; A nge ls sin g around Him , too, A way ab ve in th e h ea ve ns' blue.

D o roth y Crackn ell ( Third Y ea r).

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The Rise anti Fall of Empires

By Mother M. Dun s ta n vVil so n, l\I.A., Dip. Ed. Japan , a ft er twenty -s ix ce nturi es o f e111pire, ha s been utt e rl y crushed. The eighty milli o ns who no w cro wd the isla nd s th at form th Land of th e Ri sing un no lo nger dr ea m o f a sway extending over the ' ho le Pacific Ocea n and in cluding A ustra lia.

Such ha s been the fate o f ot h e r pagan empires, o nce g r eat. Take a glance o ver th e vic issitud es of some of them. Egypt was a civili zed coun try as fa r bac k 111 the 1 ast ao hi sto r y ca n go. The builder of the fa mo us Pyramid s and o f th e network o f cana ls lo ng sin ce in ruin s, enjoy ed a ll that cou ld sa ti s fy th e intellect a nd th e body; th ey h ad r e fin em e nt . culture, and luxury. Eve n Chri s ti ani ty wa s introdu ced, but th e bulk of the people neve r beca me Chri s tian s. Attacked hy o ut sid e co untri es . Egyp t was co nqu ered m any tim esby P e r sia ns. by Mah o m e tan s, by Ro ma ns, ancl

by Turk s. It fell back r at h er than adv a nced.

At last. af t e r W o rld W a r I Britain w as at ions with th e e ntru s ted by the League o f ca re o f Egyp t until such time a s th e Egy ptia ns cou ld rul e them selves. T hey wer e a ll o wed t o choose their ow n kin g sho rtl y afterward s, but th e re is sti ll unre s t in Egyp t.

The a ncient emp ires o f Baby lo n and Assyria, in th e so utl1 -wes t of As ia, ha ve passed away.

Arc haeo logi t s lo ve to decip her th e e ngraven r eco rd s of th e peo pl e th e re who once built bridge s, dug ca nal s, a nd erec ted majestic te mpl es a nd palaces no w in ruins. It is m os t lik ely th a t ga il y dr essed ma id ens a nd at hl e ti c yo un g me n had · plenty of fun o n th e River E uphra t es in th eir spare time. But war s wer e fr eq ue nt, a nd 1n the encl di sas tr o us, even though a t o ne time th e Babylo nia n s co nqu er ed J e ru salem , th e J ew ish cap ital , a nd ca rri cl away captives. Int e rnal cli ssc nsii;> ns a nd r ev It. sa id to be clu e to the king· s n eglec t o f duty , ha stened the dow n fall of Babylon, w hi ch was Priceless t a k en by ,Cy ru s, king o f P e r sia . libr a ri es . wonderf ul bui ldi ngs, comm e r cia l and litera ry t a le nt , wer e of no ava il against th e Persian fo r ces .

Persia , un der Cyru s the Grea t, was a gre'lt emp ire , but internal di spute s und e rmin ed he r strength to o, and s he, in turn, wa s c nqu e red

by A lexa nd e r th e Great, of Ma cedon.

Ro111e, fo und ed in 753 B .C.. beca me by con quests th e rul er o f a ll t he co untri es round th e One of th ose s ubje ct Medi t e rr a nea n Sea. countries was th e kin g do m of Jud ea, the homelan d of th e J ews ; a nd in an uni m po rta nt place in Ju dea was born O ur L o rd ] es us Chri s t, who cam e into the world to r edeem and sa ve fallen ma n.

Pagan Rome was in t hose da ys a ll powe rful , P rin ces and a nd rul ed w ith a n iro n hand. kin gs vied ,,·ith o n e ao th e r in obsequious att e nti o ns t o th eir Ro111a n ma st e r s. Rome had m ate ri a l wea lth , literatu r e, a rt , m us ic, gra nd eur of eve r y kind , spo rt s and amuseme nts-b ut not fo r eve r yo ne; t he r e was a n upper class co m posed of patricia ns, th e r e was a lowe r class composed o f ple beia n s, and th e r e were large numb e r s of slaves w ho were the a bsolut e pro pe rt y of th eir ow n e r s, ju s t lik e ho r ses ancl clogs. lnto suc h a world, in a r emo t e part of the g r ea t emp ir e, came hri st. \ V ith wha t result!'

Event · to -clay a r e dated as havin g happe ned a ce r ta in tim e befo r e o r afte r th e birth of that unkn ow n Babe, and t he clay o n whi c h He was born, Chri stmas Day, is ce lebrated in ever:v Chri stia n land \Yith rejoic in g and fes ti vi t ies.

Th e doctrine H e t a ug ht durin g Hi s thirty-three yea r s o n ea rth is c her is hed s till. It is put into p rac ti ce by milli o n: a ll ove r th e \\" rid , a nd H e is loved a nd a do r ed by a ll w ho kn ow Him. H e lives amo ng us still o n o ur a lt a r s, and eve n cl we lls in eve ry so ul th a t is fr ee fr o m uncon fessed and unforgive n mo rtal s in.

Th e r e is t h e differe nce betwee n paga n and Chri s ti an civili za ti o n ; fo r a tru e Chri stian va lues spi ritual be ne fit s far a bo ve niat e ria l advantages. whi le a paga n t hi nk s chi e fl y, it not enti re ly, of bod il y co m fo rt. hris ti a nit y is no t th e r elinf o rtun ately, g io n o f eve r y m e mb e r of eve n Chri s tian co un tri es. A thei s t s, ag nos ti cs, and hat e r s of reli g io n caq be fo und in Cat ho li c co untri es lik e w eeds among wheat. Thi s is part ic ula rl y true o f co untries in wh ic h th e hat e r s o f Chri t have fo rm ed them selves into a politi ca l pa rty a nd se ize d s upreme powe r. It was true in Nazi

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Germany unti l Nazism was destroyed by force; it was true in Fascist Italy until Facism •vas violentl y overthrown ; and it is still true in Ru ss ia, where Communist s, having failed to achieve Communi sm, are for t11e present content with Sociali sm as a st ep towards worlclwicl e Communism .

With Nazis, Fascists, and Co mmunists, th e o utl oo k o n life is mat e riali stic. To attain their ends, when the y ge t into power they force every fellow-citiz en to adopt th eir views. To object is to incur heavy penalties. Only o ne party is allowed to surviv e, and that party rul es . Such stat es, tot alitarian sta te s, are antiChristian- opposecl to hom e life , fr ee speec h , a free press, a nd freedom of assembly.

We. can at H ow can th ey be dealt w ith lea st do o ur share in k eep ing our own lan d Christian. But th at alone is not enou.gh, for aft er pagan R om e had become .Chri stian it was conquered by barbarian s, and in our ow n cla y we have see n , in co untri es with anti-Christi ans in power, a ttempts made to destroy all Ch1·istians.

We are asked to- cla y to tak e an active part in Catholic Action. to do ·a ll we can to preacl the gospel of Chri st, t o copy Christ o urse lves and to indu ce ot h ers to ta k e Hirn as th eir m odel.

Women in A ustra lia enjoy great privileges.

One of th ese is the rig ht to vote for m embe r. of Parliament and to be eligible for electio n to Parliament. In France, women voted this year for the fir st tim e. His H oline ss, P ope Pius XI, in a special broadcast to women, said: "Wom en, yo ur ho ur has struck. Public life need s you. It is your duty to enter p ubli c life and contribute all yo ur strength to its organisa tion.

A n immen se task awaits women in public life, in which th ey wi ll be concerned w ith put ting forward proposals r elatin g to dom es ti c life .

It is th e fun"cti o n of politics to co nsolida t e, to give every fami ly in ever y wa lk o f life the economic. judi cia l and ethi ca l conditions n ecessa r y for their existence. and developmen t in a peaceful community .

"Women cannot admit that politics sh o uld m ea n the dominan ce of o n e. class over . another, or territoria l and eco nomic expansion re sulting in the opp r ess io n o f o ther s. Th ey know that such a policy would .greatl y harm th e family, wh o wo uld h ave to fo ot th e bill, paying a

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"No lrul y wise woman would co untenance a policy a( cla ss . tr uggle o r war. The path of women to th e po ll s is the. pa th of peace."

Fo r S m e of o ur r eade r s th is is th e las t yea r at sc hool. If yo u are. leavi ng sc hool yo u will in a fC'lw ea r s be. one of th ose. to whom th e Pope's in spi rin g broadcast is addressed. Take it to hea rt, stud y it, and begi n now to take an int erest in questions th at a r e. vital to Australia a nd Austr a li a ns. Be r ead y to tep fo rwa rd or to h elp o th ers to do so. w hen nece ssa r y.

BOBBIE'S DEPARTU RE .

Th e. house was a ll in da rkn ess, L ittl e Bobb ie. was asleep, Wh n sudd enl y h e ' as wa k ened By th e tir of a ngels' feet.

Th e. fairest angel came to him And so ftl y to k hi s hand, "G cl is wa itin g fo r you, Bobbie, C m e to th e P1·orn ised Land ."

"What is the Promi sed Land?" h e said , pening wide. \ Vit h b lu e eye "Th a t is th e place wh ere J es us plays, , , ith t h e hild1· en at His sid e."

Th ey lifted him fr m hi s warm bed.

A nd the kindest of th e seve n Can-ie him in h er ge ntle arms T o th e hildr e. n' s Garden in Heaven. · wencla Saunde1·s ( ub-Interm ediate ).

A CHRISTM AS THOUGHT . i\/ hil e sta rs of Christma s shin e Lighting th e ki es, I et o nl y lov in g loo k s B eam from yo ur eyes . \ N' hil e bells ' o f .Ch ri stflta s rin g J oyo us and clear, S 1~ ea k on ly h appy words, A ll mirth and cheer.

Give o nl y lovin g g ifts, And in love ta k e; ladlen th e poor and sad F o r love' s cl ear sake .

Valma D oh ert y (Third Year).

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Mrs. W . W . BELL (Ma imie Cliffor d )

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A Since re Artis t In May, 1945, Mamie Clifford, on e of Mel bourne's mos t g ifted p ianists, a t a nuptial Mass in S t. Anthony's Church, Alphingtor1. ma rr,ied Flying O ffi ce r W. W. Bell , a fine singer who encou rages h er in h er mu sical career. During 1945 Mamie did a pos t -graduate co ur se for h er Master School of Mus ic ; now, in 1946, she is on th e staff o r th e Melbourne Conse r va torium .

Ma mie's sensit,ive n ess to music as a baby was noti ced by h er father , th en sta ti o ned in Wa les. When two years old she could play by ea r a ny hym n she h ea rd in ch urch . When th e Prince of Wales v isi ted Newcastle, Northumberland, E ng la nd , w here th e Clifford s were then living, the sc hool children sa ng E lga r's "Land of Hope and Glory." Mamie, age d two-a nd- ahalf, w ho was prese nt, played it on th e piano when sh e went home. One of Mamie's maternal a unt s. wh o was mi st ress of mu sic at a co nv ent of Fre nch nun s of th e La agasse O rd er a t Newcas tle -on-Ty ne, some tim es to k ht>r little niec e to h er th eo ry class. After a few lesso n s th e child, w ho had· to h ave her piece of ma nusc ri pt. asked her a unt th e name o f th e not es she had w ritt en and, on being told, w ent to th e J)'iano a nd played them. Mamie was th en three, a nd wh en she was five her aunt comm en ced At th e age of seve n. formal mu sic lesso ns. wit h her family, she came to Australia, and on the boat co ming ou t ope n ed the ship 's co ncer t by a duet with her a unt. A t eigh t sh e was read y for her A.L.C.M., but broke her arm a few days before th e exa min a ti o n, and only throu gh th e persistent ca r e of her father, a soldi er and gymn as ti c in st ru ctor who u nd erstood ma ssage, did sh e regain complete use of it. At ten she was stu dyi ng music with Waldemar Seidel, and at twelve she wo n a sc holarshi p to th e Cat holic Lad ies' Coll ege, Eas t Me lbourne, for ge neral tuiti on. Mamie obtained he r Leaving Certifi ca te at C.L.C. w h en sh e was four tee n mat ri cu la ted a nd di d Leavin g Ho nours in Ge rman at fif tee n, a l ng with th e introd uctor y course at the Con se rvatoriurn , wo n' th e Ma ud e Harrington prize fo r accomp a ny in g a t sixtee n, a nd was appo int ed officia l ac ompa ni st to th e Orp hcan .Choriste rs, r eta 1111ng the positio n for five years. Si nce th en she ha s bee n much in dema nd at th e Co n se rvator ium

as an a cco mpa111st t or students sittiug fo r th eir examinations .

At Ballarat, wh en se vent ee n, she won the open sight-read,i ng prize a nd, before she was tw enty, won a n exhibition to th e Conservatorium , the A .M. E.B. Ex hibiti on for th ree yea rs , th e Lady Turn er Prize, and th e Francis At the Co n servatoriu m the Osborne Prize.

Ormond E xhibitio n f ell to her a nd she was con sis tently top of her yea r throughout h er course at th e Cons e rva torium . In 1941, at the Co nce rto F es ti val in th e Me lbou rn e Town Hall , she was awarded first prize, being on e of seve n pianists w ho played co nce rtos wit h th e Melbourne Symph ony O rch estra co ndu cted by The adjudicat or, Professor Bernard Heinze.

Dr. E. Bainton, o f the Sydney Con se r va tor ium , praised Miss Clifford for h er artistic penetratio n and faithful int erpre ta tion of Bee thoven 's G Major .Concer to, th e fir st move ment of wh ich sh e played. In 1942 she took her degree o t Mu s. Bach., both as a tea cher a nd a performer, after which she was for t\1r ee years engaged in decoding a nd cip herin g for th e Navy.

Mamie's sy mpath y and the deep rdigiou s fee ling which sh e reveals in h er choice and in t erpretati o n of h er favo ur ite co m poser , Bach, Beethoven and Csa r Fran ck. were appa rent fr om early childhood . When she was about thr ee, a life-si ze statue of the "Pia Mater" se nt to Be lg ium to be renovated, was r etu rn ed to th e church in No rthumberl a nd attended by th e Clifford s. Shortly after coming home from a visit to th e church w her e she saw th e statue.

Mamie was fou nd by h er mother with o intm ent and bandages which she had taken fr om a S h e was grea tl y distressed at no t dra wer. being take n back to the chur ch to t ie up t h e wounds of "Poor J es us," at w hi ch she had see n His Mother loo k,ing with such deep compassion. Wh e n visiting the chur ch she wou ld n eve r stay in a sea t, hut alway · went rig ht up to the altar rail s, where she co uld " ta lk t o Jes us b etter ."

Reserved as s h ~ is to-clay, 1oth Ma mi e's re li gion and mu sic are joyo us thin gs, and she has made a happy marri age with ne of h er ow n faith and id eals. When judging h er 1 lay in g at th e Co nce rt o Festival Dr. Ba into n remarked of the ope nin g, "The still sma ll vo,ice., of her

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B ee th oven Co nc erto, "Here we had the spir it of music, de lica te colo uring full of happiness Sh e an d joy, exp re ssed with pure artistry. mad e the cade nza a thing of beauty."

When Mamie came to C.L.C. af ter winning fir st prize at the Melbourne Conce rto Festiva l. the writer of thi s arti cle, who kn ew pra cticall y nothing of her, was immediately impressed by th e de lica'cy, power, and sure ness of her technique, by her emotiona l sensitiveness and int elligence, a nd h er compl ete identificatio n o f he self with th e mind and temperam ent of the composer whose wo rk she was interpre tin g .

Thi s impress ion was str ength en ed and expanded by the critici sm of co mp etent mu sicia n s and by Mamie's own account o f her , a ttitud e to her favo urit e pianoforte co m pose r s, Ba ch, Beethoven and Cesar Franck. She also, by the way, characteristic a ll y admires th e Masses a nd Motets of Palestrina, th e great r eligious Bach Marnie compose r of th e 16th century. valu es for his deep r eli g io us feeling, hi s fo rm a l ye t fr ee ar t , th e blending in hi s compositions of the cu ltural and mu sical de velop m e nt of 17th ce ntur y Germany. "Bach," she says, "a logical think er, solved his problems and found hi s id ea l." Playi ng Bach plunges Mamie into deep th ough t and h elps her to work o ut diffi cult prob lems. T ho ug h she is aware of hi s egoism .

Beethoven a pp ea ls to her through his splendid and intense individua li sm, hi s un ceasi ng sea r ch for the id eal. But perhaps it is .Cesa r Franck. profoundly religious," imperso nal , "sa intly, whose compositions s!ie most loves to play.

"H.is music," sh e says, "has th e sp iritual qualit y which sugges t s a ca th ed r al, a nd h e spe nt most o f his life a t th e organ." It is not surprising t o find a close affi nit y betw ee n hi s yo un g in terp reter a nd th e Ca th oli c compose r and m ystk, th e culmin ating work o f whose li fe, th e eight Beatitudes, derives it s in spira ti o n fr om the Sermon on th e Mount, w hi ch th e humbl e Cesa r Franck loved an d o n which h e fre · q uentl y m ed itat ed.

Of Mau1ie as a performer o ne o f M elbourne's leadin g musm1 a ns w rit es: "Th e pia no fort e playi ng of Mamie Clifford is marked by a rare se lf- efface m ent. H er nea t a nd e ff ec tiv e tec hniqu e o ne notic es at o nce, bu.t h e1· faci le tou ch and ea rn es t mann er iss ue in a truth-t elling eloquence that rides ove r m et hod s and means so that th e ce11t1·al th o ug ht o f th e compose r she is interp r etin g comes into clear view. And

thi s int ell ec tu a l pro no un cement is not wit ho ut it s warmth of fee lin g. There is a charming r eserve ·in thi s artis t' s playing, ye t vi go ur is not wanting. It is a b ea utiful f emini ne spirit th a t capt ivates th e li stene r: the mu sic we lls fr om a tender intuitive exciteme nt, tru e to a perso nal ideal, shy, but genuine, winn ing all th e m o r e powerf ull y because o f its unobtrusive The rare1· th e mind the more ch a ract er. attractive its appea l. P e rhaps Mamie CJ.ifford shin es m os t brightly m h er accompanying .

Here h er sympathies are drawn out and she is Bu t either as naturall y in g r ea t dem a nd. solo ist or a ccompa ni st thi s g ifted play er adorns h er old sc hool and the University Conservato rium alike, wi nn ing for them an honourable name, and setti ng a n example o f sincerity in stud y and art for yo ung mu sicians aspir ing to di stin cti on in th eir a rtistic labo ur s."

As a stud ent a t th e Conservatoriu m Mamie's m o ral worth was r ecog ni sed and full y appr ec iat ed by the staff, who va lued h er inAuenc e.

Th o ugh reali sing th a t in addi ti o n to a charmin g persona lity M amie possesses a n int elli gence and a mu sica l tal ent above the o rdin ary, C.L.C. prizes m os t her un swe rvin g loyalty to h er hi g h .Ca th oli c id ea ls, h er generous cha rit y W e wi sh h er every a nd sin ce r e humilit y. h app iness in the future.

SPRING. Come, o h come away with me, Spring is h er e and drear wi nt er h as gone; T he h eave n s are match in g the blu e of th e sea Whi le th e bird s sing th e·ir happi es t so ng.

Oh come, let us fr olic a nd pla y in the breeze And fo ll ow th e blu e h eave n s down to the seas.

Pat Evans.

AUTUMN. I love th e fa lling A utumn leaves, That g lide wit h eve r y slig ht es t breeze, Leaves of gold a nd crimson hu e, Gli stenin g in the mo rning dew.

They're ca rp et ing th e hill s and vale s T o be the spo rt o f winter .g a les; Wi ldl y whirl in g them at will , Th en se ttlin g dow n in q ui et, still I love the tan g o f th e frost in the air, Whit ening th e ground wi th crysta ls fair .

Then meltin g a way wi th the morning sun Till dewdrop s fr om the branche s run.

Bern ade tt" e Durnan (Sub -Int ermediate).

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Catho lic Evide nce Guild

The Origin and History :

T he pa rti cul ar body kn o wn a s the Catholi c Evide nce Guild is of recent or ig in, but Ca t holi c "Ev id ence," taug ht and preached, · has been a n integral par t of o ur a nci.e nt Church 's wo rk, sin'ce comm iss io ned by Chr ist Him self.

In 1887 Father Philip F letcher and Mr. Lister Drummond, K.C., wer e prominent ·in the form ati on of "T he Guild of R a n som." The obj ec t of th e Gui ld was the conve rsion of En g land .

Sacr ed processions and p il g rim ages we re h eld eve ry year. The se walks w er e for the purpose of ke eping a liv e th e memory o f the Eng li sh Non - Ca th oli cs view ed them with Mrartyr s. interest and often joined the rank s of the Ransomers. Many th ou sa nd s wer e broug ht ba ck to the . Fa ith by the wor k of the Ran somer s.

In 1891 Mr. Drummond, convinced th at the Chur ch should no longer ig nore th e con stant a tta'ck s made o n her docttine s and institutions by an ti- Catholi c speake r s in H yde Park, Londo n, ob ta in ed au th or ity to speak th ere. For eig ht een years h e appear ed , week aft er w eek , sett in g fo rth th e claim s o f th e Church, and succe ss full y breaking clown mu ch prejudi ce. indifferen ce a nd ig no rance. Durin.g thi s peri ocl h e was joined by a strong band of train ed la ymen. During t he war, 1914 - 18, o p en a ir expos ition of Cat holi c truth wa s practi ca ll y a t a stand still.

In 1917 Vernon Redwo od, ne ph ew of th e Archbis hop of \ Vellin gton, wa s 111 E ngland for th e pu r pose of studyin g mu sic. Visitin g H yde Park a nd hea rin g the vario us a thei st s h e clecicl ecl to take the field agai nst th em. T o this end h e called upon th e Cardnia l and co nvinced him that a n ew soc iety shou ld be formed for the wo rk. A nd so it followed th a t at a m eet ing of clergy ·and lait y a t \ Ves tmin ster Ca th edral Hal l o n. April 4th, 1918, the Ca t holi c Evidence Guild wa s fo rmed.

Gr ea t success was imm ediately ac hi eved . In ad diti o n to the Sunday Pi t ch (2.45 to 10 p.m.) a t Hyde Park, t we nt y oth er pitch es (o pen air Then m eetin gs) were soon in full swing.

Liverpool es tabli sh ed three pitches, Birmin g ha m thr ee, whilst Brentwood op ened up four.

And th e wo rk g r ew in the vari o us di oce ses th ro ug hout E ng lan d. By 192 1 there were , in

vVes tmin ster alon e, 120 spea k ers, hold in g 40 In H yde P a rk m ee tin gs m eetings a w ee k. w er e h el 1 eve ry ni g ht exce pt Tu esday . In the r es t o f En g la nd 40 Gu ild s wer e ope r a tin g. \ i\l ha t a n o utp o uri ng o f Grace ! Co n ve rt s we r e co ming 111 with ever g r ow in g fr equ ency. .Crowds Lap sed Ca th olics were r e turni ng. wa it ed we ek after w ee k. sta ndin g in sno w. hea rin g th e rain, begi nnin g w ith hos tili ty . t h en turning to fri end lin ess as th e old li es a nd ig no ran ces we r e dealt w ith.

Our own A ustrali a n, F ra nk Sh eed. ha d mu ch to do with thi s ph enom ena l success. H e was M as ter o f th e \i\Te tm in ster Gu ild fro m 1922 1924 and fr om 1927 to 1929. Assoc ia ted w ith M a isie \ Varel he pr odu ced th e now fa m ou s sta ndard " Ca th olic Ev id ence Guild T r a ining Outlin es." used ext ensively by cleri c a nd layma n a like.

In 1925 Sh eed v isited A ustra lia. a nd w ith P eter Ga llag he1· fo und ed t he C. E.G . in S n ln ey Spea king was with Ep iscopa l a pprobati o n . p rin cip all .v co ndu cted in th e D om a in a nd la ter pitche s wer e es ta blished at Crow's Nes t. D a r lin g hur st. a nd P a dd y's M a rk et . Co nv ent s a nd sc hoo ls w er e vi sited a nd th e Evid ence Guild Sister .A n selm p ro du ced sys tem enco urag ed. a very f in e hoo k o n the Gu il d sys t em in r elati o n to S eco nd a ry Schoo ls . As th e ll'o rk o f th e Guikl is mo r e re cog ni sed thi s hook ll' ill find its tru e plac e. Th e p itch wo rk in S_1·cl 11 ey ha s bee n. o n th e w hole. fa irl y successf ul.

Th e M elb o urn e Guild was also fo rm ed fo r t he p ur pos e o f expla inin g Cath o li c doc trin e to no n -Ca th oli cs a nd a nswe rin g th e ir qu es t io ns.

In 19:l.T K evin K ell y . of M elb o urn e, a fte r a visit to S ycltt ey. and 11·ith th e bac kg r o und assista nce of seve ra l enthu sia stic cleri cs, o btain ed per mi ss io n fr om Hi s Grac e, th e M os t R ev. Dr. Manni x . A r chbi shop o f ~'f e lh o urn e . to spea k at th e Yarra Bank. And so o n 12th Nove mb e1-.

1933. K ev in K e ll y a nd Bria n H a rkin ope ned th e fir st pit ch m ee tin g . Th e wo rk of M ess r s.

H a rkin a 11d K ell y has bee n ca rri ed o n b y Mr .

Frank Murph y, pa st Ma ste1· of th e G uild o f 10 years' sta ndin g, and th e p r esen t l\[ as ter .

F oll owing m a inl y th e Mi-. Wa lter Co wa n. pa tt e rn of W es tmin ster. th e M elbo urn e Guil d O ri;:-a ni saha s been sub sta nti a ll y success ful.

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tion has bee n slow, a nd su itab le r ec ruit s hard Pi tch m ee tin gs have beei1 held at to ge t-.

Yar ra Ban k , .Collingwoo d , P r a hra n, So uth M elCo n ve rt ~ bou rn e Ma rk et a nd in th e Cit y . have bee n few, b ut a fa r bett er und ersta ndin g of th e Fa it h has bee n ga in ed by th o usa nd s o f Hun d r eds o f Ca th oli cs Me lbou rn e people. have assis ted th e wo r k, an d it ha s a warm spot in t h e hearts of p ractica ll y a ll Ca th o li cs. Th e Me lbo urn e Guild to-clay ha s t en ac ti ve lay speakers a nd two priests, R ev. Dr . M o rri s, D.D .. M.S.C .. o f t he Sacr ed H ea rt M o na stery , Croydo n , a nd H.ev . V in ce nt Rya n , S .T.Lr. o f th e Do mini ca n O rde r, Ca mb erwell , w ho spea k r eg ul ar ly o n o ur pit ches.

Spea kers fro m va ri o us O rd ers, R ev . F r.

McA uli ffe , O .F .M ., S.T.L., S t. Pasc ha l's, Box H ill; R ev. Ga briell e Pa usbac h, Ass ista nt Vi ca r Ge nera l o f th e Ca rm elite Orde r ; R ev. Dr. Papa t ha na rrapou los, o f the Gree k U niat e Chu rc h, a nd a pr o min ent lay spea k er, an d Mr. S heed , have spoke n fr om o ur pla tfo rm in th e past two yea r s. T he Gu ild has r ece ntl y ope ned a new p itch a t th e co rn e r o f L ittl e Collin s and Bourke St r eets, City . In o rd er to m a int ai n t h ese t wo pitches a nd to ex tend o ur wo rk we .-eq uir e mo r e spea k ers.

T11 A m eri ca t he p r inciples o f th e C.E.G. were out li ned as fa r bac k as 1904 by Fa th er P r ice, of lo r t h Carolin a. T he Ca th oli c Truth Guil e! of Bo ston \\·as a lso a fore r u nn er. Mr. Go ld stein, a conve r t fr om' Ju da ism, a nd Mr s. A ver y p r eached t he Catholic doctri ne in th e ope n fr om abou t 1916, coverin g th e jo urn ey fr om coas t T he .Cat holic U nit y Leagu e was to coast. establ ished in 1917. Lat ely th e C.E.G. wo rk has been carr ied 0 11 in va r io us pa rt s of the In Indi a, S ta tes with co nside1·a bl e success. t he C.E.G . in Au ence h as been o f g r ea t value.

T he nat ive Catec h ist i in d ispe nsab le. Co rr espo ndence be t wee n th e M elb o urn e Guild a nd I nd ia n en t h us iasts has h e l p~ d both bodi es.

O ne nota bl e fea tur e of Guil d wo rk has bee n t he appea r ance o n the pit ches of th e clergy th emselves . Som e have bee n doin g thi s wo rk fo r yea r s, and m uch of t h e good wo rk o f th e Gu ild is due to t heir hig h er - trainin g.

The System .

