Caritas 1947

CATHOLIC LADIES COLLEGE CATHEDRAL

PLACE,

EAST MELBOURNE.

(Co nducted by the Sisters of Charity)

Assistant Editresses : GRACE MENADUE and MARGARET UNIACKE Registered at the General Pa st Office, Melbourne, for tran smission by post as a periodical

At the Centenary Celebrations of Melbourne Archdiocese, May, 1948, His Eminence, Francis, Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of Ne\Y York, His Eminence, Norman, Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, with the host of the Celebrations, His Grace, Archbishop Mannix.

IE I[) 11 lri() ll? 11 A\ IL " Goin g they went and wept, c asting th eir se ed s, But co ming , they shal l come wi th joy f ulness, c arryin g their s heaves ."

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Du rin g the Centenary cele brati ons, in 1948, we have looked back at the A us tralian pionee rs' hero ic express io n o f their faith. W e have loo ked in admirati o n at the rugged g rit, ingenious o riginality, and h umou rous hum anity which, rooted in a sile nt dignity, and a deep unsp o ken wi stful ness fo r an at- homeness in the world of th e spirit, are f undamental c haracteri stics of the se sons o f the b us h. Th e A us tralians have played a bra ve and tragic part in two world-wars . N ow A ustral ia, still at pea c e wit hin itse lf , is bein g sou ght a s a refuge from the last war' s after math in ot her countries. But a brave an d genero us peopl e ha s been crue lly betrayed - perhap s part ly self. betrayed - b y a lo ng succession o f g ove rnm e nts whi c h ha ve refu sed to finance the religiou s educatio n of A ustral ian chil d ren. Th e irrelig ious att itude o f mind t h us fostered in seve ral success ive gene rat ions has so weakened the nati o nal mo rale that Russi an atheisti c C o mmunism ha s found an easy entrance. A us tralians no w realize t ha t their count ry ha s wi thi n it the eleme nts o f a d est ruct ive forc e that is secretly and su re ly und ermining the vitality of their young nati o nh ood. Yet t hey kn o w that they have fa ced ot her p erils, ha ve come t hroug h, and still kept t heir gallant sp irit of adve nt ure . But this co mmuni sm is a canc er whi c h, g nawin g at th e very vitals o f the nati o n, will de s tro y b ot h Commun ists and t he ir ha lf-h e arted oppo nents fo r this wo rld and the nex t . . So wide spread is the growt h that unle ss eve ry man, wom an, and child, for many years, uses every possi bl e means of co ntact t o s pread the tr uth about C o mm unism , a nd the trut h about Christianity, we s hall no t su rvive . C om muni st s are not to be fo ught as enlightened, bitter enemie s, but taug ht a s, in the mass, well-meaning, th ou gh misguided pe o ple. The wo rst pe rso n is not th e blind ed C o mmuni st, but th e se lfish, apathe ti c, unp ra ctic a l Cath olic, o r Chri stian generally. That there are diabo lically c ruel C ommu ni sts and heroi call y c haritable Catholics and other Chri stians we all kn ow, b ut we are loo ki ng at Chri stians and C ommunists in the mass ju st no w. From sc hoolboys and schoolgi rls voti ng in th eir capta in s throug h th e Uni o ns electing thei r executives, t o all A ustral ian men and wo men elect in g the members of t heir Fede ra l G overnment, the intelligent co nsc ientio us use of the vote is vital. Personal and party p re ju di ces must b e d ro pped , and the intelligenc e and moral worth of the b oy or g irl, man o r wo man, al one all owed t o have a vo ice in th e natio n's de stiny . Cas ual conversation is mome ntous - a rema rk ma y c han ge the cou rse of a life. Fict io n, the novel and sho rt st ory, are largely read for dail y recreati o n, pamphlets fo r information - at present they are undermining t he faith and mo ral s o f A ustra lian s t o an appal ling ex tent. Wh o are re sponsible fo r this ? Many o f us in on e way o r another. Ed ucati o n is cate ring more and more for the b o dy , and less and les-; for the mind. H o w many c la sses o f indi vid uals are responsi b le fo r this? Se lfishness is so strong, that em pl oye rs will not s hare , and workers will not wo rk . Goo d manners, in ot her wo rd s, si ncere h umility and c harity , with refinemen t of mind, have almost gone. The ann ou ncer of A ust ralian new s ha s just said, " In the event o f a war between t he U nited States of Am e ri ca and Russia, A ust ra lian Communi sts say that Ru ssi an troop s will be welcome in A ustralia " - in which case sterling Chris tian s may ex pect impri sonm ent and death . So that is where we arc now . Is ho pe go ne t hen? Never, · wh ile G od is ab ove and we are ali ve. Our grea test hope lies in ou r inheritance fr om t he pioneer A ustralia n Cath olics, an enlightened sys tem o f Cathol ic e d ucatio n for b oth ri c h and p oo r. In 1948 we saw what ha s b ee n done for C atho lic educ a t io n in th e la st hundred years, what great leaders we had , and have. While th., re is time, if there is a ny, le t us re so lve , eve ry man, woman, and c hi ld, t o find ou t what each of us a s an In dividual c a n d o in the c a use of G od and our neig hbour, ·Ln t he sch ool s and o ut, an d DO IT . Th en , sowin g in fear and hope, we, and future 9 en.e~a ti ons 1 will su rel y rea p in t he su nshini;i QI se cu rity and ladne ss: <.,. -~t.I'

CONTENTS Editorial March of Catholic Education Melbourne 's Archbishops An Ever-Living Centenary Religion Prize Day at C .L.C ., 1947 The Approach to Gerard Ma nl ey Ho pkin s Res pi cite Selecting Your Career Parents as Educators A Rich Inheritance Golden Jubilee of Sister M. Emerentiana Annual Report of Old Collegians' Associat io n, No v., 19'7 - No v., 1948 Old Collegians' Ball Tuning In Commemoration Day Sport C.L.C. Diary As Young Artists See Music, Fire and Wind Matriculation Class Notes Leaving Class Notes C.L.C. Annual Concert Intermediate Class Notes Third Year Class Notes Remove Year Class Notes Second Year Class Notes First Year Class Notes Sixth Grade Class Notes Fifth Grade Class Notes Results of Public Examinations Music Results : University .Conservatorium of Music

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ILLUSTRATIONS Melbourne 's Archbishops First Communicants and Parents Flower Strewers College Groups Annmaree Jones Successful Music Pupils College Prefects Confirmation Group Debutantes at C .L.C. Ball Tennis Eight Basketball and Tennis Groups A and B Basketball Teams Matriculation Snaps Junior Government Scholarship Winners Intermediates Third Years Second Years Juniors Sports and Class Captains

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March of Catholic Education By Rev. D. Conquest, B.A., Dip.E d., Director of Catholic Education.

By courtesy of the Editor of "The Advocate." The most remarkable chapter in the story of the Catholic Church in Melbourne during the past hundred years is unquestionably that of Catholic education. On the foundation of an almost universal system of parish schools, Melbourne Catholics, like their brethren throughout Australia, have reared a unique edifice of Christian education, which includes secondary schools, technical schools, commercial schools, orphanage schools, reformatories, schools for the afflicted, teachers' training colleges, agricultural colleges, university colleges, youth training centres, adult education institutes, discu5sion groups and night schools.

FIRST SCHOOL

In 1848, the year of the first Bishop's arrival, the first permanent brick school was built, adjacent to St. Francis'. It is still standing to-day. In 1850, there were 13 Catholic schools ire the Port Phillip district. In 1857, after the gold rushes, the number had risen to 74, with an enrolment of about 4,000 pupils. Two years later, there were 91 recognised Catholic schools, attended by 5,369 children and taught by 129 teachers, nearly all of them laymen and women. All these schools received recognition and assistance from the State. Then the blow struck. During the 'sixties and 'seventies, after a bitter struggle, education was secularised. The sponsor of the Victorian Act, Mr. J . Wilberforce Stephens, did not disguise his real objective, namely, to drive a wedge that would rend Catholics asunder.

EDUCATION CRISIS

But Bishop, priests and people stood firm in their fight for Christian education. From their slender resources, they set about building and maintaining their Catholic schools, though they were forced-as they still are-to pay their share of taxation towards the cost of the free secular and compulsory system of the State. The religious teaching Orders, mostly from Ireland, but also from England and France,

came to the rescue, and, headed by the Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Mercy, contingent after contingent arrived during the years that followed. Through the faith , generosity and sacrifice of the Catholic people, Catholic schools continued to multiply, so that ten years after the passing of the secular education Act, there were 18,792 children in Catholic schools, and the numbers continued to increase with the years.

EARLY ORGANISATION

During the early years, little could be done for the effective and systematic organisation of Catholic education. The schools, of course, operated under the control of the Hierarchy, but whatever organisation existed was due to the religious Orders in charge of the schools, each working· within its own sphere. In 1888, the Rev. Dr. Graber was appointed by Archbishop Carr as Inspector of Schools, and he was followed by Fr. Ganly (1892) and Dean McCarthy (1898) . In 1902, Dean McCarthy became Superintendent of Schools, and, with the co-operation of the teaching Orders, laid the foundations of the present excellent system. He was assisted by Mr. N. J. Cooke and later by Mr. C. X. O'Driscoll (1911). Upon the elevation of Dr. McCarthy to the See of Sandhurst, the late Mgr. John Lonergan was appointed his successor, and continued until he became Administrator of the diocese in 1924, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Beovich, now Archbishop of Adelaide. In the beginning of this century Archbishop Carr appointed Miss Barbara Bell (later a nun of the Sacre Coeur Convent) to help the establishment and supervision of Catholic training colleges for the teachers in Victoria. Later, Miss Bell's experience and advice were also availed of by the State Education Department. The Archbishop's appointment anticipated the passing by the Government of the Teachers' Registration Act, which became law ill 1907.

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In 1932, his Grace Archbishop Mannix established a Catholic Education Office, witli a Director of Catholic Education to maintain the co-ordination of the Catholic school system, to exercise a general supervision over the various types of Catholic schools, and to treat directly with the State Department of Public Instruction and other public bodies on matters affecting school policy and curricula. The centre of the Catholic school system is the parochial school, where the children are in close contact with their parish priest and church. After the completion of Grade VII, talented children of parents whose economic circumstances are restricted are helped to continue their studies by Catholic scholarships, and, in a limited degree, by State scholarships.

CENTRAL SCHOOLS

This was assisted by the establishment. in 1929, of two diocesan central schools- St. Colman's, Fitzroy, for boys; and St. Ita's, North Fitzroy, for girls. The number of central schools gr adually increased, so that by 1939 they numbered 10, situated at Fitzroy, Malvern, East St. Kilda, Moonee Ponds, West Melbourne and Ripponlea. Soon after the establishment of the Catholic Education Office technical schools and domestic arts centres were founded. Two diocesan junior technical schools were established about 1933, at South Melbourne and Abbotsford. This year (1948) an intermediate technical school has been added, and a junior technical school el'tablished at Geelong'. There are also to-day four Domestic Arts Centres and 15 additional local units. • In 1934, "The Children's World," the Catholic schoolpaper, was established and a Catholic History Syllabus was approved by the Victorian Education Department. In . 1945, Catholic History Readers were published for the first time for the school!'. of the Archdiocese. In 1936, a Catholic Vocational Guidance Auxiliary was established.

PARENTS' ASSOCIATION

In 1939, when Dr. Beovich was appointed Archbishop of Adelaide, his assistant, Rev. D. Conquest, B.A., Dip.Ed., succeeded to the directorship of ihe Catholic Education Office.

Under his administration have been established the Catholic Primary Schools' Parents' Association, a School for Retarded Children, and the Young Christian Students' Movement, all in 1942. In 1943'; the Victorian Government instituted a grant for denominational kindergartens. There are now 14 Catholic kindergartens, situated at Fitzroy, East Melbourne, South Melbourne, West Melbourne, Hawthorn, Ascot Vale, • Flemington, North Fitzroy, Yarraville, Carlton, West Brunswick, Kensington, Toorak qnd Malvern. In 1944, Miss Julia Flynn, a distinguished educationalist, was appointed Advisory Officer to the Catholic Secondary Schools, and in the same year the internal system cif examinations was introduced into Catholic schools. In 1946, the Catholic Schools' Library Service was inaugurated, and, finally, in 1948, a Diocesan Correspondence Course in Christian Doctrine was established.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGES

The crown oI the Catholic education structure in Melbourne are its two university colleges-Newman College for men, St. Mary's Hall for women. Newman College is built on a site of a little nver ten acres on land granted by the university. The college is conducted by the Jesuit !"athers and governed by a council, of which hi.s Grace the Archbishop is the president. St. Mary's Hall, "the sister institution to Newman College," is situated at Parkville and conducted by the Loreto Sisters. Like Newman College, St. Mary's Hall is affiliated with the University of Melbourne. To-day there are in the Archdiocese of Melbourne 163 primary schools (five with secondary classes), attended by 32,438 children. There are 14 colleges for toys, 30 colleges for girls, four domestic arts centres., five business colleges, four technical schools, one agricultural college, a1,tended by 10,653 students. The two university colleg'es are attended by 238 students. Finally, there are 290 students at ten ecclesiastical colleges. The total number attending the Catholic schools and colleges of the Archdiocese of Melbourne is just over 44,000.

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ARCHBISHOP GOOLD

ARCHBISHOP CARR

ARCHBISHOP MANNIX

Melbourne's Archbishops REV. L. P. MORAN, College Chaplain. The passing year has well been memorable for the Catholic people of Melbourne. It has been the occasion of renewing many old memories, memories which we should never allow to pass, and has left, too, a host of new and pleasant ones. The celebrations during the first week in May were memorable because of the presence of many distinguished visitors from all parts of the world, because of the remarkable enthusiasm shown by the Catholic people, because of the Consecration of Australia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but memorable too for the event commemorated, the centenary of the consecration and arrival of Melbourne's first Bishop, with fervent thanksgiving to God for all blessings showered down during the hundred years since then. The establishment of the Heirarchy in Victoria in 1848 was indeed a notable event. It expressed the fact that the infant Church in these parts, though still small in numbers and practically undeveloped, had nevertheless reached .a certain measure of maturity. By the institution of Christ Himself, the Bishops, as successors of the Apostles, were the chief pastors to whom was committed the care of His flock, the preaching of His word and the extension of His Kingdom on earth. And how well has that task been accomplished by those who shouldered that responsibility in that century

of Melbourne's Catholic history, which may perh a ps seem a short period compared to the life s pan of the Church in more ancient lands, but which is still rich in achievement attained by the blend of youthful zeal and generosity with the wisdom of mature and experienced years. These achievements of planning, growth and fulfillment can be estimated fully by God alone, but to those of C.L.C. may be said to be important for two facts- the growth of the Catholic education system, and the Cathederal Church which dominates all activities and which is a constant inspiration and reminder of noble aspirations and ambitions, both of which are the fruit of sacrifice. When in 1847 the new See of Melbourne was established, it was Dean Goold of Campbelltown, N.S.W. , who was .chosen as the first Bishop, at the age of 35 years. He was consecrated August 6, 1848, and on October 6, after driving overland from Sydney, he reached Melbourne and took up residence at St. Francis'. During the next thirty-eight years he laboured unceasingly, laying the foundations of the Church throughout Victoria. They were the years of the gold rush, the land struggles and the educat ion crisis. When an agitation in favour of secular education carried on for nearly twenty years culminated during the early seventies in the establishment of the present State educa-

CARITA$ tional system, Bishop Goold protested most vehemently, but to no avail. The Catholic schools remained, however, to the glory of the Bishop and his flock. Many religious congregations accepted the invitation of Dr. Goold to come to Melbourne to staff the schools, which were thus enabled to continue. In 1850 Bishop Goold laid the foundation stone of St. Patrick's Church, Eastern Hill, but its building was interrupted by the discovery of gold. This led to such a vast influx of population from all over the world that Dr. Goold foresaw the need of a Cathedral more in keeping with a rising metropoli&. Providentially there arrived in Melbourne about this time William Wilkinson Wardell, an architect of rare distinction, whom Bishop Goold, with remarkable vision and courage, commissioned to plan the present Cathedral in place of the original church. In face of tremendous opposition, the building was commenced, and was still continuing at the death of the Bishop nearly thirty years later, on June 11 , 1886. The second Archbishop, Most Rev. Dr. Carr, occupied the see for thirty-one years. He had been Bishop of Galway for three years when transferred to Melbourne. His work during the latter years of last century and the rising days of Commonwealth Federation up to the first world wa.r was predominantly one of consolidation of what he had inherited. He so guided and built that the growth of the Catholic education system became the most remarkable ::\chievement in the Church's growth. In his own words, "like Israel in Egypt, the more the Catholic body wa3 educationally oppressed, the more they were multiplied and incre ased. " Curing his Episcopate the pupils in Catholic schools increased from 11 ,500 to 30,000. When Archbishop Carr arrived in Melbourne, St. Patrick's Cathedral was well advanced but far from being completed. During the labours of over thirty years £150 ,000 had been expended. In spite of finan cial sLringency consequent on the collapse of the land boom, the Archbishop energetically pushed ahead with the construc ti.on work, and on October 31 , 1897, the Cathed ral, completed save for its spires and towers, and fully furnished , was solemnly consecrated in the presence of the Cardinal and Archbishops and Bishops of the Church throughout Australia. In 1912 Archbishop Carr applied to Rome for a Coadjutor, the present Archbishop, Most Rev . Dr. Mannix, being appointed. Dr. Carr died on

May 6, 1917, and like his predecessor was buried within the Cathedral. His Grace Dr. Mannix last May completed his thirty-first anniversary as Archbishop of Melbourne. They have been critical years in the history of Australia and the world, but yet for the Church in Melbourne have been years of spectacular advance. It is difficult for us to estimate fully the work of the first two Archbishops, it is difficult too, to pass complete and adequate judgement here, for it is almost impossible to assess aright the importance of contemporary events. We will but state a few facts concerning the two topics we have been discussing. Coming as he did from the pres-idency of the largest ecclesiastical seminary in the world, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, it was natural that the Catholic education question should under the new Archbishop receive, if possible, a new impetus. Not only did he protest against the education anomaly as " the one great stain upon the statute books of this free and progressive land," but active steps were taken to extend and widen the scope of Catholic educational facili ties. With the encouragement and support of Archbis-hop Carr, who did not live to see its completion, the project of a Catholic College within the University of Melbourne was proceeded with , and Newman College was opened on March 24, 1918. On March 3, 1923 , Corpus Christi College, Werribee, was blessed and opened as a seminary for the Church in Victoria, a nd in the quarter century since, over two hundred pries ts have been educated there. Two technical s chools, eight Central schools, five business colleges, an agricultural college, a home for retarded children , a training farm for boys a nd a home for deaf children were also established during the period, while the total of all students has increased to over 43,000. In 1936 was initiated the work of the completion of the Cathedral. During the celebration cf the centenary of the first Mass in Melbourne, held in October, 1939, there were blec;sed the main spire and the twin front spires. which dominate the sky- line of the city, and whi ch crown what has been described as "a work of centuries crowded into years. " To the Catholics of Melbourne it. is a symbol of achievement and a monument to the pioneers. May their memory ne ver fade and the force of their inspiration never weaken.

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An Ever-Living Centenar y When we reach the years of discretion Ruskin and St. Ignatius of Loyola advise us to take stock of our personal assets. This means that we · look at our past to see how we have acted on critical occasions and thereby find out our characteristic good and bad qualities. The discovery of what we are now helps us to see what we should be in the future. We also look at our environment and circumstances to see how far we can be what we should be. The manner in which the Melbourne Diocesan Catholic Centenary Celebrations were organised by the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Rev. Dr. Mannix, D.D., LL.D. , made not only Victoria but the whole of Australasia do some stocktaking. In this case, though, except in one instance, the growth of Communism, no attention was drawn to our faults. Our attention was continually directed to the characters of our pioneer archbishops, bishops, priests, religious men and women, and especially to the pioneer people. We realised the living faith and undaunted determination to practise it in the face of powerful opposition, which was brought to this country by our Catholic forbears. We also saw the friendly co-operation given by upright non-Catholic Christians to the Catholics in their struggle with hostile politicians, the battle raging chiefly round the standard of a thoroughly Catholic education for their children. The way in which non-Catholic and secular bodies worked with his Grace, Dr. Mannix, for the amazing success of the Centenary Celebrations exceeded all expectations, but was still in the traditional Australian spirit of enthusiasm in a g·ood cause and admiration for a great leader. We read and hear a great deal about the world-wide materialistic tendencies of presentday education; indeed one of our most scholarly overseas visitors, Bishop Browne of Galway, stressed the evil in one of his speeches in New Zealand. However, in Victoria, if the Catholics remain true to the spirit of the pioneers, we need not be discouraged , for of all the Centenary celebrations the one which made the deepest impression on the visitors was the Children's Mass at the Exhibition Building, at which fifteen thousand boys and girls formed both congregation and choir. We know that one of the ways in which a human soul is most fully revealed is in song. The revelation of those fifteen thousand young souls was a joyful surprise to our distinguished visitors. In

his sermon at the final Mass of the Centenary, just before consecrating Australia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, his Eminence, Cardinal Gilroy, spoke in terms of the highest praise of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Melbourne remarking, "The education of Catholic youth has been attended to with punctilious care." We Australians are often told by constructive critics about our lack of culture. The Centenary celebrations, on the contrary, encouraged us by actually proving that we were more cultured than we thought. Preaching in St. P atrick's Cathedral at the Pontifical Requiem Mass for the pioneers of Melbourne, his Grace, Archbishop Duhig, said of the Cathedral, "Its measurements exceed those of many cathedrals of Europe, and its central spire is probably the finest architectural gem in the modern Catholic world." After the Catholic Philharmonic Choir's brilliant performance of Mgr. Refice's oratorio, "Franciscan Triptych," under the direction of the Rev. P ercy Jones, Ph.D., Mus. Doc., many of the overseas visitors admitted that "anything of the kind would be impossible in their own countries, even in the United States," and also highly praised the Palestrina Masses at the Cathedral and the Exhibition. At the Archbishop of Melbourne's request the Trustees of the Public Library of Victoria arranged an exhibition of rare manuscripts illustrating the exposition of Christian doctrine down the ages. There was also an exhibition of contemporary religious art, the prizes for winning exhibits being donated by Archbishop Mannix and Cardinal Spellman. The presentation of the modern morality play, "No Mean City," proved that we knew both how to write and produce a play. There was no need to tell us our predominant failing. Happy-go-lucky, and a little too sportsloving and comfort-loving, we have not thought enough about the people who live in slums and who find life hard, and we have - and well we know it now - allowed the silent secret growth of the deadly disease, Communism, to gnaw at our very vitals. Monsignor Fulton Sheen gave a clear exposition of this cruel, destructive movement, and explained the remedies, the spiritual one being the distinguishing· between the sin and the sinner, between the unhappy Communist and diabolical Communism. Here Monsignor Fulton Sheen

CARITAS struck the key-note of th e Centenary celebrations and of the Australian character - charity. It was he who told us that we are, like the Americans, a friendly people. He also remarked in his broadcast to the United States and Canada, "The annihilation of space and time by rapid communication is no misfortune provided people are already united in mind and hearts, for then is fellowship increased. When souls are one it is a blessing to bring bodies together." And then we remembered that we now have the same Immaculate Mother as America since, during the Centenary, Australia was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. His Lordship, Bishop Grimshaw, said that the children smiled easily and to judge by the Centenary photographs- which appeared in the Melbourne "Advocate," to which paper this article is much indebted - the Hierarchy of Australia and New Zealand have a sense of humour. In his broadcast to the British Isles Bishop Grimshaw gave personal impressions of Australians which really may sink the liners bringing· British immigrants out here, and especially he stressed the fact that the Australians love, and feel the deepest concern for, the people "at home. " The person who has stirred up warm and sincere friendship between Austra lia and a

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I I great part of the world is, of course, his Grace Dr Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne. It is the special brand of friendship for all humans , as the children of our Common Father through which Dr. Mannix meets on their own level the small boys and girls playing in the streets, the "down and outs" whom no one else would condescend to notice, and distinguished prelates and cardinals of world-wide prestige. Iii was an enlightening experience for Australians to meet a great man like Cardinal Spellman, deeply spiritual, world-minded, humble, and charming, and such a brilliant and distinguished statesman as Mr. De Valera who is also a man of faith. The Archbishop of Melbourne has rendered many services to Victoria, Australia, and the world by his virile faith , undaunted courage and enlightened leadership, but poss.jbJy his greatest service to Australasia and the world has been the organising of the Melbourne Diocesan Catholic Centenary Celebrations. Australia sees that she is now recognised as a nation, and his Grace Dr. Mannix has given her the encouragement needed as she enters on nationhood and has shown her the path she should follow, the love of her fellow nations as cf herself for the Jove of her Creator and Redeemer Wh ose children we all are.

REV. l. P. MORAN WITH FIRST COMMUNICANTS AND PARENTS. (Left to right } Jos ep h Lopes, J oseph Byrnes, Teddy Sims.

Second Row: J an ice M artin, El a ine Pal me r, Pa tri cia Catt e rall, M a rg aret O'Hare. Front Row : Patricia A nsell, Patricia Sk ehan 1 Karin Flemin g , Cath e rine H0 rsley, M ar g aret Carter, Joan Dunlea , Wendy Brennan.