Th e Guil d r ece ives a candid a te a nd fir st find s o ut h is pos itio n. Th e tra inin g is explai ned t o h im a nd he chooses to wo rk in th e fi eld he f eel> T her e are man y field s ot he is fitt ed fo r .

If he wants to be a a ct1v1t y in th e Guild . spea ker, he fir st h ear s th e lec t ur es by t he Fa th er s a nd exec utiv e laymen. He takes part He decides t o in th e an alyti ca l di sc uss io n. sp eak a nd chooses a subj ect , sa y : " Praye r. " H e is helped, a nd fin a ll y g ives his ta lk in th e Guil d R ooms un de r o ut -doo r pitch co ndition s. th a t is, he is subj ec t t o h ec kling and so o n.

A t fir st he does not ha ve to a nsw er an y qu estio n s; th e Cha irman does th a t. Wh en q ual ifi ed, he r ece ives a P a rtial L ice n se to spea k o n sa y " P r ayer"· o n a pitch. He g oes on pitch and a cquit s him self.

T he Guil d m ee ting is h eld a t th e Cath edr al H a ll , B run swi ck Stree t , F it zroy, o n Thursda y ni g ht s a t 8 p .m., w hen 1 it ch r e po rt s a r e al so g iven a nd a ny necessa ry di sc uss io n rega r cl in P' a ctiviti es ta kes place . Va ri o us sp eak ers with vari o us P a rtial Lice n ses provid e a pool o f Cath oli c doct rin e to draw fr om fo r spea kin g p urposes. A ft er a spea ker beco m es pro fi cient a nd g ain s se vera·I Li ce n ses, he chooses to subThis mi t him self fo r a Cha irman's Licen se. a uth o ri ses him to co ntr ol pit ch m ee tin gs. H e th en goes o n fo r th e m o r e sea r ching t es t o f Ge ner a l L ice n se w hi ch, when g ain ed, entitles him to sp ea k o n a ny subj ec t o f Ca th oli c doctrin e as app r oved a nd a nsw er all qu es tion s.

Thi s r eq uir es a few year s o f stud y.

If a ca ndidat e does not spea k, he becomes a n Ac ti ve A ux ilia ry a nd ass ist s with the impo r tan t wo rk as Ass ista nt o n pit ch a nd va ri ou s offices in th e Guild 's int ern a l fu ctio ning. Th er e is o r o vi sio n a lso fo r Assoc ia te m emb ers, wh o, by th eir praye r s a nd a sma ll sub sc ripti o n o f 1/- pe r yea r , help th e Gu ild.

T he G uil d m a k es avail abl e al so a co ur se o f lectur es fo r th ose wh o wi sh to gain th e Ca tec hi st Ce rtifi ca te, whi ch enables th em t o help in ge n eral co nv ert wo rk. Thi s Certificat e is g r a nt ed to m emb ers of vari o us kindr ed soc ieti es such a s th e Leg io n o f M ar y, wh o co n Literature du ct classes in their own g roup. di stributi o n is a promin ent fea ture of Guild wo rk , a nd as man y as 50,000 pamphl et s, etc .. ha ve bee n de li ve r ed in o ne year to see kin g enquir ers. Ge ner al m ee tin g s a re wee kl y, a nd ta ke th e fo rm o f o ne lec tur e nig ht a nd o nt A co m pr eh ensive library is p rac ti ce ni g ht. f m emb ers. o use r fo e bl a il ava In ad d itio n to spea kin g o n th e pi tch . lec tur es o n Chri sti a n D oc trin e a nd Apologetics a r e

CARIT AS given by o ur chaplain . The ob jec t of the se le ctur es is to · eq uip o ur memb ers a nd ot hers w ho a tt en d th ese classes w ith the nece ssa r y kn owledge to h elp with conv ert-in stru cti o n at St. F ra n cis (m en ) and St. Augu.st ine's (lad ies).

A C.L.C. ex-s tudent, Miss Mary H oyne, is active ly ass ociated with t yping and r o n eo- ing drafts fo r Chri sti a n Doctrin e a nd Apologe ti c lec ture s. A ny past pupil of C.L.C., o r th ose who are leavi ng. can help w ith Guild work or convert-ins truction after ne cessa r y training.

Eve r y seco nd Thursday nig ht lectures fr om S h eed and \ Nar d Ca tholic Evidence Guild tr a inin g outlin es are given by o ur three eccles ias ti ca l ass istant s, R ev. Fr. J. Murtagh , M.A., Rev. Fr. B. O'Connor, and R ev. Fr. Ambrose R yan , D .D. A ny girls who ar e intere st ed in such work arc asked to attend our m ee ti ngs a t th e Gui ld r oom·s on Thur sday nig ht s.

Outlook.

There are a bou t o ne mill io n people

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Mel-

J a n e read th e lett er a seco nd tim e. " I have fini shed the portrai t a nd I wou ld like yo u to see it. D o come next Saturday."

"Portr ait s," mutter ed Jane, "sheer wa st e o f tim e. vVhy doe sn't she de sig n dr ess material o r hat s, or ta ke a cour se in adve rti sing; think o f a ll she wou ld ea rn . P o rtr ai ts ! Yes, I wi ll go, but not to star e at po rtrait s ; I 'll g ive h er some adv ice ." S he sc ramb led into th e bu s, ju st behind th e fa ir g irl with the armfu l o f books.

"Oh, I 'm very so rry ," sa id the g irl as th e bu s gave a lurch and P la t o's R epublic de sc ribed a n arc to fa ll into J a ne' s arms . J a ne loo k ed r at her as toni shed, but managed to sm il e as sh e re turn ed th e book to th e still emba rra ssed ow ner. " It see ms extraordina ry to car r y ab o ut such a coll ec tion," she r emarked, "but I am tryin g to writ e a thesis and I nev er seem to have what I ne ed unl ess I ca rry th e lot."

"A th esis," J a n e was int ere sted : "surely not o n th e Republic?"

"Well. no; n ot on Ut o pias."

th e

Republic, but

on

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bo urne . R o ug hly abo ut one - fifth ar c Ca th oli cs.

F o ur - fifths then of Melbourne' s popula tion are ou tside th e vis ible C hurch. T hes e fou rfifths receive th e impact of anti - Ca th oli c influ enc e, whether it is in th e form of untruth , indiffer enc e o r ig no r ance. In d ividua l examp le

by Ca tholi cs is hi.gh and ye t n ot vast eo ug11 Precept. w heth er t hro ug h its influ enc e .

111 sa ti on, is a matter of ni rga individual o r o pa ti ent appli ca ti o n . It is in thi s fi eld, with its stra ight- o ut expos 1t1 o n of Cat holi c truth to th o usands oth erwise not r eac h ed by radio, o r book , or person, that th e Guild wo rk s. There is g r ea t need for it s wo rk , w hi ch w ill depend amo ngs t oth er thin gs on the amo unt of supTh a t suppo rt is first ly the po rt it gets. sp iritual str engt h of th e .Chur ch through it s m emb ers, and seco ndl y th e practical exte ns io n of thi s spiritua l str eng th in both clerical and It is still th e sa me sto r y: lay app li cation.

"Th e fi eld s are w h ite to th e h arves t , but the la bo ur ers are few . . . Pray

" You don 't m ea n id ea ls, do yo u ?., "No . You see I ha d to wr ite o n some thin g a nd I th o ug ht it wou ld be top ical."

"Topical ! It's hundr eds o f yea r s old ." " We ll , yes; but all thi s ta lk o f a new wo rld I can' t quite see order reminded me of it. what th ey hope to base it o n , so I th oug ht I wo uld see how oth er ages th o ug ht on th e sa m e problem s."

22 "l\eally, but of course no o ther age has th oug ht of th e m at a ll, ha s it ?"

"Oh , yes. Ind eed, every age ha produced l.J t opias of o ne kind or a no th e r, mos t of them f th e kind in \\'hich we see n1 t o tru t, ai min g to es tabli s h an ear thl y paradise for th ose w ho ha \·e clone nothing lo deserve it. Baco n wr te o n e lik e th a t, so did man y o th e r scie nti sts, even \ \ ' II s ...

"Then 11·hy on ea rth ha s n't so methin g bee n done about bringing th e m into exist nee ?"

"That's wha t puzzled 1n e until I bega n to \\·o nd e r what li ving in them would be like. T he n 1 r ead Th o m as More's utopia and th e Republic. They see m ed to be happi e r beca use they \1·cre ba sed on improvement in men rath e r than co nditi on s, a nd in co nfo rmit y with the laws o f some fundame nt a l fa ith in which the y beli eved.

They looked for peace ra th e r than plenty , and of cour se that cou ld b found in an individual, ju s t as easi ly as in a stat e."

"11- m !" said Jane. ''l'd n e ver th o ug ht of that , but I'm s ur e l'd be happy if I ha d p le nt y of a ll th a t I ll'ant. Anyway he re' s the s tation.

Chee ri o ." " Good - bye," ca ll ed the s tud e nt. "I hope we meet agai n." "l hope not." 1nutt ercd J a ne as she r a n for tl1 c tr ain. "Jm , ur c I'm n ot very interes t ed in al l the se philoso phies." S h e was s till mutt e ring as she e nt e red the ca rri age, so th e mild littl e man reading hi s boo k loo k ed up as she too k th e sca t beside him.

"As the Hatter said to Alice, or as I think he sa id: 'Yo u \\'ere r emar king?'"

Taken hy surpri se. J a ne r ep lied. " That I'm no t interested in philosop hies."

"Oh, but you must be. \ Vhy else wo ul d yo u ta lk to yo ur self about them?" "\Veil. I'm not; it' s ju st that I have been tr ave lling w ith a g irl w ho thinks that being happy is not a n1attcr of character, and does not depend o n poss ess ion s. Now I think that 's rubbish." "\Veil. perhap s it 's not alt oget h e r tru e. hut yo u mu s t adm it th a t th ere is so m e truth in it , 1n so far as ev il punishes it seif until it is de stroy d. and virtu e Ao uri sh cs in s pite of a ll obs t acle s. f cour se, evil may seem to bring happ in ess . hut a l11·a.vs it over r eac hes it self in the end and is. b.1· its ve r y nature, des troyed .

Now tak e this boo k I've be e n readin g. It's by

a fell ow cal led D o toevsk i, and it's abo ut crime .111cl it s puni s hm. 11t. 1 A lt11 o ugh tii e he ro co uld have evaded the pun is hment of the la w for hi s crimes, he could not escap'c from th ei r effec t s o n hi s Oll'n mind, a nd so he was prepared tu acc ept hi s punishment as th e o nl y means of re s to rin g hi s o wn peace of mind ." Jan e baa been bo red at fir st, but mention of the pldt -; tru ck a fa 1niliar c hord. · "Solll cthing lik e the picture "The Portrait o f D o rian Grey "

"Ye s, to a ce rtain ex t ent. a lth oug h th e pic ture make s mo re f the cri111e th an it s puni shn1e nt, a nd 'v\ 'yld e see m ed unable to br ing hi s stor.1· t o a sa ti s fying conclus io n.

It is tru e, th oug h. th a t 111os t w riter s, good or indiffe rem. \\'ith their under s tanding of hum a n nature , seem to be a\\·are th a t it is on ly happy when co nformin g to some uni ve rsal law th a t all r ecogni z_c."

A t th a t 1n o m e nt the tr ai n p ull ed into a station a nd a hearty ma n in a spo rts coa t bounded in.

"Hu 'lo. Bil l. Goin' to th e fo ot ie ? We'll li ck 'e111 to -clay ; go t a great playe.r iii that Clive CloutC lll ; kn ow \\'hat ' he· ~' doin'; knows th e rul es a ncl keep s 'e 1n."

Jan e di sc re e tl y loo ked t hr ough her window ;i ncl th e re st of th e co nv ersat'on was los t to h er. But she 11·as s till thinkin g of what th e littl e 111a11 had sa id as sf1e alighted from the train a ncl walk ed alo ng to An ne's studio. " Perhap s." s he th o ught t o herself, "it is a kind o f game and \\'e e nj oy it be tter when we know th e rul es .

I s upp ose · \1·c are ob li ged to do what we ca n fo r o th ers t oo, rather lik e a team

CA RI T A S S he reached thi s point at the sa m t: spirit.'' time as th e . garden gate, so went in rather more th o ug htfull y than usual.

Anne's portrait was lovely, even ] ane ad' " i t.. It was a study of a nur se r es ting, hut still with an air of se rvi ce g ladl y given.

Eac h tiny part contribute d to the sym metry and ba la nce o f th e whole, eve ry lin e played its pan in th e des ig n, each colour fo und its co unter pa rt; it was a thin g of she er delight to the eye and r es t to the mind. ] ane was a t a loss to exp lain its effec t ; she wondered whether it co uld be partly th e id ea of service whi'c h found its fittin g express io n in bea ut y. S he ad mir ed t he pi cture and talk ed o f nur ses, "How .good t hey a r e, if rath er fooli sh in th e se rvi ce th ey re nd er. " "O h, J a n e," co mplain ed A nn e, " how dull you

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ar e. It is no t so much that th ey are good, as privil eged to be able to se rve. Service is no To be allowed to drudge r y; it is a fa vo ur. se rve in any way is th e greatest of bless ings, and a bless ing we all sha re This nur se has the privilege o f r elieving pain, I o f emphasizi ng th e beauty o f ordered lin e and colour a nd m asses; you of being cheerful a nd encouragi ng, and so on and on, for to eac h God manif es ts Him self in a new light and eac h reAects so m ething of what she appreh end s. Tha t is wha t makes people so inter es ting-all are diffe r ent, yet a ll are th e int eg ra ted pa rt s o f a perfect whole , a nd a ll are striving to und er stand it."

Her vo ice trai led away as a thru sh begar: its so ng in th e ga rden , and Jan e se ttl ed down to listen a nd mak e fo r her self a picture of th e clay's impress ions and contacts.

K a thle en Cummin s, B.A. , Dip. E d.

Rev iew of Old t;oll egia ns' Acti vitie s ACTIVIT IES FOR YEAR 1945.

O n looking back on th e activities o f o ur Assoc iatio n, your Co mmittee fe el that th e yea r o n the whole has been a sa ti sfac tory o ne .

Thirteen theatr e partie s at His Majesty's , Co medy, and Picture N ig ht s a t popu lar cit y th ea tr es hav e been held durin g thi s yea r, w hi c h have bee n well supported a nd enj oyed by a ll.

The pr oceeds of th ese fun cti o ns have bee n passed to th e ladies, who throu g h th ei r untiring e fforts · have been working at th e C. W.O. Hut Th e Old Coll eg ia ns eve r y a lt ernat e Friday. attend regularl y eve r y alternate Friday nig ht to ent ertain th e boys o f o ur Arm y, Navy and Ai r Force . Th ese girls are doing a marv ell o us jo b, and hop e ·to see so m e new s upporter s th er e in the very nea r future .

T hr ee dances hav e been held during the yea r , two a t K elvin Hall and o ne a t th e Victoria Palace "Banquet Ha ll." A ll present at th ese To function s had mos t enj oyable evenings. as sist t o de fra y th e ex pen ses of co mplim ent ary ti ckets for m en of th e A rmed Forces, two ra ffle s wer e held.

CO MMEMO RATION DAY .

O n S~rncla_v. 11th November , .Comm em o ra ti o r.

Day, Holy Ma ss was celebrated in the College Chapel by the Very Rev. Arthur Fox,

Administr ator of St. Patrick's .Cathedral , fo r the r epose of th e so ul s o f depart ea sis ter s Remindin g th e ex -s tudent s of and pupils. the intenti o ns for w hi ch h e was offe ring Mass, Father Fox as ked th em to pray especia ll y fo r th e Si ster s a nd O ld Co ll egians who had died during th e yea r-S is t er I. St. J o hn , S ister M'. Laur ence (Mo lli e Dw ye r ). Mrs. Ryan (Hilda Lewin), and Mon a Cro nin. Fath e1· Fox said he wished· to spea k to the co ng r ega ti o n of Old Coll egian s about two thin gs-voca tions to r e lig io us life · a nd the mi ss ions.

As a re su lt of th e war th er e wa s a mu ch er ne ed of priest s, broth ers and nun s. They reat g sho uld p ray for voca ti o ns fo r them selv es and other s, and God \vo ulcl an swer th eir prayer.

Th ose who were married cou ld have no g rea ter bl ess in g a nd· ha pp in ess in their family than th e reli g io us voca ti o n of o ne of th eir children.

Through t h e war man y mi ss io n fi elds had bee n devastated ; th e mi ss io nari es had bee n kill ed, a nd th e chur ches ra zed to th e ground.

The militar y chaplains spoke of the wond e rful work do ne by the mi ssio nari es in th e isla nd s.

Th e natives were very intellige nt a nd most devout, showi ng a g r eat des ire to .go to Mass a nd H oly Communi on. The work would hav e to be beg un all over aga in ; th e re was g r ea t need for nun s and brother s. W e mu st all pray

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CARITAS

M rs. E DMUND H . BART ON ( B etty B ryan)

M olo ney) , S ister M . H elen (E il ee n M al on e).

T hey a ll r ece ived a warm welco me fr om a 1. old sc hoolma te, S ister M. Zita ( Zi ta Cloo nan ). n th e 14th Oc to ber , t he eve o f th e fea st of S t . Te re sa, Pa tr ic ia Bren na n ent er ed th e Ca r !11 ei ite Co nve nt, Ke w, M elb o urn e.

Co ng ra tu la ti c ns to the 1945 brides ! On 17th M a r ch, th e feas t o f S t. Patr ick, Bet ty Br ya n m a rri ed L.A.C. E dmund Ba rt o n ( R .A.A .F .) , g r a nd so n o f th e la te S ir E dmund Ba rt o n. T he "Ba lla r at Co ur :er" pa id a tr ibute to th e loveli:1 ess o f th e bri de, w ho wore a tra ined cla ssical go ~ n, wi t h a cor o net of whit e begonia s, and ca rri ed a shea f o f w hit e bego ni as and gla dioli.

Betty 's sister, J oa n, w ho was brides maid , wore pe ri w ink le blue a nd ca rri ed a sh ea f o f pink gladi oli.

O n 12th M ay M a mi e .Cliffo r d was ma rr ied to Mr. W. W . B ell a t a N upti al Mass ce leb ra ted

by Rev . F a th er Molan in S t . A nt ho ny's Chur 1.: n, Alphin g to n . A n acco unt of .1:am ie's musica l

fo r th ese peo ple o f th e P ac ific I sla nd s a nd fo r th e m issio nari es .

VI/ e sho uld g o clow n o n o ur kn ees and thank Go el t ha t o ur co untry, A ustralia, has not been de vas ta ted by wa r a nd bo mbin g . We should p r ay for th e spr ea d o f Chri st' s King dom. O ld Coll eg ia ns sho uld -be ve ry fa ithfu l to t heir o bl iga ti o ns as .Cath olics a nd joi n up o ne or mo r e of th e Ca th oli c m ovem ent s.

A ft er th e co nclu sio n of our Co mmuni o n br ea kfas t a m ee tin g w as held at which a new Co mm itt ee was elec t ed.

V ice-P r es id e nts: :tvfa ri o n R eid, S ylvia F e nt , K a th Cum min s, C. P edley, M. Yo un es, P. K ell y.

Secr eta ri es: M . Gorm a n , Betty Caven .

T r eas ur er : D elia elso n.

Co mmittee : M. H a wkins , B. M aso n, B .

K enny, V. S mith , I. Ca rroll , L. K ersto n, ].

Tuck er .

WHA T A R E TH E Y DOING? S ix happy novi ces in the Novitiate of t he Si sters o f .Cha rity, "Bethania ," Cha ll is Av enue, P o tt s' Poin t, S ydn ey, a r e Sister M . F elicia ( F eli cia Mc Ca rth y), Sister T er esa Joseph (Ma ri e Gunn ). S ister Marie Pie r re (Mary F e nn essy), Sist er M. Carmelita ( E ileen Th y nn e) , S ist er M. Marguerita (Marga r et

M rs. B. WE TZL E R (Joa n S mithe r a m ) Married at St. P a t ric k 's Ca th edral, 16th June, 1945.

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MAUREEN, AN:NE . PATRICIA McKERNAN Daughters of Mrs. J, McKernan (Alma Allen).

ca r eer is given on pages 17 and 18.

At a Nuptial Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, celebrated by the College Chaplain , Rev. L. P. Moran, Joan Smitheram was married to Sgt. Ben Wetzler, U.S.O.S., of Dover, New Jersey, U.S.A., on 16t h June.

Monica Costigan has announced her engage-ment to Mr. Martin T ob m, of Garfield. They will marry early in the New Year.

Dolly Egan is permanent Senio r Mistress of Camberwell High School, and is still on the Engli sh Standing Committee of the Schools Board.

Wynn e Fanning is tea ching a t Mordial!o( High School, a nd Kath Clancy at Coburg High School.

At the Melbourne University Pat Gilham_ is doing combined Arts and Social Studies: J oa n Mat son and J oa n McLeod are ta king Science

courses, and Maureen Moloney is revelling in Arts.

Emilia Ferlazzo, Barbara Walsh, Lois Kersten, Olive Malone and J oa n Malone (not rela ted), are doing Pharmacy.

Irene Atley has a clerical position in the Munitions Supply Labora~ory, Maribyirno~1g.

Margaret Kendall is a clerk in th e Navy Recruiting Office. Marion Reid is in the Orlandi i Pat Kelly is in the Foreign Wines Office.

Journal Service, C.S.I.R., and Shirley Is sell in the National Bank.

Kath Ryan, Clifton Hill, is one of the expert tennis players on the court of th e Sacred Heart parish, Kew. Mary Rafter has taken up teaching in the Camberwell State School, and is one more on the list of C.L.C. ex-students doing excellent work in th e Legion of Mary.

- CARl t A $

PATRICIA MARY D a u g hter

of

Mrs.

Dr. Clarice A rendsen (who mard ed Dr. F rank He th ~ e·r in g t on, Superintende nt o f St . Vin ce nt's Hos p ita l) a nd her son , Ian F rancis.

JACQU E LINE . MADELEI NE AND G ERARD (Childre n of M rs. F . Costigan (U rs ula Hoy) _

K elly

(Ven a

Simmons) .

CAR I T AS ' la ire Pedley has \\'orked ge nero u ly a t th e C.'vY.O. fo r fiv e yea rs- a good r ecord, Cla ire !

Two Old Collegian s with brillia nt yo ung fau g hters- Na ncy Fenne sy ( Mrs. P. R ya n), who se daughter Ma ry is a t t. Columba's, E ssc ncl o n , and Marie Lynch (Mrs. Spe ncer). l\fari c Spencer is at C.L.C.

21 PRE -S.CH OOL AP P O I NTMENT.

l'vli ss Helen Pau l, former direct o r of pre sc hool a ctiviti es fo r the Free Kindergarten Uni o n, ha s r es ig ned her positio n to join th e Ministry of Health as chi e f pre-school educati o nal superviso r in the mate rn a l, infant ana pre- sc hool welfare d ivisio n of th e Department.

Dr. Sca ntl ebur y Brow n, director of mat ernal, infant a nd pre·- school act iviti es, und er whom Mi ss Paul will wo rk , sa id yes terday th a t the appoint me nt wa s o f g r ea t sig nifi cance. It wa s th e initial step toward s the developme nt of th e ph ys ical and ed ucational h ealth of th e pre sc hool child.

Miss Paul wi ll com m ence h er duti es in Ap ril.

"Carita s" offe r s Muffie (Miss Paul) most sin ce r e co ng ratulatiin s.

Eyes

"l~hat

See

.. . th e field and a ll things that a re in th em shall be joyf ul."-( P salm 95, Ve rse 12).

MAJELLA AHEARN, A .L .C.M., L.L.C .M .

Art of Speech-London College of Music.

C. L..C. LIBRARY. Th e Librar y Committee wis h es to th a nk very sincerel y all O ld Collegia n s, a nd pa rti cu larly the orga ni se rs, Mrs. D. Kenn y, Mrs. M. McCar th y, a nd Mrs. Pedley, w ho made the Card Afte rn oon at th e M utu al Store in A qgus t such a sig na l success . The proceeds w ere divided betwe en the Library a nd th e C. W.O , bo th of \\'hich benefited mat eri a ll y. It was not poss ible to hold more than on e fun cti o n for th e L ibrary in 1945, but in view of the fact that th e n ew Coll ege will need a large, we ll -li g hted m odern library, the Co mmittee kn ow the y w ill be able to cou nt o n enthu sia sti c co -ope ra ti o n in all th eir effo r ts in 1946.

God has bee n lav ish in the beauty H e ha s g iven to th e wo rld. Even if you live in a dull, inn er suburb , th ere is still the sky w ith lovely cloud effect s, sunri ses, sun se t s a nd m oon li ght.

If yo u are fo rtunat e enoug h to liv e where there a r e ope n spaces, at eve ry seaso n of th e yea r you k eep di scove ring new bea utie s and wo nd er s. I am o ne o f the fortunat e o n es who walk thr o ug h ope n spaces to r eac h m y ho me.

Th e1·e is no g rand e ur of fo r es t 01· wa t erway~. but in w hat to so me a r e ju st paddocks, the se thing s are th e things we finclAt o ne seaso n of th e yea r Sunday brings a special joy . Wid e st r etch es that a r e a greyis h g r ee n w h en see n a t a n ea rli er ho ur o n weekdays, a r e mag icall y tran sformed under th e tou ch o f th e sun . Th ey arc sudd enl y swep t wit h ye ll ow as fr om a. gia nt pa int brush. These are capc·-weck flow ers, ope nin g o nl y to th e sun' s ra ys.

Loo king cl ow n fr o m thi s picture . we fin d we are walking o n a m auve carpet o f million s oi tin y star-s hap ed fl owe r s. Th ese are th e o ni o1. g ra ss fl o wer s whi ch g r ow so close to the grou nd that th ey a rc u nn o ti cea ble until o n e is ri g ht up o n th em . Th ese, too, are open o nl y w hil e th e sun is shinin g.

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C A R ITA S

A favourite spot, ca ll ed "T he Flower Patch" by th ose who kn ow it , is from a di sta nce a rough, unattractiv e str et ch of rai lway la nC:.

From ea rl y Spring till we ll into Su mm er it is a bright patchwork of colour. vVilclfl owe rs o f many vari eties and colours fl ouri sh th ere. an d such colo ur s- scarlet , ye llo w a nd brow n , a halt dozen shades of yellow, a heav enly blue w ith several paler shades o f blue in th e backgro und.

Whi le th e colours delight th e eye, th e mind can marvel at th e perfect arti str y of the Creator clispla y_ed in the sy mm etry and co m pleteness of ea ch tiny flower. Each one ha s it s individual perf um e, attracting different kind s of tiny insects, which play th e ir impo rt a nt part in th ~ fertili sing of th e see d.

Other marvels are h er e for th ose w h o have eyes to see. Minut e ferns n es t le in cr ev ices o t the volcanic rock that is sca tt er ed plentifull y about. Nature is bu sy with h er mosses a nd lichen s, softening th e har shn ess of the r oc ky surfaces. A long tim e could be spe nt in n otin g

the differ ent kind s of m oss Ill thi s localit ) alone-while li ch ens make a fascinating stud y by th emselves. La ter on in th e seaso n ma ny walks can be tak en st ud yi ng th e various and ex trao rdin a r y forms of seed -pods and the evident determination of tiny, insignificant plants to pe rp etu a te their kind.

Durin g summ er wa lk s swa ll ows da rt t o a nd fro near us; yell owt a ils and goldfi nches flit a mong the thi stle s, and a skylark sin gs over head. In Winter our beloved r obin redbrea st . and his quiet little brown w ife k eep pac e with us. Wagtail s an d wren s pay us occasiona l v1s1ts; m agp ies, kookaburras and crows are always about.

Th ere ar·e still other thin gs to delig ht. Th e dew laden cobwe bs to fa scinate us when we should be hurrying for our train, the sudckn blaze of sunri se, the lingering glory of sunset, the changing bea ut y of clo ud ma sses-and over all-Goel the Creator.

Prue Hyett.

Letter to a New Student Dear New Student, I am writing you this letter for thr ee r ea sons. first, because I know you will be feeling be w ildered and just a little frighten ed on yo ur first day at the Catholic L adie s' ,College ; secondly, to Jet you know something of the year which stretch es before yo u, and third ly, to tell you of the wonderful sp irit and loyalty which exists in my old College .

The first reason is easy to deal with. Perhaps it wou ld make it easier if I too k yo u back five years ago when I fir st commenced a l Catholic Ladies' College. I can rem em ber that first day very clea rly, almost as if everyth ing had been indelibly st amp ed on my mind. I was just a shy, awkward schoolgirl, proud o f m y new uniform, a nd full of youthful dreams for the future. A whole new world was opening up before me , and I was going to do untold things and make a name for mys elf in th e world. I can look back now and smile, and think how enthusiastic youth is .