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Religion STUDENTS' ANNUAL RETREAT AT THE CATHOLIC LADIE S' COLLEGE.

On Thursday, August 19, his Grace, Archbishop Mannix, celebrated Mass at 8.30 at the Catholic Ladies' College, at the close of the students' annua l retreat, which was given by the Rev Father Williamson. C.SS.R. and the Rev. Father Shelton, C.SS.R. The altar was bea utiful with white almond a nd pink peach blossom and the Archbishop wore his· regal white Gothic vestments. The singing of the College Choir was sweet and devotional. At the Communion breakfas t his Grace, Dr. Ma nnix, congratulated th e children on their well-kept silence durin g the retreat a nd said th at h e was delighted to find , during the Centenary celebrations, that th e deepest impression was made by the children with their singing and everything else. His Grace said th at h e knew tha t the Austra lian Catholic schools of both the Brothers and Sisters com-

pared favourably with other schools a nd h e hoped th at the girls would always live up to th e traditions of the Catholic girls of Australia and of the Catholic Ladies' College. Rev. Father Williamson said that everyone pres€n t must feel very grateful to his Grace . th e Archbishop, for coming that morning. He h ad th ough t h e was going to give a retreat to novices but found they were veterans. If the girls lived up to the spirit of the retreat, they would r eally be Ca tholic ladies. The Communion breakfast had lasted a very short time, but he hoped they were all going to meet at a banquet that would be eternal, and once more gath er round their beloved Archbishop. OUR ANNUAL RETREAT

On August 16 we commenced our a nnual retreat which was given by the Rev. Father Willia mson and t h e Rev. Father Shelton of th e Redemptorist order. Each day began with Mass and closed with Benediction and we

REV. L. P. MORAN AT BREAKFAST WITH FIRST COMMUNICANTS .

Left lo right : Joan Dun lea, Kar in Flemi ng , Patricia Catterall, Margaret Carte r, Joseph Lopes, Teddy Sims, Joseph Byrnes , Elaine Palmer, Catherine Ho rsl ey, Patricia Skehan, Margaret O' H are, Pa tr icia A nce ll, W endy Brennan, Ja nice M artin.

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were kep t busy a ll th e time. We h a d four lectmes a day which proved ver y in teresting. The Priests took up our pa pers ea ch day. These papers were a brief summary we mad e of th e lectures we had, th e prayers we said, a nd t h e exercises and acts we did. The Priests were very pleased with our papers. The Mass wa s fully explained to us. Father Willia m son h a d brought Father Shelton with h im. Father Shelton said Mass while Father Williamson explained it to us. The Fathers heard our con fessions on Tuesday and Wednesday in prepara t ion for our Holy Communion on Thurs day. On Thursday morning the Archbishop s aid Mass and gave each one of us Holy Communion . We had a lovely Communion brea kfast a f ter which the Archbishop and Father Willia m son made some very nice speeches. - Helen English \Intermedia te ) . FIRST COMMUNION

On Sunday, October 10, the Feast of Christ the King, fourteen little children made t h eir First Holy Communion. It was a real spring· morning and the flowers on th e a ltar wer e peach blossom and pa lely-tin ted poppies. Th P

College Choir sa ng ver y softl y. "How pme. how fr a il and whi te," "H ow sweet it is t o be a li ttle child ," a nd the First Communion hymn . It was a very happy moment for the sm a ll First Communica nts when their fri end, t h e College Chaplain , Rev. F a th er Moran, vested a lso in white, bent down to give th em their Best Friend for th e first t ime. Father Moran a lso helped the little ones by making their thanksgiving aloud with them. The large numb er of parents and gra ndparents who wer e presen t at Mass also r eceived Holy Communion. OBITUARY

Early on Sunda y morning'. 7th November , Sister M . John Berchma ns Miles passed away peacefull y a t S t. Vincent's Hospita l, Melbourne. It was th e happy ending of a long life of fai thf ul ser vice to God in the cause of Catholic education . Sister M . John Berchmans entered th e no vitiate of the Si5ter s of Cha rity in 1892. a nd, after mak ing h er religious vows at St . Vincen t's Conven t , Potts P oint, Sydney, taught for som e time a t Ashfi eld a nd P a ddington, Sydney, a nd for m a n y year s at St. Columba's

FLOWER STREWERS FOR HOLY THURSDAY. Back Row :

( Left t o righ t) Val erie Phillips, M arlene Duff, Joy Reeves.

Second Row : Ve rna M ann ing, M a ri a Sicilia no.

Front Row :

Lou ise Gibb , Flo ra Nico letti , Ivy Moo re, Deanna Conti , H elen Bowden ,

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14 College, Essendon, and the Catholic Ladies' College, East Melbourne, where she remained until a very short time before h er death. Requiem Mass was celebrated by the College Chaplain, Rev. L. Moran, on Monday morning in the convent chapel of the Sisters of Charity at the Catholic Ladies' College, East Melbourne. Amon g those present were the Rev. L. Lachal, S.J ., Messrs. Leslie and Charles Miles of Armadale, Melbourne, nephews of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miles and Mr. and Mrs. MacMahon of Malvern, Messrs. Bertrand and Eric Daniel , nephews, and Mrs. P arton , n iece, two of whose sons are at the Chri5 tian Brothers' College, S trathfield, Sydney, one being already a Christian Brother a nd the oth er about to ente r the novitiate. R.I.P.

MATER IMMACULATA

Silent and pure as snow slipped Mary into a world Of rich-toned autumn splendours, deep-rotted at the core, Cleopatra's world and Caesar's, with flags unfurled Of fascinating potency on burnished barge:; Purple-sailed, of beaten gold. Mary's eyes, Deep pools of light, held splendours far more Potent than any eagle-minded Caesar to the skies Aspiring ever dreamed of, battling bravely. Her tiny fingers rounded the grapes' sun-sweet Translucence, through the quiet forest flowers Stumbled her baby feet; she heard the flee t Rivers, wide-eyed, and the birds ; inly sh e listened To the Spirit breathing the beauty of law, fillin g All being with love , overcoming the dark mists Of evil with the life-light of truth, thrilling Her innocent child-soul with unearthly purity. rn the Temple where white marble columns fluted Soared slenderly up to the roofs of carved cedar Wide-branching, Mary heard - only halfmutedCries of sacrificial victims resounding Through the dim vastn esses. God did not desire

Their terrified animal pain, His· temple a sh a mbles; Grasping and sinning the J ews a ppeased no t His ire Through the innocent creatures keeping His laws in simplicity. Mary came back to the Temple holding her Son In her virginal a rms, her God Who came as a victim Instead of the racing lambs with their mothers, of dun Oxen , of white startled doves, like the two That Joseph stroked softly, instead of the Pharisee Purse-proud, self-righteous, coating corruption with whiteness, Cruel hypocrite of all the hoary ages, of the centuries to be; Baby Jesus' s weetness· came instead of him and me. Ma ry offered her Child and herself. He would Hush the crying of the dark-eyed pagan babies put Out in urns to die unwa nted. His own race could Use, hard-hearted, the excruciating Roman cross To kill Him. Mary heard the piercing word Of Simeon, a nd her mother-heart began to bleed Deeply, silently; a tumultuous pity stirred The ocean of her love, the pain of mothers whose sons die. Beyond all women valiant, she drank with her Son The dark draught of Calvary, to know in His Rising, In the wakening depths of her being, a gladness spun Of His Spirit's clear sunlight pouring Its luminous glory Through her on His Mystical Members. Now that they Suffer for Christ and His cause, Helper of Christians Silent she points to her sunlit land, with its spray Of stars in the South, a jewelled Cross in the night-sky.

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Prize Day at C.L.C., 1947 His Grace the Archbishop presented the prizes at the annual prize-giving on Thursday afternoon, 11t h December , :::,t the Catholic Ladies' College. As his Grace, accompanied by the College Cha plain , R ev. L. P. Moran, en tered t h e h a ll, the students· sang Stadler 's "Ecce Sacerdos," which was followed by an address of welcome to h is Grace, read by Imelda P a lmer. The college choir then san g th e Irish air , "The Galway Piper," from the " R akes of Ma llow," arranged by Percy Fletch er, with deJ;glltful tonal shading. In h er pianofor te solo, Chopin's "Valse in E Minor," Aline R ya n gave a musical r endering of the item wi th a sympa thetic interpretation of the highly individual temperament •.>f the composer. The junior choir then continued the programme with Filby's "Berceusf: " and Rubinstein's "Voices of t he Woods," two m elodious numbers sung with evident pleas ure by the choir, after which Ann ema ree J ones played a. violin solo, P aganini's " C ap~·ice , " with brillia nt techmque and musical fe eling, The special choir th en sang three unaccompanied part ;;ongs, Krasinsky's "Cradle Song," W eelkes' "The Nighting·a le," 'lnrt the Christmas carol "Silent Night" softly and with exquisite tone. The fresh, liquid quality of t h e voices in "The Nightingale," with the bright staccato eff ects, was very lovely, as was also the strik ingly contrasted h a rmony of the four-p art "Silent Night." The orogramme concluded with the choral "Australia " sung by the college choir, after which the prizes were presented by t h e Archbishop, who then thanked the studen ts for their beautiful concert. In replying tc t h e address of welcome his Grace said that h e was h a ppy to note that a ll were taking an in terest in the Centenary celebra tions of n ext yea r . The Centen ar y, said his Grace, would be a noteworthy event. Distinguished visitors from all over t h e world were coming, and we mus t pray for fine weather, hard to g·e t in May, and harder to get in May in Melbourne. We should be proud of a ll that has happened in the 100 years of the existence of the Archdiocese, for in t h at 100 years the Catholics of Victoria had laid t he foundation s of great religious works. The work of t h e pioneers, poor people, who commenced such a cath edral as S t. Patrick's and simila r monumen ts of t heir faith a ll over Victoria, would a lone be sufficient reason for celebrating t h e Centenary. It might be said that th e present generation was just as good as its

predecessors of th e last 100 years, and all must pray earnestly a nd constantly that the Centenary celebrations mi ght be a great su ccess. The prize list was as follows :-

MATRICULATION

Christia n DoctrineMother General's Prize ANNE BROWN DuxBessie Kenn edy 's Prize , . IMELDA P ALlVIER English-Dollie Egan's Prize PAULA NOSEDA English Expression . . . , . . MOY A ALLWELL Modern Languag·e sMollie Cardiff's Prize MARGARET FENNESSY MathematicsMargaret Kissane's Prize MARGARET LAWSON S cienceAn Ex-Studen t's Prize MARY KUMMROW Ristory, . MARIE PI'I'TLE Dotie Killen 's Prize Ar t , . JOAN LEWIS (Leaving Certificate) Courtesy and Good M a nners JOSEPHINE RUSH LEAVING CERTIFICATE

Christian Doctrine . . . . GRACE MENADUE 1st Aggregate RUTH DAVOREN 2nd Aggrega te BERYL STYRING 3rd Aggregate . . . , , . MARGARET UNIACKE FOURTH YEAR

Christian Doctrine . , MARGARET COSTIGAN 1st Aggregate , . PAULINE DAVOREN 2nd Aggregate DOREEN WILLIAMS 3rd AggregateMARGARET O'NEILL, DENISE ATKINSON (Aeq.) 4th Aggregate INES SABBATUCCI 5th Aggregate LENORE KERSTON 6th Ag'gregate , , . . . . MAUREEN RUSSELL

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'6 MUSIC

THIRD YEAR Chris tian Doctrine

PATRICIA DOWSLEY URSULA AYLMER

1st AggTegate . . . .

. . RITA FURLONG

2nd Aggregate 3rd

ELAINE

Aggregate

O 'BRIEN

P ia n oforte. Grade I, Hon ou rsMaimie Cli1Iofd's Prize . . L .L.C.M. Diploma, Honours-

ALINE RY AN

4th Aggregate .. .. MARGARET MERCOVICH

Connie O 'L o u ghlin 's Prize MARGARET MATTHEWS

5th Aggreg·atePAULINE WALKER. MARGARET JAMIESON (aeq .)

Grade I , Credit . . . . . . GRACE MENADUE . . BERYL STYRING Grade II, Honours .. . . V ALERTE MULLINS

Grade III, Honours REMOVE YEAR Christian Doctrine . . . . . . . . JUNE MEESE 1:::t AggregateENGLISH. HELEN (aeq .)

G WENDA

Violin. Grade II, H on o urs a nd Exhibition ANNEMARE:i!: JONFS

MILLER ART OF SP EECH

2nd Aggregate ... . . . . . .. MARY SHELTON 3rd AggregateLOIS RODEN , BEVERLEY SMITH (aeq .)

Miss O 'S hea's Prizes. IMELDA PALMER

Speechcraft Debating

MOYA ALLWELL

..

SECOND YEA!{

Speechcraft, 4th Year . . HELEN O 'SULLIVAN

Christian Doctrine . . . . . . NOELA DIXON 1st Aggregate . . . . . DOROTHY DONNELLAN .. . . PATRICIA BATHGATE 2nd Aggregate

Dramatic Work , 3rd Year . . ALIDA LONGUM Speechcraft, Remove Yea r DENISE McCARTHY

3rd Aggr egate . . ..

.. AILEEN O 'DONOHUE

Speechcr aft. 3rd Year . . . . . . RITA BURNS

Speechcra ft , 2nd Y ear . . . . DIANE McNEIL Speechcraft, 1s t Y ear .. MARGARET DAVIES

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Fm.ST YEAR

MARGARET DAVIES

Christia n D oct rine .. 1st Aggre gate ..

2nd Aggregate 3rd Aggr egate

. . JOAN McKENNA

Senior D ivision

. . ANGELA EVANS

4th Y ear

. . MARIE CONDRON

3rd Y e ar

.. MARIE BARRY

.. FRANCES CHAMBERLAIN

. . . . ANNE BROWN

Remove YearCLARE WELCH , JOAN M acDONALD (ae q.)

S I XTH GRADE Christian Doctrine

DANCING AND DEPORTMENT

.. ELLEN MENADUE GLADYS

GORI

1st Aggr2g-ate

..

2nd Aggregate

.. MAUREEN FOX

3rd Aggregate

. . BARBARA KUTNER

. . GLENYS FLEMING

2nd Y ear . .

1s t Yea r . . . . . . FRANCES CHAMBERLAIN 5th a nd 6th

Grad e

FRANCES PITTARI

TENNIS FIFTH GRADE Christian Doctrine 1st Aggre gate 2nd Aggregate

Mr. Guiney's Prizes.

JUDITH SIMKISS ..

JILL CANT

ROSEMARY GRIFFITHS

3rd Agg regate

MARESE SQU ALIZZA

Commercia lMiss K eoo-h 's Prize

MIRELLA COMPA.RIN

C .L.C. Singles Cha mpion ship JUDITH HICKEY C.L.C. Singles Handicap MARGARET HICKEY Most Improved Senior

. . JUDITH MUNDA y

Most Improved Junior . . PATRICIA BENNETT Prize of Honour (Staff Vote ) MARGARET FENNESSl;

SENIORS a Fitzge rald, Lo rr aine W hite, Barbara Co mmon s, M arg aret C osti g an, C armel M cDon ald , C la re McDon • Back Row : Pat Dow sley, J udith Eg an, M ary Ouin .1, Coral Stu be r, Shi r ley W hite, M ary W aters , Ines Sabbatucc i, Shi rley Brana g an, M arg aret Pa tti son , Pame la O' Brien, Brend i ne Elli s, Shi rl ey Dick, J ud ith Peart, Doreen Wi lli ams, A nne W al l, M ary Guidice , Bett y M cGa nn , Ei leen Bur k M arie Grundy, Beryl Styr i ng , M ar ie Condron , M arjor ie Taylor, Pamel a ScoH, J ulie Sm ith , Patrici a El l iott, Beth Kin g ston , Kare r Brenn ecke, M ario n Bon g iorno , Lorra J i l lienn e Kel ly, Len ore U 'Ren, Margaret D'A rcy, Barbara Kutner , M ercia O l ive , Lorett e Car lson , Roma Fourth Row : M argar et Kennedy , Eli zab eth Cos ti g an, Cathe rine Foley, Ju ne M c l ean, Pa t Sla t te ry, Sylvia Gatt en b y, A nne Ma rtin , Pat New man, Shi rl ey Ryan, Pat Mason, h, Volly Birk , Ele anor M il ler, Mauree n O'Conn or, Gwen Good win, Be tty M cDermott , Lou i se Lab b, El len Me n M aureen Tie tg en s, Beve rle y Trayno r, Lurli ne C ro ss , Valerie You l, Berna de tt e El li ott , Val eri e Han cox, N ancy Fenelon, Pat Dooley, Pat Jose, M erc ia Rush, Ma ry Rus Maureen O 'Sull ivan, Gla dys Go r i . ll on, Shi r ley Ha nco x, H il da Rose, Do lores Dymd!ld , Pat Turner, Brenda O ppy , M ary W il so n, Ma rg aret Fe Third Row : Ma ry d e Bo rt oli, Ma ureen H unte r , N oela Coo p er, A lma C lyne, Rita Fur lon g , Ursul" A yl mer, M area O liv i~ ri, Norma H or sin g ton , M ary M cN amara, Tess ie Di , Imel d a M ur phy, Bever ley Wal d ron , J oan M cDo nald , Vale ri e Ki ng , A nnm aree J o ne s, A nn e Tynan, Cora M enadue, J oan Seron g ., M a rg aret Uniac ke , J udi th M un d ay , J ennifer H artnett, N o ren e Mc Neil l. Ji ll Ro b erts , Rit a Bur ns, J oan Catterall, Merl e Harr is, Beverley Smith Mary Hol land , Moira Blu ett, A nn e W il l i.ams, Ju di t h McSweeney, J un e Meese, A ile en O ' Donoh ue, J udi t Second Row : A ng ela Eva ns, A ng eli na Zam burr o , J oan Omizzo lo, Ag ne s Dw yer, Shir ley Lo b b, Noe la Di xon, Mary O' H ara , J udi t h Ni ddrie , Da wn Tras k, Shir ley Sorag han, lle r, Beverle y Gal liver, J ulian a Field , J oan Kel ly, Pat Byrn e, M ary Thor nton, Mary O ' Brien , Ela i ne Fi Mi oan J cDonald, M hy Dorot Latter, lma Va ren, Davo ne Pauli n, iva l Sul Sue l, l ei cN M ne Dia , lo izzo m O a vi Syl y, Conle Maureen len, Bul ey Beverl en, Bri ' Pat Jo ne s, M ary O are t La ne, Pa t G leeson , M arg aret Tierney , Margaret H i ~ key, Elai ne O ' Br ien , Betty Crowe , Helen Eng l isl Front Row : Deid re Hi cke y, J une Rh odes, Marg are t Vi ne s, Pa t Skehan , Pat Freem an, M ary O ' Br ie n, C ynthia Sims, M au ree n M c Kerna n, C lare W elch, J udith Collin s, M arg rlain. Pat Ma ck in, Ka th leen H annon , Joan M cC ann, Mau reen O'Rourke, Moi ra Ba rr y, Winn ie M i ller, Marg ot Reg an, A nne M cKerna n, M a rie C ol li ns, Fra nces C hambe

JUNIORS. Back Row : Mauree n Golding , Ivy Moore, Marie Foley , Norma Ryan, An ne Boyd, Ba rbara Bergi n, Judith Simkiss. Norma G lasson, M argaret Horsley, Frances Pittari, Rosema ry Griffiths , Ela in e Veale, Marl ene Dixon, Ja net Severn, Pat Wilso n. J ill Ca nt, Judith Walsh. Deni se M c N ama ra , Pat Barne s, Pat Benn ett, H eather English, Pam O'Dea, Pat Bates, Gi na N icoletti , Pat Je nkins, Carmel Dockendorf!, Dar lene Fitzgerald, Dawn Mu l le ns, Janice Fitzgerald, W endy Bre nnan . Third Row : Pat Sheehan, Pat Mclaugh lin, Beverley Woods, Barbara McDer mott, Carmel Thornton, Thelma Galliver, Joan Eileen Mclaughl in, Ba r bara Brown,

Bere ni ce O ' Bri en, Judith Flanni g an, Fra nces Doherty, Pat Pohlman, Patricia Doran, Jean Zagame , Ma ree Antho ny, Mar isa Squa li zza , Barr y, Catherine W ilson , Mau reen Bayliss, Olive M oore, J ulie Collins, Lynette Latham, Pamela M cGee , M arion Lopes , Ja n Ma rtin ,

Margaret O ' Hare, Wendy Cross. Seco nd Row : An ne Siciliano, H elen Bowden, A nne McKelsen, Ela ine Pal mer, Catherine H orsley , So nia Wurth, Deanne Conti, Flora Ni colet t i, W endy Robi nson, Claire Willie, Lorr aine Sabbatucci, Norma Squalizza, Margaret Gillespie, Therese Temple, A nne Pegler, Rosaleen A nderson, H elen Thorpe, Sonia Mi ller, There sa Kenny, A nne Donovan, Lynette Lavin, Col leen Dowd y, El izabeth N oy, Marle ne Du ff , Valerie Phillips, Verna Ma nnin g , Ma ria Sic ili ano, Louise Gibb , Caro le Phillips, Richard Byrnes. Front Row: Joseph Lopes, Mary Dowdy, A nn e Reardon, Janice Leonard, Lorraine O ' Reilly, Bernice Jackson, Cora llie Cartwright, J oan Can ny, N o la Geary, Karen Fleming, Diane Richards, Margaret Carter, Dorothy Webber, H elen Dosser, Maureen Latham, Hertha Wi lso n, Pat Cat terall, Caro le McGee, Ma ry Leonard, J oan Bennett , Carole A lben, Maureen Coopy, Beverley Goodw i n, Deni se Sheehan, Joan Du nlea, Pauline Col lne r, Carmen Da lmen, Rosemary Hickey, A nne Green , Edwa rd Sims.

d, J ill Fennessy , Marga re t Davies, Margaret A dams, Margaret M asters. Marg aret O ' Nei ll, Be verley Baker, Lois C usa ck , Kat hleen H awkins, Merle Coo m ber, Beverley Wr ig ht , Betty A mbro se, Fronces As hfo rd. 1iers, A nne Branagan, Dorothy Branagan, Marese H uss ey, Joa n Corcora n, Mar ie Frewen, Margaret H alloran, Maureen Fox, due, Mary O ' Mal ley , Va lerie M ona g han, Marita Williams, Mary Dun lea, Pat Lalo r, Bernadette Jenki ns, Na iedra Witherow , ey, An ne O ' Brien , Joyce M c Do nald , Pau line Wa lker, Marga ret Farrel ly, A lida Long um, Pa t Evans, Ruth Davoren, Grace La ne, Marg aret Davies , Jo an McKe nna, Joa n Shuttleworth, Gwenda Mi ller, Betty Har per, Margaret H o lzer , Maureen Verdon. Booth, Evelyn Lukac , De nise McCa rthy , Margaret Wa lsh, A nne Clancy , Mary Shelto n, Judit h Ma tthews, Ju di th patrick , Pa m Rya n, Shirl ey Spra g ue, Dorothy Donnellan, Margaret J ame son, Fra nce s Maho ney . Bre nda Dave y, Marie Barry , M oyra

Booth,

Joan

Mi ller,

Be rnadet t e Day,

Barbara

Thompson,

Pat

Gray,

Mary

W hite, M iller,

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The Approach to Gerard

Manley Hopkins BY REV. J. P . KENNY, S.J.

IV-HOPKINS THE POET (Conclusion)

Ca n Hopkins be styled a great poet? Against the School of Patmore, I maintain tha t h e ca n be. But I cannot prove my contention by a podictic a rguments; the very nature of th e subj ect precludes that possibility. Wh a t we can do is, first , to face up to the m a n y peculiarities that turn members of Patmore's school away from Hopkins ; a nd, s econdly, to examine some of the positive qu alities of his Yerse . On th e n ega tive side, the question of diffi cu lties th a t t um m a n y brusquely a way from lum, the followin g points call for attention: 1, obscurity of thought; 2, peculia rities of language and expression; 3, novelty of rl1ythm. 1. When Hopkins is decried for obscurity of t hought, we \vould do well to recall Abbott's wise words, that this comes, not from lazinesi; or meretricious cleverness, but from honest con centrat ion. Hopkins himself says: "Pla inl y !f it is possible to express a subtle :m d recondite thought on a subtle and recon dite subject in a subtle and recondite way and with grea t felicity and perfection, in the end. ;;r,mething must be s acrificed, with so trying a t ask, in the protess, and this m a y be the being a !. once, nay, pc::rha ps even the being without rxplanat ion at all, intelligible." Assurerlly tho.se \~ Ord ~ indica t e the reasonable attitude to a poet who does deal with sublime a nd profound thought. In all his verse, we sh all be forced to admit that his thought is full of beauty a nd dep th and tha t the struggle to attain it is repaid. 2. The second class of novelty comprises the peculiarities of word-arrang·e ment a nd expression. If we bea r in mind three general points, most of these langua ge difficulties will bother us very little. In the first place. it must be remembered th a t Hopkins did not affect these ; they are n ot hollow tricks of style. Affectation he could not abide. He scrupulously avoided what he G:onsiderecl a rchaisms in poetry. "The poetic

la nguage of an a ge," he said , "should be the current lan gu ag.~ h eightened, to any degree h eightened , and unlike itself, but not (I mean n ormally : passing freaks and graces are This is a nother thing ) a n obsolete one. Shakespeare's Dnd Milton's practice , a nd the want of ;t will be fatal to Tennyson 's Idylls and pla ys, t o Swinburne, and, perh aps, to Morris." Hence, whenever h e wrote in what a t first sight a ppears a 5tnmge s tyle, h e was only seeking to load eve ry rift with ore, to slough off words tha t seemed dead weight, to heighten th e language of prose. Again, when we are fronted with an unwonted expression that l: erha ps may seem uncouth by its very origina lity, we will show wisdom if, instead of in ~tinctively condemning it, we examine to see if it succeeds, if it bears in itself its own ample justifica tion. For example, this a lmost unheard of, quasi-apocope : " . . . Fury h ad sh rieked 'No ling·e ring ! Le t me be feil; for ce I must be brief.' " It is justified beca use it succeeds brilliantly. Thirdly, to appreciate Hopkins it is of capital importance tha t we read his verse not with the eye only. Some of his verse LOOKS appalling. The SIGHT of s ome of his long over-flowing lines, or such rhymes as "boon ile on" and "communion ," ·'I am" a nd "with diamond," might well strik~ horror into the stoutest h eart. Our only hope of discovering the many verbal beaut ies of h is verse is to read it as he wishes. About tha t amorphous-seeming sonnet , Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves, which sprawls over a page, but which closer acqainta n ce shows to be a gem of art, Hopkins wrote :"Of this long sonnet above all remember what applies to all m y verse, that it is , as living art should be, made for performance, and that its performance !s not reading with the eye, but loud, leisurely, poetical (not rhetorical) recitation, with long rests, long dwells on the rhyme and other m a rked syllables, and so on. This sonne t should be almost sung; it is most carefully timed in tempo rubato."