However, dear Student , I lacked one important thing confidence in my self and what I could do, and

th e fir st clay of hu r ri ed lessons, punctuated w ith th e so und of clanging bell s, on ly served t o confuse m e further . If I remember corr ec tly, the next day we were given a talk by Mathen Rectress, and her few word s did much t o ca rry me throug h tho se first few days. I can always r ecall to mind her exact words as she add ressed the assembled girls.

"Your parents have given you an excellent opportunity to fit yourselves for th e future , and each a nd everyone of you should do your bes t. Nobody can do more than that." After tho se f ew wo rd s my fears vanished and I reali sed th at if I worked and gave the be st J co uld I would be well justifi ed.

Now I will turn to th e se·c ond ' r ea so n. Before you, you have a busy year. However, all your time is not occupied with school work only, but a lso with th e social events that take place in school life. Each .girl is train~ d to ta ke h er part in social l ife, for a perfect lady must be a perfect hos t ess. Y o u will perhaps find that the year is a lo ng o ne, but it can be a very happ y o ne t oo, as a t th e end of th e year you

CAR I TAS re'c eive the fruits of yo ur labou r. Exams, 0 1 co ur se, will creep up up o n you, but if you ha ve worked co n sistently during the yea r, yo u w ill kn ow no fear when th ey eventu ally ar ri ve, and with th e grace of Goel success will ue yours.

A nd la st , but not least, we come to th e thir d r easo n. T his , perhaps, is th e m os t illl po rt:int o f a ll , fo r th e sp irit o f a sc hool is r ea ll y tilt: tuclent, ha ve a You, clear sc hool it sel f. sha re in th e sc hool spirit and loyalt y, and it is up to you t o g uard yo ur sha r e w ith the utm ost care. You and yo ur sc hool a r e we ld ed t oget her by a bond of loyalty-a loya lt y w hi ch has been ha nd ed clown to you fr m gi rl s wh o were th e fir st pupils at Catholi c Ladi es' College. Therefore yo u a r c now r espo nsible fo r

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carrying on that sp irit of loyalty, so that you in turn can preserve it fo r th e p upils of th e futur e.

Per hap s, clear S tud ent, you will, a t fir st, fin e! it hard to under stand what I am tryin g to tell you, but I fee l su re as th e year wea r s on you w ill g raduall y find o ut for yoursel f what I have tri ed to tell yo u in this lett e r. W ith Goel as your capta in g uidin g yo u throug h th e pe ril ous stages of th e journey ahead of yo u. and your loya lty to pa rent s a nd teac hers, yo u w ill not A lways r em ember that "a littl e go wrong. more pers istence, a little more effo rt , and what see m ed hope less fai lu re m ay turn to g lo riou s success." Yours sin ce r ely .

L EON I E HYNES (A n Ex-S tud ent).

Beetho ven ~~ The f~omposer

and the Man "

In 1784 he beca m e as sistant Co urt Organ ist.

111 nn Bo at th e Spr in g of 1787 h e we nt to Vienna for rn bo In · n, ove Lud wig van Beeth the fir st tim e. He became ve r y fri ed ly w ith December, 1770, began hi s mu sical studies at Co unt Wa ldste in , w ho ca m e to Bonn in 1784. the ea rl y age of fo ur years. He r eceived hi s earliest trainin g fr om hi s fat h er, wh o was ve r y H e t oo k a .great inter es t in Beet hoven and mad e him a prese nt of a g rand pianoforte. Beethostri ct and exacti ng . Th is se rved to spo il mu ch His played the vi ola in th e th ea tr e o r ch e tra ift. g ven ul wonderf hi of the child's joy in fa th er kep t him hard at wo rk at th e lav ie1· in Bonn. Thi s enabled him to h ea r a nd study closely a ll the im p6 rt at operas and lyri ca l a nd violi n a ltern ately, until h e cou ld n t teach dra mas a nd m elod ramas of hi s time, a nd her e him any furth er. Hi s fir st pub li c ap1 ea ran ce also h e ga ined practical kno wledge of th e was mad e at Colog ne at th e age of six yea r s. elem en ts of o r ches tral te chniqu e. H e played H e then studi ed th e o rga n un der a Franciscan As in this orches tr a for four yea rs a nd obta in ed brother o f con siderab le mu sica l fame. enough id eas and practical exeprience to last Beethoven's ge neral educa ti o n was so sadly him a li fetime. In Nove mber, 1792, h e se t out neglected , he had n't an y wa y 01 en to him to H er e h e for Vienna for the secon d tim e. earn a Jiving excep t by music: a nd , of a ll th e counterof es branch s iou ·var 1795 l unti studied eemed n rga o e th . istrum ent s he had studi ed point , ca no n a nd fugue. The mu sical li fe o f th e m os t likely to h elp him to ea rn a liv eli Vie na a t thi s tim e g r ea tl y influ enced him. In hood . A ft er a se ri es of t eac h ers, he stu died th ese days the ho uses of the no bility were the the was who Neefe, stian Chri n, sicia mu a with on ly places w h er e a musicia n cou ld find scope fir st to have a ny real infl uen ce over t he boy for his g ift s; as mu sic was exclusively culti and to full y r ecog ni se his grea t g ift " It is a vat ed by th e rich a ri stocracy, a nd th ey did very wo nd erfu l ac hi evemen t fo r a boy of eleven yea rs to perform th e grea t "·o rk s of Bach , mu ch to raise th e arti sti c sta nd a rd. In a land so steeped in musica l cultur e a pia ni st \vith "Th e Forty-e ig ht" Prelu des a nd Fugues, a nd Bee th ove n's abi lity cou ld not r ema in unn oti ced onatas dedito have comp osed thr ee Piano for long; a ft er being th ere on ly o ne yea r h e .,f age early e th at cated to the E lector in 1783 r emained unchall enged as a piani st. H e was a thirte en yea rs.

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splendid im prov isor and a brilliant sight r eade r. In im agi na ti ve interpretation he wa, a lso to th e fo re, a nd displayed true crea ti ve ge niu s, but fo und it hard to es tablis h him self T hey among th e V ienn ese as a composer. wer e quite sa ti sfi ed with the works of Haydn, B ee thoven's Mozart, and the older sc h ool. wor k s were so full of novel ideas w hi ch str etc h ed traditiona l convention to th e limit .

They loo ked o n th ese n ew works as being ou t of th e o rdin a ry and eve n sa id th ey were eccentric. Thi s is w hy h e h eld back th e pub lica ti o n of hi s works fo r some time.

His fir st wo rk, Opus I. w hi ch was thr ee tri os, appeared in 1795, a nd was quickly fo llowed by hi s early pianoforte so natas. .Comp os itio n s tor various in strum ents fo llowed, including the septe tte, which so amazed hi s cont emporar ies.

Th en came th e fir st quartette a nd th e firs t S ymphon y. A t th e tim e there was keen competition amo ng th eJ Vi enn ese publi shers for the copy rig ht of his composi ti o ns and thi s im pressed th e ge neral publi c greatly. Everyone, on being acqua int ed w ith the compositio ns, felt their charm a nd thu s d id h e becom e kn ow n a~ a g re at compose r also.

In 1800 Pri nce Li chn owsky gran ted h im a yea rl y salary a nd gave him a valuable se t of Itali a n Qua rtette in strument s. H e bega n abo ut thi s tim e also to exte nd h is wo rk to ballet a n d ope r a. He wro t e th e ballet mu sic for Vi.gano's Ballet. Thi s was his fir st connectio n wi th th e stage. About thi s tim e h e a lso wrote a grea t many vocal numb ers, am o ng th em b eing th e famo us "Ad ela id e" in 1796 a nd the Ora t o ri o, "The Mount o f O lives," in 1800. He was then working on th e 2nd Symphony a nd a no ther o pera. A t th e earl y age of 30 h e h ad made a name as a composer seld om attain ed by ot her s in old age.

H owever, 111 1790 h e b ega n ·to suff er fr om the unfo rtunate ea r tro uble which la ter marred mu ch of hi s pl eas ure in mu sic. Ea rl y in the nin etee nth ce ntur y h e was fo rc ed to face ti' ~ fact that total deafn ess was r ap idl y approach He so ugh t the advi ce of the grea t in g. ph ys icians, but all in vain. and he at las t de spaired, but not fo r lo ng, as hi s strong wi ll and g r ea t vita lit y help ed him ove r thi s cr isis-h e knew w ha t eart hl y pleasures he was denied , b.ut he still had th e joy o f creat io n for lif e. \ Vith th ese thou g ht s in niinq h e decideq to

master hi s fat e. He now beca me m o re creative th a n eve r befo re, writing vario us pieces of chamber mu s ic.

During th e fo ll owin g years h e wrote the 4th , 5th and 6th Symphon ies, th e Overture to "Cori c lan us," pian o so na t as op. 53-54-57. Mas ' in C Maj o r io r Prince Este rh azy, which was fi rst performed in 1807. T he tripl e co nce rt o, Op. 56, G Maj o r Sonata Piano Op. 58, violin ho ral Fantasia Op. conce r to Op. 61 a nd the 80. During the last few yea rs of hi s writing, hi s mo st im porta nt works we1·e 9t h or Choral Symphony, comp leted in 1824. He wrot e in all nin e sy mphoni es, No. 9 being th e climax, a wonde r I ul o rch es tral and chor al comb ination.

"Fidelio" was his g r eates t lyr:c drama . To thi s · ope r a he wrote fo ur d iffe r ent overt ure s.

He r eceived an Honorary Deg r ee 111 the Swed ish Academy o f A rt s, a lso Kin g Louis of France p r esented him w ith a .gold medal in r ecog niti o n of hi s g r ea t Ma ss.

'Beethoven-The Man."

Bee th oven was very excitable and impet uous in t empe r ame nt. His wo rk s show much of his love of nat ur e. Thi s is ver y not iceable in the "Pastoral Symphony." He trav ell ed but littl e excep t for a trip to Ho ll a nd as a child a nd a jo urn ey to Prague and Berli n towanls the end Like mos t deaf of th e nin eteenth cen tur y. people, h e wa s very suspicious an d, as h e possessed a dominatin g natur e, hi s capacity fo r m aking fri e nd s was so mewhat limit ed.

The tragedy in his life is well portra ye d in th e "Egmont" a nd "Coriola nu s" overtures. His finest lyrical voca l work 1s th e g re a t Mass in D .

In thi s is expre sed perfectly one man' s faithhi s ow n. The g r ea ter part of hi s work is nonprogramme in strum enta l mu sic. He improved o n all form s o f mu sic hand ed dow n fr om the earlier composers. H e created an ove rp owe ring impression when g iving fr ee pla y to hi s imaginatio n in hi s improvisa ti o n s. He was the first to compose for solo in strum ent s and wrote hi s p ian oforte works to show off to the full These piano his g reat pia ni stic abi lit y. works show ed hi s persona lity more than the o r ch es tral compositions . B ee th ove n possessed thr ee g r a nd pianos, o ne give n from E rard' s factory in Pari s, 1818. He obtained a n E ngl ish g rand from Thoma s Broadwood a nd was given one by Count Wa ld stein . Hi s last illn es s was returned to Vienna H in D ecem ber , 1826.

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C ARI TAS se ri ously ill and, fo ll owin g se v£ral operations, died in 1827. His body wa s exhumed in 1863 fo r a scie ntific examination of th e skull. He was r e- buri ed 111 the pr in cipal ce m et er y o f Vienna. Beeth ove n is ass uredl y the grea test co mp ose r o f all time.

E IL EEN H. LY1f1ER. L.T. C.L.

HOM E LAND CALLING! Ac r oss th e hill s a nd fa r away 1 h ea r swee t voices sing in g, A n d th e soft swis h of the tr ees a-sway, Whil e th e birds co m e h omewa rd w in g·in g .

Across th e hill s a nd far away, I hea r a so m ethin g ca llin g m e, Ca ll ing m e from m y work a nd play, Callin g me home fr om ac r oss th e sea.

S ha ll I ans\\·er thi s ha untin g cry, U rg in g me day a nd ni g ht to depa rt From a loveless la nd , a nd fl y T o my hom eland, co r e o f my h ea rt ?

Th er ese 1f olo n e:<.

l)am sons in the Hedg e It was la te aut umn , almo st winter. Driving from H oba rt to Ne\\" lorfolk o n e saw th e tim e of year in everything, tr ees ye llowed or bare, blackberry leaves crim so i1 and go ld, a qu iet go ld en li g ht on field s and riv er, and a chill in the air. In th e hall o f the Bu sh Inn where we ca ll ed was a fl a t bowl of early violet s, small and pungen t, with a swee t eart hy smell and a bo rd er of tinted str aw berr y leaves .

In the old sitting-room , with it s chint zcovered chai rs, a log fir e bla ze d, a nd t ea was put on a tabl e befo r e it, a t ea th a t suit ed it envir o nment-h ot butter ed toa st , chicken sa nd w iche s, plum cake, all of an int egrit y. It was h er e that Walla ce wrote " Mari.tana," a nd it was of thi s place h e thoug ht in "Scen es That are Brightes t"-of th e o ld garden that run s dow n to the river , a nd wh ose flower s refl ec t T a ll every season in a rh ythm of bea ut y. es, ni peo , nk pi clove s, illiam w sweet lilies, ho ney su'c kle and jas min e g ive th e ir perfume t o the summ er days. Sp icy ch rysa nth emum s and bella do nna lili es h ave th eir ow n a utumn sce nt s, with sno wdro p s a nd narcissi pus hin g throug h in Spri ng to ou t them fr om th eir place.

Go in g hom e in th e late aftern on, we saw a ma n plo ughin g a field th a t had on ce bee n an old orchard. No tr ees were le ft but a hedg e of damson s, lea fl ess, but bl ac k with fn1it ,

Damsons ha ve a quality a ll their own and ma tur e in a leisur ely way, b ein g o n th e tree s fr om sp rin g till winter, a ll the wa y fr om Oc tobe r to Ap ril. I asked th e m a n if I might bu y so m e. He sa id "Ta k e all yo u want; only So I t he bird s a r e makin g nse of th em," p icked a nd th o ug ht o f my g ra ndfather's o r chard wi th its damson hedge, a n en chant ed place in m y childh ood. That o r cha rd had a smell I ca n never fo rge t , long lu sh g ra ss a nd big r ed clover bl osso ms in Su mm er, a clear m o unt a in cree k runnin g th rough it, it s banks deep in str awberri es, ho ne ys uckl e, mu sk , mint a nd wa ter -e r e s, and th e a utumn sce nt of apples in the g rass . A ll th ese thin gs fe lt in childh ood become part of one, a s \Vord swo rth sa id o f th e chil d and the lil acs : "For yea r s, a nd fo r endless cycles of yea r s, T he ea rl y bl osso min g lilacs became part of th e child."

Lovelin ess would become pa rt o f us if w e wo uld g iv e it room. an a ntid o te to th e str ess a nd stra in o f li fe a s it is li ved to-clay, a so me thin g to fa ll back up o n. Th e old Gre eks had a wo rd fo r it. " So phrosy nc," literally th e posses sio n o f "savi ngs th o ng ht s," a n oas is in an age when ma n' s cruelt y to man ha s shdk en peop le to th eir de pths.

B . STEWART .

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CARITAS THE SCHOOL NUN SPEAKS .

Wh y sho uld I hunge r after lovely th ings, Oh, you, w ho t ell m e that m y world is small?

I dwell with bea uty in a na rrow r oom, And wa lk wi th lau g hter clown a dim lit ha ll.

Wh y sh o uld m y eyes ache for a ma ster piece ?

My Mona Lisa sm il es her wistfu l way; And I am captive to a baby stare (A Raphael Ch erub sta rt ed sc hool to-cla y) .

I n O rd ers he may find th e H oly Gra il, My Ga la had , who quest io ns se ri o usly; 'vVhy sho uicl I yearn to p lay a grea ter pa rt , Who carve w hite so uls to grace ete rnity?

An o n.

IN DISGRACE.

Monica Davies (T h ird Year).

JUNGLE NIGHT.

Kath lee n Dunn (Third Year).

He lay in his fox-hole and listened, H is .grim face cove r ed wit h dirt , In th e moon lig ht hi s bayonet glist ened, He was s ilently o n the alert.

In th e eerie g loo m he waited 'Neath th e shad ows of the t rees , For the spec tres that stalk ed th e jung le In th e g ui se of J apa nese .

He lay in his fox- hole a nd lis t ened, E ng ulf ed by the m enaci ng nig h t; He lay and patiently waited For th e daw n with its welco m e li g ht.

Lolita At kin so n

(Third

We think 'twas cr oss A unt J a ne who sa id That Jim and I must go t o bed.

'Twas a ll because o f this- -we played Ou t in th e ga rd en w ith a spade, And dug up Gr andma's crocu ·es, A nd Gra ndma's little scillas too; Three daffies with a golden fu zz And ju st one hyacin th a ll blue.

But we were o nly go ing to play, 'Twas Seraph ina's wedding day.

It wasn't fair tha t we shou ld go To b ed, because we loved her so.

Th e door creaked and J im gave a start'Twas Gr andpa with a strawber r y tar t.

And Grandma mm a creeped in as we ll And gave us-bu t we mu stn 't te ll.

Ju st now Au nt J ane put in h er nose To see we wer e as leep, we s'pose, But when she turned h er back agai n Jim made a face a t A unti e Jan e.

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C.L.C. her work with her sister, Mi ss E ilee n O'K eefe , Excitement is ca used thr o ug ho ur at C. L.C. the school by th e a rr a ng in g o f th e S po rt s Houses-Vinc entia , M a rita , L oyola and Aik en heacl. Sporting enthusia sts look forward to some livel y competition.

The g irls are a sked to m a k e toys for British children for the Lord Mayo r 's Appeal. The y respond splendidl y, so that we find th e Sc ience Room stacked with boxes of toy s.

July 3rd.- Th e prefec ts r ep r ese nt u s a t the C.\i\T.O. Hut, w h ere toys m ade by th e children from the Melbourne .Ca th olic sch ool ar e on display.

July 4th .-Our girls att e nd th e A m eri ca n lncle pencl ence Day perfo rman ce fo r th e sc hool chi! lren of Melbo urn e a t th e Prin cess Thea tr e.

Ther·e was a very inter es tin g progr a mm e, in cluding a sho rt film o n A m eri ca n countr y life, lectur es on America , a nd the s in g i1~g of bo th America n and Au strali a n songs .

Jul y 18th.-A debate bet wee n th e L eav in gs and Matri cs . o n th e su bj ec t: " H as th e \ i\To rld Progr essed?"

Jul y 24th .- R ev. Fr. M ayne, R e v. F r. M o r a n a th li e a nd La uri e O 'Bri en came for th e A cti o n m ee tin g a nd di sc u ssed spec ial qu esti o n s w ith th e leader s. \life r ece ive the joyf ul news th a t thi s yea r w e ar·e t o hav e eco ncl T erm as wett as Octo ber Test s.

Augu st 3rd.- D e bate aga in st th e boys of St . far ahead.

Patrick's College o n th e subj ect, "S ho uld May lOth.- Ascen sion Thursday and another ?" holiday. The May a ltars are very bea utiful thi s W o m en Have E qu a l Ri g ht s vV ith M en C.L.C., r eprese nt ed by Cl a ri ssa Bi es k e, P a t year.

Howard a nd M a rie S pe nce r, natura ll y t oo k th e May 11 th .-Mother Franci s' fea st cla y, a nd affirmative. With th e excep ti on of th e depresents school, the of behalf on Joan Barrett, bater s, ever yo ne seem ed to h ave a m os t enj oyher with a Novena of Mas ses a nd a box o f abl e evening . flowers.

Augu st 4th.- S choo t att e nde d a Symph o ny May !Sth.-Ha lf. holi da y to pr epa r e f r th e e tra l Co nce rt co ndu cted by Professo r Orch S enior Dance, which was a g r eat succe ss . W e H e in ze in th e M elb o urn e T ow n H att. ernard B y, Murph s.

Mr to thanks ncerest si o ffer our Th e r ch es tra r end ered some delig h tf ul num who did so much to make th e eve nin g enjoyber s, in cludin g W ag ner' s "Fl y in g Dutchm a n ," able. and the W es ley Boys ' Choir provided the vocal Term Examinatio ns, and do n't we love th em. entertainmen t.

May 17th.-Great jubila tion and break -up for Augu st 8th.- R e v. Fr. F ox, o f th e Bl esse d ays. olid the term h Sacrament Fath e rs, ga ve u s a cha rmin g a nd Jun e 6t h.-Return to school for what seem s interesting lecture on th e " P eople's Eu ch a ri sti c the longest and hardest term of the year. l urn be r·s Welcome to our new verse-speakin g tea che-.·, League," which h e urge d u s t jo in. so. did irls g of Miss Cla ire O'Keefe , who we hope wi ll enjoy

February 13th-back to scho<;>l for another year's work and play to find alteration s in th e familiar ground~ and many new faces . There were a number of successful students to be warmly congratulated and many holiday adven tures to be discussed.

February 16th-Mo st of the cla sses in full swing, but Matrics. sti ll .,-iondering on cho ice of subjects.

March 2lst.-Great interest in the election of prefects, and all were happy to congratulate al Joan Barrett as Head Prefect, M a rg ar et lana n and Margaret Kissane prefects, and Mauree n Saunders Sports Captain. A Mi ss ion at the Cathedral, and we all att end morning Mass and le ctur es. On the morning following the close of the Mission, Fath er Wallace, wh e lectures had proved favourites with us all, came ove r to see us and gave us some laughs.

March 29th.-Easter holidays and a welcome break from school for six lovely days.

April 24th.-A senior group att end s th e se t vice at th e S hrine-an impressive and memor. able occasion. Two pre fec ts µla ced a wr ea th Later th a t on the Stone of Remembrance . week Father Moran gave the senio r girl s an minteresting and enlightening talk o n munism .

May 9th.- Holiday to celebrate peace in Europe. Great reli e f 1s felt by everyo ne. a s we surm ise that peace m the Pacifi c cannot be

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August 9th.-A great flutter was caused among the scien'c e stud ent s by th e arrival of in sp ectors to see the practical books. How ever, we came through with flyin g colo ur s, so all was well.

For th e next week a ll is ver y t ense awaiting the news of the Japanese surrender after th e terrific atomic bomb.

On the 15th of A ugust, the feas t of th e Assumption of Our Lady, th e wonderfu l news of th e Japa nese surr ender came throug h . So, th a t afternoon a nd th e fo llowing clay were pub lic holida ys whi le M elb o urn e celebra ted pea·ce in th e Pacifi c. Matrics . stayed home ancl studied for th e Shakespeare Exa mination.

August 18th.-Shakespeare Examination and six ver y n ervous Matrics.

August 20th .-Seconcl Term Exams. begin.

August 24th .-Exams are over and we tidy up b efore the Retreat, which is to be given by Rev. Fr. Branaga n, C.S.S .R. A ugu st 26th.-The R etr ea t begin s with lectur es on Death , and an unnatural sil en ce pre vails in the Senior School.

Augu st 27th .-Lecture s on Pra ye r , Prid e.

Obedience, Purit y, the Bl essed Sacrament. Hol y Communion and Mass. Some of the girls were unfortunately absent owing to th e tra m strik e .

August 28th.-To-day's lec tur es are on Temptations, Marriage, Religious Vocations and Our Lady.

August 29th .-A mo st enjoyable and enlight enin g Retreat closed · thi s morning w it h th e celebration o f Mass by His Grace the A r ch bishop o f Melbourne, followed b_v a Communi o n Breakfast at which Hi s Gr a re . Dr. Mannix, and Father Brana.gan presided. At mid-clay the school broke up for th e t erm holi da ys, and most of us went to the pictures for the a fternoon .

Semptember 18th.- R eturn ed to school for the final t erm , with the th Qught of exams. ah ead of us.

September 19th .- Inspectors her<: to-cla y and ;eern very pleased with us.

September 24th and 25th.-M usic exa miners here.

September 29th .-Fath er Mayne gave us a deli g htful lect ur e on th e "Love of Our Lord," and afterwards di sc ussed current film s. Later on Father Mayne addr essed the Ca th oli c Action leaders.

October l st .-Sth October t ests I We miss

o ur usual T a lent Quest a nd Sport s Da y.

October 6th.-Begin practices fo r t he Conce rt. Gr ea t exci t eme nt abo ut th e new soc ial fro ck s. W e al so re'ceivecl th e results of th e Shakespeare Exam. Congratulation s to Ma ri e Spencer o n - winning a prize, a nd to Margaret Cal la na n, Pat Dwye r, Pat Howard , Marga·et Ki ssa ne and Mary Maxwell , who passed with credit.

October 21st.-Feast of Chri st th e King and th e annua l Y o uth Rally at Xavier Coll ege.

C.L..C. repre sf! nt ecl by se nior stud ent s.

Oc to ber 28t h.-Fu ll dres s r ehearsal of the Co nce rt at th e Cathedral Hall , which many Melbourne S iste r s attended.

October 31st.-Half -hol iclay to prepare for th e momentous eve nt of the yea1·-t he Annua l Co n cert-w hi ch proved a n unqu alifi ed success and a g r eat cr edit to its o rganisers.

Novem ber l st.- All Sa int s; Day and a holi da y. Ca th olic Ac ti o n leade rs attend a rally at Sacr e Coe ur Co nv en t.

Novembe r 6th .- Cup D ay; a h oliday.

Novembe r 13th. - Tew m an Exa m s. begin.

Nove m be r 19t h.- We fee l th e Public Exa ms. a r e close wi th t h e fir st Matric . off for French o r als.

Joan Barr ett a nd Patri cia H oward (Matricula ti o n .C lass).

\Ve Debate T owa rd s th e encl o f th e econcl Term o ur Matricula tio n Class cha ll enged St . Patri ck's' Coll ege to debate on "\ Vomen sho uld have eq ual educat iona l. socia l and politi cal ri gh ts with m en." St. Patrick's , of co ur se. took th e n ega tive side. Rev. Fr. Quigle y, S.J .. adj udica t ed, a nd we had as g uests Rev. F r. F itz patrick, S .J ., Prefect of S tu dies at St. Pat ri ck 's. and about twenty stud ents . The de bate proved enl ig htenin g and a musing, th e a udi ence as well as th e t ea m s be.corn in g hi g hl y exc it ed.

T he sw ift thinking clo ne by indi vidu al m ember s of th e t ea m s, who had kee n ques tion s fir ed at th em by th e audi ence, pr od uced most un expected and la ug ht er-p r ovoking r eplies.

The m emb ers of S t. Patrick's t eam were Messrs .

R o n Van Baer, Ray J o hn so n a nd Peter Kierna n. O ur team members we r e Clari ssa Bieske, Patricia H owa rd a nd Marie Spencer. In the Schools Teams' debate at the Catholi c Speechcraft F es tival M oy r a K eith a nd Ro sa Ca rr odus ga ve proo f o f courage a nd orig inalit y.

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Stutl ents' Cone e1·t The pr og r a mm e p r ese nt e d by th e student s of the .Ca th o li c L a dies' Co ll ege in th e Cath ed ra l li a ll o n 'vV ed n cs day eve nin g, 3 1s t October, was a n o rga ni c \\'ho le, a li ve in eve r y perfect ~l eta il. h o ir wa s Th e ope nin g m11nb T by th e Se ni o r uthber son 's "Aus a pa rt so ng, J a m es Li st e r tra lia n S unri se," se t t o mu s ic in 194.J by Fra nk Hutchen s . Ca t c hin g from poet a nd mu sician the w ind' s so ft min o r tone in th e sh e-oak, it s qui c k e n ing ru s ti c in th e reeds , its br ig htening stir in th e ho n eysuc kl e. th e cho ir too k a la rge b ut vc r _I' quiet au di e n ce int o th e m ys t erio us hu sh o f th e bu sh 1n th e lustro us d a rkness G rad uall y ca m e a \\'idc before day break. a\\'a k e nin g, th e n th e s udd en mi s ty fl as hin g of eve r y thin g int o th e c rim so nin g burst of s un rise, a n e ff ec t ac hi eved by a perfectl y execut ed d elightf ul two Afte r staccat o mov e m e nt. orches tr a l it e m s . Percy Grainge1·'s "Countr y Ga rd e n s" and Danbe's "A dagi o a nd Rondo" came a n o p e r e tta. " \ i\l h y the F uch sia H a ngs t h e Juni o r School It s H ead ," 111 w hi c h gave a fai r y co urt sce ne 111 a fo r es t, th e tin y o n es appea rin g as fai r y fl owe r s a n d he lp in g to c r eate th e ill u s io n o f elfin fr o li cs Third Year students o n a s umm e r ni g ht.

k ept th e o ut -of- doo r s a tm osphe r e in th e ir gracefu l ball e t , ''Les Sy lphid cs," wh ic h th e littl e o n es The Juni o r fo ll o\\'e d w ith "l ~ air y Ve r ses."

Ch•i ir, \\'it h Sc hub er t' s " H a rk , H a rk , the Lark" a nd Pin suti' s " /\ Sp rin g So ng" modu lated rharmi11gly betwee n the li g h t ea rl y numbers o f th e prog r a mm e a nd Yeats' my s tic d ra m a, "Th e H ou r Gla ss," Ill which deep spir itu a l in s ig ht is m ag ica ll y tra n smuted into simpl e but p ro fo undl y sub tl e a nd so ul - moving wo rd mu sic.

So close ly docs thi s g r eat sy mb oli st poet link th e nor mal eve r yday thin gs \\' ith th e un see n th a t , a lm os t w it h o ut th e ir ow n awa r e n ess, the a udi e nc e were lift e d up into th e w o rld of the sp iri t. As the ange l t oo k th e now repentant so ul of the learned man int o h er compassio n a t e hand s. the Se ni o r C h oi r sof tl y co mm e n ced P a les trin a's love ly , un accompanie d "Ave :M a r ia," w hi c h prec luded the h eave nly numb e r " Th e N un s' Choru s" fr om S t rauss's ope r a, "Ca an ova ." The solo ist in thi s c hor u s. Joa n Ba rr ett (Head Prefec t ) sa ng with a n effort less c lea rne ss so exq ui s it e th at it h e ld everyo n e e ntran ced t ill h e r no t es agai n blend ed \\'ith t h e o th e r fr esh a nd m an\·-to n cd vo ices 1n a n a lm os t a ngeli ca l c ho r a l clim ax.

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C.L.C. Senior Choir singing! uThei Nuns' Chorus" from Strauss's opera "Casa.nova Soloist. Joan Barrett (H ead Prefect) cen tre, second row from front ,

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Scene from Y:eats' "The Hour Glass .'·

The Wise M a n (Cla rissa Bie ski) a nd T e igue the Fool (Pa t Dwyer).

Scene from the Opere tta "Why the Fuschia Hangs It's Head."-Puck

(Hea th er English) proves F a iry

Primrose (Marie Barry) to be innocent of cl'ime .

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C .L .C. Junio r Choir s ing ing S chubert's ' ' H ar k , H a rk, th e Lark."

Third Y ear s tudents who took part in the ballet " Les Sylphides."

From L eft to Right : K a thl een Bla ck, K a thlee n Dunn . Pat Evans, V a lma Dohe rty . D orothy Branagan, Marga r e t Smith , Joan Scrong , Anne Branagan, Joan Lewis, Valma Hallinan, Pat Rourke , Mary Yendle .

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Mat1·ieulation Class Notes J OAN B A RR E TT: Ma tri c ul a t io n '4S . H ea d Prefect.

Catholic Ac ti o n Leader.

Coll ector for the Mi ssion s. Inter m ediate '42 of eight subject s. L ea vin g '43 o f five subject s. P iano fo rt e Gracie I '44. "Now he r e so bu sy a man as he , ther nas."

MAUREEN SAUN DERS: Matric ul at io n '4:i.

S ports Captain.

Catholi c Ac ti o n L eade r.

Junio r Government Sc ho la r ship '43; Inte rmediate '43-7 subject s ; Leav in g '44 of six s ubj ec t s. "A nd Fre ns sh sh e spak iul faire and fe t is hl y."

MARGARET CA LL ANAN : M a tri culati o n '4S. Prefect. Profi cien cy '-11 o f 8 subjects; Inte rmediat e '42-6 s ubject s; Leav ing '43-S subjects; Matriculation '44-3 subje ct s.

Credit P ass . Sh a ke spea r e Exam in a ti o n '4S. "Noght o word spa k h e morre th an was need."

MARGARET KISSANE: M a tri cul a tion '4S. Prefect. Junior Government Sc hola r ship '41.

Pro fi cie n cy '4Z-9 s ubj ec ts ; Int e rm ediate '-137 s ubject s; Leaving '-1-1-S subj ec t s. Pianoforte Gr acie I '-IS . .Cr ed it P ass . S ha kes pea r e Exa m inati o n '4S. " \Vith lo kk es c rull e, as th ey were ley cl in presse ."

MARY M AX WELL : hicf Librarian .

L eavin g Cred it Pa ss . S ha kespea r e koucle h e s it o n ho r s, and

Matricu latio n '4S .

'44 o f 4 s ubj ec t s.

Exam. '4S . "Well fair e rycl e."

PAT HOWARD: Jvia tri c ulation '4S. Assist a nt Librarian.

Inter medi a t e '-13-7 ' ub je'c ts; Leav in g '4-1 o f 6 s ubj ects . Cr edit Pa ss. hak espea r e Exam. -IS C. L. C., Newma n. '\Vet kuclcle he r ecle a lesso un o r a s t o ri e."

SHIRLEY ANDERSO : 1Iatri c ulati o n '4S. J uni or Government Sc ho lar shi p '42.

Int e r m ediat e '43-6 subj ec ts; L ea ving '44- 4 sub jects. " \ Vhy sholcle he stuclie a nd 1uake hym selv e n w oo d (mad) ?"

BIE:SKE: Matr icul a ti o n '-IS. CLAlUSSA Inte rm edi a t e ' -1 3-8 s ubj ec ts; L eav in g '44-S . . hi r eye n g r eye as g las , Hir subject s. mout ful sma l, a nd th e rl o so ffe a nd r ec d. " S PE NCER: '4J. Matriculation M A RIE Juni o r Government Scho larship '4 1.

Interm ediat e '43-9 subj ects; Leaving '44-7 sub je ct s.

S hake speare Pri ze '4S. "Hi s eye n t w inkl ed in hi s he ed a ryg ht."

"Now h ave I t oo ld yo u soo thly , in a cla use, Th ' es taat, th' array, th e nombrc , and ekk th e cause.

Wh y th a t assemb led wa s thi s compaignye, In th e Matricu lat ion cla ss e at C. L. C." Mar ie Spencer (with apo logies to Geoffrey Chaucer).

A DRI TK I N THE HEAT The s hadow were ly in g black a nd definit e on the ho t bare gro und. A w hirl ey -w ind dan ced a spiral o f dust ac r oss th e gre y- b row n. d roug-ht stri c ke n eart h. r\t th e edge o f a sa nd y, dr y cr ee k -bed a g r ea t r eel gum, wit h its sa ti nsmooth bark g leaming in the ha rd s un lig ht, stood wit h it s du st y leaves droopi11g. Eve ry thin g wa s so s till. In th e dark s hadow o f th e r ed gum a s heep s tood with it s head drooped , its poor pointy bone s pok ing th ro ug h its dusty , rough s kin.

Thr ug h half -closed ey es-the y were amb er Aec kecl wit h bla ck- th e thi n g r ey sheep sadl y watched th e danci ng blu e mirage.

Per ha ps that was why th e poo r thin thin g ra i eel it s -h ead sli g htl y a nd , wit h an e ff o rt, mo ved o ut fr o m the s hade and trail ed sloll' ly acro ss th e paddoc k. D ow n thr o ug h th e ho ll o w it stumbl ed and dragge d it s weary bo nes ove r th e hot s ton y ridg e; then o n. w ith it s tin y, hard fee t s hufflin g th e d us t. t owa rd s th e g rey -gree n tr ees by th e hea p of r ed ea rth that \\'a s th e ba nk o f th e cl a m, In th e shad e of the tr ees . and a t the edge of the dam . we r e mo r e sheep of th e sa m e s kinn y va ri e ty . Th e newco n1 e r m ea ndered thro ug h th e m , up th e st eep ba nk o f th e clam, a nd st oo d a m o m e nt o n t he top . A long way dow n it co uld see th e mu ddy " ·ate r. A II aro und the edge the so ft clay had bee n tram pled by hun dreds o f littl e fee t.

The water \\'a s dirt y- a s ha ll ow, yell ow is h li quid fl oa ting on th e surfa ce of the mudd y bottom.

Th e thin g r ey s h eep began it s desce nt t o the wate r.

F o r e fee t fir s t, it \\'ent a l1 11os l s trai g ht do \\'11 , th en slow ly and caref ull y th e hind fee t fo ll owed. A sto ne rattl ed do\\'11 th e ba nk and plo pp ed suddenl y int o the mud. Th e s hee p st a rt ed. r a ised its hea d. th en ke pt slo \\'ly descend in g to dr ink . Unexpec t ed l.v, slippin g with th e st o nes, it was th e re , but th e wat e r at

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CARIT AS the edge was nea rl y mud- it had been trampleo by innumerab le feet a nd snuffl ed by as man y thir st y li ps . The thin g r ey sh ee p .gin ge rl y put one fo refoot into th e sha llow mud dy wa te r at th e edge-t ha t wa s alrig ht , so in we nt th e o th er fo ot. The wa ter was cooler a nd fre sh er o ut there; perhaps e ven furth er it wo uld be ·even better! The two little fe et we nt furth er o ut and sa nk in the so ft mud whi le th e sh ee p dra nk Ot h er sheep crowded IJehind it , thir stil y .

The littl e grey sheep pushing a nd jo tlin g. it p ut o ut a foot for So hard! wa s bumped ba la n ce, but th e leg wen t dow n sw iftl y into th e deep , sti cky m ud.

The poo r fri g htened thin g st rugg led ma dl y, but th e mud clung fast, and ti~ mo r e th e shee p strugg led the furth er it s fr o nt fee t sa nk. T her e it st ood . thin a nd t r emblin g, w ith its hind legs o n a Aa t sto ne th a t had sli pped down from th e bank. wh il e its fo r elegs were sunk in th e mu d.

Th e oth er sheep dr ank a nd moved o ff 1n searc h o f fe ed. Th e su n wen t slowly cl own in a pool

of blood. Alone in the coming dark with it. fea rs, and its stiff cramped body, the skinny sheep held its quivering nos tril s a bare half ind1 above th e muddy water.

With a swift impulse, using all its str engtl., th e small sheep. strove to withdr aw its numb ed legs from the mud. They see med to move ; ther e was a slig ht squelching so und , and hope ro se for a moment in th e amber eyes-hope in the eyes but no stren g th was left in the cramped limbs . Suddenly th e rough woolly body slumped forward and the soft nos e slipped under the water into the mud. Bubbles of air rose in a short stream , a shudder passed over the bony frame of th e grey sheep, a nd then it slipped slowly a littl e further in . Across on th e opposi t e side of the dam two rabbit s were drinkin g. A hot breeze shuffled th e tr ees, and o n th e rid ge a curlew cried , shatterin g th e sil ence eer il y with mournful note.

Patricia H oward (Matriculat ion Class).

CLASS AND SPORTS CAPTAINS Brown, Marie Durnan, M argaret Bac k , from Left to Right: Margaret Fennessy, Margaret Ahea rn, Anne , Patricia O'Sullivan . Maureen Saunders, Teresa Martin , Bernade tte Durnan Hick ey , Joan Barre tt '

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Joan Mullens . Grace Menadue, Doreen Williams.

Ri ght: Frances Pittari . Anne Marlin . Elizabeth Costigan .

B everley Galliver, Judith Everest, Helen En1rlish .

Margaret

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The C li ege was divid ed into four H o use sAikenhead, Mar ita , Loy la a nd Vin ce ntiaand House compet ition stimula ted intere st an ( also gave a ll a n opportun it y of taking part ir the various .games.

Eve ry \ Ved nesday a special prog r a mm wa s a rran ge d.

A team was chose n to r e present each Hou se in t enni s, ba sk etb all , so ftba ll and va rious I all games . Po ints were a ll otted fo r fir st, second a nd third p la ces, and g r ea t was the acclamatio n w h en th e v icto r s fo r th e week were pos ted o n the boa rd .

Towa rd s th e middl e o f seco nd t erm basketball too k p r ide of place and inter-class m a tch es be"came very keen.

The bas ketball seaso n closed w ith the ho no ur s equall y d ivided between the Fo urth Years, rep r esen t ed by An ne Brown , J ea n Stock, Giovan na Romanin.

Margaret F enne ssy, .T ud"ith Hickey, Moya All well a nd Cat h erine O 'S ullivan, and the Third Years, r ep r ese nted by Bernadett e Durnan.

D oro th y Branagan, A n ne Branagan , Va lm a D o h ert y, A ilee n Da lto n , Mar y Ye ndl e a nd Maria E mmaco r a.

T he outsta ndin g ba sk etha ll ers in Leaving .Clas s were E il ee n K etty le a nd Marie Durna n.

Before close of secon ti t er m tenni s practice fo r the holiday tou rn ame n t was beg un in earne st. Sever al of the gir ls did well to re ac h th e quarter a nd sem i-fin a ls. We rxtcn cl o ur heartiest co ngratulati on s to Judith Hi ck ey, who re ac h ed th e finals of the singles, .1 nd w ith h er partner carrie off th e title fo r th e i.:nde r 16 Do ubl es Championship.

In the last term a Doubles Tour na rn en : wa s h eld.

Audrey H y nes-Joa n L ewis were the victo rs, defeating Berice M itchell a nd J ean tock 111 th e fin a ls.

A t thi s stage tennis enthu s ia sm wa s hi g h , and eac h g irl so k ee n to disp lay h er tennis a bility it was dec id ed to ho ld a Singles Champ io n sh ip.

T her e we r e many keen and we ll- fo ug ht m a tche s and a f cw surprises, as w h en th e seeded p layers, Pa t Craw-

fo rd , J ea n toc k and J oa n Lewis, we re de feated r es pe cti ve ly by Iren e O'Sulliva n, Cather in e O' ulli va n a nd Bernadette Durnan. Th e fir st seeded playe r, Judith Hi ckey, ju stifi ed her pos iti on a nd wo n the final s in g rand st yle, defeat in g Ca th erin e O'S ullivan 10-4.

Co n g ratu la ti o ns to Ju Jitb and Catherin e o n th eir fin e performa nce. Marga r et Hi ck ey ( 12 yea rs) , th e yo un gest competitor, showed great promi se .

With the close o f th e s"chool yea r we find :iur sta nd ard of tennis g r eatly improved. and we hope to do cr ed it to .C.L.C. a t th e Schoolg irl s' C hampio nship s at Kooyo ng durin g th e holidays.

The T en ni la dd er was pos ted up 111 December , a nd challenge match es began immediate ly, but at the cl ose of th e t erm the positions are ver y little ch anged.

1, Judi t h Hickey; 2, Ca th erine O'Sullivan ; 3, J ea n S t o'i:; k; 4, Patricia Crawfo rd ; 5, Irene O'S ulli va n ; 6, P a ul a Noseda; 7, Margaret Hickey; 8, Mari e Durnan; 9, J oa n Lewis, 10, Ann e Brown .

With th e war r es trictions r emoved we h ope to do great thin gs in sport in 1946.

Mari e Pittle (Leavin g Pa ss ) .

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L EON I E H A RT N l-;: TT, MAREA W/\L l-:1 a nd PAT DWYER are thr ee inseparab le .

Th ey tak e an intere t in ten ni s, but ba s ketb a ll is their fav urit e sp rt . Pat is, 1 erhaps , ou r 111 ost e thu sia sti r eade r , and 111an a.ges t o keep us \\"e ll in fo rm ed n th e lat s t and I est ho k ·, whi le l .co ni e a nd Marca ke ep us a mu se I, bo th in sc hoo l a nd ou t. by th eir w itti cis111 s. and JOA>! M U LLEN . MARfE M RTl "ROU RKE a r e a noth e r tri o MA RG ;\R E T fr eq ne ntl.v see n t ge th r. Jn their case ba sk et ball tak es fir st place in th e field o f sp rt. but Margaret is a lso a t e nni s enthu ia t. J a n is our ver'' popular and capa ble 'Jass Cap ta in , a nd 111a nages t o ke ep us in o rd e r at a II tim es farie is a bud (H a rd \\"Or k, is n't it, J oa n ?) . din g sc ien t i t a nd , although Margaret is ra th r q ui t. she a lwa y mana es to do he r wo rk well. \/ALM/\ HOOKER a nd MAUREEN MlTI-:. ::i r e anot her pair w h help to k eep th e atnw s phere of Ai kenhe a d House always bright a nd Each tak es an ac tiv e interes t in ch eerf ul. sport. and bes id es thi s th y a r e of t e n see n pract isi ng the da n ces they lea rn fr o m Miss arre. Val has la tel y beco m e interD omee co tch so ngs, and a t prese nt is es ted in old th e fav ur it c "Locl1 parti cularly addi ct e I t Lomo nd. " AUDI\.EY HYNES and B J<: RT 'E MITCHELL a r e an o th er amusing couple fr om Leaving Pass. Their favo urit e spo rt is t e nni s, a nd of la t e th ey have frequ e ntly bee n seen g ra cing th e t en ni s co urt. Indeed , no t long ago Audrey and her 1 ar t ner w n o ur c h ol te n ni s tournament. Both Berice and Audrey c heri s h th e id ea that ne cl ay t h ey may play in t h e Here' · hop ing, sc hool ba s k etba ll t ea m (?) . girl s !

M ARG RET LAW SON .

MARGA RET Y .BESSELL are three HOW A RD and TA firm friends. Marga r e t Lawso n wa nt s to be a far m er , so she is ga inin g ex1 e ri cnce by ra isin chicke ns. (We kn ow th a t' s on ly an ·xcusc; reall y she's fatt enin g th e m up f r th e Chri st A ll thr ee g ir ls are i"o nd of ma s dinner). ba sk etba ll , and we also hav e h pes for th em 111 But 1 lease don't the vast r ea lm s of c1e nce. blow us up , .girl. ) , :MO Y R A KE ITH and M IU E PITTLF ar c t\\" O gir ls who have been friend sin e baby

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da ys . M o.v r a is one of o ur " i11te ll i ent ia,"' and is es peciall y goo ci at "he m i try and Ph ys ics, w hil e Marie deli ghts us with her beautiful dra w in gs and Ao ra l arrangements , althoug h so 111 et irne s her sin g in g (?) of the classics 1s no t a ll that co uld he de . ired.

ON I E BOOTH is also a g reat fri end of he is anot her of ou r boo k M yra a nd Mar ie. "· o rm ~. and a lso a k e n st ud en t o f Hi sto r y. o nni e wi ll probably hav e left sc hoo l by the time " 'aritas" is publi s hed, so we wish h er al l futur e a nd r e mi nd her that th e bes t for th .L. . w ill always be glad to se e he1· a ga in.

In fact \\" e hope s he \\"o n't lea ve.

AIL SA B XTER, ne o f th e cleve r g ir ls of th e cla . s. has a bright, hee rfu l per so nality , a nd see m s t o be co nti n ua ll y laughing. In fact " ·c r eJ ll y wo nd e r how sh e doe s it, for eve n at exam . t im es Ai lsa can s ummo n a laugh.

(Won't you t ell us the sec ret , A ilsa?).

R AWFORD, BETTY ANNAL and PAT M RIE D RNA T are thre e in se parables.

Pat came fir s t in the cla s, and for t h is, I am s ur e you wi ll agree, she de se rv es our h ea r ty co ng r at ula ti o n . She al so t a k es a k ee n inte r c t Her two co lin spo rt, particu lar ly t e nni s. leagues, Betty and M ar ie. are a mo ng our best t e nni s \) laye r s a nd ca n of t e n be see n pra t isin g o n the courts.

C MAZZON a nd \ !LMA OLA r VILM arc fr eq uent ly toge th e r. whi ch is r ea ll y rat he r in co n sid e rat e f th em, beca use their na me s ar so alik e that t o say , "Hello, Vilma a nd Wi lm a " is rath e r a tongue tw ister. Howe•·H, by t he ncl of th e yea r th ey a n "\\·e r ed to both names, s th e proble m was so lv · d to the sa t is fa ction )f all but V il ma a nd \ Vi lma.

HAN is rne o f the a cco m VALERI E B S he r ece ntly pl ished pian is t s of t h e cla ss . played, with her s is ter Margaret, o ve r th e r a d io. a nd sh e see m s t o be r eady for a mu ica l career. As we ll a s at mu sic Va lerie is very I at her sc hoolwork , pa rti cularly Maths. g E ILEE N K E TTYL E is a nother o f our sp rt ent hu siasts. It is ha nl to say w hi c h E ileen prefers- tenni 01· basketball , bu t at pre se nt she is practi sing hard at t e nn is. E i leen is often see n with Audrey a nd Bcrice o r V a lma and

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JOA N CLIFFORD 1s ve ry goo d a t h er sc hoo lwork, a nd seems t o excel at Maths. S he is also o n e of the poetesses of the class, a nd i, a lso very interested in ph ys ica l c ultur e. Ju st r ece ntl y J oa n has developed a cr aze for ~ar­ pe ntry, and pro udl y tell s us o f w ha t she ca n do.

Joan Clifford a nd Rosa Carrod us.

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Christmas tim e may m ean a brea k from yo ur sc hool and s tud y, but no t fr olll Cat holic Ac ti o n wo rk.

Ca th oli c Act io n is not ju st a not h er school socie ty, or o ne m o r e t ed io us s ubj ec t t o IJe for go tt e n fo r nin e weeks, t oge th e r with A lgebra and Hi st o ry; it is no t lik e yo ur sc hoo l uniforru whi ch ca n be put away in mo th -ball s fo r nin e w ee k s. No! Cat holi c Ac ti o n is th e whole o f Ca th oli c life-not o nl y th e tim e we spe nd at sc hoo l at th e Y.C.S . mee tin gs. You don't g ive u p yo ur Ca th o li cit y in t he ho li days , so neith e r do yo u g iv e up yo ur Ca th o li c Act io n. Catholi city and Ca th o li c Ac ti o n are a lmost sy non omo us t e rm s.

Th e oppo rtuniti es fo r Ca th oli c Actio n are, if a ny thin g, mo r e num e ro us dur in g th e ho li days than a t a ny o th e r tim e. ):!' o u a r e ju st as mu c h an apostle a t ho m e as yo u a r e at sc hool. Why sho uld o ur fe ll ow stud e nt s be th e o nl y ones to be ne fi t fr o m th e in c r eased fe rv o ur a nd lo ve o f God w hi ch th e Y.C. . has g iv e n us?

R eme mb e r that th e g r ea t es t co mm a ndm e nt is to love God. ]\fake thi s love a prac ti ca l thin g. Serv e Him \\'ith o ut th e a id o f th e coll ege e nvironm e nt. A Ca th o li c Ac ti ni s ts God s ho uld he the ce ntr e o f yo ur univ erse. Yo u sho uld be r es tl ess to m a k e Him pop ular , a nd imp a ti e nt to have oth e r peop le sec t hin gs fro m Hi s po int o f view.

Mak e S t. Pat ri c k's Brea s t P la t e yo ur m o tt v also: ''.Cliri t be with me, Chri s t w ithin m e, Chri st b ehind m e, Chri st be fo r e m e, hr is t beside m e. Chr ist t o w in m e, .Chri st t o co mfort an d rcs to r m e.

Chri st be nea th m e, Chri s t abo ve m e ; Chri s t 1n quiet. 01rist in D a nge r: Chri s t m he a 1·t s o f all th a t love me; Chri s t ts mo uth o f fri end a nd s tran ge r.

Pat D wye1· (Leav in g Pass).

A11st1·alia' s \Var Effort Wh e n the B riti sh E mpire ent er ed into th e Eu r opea n war, Aust r alia stoo d to he r pro d ig io us tas k o f hel p in g the mo th e r co un try in h e r ho ur of dire nee d. A lm os t o ve rni g ht, Aus tr a li a cha ng ed h e r peace-time produ cti o ns to th ose o f wa r. Facto ri es pro du cin g lu xurv lin es of a ll kind s beca me p lants for th e protluct io11 o f mu niti o n s of w ar. Larg e factor ies produ cin g lu xury ca r s at o nce s ta rte d th e ma nufact ur e of plan es, ta nk s a nd all kind s of arm y ve hi cles.

Ships we r e built h ere , in A us tra li a, to s tr engthen o ur navy.

O ur soldi er s, sa il o r s and a 1rn1 c n were se nt to h elp Britai n a nd t o fi g ht for th e protection Th o usa nd s of our o f thi s cou ntr y o f o ur s. women e nt e r ed th e thr ee se r vices, and we mu st no t forget t o in'clude the g reat numb e rs ot women w lifi co m1 ri sed t h e L a nd Ar my, r ep lacing m e n who had go ne ove r seas. These women did a marv ell o us jo b tO\\'a rd s in c rea sing th e f o d upply.

Hundr eds of m en \\'ere ta ug ht to dea l with un exploded bombs, t o ex tin g ui s h in cendia r y bo mb s a nd to tr ea t th e wounded . Hundreds o f o th e r m e n jo in ed th e hom e a rm v kn o\1· n as They we r e t a ug ht how -to fight th e th e V .D . e ne my if A us tra li a was inv a ded. Th e g r eat es t e ff o rt o f a ll was th e se nding o f o ur 011·n me n t o New G uin ea. M a nv were kill ed o r 11· uncl ed .

Br it a in 's food s ho rt age beca m e so ac ut e th at Austra li a had to help her o ut by se ndi ng butt e r. mea t a nd o th e r foods. Our food an d clot hes we r e r a ti o ned . The A us tra li a n peop le p ut a ll th ey cou ld int o th e four V ic tory L oa ns. Thi s mo ney pa id th e hu ge expe n ses o f th e wa r.

Th e ho usewives o f A ustra lia have do ne a g r ea t jo b. lll a naging o n rationed food. Th e housewive s a lso showed th e ir s te rling qualiti es in co min g o ut of th eir ho me a nd wor kin g in munit io n factorie s, g uiding mac hin es th a t 111 a dc parts fo r ae ropla nes, ta nk s and ca r s. Th ev a lso worked ma chin es fo r m a kin g a mmuniti o1;.

So A ustra li a . with its sac rifi ces a nd co nt rihu· li o n s. h !peel in tlt e \\'innin g of th e \\' ar. a nd al last peace has co m e to a 11·ar -to rn \\'Orld. Y et A us tra li a "s ll'ar ef fo rt still goes o n in dea li ng wit h r e ha bili ta ti o n and post -wa r pla nnin g, and we a ll hope th a t in th e yea r s to co m e the r e wi ll be 11 0 lll Or c t e rrible war s to cause sufic rin g, so rr w a nd ha rd s hip s.

J e nif e r Gi lm o ur (Intermediate).

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Strang e Adven ture "Any news?" T he voice of Sam Ri cha r ds, t he s ub-ed it or of th e "Da il y M ir ror" held a n anxio us no t e as h e q ues t ioned hi s two st a r r epor te r s- one, Stell a Ma dd e n, a slig ht , fair haired g irl w it h a fl as hin g .glea m in he r eyes th at s ho\\' ed bot h co ur age a nd de t e rmin a ti o n ; t he othe r, D ic k Ro na ld so n, a n intellige n t looking youn g man , dark, w ith a friendly ) ;mile.

The pa ir had J,ee n wo rkin g fo r da.vs o n th ' myste ri o us d isappearn nce of a cer ta in Hi g h Co urt Ju dge, M r. W es ta ll Gr ee n. Thi s ge ntl eman, however, was no t th e onl y vi ctim of th e un kn own kidn appe r s; a fo rtni g ht be fo r e th e Gove rn o r of th e p r iso n a t Po rt Ca m pbell.

Ed\\'a rd laymoo r , had bee n simil a rl y SJ irited a,,·ay. vV hen S t ell a a nd Dick an swe r ed hi s qu est ion in t h e nega ti ve, a m we nt o n: ''I' ve ju t heen in t o uc h with S up erint e nde nt D o nn ell y .

As th e r e a r e a bso lut ely no clu es t o wo rk o n, Mr ,. he is fi nd in g th e case mos t diffi cu lt . \ Vestol l Gr ee n says she lef t he r hu sha nd r ea ding in a n a rm cha ir in hi s bedr oo m. S ho rtly after te n o 'cloc k . s he re me mb e r ed so n1 e thin gshe \\'anted t o as k him a nd. o n go in g t o hi s roo m , s he fo un d it e mpt y. S he says th a t as hi s room is n ex t to he r s, a nd sh e had lef t h er door ope n. s h e wo uld mos t ce rta in ly ha ve see n and h eard him if he passed. Th e fr e nch w1n do\\'s in th e J udge 's hedroo m , loo k in,1.; o n to a sort of balco ny , we r e fo un d ope n , but th e re \\'as no tr ace o f foo t print s in th e fl owe r -bed helow . D o n ne ll y w o nd e r s if yo u will ass is t the poli ce a nd. fo r th e a ke o f th e 'Dail y Th e twr, }. lir ror.' I hope yo u will agT ee." young repo rt ers . intrig ued by th e m ys t ery . \\'e lco m ed thi s o ppo r t un ity o f a dv e ntur e. Sa m , see in g th eir cage r faces. w ished th e m luck , addi ng t ha t he r eli ed o n th e m to hit th e h ea d lin es .