I 8 Hopkins hims(']f knew what it was t o be astonished at the APPEARANCE of his verse: "When, on somebody returning· me the Eurydice I opened and read some lines, reacting, as one commonly reads whether prose or verse, with t h e eyes; so to say, only, it struck me aghast with a kind of raw nakedness and unmitigated violence I was unprepared for; but take breath and read it with the ears, as I always wish to be read, and my verse becomes all right." In the light of these three general considerations most of Hopkins' peculiarities of language will cease to cause much bother. The chief difficulty is the not being ready for them. If we realise that, in order to make his language more crisp :i.nd pregnant, he frequently drops the relative pronouns, we will feel no discomfort at lines such as: "Save my hero, O Hero savest." " ... Here creep, Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind." Again, Hopkins is wont to maroon adjectives from their proper place immediately before the noun: "Being mighty a master, being a father and fond." "And frightful a night-fall folded rueful a day." 3. The last point we touch on, in the consideration of this negative approach to Hopkins' poetry, is the novelty of rhythm. Why was not Hopkins content with the regular Precisely Bridges' question, which metres? Hopkins thus handled:"Why do I employ sprung rhythm at all? Because it is the nearest to the rhythm of prose, that is, the native and natural rhythm of speech, the least forced, the most rhetorical and emphatic of all possible rhythms, combining, as it seems to me, opposite, and, one would have thought, incompatible excellences, markedness of rhythm-that is rhythm's self -and naturalness of expression-for why, if it is forcible in prose to say 'lashed: rod,' am I obliged to weaken this in verse, which oug'ht to be stronger, not weaker, into 'lashed birch-rod' o: something? " Here there is no space to m a ke a close scrutiny of sprung rhythm, no space to do more than show "the Ekeleton or flayed anatomy" of it. Nor is there n eed. If we read Hopkins' poems as he demands, their rich and varied rhythms will become quite delightfully obvious. Here are a few remarks on it, mostly in Hopkins' own words. The essence of Sprung· Rhythm is: "One streEs makes one foot, no matter how many or few the syllables. " In other words

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alone, without any account of the number of syllables, so that a foot may be one s trong syllable, or it may be many light and 011e strong. I do not s ay the idea i.s altogether new. But no one has professedly used it and rr..ade it the principle throughout, that I know cf. Nevertheless, to me it appears, I own , to be a better and more natural principle than the ordinary system, much more flexible , and Sprung capable of mueh greater effects." R.hythm, he says, "Is a matter of accent on!y, like common rhythm, and not of quantity at all . Its principle is that all rhythm and all verse consists of feet and each foot must contain one stress or verse-accent; so far is common to it and Common Rhythm; to this it adds that the stress alone is essential to a foot and consequently two or more stresses may come running, which in common rhythm can, regularl y speaking, never happen . Hopkins has a word to say about the name: "The word SPRUNG, which I use for t his rhythm, means something like ABRUPT and applies by righ ts only where one stress follows a nother running, without syllable between." The Deutschland and Eurydice are throughout written in Sprung Rhythm. At length we may iurn to the positive qualities of Hopkins' ve!·se. We can make at least a rapid survey of most of the terrain under the following i1eads: 1, thought-content; 2, emotion-content; 3, imagery; 4, rhythm. One section will n ecessarily overlap another. Unfortunately, the following treatment will seem an artificial dissection. But in narrow space, little more can be attempted. 1. Anyone who cares for lofty and beautiful thought will delight in Hopkins' verse. F ew poets can stand beside him for pregnancy of thought and depth of meaning. Illustration seems superfluous. The Vi/reek of the Deutschland alone contains a whole philosophy of life, a superb presentation of the Christian attitude to suffering. The Blessed Virgin compared to the .Air We Breath is an application of St. Paul's sublimes~ theological doctrine-that of the Mystical Body of Christ; it is too a melodious, poetical version of the doctrines of Our Lady, Mediatrix of all Graces. 2. Besides this thought-content in his verse, Hopkins' poetry is also charged with great emotions. Sometimes the thought and feeling fuse so and interanimate that everything else becomes secondary, or is dispensed with. Thus the last sonnets are often stripped of what may be called poetic trappings. They are marked by a stark simplicity, and quiver with pent-up feeling and thought. They make the minq hark back to the great trageqies of

CARITAS Shakespea re, where the very intensity of feeling chokes off metaphor, or leaves but the austerest kind. In the Hamlet soliloquies, one sees Shakespeare taking the very language of the gutter and alchemizing it into highest poetry, under the stress of thought and feel ing. Similarly, in many lines of Hopkins' later sonnets: "I am gall, I am heart burn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste, my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled , blood brimmed the curse. S elfye~st of spirit a dull dough sours. I see The los t are like this, and their scourge to be As I am mine, their sweating selves ; but worse." "Soul, i;elf; come, poor Jackself, I do advise You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room . . :· This is only one side of Hopkins as a m aster of emoti0n. He could charge his lines with intensest and most mighty feeling ; but h e could also weave a round some of his pieces a subdued and exquisite pathos. The Leaden Echo has a kind of magic sadness pervading the early lines- the sadness of beauty fading fast away. There is a similar rich and restrained patho:o in that perfect little address to a child weeping over the fall of leaves·. 3. Even a h asty g'lance at Hopkins' poems reveals that they are shot through with beauties of imagery and word-painting. Seemingly with the utmost ease there tumbles out delightful imagery, as when he describes the ale of the Inn as being"Like goldy foam Tha.t frocks an oa1• in Penmaen Pool." More characteristic are the lush and lavish images in which many of his poems abound. Sometimes they are almost "barbarous in beauty" with their unpruned "cumber of magnificence." In The Woodlark there is a veritable dance of rich words. Another example of this quality is seen in these lines: "Star-eyed strawberry-breasted Throstle above her nested Cluster of bugle blue eggs thin Forms and warms the life within." Luxuriance is wedded to artistic restraint in: " . .. Blue-bleak embers, ah my dear, Fall, gall ~.hemselves , and gash goldvermilion." Sometimes his fancy prompts him to a "feathery delicacy" of expression: "I k1..:s my hand To the stars, ;ovely-asunder Starlight, wafting him out of it ; and Glow, glory in thunder ;

19 Kiss my hanu to the dappled-with -da mson west." Great strokes of art have the power of striking the mind with a sudden impact, of giving a sharp shock. We cannot, so to speak, see a stroke of genius coming. It baffles forecast. But when we refiect upon it, we realise Hopkins possessed this the master-touch. uality of giving the mind the shock of pleasure, the sudden illuminating flash of a creative stroke. Many of his sonnets have this quality; they are generally closely-knit and work up to a climax. (In his idiom, they "explode" at the end. ) The sonne t on Felix Randal is full of thought, almost argumentative. The final couplet brilliantly crowns the piece: " ... Thou at the random grim forge, powerful amidst peers, DidE-t fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!" Another exampie of this creative imaginaticn, of a mastt r ··touch giving the sharp shock of pleasure, is in the lines describing the sill1ouetted trees a~ evening merges into night: . The beak-leaved boughs dragonish damask the tool-s mooth bleak light; black , Ever so black on it.' ' 4. Finally, ever so briefly, a few rema rks on Hopkins' rhythm and his command of the In examples sound-qualities of language. already quoted musical internal rhymes will have been noticed. Most typical of him is his strength a nd robustness of rhythm. He has indeed called forth "strange thunders from the potency of song.'' What majesty of rhythm, what carefully poised and strongly stressed cadence is in 1he Deutschland: " .. . Thou mastering me God! giver of breath and bread; World's strand, sway of the sea; Lord of living and dead; Thou hast bound bones and veins in me, fastened me flesh , And after it almost unmade, what with dread, Thy doing; and dost thou touch me afresh? Over again ·I feel thy finger and find thee ." The Wreck of the Deutschland is like a fresh breeze in English poetry. " . . . The frown of his face Before me, the hurtle of hell Behind . . . " "And the inboard seas run swirling and haw ling ; The rash smart sloggering brine Blinds her.'' "Slogg·e ring" . . . that word could not be bettered. It conveys at once the picture and the very FEEL of the relentless, overwhelming surge of the wa v-es, crashing over the deck of th e doomed ship.

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20 Passages in the Deutschland make you want to yield to Hopkins himself the eloquent tribute cf praise he paici to Dryden: "His style and his rhythms lay the strongest stress of all our literature on the naked thew and sinew of the English language." There is in Hopkins' verse immense dramatic power. Take, for example, that magnificent soliloquy of Caradoc, after he has murdered Winefred. It is only a fragment; but what there is of it is of the highest quality. To get a parallel to its swings and turns of emotion, iU. subtle psychological variations, its language, its immense dramatic intensity, you have to turn to Macbeth. Much more might be said; but let this insuffici~ncy suffice. Perhaps it is clear that the wisest attitude to Hopkins the poet is not that of the School of Patmore. Novelties in Hopkins should not be a stumbling-block; and we do not appreciate him if we see only isolated beauties in his verse. Once again we would like to emphasise that the spontaneous is Hopkins in poetry efflorescence of his mind and character. The judgment of F. R. Leavis is worth remembering : "Hopkins' genius was as much a matter of rare character, intelligence and sincerity as of

technical skill; indeed, in his great poetry th e distinction disappears; the technical triumph is a triumph of spirit." Of the three poet friends of Hopkins, of those three, who, as it were, represent three schools of thought about him, Canon Dixon, with his broad and cultivated sympathies, most completely grasped the genius of Hopkins. He indeed appreciated the technical triumph and th e triumph of spirit. His is. The Approach to Gerard Manley Hopkins. Since Bridges published, in 1918, his edition of Hopkins' verse, Hopkins has come more and more into vogue. When, in 1935, Abbott began to publish Hopkins' letters, much new light was shed on the poetry and personality of their author. Those letters are classics, and I have not the slightest doubt but that they will entitle Hopkins to a foremost place among the great est English letter-writers. Canon Dixon was sad because he though t none of all this fame could come about. Yet all this is the realisation of that glowing, heartfelt wish that he uttered one day to Hopkins : "I cannot but take courage to hope th a t the day will come when so health-breathing and purely powerful a faculty as you have been gifted with may find its proper issue in t he world .. ."

ANNMAREE JONES, Exhibit ion Grad e I I, H igh est M arks in S tat ~ .

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Respicite BY DOLLY

For Catholics of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, 1948 has been a year of retrospection. A century has rolled back its decades that the heroic tale of the foundation and growth of the Church in Vict oria may be familiar to every man, woman and child. Distinguished visitors from overseas 11ave expressed, both here and in their own lands, their amazement at what has been accomplished within one hundred years. Of all the tangible evidence of the strength of the Faith afforded our guests, it is our Catholic schools which excited their ::nost unstinted praise. Among these institutions our own Alma Mater fills no unworthy place. We may be pardoned, therefore, if we pause to cast a backward glance over those early years of the present century when the foundation was laid of the school we know and love so well. Already in Victoria were esta blished "little retreats of religion and learning," sending out "influences which strengthen, vitalize and

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humanize the nation." In 1902 their number was swelled by the foundation of the Catholic Ladies' College by the Sisters of Charity. The latter were but thirteen years labouring· in Melbourne when it was apparent that St. Patrick's High School, conducted on the present site of St. Vincent's Hospital, was no longer adequate for the future needs of Catholic girlhood. "The old order changeth, yield.ing place to new." With inspired vision the Sisters of Charity beheld the dawn of a new age when Catholic womanhood would be required to face life highly accredited in temporal knowledge and firmly grounded in the tenets of the Faith. The Sisters were fortunate in securing the present valuable site for their new foundation. To-day the College stands on the threshold of the City itself, yet enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of Eastern Hill, dominated by the triple spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral and adjacent t 0 some of Melbourne's most famous public gardens.

PUPILS

(LeH to right) Maureen Fox, Beve rley Galliver, L ois Cusa c k,

Beryl

Styring , J udith

M atthews,

Beve r ley

Baker,

A nne O ' Bri en. Fourth Row : An ne Jones, M argaret Ha llo ra n, Kathleen H awkins , M ary Wilson , J une M ee se, Anne W all , Brenda Davey , I meld. ~

Murphy, A ileen O' Donoghue. Third Row: Mary O'Hara, M ary Dunl.a, Valerie King , Laurette Carlson , Carmel Thornton , Hele n English, Mary O' M alley , Pamela O'Brien, Brenda Fitig erald . Second Row : Gladys Go ri , Valree M ona gha n, Elizabeth Costigan, Ellen M enadue, Deidre Hickey, Pa t Mason, Cl are Welch , Pat Skehan, Lenor e U ' Re n, Margaret D 'Ar cy, M argaret Horsl ey, Patri cia Bennett, N aiedra With erow.

Front Row: M a ria Siciliano, Mar lene Duff, Bernadette Jenkins, Lola Fl eming, Judith Simkiss, Ba rbara M cDermott, Julie Collins, Frances Dohe rty .

Fran ces Pit tar i,

Elaine Veal e,

22 The choice of the title of their new school was no less inspirational than its badge and motto. "Knowledg'e a nd Virtue," symbolized by th e book and the lily, surmounted by a crown, represent the twin ideals indissoluble in the "formation of character and the fitting of the individual for l1er future position" - ideals recommended to the Sisters of Charity by his Grace the late Archbishop of Melbourne (the Most Reverend Dr. Carr) in his inaugural address at the opening of the College on 20th March, 1902. "The Advocate ," reporting the ceremony, described the College as having been "erected on the most up-to-date plan .. . high, roomy a nd well-ventilated, and replete with everything necessary to impart a sound religious, moral and physical training. " From this auspicious beginning the College rapidly developed. The year 1904 saw the Second Australasian Ca tholic Congress assembled in Melbourne, and also marked the Golden Jubilee of th e Immaculate Conception. The College was intim a t ~ l y associated with both events. On November 2 an en tertainment was held in the Co!lege h all in h onour of the hierarchy and was It clergy a ttending the Congress. honoured by the presence of the late Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney (His Eminence Cardinal Moran), the late Archbishop of Melbourne (the Most Rev. Dr. Carr), and a distinguished ga thering of clergy. The pupils presented a sacred ca ntata , "Fidei Victorire in Australasia," an original composition by a member of the Or der. The brilliant performance, in the words of his Grace the Archbishop, "reflected much credit on the pupils, the College and the nuns." On the 8th December, 1904, the Golden Jubilee of the Immaculate Conception was fi t tingly celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral. In "The Advocate" of December 17 appears the following commentary on that occasion: " It was a happy thought to entrust the arrang·e ment of the musical portion of this great central celebration in the Cathedral to the Sisters of the C.L.C .-a scholastic institution which stands in the first rank amongst the many kindred establishments of which the Church in Australia is so justly proud. The congregation thronging the Cathedral was enthralled by the flood of harmony which filled nave and aisle, chancel and sanctuary, and it is safe to say that the impression there and then produced by those thousand fresh young voices will remain indelibly imprinted on the mind of each and every one of that vast assemblage." The oratorio, "Immaculata," was the medium chosen by the Sisters of Charity to honour

CARITAS the occasion. Both script and music were composed by members of the Order. Again we read: "The lasting impression recalled the vivid lines of F a ther Faber : 'Think of the power of music. The thought of this outer world has faded away and the soul hangs over the abysses of harmony as if it would break away from the body, and drown itself in those deeps of wavy sound for ever.' " Following the oratorio the pupils sang Pontifical High Mass in Gregorian chant with an original offertory piece, "O Maria sine labe originali concepta." In 1905 the College went on to further achievements. Referring to the Annual Exhibition a t C.L.C. "The Advocate" of December 9 s tates: "The Sisters of Charity· have attracted the highest intellects to their ranks. Gerald Griffin sa n g of the Society circles which would know the Sis ter of Charity no more, for she had turned h er back on the most tempting offers of the world. We n eed not go further afield tha n our own sunny clime of Australia to fin :.! numerous instan ces of this m agn etic influe nce in attracting the most gifted within the ranks of the Order. "A thoroughly compet ent and trained body of t eachers is sure to attract the brightest ut udents, and this fact is seen in the yearly exhibitions at whl:'- t may fairly claim to be the central ladies' non-resident college of Victoria." The Annual Speech Night was marked by an original operetta, "Australia, a Christian Democracy." At its conclusion the Hon. the Federal Minist er for Customs (Sir William Lyn e) decla red: "Had the Spouse of Christ who composed the work given her splendid gifts to a literary career in this world instead of t o Religion and Christian education, she would h a ve risen to the front rank." A desire was ex pressed that the general public be given the oppor tunity to see and hear a piece racy of Australian soil, played with faultless grace and charm and admirable in lofty ideals of what the Austr alian Commonwealth should aspire to. The operetta portrayed the original, the present and th e future position of Australia in a Christian democracy. From these achievements in what may be termed the infant years of the College it will bf' inferred the unequalled position it occupied in the musical and a rtistic spheres. Academic successes were no less remarkable. Thus were the foundations laid for the triumph marking the subsequent history of the College and known to all interested in Catholic education. No chronicle of C.L.C. would be complete, however , without passing reference to those

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CARITAS distinguished occasions when the College was honoured by the visits of their Excellencies, the consor ts of the Governors-General and the State Governors of the period. Another redletter day was the Speech Day of 1906, when the late Most Reverend Dr. Carr, Archbishop of Melbourne, invested the first Students of Honour with the Colleg·e Badge of Honour. The gnld badge, inlaid with ruby and pearls, "sym'Jolised the pu rity of the wearer anu her loyal ty to creed, country, home and Alma Mater." It was awarded only to a pupil who had spent at least four years at the College or had passed through the Senior Form with distinction. The visit of His Excellency, the Apostolic Delegate (the Most Reverend Dr. Cattaneo) conferred another distinction upon the College when the Students of Honour of 1918 were privileged to receive their badges from his hands. On 25th July, 1918, only four months after the opening of Newman College, his Grace the Archbishop (th e Most Reverend Dr. Mannix) was guest of honour at an At Home, given by the C.L.C. Past Pupils' Association. There it was announced that the former pupils of the College had resolved to "recognise in a practical way the magnificent contribution His Grace had made to the cause of Catholic higher education, by founding an exhibition to be awarded annually at Newman and to be known as· the C.L.C. Exhibition." For this purpose the sum of £1 ,000 was raised. It is decreed "By their fruits ye shall know them ." And it may be asked: "What have been 1.he fruits of h a lf a century's Ja bour by the Sisters of Charity in the course of Catholic higher education in Melbourne? "

Forem•Jst h as been the blessing of vocations conferred on so many of its pupils. As far afield as Ireland and India they are to be fo und ; on the mission stations of the Pacific as well as in every State of the Commonwealth they are known; in every House of the Order and in many other Orders besides. In circles of Catholic Action, among the most active leaders are past pupils of the College. In the Catholic home they are instilling in their own children those :mund religious and moral principles they themselves acquired during their school days. In every faculty of the University pupils of C.L.C. have distinguished themselves. In the Victoria n Education Department they are numbered on the staffs of both primary and secondary schools. In responsible positions in the business world they h ave earned the l<ighest reputation. This success, both spiritual and temporal, of the Catholic Ladies' College is no marvel to those of us privileged to claim it as our Alma Mater. "Knowledge and Virtue," "Religion and Learning" have been the inspiration of all its activities. The Annual Retreats, followed so fervently by generation after generation of pupils, the sodalities in which the latter have been enrolled, have been deep spiritual forces in the irmer lives· of those committed to the care of the Sisters of Charity during those alimportant adolescent years. But of inestimable value has been the quiet yet pervasive influence of the daily example found in the lives of the Sisters from the illustrious foundress - our revered and beloved Mother Mary Lawrcn cedown to the youngest member of the community. "Caritas Christi urget nos" ; then is the la bour surely blessed.

Selecting Your Career By BRIAN HARKIN, B.A., Secretary Catholic Vocationa l Guidance Auxiliary. Of recent years· considerable importance has beccme attached to the guidance of children in their school courses and towards their subsequent careers. Some may be inclined to dismiss this phenomenon as. an optional or even as a superfluous trend, but a little consideration will reveal that there are substantial arguments in favour of giving students every aid in choosing their life's vocations. It cannot be assumed that all children will manage without aid. Some may s ucceed by

sheer chance or by their gifts for making their way in the world; but for each of those who does so there will be scores who choose badly or who merely drift without a real act of choice into whatever seems easiest and nearest. Choosing a career is one of the critical decisions of a person's life. It may be the greatest single factor in the natural order contributing to a satisfactory and a happy existence and to material and spiritual well-being. In that case it should scarcely be left to chance. If good advice is available it should be sought. If

24 intelligence is needed to succeed in life then it should be employed. Vocational Guidance may be said to begin properly when one leaves school, but this is only true if it has been preceded by educational guidance during the years of schooling. Especially in the senior classes, children need advice in selecting the courses they should fol lcw, in selecting those subjects which are essential for particular professions and in deciding· upon which of alternative types of schools they should attend. The two clues which lead to the solution of vocational problems are derived from, firstly, the study of each child as he or she is, and, secondly, from the study of all the careers and occupations which are readily available. It is a truism that students do not know much about the actual working conditions of real occupations, but it is equally, if paradoxically, true that they may know little about themselves. Parents and teachers can help here to assess one's possibilities, but even more helpful is the experience and technique of the vocational advisor, who has learned to estimate or measure personal abilities a nd who has collected the relevant information about entrance standards for most careers. For pupils in Secondary Schools the a ppro priate careers which come first to mind are those at the professional level. No one who has th e ·n ecessary talents a nd means should lightly r eject the idea of attending the University and qual ifying for the higher professions. The world is in great n eed of profess-i onal men and women who a re not merely exper ts in their own callings, but who are good citizens and conEvery Cath olic child scientious Christians. who, through sloth or indifference, sets h er a ims too low, not mer ely rej ects the gifts which God h as given her . bu t defrauds th e community of the gr eat contribution sh e could have m ade to th e common good. It is to be feared that too often lack of a mbition or perseverance h as in inadequate representation of resulted Ca tholics in certain walks of life . There is great scope for the use of natural ta.ients a nd person al qua lities in Medicine, in Law, in Education, in Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Almonry, Social W elfa re Work, in the various branches of Science, in Dentistry, and in the othe r professions. In g·e neral, the financial rewards a ttached to these callings a re quite high, though for a person who enters a n occupation beca use she believes it is her ideal vocation, that is a secondary consideration . Some professional careers can be entered best through the S enior Technical Colleges. Thus, one qualifies in Industrial Chemistry,

C ARITA S in Metallurgy, in Business Administration, in Commercial Art, Domes tic Science, Interior Decorating, Dress and Fabric Designing, and in a host of other useful and n ecessary occupations. Oth er careers opening to well-educated e irls include Nursing, Pharmacy, Librarianship, Kindergarten Teaching, Accountancy, JournaliEm , Radio Work, Advertising· Copy Writing, Bacteriology, Industrial Welfare, Physical Education, Horticulture, Optometry, Occupational Thera py, Music, Survey Drafting, Solicitor's Clerk, and the Diploma tic Service. Then there are the skilled manual occupations, which may n ot require a high education, bu t are inost suitable for girls who h ave good practica l abiiities, or who may h ave a mbitions to set up a business for the mselves. Exa mples a re Dressmaking, Millinery, H airdressing, Floristry a nd Photography. Obviously studen ts in school cannot be expect ed to think of all these for th emselves, nor can they readily discover if they have the necessary qu alifications; but means are a vaila ble whereby they can obtain whatever s pecialized information th ey may need. Thus many secondary schools h ave now appointed one of their teach ers to act as careers advisor and much good should result from this. By regular consultation, students may discover what openings a re available to the m a nd may obtain an opinion about th eir suitability for those th ey prefer. In Victoria, we h ave the Catholic Vocational Guidance Auxilia r y, wh ich, operating in conj unction with th e Catholic schools, aims to supply advice to all who seek it, a nd, a~ a secondary aim , can often secure good vacancies for its clients. Mention has been m ade of th e n eed to know S ome people have inflate d ideas about 01~ese lf. their gen eral abili ty or a distorted view of their talents; others a re lacking· in confidence and so neglect to seize opportunities which come their way. An experienced guide can do much in assessing those personal qualit ies which count fer so much in some occupations. A cheerful dispos ition , a r eadiness fo r energetic work, an a bility to get on with other people, are essentials in many positions. Appear ance a nd style of speech , movement a n d clothing sh ould a ll be appropriate, if possible, to th e ambition one h as in mind. Exchange of information between teachers and vocational counsellors helps the for mer to envisage the r eali ties of the day - today em ployment s ituation a nd allows the latter to estimate the scholastic calibre of his clients. The Vocation al Guida n ce Auxiliary h as attempted also to organize visits to schools by sui table speakers. As far as second ary schools are concerned this usually involves an address to the senior pupils by the Auxiliary's Execu-