Ste ll a a nd Dic k dec id ed to tr a vel dow n lo Por t Ca m p bell a nd q ui e tl y ca rry o ut so m e pr i,·a t e in ves ti gati o ns. Th e day was se r e nely fr es h, a lig h t breeze ruffliin g th e da nd elio ns in th e paddoc ks as th ey o pened th eir gold in th e k ind mo rnin g s un li g ht . Soo n qu ee r ].\• tw ist ed roc ks o n t he coas t sid e w e r e g ivin g a ca n t r as ti ng ba la nce to th e cha ng in g p ic tur e.

S ho rtl y a ft e r da rk th e pair arrived a t " S ex-

t o n's H o t el," a qui e t littl e mn a t P o rt Ca mpb ell. _ A ft e r a la t e t ea th eir host, Jim S ex to n, exp la in ed th a t he was wai tin g up fo r an o th er v1s1to r , who had t eleg rap h ed fr o m Me lbo urn e t ha t he wo ul d a rri ve o n th e af t e rn oo n tr a in. Next m o rnin g, howe ve r , th e expec t ed visito r had no t ap peared. O n ma kin g e nq uiri es a t th e stati o n fo r th e ho t elkee pe r , St ell a a nd Di c k lea rnt 1fr o m th e st a ti o n -mas t<T th a t a ma n go in g to " exto n's H otel" had com e th e af t e rn oo n before. T he s ta ti o n -mas t e r add ed th a t th e ma n had dr op ped hi s wa ll e t a nd . \\' h e n help in g hi m t o pick u p some le tt er s, he no ti ced th e str a nge r 's na me was M ax Do he rty . a ma t eur de tec t ives I m m edia t ely th e t i\' r ea li sed th a t ye t a no th e r ma n ha d di sappea r ed. \ i\l ho was he? \tVh y ha d h e vi sited Po r t Ca mp bell ? Wh e r e was he now? Th ey t elep ho n ed th e ne\\' di sa pp ea r a nce to Ru ssell S tr eet, a nd as ked fo r pa rti cul a r s a bo ut th e nii ss in g 1i1a n.

M ax D o he rt y was a }.[ elbo urn e pawn bro k er, r a th e r we ll kn ow n t o th e poli ce as a " fe nce."

A ca ft y fe ll ow, th e po li ce ha d neve r bee n ahl e to pin a nythin g de finit e o n him. H e had r ece ive d a le tt e r from a \\'ea lth y ma n in Po r t Ca mpb ell t ellin g him t o ca t ch th e a ft e rn oo n tr a in fr o111 M elb o urn e. but t he na m e o f th e 1 \\' rit e r \\'as unkn o\\' n. \V he r e had h e go ne fl o t vVes nd a r oo 111 Nay \ Vh e r e ha d Ed \\'a rd Gr ee n go ne? T hey ha d a ll van is hed , lea ving no clu es .

"You kn O\\', S t ella .'· sa id Di ck , "s i111il a r di > ap pea ra nces a r e ta k ing place in pos t -\\'a r L o n L ea vi ng th e st a ti o n 1n a th o ug htfu l do n." m oo d , th e two dro ve back to th e ho t el. S ud de nl y Di c k r eca ll ed th a t a few yea r s bcfon.: th e wa r , Ma x D o h ert y had bee n co nn ec t ed w ith a trial ca ll ed th e 17 Jet ch er case . " L o ne ha nd " Fl e tc he r . so na m ed because he never wo rk ed with a ga ng , had bee n g ive n away t 0 th e po li ce b_v D o h e rt y. Fl e t c h er " ·o uld have es;:;a ped. ho\\'eve r , but fo r th e int e r ve nt ion of Di c k, w ho s ho t him in the leg w h en he w<..s ma kin g a ge taw ay.

S udd e nl y St e lla as ked: "Co uld th ese d isapp ea ra nces he ac t s o f r eve nge? " But Di c k cut he r sho rt. " F le t ch e r 111 a de a brea k fr o m gao l t wo year s ago ." said h e.

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Fletcher panicked, a nd 111 a t er rifi c sto rm . th ey la st saw him plun g in g ove r a steep cliff.

You see," a clcl ecl Dick w ith a quick sm il e, "fac ts hav e disp r oved yo ur theory."

When th ey e nt er ed th e ya rd o f "Sexto n's Ho tel," it was da rk a nd past nin e o'clock Di ck jum ped o ut o f the ca r to open th e ga r a.ge doors fo r S t ella, w ho drove in. As sh e came o ut of the ga r age, she r ema rked to Dick bow dark it was . To her sur prise there was no r ep ly and , hurr y in g into th e ho tel, sh e askea Jim Sexto n if h e had see n M r. R na lcl so n, but the old man had not. Stella was stunn ed, and it was some ti111 e be fore she reali zed th a t Dick haid bee n sp irit ed away in th e same uncann y fashion as VVes toll Gr ee n, Edward Na.v111oo r a nd Max Dohert y. Recover in g h er prese nce of mind, sh e hurri ed t o the garage and go t th e car o ut o nce mo r e .

Stell a dro ve in exac tl y th e opposite direction to the o ne in w hi ch she had co m e, a lo ng a r ad that led thr oug h ro ug h co untry. t a crossing she st opp ed to li sten. Save th e faint mo a n 01 the w ind and th e di stant boo m of the sea aga in st th e r oc ky coas t, all was sil en t- too we irdl y sil ent until , just w h en h er h ear t was growing h eavy within her , the so und of voices came over.

She sp ran g from th e ca r a nd. crouch in g in th e long g r ass, str a in ed eve r y nerv e to hear. " You ca r eless fo ol ! \\' ha t d id yo u do th a t far ?" sna rl ed a n u npleasa nt vo ice "I co uldn 't help it ," an swered a no ther vo ice mi se rabl y. " I th o ug ht h e was un conscio u s, bnt when I g ot him in side h e started las hin g o ut and ki cked th e radio set thr o ug h th e door.

Anyhow, it wi ll be in th e wa ter a nd th ere's nothin g to co nn ect it w ith th e island!"

Ten se wi th expec tan cy, S tella lay wa iting t o see fi g ur es e111 erge fr o m th e holl ow bel ow h er.

But o nl y a qu ee r static cr ac klin g ca m e t o h er ears. Then a ll g r ew sil en t aga in. Suddenly she saw a n o bl ong box-lik e ob jec t in th e holl ow and r ea li ze d what it was- a ve r.v compa t, et. a combined r ece iver and po rtabl e radi tran smitt er. \ V h er e we r e the ow ners of the se un ca nn y voices?

S he in stin ctiv ely felt thaL they we r e la r ge ly r espos ibl e fo r Dick's di s· a pp ea ran ce .

Desperat ely she we nt ove r th e bri ef snat che · of conv er sa ti o n sh e had o ver h ea rd. and lik e a Aas h t wo ·word s drummed fi er cely thr o ug h h er mincl-"The isla n d!''

As sh e hurri ed ba ck to the ca r , sh e re ca ll ed that Seal I sland had bee n boug ht se veral years

ago by a wea lth y r ecl use. He had built a ho use th ere but, ha ving subseque ntl y abandoned it . n thing m ore had been hea rd of th e ho use or th e ow n er. But .. . was th er e so m eo ne there now?

A t t o[) speed S tell a a lm os t Aew th e car ba ck t o Me lb o urn e w her e, hav ing told her story t o th e. Police Superint end ent, tw o detectives too k ove r.

F r om w ith o ut , th e lo ne ho use on Seal I sland a ppea r ed t o be in co m plete darknes s.

But act ua ll m a ny brig ht li g ht s sho ne behind it s closely shutt er ed win dows, and dow n in an undergro und cloc k be nea th th e ramblin g ed ifi ce stood four m en, heav il y ma nacled and link ed t o eac h oth er by sto ut steel chains. H eld in th e dazzling beams o f seve r a l powerful electric li g ht s, th ey stood th er e in th e deep, ston e sidecl mini a tur e do k . gaz in g up at a man w ith a rm s folded aer o s hi s mass ive ches t, a nd a balefu l li g ht in hi s eyes . " It's m y turn now," h e g ro wled, gla ring clown at hi s victim s. "You'r e in clock thi s tim e-a dry cloc k ." He laug hed mirthl ess ly- a m et a ll ic laugh that g r a ted upo n hi s li stener s' nerv e> .

"But it wo n 't be dry fo r lo ng,'' h e we nt on.

"T hi s leve r opera tes th ose ir on ga tes at thf' en cl . As soo n as I r a ise it, in w ill ru sh th e sea ."

T he face of oue of his cap tiv es w hit en ed.

He was a thin. narrow- sho ulcl er ecl man o f middl e age, w ith a lo ng, promin ent nose .

Rai sin g hi s m a nacled ha nd s in a ges ture of appea l, "No ! No ! ·pa1·e us !" he sc r ea m ed.

"Keep quiet, D o h e rty," ord ered th e t all fi g ur e ab o ve. ''You put m e behind bars w hen you gave m e away to the poli ce, and now yo u're go in g t o pay! I was th e wea lth y bu yer whc lured you d w n to P rt Ca 111 pbe.ll."

"An d," in a g rimm er to n e, "but for . o u, Di ck R onaldson, I'd have escaped ." Di ck sq ua r ed hi s sho uld ers.

Fl et ch er's eye crossed to Nayrnoo r.

"You!" he cri ed, "you, [ cl wa rcl Nay moo r. held m e in pri so n f r fiv e yea r s, fiv e lo ng yea r s of h ell ! \ 'V hen I .gave yo u the slip , yo u se nt yo ur wa rd er s t o hunt m e cl ow n lik e a dog ! But I got away! Too rig ht I di d ! That surprises yo u. loes n't it? I fel l o n to a led re and. after yo ur bl o cl ho unds ha d g n e, th e cli111b back was easy. F or a few m o nth s I lay low in dis g LLise, planning a ll th e wh il e to have my r evenge 0 11 the four men w ho put me away."

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CAR I TAS Turning to vVestoll Green, a distin g ui shed looking man of about six t y, h e said : "Wh en you senten ced m e fo r twelve years' impri so nm ent, you didn't think I'd get it back o n yot..

But now it's m e who's pa ssi ng se nt en e."

He r eac h ed fo r th e leve r ope ra tin g th e slui cegates. "And I find every o n e of yo u- g uilty !" he thunder ed.

As h e was a bout to r a i e th e leve r , a str aJ1glecl cry came fr om within the ho use. "Lo ne-hand" F letch er pau sed to th row an an g r y g la nce . ve1· hi s shoulder. Two m en a nd a fa ir -ha ired g irl burst into th e roo m.

As Flet cher moved to hau l o n the lever, '. he revolver m Superintendent Donnelly's hand roared. Fletcher's bulky fi g ur e st iffe ned, h is ha nd fell from the lever, a nd with a cho kmg cry he pitched dow n into th e dock a t th e fee t of the four men upo n w hom h e had plan ned to wreak vengeance.

That nig ht at Russell Street, Fletch er 's accomplic e, J ac k Symonds, w ho had been arr es ted o n the island , was forced to tell th e police how th e mysterious ki clnapp in s h act ymu ncl ' been carried o ut. It appeared th a t had invent ed a n ele'ct ri call y powered helico1 ter which , Fletcher decided, would be extre mel y He told Symonds hi s story a nct useful. employed th e man to leave hi s helicoptcihovering in th e night sky, d es ce nd by a ro1 c

ladder, s tri ~e clown hi s appo inted victim, bear him aloft a nd fl y th e un consc ious m a n to th e isla nd. The radio th a t had played so important pa rt in th e solution of the mystery had g iven tella had overh ea rd the co nver sao ut after ti on between F letch er a nd J ac k Symonds. Th e o nl y occas ion on which "Lone- h a nd" F letch er had not played a lone ha nd had been his un doing. \ iV h en co ng ratulat ed by her sub-editor and the po li ce fo r her prompt action, a nd thanked by th e fo ur men whose lives she had sa ved, Stella Madden simply r ep lied that th eir r esc ue had been mainly clue to J ac k Symond's careless ness in fa iling to r ecover th e eloquent radio r eceiver w hi ch Dick R onaldson had kicked from th e h elicop t er 111 hi s struggle with hi s assailant. " Th e obvio us fact is, Stella, th a t yo u saved my life. Why deny it ?" said Di ck w ith a sudd en, swift return of th e old sm il e.

The oth er thr ee men look ed as th oug h th e g rat itude th ey found hard to put into word s was go in g to find very prac tical expression.

S uperi nt ende nt Donnelly's face creased humourously a s he relieved the ten sion with hi s hearty: "Well , Miss Madden, w hat about joining the C.I.B.?"

Moyra Ke ith (Leaving Pass).

LMAI••"'

WRITING A PO E M. One clay when at our desks in sc hool, Where we dare not break a rul e, A poem we were told to write On wind or rain o r leaves o r nig ht.

I thought as hard as hard could be, But nothing seem ed to come to me; I saw a fly crawl up th e wall, But that did not fit in at all.

Then when it was almo st tim e, And I had not written a sing le lin e, A silly thought occurred to m e, Oh, so silly, as you can see.

Jennif er Hartnett (Sub-Intermediate).

AT THE SEASIDE. D ow n by the sea we love to go And watch th e people try to row; For it's quite too funn y to see them fall out And h ea r the way they ca ll and sho ut .

Down by the pier we like t o walk, '\nd listen to th e fi sherm en t a lk.

They talk of the hi g h and ebbing tide And how their racing friends can ride.

As we walk alo ng the sand We hear the sound of a bright brass band P laying a tune so soft and gay ro make a finish to our happy clay.

Lilian Ba rry and L o rraine Ellis.

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Intermediate Class Notes Intermediat e 1945 callin g ! If yo u want to me et a class which ha s " ever y thing," just step along by the go lde n privet hedg e, cl o wn th e pass age and in throug h the third door on the l eft a nd yo u a r e with us-La cl asse sag e. In o ur m id st we ha ve buclclin g mu sician s, poe tesses , a rti sts, spo rt s and stud ent s ( ? ).

Let us co mm ence by introdu cin g o ur Class wh o FENNESSY , MAR G R E T Capta in , E ve ry T l1ur cla y shin es a t spo rt and stud y.

M a rga r et is seen plca cli 11 g fo r fund s fo r th e Mi ss io n s.

A NNE BRO vV N , n ea t a nd trim. o ur Spo rt s Cap t a in , has led us to man y vi cto ri e o n the ba sketb a ll co urt .

JUDITH. HI CK E Y, o ur t enni s sta r, sp end s an e nj oya bl e Saturd ay with H enry 111 the ".r\ rg us," a nd a 1ways enj oys a fro li c.

JE AN S T O.C K has hi g h id eal s, a nd a t her prese nt r a te of prog r ess sho uld a ttain them .

Je a n g ives us br illi a nt a nswe rs in th e poe tr y sec ti o n o f E ng lish Literatur e ! I wo nder wh y !

NE LLI E JO NES has no t yet sac rifi ce d h er loc k s to th e god o f fas hi o n, a nd n ex t ye a r ho pes to wield a n ee dl e.

JO A N LARKI N S' voice fi ll s us with awe .

Like her fri end, Joan M cM·as ter, she likes read in g .

ATHERI N E O' U LLIVA N proves a for mid a bl e cl e fence 011 th e bas ketb all co urt . ath erine shine s at a ll spo rt s a nd ta kes a n int er es t in farmin g. She wa s runn er -up in th e C.L. C. S ing les T enni s Champi o nship thi s yea r.

MOY A ALL W E LL, o ur cha mpi o n bas ketba ll er, al so ho ld s a high pos itio n in class.

MARGOT M I LLS tak es a .gr ea t int er es t in sport s a 11d ' ".ith MARG A R E T O' K AN~ leaves sc hool punctua ll y at 4 o'cl oc k to ca tch her tram.

PAT vVAL S H E is very fond of cats; sh e spend s the Saturd ays o f wint er a t foo tba ll.

VALD A M UN R O, li ke J ennifer, has th e "a rti sti c to uch." Valda is a n a rd ent fo llowe r o f foo tb a ll .

M A RL EN E BA HR, alia s M a da m e Zomba, pro ve s a great a ttrac ti on with fo rtun e-t ellin g at th e fete PAM E LA K ERST EN, wh o n ever has a n idl e mom ent, k ee ps us up to date w ith kn ittin g news.

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CARITA$ MARGARET BUCHAN is o ur mus icia n , and was in th e se mi -finals o'f th e P. & A. Pa ra de.

Co ngra tul a ti ons, Margaret!

P AT KELLY.- -Af t er he r last h o li day Pat 1s firml y co nvin ced t hat th e " life o n th e ocea n wave" is th e Ii fe fo r her.

MARY \ VATSON hopes t o w ield a nee dl e w ith Ne lli e n ex t yea r. Best of lu c k, M~ry !

CARMEL TARPEY, a ta le nt ed mus icia n, is the star o f the Lat in class, and is a lways r eady fo r a laugh.

CARMEL POWDERLY spe 1id s eve1-y m om e nt of her spare tim e read in g, th o ug h no t necessa ril y sc hoo l boo ks !

Besides bein g a good stud e nt ANNE SHELTON t a k es th e m eda l for da ncin g .

MARY K UMM ROW , accord in g t o Judith , !oves wr itin g poetry (?). JVIary is o ur mat hemat ician a nd language ge niu s.

MARGAR1ET MATTHEWS.-Cong r a tul a t io ns o n sple ndid mu sic r es ult s, M a rga r et.

GIOVANNA ROMANIN, a keen a ll -rounder, in cludes Italia n in her st udi es .

MARIE PRICE 1s frequent ly g ivin g us n ews of th e radi o wo rl d, a nd kn ows man y of t he an no unc er s personall y.

JENNIFl<:R GILMOUR, o ur ge ntl e m emb er , is interes t ed in art . a nd is o ne of o ur k ee n stud en t s.

JAN CORRI GAN is fu ll of goo d hum o ur , and was a wo nd e rful wo rke r fo r the fe t e. J an 1s a no th e r foo tb a ll fa n.

IM EL DA PALMER-In th e fu t ur e Im elda hopes t o b ecome a teac h er. R e m e mb e r your ow n schoold ays, Im eld a!

PAULA NOSE D.A .- Th e Int e rm ed ia t e a lt ars are a lways a joy ow in g t o the a rti sti c to uch of Paula.

PAT E DDY a lways e nj oys a la ug h a nd makes de li cio us toffee . He r main wo rr y is h e r fa ir stra ight ha ir. h e a lso has a g rea t affectio n for b ird s, espec ia ll y Rob in R ed brea s t s.

E ILEEN STEELE is oft e n see n w ith h er Co mm ercia l boo ks.

She is o ur youn ges t stud en t.

PAT THOMP SON is popu la r with eve r yon e, ;i nd is a goo d all -round worke r .

JOAN McMASTER'S fav o urit e pas tim e is read ing. S he a lso t a ke s a g r ea t int e re st in His t o ry.

MARY McDONALD is a vio lini st in th e sc hoo l o r c hes tra . S h e also e nj oys h e r littl e joke , a nd is fo nd of sport.

S HIR ~EY CUSACK suppli es us w ith ve r y good 1-ecip es for enj oya ble " M ilk Kisses." She a lso im parts t o us mu ch new s of the Traci e: Uni o ns. lVf ARGA R ET ASHBY, o ne of o ur quiet workers, is fond of li ste nin g t o th e radi o. In th e n ea r future Margar e t is go in g t o be a nur se.

A U DR EY SWIFT: Like he r nam esa ke , " littl e A udr ey ." s he ''lau g h s a nd la ug h s a nd laug h s." A udr ey was a goo d wor ker for th e f cte.

KATHLEEN RYAN pr oves th a t "good thin.gs a r e w rapp ed in sma ll parcels." S h e is a good a ll -rounder and ha s a keen se n se of hum o ur.

JOSEPHINE RUSH is not ed fo r h er 111 t elli ge nt qu es tio nin g a nd me rr y g igg lin g .

AN OUTING. One cl ay late in Sp rin g we se t off for the beach. We cl ec idecr t o go to E lwoo d, as we ha d hea r d that it was ve r y n ice th er e. 'vVe go t off a t th e s tation o ncl , see in g th a t th e re were too ma n y people ga th e r ed a round , we wa lk ed do w n furth e r until we ca me to th e B lu ff.

H e r c it was r at he r quiet, except for th e excited sho ut s of th e young c hildr en as th ey t oo k th eir turn o n tl1 e ponies and in the carts.

Babies w ho co uld ha rdl y wa lk we r e h eld on by th eir par e nt s, w ho looked as happ y as their g lee ful littl e o nes. Some o f the chi ldr e n who come eve ry wee k-end t o rid e th e ponies are becomin g q uit e proficient rid er s, and are trotting a r o und show ing off their prowess. 'vVe passed furth e r alo ng until we ca me to a place w h e r e we cou ld lun ch a nd aft er wa rd s bath e t o o ur h ea rt's conte n t . There· we settled cl own oncl, after ea tin g a delect able lun ch. we ta lk ed o n the sa nd fo r abou t a n hour.

Then we went fo r a sw im and had a very jolly time. My brother had broug ht a ba ll a nd we played ca t ches in th e water. So m e tim es che ball wou ld go w id e of its mark and we had t o sw im until we we r e out of ou r depth to recove r it.

We cam e out after about ha lf an h ou r and h ad a run o n th e beac h to ge t wa rm . We met so m e peop le w hom we kn ew, a nd played rou nd er w ith th em until we were exh aus ted ,

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so w e lay o n th e bea ch ho ping t o get ta nn ed by the sun.

We swa m a nd playe d until th e sun wa, des cending below th e sea. Th e mo m ent ha d o, tir ed but come wh en we mu t go hom e. happ y, ye t r egretful th at we mu st lea ve, we packed o ur thin gs a nd wended o ur way homewa rd s. o eda (Interm ediat e) .

P a ul a

TOYS FOR BRITISH CHILDREN .

During th e year s of th e war m a ny ho m es 111 the tow n s o f E ngla nd we r e h ea vil y bom bed.

The possess io n s o f m os t people we r e los t a nd th e children we re le ft w itho ut toys . So it wa s th a t th e p eo pl e of Au str alia decided to make toys for th e Briti sh chilcl1·en , in o rd er th at o n ce more th eir play ho ur s m ig ht be spent happ il y.

It was se ttl ed that th e pupil s in eac h chool would e nd ea vour to m a k e at le as t o n e t oy.

The children a tta ch ed th eir na m es an d Chri stmas greetin gs to th e toys, ~ nd so m e w r ot e a note t o the child w h o wo uld r ece ive th eir especial toy.

M any sh ops ha d fa sc in atin g d isp lays of toys The people w er e made by th e em ployees. g iven eve1·y o pportunity to h elp , beca use mat eri al s for makin g toys we r e o bta inab le fr ee of charge at depot s.

Thi s Chri stma s each of us hopes that th e toy we mad e w ill bring ha ppin ess t o so m e child 's heart, a nd in o ur h eart s w e wi sh a ll th e littl e British childr e n a ver y happ y Chri stm as.

M a rga r et F enn essy (Interm edi a te) .

SPORT. Spo rt serves a s an amu se m ent or a di ve r sio n from th e mo noto ny of ev er yday life. Bes id es keeping th e body in goo d co nditi o n and d evelopin g th e limbs, spo rt al so h elp s to develop th e mind. M a inl y thr o ug h spo rt peop le mix with eac h oth er and ma k e n ew acqu a intan ces in th e differ e nt suburb s w h en tl'e suburban clubs chall eng e one an o th er . Int e1state a nd internati o na l spo rt is ver y wi se, because it crea tes a fri endl y spirit betw ee n the various stat es and countrie s. S ome of the principal spo rts ar e hunting, fi shing, r ac ing , hock ey, skatin g , ba sk e tball, t ennis , footb all and cricket. Th e la.tter fo ur ar e usu ally th e most

pop ul a r w ith th e sc hools.

Compe titi o n is m r e than ha lf th e fun o f spo rt fo r it ives people som ething to pla y fo r a nd ma kes· th em wa nt t o w in f r th e fun of w inning as well as f r up holdin g th e sc hool's .Co mp etiti o n also helps spo rtin g r ep utatio n. th em to be goo d s1 o rt s and to lea rn how tl, ta ke a bea tin w ith ou t b ea ri ng th e vi ctor s a ny ill-will. Th e p ubli c de ri ves mu ch p leas ur e fr om sp rt. Th e ma j ri ty of p eople enj oy wa tchin g a ga m e o f footba ll o r cri ck et a nd ba rr ac kin g fo r th eir tea m. Thi s is p r oved by trying to boa r d a tr a m whi h run s an ywh er e n ear a foo t ball g r und about ha l£ -1 as t fi ve o n a S a turd a)' aft ern oo n. F in a ll y, spo rt teac hes bo th adult s a n d chil d re n to play toge th er in uni so n as a t ea m, ma k es th em depe nd o n o ne a noth er , g ives th em co nfi de nce, and ma k es th em alert , sin ce th ey kn ow th a t o n fa lse m o ve o n th f'i r pa r t mi g ht cost th e team th e ga m e.

An ne

h elto n (Inter media te ).

THE EUCHARISTIC LEAGUE. Th e ob ject of th e E ucha ri stic L eag ue is to pr o mote devoti o n to th e r ea l li vi11g prese n ce T he o f th e Son o f God in t he tabe rn ac le.

Euc ha1·ist is th e en tr al D oct rin e o f o ur h oly It is th e Mys t ery o f M ys teri es; r eli g ion . it ma kes poss ible th e co ntinu ed prese nce o f J es us Chri st in every Ca th oli c Church . Wh y is it th a t Ca th oli cs, w ho kn ow a nd believe in the R eal Prese nce, a r e not m o r e influenced by it ? For even Ca th olics, as o ft en as th ey think of God, tra n sfer th ei1· th o ug ht s to som e di st a nt la nd beyo nd th e sta r s, in stead o f lettin g th eir hear t s tr avel to th e ta bern a cle 111 th e n ea r est .Ca th oli c chur ch.

H o w wo nd erful to th ink th a t a ccess to God is so easy, and w ha t a di ffe r ence th e co nscio usn ess o f Go d' s nea rn ess to us o ug ht to make!

But w e have eyes t ha t see not ; we have ean th a t h ea r not.

Th e wo rld to- clay needs th e help th a t onl y God ca n g ive . 1'.h n to- day is ly ing p ros tr a te und er th e we ig ht of hi s ow n crim es. Hi s g r eat foll y of a ll ow in g him se lf to be led as tr ay by th e fa l se p rop h ets o f thi s ge nera ti o n into th e spiritual dese rt of ma te ria lism has r edu ced h im to a stat e w h er e h e ca n no lo nge r be r ega r ded eve n a s a supe ri o r a ni ma l. It is to lead m a n ba k to sa nity: to teac h him t hat a ft cr all

CARITAS ju stice, toleran ce. tem pe ra n ce a nd love a r e m o r e pro fitabl e th a n sin, nak ed a nd un a harnea. th a t we have th e E ucha ri sti c L eag ue.

A ll th a t is r eq uir ed is to spe nd o ne ,.·hole 110ur ou t o f a m o nth o f six h undr ed a nd scve nt! such ho ur s be fo r e J es us Chri st in t h e ta ber na cl e. In t ha t hour let yo ur th o ug ht s fl y to Chr ist , w ho di ed fo r yo u, sp ea k to Him , a nd let Hirn g uid e yo u , a nd thu s mak e thi s wo r ld a happiec• ::ind a holier place.

M oya A ll we ll (Inte rm edi a te).

WELCOME HOME TO OUR BOYS. Th e day wa s perf ec t , with t h e sun shinin g brig ht ly just as it slro uld b e o n th e day fiv e hundr ed of o ur boys we r e r et urnin g fr om pri so n camp s. I think a ll M elbo urn e turn ed o ut to w elc ome th em. I kn ow I was th er e a n ho ur be fo r e it sta rt ed, a nd th er e wa s a crowd th er e th en . I wa s r ig ht in th e f.r nt row.

Cr owds o f people we r e sta ndin g o n ca r s. boxes a nd cha irs.

Th en fa int ly in th e di sta nce co uld be h ea rd th e so und o f chee rin g. Th en th e ex-p ri so n ers o f th e J ap an ese, loo kin g pro ud a nd hap py, hove W e ch ee r ed .our selves hoa r se. into vi ew. vVh en. a ll th e ca r s a i-rived a t th e T ow n H a ll t h ey we r e g r ee t ed by th e L o rd M ayo r.

T hey wer e g iven a ma r ve ll o us we lcom e, w hi ch o f cou rse was d ue to t hose w ho had fou ght fo r th e fr eedom o f th eir co untry-A u stra lia .

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fi eld o f ba ttl e o r have di ed in priso n ca mp s.