CARITAS tive Officer upon general problems of vocational guidance, followed by specialist talks by professional or businessmen, revealing the nature of the duties and advantages peculiar to each occupation. Several of such series of addresses have been arranged in recent times, but no doubt much more could be done to acquaint students with the real world of work and business which lies beyond their years of schooling·. Recently a distinghuised graduate and. qualified librarian, an old scholar of a Catholic Girls' College, was asked to address pupils of a nonCa tholic secondary school upon the career of librarianship, which indicates how much value is attached to the assistance which can be given to students by one who has recently passed into professional life. Perhaps, by way of illustration, it may be appropriate to turn our attention to a few of those vocations which seem most attractive to senior schoolgirls, and to explain briefly the methods whereby one qualifies to enter them. PHYSIOTHERAPY (or Massage) is an occupation which requires its recruits to possess suitable personal and physical attributes as well as adequate educational preparation. Matriculation standard is required, while the subjects passed for Leaving Certificate must include Physics and either Chemistry or Biology. The three years' course of training costs about £110, and is carried out partly at the University and partly in hospitals or clinics. There is a considerable demand for trained physio-therapists. Applicants need to be eighteen years of age. KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS receive their training at the Kindergarten Training Colleg·e , The course involves Madden Grove, Kew. three years' full-time training, including practice at various kindergartens. No salary is earned until the fourth year, but some scholarships are available through the Catholic Education Office. Applicants need to be seventeen years of age by February of the year they commence. They require, also, to possess good health and to have gained Leaving Certificate. Enrolments are received in about October, before commencement of courses. -DENTAL NURSES should be about seventeen or eighteen years of age and should possess at least Intermediate standard of education. Commercial training is often an advantag·e. Training is completed fairly quickly while one is· earning. Tact and consideration for others are held in high esteem as desirable qualities. PHARMACY involves a four years' apprenticeship, plus studies at the Pharmacy College, firstly in the evenings and later on a part-time

25 Leaving Certificate should now be basis. suffcient for admission, though Matriculation is helpful in ensuring selection. Chemistry, Physics and Biology are desirable though not compulsory. With business ability, one can hope to set up shop on one's own account after some experience. ACCOUNTANCY offers good prospects to girls who have a "head for figures" and sufficent ambition to complete the not too arduous studies involved. Fifteen to seventeen years is a gnod starting age, and applicants ought to have at least Intermediate Certificate. Employment with a Publio Accountant is the ideal training in the profession. Applicants need reasonably good build, appearance and manner, since they must be able to meet and advise business executives in the course of their duties. AIR-HOSTESSES should be twenty-two years of age and need a good measure of charm, tact and personality. They require, also, Intermediate Certificate, and either a First-Aid Certificate or nursing experience. Height should be between 5 ft. 2 in. and 5 ft. 8 in. a nd weight not over 120 lbs. SOCIAL WORKERS are in great demand and require good personal attributes and a sense of vocation for their profession. The Diploma of Social Studies at the University is a necessary qualification. During the third year of the course, a study of Hospital Almonry permits one to enter this highly responsible occupation.

requires COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY girls to be about fifteen or sixteen years of age. To advance in the profession they require at least Intermediate Certificate, including Science, and, later, Chemical and Photographic training at a Technical College. Some photographers are inclined to restrict girls to the less skilled or more routine operations of tlieir craft. MEDICINE is often neglected by girls who have the necessary abilities to succeed in it. It is highly desirable that the profession should include some Catholic women doctors. Matriculation with Chemistry and either Physics or one Mathematics is required, followed by a six-year course at the University. This brief treatment of a few occupations selected more or less at random may provoke some interest and arouse dormant ambitions S.tudents who find their own preferences have been neglected or scantily treated should conGuidance Vocational Catholic the sult Auxiliary at 143 a 'Beckett Street, Melbourne, for more detailed information.

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Parents as Educators Helen M. Paul, B.Sc., Columbia University, U.S.A.

These days much attention is being given to the influence of parents in the training of childi·en, and the question of parental control is constantly being discussed in relation to child delinquency. The State is recognising certain sections of family needs, making more services available under child welfare and general educational agencies. These State services mainly emphasize the physical and mental care of children. But parents with a spiritual outlook have a wider charter. Such parents see the significance of Christian nurture of children, and recognize their grea:test opportunity in the relationshlp built up between themselves, their children and God. Such paren ts a ct as trustees for God, and seek the welfare of the complete nature of the child. To guide family life along these lines, parents need to have from the beginning a concept of spiritual family living; the father and mother themselves living in relationship to God and drawing· their children, according to their developin g powers, into this relationship, providing th e children gradually with the channels by which each will enjoy his own individual religious experience. Tims th e true bonds of companionship are established in a n atmosphere of activity, respect for individua li ty. and spiritual growth for ? II , and the Christian family may be seen functioning and growing together in God. In emphasising these ultimate goals of family life it must not appear that the spiritual aspects are cut off from every-day living. Wise parentcraft entails a study and a knowledge of the way in which children gl"Ow from babyhood to maturity. The wholesome development of the child's personality and character provides a ground for full expression of his religious training and experience. Proper child management and guidance from the psychological viewpoint might almost be said to be an essential factor in r eligious education. The happiness of home life and the a~ sociation between this and religious training are important for sound and lasting results. The foundations of secure and happy companionship which may be laid between parents and child, during the pre-school years will,

if carried on with understanding, form the basis of trust and friendship during adolescence. However, understanding· will only be mainta ined if parents know something of the developing stages and interests of girls and boys from the earliest years on through adolescence, and allow children the proper outlets to these interests. Through misunderstanding at a critical period , the child may lose sympathy with the parent, or vice versa, and alienate himself from the fine influences which the family has always stood for. Child study groups, particularly if associated with the Church , are almost a necessity to assist parents to make their best contribution to family life. A great deal might be said on the part th e family plays in training the child in th e Christian ethic. What values a re passed on to the child in the ordinary conversation with which he is cons tantly surrounded in the home? When family decisions are made in the presence of the children what is the standard of judgment? How are the children's questions answered ? Then again does th e family plan ways and means of giving the children many enjoyable experiences in generosity, kindness, unselfishness, etc., making· these acts part of the texture of the home life? When it is realised what an important part is played by parents in the role of educators , it is at once seen how far short of the m a rk tho 3e people are who think of education as a ma tter of the three r's, as school for the child from six to fourteen years, from 9 a .m. to 4 p .m. five days per week exclusive of holidays. Edu cation, of course, is going on twenty-four hours of the day, three hundred and sixty-five days of the year, in an environment much wider than the school, with a curriculum much broader than the three r 's, and from birth to death. Wise parents are in knowledge of this. They understand and find their own fulfilment in undertaking that share which only they can take in the sacred task of the education of their children. They have their own lives and that of the home rooted in the Church , and they send their children to Christian schools so that those three great educational influences ,

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a broad, rich understanding of family life and its spiritual opportunities that the children not only build healthy bodies and minds as they grow, but foster those powers which enable man to interpret life in terms of God, powers· which bring the highest form of satisfaction to human personality.

COLLEGE PREFECTS. Standing : Grace M enadue, Joan Serong, M ar garet Uniacke.

Sittin9 : Ruth Davore n, Pat ricia Evans, Judith Munda y.

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A Rich Inheritance Any English-speaking girl is heiress of a civilisation going back between two and three thousand years. If she comes of mixed races, she may look back farther still. If she happens to be a Pacific Islander, she may ask herself: "Are the white girls I meet any finer than the little native ones of my island? " and perhaps answer quite truthfully: "Not as fine , for my island ones have the lovely ways of the little wild birds of the forest." Human nature is infinitely receptive, and who knows or can measure the inherited subconscious knowledge and . power of any individual? So we can see, with a ny sort of certainty, only what . the English-speaking girl of to-day has inherited outside herself, in home, school, and social life. Let us look at the school, which is the reflection of the other two. Australian universities, and, therefore, schools, are now emphasising the sciences and mathematics. Languages, including English, are frequently spoken of as useless, exce pt for utilitarian purposes. The goal pointed out to the young is not knowledge, but creative power. Evidently boys and girls are supposed to be embryonic gods and g'Oddesses, no longer mere humans searching instinctively for the light of truth. Creative power is excellent in its place, but moderns have used it mainly for destructive purposes. What type of girl, or goddess, is the modern school turning out? A young woman whose artificial aids to beauty, so-called, are so expensive that she rejects offers of marriage in order to retain the large salary her utilitarian education enables her to earn in a material-minded world. Of the mcdern girl, Pope Pius XII says: "She has of religion and piety only the merest veneer of pretended devotion, without substance, without depth, without doctrine. Sceptical in regard to the authorised teaching of the Church , she blindly believes her improved theologians, her companions of the office or factory. "How quickly she will fall! " Recent world-wide research into national , cultural, and intellectual achievements finds Australia almost down to zero, the lamentable lack of real human development being· attributed to the badness of Australian universities, which appear to be developing into m ere technical colleges. A good university , like a good school, should give the young opportunities of

developing intellectual and cultural knowledge, along with professional and technical skills. The difference between good and bad universities, and good and bad schools, equals th e differen ce between good teachers with good ways of teaching, plus a well-balanced selection of subjects; and bad teach ers with bad ways of teaching·, minus a well-balanced selection of subjects. The first requisite in anyone who undertakes to guide young minds is a sense of proportion . In an address in Auckland University College in July, 1948, his Lordship, the Bishop of Galway, said that m any universities to -day were little more than technical colleges, sending out single-track specialists, some being such docile slaves of an atheistic government that recently doctors, graduates of German universitie , were hanged for Belsen atrocities. Bishop Browne, who is a distinguished Irish scholar, and a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland, insisted that a university must first - teach the existence of mind, of an absolute moral law above all human comma nds, and of truth . We are here concerned more with schools than with universities, and rather with girls' than with boys' schools. Secondary schools are gradually widening· their curricula , which is all to the good, as pupils can more easily satis.fy their individual r equirements. Since schools necessarily follow the lines of universities in matter and m a nner , the first things taught in schools should be the same as in good universities, namely, the existence of mind, of moral law, and of truth. The question is from which subjects will pupils reap the best harvest of these human essentials. In English literature we discover a splendid heritage of m aster-minds, revea ling other minds, of the inevitable action of a moral law, a nd of truth. Obviously, then, English literature takes first place, followed by-and closely associated with, or depending for mental discipline on - world history, the sciences and mathematics, ancient and modern languages , and, lastly, but n ecessarily, music, art, and handcrafts. English, or, m ore correctly, British , literature should take first place because the first thing the young must learn is the existence of mind. The existence of a thing can be fully realised only by actual contact. A baby who sees a n orang·e for the first time stretches out its hands

CAR i TAS for th e golden fruit to feel , smell, taste it. The young are babies in matters of mind, and learn through home and school contacts, a nd through literature. Mind is a fac ulty of the soul. Personality is the stuff God chooses for the m a king of each individual soul, n o two alike. Character is the way we sh ape the personality God has given us. A race expresses its personality through its li terature, and its character is read in the lines of its history. Individua l writers have opened out th eir souls for us to read, and th e master-minds of the world's li terature, from the early Greeks on , h ave r evealed the souls of th eir respective races. It was a Greek, Plato, wh o taught that "the world of Idea.s is· the only tru e reality," and who has so profoundly influenced English think ers and poets. Brit ish literature to -da.y is t h e rich est t h e world has ever known and, taken en masse from Chaucer onwards, it tells us that personali ty a nd character are all th at r eally matter in this world or the n ext. Br itish li terature is t h e h eir of all literatures; British history is inter woven with the history of a ll oth er r aces . National history should be trea ted in class as t he background cf nationa l li terature, m odern history as the background of m odern literatures, including Brit ish . History and li terature, anclent and modern, provide the youn g with such bracing contacts with mind a nd ch aracter that the existence of m ind will need no proving. Teachers of British literature and of modern history who are, t h emselves, of fine and sens itive personality, and who have str engthened th eir characters by always trying to act from high motives, can take the minds of adolescents beginning· to think "the long, long, thoughts of youth ," into their h a nds, so to speak , and give them their direction for life. For such a responsibility men and women of the most in telligent and best type should be chosen. Seeing that British literature is an · allimportant subj ect for youth , especiall y for girls - impressiona ble, gaining deep knowledge intuitively; emotiona l, consequently with wills quickly stirred to action-how does on e teach it? One doesn't. One learns with girls and fro m th em, and helps them to learn from each oth er. This does not mean that the teacher may lack knowledge. On th e contrary, this apparently simple method of h elping the young to drink deeply from th e well-springs of truth demands highly educated teachers, of full y developed men tality. Th e cne thing that a teacher of literature alone must do is to m ake a great piece of literature come a live through h er voice, and for this she must be a trained musician , a n artist, a versatile stud ent, bringing every sor t of knowledge to bear to m a ke the human - ex perience live

29 through the interpretative medium of h er speech. Thinking, with the resultant emotion , is · largely r esponsible for the varying rhythm a nd changing tonal colour of a voice. I once heard a · woman create the whole gorgeous, a utumnal atmosphere of Antony and Cleopatra through one line. Though controlled, she was outsid e h erself, and the wizardry in h er voice was unconscious.. She was simply re-living Sh ~ kespea re 's creation of a human experience through his poetry at its zenith, and everyone in the room was re-living it with her. Her knowledge of world litera ture, ancient and modern, was extensive. Take Shakespeare's Hamlet, a play which is a ll the time driving home through great poetry t h e fact of the existence of an a.bsolute moral law above all human commands, a drama which , adequately handled, impels a class to obedience to that law. Suppose teacher and class h ave experienced the intensity Of the pivot of the traged y, Hamlet's interview with his mother , that t h e class h ave been led to discover how s uch a problem situation arose and th e findin gs- h ave been put on the blackboard. A sea r chin g inquiry into Hamlet's inability to kill Claudius leads to a n examination of Ha mlzt's analyses of his own and his mother's characters, leadin g in turn to the discovery that th e m atter abo ut which the Prince was deeply concern ed was, not revenge, bu t the purification of his mother's soul. The class begin to see that H a mlet, fierc e enough to terrify, not only Gertrude, but even Claudius, has also the steady strength of abso lute purity of mind . This is a br ac in ~ experience for boys a nd g'irl5 who look wit h horror an d pity at Gertrude's agon ized realization of her viol ated purity. There is no need to point the moral. They will already have asked themselves: "Am I likely to be a G ertrude or a H amlet? " The grea t poetry of the play ha5 not only told th em wh at to do in either case, but h as worked s o powerfully on their emotions that their wills a re a lmost compelled t '.l a n intense purification of their own or oth ers ' souls. In fact, the right trea tment of t h at gr eat key -scene, Hamlet's interview with his moth er, is the _making of a most profitable meditation according to the I gnatian method. F ortunate the classes of boys a nd girls whose teachers h ave a profound and practica l und erstanding of St. Ignatius of Loyola and Shakespeare , two of the greatest psychologists of the R en a issance, or any period , and h eirs of all t h e vivid faith a nd accurate logic of the Middle Ages. Prince H a mlet is a seeker after truth, too. It is to find th e truth that h e acts the madma n , a nd his methods a r e both inductive and deduc-

30 tive. A real modern, he tests his deductions in the Play-Scene. Yet to come at the truth he has been depending, not only on his razor-edged brain, but also on supernatural and intuitive (Agatha Christie would say "subconscious") , means. The drama, Hamlet, is in reality a world which teacher and class should co-operate in exploring together, to the great enlightenment and profit of all. Besides experiencing through the parts Claudius and Gertrude play in the tragedy that there are divinely-given laws which cannot be broken with impunity, besides seeking and finding· with Hamlet true spiritual values, students are given many memorable truths directly. To the sceptic Hamlet says : There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Reason cannot go all the way. Supernatural enlightenment must come to the aid of its limited power. Confident, in spite of his own failures and mistakes, the Prince remarks : There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Later, filled with a premonition of quick-coming death, Hamlet says, "the readiness is all. " Literature, as we have said, gives contacts with other minds and, more interesting to most people than even the philosophy of the drama, is the intriguing, baffling personality of Hamlet. In fact, it is through Hamlet that Shakespeare has most fully expressed his own very human but extraordinarily gifted self. In this tragedy, as in all poetry, personality is revealed pictorially, musically, and through simple, sincere and splendid diction. But what, by the way, is poetry? Poetry is the full communication, to those of us who are fully receptive, of the highest and most complete experiences, not merely of one human being, not merely of his race, but of the whole human race. Let us take what seems a very simple poem, Christina Rossetti's "A Birthday": My heart is like a singing bird, Whose nest is in a watered shoot ; My heart is like an apple-tree, Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell, Tha t paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. The melody is as clear as a bird's song, and the rea der's voice must be soft and pliant enough to let the listeners hear this vowelled melody, with its consonantal harmonies, its modulation in the second stanza into a fuller, deeper key. She must, herself, be finely strung, too, so th at through the changing, singing rhythm,

CARITA S wi th the varying music of its rhymes, sh e can give the glad vibration of the writer 's wh ole being when the birthday of her life came to her. Yet the birthday of the first stanza is, we realize, the coming of only a glad human love, revealing itself in nature symbols expresThe sive of the fruition of n atural desires. bird has· built its nest in a green sapling by t he running water, the tone-colour tells us that th e tree's apples are crimson-streaked in the warm afternoon sun, the delicately-tinted shell sways with the gentle movement of the calm translucent sea. All our senses are active, we see and hear the bird on its shoot, feel the m ellow apples, paddle with the opalescent shell, experiencing to the full a natural, human happiness. Then we are suddenly swept into the sumptuous orchestration, the splendid, yet spiritually symbolic, word-and-tone-colouring· of : Raise me a dais of silk and down ; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves, and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes ; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de -lys ; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me, - expressing a joy right outside the human one of the first stanza, an exultant, divine joy, lift ing and filling a glad spirit with an infinitely refreshing life. Swinging, ecstatic trochees a nd dactyls h ave mingled with the calm iambics. Nature symbols have given place to religious, to the symbolism of medieval Catholicism which influenced the art of the mid-nineteen th century group of Pre-Raphaelite painters, of which Christina's brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was a leader. A stray, deep note in the song of human joy in the first stanza has prepared the way for the deep and splendid harmonies of th e in-rush of an Infinite gladness, just as the mere hint of crimsoning apples has modulated into the soft, full-toned purples, the azure, gold, an d silver of the hangings, and the rich mosaic of the carving reminding one of a twelfth century That Christina h as surilluminated missal. rendered natural human happiness to reach out to divine joy is clear from the. poem whose simplicity has kindled into a mystic flame of t h e You look up her life and find tha t spirit. the human birthday came with two offers of marriage or, more likely, with one of the two. That she was nevertheless still reaching for something "beyond her grasp" is proved by the fact that she refused both offers "on account of religious motives." In "A Birthday" we find the whole of Christina Rossetti, her fresh, sensuous delight in the ways of nature, her human love, her wellstored mind with the bases of its thinking deeply set in the beauty and wisdom of a past

CARITAS permeated by the thought of its Creator. That contact with its Maker must always be a new and strange experience for human nature she suggests by the use of the unusual word "vair," a heraldic term for a fur represented by small shield-shaped figures, alternately azure and argent. Although the poetess did not belong to the Church, this is true Catholic theology which conceives God's infinitude as essentially different from human nature, which has an infinite need of God for its completion. This sublime truth is foreshadowed in the difference of the sexes. Man cannot do without woman, nor woman without man, for each has the complementary qualities of the other. Municipalities and parliaments are not getting along without women, nor would world-parliaments. Although the Holy Father regards the modern education of women as superficial and. generally speaking, deplores the type of woman it is producing, yet with full confidence in the God-given capacities of women , Pope Pius XII is calling on them to enter public life. Men have not managed the world successfully, and women, on the whole, have suffered, and are suffering, as never before. Educate women rightly, bring them into public life, and you will have at least the happiness of the medieval era, when, as Chaucer tells us, the aspirant for knighthood found his strongest incentive to living up to knightly standards In hope to stonden in hiS lady grace, and Chaucer, himself, and all the medieval folk looked on Our blisful lady, Cristes mooder deere, as their ideal, and as their humble, tender Mother, to whom they did not need to pray for light to guide them to her Son. She is so kind, says Chaucer, that, before they begin their prayer, she has obtained the wished-for guidance. It is a far cry from the intelligent piety and universal charity of the Middle Ages to the senseless savagery of our mid-twentieth century. As animals, we have progressed, but as humans , we are retrograde. Though literature has been stressed as most potent in developing woman's fine spiritual qualities, such development would never be possible without the mental discipline and factual knowledge of mathematics, the sciences, a logical language and ~iterature like Latin, and world-history. Cultural subjects, such as art and music, along with handcrafts, are just as necessary, for the food of thought is experience and complete experiences the young must have or there will be a lack of completeness and vitality in their thinking. We are not angels getting knowledge through intuition, but humans, composite beings of matter and spirit,

3 I getting wisdom through the whole of our comprehensive nature gropingly, painfully, but finally joyously- if we follow natural , human, and divine laws. Lord Bertrand Russell writes, 1948: "We need, and should teach in schools, something greater than loyalty to our own nation. It is nationalism that has brought the world to its present terrifying condition, and that has made an acceptable solution of international problems so hard to find." If, in the schools, world literature and history have been used to bring to the young a reali zation of the sameness of our common human nature , which time and space do not alter on ~ iota in fundamentals , then a way has been opened to a sympathetic and just attitude to the present international tangle. If they have appreciated Chaucer, a travelled soldier, diplomat, courtier, at home in four languages and literatures, Latin, French, Italian, and English , well read in scholastic theology which drew deeply from Greek philosophy; Shakespeare. heir of all the classical learning culture, zest of living and exploring of Renaissance Europe; Milton, biblical and classical scholar, fascinated by the East, taking the universe as the theatre of his epic, "Paradise Lost"; the 18th and 19th century British writers coming' into ever closer touch with all peoples and countries, we Aus tralians shall not long be spoken of as a young and aggressive people too crude to realize that the people coming to us from other countries, particularly Europe, are cultured enough to be our teachers, and suffering enough to need the kindes t , most understanding welcome we could give them . Pope Pius XII has suggested another and more potent r emedy for the present precarious state of the world pointed out by Lord Russell. In his Encyclical Letter on the Mystical Body of Christ, the Holy Father writes: "Moreover, we trust that the following exposition of the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ will be acceptable and useful to those, also, who are without the fold of the Church. This confidence is based not only on the fact that their goodwill towards the Church seems to grow from day to day, but also because, while before their eyes to-day nation rises up against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and discord is sown everywhere, and the seeds of envy a nd hatred, if they turn their gaze to the Church, if they contemplate her divinely- given unity - by which all men of every race are united to Christ in the bond of brotherhood they will be forced to admire this fellowship in charity, and with the guidance and assistance of divine grace, will Jong to share in the same union and charity. " The wisdom of the Holy

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poetry, and philosophy are the same, so the study of literature and history, rightly pursued. prepares the ground for doctrinal study and, as minds mature, will gradually create a thirst for Catholic philosophy and theology. Once young men and women have experienced the fascination of such reading', there will be no need to fear for the future, either in this world or the next, to which we are all flying so swiftly on Time's silent wings.