With th e ad ve nt o f peace th o usa nds of pri so ner s of wa r we r e r eleased and a r e g r a du all y being r eturn ed to t heir na ti ve t ow n s. In M elbo urn c th e fir st ba tch of pri so ners has alrea d y r eturn ed hom e. a nd t h ey r ece ive d a well d ese r ved we lco m e.

It is now th a t th e g r eat p ri vat ions th ese m en suffer ed a r e co min g to lig h t . Eve r y day we r ea d o f th e ha rd shi ps and a tr oci ti es o u r p ri so ners have suffered. Thi s shou ld bring to th e people o f th e ea rth th e r ea li s::i t ion t hat war is a n un civil ized met hod of se t t lin g disp utes bet wee n n a ti o n s. At th e te rmi na ti on o f th e wa r so m e oth er m eth od o f se t t ling diffe r en es a mo ng th e di ff er ent na t ions sho ul d be fou nd M a ny of th e 1·egul a ti o ns we had to p ut 11 p w ith durin g t h e wa r, such as censo rshi p of t h<:: p re ss, blac k -out s a nd tr ave l p ri o riti es , a r e n o O th er r es tri cti o ns suc h as lo nge r in fo r ce. r a ti o nin g of food . clo th ing, pet r ol a nd buil d ing p ri o riti es will g r a du a lly disappear. but it w ill ta k e so me ti me befo r e we arc back to nor m a l.

In pos t wa 1· yea rs th e cou ncil r ep r es n tin g th e na ti o ns of th e world sho uld beco m e perma nent. Th e pu1·pose of thi s co un cil shou ld be to sett le di sp ut es of coun tri es an d to see th a t eac h co un t r y r e eives a fa ir s hare of 1·aw m a ter ia ls. so th a t it ca n m a nufac tur e it 5 ow n goo ds. If so m e mea n s is not rou nd to se tt le di sp ut es th e nex t wa r, ow in g to t he afom ic bo111h , w hi ch ca n blow up a w hole cit y in a few minut es . may m ea n th e en d o f civ il iza ti o n .

J osep hin e R ush (Int erm edi a te) .

VINEYARDS AND ORANGE' GROVES. PEACE. Most of th e natio n s of th e earth a r e n ow celebra tin g t he e nd o f th e m os t d isas tr o us wa r in his tor y. Eve n t h e de feat ed na t ions r ejoice t hat at las t r elief ha s come fr om th e ho r ror s rnd priva t ion s of wa r.

N o longe r is wa r foug ht o nl y am o ng soldier s. bu t , owing to the indi scr imin at e bombing o f ci t ies and to rp edo ing of a ll boa ts, irre spect ive o f whet her t h ey a r e w arship s or n ot, t h e casualti es among wom en , children and no n combata nts .a r e as grea t, ii not grea t er, th a n t hose among th e fi gh t ing force s.

Unfortunately there is so rrow in m a n y hom es owing to hu sband s.. a nd so ns not r eturnin g to the ir loved o nes. Th ey h ave b _e n k ill ed o n t h e

Th e day o f th e Se ptembe r h oli days a rri ve d w e wer e ver y excited, f or w e kn ew tha t soo n , in fac t , o n th e fo ll ow in g Tu esday, we we r e go ing to Mi ldur a . Tu es day a rrive d, brin g in g with it g loomy weat h er-it r a in ed ! No t mind ing t he di sm a l day , we sta rt ed pac kin g las t m inu te t ho ug ht -o fs, a nd a t a qua rter to eig h t in th e evenin g th e Mil d ur a tra in left Spen ce r S t r ee t. W e passe d a pl easa nt bu t tirin g ni g ht jo urn ey in t h e t r ain, and fin a ll y a rriv ed a t Mil dura at half-pa st eig ht n ex t m orning. The sun was shining brig htl y a nd M il d ura seemed to g r eet us p lea sant ly. 'N e sp ent th e r em a in de r of th e da y r es tin g and unp ac kin g, det erm in ed to ge t up ea rly th e nex t mo rning.

Nex t clay w e explo r ed th e tow n in th e m orn -

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ing and we r e shown ove r th e Wo r ki ng Men's Clu b, a nd we r e to ld th at its members' bar wa,, th e longest in t he wor ld, be ing 295 feet. In th e af tern oo n we took the bus to Bon ni e Cliffs a nd saw how th e land was irr iga ted. T he wa te1 is take n fr om t he Mu r ray by m ea n s of pum ps belonging to th e var ious lan d owne r s. T h e fir st type o f ptnnp. a cha r coa l one. cos t £1 000 to be put in a nd o nl y did th ree-quarte r s of th wo r k of t he mo r e mode rn o ne, run by elect r ici ty, th a t cos t £1 50. T he wate r is pum ped th roug h pipes th at a r e a ll thro ug h th e ora nge groves. T h ese pipes have a ttac h ed to t he m sp r ays, which wate r t h e trees.

In th e g r ape -vin e area th e wa t er is p umped fr om large p ump ing statio n s to big cha nn eb .

F r om t h ere, w hen it is yo ur turn to wa t <' r , it goes into a small cha nn el w hi ch run s thro ug h yo ur property, a nd bra n ch es th ro ug h th e vi nes.

Thro ug h t his ir riga t io n syste m t he count ry is f ertil e. We staye d in Mi ld ura fo r a for tn ight a nd t hen r et urn ed home, ta k ing w ith us a m emo ry of a big no r the rn town, wit h its sun ny days , g rape-v ines and o range .groves.

J ea n S tock (Inter med ia t e).

VICTORY. V ictor y m ea n s A u st r a lia , t h e fi elds a nd hill s agai n , Th e citi es wi t h th eir hu bbub, th e st ree t s soft washed w ith rai n.

Th e sm oky r oofs, th e sparrows, t he barrows fill ed wi th bloom, O ld slippers, th e day's pape rs 111 a cosy we llk nown r oo m.

Victo r y mea ns peace fo r th em, for · a ll t he m en who fo ug ht ; No mo r e foo t -slogging th ro ug h th e mu d, o r g uar din g J aps th ey ca ug ht ; No fea r s, no wa rs, no pa rt ings, n o filth y blood sta in ed days, But a q ui et. co nt ent ed living in good old A uss ie ways.

V ict ory m ea n s A ust ra lia, a nd th e fai th we have in God ; In cl ea n thin gs like our pas ture la nd , in fl ow er s a nd tr ees and sod; In ge ntl e ways and hom ely, k ee p ing th e peace we've made, R ememberi ng how m en died for it a nd th e cos tl y pr ice th ey pa id .

Na ncy Bessell (L eavin g P ass).

THE RATION BOOK. It has a card boa rd co ver, W ith som e pape r in betwee n, Do n't think it is a sto ry boo k.

It's a R a ti o n Book I m ea n .

A ltho ug h it loo ks quit e h a rml ess, O h , pray, do n't be mi sled, Fo r if yo u do n 't possess o ne You ca n't be clo th ed o r fe d!

T hey a r e iss ued to us yea rly, A nd we have to m a k e th em do Fo r a ll th e cloth es we wa nt to buy, A nd th e fooa th a t w e ea t , too.

We ca n 't use too mu ch butt er: "I t's r a ti o ned now, you know!"

A nd w hen we buy tha t "char ming d r ess" 'M os t all our co upo n s .go.

We ca n't use too mu ch suga r ; r 1n't d rink too much tea; O ur lives a r e a lm os t gove rn ed By th e Ra ti o n Book , yo u see.

B ut n ow th e wa r is over, A nd pea ce de clared o nce m o r e, T he fut ure looms m o r e br ightly O n o ur fai r A ustra lia n sho r e.

We a r e ge tting back t o norm al A nd th e day is draw ing near, W h en yo u'll r ega rd your R a t io n Book As ju st a so uv enir.

J oa n Cli ffo rd (L eavin g P ass) .

THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. Lo ng ago, o n e Wint er nig ht, W it h o nly stars to g ive her lig ht, O ur Lad y bo r e her Savio ur Son , W hi le a ngels cho ru sed ever yo ne.

"G lory to God, to m en good will! " Ra ng th eir so ng th roug h th e h eave n s st ill.

Wh en th e sh epherd s hea rd , to th e sta ble th ey ran T o see th eir Saviour-God -m ade M a n.

Soon in th e h ea ve ns appea r ed a sta r W hich led th e thr ee Wis e M en fro m a fa r. " Wh ere is thi s King, wh ere can He be?"

"H e lies in a m a nge r ; com e a nd se e! " Th e th ree kings ca m e to th e st ab le a nd fell D ow n on th eir kn ees, their love to tell : "W e ha ve co m e with w ea lth , a nd pomp , a nd splendour, Not drea min g to find a Ba be so t ende r ."

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CARITA S SILVER AND GOLD. T h e sil ver m oon doth shin e a t n ig ht .

Ti pp in g th e h ill s with s ilver lig ht, A ncl th en away she sof tl y cr ee ps To w h er e th e tow nshi p so un dly sleeps.

This way a nd th at sh e p eers w ith g lee, S ilve rin g every lea f a nd tr ee; Mag ic sha dows she th rows o n th e wa ll , W hen I wa k en and wo nde r at it all.

But wh en th e m o rnin g sun so bri g ht Co m es ove1· t he hill , w h er e is thi s sigh t ?

W hy ! it h as all bee n cha nged to go ld, A nd o th er p icture s now un fo ld.

P a tri cia E ddy

(Intermediate).

Third Year Class Notes MAR I A E R MACO R A is k ee n a t spo r t a nd class wo rk. As de fen ce in her basketball team she simp ly exce ls. S he is o ur sta r pup il at Fre nch . is fa irl y pop ul a r a nd lea rn s mu sic, :Ma ri a is in Ma r ita sports w h ic h she loves. team. t ho ug h t h e o th er teams would like very S h e is oft en seen wi th mu ch to have h er.

Iv[ a ri a J udit h M und ay a n d A ilee n D a lto n. lea rn s Ita lia n w ith na t ura l case, is ver y n ea t in everyt hin g, a nd h er boo ks a r e a lways show n as a good exa mpl e to us. Ma ri a ca m e top in Ma t hs. in seco nd term , is very k ee n o n foo tball a nd fo ll ows th e Coll in gwood t ea m .

ANNE BRANAGAN t hr ows goa ls we ll fo r Ai k en head . W h en teac h ers wa lk in , A nn e has plen ty of q ues ti o n s to pu t befo r e t hem. S he is very m nch lik e to Do rot hy, but A nn e's ha ir is mu ch sh o rter a nd ev:e r so mu ch curli er. A nn e has sm all ring lets over her h ead , and like s da ncing a ntj sin g in g . S he is t he elde r by half a n ho ur : lik es to pose as t he "hi g sister. '' S he a lso has a kee n se nse of hum o ur . A nn e r ece ived a sma ll boo k as a pri ze fo r her r end iti o n o f Pope's fr om "Th e R ap e of th e L ock."

A IL EEN D A LTO N.- A ilee n has bee n fir st in t he class fo r t he fir st a nd seco nd te rm s. H e1· spo rt is now a fi ne a rt . S he is ve r y pop ul ar and Vi nce nt ia is luc ky to have such a spo rt enth usiast. J ucli th 1f und ay is A il ee n' s fri end until g oin g hom e tim e, w hen Ai lee n has th e co mpa ny o f t wo class m a tes. U nlik e mos t o f ews t he gi rl s, Ailee n di slikes knittin g, b ut we ll. A il ee n has a hab it o f ge tting o ut of ho usewor k. T hi s tas k fa lls o n her sister.

BETH D A VIS .-As B eth has r ece ntl y ha d t we nt y-o n e in i;!t es of h er Io n brow n ha ir cqt

o ff , sh e now find s it qu ite easy to comb. She is kee n o n ha ll roont da ncing and S\\'immi ng, a nd is o ne of o ur best ;• re nch st udent s.

THERESA MOLONEY.- 1 fost of us t hi nk T her esa is a qui et gi rl and our \· e ry best l'rc nch stu dent, hu t she wi ll not ag r ee! La tclv she h as ta ke n up ska ti ng and wilr probabl y be our seco nd Sonja He ni e. Some say she holds a lo t of \\'O ri el ly w isdo m in her smal l hea d. \ Ve wo nd er docs she.

IR ENE STE'v\'ART .- Ire ne ha s a broad se n se of hum o ur , is ve ry quiet, hut pop u la r . S he is ve r y fo nd of r ead in g o nd a lways k eep· h er desk spo tl ess ly clea n a nd sh in ing li ke a mirr r.

S h e and Pat Bourke so me t im es have a friendl y diffe r ence.

J UD ITH M 01\Dr\ Y is a devotee o f Mat hs T, TT , lI T. She plays ba sk etball we ll and i> ca pta in of Ma r ita Hou se team . S h e fi nds a ll ga m es a joy and i urg in g he r tea m on to victo r y.

J OAN LF'vV [S is o ne of our be st t nnis p laye rs, a nd is Mar ita 's numbe r one goa ler.

S h e ca m e third in class last t erm and l1r st tn D oro th y B r anaga n and Jennife r Sc ience.

H a r t net t are ofte n see n \\'it h Joa n , w ho is popu lar and a good da nce r . Joan is a r egula r stud en t, a lways sunn y a nd brig h t, wi th a mile th a t is good to see.

VALMA DOH l ~ RTY is fo nd of spor t, S he exce ls at Math s, es pec iall y soit ba ll.

F r en ch a nd Germa n . Va lma , w ho is also very pop ula r , has bee n chose n fo r th e ball et in o ur co nce r t .

M ARGARET B I SHOP, a t wi n, is goo d a t bas ket ba ll an d da nci ng . Ma r a r ct's t wo fav -

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o urite ho bbies are r ea ding :m e! kn itting.

LOLA WIGNELL is a very tall g irl wi th da rk ha ir. She is M a rita' s goa ler , and is a lways practising goa l-th row in g. She is o ne f t he best a t mu sic. a nd is doin g her A .L.C.M. at prese nt. Lo la is o ft en see n with La tin books unde r her arm. H er drawin g is good.

MON fCA D AV I ES is goo d a t geog raph y, he came top o f the sc ience an d commercia l. co m111 cr 1al class las t term. M ni ca is o ne o f th e tall es t g irl s in th e cla ss . S h e is close frienci of Ca rm el Meehan, a nd lik es to day -dream at Fr ench. H er fat her . has ju st a rri ved home from Tarakan and sh e is v er y· happy.

GRACE MENADUE .-G race is keen on m u sic and has b een succ ess ful in a ll the music ub-Int ermediat e S he is th e exa min a ti o ns. cla's caota in a nd cl11 x of th e hi sto r y class . She is lik ed by all th e g irl s a nd is captain of Loyola spo rt s tea m. S he is very good a t a ll her sub jects a nd has a sm il e for eve ryo ne sh e meet s.

S he ha s a nice hi g h soprano voice and like s re ading. S he sa t fo r Grade II in mu sic ana :-ibta inecl 68 ma rk s.

MARY Y ENDLE is a n insepa rable friend of Kath lee n B ia k. S he ha s a farm in un shine. so she is a ge nuin e an ima l lover. Mary is ver y good goa l defence in bas k etball. She likes dancin g a nd p hys ica l cultur e.

BERNA DETTE D RNAN , o ur spo rt s cap ta in brig ht, I s a lwa ys t h e spo rt-field 's shining lig ht.

As capta in of A ike nhe a d H o use sh e ex cels F or while play in g bas k etball she n eve r yell s.

I R F:N E 0' liL LIV AN is a s tall a s a tr ee A nd is a lways r eady to s in g a g lee . \Vh et h er S\\i mmin g o r skating she is a lways on top; Any fa ult s in her cha ra ct er a rc difficult to spot .

LOLITA ATK TNSON is marv ellou s w hen a ctin g funny poe ms. Q ui te a perso nalit y has L li ta ! . h e ha s bee n absen t a lot thi s term , but in th e exa ms she \\·ill no t I e fa r fr om top.

S h e is a ls k ee n o n drawin g and painting a nd ice - ska tin g .

JENNIFE R HART NE TT, vice-sports capta in , hasi succeeded in co rnin g ve r y nea r top in bot h exam s, and it looks as if she will k ee p th e good wo rk up. Ge rman a nd 1viath s a re her best subj ec ts. S he i r a r ely see n w ith ou t h er fri end s th e Branaga ns. She is one of th e tin yt ots f th e g rade and is ve r y demure. J ennif er

hai ls from th e Never Never.

MIR ELLA COMPA RIN.- Earlier in th L yea r Mirella had h er appendix out, but now he is quite well. S h e is very good at Geog ra phy a nd Ge rman. Mir ella ha s vivid m emo ri es of her pas sage through the Suez .Canal on a trip to ftal y. Mirella has lon g fair hair and is on e of the quietest girls in the cla ss, th o ugh mo st co nv inc in g when she does talk.

KATHL EEN BLACK-Excels at tennis, basketball. sc hool work, so ft ha ll , physical cul· tur e, knittin g. Vincentia is very proud o f h er . ome think she will be a th eir be t goaler. ballerina one day, and because of her modern o utl o k . she is very popular. Her bes t fri end is her "shadow," Mary Y endle. K a thl ee n is ub -Int er 's star mathematician and her home is at Williamstown . .

D OROTHY BRANAGAN is very good at sport and likes to mak e up poetry. She passed in Gracie III music . She is also .good at Germ a n, draw in g and tennis, ba sketball and dancing , and ha s lovely hair. H er o ne a im is to be top o f th e .gr ade. D oroth y is o ne m emb er of the tw o se ts ot twins in Sub and very like h er sister, A nn e. In sport Dorothy pla ys for Loyola H o use and is envied by the oth er girl s beca use of h er goo d .goal-throwing. Doroth y 's best fri end is Jennifer Hartnett.

KATHLEEN O'FARRELL excels in German , French and A lgebra ; b eca use of her goocl Ge rm a n she is thinkin g o f ent ering into partner shi p w ith Gra cie, who is th e be st. K a thl ee n is a 3' od bas ketball player a nd is a k ee n supporter of the Footscray. football tea m. She ca n a lwa ys tak e a joke and likes all kinds of spo rt. Kathleen, like man y m o re of us, does n't like o in g to th e denti st. Her best fri ends are D o ro th y r ackn ell and Valma Dohert y.

GWEN D A SA UN DERS is th e baby o f th e class , enjoys sport and shines esp eciall y at art.

Gwe nd a is o ft en seen coming to school in her fa th er 's ca r.

MARY HALL is a quiet g irl, who is fond of Mary is a loyal v er se -ma king a nd dram a . suppo rt er o f A ik enh ead Hou se ba sketba ll tea m and is one of the blondes o f the class.

ESTHE R GREENWOOD is a very quiet g irl with long brown hair. She told me that she would like to tra vel all over the world when she is older. She seems to like geography , kn ows quite a bit about paper makin g, and gave th e bes t ta lk abo ut it . Lately Es th er ha s

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C A RITAS been see n play in g ca llin gs in stead of thr w in g goal; . Ls th er is always see n wi th Georg in a Sm ith. S h e is a very good wo rk er a nd is liked by all. S he tell s me she pos itively hat es hom ework.

GEORGINA SM ITH is popular in her quiet \\·ay a nd good at knittin g . Painting desig11s, at which she excels, is her fav o urit e hobby.

Georg ina is mu sical a nd is often see n with Helen O' ulliva n, L la W igne ll a nd Est h e1 Gr ee n wood.

J OAN SERONG is th e capa ble spo rt s captain of Vincentia. S he is ver~ goo d a t clas work ge nera ll y, a lth ot·sh she has o nl y ju st tur"ned thirt ee n. Joan lik es cience, but w hen sh e plays ba sk etba ll her stock in gs a r e a lways the worse for it. She has ju st begun music, a nd is of ten seen with Va lma Hallinan. Quiet, but fai rl y popular, J oa n excels 111 Science , Her hair-d o 1s very Maths a nd Ge rman . att ra ct i,•e. goes thro ug h life wit h KATHLEEN DUN a smile, a nd is good at Latin a nd Geog r ap h y.

She runs we ll a nd was r ece ntl y see n loo kin g fo r her fo lio o n Flinders Str eet. sta ti o n . Kathlce n" s ho bby is r eading, a nd she is a lways 111 a hurry. S he n eve r, neve r g ives hom ework a miss.

VALMA HALLINAN is a very good basket ball player. S he has been se lec ted fo r th e ballet in o ur co nce rt nig ht. Nex t yd r sh e wi ll he doing Grade III mu sic exa m. I mig ht acid Va lma is very popular.

PAT EV NS is an artis t and las t term was first in drawin g . She is a very nice g irl, brig ht a nd cheer y, a nd always on the m ove. Pat is good at s1 o rt and physical culture, and is ass istant goal-thrower 111 Vincentia H o use, a good dance r a nd is in th e fr on t lin e a t p hys ica l cultur e. Pat has lo ng plaits a nd is a sturdy boo k love r.

DOROTHY CRACKNELL has go lde n ha ir and is a ver y good fri end of Beth Davis. She is good a t bas ketba ll and is in Vincentia.

S h e is rather q ui et in h er man ne r, plays th e piano beautifully. and a lways ha s a smile.

Dorothy is kee n a t spo rt and stud y .

MURIEL B I HOP is a qu iet g irl, w ho likes knitting and plays basketball well. S h e is a grace ful ball et dancer a nd good a t every subhe is we ll liked and h as a ject in class. pleasant pe r so na lit y.

MARGAR ET SMITH is good at a ll h er

work iind ha s ju st been chosen fo r th e ba ll et.

She has a ni ce voice a nd pretty ha ir a nd likes History. She is ki nd a nd very po pular. She is a small dimpl ed g irl , a keen supporter of Margaret"s best subj ect i Ge rm an.

Marita.

She is th e beauty of th e class, is a very good actr ess a nd lik es a ll kinds of spo rt.

PAT I<O URKE is a rcat fri nd of Iren e Hewat and , being a lw·1 ys happy, is very She S he came top in G eograp hy. popular. lik es basketball and is r a th er .good a t Ger man .

HELEN O'SULLIVAN.- /\. very quiet g irl and a mu ic- lover, whose voi ce is re ce:ving ca r e ful · tra1111n g . H elen sh in es wh n she plays S h e is .genera ll y late, centre in ba sketball. enj oys a joke, ha s a hearty laugh a nd a read y wi t .

UGH .- A n e' g irl fr om MARIA M cD the cou ntry whom we welcome to Third Year.

Marea is em inently ociabl e and a promi sing student.

MOTHER MARY AIKENHEAD. born in Ire land in Mary Aikcnheacl wa 1787. Her mother wa a Ca th oli c \\"ho. marryin g a Protestant, had agreed that th eir chi ld r en should be brought up a Proteota nt s. In th e fash ion of the clay Mary was se nt to a fos tcrm ot her, and th ere sh e stayed un til she wa six.

J o hn a nd Mary Rorke, h er foster-parent , we re good Cat ho lics, an d Mary Rorke's first thought was to save the o ul of th e infant p!ac.ecl in he1 care. The bah y was carr ied to a pries t and baptised.

Curio usly, her father was not antago ni stic hur ch, but was well towards the Catholic pleased wit h th e way she had been br ught up wh il e in th e ca re of th e Rorke family, a nd Mary practised her faith wi th out discouragement during h er chil dh ocl . vVhe n Mary was s ixtee n h er father fell ill beyond h 1 e of r ecovery. He was impres sed w ith the reality of his wif e's faith and died as a Catholi c.

At sixteen Ma ry r e civecl her first Hol y Communion o n the fea st of Saint Pet r and Paul , a nd was co nfirm ed o n the I•east of the Ma ry had t wo sisters , Marga1·et Visitat io n. a nd A nn e. After th e death of h er father she m a naged a ll the bu siness affa irs of the fa mil y.

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at ba ll s or dinner par t ies. But th e poo r who lived near th e cha pel co uld witness th a t sh e \\'a s a lways at t he ten o'cloc k Mass, no matt er w hat ba ll had been held th e previo us ni g ht.

Ju st af ter her fath er 's death, wh en listen in g to a se rm o n preached by Dr. Flor ence Mc Ca r th y , M a r y r ea li sed that she belo nge d to the poor. A nd h er co nf esso r, Dr. McCart hy, knew w her e her th o ug ht s stra yed whil e she danced a nd \\'h a t kep t h er lo ng at h er pra ye rs when she ca m e ho me. It was th a t she wa nt ed to se rv e th e poor and do so in r elig ious li fe. But not see in g her way cl ea r to ent er a co nvent S he continu ed looking after Mary waited. ho us ehold a ffairs and performing kindnesses for th e poo r until h er m oth er di ed, leaving her in e ntir e cha rge o f he r fami ly. Now, howe ver , l'vl a ry fo und h erself fre er th a n ue fo r e, becau se h er s ister s we r e placed in a conve nt to co ntinu e th e ir education .

Afte r th e dea th of her mo th er , Mar y wen t Whi le to stay \\'ith some friend s in Dublin. th er e sh e m et Dr. 1hirra.v, th e Arc hbi shop, who had se t hi s m in d o n reli ev in g t h e mi se ry of th e poo r o f Ir eland. Dr. Mu rr ay int end ed to f und a cong r ega tion of S isters of Charit y to se rv e hi s be loved poo r. \ V hen asked w ha t sh e wou ld say to be co ming a S ister o f Charity , Mary a nswe r ed that if a n effic ient su peri o r and t wo o r three oth ers und ert ook th e work, sh e \l'Ould cer ta inl y think th a t in joining them she was doing w ha t God r eq uired o f h er.

1I ary's fr iend s had ope ned a r ef uge fo1· g irl s of goo d cha racter w ho had no o n e to look afte r th em. Th is was intended to be g iven in to th e cha rge of the S isters o f Cha rity when th ey \\·er e founded. \ Vha t puzzled Mary was th a t th e Superi o r, o n w h om so much wou ld depend, lo r did Dr. Murray seem had not appeared. very anxious about the lack .of h er. Then to her utt e1· asto ni sh111ent sh e lear nt th ~ t she wa s to be at th e h ea d of t h e, undertaking. At fir st s he th o ug ht th ey were tea sin g h er, but Dr. Murray solem nl y assured h er that she was th e instru m ent chose n by God for thi s wo rk. S o M ary. wit h a fri e nd named A li cia vVa lsh , entered the novit iate of th e Bar .C onve nt a t Yo rk. There she chose her r eligious name, Sister Mary Aug ust ine, a nd A li cia beca m e S i ·ter Mary Ca th erin e. It was then that S ister A ugus t ine, wi th th e h elp of Dr. Murray, founded her O rder.

Sister A ugus tine , \\' ith S ist er Ca th erin e a nd

th eir compa ni o ns, ope ned sc hools, o rph a nages and hosp ita ls to care for th e poor, a nd sc hools to educate th em. Sister A ug ustine, now the Superior-Gener a l, and her band o f s isters worked hard among the sick and th e poo r The S iste rs of and sa ved many so ul s.

Charity wer e th e first nun s to co me to Th ey cared for th e wom en pri sA ustra lia. oners in th e co nvict settlement a nd bro ug ht peace to th e so ul s o f man y of th e convic t s. ikenh ea d di ed in 1858 a t the Moth er Mary age of se vent y-o n e. Her sp irit o f charity to the poo r still lives in the Order sh e fo und ed .

Irene H e wa t (T hir d Year).

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION .

Alm ost eve ry par ish in th e Commonwealth The se sc hools were ha s its Ca th o li c sc hoo l. built by the bishops and priests of Au stra lia, th e mo ney to build a nd equip them bein g g iven enti r ely by th e Cat holi c people.

In ever y tow n th er e is a S tate sc hool w her e Why th en build Ca tholic educat ion is fre e. sc hools at suc h expe nse?

The chu r ch in sists o n ,C atholi c school s becau se it does not wish to separate r elig ion fr o nt ed uca ti o n. Educ a ti o n sho uld be built on re lig io n, so Cat holi cs build their ow n schools a nd supp o rt th em, bes id es pa y in g taxes to sup port State sc hools. hri stian edu ca ti o n bega n a t The fi g ht for the very begi nn ing o f Austra lia n hi sto r y.

Father Th erry, in spite o f the oppos itio n o t th e gove rnm ent ,. ope ned sc hools fo r th e Ca th o lic childr en o f Syd ney, a nd ke pt th em at his own expe nse. Later on th e gove rnm ent gave a g ra nt to a ll ch urch sc hools.

U nd er this sys tem m o r e Ca th olic sc hool> were built, a nd a s tim e went on th e o rn er colo nie s bui lt sc hools. Sums o f m o ney we re paid accord in g to th e number of ch ildre n. Th is sys tem, wh ich is very fair , is still ca rri ed o n in E ng la nd , co tl a nd , India , Ca nada , and man y oth e r co untri es.

Th e In 1872 a chan ge came in Vi ctoria.