CONFIRMATION GROUP. Back Row : (Left to right) Catherine Foley, Gwen Goodwin, Carmel Thornton, Sylvia M cl eod, Joan Corcoran, Jeon

Barry,

Thel ma Gal liver, Vo ll y Birk, Patricia N ewman, Patri c ia M as on, Jean Zagame, Pa t Benne tt , Barbara M cDermott. Second Row : N or ma G lasson, M aureen O'Sulliva n, Patric ia D ::> ran, Judi th Simkiss, Patricia Sim s, Rosemary G riffi ths , Nol a Le wis, Judith Walsh , Lo is Bri ggs , Frances Ma hone y, Fran ce s Pittari, Beve rl ey W ood s, Judith Flanaga n, Patri c ia Bat es, Patricia Pohlman. Third Row : Heather English, Ba rbara Br own , Gi na Nicoletti, Margare t H or sle y, Maureen Bayliss , Jill Cant, M arle ne Di xo n, M aria Anthony, Olive M oore, Lo la Fl eming, Barbara Berg in, Fran ce s Do herty , M ar gar e t Gilles pie , M arie Foley. Front Row : Ann Bo yd, Pamela O'Dea, J ulie Collins, Lynette Latha m,

Ei leen Mann , El aine Veale , Carmel Dockendorf!, Eileen M c laughlin

Patricia

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Golde n Jubilee of Sister M. Emerentiana On January 10, 1948, Sister M. Emerentiana celebrated the gold'O!n jubilee of her religious profession at Healesville. For the happy day Sisters went up fron Melbourne or sent congratulations from the other States. Holy Mass was celebrated by the Rev. }:i'ather Craig, S.J., chaplain for the holidays, whose sermon was as follows: "This Mass has been offered for our Jubilarian. When putting her spiritual and temporal welfare into the chalice, I added a n act of, first , Thanksgiving for graces received during the past fifty years, second, Petition for many more graces during the years to come. I suggest that we all offer our thoughts, words , and actions to-day for these two intentions. "The words of God to the patriarch, Abraham (Genesis XII: 1-2) seem most appropriate on this happy occasion. " 'Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred , and out of thy father 's house and come into the land which I shall show thee . . . I will bless thee and magnify thee . . . and thou shalt be blessed.' "Conflicting· emotions of sadness and fear swept the soul of the patriarch at the thought of tearing himself away from home and facing an uncertain future. Similar emotions come into the heart of every young soul that wishes to consecrate itself to God. But generous souls, who have qualities that make them heroes, make the sacrifice. "Over fifty years ago, our Sister made the sacrifice to 'go into the land ' that God would show her. Travelling fifty years ago had not the comforts of to-day in luxurious ocean liners - certainly there were no aeroplanes. One thought a lone animated her young heart. 'One thing' she asked of God, 'to dwell in the house of God' all the days of her life. (Psalm 27: 4) . "Soon the happy day came when she laid aside her secular clothes and put on the livery of Christ. On receiving the girdle, she girded her loins to walk in purity and continence. The veil was a sign that she despised the world and betrothed herself to the Bridegroom , Christ. The cfown t o-day is a symbol of that eternal

one with which she will be crowned by her Divine Lord. "The young soul was then ready to walk in the way of perfection - even to scale the heights of sanctity. She made her complete renunciation when the cup of life sparkled at the lips of youth. What were the means of perfection? Following the example of J esus and Mary, a life of fidelity to seemingly unimportant duties. Our blessed Lord spent the best eighteen years of his manhood (from His twelfth to His thirtieth year) as an ordinary handyman in the little town of Nazareth. "One writer has said, 'Mary ·wrote no book, painted no picture, thrilled no audiences with her song, spent her life in none of the spheres for which women sigh to-day. She simply lulled a little Babe on her breast; she pressed Him close to her motherly heart; she went about her household duties; she prepared the frugal meals in the little home at Nazareth ; yet for all ages past, and for all ages to come, she will remain ' th e most blessed among women.' "Like 'the handmaid of the Lord' our Sister obeyed His call and His will. She 'went forth to the land' of far-off Australia and Jed a life of humility and fidelity for over forty years at the Convent at East Melbourne. She was a true Sister of Charity, for, as the name implies, she was devoted to others, not to self. " 'Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul . . . Moreover the second (commandme nt) is like to this : Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self' (St. Matthew XXII : 37-40). In the evening of his life St. Paul could say, 'I have fought a good fa;ht, I have kept the faith . .. I have finished my course.' Not finished, yet, Sister , we pray that there may be many more years of loyalty and devotion to Our Blessed Lord." Sister M. Emerentiana' s, nephew in New Jersey, U.S.A. , Rev. Michael Magnier, offered fifty Masses for his aunt on the occasion of her golden jubilee. We all wish Sister, who is loved and esteemed by both the Sisters and children at C.L.C. , every blessing and all happiness in the fl!ture .

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Annual Report of Old Collegians' Association, Nov., 1947 - Nov., 1948 We began our social activities for 1948 with a Card Party and Musical Afternoon, held in the new hall at C.L.C., on Saturday, 10th April; held four successful theatre parties, one at His Majesty's, and three at the Princess Theatre, and on June 2nd at Tudor Court, Caulfield, the first C.L.C. Ball since before! the war was conducted by the Old Collegians' Association . We are most grateful to all those who have helped us arrange these functions, and particularly to Mother Rectress and the Sisters, who have given us every assistance during the year. We would like to thank Miss Raie Uniacke, Misses Valerie and Margaret Buchan and :Miss Majella Ahearn for entertainin g· the guests at the Card Party and Musical Afternoon, and the other Old Collegians who so kindly sent gifts for the Lucky Envelopes. A large measure of the success of the C.L.C. Ball is due to the enthusiasm of the Ticket

Secretaries , Misses Marion Reid, Pat Crawford and Mollie Fagan. Miss Crawford undertook these duties in addition to her work as Treasurer of the Association , and she has been equally capable in both these capacities. We wish to thank Mrs. F. Costigan, who, accompanie d by Dr. Costigan, received the debutantes at the C.L.C. Ball with such grace and charm. Both Dr. and Mrs. Costigan contributed greatly towards making the evening a happy and enjoyable one. Miss Ivy Carroll, one of the Vice-Presid ents, volunteered to act as chaperon and secretary of our 1948 debutantes and gave her time very generously, attending· to the corresponde nce between the debutantes and the Committee, and, together with Miss Mildred Nagle, playing the piano accompanim ents at the rehearsals. PAT CADDEN, MARIE HAWKINS , Hon. Secs.

Old Collegians' Ball The C.L.C. Old Collegians' Association Ball was held at Tudor Court, Kooyong Rd., Caulfield, on Wednesday , June 2nd. This most enjoyable function was a great success. Nearly 200 guests were present, danced in the lovely long ballroom, or gathered around the fires in the reception rooms. The guests were welcomed by the VicePresidents, Miss Ivy Carroll and Miss Marian Reid, by the Hon. Secretaries, Miss Marie Hawkins and Miss Pat Cadden, and by the Treasurer, Miss Pat Crawford. The official guests included Dr. and Mrs. F. Costigan, Mr. K. Moloney, representin g Old Paradians' Association , Mr. Ian McA!ister, representin g• St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne, Mr. Frank De Neefe, representin g the Assumption College, Kilmore, Miss L. Gatens, representin g St. Aloysius' Old Collegians, and Mr. Derek Henderson, representin g St. Pattrick's College (Sale) Old Collegians. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the debutantes. The official guests and the Committee were grouped at the top of the ballroom to watch the entrance of the eight

debutantes. They made a charming· picture as they entered the room, wearing individually styled white frocks and carrying bouquets of white nerines, gold britelins, and gold and white daisies, tied with gold and white satin ribbons. They were Misses Bernadette Durnan, Elizabeth Stafford, Mary McDonald, El!en Jones, Justine Carty, Therese Martin, Margaret Dillon and Evelyn Walsh. After their presentation to Dr. and Mrs. F. Costigan, the debutantes and their partners danced a Minuet, in which they had been trained by Miss Joan Healy. Mrs. F . Costigan wore a gown of midnight blue lame, and she was presented with a bouquet of hyacinths, cyclamens and chrysanthemums. Miss Ivy Carroll, who chaperoned the debutantes, wore a gown of cream brocaded taffeta and carried a bouquet of pastel colours consisting mainly of pink roses and hyacinths. hyacinths. The following members of the Committee were present and assisted in looking after the guests: Misses Betty Keane, Mary Grieve, Bernie Malcolm, Essie Waddington , Mary Menadue , Rona Fox and Patricia Kelly.

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Tuning In Warm and sincere thanks to all Old Collegians Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion, educating young Australians, while her sister, IDA (Mother who responded so kindly and adequately to t he 1948 circular asking for information about Josiana de Sion) , is at Warragul Convent. themselves and their friends. The replies showed PAULINE HADDAD (Sister M. Barbara) , is that C.L.C. ex-students are very interested in, a Sister of Mercy. and anxious to know more about, each other. ALICE HAWKINS (Sister M. Gerald ), a Much up-to-date information, however, is still member of the Marist Order, has done valuable la cking. If r eaders who see omissions in the work in the mission schools, especially in followin g list would please send in the names Fiji. At present Sister M. Gerald is having a of ex-students who have not been mentioned, much needed rest in Melbourne, to the great with a note about their present activities and joy of her family. interes ts, they would give great pleasure to MOLLIE HEFFEY (Sister M. Winifrede ) is the many Old Collegians who will be reading member of the Good Samaritan Order. a "Caritas," 1949. Address your notes to, The NAN JOHNS is one of the Ladies of the Grail. Editress, "Caritas," The Catholic Ladies ' College, Cathedral Place, East Melbourne, C.2. MABEL KERR (Sister M . Dominic) is in the Good Samaritan Order. The following past pupils of C.L.C. have become Sisters of Charity: Marie Artaud, BeneEILEEN MAGEE (Sister M . Thomas Aquinas) dicta Beedon, Eileen Brennan , Hilda Brown, is a Sister of the Good Shepherd. Rene Byrne, Agnes Cecil , Mary Cecil, Zita VERA McKERNAN (Mother M . Dolorosa) Cloonan, Anna Cotter, Josie Donnellan , Marmany years at the Loreto Convent, Perth, ·after Dunleavy, Sarah Donovan, Danie garet Fennessy, Mollie Fennessy, Mary Fennessy, is now back in her native State at the Loreto RITA Convent, Dawson Street, Ballarat. Joan Gough, Eileeh Green, Kitty Green, Marie joined also SERONG ANGELA and CALLANAN Gunn, Nora Hanley, Belle Howard, Cissie this Institute, as did ELLIE PAYNE (Mother Heaney, Phoebe Keane, Annie Killen, Myra Kissane, Eileen Lalor, Anastasia McMahon, M. Columcille), who has spent many years in the Loreto convents in India. Frances McGuire, Eileen Malone, Felicia McCarthy, Margaret Moloney, Rose Mulcahy, MOTHER M. FRANCIS XAVIER MAPLEMargaret Mulcahy, Betty Murphy, Margaret BACK has done excellent work in the miss ion Murphy, Joan Murphy, Agnes O'Donoghue, fields in China and at the Columban Mission Bernadette O'Kane, Kathleen Power, Eileen House, Cahircon, County Clare, Ireland. Mother Saunders, Eugenie Smith, Kathleen Stringer, M. Francis Xavier helped to found the m1ss1on Lilian Sullivan, Jose Thcmpson, Eileen Thynne , order to which she belongs, and it may be Nora Walsh, Mollie Walsh and Mary Waldron. mentioned here that SISTER M. THERESA COTTER (Anna Cotter ), a Sister of Charity in Old Collegians who, having become Sisters of Charity, have passed on to receive an Sydney, is the foundress of the Theresians. eternal reward for their sacrifice and labours MONA MURPHY (Mother M. Oliverio) is in their Master's cause are : Josie Connelly, the present Superior General of the Sisters Mollie Dwyer, Minnie Ledwidge, Ita McMahon, of the Good Samaritan whose Mother FoundNellie O'Shea and Kathleen Quinlan. ress, Mother M. Scholastica Gibbons, a Sister PATRICIA BRENNAN is a member of the of Charity, died in 1901. "The Lourdanian," the 1948 annual of Lourdes Hill College, BrisCarmelite community in Kew , Melbourne. ANNIE BRANAGAN, a Sister of St. Joseph, bane, contains an interesting account of the foundation of the Sisters of the Good Samariis principal of a training college. MARY CAHILL, much travelled, has joined tan, the first Australian religious order, with the Nursing Sisters of the Little Company of a photograph of Sister M. Scholastica, wearing as always, the religious dress of a Sister of Mary. Charity. The annual also has a picture of the MOLLIE DESAILLY (Sister M. Josephine) , group of six Sisters of the Good Samarita n is a Sister of St. Joseph. who, at the desire of his Eminence, Cardinal MARY DITCHBURN (Mother Geraldine de Gilroy, are about to leave for Nagasaki, for Sion) , is now at the Box Hill Convent of the missionary work in Japan.

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MAJELLA AHEARN has a position in the Amalgamated Wireless. ALMA ALLEN (Mrs. J. McKernan) is represented at C.L.C. by two of her daughters, Maureen and Anne. Her family of five sons and three daughters is a credit to her. MARY AMAD (Mrs. Bryce) has two dear little daughters. Youthful and warmhearted as ever, Mary, thoug·h she lives at Frankston, loves coming in to C.L.C. At present Mr. Bryce is away on an extended business trip to Europe. BETTY ANNAL is training as a nurse at the Mercy Hospital. CARMEL AIMERS has just sat for her Matriculation examination from St. Columba's, Essendon and hopes to go on to the University. We wish her every success. We offer sincerest sympathy to VERNA BANSON and her family in the loss of their muchtoved mother. Congratulations to VALERIE BUCHAN who has just obtained her Diploma of Music. BETTY BARTELS (Mrs. Frank Broderick) , has a son , Damien, aged five, and a dear little daughter. Majella.

CONNIE BOOTH has a position in the Accounts Branch of the State Public Works. DOROTHY BAYNHAM (Mrs. Cedric Zahara ) has three sons, Julian already giving evidence of musical talent, Michael, and baby Robert. IRIS BOWDEN (Mrs. John Loft) finds homemaking an absorbing occupation. She has two little sons, John Michael, aged three years , and Terence Francis, six months. DOROTHY BEAZLEY (Mrs-. Mccrohan ) has generously helped library function s over several years. NELLIE BRADY (Mrs. H. Wardlaw) is another very happy wife and mother. Congratulations to CARMEL BRENNAN (Mrs. Ball) on her marriage to Mr. Francis Ball early last year. Carmel is now living at Nathalia but her old friends have been pleased to see her several times in town. CLARE BRENNAN has just completed her second year for the Diploma of Institutional Management at the Emily McPherson College. The Christmas-time birth (27th December) of a son has given great joy to Mr. and Mrs. McColl (MONICA BURNS) ,

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MARGARET BUCHAN Soloist with the M elbourne Symphony Orch estra , conduct ed by Sir Bernard H e i nze at the A.B .C. Conce rt o Fest ival in th e M elbourne Town H a ll

DR. HELEN BYRNE, M.A., M.D ., for a time one of the examiners in Italian at the Melbourne University, is now one of the Resident Medical Officers at Warragul District Hospital. When an undergraduate at the Melbourne University, she won the Mollison Scholarship for Italian and subsequently studied for a year at Italian Universities. Helen has been abroad several times and the beautiful reproduction of Raphael's "Madonna of the Finches," in the library, is her gift. MARIANNE BLACK, whose photograph a8 a debutante at the Newman Ball appears in this issue, is enthusiastic about her work at the Serum Laboratories. GWEN BARNET is to marry Mr. Reginald Darmody. Like many other young people, they are facing the housing problem with some trepidation. IRVIENNE BRAY, after training as a nurse at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, went with a girl friend to Sydney, where they did their obstetric training. After their return to Melbourne, Irvienne's friend was r eceived into the Catholic Church. About the middle of 1949 both

girls are g·oing to the P acific Islands to nurse for the missionaries. Congratulations Irvienne. CASSIE BURKE (Mrs. J. Hawkins) h as a splendid family of seven. Her eldest daugh ter, Marie, has been Joint Secretar y on the Old Collegians' Committee a nd Kathleen is a present student. Cass ie is a very Joya l Old Collegian. VERA COSGRAVE (Mrs. J enkinson) has one son who is a Bachelor of Arts and is now s tudying Law . PAT CADDEN, who was Secretary of the Old Collegians' Association during 1947 and 1948, proved herself a most capable financier a nd a bright, energetic and charming hostess. IVY CARROLL, who assis ted so wholeheartedly in making the Old Collegians' Ball , 1948, such .a brilliant success, is to marry Mr. Kevin Moloney. BETTY CAVEN (Mrs. Nechwata]) is living at Coburg at present but she and her husband hope to go into their new fiat shortly. Dr. EILEEN CATARINICH (Mrs. O'Keefe ) finds that the care of her young family makes the days slip by very quickly.

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ELSIE COOKE is a busy person of many accomplishments and varied interests. She j.s a musician, typiste, and associate-teacher in a M elbourne institute. Elsie is also interested in psychology, languag·e s, the theatre and books. MOLLIE CARDIFF (Mrs. W . Dwyer) takes a gen erous and practical interest in C.L.C. KATHLEEN CARROLL (Mrs. Black) . is the happy mother of six. Two of her sons attend St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne and a daughter goes to St. Columba's. GERTRUDE CONLAN (Mrs. Emmerson) is a widow and does nursing at St. Vincent's Hospital, where she trained. EILEEN CONLAN (Mrs. Morrissy) lives at Seymour. BIDDY CONLAN (Mrs. Desailly) has three children. VERA CARRODUS is doing good work in a branch of the Catholic Evidence Guild which has been opened at St. Joseph's, South Yarra. By passing the required examination in Christian Doctrine, Vera has qualified as a catechist for the instruction of non-Catholics.

MARJORIE CORDER had a pre-Christmas lunch at "The Wattles" with her school friends Vera Carrodus, Rona McFarlane and Beryl Pomeroy. As President of the Library Committee Marjorie helped to found C.L.C. Reference Library in 1941 and has since given valuable assistance in library functions. MAY CLIFFORD (Mrs. W . Bell) gave a delightful pianoforte recital in the Assembly Hall, Collins Street, in June, 1948 for C.L.C. Building Fund. May was assisted by Raie Uniacke (soprano) and her husband, William Bell (baritone). Mr. and Mrs. Bell have a charming· small daughter, Mary. JOSIE CANESTRA (Mrs. Conti) is now represented at C.L.C. by her daughter, Deanna. KATHLEEN CLANCY, B.A., Dip.Ed., is teaching at Coburg High School. MARIE CRACKNELL is doing secretarial work. KATHLEEN CRAVEN is a stenographer. SHEILA COTTER has married Dr. John O'Brien. PAT CRAWFORD is doing secretarial work at the University.

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EILEEN COSTIGAN, M .A., Dip.Ed., is teaching at Taylor's Coaching College. JOAN CALLANAN (Mrs. Dorney ) is living in T asmania where h er husba nd, Dr. Dorney, who did such wonderful work for the wounded in New Guinea, h as a practice. JOAN CRONIN is now on the C.L.C. staff a s a tea cher of handcrafts. The exhibition of h er pupils' work at the end of 1948 was the a dmiration of both staff and students, and h ighly approved of by Inspectors. MARGARET CALLAN and KITTY COSTELLOE have both sent subscriptions for "Caritas" bu t no news about themselves. We hope to h ave some for the 1949 magazine. SHEILLA DILLON (Mrs. Maurice Molan ) is th e proud mother of two small boys, Maurice and David. MARIE a nd BERNADETTE DURNAN are tr a ining as nurses at the Mercy Hospital. LORNA DOUGLAS (Mrs. Vassie) has a small da ughter. NELLIE DENNIS (Mrs. Carbines), LL.B., has a brilliant young daughter.

NANCY DALTON (Mrs. Scanlon) h as· a family of three boys a nd one girl. Na ncy's twin sister, KATHLEEN (Mrs. Allen ) h as t wo sons. C.L.C. has pleasant m emories of t h ese happy girls. AGNES DWYER (Mrs. Maloney ) r emembers the building of C.L.C., when the present grounds were a flower garden. Mrs. Maloney is still a most generous and loyal Old Collegian. KATHLEEN M. DWYER (Mrs. J . J . Collins) writes, "I should like to remind you of my very dea r school fri end, who is now in heaven, Josie Connolly (Sister M . Antoninus ), also of the late Mrs. T. Daly (Ursula H a yes). I am pretty busy myself with my family of five sons, three of whom returned from wa r service, thank God-one a prisoner of wa r in Thailand, safely returned. "I take an interest in kindergarten work, being the Council Delegate of the Melbourne City Council's free kindergarten - the Hopetoun Kindergarten is the name. "I hope you reserve me two copies of 'Caritas.' Congratulations t o you for the excellent publication.''

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40 Many thanks for your kind appreciation. "Caritas" should try to be good considering all the encouragement it has been getting. DELIA DALEY (Mrs. Harold Nelson ) must be allowed to speak for herself through the following delightful and revealing letter. Maprik, Via Wewak, New Guinea, 27th August, 1948. Dear Sister, I am writing in response to your request for a person al note about myself for the Centenary number of "Caritas. " I was formerly Delia Daley, and Treasurer of the Old Collegians' Association for a few years. I am married now to Harold Nelson who is on the staff of the Public Health Department of New Guinea and Papua. On assuming duty at the end of the war, my husband was posted to the Gailala district, Papua, which is in the mountains inland from Yule Island, the Headquarters of the Sacred Heart Mission. In June, 1947, and six months after the birth of our daughter (Terry),. I joined my husband

at Gailala and was delighted to find we were in an area well populated by the Mission Gtations of the Sacred Heart. I h 1ad the pleasure of spending a little time at each of their stations and can endorse the remarks of Father Dupreyat, M.S.C. (who has recently been in Melbourne appealing for funds and writing articles for the "Advocate"), regarding the work done by th e Mission. They have done truly remarkable work and in some areas of the Gailala district there is complete conversion . Thirty years ago the Missionaries first entered the Fuyuge area, and at that time the natives were savages and practised cannibalism. Now not one pagan is- in the area and all are endowed with the Catholic faith. They are content to live in harmony with each other and no serious crime is· committed at all. Whilst in the Fuyuge area of Gailala we attended Mass on Sundays at the Mission it was a very Giation of F ane and inspirmg sight to watch the offering of Mass by these nati ve people. Sunday Mass is always a High Mass and all members of the congregation, from the youngest school children to old men and women, sing the Mass through in Gregorian. It was an odd sight, but an

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Paul and it was wonderful knowing such holy people. I also had the great privilege of sleeping in the very room at Kubeena where Our Lady appeared to Mother Therese before she died. I could relate many wonderful things that happened to Mother Therese in that area but it would take many pages, as does the. book on her life which has been published in French. An English translation is expected very soon. We left Gailala to spend three m on th s' leave in Melbourne and since returning m y husband has been posted to Maprik, just out of Wewak, which is on the north coast of New Guinea, stretching almost to the Dutch border . Maprik has a very pleasant climate and an altitude of about 1,000 feet. We are likely to be about eighteen months here when our next three months' leave is due. I would very much like a copy of "Caritas," please Sister, so am enclosing a small cheque. Best wishes for a successful "Caritas." Yours sincerely, DELIA NELSON.

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Mrs. FITZWILLIAM (Claire Kersten)

We are very grateful for such a letter, Delia, and s-0rry that you have had to wait so long for your copy of "Caritas." Industrial disturbances at the end of 1948, and other circumstances, have delayed its publication. An ex-student writes that your friends were very pleased to see you and your husband, with your little daughter, Terry, when in Melbourne, and a warm welcome awaits you at C.L.C. when the next leave falls due. We hope you will spend many happy years in Papua and New Guinea where you are evidently doing so much good. ROSE ERCK is librarian for the B.M.A. in Albert Street. Rose takes a lively interest in all C.L.C. activities, in the library, and in "Caritas", and occasionally slips over during the luncheon hour to give some very welcome assistance. PAT EDDY, who has a position as law clerk, is finding the study of legal procedure and history, particularly of British history and tradition, of unfailing interest. Pat is also interested in music and literature. DOLLIE EGAN, B.A., Dip.Ed ., is Senior Mistress at Camberwell Girls' High School and a member of the English Standing Committee on the Schools' Board. She has a lways taken

a keen and generous interest in C.L.C., the history of which she gives in this issue. MARGARET FITZGERALD, B.Sc., is the bio-chemist in the Pathological Department, S t. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. MOLLIE FAGAN is a stenographer. JUNE FITZGERALD sends a subscription for "Caritas. " Who will send along a note about June for 1949? NANCY FENNESSY (Mrs. P. Ryan ) is always faithful to Commemoration Day. Her two daughters, Mary, doing her 3rd year Arts Course (Honours) and Anne, are past pupils of St. Columba 's College , Essendon, while the younger ones, Joan and Patricia, are still there. DOREEN FALLOON (Mrs. Elliott) has three daughters, P atricia and Bernadette, who are at C.L.C., and Doreen. Doreen's health has not been good for some time and, for over a month, she was a patient in the Mercy Hospital , where we were pleased to be able to visit her. She (Mrs. Elliott, not little Doreen) made a splendid recovery after her return home, being relieved of all household responsibilities by a devoted husband and two capable young daughters. TESSIE FLANAGAN over several years has generously helped library functions. RONA FOX is t eaching Domestic Science at MacRobertson Girls' High School. WYNNE FANNING, B.A. (Hons.), Dip.Ed., is a valued member of the staff of Mordialloc High School. Wynne, with her friends, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Costigan, was in great form on Commemoration Day. EMILIA FERLAZZO is a pharmaceutical chemist.