Gove rnm ent wit hdr ew th e g rant. They th o ug ht t hat a ll th e .Cat holi c sc hools wou ld be closed , but th ey were mi staken . Led by A r chbi sho p Goo ld, th e Ca th olics o f Vict o ria un dertook the ta sk o f supply in g money for Catholic sc hools.

To -day th e Catholic schools are flouri shi ng eve ryw here.

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THE WELCOME HOME TO OUR FORCES. Th e people o f Melbo urn e turn ed o ut in fo r ce fo r V .P. D ay, but it was o nl y a p r elimin a r y to th e g r ea t welco m e to th e r et urning m en a nd Crowd s lined r a ilway women o f our fo rces. statio ns a nd cr ossin gs to cheer th ese p ri sone rs o f wa r as th ey passe d in th ei r Aag de cked hosp ita l tra in . In th e city tens o f th o usa nd s o f chee r ing people sto pped tra ffi c, fl owed over r oadways, and slowed dow n th e ca rs car ry in g th e repa tri a ted to He ide lberg Hosp ital. Eve r y ca r wa s "a nk le-deep" with pap er co nfe t ti, Aowers, chee ri o ca r ds, and g ift s. P ape r a nd colou r ed fea th ers showe r ed clown fr om eac h tall b uild ing made a spec tac ul a r sig ht.

O ne ca n im ag in e a sold ier o n hi s fir st clay at ho m e a mo ng hi s r ela ti o ns. His m ot h er in th e k itchen, a nd in h er excitem ent burning th e toas t, o r lettin g th e wa t er in th e k ettl e boil ove r the stove. Wh a t a .gr ea t joy it is to b e a ble to ta ke h er so n"s brea k fas t in to h im . It is hi s fir st tas te of mot her 's coo kin g fo r a lo ng tim e. He had dr ea m ed of thi s lu xury durin g lo ng yea rs of wa iting in pri so ner of wa r camp s.

P erhaps th a t is o nl y one sold ier 's view. but th er e a r e oth er pla ns, such as ge tt ing up ea rl y a nd go ing to sig ht- see th e city aga in ,. or o ff to Som e of th e m en th e cou nt ry for th e day. sa id th a t th e Japa n ese ha d a tri ck o f t a ki ng propaga nda p ict ur es of m en with food in fr o nt o f t h em , a nd th en ta kin g it awa y. So th e A ustr ali an s kep t a wa ry eye o n th eir " ra t io ns .. durin g th eir jo urn ey hom e, fr om m ere for ce of hab it.

Th ese m en sho uld have ever y oppo rtunity of m·a kin g a n ew beginning in th e count ry fo r w hic h th ey ha ve fo ug ht . It is o ur d uty to ass ist th em in ever y poss ibl e way . We ca n h elp th em with th eir ho usi ng proble ms, em ploy m ent . a nd ma ny oth er soldi ers' diffi culti es, a nd so ma k e it easier fo r th em to sli p back into th e ways o f civili a n life.

Pa tri cia Eva ns (Th ird Y ea r ) .

GATHERIN G BLACKBERRIES. It was Saturd ay, a nd in stea d of go ing to th e pictur es , w e decided t o go blac kb e r ry in g.

We set o ut about half-past t wo, with bas ket s to ca rry th e blac kb err ies home in. Af ter ha lf

a n ho ur's ri de we ca m e to a spot w here th e black be rri es g r ew ab un da ntl y . Ge tt ing off o ur bi cycl es, we left th em und er a tr ee.

T her e were fo ur of us, so we we nt in t wos, s a we could ga th e1· m ore th a t way th a n if we we nt toge th er. My fr iend and I saw some b ea utiful blac kb erri es g rowin g o n th e oth er side o f th e cr ee k , a nd we r e ve ry a nxio us to get th em . Bu t as we we r e cross in g th e creek my fri end sli pped and fe ll into th e wate r. Lu ckil y th e cr ee k w as not deep at th at place, a n d beyo nd ge tting th o r oughly dr enc h ed sh e was none t he worse for h er exper ien ce.

A ft er thi s we call ed to th e oth er s, a n d fo un d th a t we h ad ga th er ed q uit e a numb er of bl ack berri es, so, p uttin g th e baske ts with o ur bi cycles, star ted to r un aro un d so th at m y fri end co uld .get dr y a nd not ca tch cold.

At abo ut h'alf- pas t fo ur we rode to a lit t le shop an d had so m e aft ern oo n tea. A ft er r id in g o n furth er fo r ha lf a n ho ur we h eaded fo r hom e.

We a rri ve d hom e a t abo ut six o'cloc k af t er a happy a ft ern oo n pic ki ng bl ack ber ri es, a nd , a lth o ug h my fr iend d id have a n acc ident , we a ll agr eed t hat we had a bet t er ti m e in th e ope n a ir th a n we wo ul d have had if we ha d go ne to th e p ict ur es.

J oa n Serong (Th ir d Yea r ).

THE GREY SISTERS. A n o utin g I o nce e nj oyed was a "Mot her a nd Chil d Ca r e Ex hi bition" g ive n by th e Grey \ Ve All t h e E ig hth Gr ade we n t.

S isters. asse m bled at th e sc hool a nd we nt in to tow n by bu s. W h en we a rri ved we we r e show n th e chilclr en" s playroo m. It was bea ut iful. T her e we r e a ll kin ds of toys, doll s' bed s, d resse rs, Th e S isters told us th a t tab les a nd stoves. th ey ha d ma d e t he m o ut of old boxes a nd pa inted th em . The ta bl es we r e se t w ith littl e pape r clo th s, a nd o n eac h plate th er e we r e sco nes a nd p ieces of bread. T h er e was a littl e a lta r w hi ch a ma n ha d m ade fo r th e chil d r en .

Th ey had a li br ary, w ith boo k s fo r chil d r en of all ages. \Ne we r e t h en take n a nd show n so m e p ictur es of t he hom e t ha t th e S iste rs ha ve o ut a t Da nde nong. T he p ictur es a lso showed us how to ma k e a bed.

A-ft er thi s we we r e all .given a cup of cocoa a nd bi sc uit s. T h ey ha d a nur se th er e to show

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us how to ba th a nd dress a baby . Site dem o n-fee was do na ted by Mr. '-Allison. On Thursday t ated on a doll and had a cot and a bath and nig ht J hn , accompanied by hi s mo ther and baby's clothes.

Mr. Alli so n, went to the Town Hall, where the We we r e then tak en and shown how to co nt es t was to be held . Now it was J o hn's baptize a ·baby in case of n ecess ity. The doll turn , a nd a big dark man with a bushy mous.:·c ssed in a beautiful christening gown. tache called in a lo ud voice : "John Jones!" · 1 wa s ge ttin g late and there was another J o hn rose and , with a reassuring pat from his school to be shown around we t ook our dem o th er, 11iad e hi s wa y to the stage carrying his parture.

As we wer e leav ing we had our prec io us vi olin in a tattered, worn case.

1 hotos taken.

It was o ver, and every body was awaiting the judge's dec isio n. "Fir st, Paul Isaa cs; second, Muriel B ishop (Thi rd Y ea r).

J o hn Jon es. Co ng ratulations to both of you."

J o hn was urro uncl ecl by fri ends , all giving th eir h ea rti e t and best of goo d wishes. ' THE INSTRUMENT. And we lea ve J o hn , happ y with his fir st success, a nd eage r to continue with his inJ o hn was o ne o f se ven childr en. T o-clay h e 'trum ent-th e violin. was wa lkin g quickly towa rd s a sli g ht woman, sta ncli11g o n the corn er o f Epwoo,.c.1 Street. In Doroth y Branagan (Third Y ea r). hi s a rm s he ca rri ed a brow n obj ec t.

"Oh, mo ther, loo k what I have go t," ca ll ed John eage rl y.

AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT. "Why, J o hn darlin g, how ni ce; it's a violin,'' r ep lied th e fai r lady.

A ustralia declared war on Germany o n S ep "M oth er," qu eri ed J oh n a nxio usly , "d o ym. t emb er 3rd, 1939. H er three services were then th ink if I a sk ed· J\'[r. ,\Iii o n he wo uld teac h me m er e s keleto ns, her arm s output neg lig ible .. to pl ay it ?"

S he wa unpr epa red fo r t otal war.

"All rig ht. cl ear, as k him ," a nd ten yea r old v\l hen th e wa r bega n Australia wa s not proJ o hn wa s off like a rabbit. du cing ve n en ug h small arms ammunition.

1 1rs. J o nes brea thed a lo 11g sig h as she saw 'v\le had practicall y no mass production in hi s tou led m o p of ha ir di sa pp a r. The J o nes heavy indu stry be fo r e 1939. Now she produces famil y were poo r, ow in g to the de pres sion ta nk s, ar mou r ed fighting vehi cles, co mbat yea rs, 11·hi ch had r o bb e I th e111 o f all th eir plan e a nd warships, and altogether she promo ney an d mos t of th eir wo rl dly possess ions. du ces ove r seve nt y -five t ype s of ammuniti o n M r. A lli so n ag r eed to J o hn 's eager requ es t, and every ma in type o f armament. and gave hi m a lesson every clay, free of charge .

War ha.s cha nged the lives of all A ustralian s.

I o nth s went pa st and a yea r h ad go ne by.

Hundreds o f th o usa nds o f men and wom en J o hn was still hav in g hi s vi !in lesso n s. Then who once worked co ntent edl y o n th e things of Mr. J o nes di ed . Mrs. Jone s took in sew ing to pea'ce a r e now producers of the let hal thin gs ea rn a littl e m o ney . J o hn , unknown to the o f wa r. trat egic r oa ds hav e been driv en fa mil y, went eve r y n ight to th e Koala Ca fe thr ough deserts , new railways put cl ow n, exista nd ther e p layed sim ple 111 elodi es 0 11 hi s violin ing o nes ex tend ed; aerodromes hav e sp run g to a poor but ge ner o us a udi en ce. Man y a two fr om forests; waste lands have given birth to s hillin g piece a nd pennies a nd thr ee pences mun1t1 o n fac tories; harbours have been enfo und th eir way to Mrs. J o nes ' purse, put th ere larged and cl ocks built. T oil and swea t , deter by invi sibl e fing ers.

Four ye ars came and minati o n and sac rifi ce had to be shar ed eq ually we nt ; John wa s now fifteen.

1 y all. "Many hand s mak e lig ht work. " O n e ni g ht M r. A ll iso n ca me to th e ho me No t only did A ustralia have a ma le se rvice , and showed Mr s. J o n es a pink sli p o f paper, but up rose m emb er s of the Australian 'vVornen 's o n which was writt en in big bl ac k print: Army Se1·vice.

Re cruiting fo r thi s se rvi ce First P ri ze £50. S eco nd Pri ze £20. began ea rl y in 1942. Th e W omen' s Australian to be awa rd ed to th e be st vi lini st und er six - Auxiliary Air F o r ce has fre ed more than fift ee n teen yea r s of age . J o hn begged to be allowed hundr ed a1r111en for combat duti es.

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CARITAS of many farm labourers . But the enemy st ill threaten s. The job A ustr a li a is doing wi ll not be good enough until she is one hundred per cent. orga ni zed.

Austra li a declared war on J apa n o n December 7, 1941. Her three ser vi ces had grown. Her a rms o utput was risin g rap id ly. But she was After fifte en still not r eady fo r to tal war. m o nths of fi gh tin g in th e Pacific Au stralia was almost co mplet ely geared for total war.

Austra lia's land forces have served in Ilbya, Egypt, S yria , Greece, .Cr ete, Mala ya and the Netherlands Eas t Indi es, Tima r and Papua.

Her airmen have served in all these places, a nd in the zo nes o f Ital y, Germany F ra nce and Ru ss ia as well. H er Navy has fought o n every ocean.

Now th at Australi a has beco me the United Natio ns' advanced striking base in the Southwest Pa cifi c, war's bold lett ers are written r ight across th e face of thi s sunn y co ntinent.

In th e jungles of New Guinea the Jap an es e ha ve run up aga in st a n ew type of gu n, m ade by ourselves. It is th e we n sub-machine gun, th e in vention of Mr. W. Owe n, of Ne wSouth Wales. The formu la was made av a ilab le to other A lli ed Na tions. vVhen war brok e o ut in 1939, the A ustra liar1 aircraft indu stry wa s in its infancy . To-clay it i5 pr odu cin g co mbat warp la n es, and !us se nt a mi ss ion to Britain and th e U nited tat e to selec t th e lag res t t ype o f to rp edo bomber, and th e best type of fighter fo r Aus trali a n co ndi t ions for prod ucti o n h er e. Th e Beaufighter, our de a dli es t pursuit pla ne', was selected. \ i\T hen the loans were put before the Australian s, it was the g reat es t practical cha llenge ever made to us. Th e A u terity Loan was th e fir st of a series of suc h chall eng es . The loans called upon every A ustrali a n who can to lend even small sums fr om hi s or lier in co m e to invest th em in A ustrali a's sec urity. Eve ry Au stralian was ca ll ed upon not to spe nd on no n essentials, a nd to lend ever y possible pen n.v t n the Government.

This is the on ly way we ca n fini sh the job Austra li a is doing. Havi ng do n e so much to save Chri sti a nity and civilisatio n . let us go on lo ma ke o ur co untry a help ful unit in a worldwid e o rga ni sa tio n, whose a im is fr eedom, ju sti ce and peace.

Va lm a

D o hert y (Third Year).

THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM S ituated a t th e no rth end of Swa nsto n S tr ee t is an impos in g look in g edifice catching th e eyt If they are curi o us a nd of many tour ist s. de"cide to enter, th ey will not be di sa pi5ointed , for th e Technolog ical Mu se um is o ne o f th e mos t intere stin g and ed ucat io nal places in Melbo urne.

It holc1s man y fa m o us works o f art, both There is a ga ll ery of ancient a nd m ode rn . picture s and p a intings , on whose canvas artist~. in sp ir ed by '1od's crea ti o ns, have expressed A very th e ir th o u g ht ~ in fo rm and colour. strikin g and a ra th er terrifyi ng ex hi bitio n is di sp layed in th e tax ide rmi sts' sectio n . An ima ls of all shapes a nd sizes stand serenely in their g la ss cases . Looking very much alive is every savage beast that stalk s th e ear th. Mammals of the sea seem to fo llow your movements about the great hall w ith lifeless eyes. Relieving thi s awed tense ness are bea utifull y hu ed butterflies, th e brilliance of their co lo urin g stan ding out In anot her in th eir a larmin g surr o undin gs. section a mu seme nt is to be fo und, for h er e one's gaze is met by wei rd-l ooking inventions.

Cumbersom e ca rri ages of th e Quee n A nne style with well worn w h eels are ta king th ei r final rest a ft er much wear a nd tear. The first t ype o f bicycle, kn ow n as th e "Penn y Fa rthin g," ca uses a g r ea t deal of laughte r. Modes o t dr ess of man y ce nturi es ago make people wonder how th ey we r e worn in comfo rt , the ch ief elem ent of dre ss in th e twe nti eth ce n tury. The weapo ns of primitive man are a g r ea t co ntr as t to the terri fy in g weapo ns o f present wa rfare.

In a secl ud ed part of th e mu seum stanas a n Egyptian tomb. It hold s th e mummifi ed b od 1 e~ There is also th e of a priest a nd priestess. skull of a n a ncie nt prin cess. He r t ee th a rQ still p re erv ed. a nd a few stra nd s .of a uburn hair ad her e to th e scalp. Mum m y cases lin e th e wa ll s a nd an a tm osp h ere of death prevails.

P e rh aps to spo rt -lovi ng Austra li a ns the mo st interes tin g a rticl e in the m use um is the figure o f Phar Lap, th e wor ld's most famo us race· ho r se.

Bo r edo m is seld om ee n o n th e faces of th ose leav in g t he mu se um , rather a n exp res sio n of amazement at th e " ·anders a nd treasures th ey have just seen.

Lolita At kin so n (Third Year).

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I am a food rati o n book. I hav e eig ht pink pages-two pages of meat coupons, o ne page of t ea, one page of suga r a nd one page of butter coupons. The othe r three pages a r e not used for anything as ye t. O n th e 30th of June I was fresh, crisp, and ne w, but now on the 20th of September I a m a littl e worse for wear. My owne r is Mrs. Long, and she is very kind but ca r eless. When sh e r emem bers she puts me in a leather case wit h her identity card, who is a very good friend of mine, but mo stl y I am left in all ou t of the way places.

One morning Mrs. Long gave me to her daugh ter to tak e to the butcher's, and when h er da ug ht er gave m e back to h er sh e stuff ed m e in th e pocket of a dressing gow n she had o n.

Later on Mrs. L o ng wanted me for the g rocer.

She forgot that she had put me in her dressing gown poc ket and, alth o ug h she hun ted eve r ywhere she did not find me for two days. I was just ly in g quietly in her pocket unable to tell her where I was.

That is o nl y o n e of the incidents in m y life.

Twice I was almost burnt a nd many tim es I ha ve been thrown into th e waste-paper basket.

H oweve r, I have a l\\'a ys been saved ju st in tim e.

A II my brothers a nd sisters we r e very usefu l durin g the wa r years, so I do n ot suppose we will be di scarded for a fcw yea r s ye t.

Gwenda Saunders (T hird Year) .

PEACE. Once more th is war-torn wor ld is a t r es t .

Once again we are sett lin g clown to th e ordinary How r ou tin e of a peace-time community . stran ge it is going to be for some. How hard for man y. to reconstruct th eir lives, for million s w ill have to r eco n , tru ct th e u- ho mes.

No more w ill th e sc r eam of a bomb terrify childr en into wa k efuln ess in the blackness of a fea r -fi ll ed ni g ht. No m o r e \\'i ll the drone of hundr eds of messengers of death roar ou t o f a clear sky over a n un su pecting people, obliterating eve rythin g else.

Once m o r e, instead of char r ed a nd blackened fields and burnt homes, we w ill see fields of waving corn a nd buildin gs rising aga in . Th e sun, no longe r blo tt ed ou t by the dreaded sha dow of a Zero or Junker, w ill shine again

o n a world fr ee fr om the hated Gestapo and J apa nese.

But will th e people who have witnessed th e ho rror s and r avages of World War II be able to clea r th eir mind s as th e farmers wi ll have t o cl ea r th eir fi elds? vVi ll they be ab le to blot out m emo ri es and r ep la nt afresh all th e wor th while thin gs of life? I wonder!

What of the m en wh o for n ea rl y six yea rs have fought beneath the g laring su n of the desert, in th e disease- in fected jung les, on tl1 t sea a nd in the a ir ? What of them? What art th ey coming back to? A r e ther e welcoming hom es a nd loved o nes to help th em r eb uild th eir lives, w hi ch during th ese six yea r s of jealo usy a nd hate bave bee n smas hed , alm os t a~ th e ato mi c bomb has smas h ed Tok io. What is to happe n to th ose that r eturn maimed and scar r ed as ev id ence of what they suffered fo r u s, thei1- loved ones? Yes, we hav e wo n th e war, but-ca n we w in th e peace?

Can we- th e victors- hold dow n the Japan esL successfu ll y once a nd for a ll. O r will th e present generat io n have a not h er war o n th eir hands about twenty yea rs h ence? Th ese a rc. but a few of the minor problems w hi ch hav e to be so lved before thi s wo rld is absolutely fr ee from t he fo r ce of th e volca no o f hate upoP which it has been precarious ly balan ced for six yea rs.

Is it to be a peace like th e o ne w e r eceived after the 1914 - 1918 wa r ? I s it to be o ne that is to be cattcred lik e a h eap of du t be fo r e the wi nd ? O r is it to be a las ting peace? I s th ere to be a depression g r ea t er and more serious than the las t o n e? L et u s hope not.

These questions have a ll to be a nswe r ed. \,Yill the answe rs be th e right o n es? But ther e 1s a not her aspect of peace-t he brig ht er sid e, whe r e we see happy laug hin g crowds fillin g the st r eets which for so lo ng ha ve r emained empty; lig ht s illumin a tin g cities which throu g h thosf yea rs of f.ca r a nd dread hav e see med dead .

Childr en are g r ow in g up in a wor ld fr ee from th e evi ls of a merciless co nfli ct, sa fe in the kn owledge th at th ere is no thing that ca n brea k th e bo nd s that bind th em t o th eir parent s and loved o nes . Let us hope a nd pray t hat thes e childr en wi ll neve r have to w itn ess and experience th e ho rror s th a t th e present generati o n ha ve had to go thro ugh.

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CA RI T A $ wh ich is now o urs, a ft er a lo ng a nd tedi o us fi g ht- let us st ill keep a ver y vig il a nt eye o n t he o nes th a t, w hil e pr of ess in g fri end ship , ar e build in g o n ce aga in a fa r g r ea ter m ac hin e ry for a war w h ich th ey ho pe ·w ill co nq uer th e who le wo rl d, leavin g t hem supr e me rul er s. W e mu st pray as never befo r e to p r eve nt thi s, a nc: hope t ha t A ustra lia w ill se t a n exa m ple of ju sti ce in her de a lin g with ot h er nat io ns, even w hile she is ready to p ut clow n aggr es io n w itl1 t he \\·capo ns which sc ience w ill put in 1. a ha nds, sho uld her ow n a nd wo rld sec urit y m a k e di e use o f fo r ce necessa ry .

Ma rgaret S mith (Third Yea r ).

THE NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE BAND.

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Th e cla y was ve ry bea uti ful. T h e sun was stro ng a nd a lig ht breeze st irr ed th e newcom in g leaves. \Ne dec id ed to go fo r a wa lk , a fr iend havi ng told us th a t th e New Zealand A ir Force Band was a t Co mo P ark. As we stro ll ed a·cross "B urnl ey Pa rk " so me yo un g lll e 11 we r e playing cri ck et a nd o th er s foo tba ll.

M a ny o t her peop le we r e go in g to see th e ba nd, a nd th e wa ter o f th e riv er loo ked ve ry bae ut ifu l as we wa lk ed alo ng th e pat h bes id e it. T her e w er e a lot o f ca 1·s go in g th er e a nd the couple behind us wer e na min g eac h in turn .

T he buses we r e pac k ed as th ey passed u s.

As we nea r ed th e pa rk. we co uld hea r th e \!\/ hen we arrived w e m usic of th e ba nd. sta ye d up o n th e ba nk of the a r ena, beca use t he a nn o un ce r sa id th at th ey wo uld g ive a n exhib itio n of ma rchin g. As th e mu sician s sa t up o n th e sta nd we co ul d not see very mu ch o f t hem.

Th e gro un d was in fin e co nditi o n a nd th e g r ee n o f t he lawn a nd th e colourful a udi ence loo ked bea ut iful. Th e br eeze ha d ri se n a nd it was a li tt le cooler , but still ve ry wa rm in th e sun.

T he ba nd playe d a few sho rt M ao ri tun es Th en ca m e th e a nd so me th a t we all kn ew . ti me fo r t he m to marc h . A ll th e p eo ple we r e asked to leave t h e a r ena. w hi ch th ey d id st ra ig ht<1way. Som e little children still played, but t hey soo n ca m e off wh en a po li ce m a n went near t hem.

T h e ha nd o f a bo ut six ty loo ked spru ce as t hey ma r ched a ll in step. th eir g r ey uniform s sho\\·ing up wel l. Th ey p laye d as th ey marc hed. a nd wh en th ey playe d slow mu sic th ey mar ch ed

in slow tim e. A ll loo ked fin e, b ut th e drumm ers intrig ued m e mos t. Th ey ha d b ig w hit e g loves a nd loo ked ve r y nea t as th ey ma rch ed. T h e le a der w hirl ed th e staff expe rtly.

T h e ba nd fo rm ed man y des ig n s a nd th is g r a nd r evu e end ed w hen th e ba nd ma r ched o nce a r o und th e a r e na, w hil e th e ferri es we r e pu lling in a t th <' ba nk to ta ke th e people to th e ci ty.

But th ey wer e t oo crowded fo r us to wa it fo r , so we wa lk ed bac k al ong t he river a nd t h roug h th e park a ft er a ver y enj oyab le day .

P a tri cia Ro urke (T hird Yea r ).

WORLD PEACE 1945.

A ft er al111 os t six yea rs o f wa r , Peace was decla r ed o n A ug ust 15th . T h e wa r had plun ged t h e w hole wo rld into a lot of hard shi ps and so rrow. Som e peopl e la ug hed with joy, o th er s cri ed with joy, fo r th ey kn ew th en th a t th eir hu sband s a nd so n s wo ul d be home soo n. O n P eace D ay th er e we r e th a nk sg ivin g se r vices in every chur ch . A nd t wo days holi da y fo r eve r yo ne.

Thi s wa r sta rt ed lik e a qu a rr el bet wee n Mr .

S111ith a nd Mr. J o n es, t hen th ey d r agge d oth er peo pl e into it . Now we ho pe th a t th er e will be peace bet wee n co untri es a nd peace am o ng o urselves.

It is a god se n d to a ll na ti o n s to be li vin g in peace o nce aga in . Now th a t p eace has bee n procla imcl , life will be mu ch eas ier fo r u s a ll. vVe mu st pray ha rd th a t th er e will never be a noth er wa r lik e th e las t.

Jun e Colk (Seco nd Yea r ).

THE DROVER. A clo ud o f du st o n th e h orizo n , Th e baw l of ca ttl e in th e air, Th e dr ove r striving to ra ce th e sun With o ut a no ther car e.

Three m o nth s sin ce he ha d bee n ho m e, Three lo ng mo nth s fr om h is wife; O ft en h e sa id h e'd n eve r m o r e roa m , But 't wa s in hi s blood, wa s h is life.

When th e cattl e we r e in th e pen , A s h e r es ted hi s wea ry ho rse, H e ga ve a "H owdy" to pass in g m en , And th o ug ht o f th e old ra ceco ur se.

So o ff he w ent that evenin g, Thro ~1 g h th e sc rub to hi s sma ll shac k , Wh er e h e knew hi s wife was wa iting, Thi s was ho m e; yes, h e was ba ck.

P a tri cia Bo urk e (T hir d Yea r) .

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Seeond Yea•· Class Notes Doreen vVi lliam s, our class capta in , a nd Therese Martin, o ur spo rt s captai n , a r e both goo d at spo rt s. D eni se A tkin so n , Karen B r enn ec ke a nd June Co lk .gen era ll y ob ta in hi g h marks a t th e term exams. Sh ir ley Bra naga n and Lilian Barry are in separab le. S hir ley Dick and Lo rr a in e E ll is a r e th e famou co111eclie nn e.s of Second Year. Beth Kingst n, Clare Warre n a nd Ma r y Waters are good a ll-ro und sc holars. ew arrivals thi s t erm are- In ez a bbatucci, Jun e Laugher and Margaret Doweling. A il ee n D ove ha s bee n ver y sick thi s term w ith p neum o ni a, a nd we all hope th at sh e w ill be bac k with u s nex t yea r. H elen E ng li sh a nd Marie Co ndr o n handle th e library we ll.

Pamela S co tt and Glo ria Fanning a r c cage r to 11 elp with anything that is to b e cl o ne. Gwe nd a B eck itt is o ur book-worm. Patricia Chawne r and Na n cy Suttie a r e ge nera ll y see n hurr y in g off to ca tch the 4.15 tr ai n ho me. J udi th Peart excel a t A rith111 et ic a nd Patr icia Rya n's favou rit e subj ec t is A lgeb r a. l\lar y :Murph y a nrl D eni se \ <\lh it e a r e g r eat pa ls, and a r c h ard ly see n w ith o ut eac h oth er. Margaret Dillon and E la in e ·Martin a r e ve r y good at te nni s. Le no r e K e rst en has been in hosp ita l thi s te rm w ith scarlet feve r and diphtheria. M a rga r et Cos tigan's sec ret fo rmul a is laug hin g gas.

Thank s to the p up il s of cco nd Yea r , o ur room is always k ep t' fre sh and t idy, and we all hop e to be pr o111oted nex t yea r.

P a m ela Scott , Len o r e Kerst en , 'M argare t Costigan.

TH E CAT. Th e thun de r r oa r ed.

Th e lig htnin g Aashecl, vVhen thr o ug h th e sto r111 \ 'Ve hea r d a cras h .

'Vas it a w ind w?

Wa s it th e doo r ?

Ju t th e wi nd in the chi 111 n ey' We sat in awe.

S tr a nge th ough ts \\'ere Has hin g thr o ug h our min ds; In sile nt terr o r we sat; vVhen all at o nce, thr ug h th e ope n doo r In walked o ur littl e-ca t!

Leno r e K er sten (Second Year).

H E NR Y'S FATE .

Th e rabbit · dec id ed t hav e a ra ce:, So th ey a ll se t off fr o m th e startin g-p lace ; They ra n a nd ran till th ey co uld run no more, And their poor littl e toes were fee lin g quite so r e.

So, sudd enly, eve ry o ne had to stop, And, Gee ! th er e wa s such a queer lo ud pop!

"My hea rt," s•ig hccl a runn er , " has thu111 ped its la st thu111 p."

"Or, dea r," cried th e r a bbits, with one littl e jumµ .

"Poor Henry's pa ssed o ut , we mu st take him ri g ht hom e."

Th ey laid him to r es t n ea r t he r ed a nd white dome.

A nd Henry's last wo rd s an y clay you may see E ng raved w ith g reat ca r e o n a peppe r- co m tr ee.

Margaret D o, cling (Seco nd Year).

THE U.N.R.R .A. The U.N.R.R.A. Appea·l, which ta ncl s for th e U nit ed Na ti o ns Re li ef Rehabilitation A ssocia ti o n, 1s kn ow n tor it s good work all ove i Eu r ope to-cla y. It was formed to assist the home less people o f E urope w ho are without clo th es a nd foo I. Evc.ry h o use an d pe rso n hav e bee n asked to a ist w ith g ifts o f old an d new clot hes an d mo ney. S uch things as eve nin g cl th e a nd shoes were co n sider ed un se rv icea ble an I not wa nt ed.

D o na ti ns f mo ney were ge nera ll y lodge d at t h e I a l Tow n Ha ll.

Man y f yo u may think "O h! haven 't go t a ny th ing to throw away o n acco un t of th e r at io nin g."

But I am sure if yo u loo k ed a r un cl yo ur h use yo u wo uld find so m e lei cl th es th a t yo u really n ever use a nd co uld aff rel to g ive to a good cause. Th e U.N. R.R. A. wa nt s th in gs of that kind , and \\' ha t use a r e yo u go in g to ge t ut o f them w h en a ll the time yo u have go t th em poked awa in th e wa r d r obe. The U. I. RR.A. does not \\'a n t cl ot h es th at a rc si m ply fu ll of moth hole s a nd to rn . If y u se nt such a rti cles yo u wo ul d be mo r o r le · g ivin g away old things that yo t~ yo ur self wo uld put in t h e rubb ish t in .

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CARITA S Real help is still needed fo r th e U.N.R.R.A., so next time yo u a re clea nin g out y ur wa rdrobe and yo u co me aero. s som ethin g th a t you have grow n o ut of, a nd whi ch is till in good condition, put it aside, th en ma ke it up and se nd it to th e U.N.R.R.A . Th e1·e a re still a numb er o f peopl e in E urope that have to be

cloth ed. Now in th e cold of December many inn oce nt Europea ns, including German s, are T he w ho le world 1s fr eezin g a nd starv ing . hun g ry fo r kindne ss. Let us begin se nding it round.

E laine Marti.n (Seco nd Yea r).

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First Year Class Notes MARIE BARRY a nd J OA.N .CA DM AN are fir st year's be st singe rs. Marie had a ma in part in our play.

LORRAINE E LLIS is th e tallest g irl in th e cla ss an d draws we ll.

GWEN BRABAZON is either a lways hun g ry or else has been ad opted by Sister Catherine, fo r she is always l) usy in th e T uck Shop.

TESSIE DILLON and PAT MACKIN a re our sma ll est g irl s, but a r e certa inly not lac kin g in b rai ns.

MARLENE DUDITCH, P AT GLEESON and PAT O'SULLIVAN are in eparable. Pat O'S ulliva n is our Class Captain.

MARGARET FARRE L LY and MARGARET JAMIESON ar e ou r best artists. Th ey a r e both very a mbitious .

KATHLEEN GLEESON.-lf yo u happe n to be looking for Kathl ee n an d you see a g r eat bag of lollies, have a loo k be hin d th em and I am sure yo u will find her th ere.

MARGARET HICKEY is our Sport s Captain and is a very good tenni s player. Play on, Margaret!

BARBARA H AIN ES is a good musician and has dram a tic talent. W e wish her luck in her career.

NANCY McKENNA and ANITA OLIVERI are alwa ys toge th er.

JILL ROBERTS w ill knit herself into a jumper some day and w ill not be ab le to knit any more. Tha t will break her heart.

PAT RI.CHARDS ON is ver y anxio us tu becom e a chemi st and trave l to Chin a.

M ARY SHELTO will turn into an 01·ange one of these cla ys. She has one nearly every day-sen sible girl!

JUDITH WHITE is good at sport.

LOUISE POW is so fo nd of bicycle ridin g that we are scared she mig ht rid e her self away.

J U DITH MATTHEWS is the opposi te o t

her siste r- Judith a lways make herse lf hea rd . he is cleve r.

E LI Z BETH MATTH EWS 1s ve r y ciui et. he is a lways helping Sister, HILDA ROSE is a littl e boo k-worm . We a r t a fr a id she wi ll wear away th e page of "La ssie Come H ome."

BETTY. CROWEBetty Crowe, vV here she doth go I s a lways m erry and brig ht.

She laughs and sin gs, Does th e silli es t thin gs, And foreve r is g iving us fri g hts.

But ye t in our eyes Dear little Beth Neve r does w ro ng; She's ju st a pet.

Pa t R icha rd so n a nd Marg ar et Hickey.

V.P. DAY 1945.

It was at 9 a.m. on th e fift ee nth of August tha t Mr. Chifl ey, the Prime Minister of Austr alia, a nnoun ced o ur peace w ith Japan. We did not expect peace so soo n, but wit h th ousand s of oth er Au str a li ans we rejoiced at our victory.

Th er e we re adva ntages as well as disadvantages durin g this war, but many A ustra lia ns have g iven up th eir li ves fo r th eir co untr y.

On V .P. Da y thou sa nd s of people fl oc ked Ladies put on th eir t o the city to r ejoice. brig ht est dresses and a ll the red, white and blue the y could fix up. Eve n th ough it was a clay o f r ejo icing fo r most people, there were some w ho had an ac he in th eir hea rt s th a t tw ent y victorie s co uld not ease-thdr dear ones wou ld not be returnin g . In tow n, people nea rl y we nt macL with j y. T ha t nig ht sea r ch-

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lights were flashed across the sky and then rockets were sent up. Th ey made a very lov ely sce ne with all different colours shooting acro ss t he sky and lighting it up so brightly.

The next da:\'. was also one of rejoicing.

The crowds were ju st as big in th e city as th e clay before, and ju st as joyful and light-hearted ,

because for most people the peace meant seeing clear ones again.

The rocket a nd searchli g ht di spla y was r epeated that night, and it was ju st as effectiv e as the night befor e. Th is is o nly a brief o utlin e on what happened on those clays of r e joicing.

Marga r et Cos tiga n (Fir st Year).

Sixth G1·ade Class Notes BEVERLEY GALLIVER and MARGARET STEPHE N S a r e both Prefects and fri ends . and both lik e chocola t es.

JULIANA FIELDS look s like an angel. We were wondering when her halo will appea r.

PAT BATHGAT E, with her lon g auburri curls, has wo n man y certificates in " The Age" fo r her paintings, essays and stori es .

HELEN a nd ELIZABETH CAHIR.-Yes, the se t wo are sisters. H elen is always ge ttin g brig ht id eas and so m etimes they even work out. Elizabeth is one of the youngest in our class a nd is an exce llent r ea der.

MARGARET AHEARN comes from Rab a ul and has mu.ch information about the Fuzzy \Vuzzie s.

AUDREY TILBURY has dimples and

smiling eyes.

SIGNE L EON ha s fair hair and o ft en loses her fountain pe n, but always finds it again.

KATHLEE , LA VE RY is a fair sc ho la r and popular.

LAURA RAINSB URY can do a lmost a nyth ing.

She da nce s, sings, sw ims a nd r eads we ll.

M A RY FERGUSON tri es des perat ely t o ke ep her silence. Persevere, Mar y.

MARY O ' BRIEN n eve r walks, she a lways run s; but wherever sh e is. she is a lways hap py .

Her sister JUDITH 1s so m etim es called "Fai r:r Floss." .CYNTHIA SIMS 1s always loo kin g fo r li er little sister , whom she never seems able t o find .

GLENYS FLEMING delig hted us w ith a

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C A RITAS song a nd da nce a t o ne of o ur sc hool P AT O 'SHANNESSY.-W ell done , w innin g fir st pri ze fo r yo ur essay Tribune."

VALDA BEATTI E is a g ood li tt le likes fun.

CL A R E W E L CH ha s wo n p r iz es Tribun e"' fo r her poem s a nd essays .

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ca me 111 wit h g lu e a nd tape to fa ste n m e to ge t her . Fir st, she fi xe d my spo ut, t hen my ha ndle. Of co ur se, it h urt awfu ll y, but it wa s wo r t h it fo r, wh e n I loo k ed in th e m irr or g ir l. wh o a ft erwa rd s I fo un d it ver y ha r d n ot to be co m e va in . No w th e suga r - bas in cl oes n" t hav e 'o in "T h e tell m e a ny o f t he lat es t news. I h ea r it myself, w h en !'111 ta ken to t h e tea- tab le. I'm \ Ve lch . go ing to se nd a me ssage to a ll yo u old po t s • a nd pa n s w ho lie neglec ted in th e ki tc h en cup boa rd-" D o n" t despa ir , r em em ber my stor y." co nce rts Pa t, for in "Th e

Cla r e W elch (G r acie V n .

ANNETT E A N D MAUR E EN SLATTERY FAIRI ES IN OPERETTA .

TH E FORGOTTE

T E AP O T . . . .

I was o nce a ve ry gay tea po t a nd my m istress, M rs. B r ow n, kep t in e o nl y fo r ver y Th en l g r ew old, wa s special occasio ns. stac k ed awa y in the kit ch en cupboa r d a nd never t ak en o ut. In th er e m y fri end, the s uga r basi n, w ho t ell s m e a ll th e news, sa id h e h eard Mrs. Brown talkin g to a fri en d. I t see m ecl som ethin g call ed a wa1· had ta rt ed .

"O f co ur se, it wo n't aff ect us," I sa id . But I wa s w r o ng, as yo u w ill ee in t h e sto r y t hat foll ows. \,Yell , ti me we nt by a nd fr om wh at th e suga r -bas in sa id t hi s thi ng . th e wa r, eem ecl to be wo rse a nd cr oc ker y was ge tt in g sca r cer.

So o ne day M r s. B row n too k m e o ut o f th e cupboa rd.

"I th ink it could be cl o n e," she said, th o ug ht full y. I wo nd er ed wha t sh e mea n t, but soo n fo und o ut. S h e ha d decided to m end m e an d u se m e agai n. I was very excited w h en she

MARY D I XON : F AIR Y I N O P E R E TTA

MY BLACK PUSSY .

M y pu ssy is a bl ac k cat vV ho lik es to sit o n t h e fr o nt doo r m a t , a tch es all th e mi ce h e see s K no win g t ha t is sur e to plea se . ~v[ y pu ssy sits bene a t h th e shr ub T o wa tch th e blackb ird s have a tu b; \ Vhen th ey g et t oo we t to Ay H e t hi nk s it's ti m e fo r th em to di e.

He spr in gs upo n t he bird-bath edge A nd g rab s t h e bird rig ht o n th e ledge; H e ea ts hi s prey w ith sha m efu l a ir, H idin g benea th th e g r een shru b th er e.

E lizabeth Ca hir (G r aci e V I.) .

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I have a sweet wee pu ssy-cat, He a lways like s to sit on the m a t Before th e fire at night.

He purrs so very kindly, And ea t s out of my hand; He wa lks a long so blindly And rea ll y loves be in g fann ed.

H e is a darling pet to keep, His fur 's so beautifully so ft; It's lovely just to have a peep \i\Thi le he's asleep in the lo ft.

Patr icia O'Shannessy (Grade VT) .

DIANE CONTI and FRANCES PITT ARI FAIRIES IN OPERETTA.

Fifth Grade Class Notes FRAN CES CHAMBERLIN, our little butterfl y, is a very good gi rl. Sh e r eads, writes a nd sings well.

ANGELA F.V ANS is one of the best scholars in Fifth Grade. She does a ll things well.

MARIA OLIVERI says that she intends being a docto r when she g rows up.

D E IDR E HICKEY is our g r eat si nge r. \i\Te all hope to hea r her in Opera so m e clay.

BETTY MAT R is a very quiet g irl; she 1s one of ou r best students.

MARLENE DUFF FAIRY IN OPERETTA

MER.C IA OLIVER loves to spring surpri ses on us .

GRAY and MAUREEN PATRICIA O'ROURKE are great friends. Both are beginning to take a keen interest in their sc hool work.

JUDITH EGAN is one of our bes t r eaders.

SYLVIA McLEOD is a very good gi rl and is tr ying hard to come top of her class .

MARIE COLLINS is th e mou se of Fifth Grad e. She never talks or makes a noise even on the pla yground.

MOIRA BARRY is a very happy li tt le girl.

BEVERLEY WRIGHT is a very qu iet girl and neve r gets into tr ouble.

El izabeth Matar.

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llesults of Public Examination s 1944 UNIVERSITY FREE PLACE. MAUREEN MOLONEY. Newman Exhibition.

MAUREEN MOLONEY (Second Place).

C.L.C. Newman Scholarship.

TLH AM. PATRICIA

MATRICULATION .

MOLONEY: English Literature MAUREE (2nd Cla ss Honours), English Exp ress ion (2nd Class Hon our s), French (1st Class Honours), German (2nd Class Honours), E uropean Hi story.

PATRI.CIA GILHAM·: Engli sh Literature, English Expression, German (2nd Class Honour s), European Hi story (2nd Class Honour s) , Ancient Hi story.

JOAN McLEOD: French (2nd Class Honours), Chemistry, Physics .

MARGARET CALLINAN: English Lite1·ature. English Expression, Ancient Hi stor y.

PATRICIA DOYLE : English Express ion .

French (2nd Class H onour s), German.

Expre ss ion.

Eng lish MALON E: OLIVE Chemistry.

FIELI.CIA McCARTHY: General M a th emati cs, Drawing (L.P.).

HILARY SMITHERAM: Fren ch, Gern1an, Maths II, Drawing.

MARGARET KI ANE: Engli sh. French, German, Maths II , Music.

JUDITH BAKER: Engli It, French, German, Maths II, Maths III. ALICE DWYER: Engli h, Fr ench, German.

Maths II , Drawing.

SHIRLEY ANDERS N : E ng li sh, f<r ench.

Maths II, Maths III. ANNE DO N CHI : Engli sh, French, German.

Italian .

PATRICIA HIGGIN : Engli s h, f."r ench, German, Maths II. MARY MAXWELL: E ng li sh, Fr ench, Europea n Hr;tory, Drawing.

JOAN RUDOLPH: French, German, Maths II. MARGARET BROvV : Engli h, Commercial Practice,- Typewriting and Sh orth and <Interm edia te).

CLARE BRENNAN: French, Maths II. MARY FENNESSY: Maths III, Chemistr.v .

JOAN MALONE: Physics, Typ ew ritin g and Shorthand (Intermediate) .

PATRICIA EDDY: English, Typewr it in'~ and Shorthand (Intermediate).

PATRI_CIA CA MER ON: Maths II.

INTERMEDIATE CE RT IFICAT E.

JOAN CLIFFORD: English Literature, Eng lish Exp r ess ion , F1·ench, Ge rman , Maths (A .), Math s (B.), History, Comme rcial Principle, and Practice.

LEONIE HART TETT: En li sh Litera t ur e.

LEAVING PASS .

English Expression , French, German, Maths JOAN CO GAN: English, F rench, German, (A.), M a ths (B.), History, Music.

Maths II , Commercial Principles, Co mmercial JOAN MULLENS: E ng li sh Literature. EngPractice . lish :Expression, French , German, Maths (A.) .

PATRICIA HOW AR D: Engli sh, Math s IT, Maths (B.) , Commercial Principles an d Prac European History, Physics, Chemi stry, Drawtice, Music.

ROS A CARRO DU : Engli sh Literature, ing.

English Exp re ss ion , French, German, Maths BRIDIE O'.CONNOR: English, French. Ge r (A.), Maths (B.), Hi story. man. Maths TI. Commercial Principles.

PATRICIA _CRAWF RD: E ng li h Litera AUN D E R : Eng-fish. French. MAUREEN t.ure, E ngli sh Expression , French , German , Maths II. Maths III. European Histry, Dra w(A.), Maths (B .), History. ing. ·MARY HOYNE: Engli sh Literature, Ent;MARY WALKER: E nglish, Fr ench. Gerh Expression, French , Ge rm an , Math s (A.), !i Drawing. · stOt)' Hi man. Maths IT, European

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Maths (B .), Comm ercial Principles and Pra ctice.

M OYA KEITH: E nglish Liter atur e, E ngli sh E xpr ession, French , La tin , Math s (A.), M a th s (B .) , Hi story.

M A R GA R E T O'R OURKE: E ng li sh Litera tur e, E ng li sh Expr ess ion, F r ench, Ge rman , Ma th s (A.), M a th s (B.) , Comm e rcial P rin cipl es a nd Practice.

B E TTY ANNAL : E ngli sh Litera tur e, E ngli sh Exp r ess ion, Ge rm a n, Ma th s (A.), Ma th s ( B.), Comm ercial Prin ciples and Pra ct :ce.

AD E LI NE BAX T E R : E ngli sh Litera tur e, E ngli sh Exp ress ion. F rench, M a th s (A.), M a th s ( B.) , History.

CONS T ANCE BOOTH: Eng lish Liter atur e.

E ng li sh Exp r ession, F r ench , M a th s (A.), Ma th s (B .), Hi story.

F R AN CES DUGGAN: E ng li sh L it era tur e, E nglish Expressio n, F rench , German , H is tor y, Co mm ercia l P r inciples a nd Practi ce.

M AR GARET H OW ARD : E ng lish Literature, E ngli sh Expression, French , M a th s (A.) , M a th s (B .), Hi stor y.

AU DRE Y H YNES: E ngli sh Litera tur e, English Exp r ess ion, F rench , Ge rm a n, M a th s (A.) , Music.

E ILE;EN K E TT Y L E: E ng lish Literatur e, E nglish Expression, F rench, Ge rm an , M a th s (A.), M a th s ( B.).

M A R GARET LA W SON: E nglish Literatur e, E nglis h Expression, F r ench, Germ a n, M a th s (A .) , M a th s (B .) .

MARIE M A RTI N : E ng lish Exp ress ion, Fr ench, Ge rm a n, Ma th s ( A.) , M a th s (B .), Draw ing, Music.

A N TO N I NE M cNA M A RA : E ng li sh Liter ature, E ng lish Expression, F rench, Ge rman, M ath s (B .) , .C omm ercial Prin ciples a nd Practic e.

M A Rl'E PITTLE : E ngli sh Lit eratur e, English E x pression, French, M ath s (B .) , Hi story, Drawing.

VILMA SCO M A ZZ ON: E nglish E xpr ession, French, Ge rm a n, Math s (A.), M a th s ( B.) , Mu sic.

MARE A W ALSH : E ngli sh Lit eratur e, E ng lish E x press ion, F r ench, Germ a n, H istor y, M.u sic.

NAN CY B ESS EiLL : E nglish E xp ress ion, French, Ge rm an , M ath s (A. ), Math s (B .).

J OAN BRUMBY: E ngli sh Lit er a tur e, Engli sh Exp ression, M ath s ( A.), Hi stor y, Drawing .

DOROTHY CU LL E N: E nglish L iterature , E ngli sh E xpr ess ion, French, Math s (A .), M ath s (B .).

P A TRICIA FITZ GER ALD: E nglish Litera tu re, E ng lish Exp r ess ion, F rench, M a th s (A.) .

M a th s ( B .) .

P ATRI CI A D\VY E R: E nglish L it eratur e, Eng li sh E xp ress ion, French , Ma ths (A.), Hi stor y, Music.

VALMA HOOK E R: Engli sh E xpr ess ion, Fr ench, Ge rm a n, Math s (A.), M a th s ( B.) .

B E RI OE MITCH E LL : E nglish L iterature , Eng lish Exp ress ion, French, Ge rm a n, H is tor y.

J OA N M O RRI S : E ng lish L itera tur e, E ng" lish Exp r ession , Fren"cl1 , M a th s ( B.), Draw ing.

WILMA NO L AN : : E nglish E xpr ess ion, Fr ench, M ath s (A.) , M a th s (B. ), Dra win g.

MAURE EN SMITH : English L itera tur e, Eng li sh Ex pression, Germ a n , M a t hs (A. ) , Com m er cial Principle and Practi ce .

M A RI A N NE ELA.C K: E ngli sh Litera ture , E ng lish E xpr ess ion, French , Hi stor y.

M A RIE DU RN AN : Eng li sh Lit era tur e.

French, Ge rman , Mu sic .

JOY CE LU D E MA N : E ng lish Exp ression, French, Ge rm a n, Hi stor y.

P ATRI CIA GL EE SON: E ngli sh E xpr ess ion, F rench, M a th s (A .) .

M AY M O FFATT : Ge rm a n, Ma th s (B.) Mu sic.

DOROTHY ,CULLE N: E nglish L it eratur e, English Expression, M a th s. A , Math s. B , French.

PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATE. MAR GAR E T FE NNE S Y : : E nglish (C.) , French (C.) , Ge rm an (C. ) , A lge bra (C.) , Com m er cial Prin ciples ( C. ) , Drawing (C.) , A rith metic, Geometry, General S cience.

P A M E LA KERST E N : E ng li sh ( C.), F r ench (C.), German (C.) , A lgebra (C.), Music (C.), Geom etry, Genera l S cience, Draw ing .

MARGARET BU.CH AN : English, French (C. ) , Ge rm a n (C.) , A ri thm eti c, Alge bra , Geom etry, Drawing (C. ) , Music (C. ).

MARIE PRI CE : En glish, French. Germ a n (C.) , Arithmetic (C.) , A lgebra, Co mm ercial Principles (C.) .

ANNE BROWN : E nglish, French ( C.) . German (1C.), Arithmet ic, A lg ebra, Geo metry, General Sci enc e, Commerci a l Principles (C.) , Drawin g.

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CAR IT AS PATRICIA EATON: E ng li sh, F r enc h , Ge r man (C.) , Arithmetic, Alge bra (C.), Ge ne ral Science, Comme rcia l Principles (C.).

SHIRLE Y CUSACK: E nglish , F ren ch, Ger man (C.), A rithm eti c, A lge bra, Commerc ial Principles (C.) , Draw ing.

J ENNIF ER GILMOUR: E ng li sh, French, Germ a n (C.), Algebra, Geom et r y, Ge neral Scie nce, Co mm ercial Principles, Draw ing.

IMELDA PALMER: English, Fre n ch (C.), Ge rm a n (C.), Ar ith metic, Algebra, Geome try, Comm er cial Prin ciples (C.), Draw in g.

JOAN M cMAS T E R: E ng li sh (C.), French , German, A lge bra, Geometry, Genera l Scienc e.

Draw ing, Music (C.).

J UNE MANGER: E ngli sh, French , A lge bra.

Geometry, Genera l Sc ience, Co mm erc ia l Prin ciples, Drawing.

MARGARET O'KANE: E ng li sh, F rench , Germa n. Algeb ra , Geo metry, Ari thm eti c, Genera l Science. Music (C.).

GI OVANNA RO MANIN: E ngli sh, Fre n ch, Italia n (C.), A rithm eti c, Algebra, Comm er cial P ri nc iples, Music (C.).

JEAN STOCK: E ngli sh. Fre n ch, German (C.), Algebra, Geometr y. Ge neral Scier!ce.

Drawing, Music (C.).

PATRICIA WA LSHE: E ngli sh, German .

Ari thmeti c, A lgeb ra, Draw in g. Mu sic (C.) .

MARY WATSON: Fren ch, Arithm eti c, Algeb ra, Genera l S cienc e, Drawing, Music.

AUDREY SWIFT: Ge rman, Arith m etic .

Algeb ra, Drawi ng, Mu sic (C.).

JOAN BARBER : Eng li sh, Germ a n, Algebra, Geo met r y, .Commer cial Principle s, Drawing.

MARLENE BAHR: Englis h, German (C.) , Algeb ra, Geometry, Drawing.

NELLIE J ONES :: E ng li sh , French, German.

Algeb ra, Dra wing.

MARY McDONALD: Engl ish, Fren ch , Ger man , Geometry, Gen eral Sc ience, Mus ic (C.).

PATRI CIA KELt Y: E ng li sh, French , German, Algebra.

J U DITH HICK:EY: E nglish , Algebra, Drawing, Music.

VALDA MUNRO: E ng lish, f'rench, Ge neral Scie nce, Draw ing.

PATRICIA CA V EN : English , French, Ger ma n, Drawing, Music (C.).

LORNA BLYTH: E ngli sh , Geometry, Gen eral Scie nce, Drawing, M 11 sic .

JOAN LARKIN: E n li sh, Ge rm an, Mu sic.

J OAN CORRIGAN : Engli sh, D rawing, Music (C.).

LEO NIE CAMERON: Eng li sh, A lge bra Mus ic (C.) .

HONORIA AYTON: Eng li sh, German, Mu sic (C.) .

MARIA ERMOCORA: French, German (C.), Music .

JOAN M URPHY : Alge bra , Mus ic.

LOIS Q U IRKE: Ge rm an, Mu sic.

+ EDUCATION

DEPART M ENT'S EXAMINATIONS .

ANNUAL

Shorthand S peed (100 Words) .

Credit : Barbara Coate, Patricia Eddy, Ei leen

Thynne.

Pass : Margaret Brown, J osep hin e Clement, D ell a Ke ll y, J oan Ma lone .

Advance d Grade Typewriting.

Patricia Eddy, J oan Ma lone a nd Barbara Coate, who also passed Int ermediat e T ypewriting and Shorthand.

+ Australian Musical Examination Hozu·d G racie 1, Piano- Pa ss: Margaret K issa n e.

Grade II. Pian o- Ho nour s: Kevin Case y.

Grade IL Piano- Pass : Grace rvr e nad ue, Marie Durnan. J ea n Stock, Nellie Jones.

Grade II, Perception-Honours: Leonie Hartnett.

Gracie II , Pe rception-Cr edit : Audrey H ynr s, Marie Durnan .

Gracie II, Pe rcept ion-Pa ss: Marea \Va lsh.

G racie III , Piano- Pass : Mary McDonald, Dorothy Branaga n, J oa n McMaster, lvia rgar et Howard.

Grade III , Th eo r y-Hon ou r s: Valerie Buchat~ (93 mark s), Marga ret Buchan (92 111 a r b).

Grade III, PerceptionHonours: Kevin Casey.

Grade IV. P ia no-Pass : Mary \Vat son, Be r n adette Durnan . Ma rga r et Cos ti gan.

Grade I V, Perceptio n- Honou rs : Grace Men a due (94 mark s), J ea n St nck, l':itricia

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Cave n, Ma r y Mc D ona ld, Ne ll ie J ones.

Gra de IV, Pe r ception-Pass: Joan McMa st er , J oa n L a rkin, Ba rb a ra H a in es.

Graci e V. P ia no- R onour s : D or ee n Wi lliam s.

Gra de V, Pia no-Cr edit : M ercia Olive r, Ca th erin e O' Sulliva n, Pat ricia O'S ulli va n.

H elen E ng li sh , Ma r y O'Rourk e.

Gra de V , Pia no-Pas s: V alda Beatti e, Ma rga r et A hea rn e.

Grade V , V iolin--Pass: M a r y McDo nald.

Shirl ey B ranaga n .

Grade VI , Piano-Honour s : Na idra W it heron.

Irene Hewa t.

Grade VI , P ian o-.Crecl it : Patricia Mack in, Marga ret J am ieson , Beverl ey Ga llagha r.

Gracie V I , Pian o-Pa ss: : M a rga r et St eve ns.

Gra ci e VI, Violin-Pass : D enn is Amo r , L ilian Barry.

Grade Prepa r ator y, Pia no-Ho nou r s: H eath er E nglish (9 1 ma rks) .

Gra de Prepa rat or y, P iano-Cr edit: E li zabeth Costigan, Fra nces P ittari, Mar y O'Mall ey, V alnia K ercher .

Gra de P r epa r ato ry, P ia no-Pa ss : P a tricia Benn ett , Lola F lem ing.

My w hite f erry boa t Came cr eaming down th e bay Wi th a ca rgo o f I vo ry, Cover ed :witJ1 blossom s of M ay.

I t oo k my boat on a starry nig ht A nd w ent fo r a row on th e wat er, Wher e she da nc ed like a child on a wa ke of lig ht, A nd bowed w here th e r ipples ca ug ht her.

M y boa t was lig ht a nd a iry, A nd g la d was my hea rt w ith w ishin g, W hen I ch anced to see a fa iry Wh o stood o n the r ock s a -fi shing.

C. M eehan (Third Y ea r }.

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Cathedral Place, East Melbourne Opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral

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