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GWYNNE GUILFOYLE (Mrs. Clive Holmes ) , who is living- at Brighton, has three small daughters, Mary, Bernadette, and Ann Maria. MARY GARDEN interests herself in getting subscribers for "Caritas." NAOMI GREY (Mrs. J . Murphy ) is a happy wife and mother. Mr. Murphy is the brother of Father Bernard Murphy, of Sisters M . Eulalia <Betty ) , M. Martha (Margaret) , and Lenore (Joan), Sisters of Charity, and of Pat (Mrs. V. Leonard ) . PAT GILHAM finds social life attractive and is a loyal Old Collegian. LEONIE HARTNETT is giving competent and much appreciated assistance in the care of her young brothers and sisters. EILEEN HAWKINS (Mrs. McGregor) is the wife of Mr. J. McGregor, who teaches at the University High School. The McGregors have a daughter, Marie, and a son, John. DOROTHY HAWKINS' name features prominently in the V.C.L .T.A. tennis world. KATHLEEN HAWKINS, M.A., Dip.Ed., besides teaching at Hampton High School, is a most active parish worker. MARGARET HEALEY (Mrs. J. Sherlock) is a constant supporter of C.L.C. functions. MARIE HAWKINS, niece of Kathleen and Eileen, is a home-lover, and her mother's invaluable assistant with a large family of young brothers and sisters. URSULA HOY (Mrs-. Frank Costig·an) writes : "During the May holidays, which I spent with my family at Daylesford, we had quite a nice

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C.L.C. re-union at our hotel. KATHLEEN COSTIGAN (Mrs. Toguini) , whose husband owns the establishment, had staying ·with her her sister Monica (Mrs. Tobin) , with her husband and small daughter, Mary Anita, all helping to maintain the cheery hospitality of the house. MARY GRIEVE, VERA MORAN and WINNIE COSTIGAN spent their holidays there also. On Sunday, at Mass, we met MARIE DILLON (Mrs. Leo Blood), her husband, and lovely · little girls and boy. They were staying at Hepburn. Also we met IRIS FEELY (Mrs. Vin Murray) and small daughters. ESSIE FEELY (Mrs. Eather), after much househunting, is settled at Mid-Brighton, and her two boys are at Kostka Hall with our son, Gerard. " C.L.C. has no more appreciative, interested and generous ex-student than URSULA, who, with her genial husband, Dr. Frank Costigan, helped to make the Old Collegians' Ball such a delightful and happy function. Ever so many thanks for your letter, Ursula. We are all glad to know that you had such a pleasant holiday with your old school friends. MARY HENNESSY, B.A., Dip.Ed. , adds to the duties of teaching those of being a most efficient president of a Legion of Mary praesidium. Mary reports that, during the last few years, quite a number of C.L.C. ex.students have been engaged in the work of thP Apostolate to the Non-Catholics of Melbourne NELL HUNT (Mrs. James Keating) was married on 1st May , 1948. Nell 's was something of a whirlwind romance, which has developed into an eminently happy marriage. We offer affectionat2 congratulations. PAT HANRAHAN (Mrs. Don Needham) is the

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happy moth er of Peter Francis, who had his first birthday party on 6th September. Mr. Needham is an Old Paradian. MARY HYETT, after qualifying and working for some time as an X-ray technician, is now on the clerical staff of a weekly newspaper. PRUDENCE HYETT has announced her engagement to Mr. Valentine McGoldrick, and their wedding is arranged for February, 1949. For the last six years Prudence has been in the drawing office of the Forests Products division of the C.S.l.R. JOYCE HAMILTON (Mrs. Bryan Burke) has a daughter, Christine, who has had her first birthday. PAT HADDAD, who is happily married, has two beautiful children. VIRGINIE HADDAO, who is now in an office , during the War joined the Navy, and was a WRAN for two years, spending some months in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra. MARGARET HOW ARD is a stenographer at the State Electricity Commission. She is also a leader in the N.C.G.M. , and a keen tennis player. Pat Howard, who likes University life, hopes to complete her science course in 1949. MARY HEED is an ardent Catholic Actionist in the parish of St. Brendan's. MAISIE HESCROFF (Mrs. J. Lynch ), now a widow, has four children, Deidre and Hilary , who go to St. Columba's College, Essendon; Peter , who goes to the Christian Brothers ; and John. who attends St. Monica's, Moonee Ponds. MARY HEDE is doing clerical work in the T axa tion Office. MOLLY HEDRICK (Mrs. Warry ) has a family of thr~e girls and one boy. SHIRLEY ISSELL is in the National Bank. MARY JONES is on the staff of St. Columba's College, Essendon. NELL JONES, who is interested in dress designing· a nd books, also enjoys swimming and dancing. CISSY JOYCE (Mrs. C. F. Wheatland) takes an in ter est in C.L.C. functions. ZELMA KEARNEY (Mrs. M. Norris) is still keen on tennis, which she plays regularly each week. Her pretty little daughter, Wendy, is now a schoolgirl, while h er handsome son, Peter, has attained the grand age of four. ANNE KENNEDY (Mrs. J. McNamara ) is the mother of three children, Antonine, an exstudent, now a permanent member of the staff of the Commonwealth Bank, John. and Mary , a present pupil. Mrs. McNamara served in the C.W.O. huts in Camp Pell and in Elizabeth Street for five years during the war, and is also in the C.L.C. Mothers ' Group. EDNA KELEHER (Mrs. Charles Simkiss ) . has a daughter, Judith, in First Year at C.L.C .

C AR I T A S a nd a son John who is still attending St. Gabriel's School, Reservoir. John in only eigh t, but Judith is eleven, a gl'eat reader and ver y popular at C.L.C. VERA KELEHER (Mrs. Roy Neville ), h as one son, Maurice, who has a position in his grandfather's firm. MARGARET KENNY (Mrs. Rule ) has a bonny li ttle daugh ter , Elizabeth. MARGARET KISSANE is Senior Mistress of th e Elwood Central School. Her niece, M argaret, is stenographer for the Union Trustees. DOTIE KILLEN (Mrs. C. G. Hoy ) interests h erself wholeheartedly and generously in all C.L.C. activi t ies. BESS! KENNEDY (Mrs. W. Keane ) another very loyal Old Collegian , has two daughters, MARY and BETTY, in the Department, both highly qualified teachers. PHOEBE, B.A., LL.B., entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Charity, Potts' Point, this year. One of Mrs. Keane 's sons, Dr. W. Keane, is Superintendent of St. Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne. PAT KELLY (Mrs. Leahy ), is at present on Iler honeymoon, touring from Sydney to Lakes' En trance. CLAIRE KERSTEN (Mrs. Fitzwilliam), was fortunate in finding a house near the Nechwatals in Coburg where she has taken up residence. LOIS KERSTEN is doing Intermediate Pharmacy at the Pharmacy College. PAMELA KERSTEN is receptionist and colourist at John Warlow's studios. MOYRA KEITH , who enjoys research work at the C.S.I.R., has just completed the second year of an evening course for the Diploma of Applied Chemistry at Melbourne Technical College. She has just done a year 's scientific German, for which she found her Latin helpful, and thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Samuel's lecture, "Words - A Mirror to Histor y," up a t the University. Fortunately, Moyra counterbalances all this mental activity by plenty of tennis during the week - ends. LILY KIERAN (Mrs. Fennessy, of Tara Avenue, Kew ) takes a practical interest in C.L.C. activities, as do KATHLEEN and MONICA KEOGH , of Hodgson St., Kew. VALDA KENNEDY (Mrs. Philip Graham ), who i1elped so enthusiastica lly with the foundation of C.L.C. R eference Library, is at present in Sydney with h er husba nd and son , Michael, who goes to Riverview. NELLIE KIM (Mrs. Hubert J . Cooney) went up to Brisbane in September with her husband, who was attending the Triennial Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. A young member bf the Viennese Choir, Walter Schopfhauser,

45 who h as been with t h e Cooneys for a bou t ten yea rs, h as obtained his B .Sc. at the Melbourne University. On 28th January Mr. Cooney will go to Sydney for the profession of his niece, Margaret Cooney, as a Sister of Charity. ELMA LEE is doing secretarial work with the Catholic Vocational Guidance Auxiliary. SHEILAH LANIGAN (Mrs . O 'Neill ) has a li ttle son , Nicholas, aged five and a half, who is a boarder at "Padua" Convent, Mornington. Sheilah is a member of the E.a st St. Kilda branch of the V.C.L.T .A., where she used to m eet MOLLY FAGAN and VAL TRESADERN. Among h er ex-student friends is NELL MOLLOY, whose sister , ALICE, married Mr. Philip Williams in April, 1948. Nell's sister, KATH LEEN. with h e:r infant. son. Peter Adrian , le ft Melbourne towards the end of the year to join her husb a nd in Borneo. LUCY LYNCH is one of C.L.C.'s most loyal past pupils, and a respected member of the Education Department. Her sister, MARIE (Mrs. Spencer ) was r epresented at C.L.C. by her brilliant young· daughter, MARIE SPENCER, who is now a science student at the Univer sity and New man College. EILEEN LYMER, L.T.C.L., continued her study of music after leaving school, and later entered the musical profession as a teacher of pianoforte, etc., and now h as the "Remyl School of Music" in Northcote. Her students have been very successful in examinations and competitions. Eileen has been a member of the Trinity College Dioloma Club since its formation in 1937, a nd -a member of the committee si:ice 1938. We a re pleased to know that she has made a good recovery after a serious operation early in 1948. BERYL LANGFORD <Mrs. Pomeroy) has three daughters, Mary, Patricia and Leonie. JOYCE LUDEMAN, whom we were pleased to see on Commemoration Day, is an accountant. RITA LLOYD, after valuable and interesting war service, has returned to civil life. PAT LEWIS (Mrs. Kevin Woodruff) writes: "I was married on 22nd May, 1948, to Kevin Woodruff, a n ex-Paradian, and SHIRLEY LAWLOR gave m e a pre-wedding dinner in the Mexican Room of the Australia Hotel, inviting Mrs. Hand (CARMEL MURPHY) , SHIRLEY SULLIVAN, KATH VITA, CARMEL VINES, PAT GRIFFITHS, and the bridesmaids, my sister , MARY LEWIS, and my husband's sister, Joan. W e have had several other dinners, and attended a Patricia Howard concert after one. My present interest is a full - time one, that of housewife, but I hope to arrange a routine that will give me some free time in the summer. " NANCY LYNE (Mrs. Paul Ditchburn) was married at a nuptial Mass at St. Mary's, Ascot

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ALICIA McKECHNIE writes that she is Vale, on 24th September, 1948. Nancy is now convalescing after her long illness. We hope living in Strathalbyn Street , East Kew. patient, AGNES McCLELLAND is in the firm of her that Alicia, a very brave and cheerful will soon be quite well. brother, Mr. Joshua McClelland, who is conGWEN MERRITT (Mrs. Hernan ) is living at sidered to be Australia's first connoisseur in Williamstown, and has a family of nine antiques. seven girls and two boys, one of whom is at BERNADETTE McCLELLAND (Mrs. Murray) St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne. is a widow with one daughter, Jocelyn. BernaJOAN MULLENS, after gaining her Trained dette, who does the buying for her brother's Teacher's Certificate, was granted an Primary rare of firm. finds a fascination in collections Melbourne the at studentship china, glassware, silver, furniture , paintings, extended T eachers' Training· College in order to obta in and old prints. her Trained Infant Teachers' Certificate. In PAT McCAFFREY (Mrs. Eugene Evans) has 1949, Joan m ay be appointed to any DepartC.L.C. at Angela and Pat daughters, two mental primary school. DOROTHY MCCROHAN is to marry Mr. Ivan GWEN MAHONY (Mrs. B. J . Cook), has at Mahlstedt on 19th February at a nuptial Mass C.L.C., a delightful little daughter, Denise, now in the Church of the Imma culate Conception, nearly five. Ivanhoe. EDNA McMAHON (Mrs. Dewar) is a very JOAN McLEOD has earned our gratitude for loyal and generous ex-student. is assistant CHRISSIE MISELL, B.A., the delightful illustrations and sketches she has librarian at the Catholic Central Libra ry. contributed in past years. ILMA MCCALLUM (Mrs. Burgess) ' whose LENA McKERNAN (Mrs. G . Lightfoot) is uncle gave the McCallum wing to the Melbusily occupied with her four children. Her bourne Public Library, is living· at Albury. The sister, Bertha, is teaching in the Department. Burgesses have a son, Michael, and a daughter, LORNA MEEHAN (Mrs. J . Lennen) is living Jill. at Glen Iris. VERA McMAHON was interested in art durMOIRA McINERNEY has a position with the ing her school days, and, after leaving school, Union Trustees. continued the study of painting under the late CELESTINE MAHONEY is a typiste in a John Hennessy and at the National Gallery, Government office, and was bridesmaid for Melbourne. For some years Vera has exhibited Carmel Brennan (Mrs. Francis Ball) early last with the Victorian Artists' society. year. FREDA McGLADE, assistant librarian at the BERNIE MALCOLM is teaching in the DeMelbourne Public Library, never misses Compartment. memoration Day, and takes a generous interest MOLLIE MOLONEY (Mrs. Danby) was marin all c .t .c. activities. Patrick's St. at 1948, ried on 1st September, MARY and BETTY MASON are two of our Ca thedral, Melbourne , and afterwards came most loyal Old Collegians. MARY is still a cross, a lovely bride, to C.L.C. She sent Christmas greetings from Queensland, where she is teaching in the Department. BETTY spent 1948 now happily settled. Previous to her marriage at St. Vincent's Hospital as a student dietitian. In March, 1949, she will do her final examinaMollie had an interesting career in the Departtion in dietetics, and then proceed to Perth ment. After a year at the Melbourne Teachers' to take up work at the Royal Hospital, where Training College, she was selected with eleven others to train for the Trained Special Teachers' she won a valuable scholarship. Certificate. For a year they studied psychology, RONA McFARLANE is receptionist for Dr. handicrafts, education, and in general were O'Sullivan. made ready to teach dull and backward children As a Ca tholic Actionist, VERA McCARTHY in Opportunity grades. She loved the work, in has done valuable and extensive work. which she was very successful, gaining much THERESE MARTIN made her debut at C.L.C. praise from inspectors, head teachers , parents, Old Collegians' ball, 1948. and, best of all, winning th e confidence of the children themselves. MARY MURPHY is now a pharmacist. JOAN MATSON is teaching Mathematics CARMEL MURPHY (Mrs. Patrick Hand) has and doing an Arts course at the University. a son a year old. Joan enjoys golf, and hiking, prefer ably up the MARIE MARTIN is training for her Primary Tasmanian mounta ins where the beauty of the bush and the easy, charming hospitality of the Teacher's Certificate, and hopes to take over a rural school in 1949. people a r e a joy still vividly remembered.

C AR I TA S BIDDY MOLAN (Mrs. Andrew Aird ) and her sister, ANNE, are two most helpful Old Collegians. At the Emily McPherson College THERESE McINERNEY recently did her final examinat ion for the Diploma of Domestic Economy. PAULA MCINERNEY, B .A. '( Hons.) , is teaching in the Department. On Monday, 31st January, 1949, ITA MOLONEY'S marriage to Mr. Rino Codognotto was celebrated at a nuptial Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral by R ev. F a ther Moran, Chaplain of t h e Catholic Ladies' College. The bridesmaids were Misses Maureen and Therese Moloney, sisters of the bride, and Misses Rina and Honorina, sister and cousin respectively of the bridegroom, who also had four attendants. 'l'ne whole wedding party received Holy Communion, wh1le t he morning light through the stained glass windows ga ve an unusual vitality to an impressive scene of dignified reverence in the beautiful Gothic setting of the Cathedral. W e MAUREEN MOLONEY, who congratulate graduated B .A. early in 1948. MILDRED NAGLE is a typiste in the Immigration Department. PATRICIA NICHOLL h as announced her engagement to Mr. Frank Warburton, bio-chemist at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. Mr. Warburton is a coming Catholic scientist. JOSIE NOSEDA (Mrs. Brian O 'Donoghue), B.A., as one of the University librarians, has been a good friend to all C.L.C. under-gradua tes. Her sister, PAULA, is teaching in the Department. ROMA O'KANE has a position in the firm of Mr. Joshua McClelland. URSULA O 'CONNOR, B.A., is assistant librarian at the Melbourne Public Library, and takes a very helpful interest in C.L.C. SHEILA O 'HALLORAN (Mrs. J . Byrne) is very proud of h er three sons. NANCY O 'HARA (Mrs. J. Tehan ), M.A., is a daughter of the Australian poet, John Bernard O'Hara. Since her marriage with Mr. J . Tehan, LL.B., Nancy · has devoted herself to her home and young family . At the present t ime both Mr. and Mrs. Tehan are giving much thought and care to the European immigrants, who have found homes and employment on their historic old estate, "Wappan." IRENE O 'SULLIVAN hopes to obtain her Diploma of CIJ.iropody shortly. MERCEDES PARER is in the Navy. HENRIETTA PARER (Mrs. Rubira) has four charming daughters. TERESA PARER (Mrs. Lovell ) has two sons and one daughter.

47 MUFFIE PAUL, known in educational circles as Miss Helen Paul, B.Sc., Columbia University, was Chief Pre - School Educational Supervisor for the State of Victoria. Two years ago Muffi2, who had recently lost her mother, resigned this position on account of her father 's ill-health , but still assists voluntarily, as far as h er time allows, with pre-school development in the community. Before h er appointment, Muffie was given a travelling scholarship, and overseas experience, which allowed h er to see the developments in early childhood education in En gland and America. For " Caritas" this year she has contributed a valuable a rtiele, "Parents as Educators," which is sure to be widely appreciated. Muffie is also a regular and generous donor to C.L.C. Reference Library. MARIE PITTLE is an enthusiastic student teacher. IMELDA PALMER has just completed the first year of her Arts course at the University, passing in English, French, German and British History. CLARE PEDLEY h as announced her engagement to Mr. Philip Williamson . JOAN PORTER (Mrs. J . Andrew ) sends her subscription for "Caritas" through a friend. We should like a note about yourself next time, Joan. KATIE PAYNE, always active in the interests of C.L.C. and Catholic Education, is the hardworking President of the Assisian (Catholic Lay Teachers) Guild. MARY PURCELL is at t h e Inquiry Desk in the Taxation Office. MARIE PRICE is doing secretarial work. KATHLEEN REID, after spending four war years in the Code Room of the Navy Department, m arried Mr. Ryan , a n ex-Warrant Officer cf the R.A.A.F . PATRICIA REID is still in the Navy Department. TESS, after finishing her three years' training at St. Vincent's Hospital, M elbourne, is doing a course in obstetrics at St. Margaret's, Darlinghurst, Sydney. EVA R.USH has been on the s taff at C.L.C . for a number of years. Miss Rush is well known to past and present pupils as a most competent and kind teacher whose loyalty to her old school is outstanding. For the present JOSEPHINE RUSH is having a happy time at home. MARY ROONEY (Mrs. O'Donnell), M.A., Dip. Ed., is a valued member of C.L.C. staff. Early in the Christmas holidays Mary left Melbourne with her husband to visit her sister, who is in a convent in New. Zea land.

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beautiful little Australians, most of whom appeared in " Caritas" a few years ago. NOELLE SOLLY likes to keep in touch with her old school and the friends she made there. MOLLIE TREWIN has a permanent position in the Red Cross, for which she did a great deal of voluntary work during the war. MONICA TOMLINSON (Mrs. Perry) is having a busy life on a dairy farm, " Glanmire," at Connewerricoo. She has a son, John, nearly three. and mischievous. and a daughter, Mary, aged seven months. MEG TAYLOR writes that she is still at the KATHLEEN RY AN, Clifton Hill , is an expert . Head Office of the C.S.I.R., and still likes it immensely. Meg says: " My sister is being tennis player. ANNIE ROSE has done Excellent work in the married to-morrow, and I am to be bridesmaid. Naturally, all chez Taylor are very excited Old Collegians' As&ociation. of whi ch sh e was at present, and we seem to be surrounded for many years president. by cake dishes, butter knives , fruit sets, and all PAT RYAN is a h aird!·esser. ELLA RAIKE m arri ed Breda Reardon 's kinds of nice gifts, not to mention the dresses , the wedding cake, the place cards for the cousin, Lieutenant Lywell cn Martin. at St. Patbreakfast, and all the other delightful trappings rick's Cathedral after his return from the war. They hav e two children. and are living at East of a wedding." Malvern. Meg was giving her leisure moments to French AUDREY SWIFT h as t he interesting occupaliterature, which, she writes, is "like glimpsing tion of hairdresser. a beautiful garden." Lucky girl to have any HILARY SMITHERAM h as been doing· architime for exploring its exquisite pathways! tecture at the Melbourne T echnical College. ENA TARPEY (Mrs. Raftis) has two childENA SAUNDERS (Mrs. Sheffield ) ha s a ren , Brian and Maureen. happy young famil y of boys and girls. JOAN TUCKER is doing clerical work in MRS. SERGEANT, of Elwood, is one of a the General Post Office. very loyal group of Old Collegians. MARIA VIGANO (Mrs. O'Donnell) has two JOAN STOCK is training as a nurse at St. daughters, Robin and Patricia. Vincent's Hospital. MOIRA VAUGHAN (Mrs. Castwood) is SHIRLEY SULLIVAN writes: "My group of C.L.C. ex-students com p rises CATH VITA. teaching in the Department, and proving a ANNE DONCHI (recently engaged ) , PAT successful home-maker as well. FRANCIE VAUGHAN (Mrs. McDonnell) finds LEWIS (Mrs. Woodruff) , PAT GRIFFITHS, CARMEL MURPHY (Mrs. P . Hand), CARMEL her time fully occupied by several young Australians. VINES , SHIRLEY LAWLOR, and myself. Every two months we h ave dinner in town together. KATHLEEN VAUGHAN (Mrs. E . Cusack) is Next week we are going to see 'La Boheme'." also kept busy by a young family. MONA SPURLING (Mrs. Ellis) , who lives at MARY VIERO sends a subscription for Williamstown, has two young sons. " Caritas," but no news of herself. Will someCELIE SULLIVAN (Mrs. Mercer) has a one please supply the deficiency for the 1949 family of two boys and one girl. Celie lives at magazine. Elwood. MARJORIE WHITE (Mrs. Harold Elmore) is ALMA SANKEY (Mrs. F . Tully ) takes an unin Zurich, Switzerland, where her husband is failing· interest in her old school and school Their wee friends. Mrs. Tully's son , Frank , did very good doing a post-graduate course. work in the Signals Sect ion of the A.I.F. during daughter , Maureen, was born there. MARIE WADE is in the Department-seeing World War II. VERNA SIMMONS (Mrs. Kelly ) is kept busy Victoria. She has recently moved from Mirboo North (Gippsland) to Mildura. with her young family of three, as is PHYLLIS SHATTOCK (Mrs. Merrick ) , who has two sons EILEEN WEBB (Mrs. Miller) is living in a nd two daughters. Metcalfe, Victoria, where she is kept very busy by her family of Brian, six, and Laurence, two MONA REDMOND (Mrs . Willis) , a very selfsacrificing and happy home-maker, has seven years, with John, seven months.

SHIRLEY ROGERS <Mrs. Shaw) , who is living at Newport , has a very young son and daughter. BREDA REARDON (Mrs. J . F'. Coym:) has three fine young sons, Anthony, John, and Francis. The family, who live at Malvern. lost a baby sister, Julianne, last September. W e should like to hea r from BETTY RENDALL, now Mrs. Fent. MARION REID, one of C.L.C.'s most active supporter-"., has a posi tion in the Reconstructi01: Training Section of the Depart m ent of Labour and National Service. Marion is finding both work and companionshi!J most congenial.

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Com mem orati on Day On Commemor ation Day, Sunday, November 14th, Mass was celebrated in the College Chapel by the Very Rev. A. F. Fox, Administra tor of S t. Patrick's Cathedral , for the repose of the . souls of departed Sisters and pupils. Among those specially prayed for were Sister M. John Berchma ns, Mrs. Reg·a n and Robin Dwyer, who passed away in 1948. After reading the Epistle of the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, St. Paul to the Thessalonians Father Fox reminded the ex-students that the work which lay people can do is the spr eading of the knowledge of the Gospel of Christ. St. Paul had preached in various places but could not r emain long in a ny of th em , so he wrote back to urge those to whom he h ad !)reached to spread the faith . Members of the Young Christian Workers' Movement, said Father Fox, make friends with careless Catholics, and then persuade and help them to return to the practice of their religion. The National Ca tholic Girls' movement has been working to give the true meaning to Christmas. The girls carried on a campaign to get Catholic :~ e ople to buy Catholic Christmas cards, and the girls themselves also made cards. Catholic married people look up n ewcomers and welcome them to the parish, and married women help (,he new a rrivals to settle down. Old Collegians know , the speaker said, that th e importance of faith, prayer, of Catholic practices and of the Sacraments was implanted in their hearts every day while they were at school and they can now be active in spreading the faith if they wish. The success of Communism is so great that it is spreading over China. In some countries Communism has won. There is danger in Australia. It is our duty to see that people are brought up properly, otherwise Communism , the spirit of destruction , will win. We may have to face a crisis. Outside the Sacraments , prayer is the m :ist powerful weapon. If exstudents say the family rosary, God will bless their families·. They should also pray for vocations. God wishes the knowledge of the faith to be given to all men, therefore they should pray for vocations t:i the priesthood and to religious orders of men and women, and make acts of self-denial for that intention. Father Fox concluded by saying that they should try to lead better lives still, and to give good example. After the Communion breakfast the annual

elections were held. The following· are the office-beare rs of the Old Collegians' Association for 1949 : Joint Secretaries: Antoinette McNamara and Joan Barrett. Treasurer: P at Crawford Vice-Presid ents: Mrs. Frank Costigan , Mrs. Eugene Evans, Mrs. P. Mcintyre, Misses Pat Cadden , Mary Gorman and Mary Menadue. Committee : Misses Cla re Brennan, Pat Gilham, Marie H awkins, Betty Keane, Margaret K issane, Celestine Mahoney, Bernie Malcolm, Ma ry Maxwell, Marion Reid, Mildred Nagle, J ean Stock. Essie Waddingto n , Evelyn W alsh and Ma rie Walsh.

OUR CONCERT The audience was assembled, When all at once was seen An Indian ghost which trembled Like one who had t hen been Through toil, nut now was full of mirth; With eyes fix ed fast upon the stage He stared, a nd we just followed. For there a tribe of Indians stood ; The effect on us was really good. I 'm sure that Indian spirit thought By some 6trange tribesmen he'd been caught. With feathers and with beads of glass Our braves and squaws were unsurpasse d By any g·e nuine ancestor Of the natives found by Christopher . With singing, dancing, acting, they Hiawatha's life did well portray. And Hiawatha's entry was Accompani ed by much applause. But when we all saw Minnehaha Pining, longing for Hiawatha, Every heart was filled with pity, Till he came at last to seek her, Take her to his home and wed her. Thus we saw how Hiawatha Lived and suffered, prayed and fasted, "Till at last his work was ended, And in splendour he departed To the kingdom of Ponemah, To the land of the Hereafter." ANNE O'BRIEN (Intermedia te).

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Up to date this year, tennis has taken second place to basket-ball, but we are hoping that our tennis ladder well soon remedy this. The first important event in the tennis year was the challenge from the A team at Mandeville Hall. We went out to play them on one fine day in March, with a number of supporters from the Matriculation class, who, it might be added, are becoming very interested in tennis, perhaps because of their "Booby Ladder"(?) These girls were the judges of our play and agreed with us that our opponents were excellent players and too strong for us. Our tennis eight was: Judith Munday and Margaret Hickey, 1st pair. Ruth Davoren and Sheila Masterson, 2nd pair. Eileen Burke and Doreen Williams, 3rd pair. Ines Sabbatucci and Margaret Costigan, 4th pair. All members of the team played very well, and so we were not ashamed of our defeat. The return match was played one Sunday at C.L.C. and, although our pairs had been altered and our players had certainly improved, we found our opponents had also improved and were once again too strong for us. Our congratulations go to Margaret Hickey, who was runner-up in the under 16 singles in

the Elsternwick tournament. Well-played! Ma!'garet. Many of the students entered the Catholic Schoolgirls' Tournament in April, and our last supporter, Judith Munday, played a very good game at Mentone, but was defeated in the quarter-finals of the under. 16 section by Anne Cooke of Kilbreda. However the trip down to Mentone after Saturday morning school would have exhausted even Dinny Pails, who is a gTeat favourite with our tennis fans. This year our number of pupils learning from ow· capable coach, Mr. Guiney, has increased, and we are finding it very hard to obtain the court for a game, because of our keen fellowpupils. Now that the Matriculation Orals are completed, we expect to find more of our Matrics. having a game after school. One of our keenest junior pupils is Carmel Dockendorff, whom we hope one day will be very sucC"essful with her tennis. Mr. Guiney's Handicap Tournament has just been completed and we congratulate Mary O'Brien on her excellent win. At present we are holding our School Championship Tournament, and as we hope to umpire the next match , we must leave you now, so, until next year, we are. The Matric. Sports Captains, Ruth Davoren and Judith Munday.

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As fast as Jack Kramer is becoming renowned in the tennis world, C.L.C. is gaining a reputation for having "A Champion Basket-Ball Team. " Once ag·a in we have finished the season undefeated, but our B team had one very anxious draw with Mandeville Hall. This year we played more games than in previous years, and profited by this fact as we not only had enjoyable games but formed what we hope will From bitter past be lasting friendships. experience, our Sportsmistress and Miss Wynd realised that it was necessary to begin practice in the first term, so as to be ready for challenges issued early in the second term. Our capable captain, Judith Munday, has been outstanding this year on Attack Wing for the A team while Ruth Davoren, in Centre, runs and runs and leaves her opponents gasping for breath. Shirley Dick, our Defence Wing, has startled us this year by the rapid rate at which she has improved and the combination of Judith. Ruth, and Shirley forms one of the strongest centre-lines we have had for years. Dorothy Branagan and Mary O'Brien play very

well in goals and always keep cool in spite of strong opposition. Judith Peart, the first Defence, is an excellent player whose "loose man" tactics baffle all opposition. Like Quist. Doreen Williams is the veteran of the team but, when we played a r eturn match with Mandeville Hall, she played with all the talents of t h e "Davis Cup" team combined in one person. This year , our B team has suffered man y injuries but has manag·e d to survive. Ann Branagan, the captain of B team, plays first Goaler and has improved a great deal. Joan Omizollo on the Attack Wing, combines perfectly with her twin sister, Sylvia, who is excellent as second Goaler. June Meese Is sure and steady as the Centre player and Nancy Fenelon is very valuable on both Attack and Defence Wings. Denise McCarthy, the first Defence, plays a clever, consistent game and Beryl Styring, a systematic defender capably supports Denise. Valerie Hancox, Valerie Youl . Anne Tynan, Alma Clyne and Pauline Davoren have all played one game this season and have been very generous in offering their services as emergencies. - JUDITH PEART and DOREEN WILLIAMS.

A and B BASKETBALL TEAMS Standing : (Left to ri g ht) Do reen Wi l liams, Nanc y Fenelon, Beryl Styrin g , Va lerie H an cox, Deni se M cC arthy , J un e Mee se. Second Row: J oan Omizzolo, A nne Tynan , Al ma Cl yne , Vale r ie Yo ul, Shirley Dick, Sylv i a Omizzolo. Davoren (vi ce-capt.), J udith Peart. Front Rew: Paulin e Davoren , J udith M unday (capt.) , Rut h

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B July 3 A .. B .. July 10 A .. B .. BASKETBALLERS EN ROUTE TO PLAY STAR OF THE SEA Standing : A nne Tynan, Den ise M cCa rt hy, Joan Serong, M argare t

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C.L.C. Diary Feb. 3rd.- This, the first day of the school year for us, is crowded with new experiences-new classes, new teachers and new girls. Some of Lhe very small children are doubtful as to whether school is the best place for them but, before the da y is ended; all have settled down happily. Feb. 25th.- The first interlude in our year of study comes to-day when May Clifford, an ex-student of C.L.C., gives a pianoforte recital in the Assembly Hall. Many of us are able to g·o and are looking forward to it. March lst.-To-day the Prefects and Class and Sports Captains were chosen. March 17th.-Today is the fe ast of St. Patrick, and it has a double significance for us, because it is a holiday. Some of the children are taking part in the St. Patrick's night concert to be held in the Melbourne Town Hall, and, if we can judge by the rehearsal, there a re some future actresses among us. March 25th.-This is one of the happiest days of the year, because we are breaking up for t he Easter holidays. C.L.C. choir is singing the Holy Thursday Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral tomorrow. April 27th.-The Easter holidays are now so far behind us that we have ceased speaking of them. We are busy practis-i ng to sing at the children's Mass at the Exhibition Building during the Centenary Celebrations. Ma y 4th.-Many of us had the great privilege

of h earing Cardinal Spellman preach in St. Patrick's Cathederal on Sunday. The singing of the children's Mass at the Exhibition Building in which we took part impressed us very deeply. We will remember it all our lives. Another memory we will keep of this week of the Centenary Celebrations is that of the three days' holiday, although these are spent in study for the coming terminal examinations. May 7th.-Our examinations have begun, but they are not as terrifying as we expected them to be. May 13th.-At last! The break-up day. June lst.-We have returned to school, and one has only to listen to the chatter of the girls to find out how they were spent and enjoyed. The Matrics. are the only ones who seem depressed, and the cause of their depression is-exams. June lOth.-Today the talk is of nothing but the school dance, and we are dazzled by the variety of hair styles, and the glowing descriptions of new evening frocks. Even the s mall children know of this great event of the school year, and look forward to the time when they, too, will h elp to make the dance a success. June llth.-We are all rather tired today, but our weariness is never too great to stop our talking of the dance. June 15th.-After weeks of study, t h e holiday

54 for the King's Birthday is a welcome interlude. Some saw a French play, wishing they spoke that language as well as some of the audience. June 16th.- May Clifford gave a delightful pianoforte recital at the Assembly Hall in aid of C.L.C. building fund . We were pleased to see so many of the audience expressing their appreciation of her playing in the loveliest flowers . May was assisted by Raie Uniacke (Soprano), who sang as we think only Raie can, and by William Bell (Baritone), whose notes of deeper timbre g·ave everyone great pleasure. July 4th.-The history students tell us that this is American Independence Day. We all helped to celebrate it at the Princess Theatre, and afterwards thought that a few more Independence D ays would be quite in order. July 27th.-We felt very privileged when Father Penn Jones, ordained on July 25th came round the classes, had a little talk to us, and gave us all his blessing. August 1st.-By the bewildered expressions· on the faces of some of the students, you will probably guess that we are ~1ractising for the annual concert. This yea r we are producing wmething special- the opera ·'Hiawatha" by the seniors, and "The Magic Basket" by the juniors. August Bth.-This day spent in the Melbourne Town Hall at a full-dress rehearsal is full of excitement and hard work. We only hope our small special audience enjoyed it as much as we did. August 10th.-The concert was an unqualified success as it well deserved to be for both teachers and pupils worked very hard. August 15th.-Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady. We do not doubt that it was the Queen of Heaven who, through her prayers to her Son, brought peace in the Pacific on August 15th, 1945. For is she not also the Mother of all of us, and is not Mary, Help of Christians, the patroness of Australia? We resolve to be very kind to all who come to Australia from a war-torn world. August 17th.-We begin our retreat directed by Father Williamson today. The day is very full, but the time is well-spent and we shall see the effects of it in a short time. The examinations are close now, but the break-up is also n ear, which is a pleasant thought. August 28th.-This is a day full of happiness and good feeling , for we break up for two weeks. Sept. 9th.-The holidays were pleasant, but for the senior girls this is an important term and they all look most determined and business-like. Sept. 30th.-The same determined senior girls

CARITA$ are going to the Royal Agricultural Show today, for we all have a holiday. Oct. 7th.-Music has become the mos t important subject for the last week because the music examinations are today. There is much trepidation among the examinees, but we feel sure they will do well, in spite of their nervousness. Oct. 17th.-As very often happens, this Sunday of the Youth Rally at Xavier is hot and windy, the representatives of the schools who are present march admirably, carrying their school banners and that of the Y.C.S. Oct. 20th.-This last concert of the year given by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is one of the most delightful. Mr. Joseph Post is the conductor, and the works of Delius and Sibelius could not fail to inspire the most unmusical of us. Nov. 1st.-This is "All Saints' Day", but those who are doing French orals and dictation definitely do not enjoy the holiday. Nov. Bth.-In the morning ·we were present at a Requiem Mass in the chapel for Sister M. John Berchmans who taught at C.L.C. for many years and is gratefully remembered by many Old Collegians. We afterwards formed a guard of honour as the funeral procession moved from the chapel to the gate. R.LP. We were very honoured in being offered the opportunity of making a record of our Special Choir for a world-wide broadcast. For this recording we sang, C.L.C. College Song (Dr. Percy Jones ), two four-part unaccompanied numbers "Ave Regina Coelorum" (Lotti) , and "The Nightingale" (Weelkes); two three-part unaccompa nied, "The Coming of Spring" (Mary Dobson) , and "Let us Dance" (Handel). The final recording was "God Bless Our Lovely Morning Land, Australia" (O'Reilly). We enjoyed hearing these numbers played back right away and are waiting to hear a real broadcast of them. Nov. 9th .-This week is an eventful one. Besides numerous penny dips and a grand Doll Show among the little children, there are examinations for the Newman Exhibition and Scholarships. Nov. 15th.-The world heard the news of the Royal birth with great rejoicing, as did all the children, for it meant a holiday to them. Nov. 16th and 17th.-These two days are the long·-awaited for those sitting for Junior Government Scholarships. We are sure many will be successful. And this is as far as we can go with the C.L.C. Diary. Examinations are almost upon us, but after them will come those long Christmas holidays, the delight of all of us, both teachers and pupils.

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As Young Artists see Music, Fire and Wind Three girls from the Catholic Ladies' College, East Melbourne, were asked by The Herald to explain the impressionist paintings they entered for this year's exams. Here are the paintings, the girls and their stories:-

MAUREEN CONLEY (sub-intermediate ) : "My picture 'Music' represents a symphony orchestra. The fla mes express a deep chord played by the trumpets. The lightning is the crash of the drums. The core represents the whole orchestra, the black for the drums and the percussion, the grey for the violins and harp. The ribbons in the lower left-hand corner a re for the harps the drums, the violins, the trombones. '

"The stave of music near the centre represents the drums beating a soft tattoo while the violins play a dainty tune. The spiral ribbon is the first violin playing a melody, which begins softl y; but swells as it nears the end. "The music and flowers in the lower right h and corner are the harp playing a slow melody. The green cloud represents the harp, violin, piano and t rumpet playing a quartet."

PAT DOWSLY (intermediate ) : "My picture, 'Fire,' depicts the flames reaching eag·e rly up, like famished tongues, crying for something they cannot get. At the bottom of the picture is th e m asterful, red-hot coal, feeding the hungry flames, when it pleases."

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NOREEN McNEILL (intermediate): "My painting represents the gusty autumn winds which blow the crisp, brightly-colored leaves up into the air whirling and dancing for a

moment, and then lets them drop on to the hard roads or gutters, where they are broken to small pieces, while the wind takes new leaves to toss into the air."

Matriculation Class Notes Le t us introduce you to the m embers of our 1948 Matriculation class who certainly have the charm of variety. JOAN SERONG is our capable Head Prefect. To h er is due much of the credit of our successful dance this year. Joan is also Presid ent of the Y.C.S. JENNIFER HARTNETT keeps us well supplied with tales of h er small sisiter Louise's latest doings. In th e meantime she solves Maths. problems and is also very interested in physics graphs. GRACE MENADUE finds a fascination in comets. She can well afford to take time from h er studies to view them, for she excels in all subjects. Grace, who has a happy smile for everyone , has just won a Newman Exhibition. MARGARET PATTISON has definitely proved herself a keen Shakespeare student by gaining second place in the recent Shakespeare Examination. JUDITH MUNDAY bei n g h a ppy and goodhearted makes a keen and h elpful Sports' Captain. In fact in the fi eld of sport we could not do without her. Judith has won many tennis trophies, including those won at the C.L.C. Tennis Singles Championship, defeating Margaret Hickey, 6-4, 5-6, 6-3. Congratulations Judith, C.L.C. Tennis Champion, 1948.

PAT EVANS takes much delight in relatin g the stories of French films. She often h as her h ead buried in a history book or a French dictionary-the very largest one. ANNE and DOROTHY BRANAGAN add to the uniqueness of our class, for they are identical twins. Dorothy is first goaler in the A basketball team and Anne plays in many pos·i tions. It has been quite confusing for visiting umpires. They are both keen on tennis, too. RUTH DAVOREN gives the class a touch of genius. She won a prize at the Shakespeare Examination and, recently, a Newman Exhibition. Ruth is an enthusiastic tennis and basketball player, which is only to be expected for she is a very keen Sports Captain. TERRY O 'CONNOR who is interested in overseas fashions , has made us acquainted with all the details of her sister's forthcoming wed ding. Just before the orals Terry alarmed us by getting mumps. However she got through the mumps and a very fair amount of study a t the same time, though her enforced absence from class must have been a drawback. CARMEL McDONALD is a very keen "amateur" tennis-player. Beware! all interested in tennis who are returning next year , for you will have Carmel to contend with. MARGARET BUCHAN and MARGARET

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CARITAS MATTHEWS are the future musical stars of our class whom we see only between their studies at the Melbourne University Conservatorium and their hours of practice. In 1946, MARGARET BUCHAN was selected as a finalist for the scholarship to the Royal Schools of Music, London, and in February, 1948 won a University Conservatorium scholarship. She was soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Concerto Festival. BERYL STYRING is upholding her usual position as genius of the Maths. class and also obtained Credit this year for Grade I, piano. She is a stalwart Congratulations, Beryl.

defence at basket-ball, and wrote these inadequate notes about such an interesting Matriculation class, together with MARGARET UNIACKE who, Beryl says, excels at everything. No one who heard her will forget Margaret's delightful singing as Minnehaha in "Hiawatha" at C.L.C.'s annual concert in the Melbourne Town Hall, or at the Heidelberg Eisteddfod. Besides being a keen student, she is a Y.C.S. leader, and helped to organise our school dance. Margaret loves to tell us about her nieces and nephews. BERYL STYRING and MARGARET UNIACKE (Matriculation) .

The Joy of Reading Imagine for one moment an almost impossible thing. Let us go back to the time when you were a tiny child of three, before you could read or write. Are you back there? Good. Now suppose everyone else in the world died suddenly, leaving you the only person on th e earth, the earth with its cities and towns, its ships and aeroplanes, wharves and quays, its factories and warehouses, its churches, schools a nd libraries, theatres, picture-houses, and art galleries, and all the rest of the things th a t ar e part of the lives of civilised people. Suppose you lived to be a hundred. How much ,

MATRICULATION GROUP M a rg aret Pattison, Grace M enadue, J oan Serong, A nne Bran agan.

even with all these wonderful things about you, do you think you would have learned, not only a bout them , but about everything else in life ; about this vast world, its seas, and oceans and continents; how much about the air you breathed , the water you drank, the food you ate; how much about the sun that blazed cfown upon you day by day, and the night sky, with its moon and stars, up to which you stared wonderingly through the dark? Unable to read and with no one to answer your questions, how much would you know , do you think? Remember tf!is when you hear people say :

MATRICULATION GROUP Standin9 : Ca rmel M cDona ld, J udi t h M unday . Sitting :

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58 "Oh, books, yes, they're all right, but they'r e really just makeshifts; the only thing that can teach anyone anything is life itself, experience. " Like most nonsense, it has a grain or truth in it, but it is only a grain. What that gl'ain of truth is you can discover for yourself. The books of the world contain the thoughts, the feelings , the joys, the sorrows, the wisdom and the discoveries of many of the greatest men and women of the human race. There were the people who had dreams of something grander and more beautiful than anything th at they could see around them, and these tried to leave us a record of their dreams. So they built, and wrote poetry and music, carved and painted, and what is left of their work is very highly praised, for it shows us that a man's dreams go on long after h e is dead, like the ripples go on spreading on a pond long after the pebble that caused them has sunk to the bottom. Also, the men who did these thihgs, belong to us, and as we r ead eag·e rly about them, we feel they were so much the same as we are, and that all our own drea ms and ideas grow sharp and clear, and we long to learn how to express them so that others m ay share them. A great poet wrote: "No profit goes where no pleasure is taken," and it is true the other way round. If you are really learning something, finding out even a little of all th e marvels and wonders there are in the world, you must be getting some pleasure, too, and it is really the most important and exciting pleasure of all. History includes all these artists- the painters, musicians, architects and poets, and tells us, not only how they struggled to leave behind some trace of their dreams, but how they altered history itself with their lovely creations, in spite of the attention given to battles, or g·o vernments, or the dominating qualities of those who loved power. An intimate association with the wonderful people is yours if you care to take the trouble. The poet John Milton wrote : "A good book is th e precious life-blood of a master-spirit ·embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." It is a treasury which can never be exhausted and will last as long as people have need of it or cherish it. And what, you may ask is a good book? From the author's point of view it is something that he would have live for ever, something which results from the best in himself. He sees it as nobody else has done, and h e feels himself bound to express it clearly and melodiously. Then the r eader takes over. He has to find the author's treasures, but this is wh ere the trouble starts. You see, it seems as

C ARITA $ if he wa n ts t o make sure you want it, for h e hides it. It is hard to analyse the writers' pu r pose in hiding their deepest thoughts. "They do n ot give them to you by way of help, but of r eward ; and will make themselves sure that' you deserve them before they allow you to reach th em." Is it worth the trouble-all this digging away for treasure, for beauty and all the rest of it? "What you've never had you never miss." This i:; not true. Do you think a man born blind n ever misses a ll the things that sight gives to others; a ll the things he hears them talking about, with so much interest and joy and excitement? I think he does, and very much so. And so it is worth while digging away for this hidden treasure. Our tools are wit, care and learning. When we get tired, we must sharpen th em , chisel sharper and finer, and always. always, be pa tient. But there are other things in life besides learning, knowledge, wisdom. All normal people n eed a nd desire interest, amusement, ex~ite ­ men t, joy, laughter, romance, beauty. Life will cer tainly give t o every one of us a measure of all t h ese things; how large that measure is will depend chiefly on ourselves. But however large that measure may be, it is but a teacupfUI to th e ocean compared with the vast measure of all these desired things that books are waiting to pour out for us. "There is a society continually open to us, of people who will talk to us as long as we like , what ever our r ank or occupation-talk to us in the best words they can choose, and with thank5 if we list en to them. And this society, because it is so numerous and so gentle-and can b~ kept waiting round us all day long, not to gr ant audience, but to gain it-kings and statesmen lingering patiently in those plainly furnished and narrow ante-rooms, our bookcase shelves-we make no account of that company, perhaps never listen to a word they would say all day long! "-John Ruskin, "Sesame and Lilies. " GRACE MENADUE (Matriculation).

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Listen to the Concerts All about us in Nature there is music, if only we will stop to listen. This is the most profound music of all, the Creator expressing Himself through the instrumen ts H e has made, manifesting Himself in the harmony of the universe. Shakespeare writes: There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an an gel sings Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Do we ever consciously h ear the birds singing their alleluias, or the bees humming their songs of praise? There is music, too, in the dirge of the wind in the tree, in the sonorous deafening chorus of the ocean, in the sigh of the receding wave. To a ppreciate Nature's orchestra, we must realise first the message of her music, its power and depth. Music h as a meaning. It is not merely a succession of linked sounds that attract our attention temporarily - it is a languag·e expressing thought. In its trills a nd runs, in its full strong chords, there is a meaning that is simple, yet mysterious., r eal yet indefinable. The language of music r esembles the language of words in that its meaningless single notes a re balanced in to bars·, phrases, and complete movements as are letters into syllables, phrases and sentences, yet th e two a re fundamentally different. Words are the language of clearly defined thought, bu t 'music, like poetry, is rather the language of emotion a rising from thought. It is partly through the mind t h at words influence our emotions for th e words of an unknown tongu e h ave less power to stir sympathy. But music is a universal language for it is the language of the heart a nd "th e heart needs no teaching. " Poetry, too, is highly emotional and its music an d pictures appeal directly to the senses, yet its deepest meaning is deciphered partly by th e mind. Since music's meaning is for the ear and not the eye and its a ppeal is directly to the heart, its message is a vital throbbing influence. The work of the other arts - painting, sculpture. architectme - is dead, bu t music's work is living. It is re-created again and again to be appreciated and is "th e livin g utterance of a

living message." It has· been said t h at music is th e living link between the ages. Of music's message Cardinal Newman h as written , "Mus ic is the expression of ideas greater and more profound than any in the visil;lle world, ideas which centre indeed in Him Who is th e source of all bea uty, order, and perfection. Can it be that those mysterious stirrings of h eart, and keen emotions, and s trange yearnings aft er we know not what, and awful impressions from we know not whence, should be wrought in us by what is unsubstan t ial a nd comes and goes and begins and ends in itself? It is not so; it cannot be. No! They have escaped from some higher sphere. They a r e th e outpourings of eternal harmony in th e medium of created sound . They a re echoes from our home. They are the voices of angels or th e Magn ificat of saints." Thus, music is a revelatiqn . With our eyes we see the beauty of the universe and th e mind r ealises that divin e wisdom and power are behind it. Likewise, with our ears we h ear the harmonies that tell of grand ideals, nobility of character, innocence, a nd unselfish love. Perhaps th e power of greatest influence in this revelation is the in ward inspiration. All th e masters of music h ave this inspiration, bu t it expi'esses itself according to the soul through which it speaks. Beethoven's expression is elevating a nd powerful , Mozart's simple and majestic, Mendelssohn 's sweet and song-like, Schuber t 's lyrical a nd poetical a nd Chopin's brilliant with an exquisite emotional quality. the we find human sounds such In message that is hidden in music. ' In th e music of such m en th er e is emotion arising fro m deep th ought, balance of style and rhythm , refined bea uty and t rue taste, all of which combine to make it classic. There is no affectation of ex pression, no exaggeration of idea or fancy and no eccen tricity. This music is char ged with emotion but it is controlled and by this it g·a ins., not loses, in power and a rtistry. Consider, then , music's soothing power on mor tal souls. It elevates character and lifts th e listener to a pure atmosphere far above all that is base or sordid. Music is the divine call to peace. It is the only human art that we attribu te to h eaven and the angels. What happiness and peace of soul may we be missing ? Are our souls r espon sive to divine messages? - Ma rgaret Uniacke (Matriculation).

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Leaving Class Notes DOREEN WILLIAMS, our reliable classcaptain, shows ability on both tennis a nd basket-ball courts. We are pleased to notice that, along with h er steady trustworthiness, Doreen seems to knows a ll the latest hit tunes. INES SABBATUCCI likes the task of cleaning the blackboards. She also likes us to express our admiration of the way in which sh e performs this task. Ines is a noth er tennis and basket-ball player. PAM SCOTT is one of the best actresses in th e class. She has helped in the dramatis ing of RICHARD II by successfully taking th e part of King Richard, himself. The colourful bedsocks Pam knitted prove a source of great en joyment to the class. ANNE WALL being both in terested in books and a reliable 'girl, was given th e position of Leaving librarian. Besides being helpful, Anne has treated the juniors, who run up the stairs twice a week at 3.30, with fin e tact a nd kindness. EILEEN BURKE, a member of the tennis team , spends most of h er week -ends on a court. In school Eileen is a lways ready to hand out small kindnesses with a smile. BEVERLEY BAKER is one of our few gif te d mathematicians . Beverley did not fuss a bout a period in hospi tal, and m a naged to keep h er studies g'O ing. W e congratulate h er on h er recovery. MARIAN B ONGIORNO supplies the chapel altar with flowers fresh and lovely. SHIRLEY BRANAGAN is a n entertaining talker , but there is some thinking at the back of what she says. K'AREN BRENNECKE is forever on th e trail of accidents so that sh e can exercise h er knowledge of first aid. Karen also silently does several kind acts each day. BARBARA COMMONS reminds us of : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! MARGARET COSTIGAN: Whenever you ask Margaret about her sport, you know the answer to expect: "I'm h a ving a rest; I've gone stale. " It is otherwise with Margaret's studies. MERLE COOMBER, on t h e contrary, takes a keen interest in sport. LOIS CUSACK is usually surrounded by papers, pens and pencils. Lois is a promising artist. PAULINE DAVOREN brought much honour to Leaving by obtaining first place at th e Sha kespeare Exa mination.

MARY WATERS will be co ming to school in tatters soon , if Ted, h er do g·, does not stop tearing up h er clothes. MARIE CONDRON has gone to Sydney by a ir, very puzzled as to how to take a ll th e farewe ll and Christmas presents given her by friends . We hope Ma rie, who has taken to writing poetry in her leisure h ours, will write us some letters. SHIRLEY DICK seems to shine at ma ths. We were a ll a mused and rather pleased the oth er day when sh e spent ten minutes of our lesson trying to work out th e difference between a horizonta l plane a nd an aeroplane. PATRICIA ELLIOTT has of late been seen a little too often with th e class funds tin. P at is a lovely girl on her own, a nd we wish she would lose h er companion so that we would not lose so much money. We cannot refuse her. LORRAINE ELLIS is often seen around school a fter th e majority of girls have left. We find it h a rd to believe that sh e is waiting to ask one of the staff to help her with some lesson. Why does Lorraine linger? BRENDA FITZGERALD is our budding poe t . We think th at Brenda will wake up one morning and find herself famous if sh e keeps on writing poetry of th e quality of h er latest on the lilies. MARIE GRUNDY: is envied by a ll for th e easy time sh e is h aving. While we a re hard at work at lessons, Marie is doing h er homework, or a musing us with h er queer biology diagrams. KATHLEEN HAWKINS in spite of her devo tion to spor t a nd music, just loves a book. LENORE KERSTEN has taken a sudden unaccounta ble interest in ice hockey. No one has s ucceeded in finding out the basis of this inter es t . Lenore h as a keen sense of the dramatic, especia lly if the episode happens to be humorous. p AMELA O'BRIEN is going fast towards the goal of her ambition to be a doctor, and, by the look and weight of h er bag, s he seems to have bought that bag for the day when she becomes a doctor. BETH KINGSTON is on e of our stars at the Maths. II lesson . Some more of us seem rather brilliant at this period, but we find it hard to keep up wi th Beth's brainy suggestions. DENISE ATKINSON surprised those studying Horace and Cicero when she told them one d ay during a Latin lesson t h at she wished to becom e a veterinary surgeon. Denise is evidently a lover of animals for, besides wishing to take up veterinary surgery, sh e h as photogTaphs of her self taken with her cat.

CA R I TA S MARGARET O'NEILL is very qui et, alth ough her n a me frequen tly a ppears on th e boa rd for a hundred per cen t . in Fren ch vocabula ry, a nd in Chemistry th eory. Ma rgaret is a good worker, and so should be successful in fin al examinations. JUDITH PEART, one of our Sports' Ca ptains, is kept busy a rran ging tennis a nd basket-ball pla yers, and is proficien t in thes·e games. I n fact Judith ca n be r elied upon to make a n ything she takes in h a nd a success. JULIE SMITH is one of the nicest m annered girls in t h e class. SHIRLEY WHITE is wor king very h a rd at he r Latin this yea r . B y Pauline Davoren, Julie Smith, and Denise Atkinson. THE GOLDEN FOAL

Lit tle foal of golden hue, Free as th e breeze, I envy you! Wi th legs so graceful , legs so long, Racing past me wild-eyed, stror. g. Mother, wi th a mother's pride, G alloping joyous ly by his side. Wit h admiration , without love, Th e stallion watches from the ridge a bove. A t ree standing in the paddock green , Begins to qui ver , begins t o lean , I t crash es from the very skies; A 'm oth er shrieks, a baby cries . A tr ee th at h ad once stood s traigh t a nd t all Sh a tters his legs a nd fetlocks small ; His eyes roll back in anguished pain, R e knows he'll n ever gallop again. Little foal with golden hair, Broken-limbed, lying there; Mo th er with ca ressing· tongue Sooth es t h e wounds of her bleeding young. T h e stallion fr om his pinnet high Does no t come a nd s ta nd close by ; Mother . a lone, with saddened eye, Wa tches her golden dear foal die. DENISE ATKHTSON (Lea ving).

Father TherryA Pioneer of Australia T his year , in Ma y, we celebrated the centen a ry of th e diocese of Melbourne. In those few da ys of r ejoicing· our thoughts n a turally t urned to t hoEe self-sa crificing people to whom we owe our F aith- th e first priests and nuns wh o lef t th eir native countries to come out to Australia , of which little or nothing was known in those days. The first priest to come h ere was F ather O'Flynn, a nd next came Fa th ers J ohn J oseph Therry and Conley. It is F ath er Therry's story tha t I should like to tell you . In Ma y, 1820, a ship conta ining convicts sailed into Botany Ba y. On boa rd was a young priest, Father Therry, Catholic ch apla in to t h e con victs of th e colon y. Before t his th ere was

61 no prov1s10n m ade for the spiritual n eeds of the Catholics of th e little colony, as Father O'Flynn h ad been sen t home. They were forced t o a ttend non-Ca tholic services. If they refus ed to go and were discovered they would be flogged. For the s econd offence they would be sent t o an island inhabited by the worst convicts a nd murderers sent from England. When F ather Therry arrived he set to work with fi re and zest to bring religion and peace into the lives of the poverty-s tricken and illtreated convicts. F ather Therry worked in Sydney for eighteen years, and, so well-known and well-loved did h e become that bushrangers , upon meeting him on the highwa ys, would r elease him as soon as his ident ity was made known. He commenced to build St. Mary's Ca thedral in spite of much opposition and harsh criticism. He was the only priest in a vast continent. He was the pa rish priest of Australia . In 1838 h e was appointed Vicar-General of T asm a nia, or Van Diemen's Land, as it was called then, a nd he left Sydney and tra velled straight to La unces ton, although h e wished to stay in Melbourne for a while. In Tasmania he ca me up against the same kind of difficulties that h e experienced in Sydney. He spent thirteen h a rd years in Hobart, which caused him to be old before his time, on account of his great struggle against debt a nd misundersta nding. Tasmanian Ca tholics, however , loved a nd revered him. Al though h e spent only a short period of t ime in Melbourne, it is this particular time which , I think, would interest us most . When Fath er Therry decided to go South, Melbourne was a flourishing town with a population of about ten thousand people. The Ca tholic community· of about four t o fi ve thousand was a very en ergetic group a nd the numbers were rapidly increasing. Rough streets were being replaced by metal roadways, substantial buildings were being built wh ere before had been rough wooden structures. In those days the grimness of the penal colony was h a rdly known in Melbourne, and even then Collins was the most import ant street. Balls, picnics, dinners and races were fashion a ble, a nd riots a nd duels practically unknown. This was the Melbourne that F a ther Therry came to in 1846, and was immediately popular. In Port Phillip, as in every parish where h e had been , h e won the love of the people. His letters and dia ry tell intimate stories of the sorrows and joys of his parishioners. Wha tever difficulty needed settlement, to this open hearted priest the people came. Even though Father Therry was getting on in years, his zeal was untiring, and he spent long hours on horseback in order to bring comfort and spiritual peace to those people wh o lived in the outbacks or at long distances from church. In April, 1847, Father Geoghega n returned to Melbourne, and F a ther Therry went back to Sydney, where h e spent the last years of his life as the parish priest of Balmain.

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62 The energy and effort that he put into his work was at last taking' its toll, and he became noticeably weaker and older. His step was less brisk and his face became lined and furrowed. There are stories told of how the children, upon meeting him in the street, would go down upon their knees in order to receive his blessing, and how, if he met a burdened daughter of a hard working woman, he would assist her with her parcels. On one morning in May, 1864, the bell of the little stone church tolled unexpectedly! The people flocked to the church to investigate the cause of the bell-ringing on a week-day. They received, with heavy hearts, the news that their devoted priest, John Joseph Therry, had died. He was buried in the crypt of St. Mary's Basilica. Thus a gTeat man, who did much for the spreading of the F aith in the early days in this country, passed on to receive his just reward. Although he is dead, his memory is still living, and, I think, will always live in the hearts of the Catholics in Australia. - MARGARET COSTIGAN (Leaving·).

Early Australia On April 20th, 1770, Captain James Cook in the "Endeavour" s ighted Ca pe Everard, S.E. Australia. He claimed it for England, naming it New South Wales. He planned his expedition with scientific care and has every right to be called Australia's first scien tist. A few years later, in 1778, a British colony was established, and in 1788 the first fleet arrived with 1482 persons on board. When the flee t was about to leave England, two Irish priests offered to accompany the expedition and to pay their own expenses, but their services were refused. The Catholics were left without a priest until after the rebellion in Ireland in 1798, when many Catholics were transported, including three priests. On May 15th, 1803, the first officially permitted Mass was celebrated by Father Dixon in Sydney, but shortly after, h e reurned to Ireland, and one~ again Australia was without a priest. The first priest to be sent to Melbourne was Father Patrick Bonaventure Geogheghan, in 1839. Shortly afterwards he built the Church of St. Francis, which still stands, the Mother Church of Victoria. In 1848, Melbourne was made a separate diocese, tthe centenary of which we celebrated in May this year. The Most Reverend J. A. GOOLD, O.S.A., was oppointed first Bishop and he ruled the Church in Victoria with zeal for nearly forty years, When State aid was withdrawn from schools in 1870 he was faced with the problem of Catholic education and had to supply a school for every parish. He was responsible for the Irish Christian Brothers, the Sisters of Mercy coming to Australia. Other religious orders,

including the Sisters of Charity, came also, and devoted their lives to the work of Christian education. Two new dioceses were established in Ballarat and Bendigo and later in Sale. In the same year Melbourne became an Archdiocese. - ELIZABETH KINGSTON (Leaving).

Our Family Joy!5 and Trials I do not profess to be a writer but owing to ci rcumstances I have been asked to write someNone of the subjects suggested thing. appealed to m e, so I thought I would tell you about the Joys and Trials of Our Family. The gTeatest trial in our family is to get anyone to do the dishes. Everyone seems to just disappear or they have something more important to do than dishes. Smart brothers will always answer "that a woman's place is in the home", a nd the dishes are left to anyone who is willing. Also the introduction of the wireless into the home is the cause of a great many arguments, for practically everyone wants a different station on. Finally Mother has to turn it off, befor e the two youngest come to blows. It is also these two who argue a great deal about who is to go the messages until Mother intervenes and gives each of them some messages to do. Then there is another great trial, that is sickness in the family , for it gives the parents cause to worry, especially if it is a serious or contagious disease. However while the trials of the family are not altog·e th er the responsibility of everyone in the household, the joys are shared by all. When someone receives a birthday gift or a Christmas present. all are excited and happy. The excitement of holidays and going away, together with thoughts of the great things you will do, is also a great joy to everyone. To have a la rge family is often the wish of many, and Moth er says, if anybody with these ideals came to our house they would soon r.,gr ee. I find that being in a larg·e family is a great comfort, and I am very grateful that I am not an only child. - MARY WATERS (Leaving).

An Achievemen t Melbourne was a little more than a village in 1848, the year when the Diocese of Melbourne was founded , so the Catholic settlers must have felt proud when welcoming Bishop Goold, their new and energetic pastor. But their pride in being present on such an occasion would have been doubled if they

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could have foreseen the achievements of their Catholic descendants during the next hundred years, and if they could have witnessed the wonderful expression of the Faith of Catholics of Melbourne commemorating Bishop Goold's arrival. In one hundred years, only three generations live and work, and, during the hundred years between 1848 and 1948, we have had only three Archbishops, and yet in this comparatively short time (for it is a very short time when we consider the ag·e of the Church) the Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Melbourne has been firmly established, strengthened and developed. In a few years more than a lifetime the Catholics of Melbourne have built thousands of churches of which the greatest is our Cathedral, and they have established primary schools in every parish without help from any Government. There have been secondary schools established and conducted by an ever increasing number of priests and

nuns, as well as homes for old people, hospitals, a ·school for the deaf and dumb children and for the blind. Even the children who find it hard to learn are being helped and trained in a special school built by the Catholics. All this has been done in a hundred years and is the result of the fervent Faith In few other times in of the Catholics. history have the Catholics so much needed their Faith . The Second World War has ended only to reveal that the Peace so hardly won is unstable and unlikely to last. While this country accustoms itself to th·e thought of another war, the worst enemies of Christianity, the Communists, cause unrest and unjust persecution of Catholics in other countries. The Indonesian and Chinese wars have both raged during this "Peace" and the Faith of which we have shown so many signs d uring the last centui·y is now needed to fight th e Communis ts with th eir own fervour but in a fin e cause.

JUNIOR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ( Left to right) Beve r ley Smith , Gwenda Miller, Pat Jones,

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64 Monsignor Fulton Sheen laid this case before m during the Celebrations of the Centenary 'in one of the most stirring addresses ever heard. Visiting Church dignitaries from the world over stressed the need for a stronger Faith , while applauding the achievements of the Catholics of Melbourne and their evident firm belief in the Church. If the Celebrations are soon forgotten, the last thing that will fade will be that appeal to Catholics to fight their enemy, Communism, with the same vigour they have built churches and educated their children, and spread their Faith in the last hundred years. This was the desire of our own Archbishop, Dr. Mannix, when he launched Catholic Action in Australia. To this man, the central figure of the Centenary Celebrations, all Catholics owe gratitude for hi.s strength in carrying 011• so efficiently the duties of his position and also to his wisdom which enabled him to carry on the work of Archbishop Carr and bring to fulfilment so many g'Ood works. Every Catholic will think of him with love and respect as the support of the Faith during some part of the last hundred years. - P a uline Davoren (Leaving).

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It has often been asked in musical circles why the presentation of Grand Opera in Australia is so rare an event, especially in view of the fact that Australians are great lovers of this form of art. The explanation is that opera is the most difficult of theatrical enterprises to organise and produce, and is dependent upon a number of fa ctors which may not be apparent to the general public. The cost of producing an Opera of a high artistic standard is tremendous, and because Australia is geographically far away from the art centres of the world, it is necessary to bring the principal artists, costumes, and much equipment from overseas. The great tradition in grand opera is to produce in audiences the exalted moods and flight of imagination that span the passage between laughter and tears, and inspire in singers, orchestra, and dancers fine performances. This' tradition has developed in little over a century and derives from the fine interpretation of Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Puccini, and all the well-known composers. When their interpreters combine in the blest

harmony of music, mime, and decor to achieve unity in good theatres, th e tradition becomes safe in our keeping. Only then do we justly pay earnest tribute to the power of lyric drama to heighten the emotional appeal of the hu·m an story in its many forms. The first appearance of any opera in Australia was that of Sir Henry Bishop's musical drama, "Clari, the Maid of Mila n ," in 1834. In 1845 Auber's "Fra Diavolo" was given, and in 1887 Nellie Stewart played the role of Marguerite in the Willia mson production of "Faust. " Twenty-four years later Melba, in her firnt opera season here, created a furore in the same emotional role. When the Theatre Royal was opened in Melbourne in 1855, G eorge Coppin toyed with the idea of making it an Opera House, and the next year he presented Anna Bishop and Mme. Carandini there, in Italian and French operas, which included Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia." In 1857 in Meyerbeer 's "Robert de Diable," Anna Bishop, the soprano, sang· in Italian, fil e bass in German, and the tenor and baritone in French. To avoid lingual conflict in several scenes Mme. Bishop and Lag'laise, the tenor, were "doubled." This was typical of the conflicts that went on between the artists. However, Lyster , who came out from Ireland in 1861, really gave opera its firm foundation , and sowed the seed which was to reap a harvest of dramatic song. In 1876 his company was headed by Ilma di Murska, who had sung in "Robert le Diable" and in "The Magic Flute" in New York, and his conductor was Alberto Zel man, Senior. Lyster organised and imported companies for twenty years, but then J. C. Willia mson stepped into the breach, and, after r emodelling the Alexandra Theatre in Exhibition Street, h e r enamed it Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1886 Nellie Melba left Australia to win universal acclaim. It was also the beginning of the period of grand opera enterprise under Williamson and Tait, that lasted for sixty-two years. European companies continued to come regularly, but there was a lull in Wagnerian operas. This caused bitter feelings in Melbourne, and the cllmax was reached at th e Australian premiere of Puccini's "La Boheme," in 1901, when Marshall Hall, who established the University Conservatorium of Music, led the rebels as Wagnerian champion. While most of the audience were applauding Puccini's work thunderously, the Wagnerites made a contrast

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by hissing and cat-calling. The 1910 season, including "Madame Butter. fly ," "La Boheme ," "Carmen," "Cavalleria

Rusticana" and "Pag'liacci", did more tl, r-opularize grand opera. Melba returned in 1902; after having become famous, and gave recitals and sang in opera here. In 1912 an Engli.Sh company came out, in 1916 the Gonzalez Company, in 1918 the Frank Rigo Company and 1919 was a Williamson season. In 1924 Toti de! Monte , Lina Scavizzi, Dino Borgioli, Nino Piccaluga and others came out. a nd, · with Melba, gave scor es of operas in It21ian and French. And so th e seasons came and went; 1928, 1932, 1934, and in 1931 there was a company of all~Australian artists under Professor Bernard Heinze. Early this year a season of Australian artists at the Princess aroused great interest.. However, when the Italia n company came out this year the Austra lian people showed how they loved this great art by thronging to the thea tre, a nd so the great tradition is once moro being h anded down.

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Sport should he Compulsory As our bodies n eed food , so, too, do they need exercise. Therefore, I think it is highly essential to have sport in all schools. At least an hour each day should be devoted to sporting games, not only to build up our bodies .physically, but also to give our minds a rest from school work. A very good idea, as certa in schools exemplify, is setting aside a certain day, solely for the purpose of tennis, J:asketball, races or whatever the sport may be. Another g·o od idea is the " Na tional Fitness Movements," which are now operated in numerous towns of New South Wales. It is hoped these institutions will be commenced all over Australia. Sport is good, not only to play, but, most frequently, to watch. What could be healthier than an afternoon spent at open-air cricket, tennis tournaments, or football , r ath er than one in a stuffy picture theatre? There is a great f uture in sport, too. One has only to thinlt of Don Bradma n , who has recently returned ffom the English test matches, and also John Bromwich, a contestant for the Davis Cup. He also ha~ . bef)i:i overseas numerous times. Then there a re the footballers , many of whom are chosen each year to play in Australian interstate matches. It is also to be noted th~t many

Aus tralians were chosen th e represent the cont inent in the well-known Olympic Games. P eople who do not indulge in sport compare unfavourably with those who do. The nonsporting type are not as bright, and are certainly n ot as healthy-looking as the athletic on es. It is, of course, an entirely different m atter if on e is not able, through some illness. t o indulge in sport. "All work and no play," therefore , is a saying with which most people do not agree, so why, then, should it be carried out in some schools? "Daily Sport," at least, in all schools should be arranged. MERLE COOMBER (Leaving). A GARDEN

I have a litt le garden, On the outskirts is a lawn ; I try to keep it tidy, And water it each morn. Da isies on the edg·e , And poppies in a row; Chrysanthemums in the centre, That stand both high and low. The fl owers are ranged so neatly, And perfume, too, is borne ; The birds a ll whistle sweetly In th e breaking of the dawn . Why don 't you keep a garden, T endin g it carefully, too? The beauty of God's flowers Will bring great joy to you. SHIRLEY WHITE (Leaving).

The Royal Agricultural Show This year Victoria celebrated the Royal Agricultural Show, and it was one of the most successful Shows on record. After the seven disturbin g years of war, the Show came as a novelty to many young Victorians, who had never before witnessed a Royal Show. The Royal Agricultural Show is held so that the city people will learn what the country people are doing. Without these country pe:iple we would be without meat, milk, dairy produce, wheat, potatoes, onions, as well as many kinds of fruit and vegetables, both fresh and canned. We also see wonderful exhibits by the country women, both in handwork and cooking. These country people exhibit their best animals, hoping· that they will win a pri- " There is a good deal of competition betwce·1 the country people, who are trying to wLl prizes with their exhibits.

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66 Perhaps the main attraction at the Show was the livestock-bullocks, cows, horses, pigs . dogs and sheep; one of each class was dis· tinguished by the blue ribbon, which it wore . signifying thait it had won a first prize. Nearby, trotting, jumping and races took place numerous other events. All the primary products of Victoria wen, Wool, for which Australia ia displayed. famous, wheat, meat, dairy produce, and also machinery, without the help of which such products would be almost unattainable in large quantities. The Royal Agricultural Show is both educational and social, as the country folk like to renew acquaintances, and you often hear tnem saying: ''I'll see you here again next yeaT." It also helps to encourage people to try and produce bigger and better animals, and to improve on the machinery, because everyone who enters anything in the Show hopes to win a prize. This year there was an absence of the samples, which were characteristic of the prewar Shows. The few samples that were there were one or two shillings each. However , we hope that next time food will be more plentiful , and these things will be back again. Thi& year all the side-shows were outside the The majority of the Show Showgrounds. visitors thought it was better to have them there, as there was more room inside for th e other things, but the stall holders said th a t they did not make even half the money they made last year. Now, Show week has at last come to an end , and the Showgrounds are deserted. We h ave but to look forward to the next Royal Show in 1949.

MARGARET O'NEILL (Leavin g) .

An Australian Holiday Resort Just imagine a warm, calm morning on a beach. The tide is coming in very gradually. but there is still a sandbank nea r the edge of the shore. The water is very calm, almost 11ke a sheet of g'lass·, and it is a blue-grey colour, not a fictitious deep blue, for rarely is the sea such a colour. The beach is deserted , except for one or two bathers in the distance. The beautiful white seagulls, a nd the da rker albatross soar and scream overhead. Way out on the horizon is the smoke of a ship, coming into dock at South Melbourne, just behind the distant headlands. As the morning goes on, you may see a woman coming down on to the l;>each with a

dish in h er h a nd. The seagulls know what sh e is there fo r. They fty towards her, crying and squawking. T he woman is one of the people who live at the beach, and who come down each morning after breakfast with the scraps for the 'gulls. It is amusing to see how 'they fight a n d scr eam for the scraps. In the distan ce is h eard a train, and a train whistle. You know that now the people will begin to a rrive, a nd sure enough they do. Groups of four a nd five trail down through the gates. carrying bundles, string bags, and towels. wearing sun-glasses, and large ftoppy hats. calling to each other to find out the best place to sit, and la ughing. The movement begins to speed up on the quiet beach, quiet no longer. Soon those first crowds, now changed into swim-suits, will race down to the water to see who will be first in , while th e later arrivals come on to the sand ready to enjoy their day. The screams of the 'gulls are not h eard so clearly above the voices of the people ,and their portable radios. After lunch a bigg·e r crowd arrives, and the beach becomes crowded. • Those who arrive now are disappointed that they did not come earlier ; those who a rrived early are sorry that the others a re coming to crowd the sand. Here and there t h e permanent dwellers at the b'e'l'tch carr y their boats down to the water (to the en vy of th e day visitors) . The sounds of the 'gulls are now completely drowned by the people, dogs ba rking, motor boat engines, and the 0ounds of the cars passing in the street nearby. During th e afternoon, while it is very hot, the visitors stroll along the main street of Aspendale, and sometimes have a cool drink, then eat ice cr eams and watch the traffic go past. As nigh t comes on, the crowd goes, and the beach is left quiet again, and is silent. '!'here is no sound of the 'gulls, for they have g·o ne ~ 01· the night. There will now be no sound until to-morrow, wh en th e crowds will come again . LOIS CUSACK (Leaving) .

Nature Few people ever think of Nature's lovelinesses. Lh e ma jority just take them for granted. They never think of the beautiful and sedate trees, of how th eir giant limbs grow and expand, and of h ow the leaves fall , only to be renewed again with the following spring. The little birds, which build their tiny nests in the branch es of these giants, seeking protection from the foliage of leaves are also forgotten,. a;; well as the ftowers, whose colours and perfume exceed all else, not to mention the way in which tl'le season.s are arrang·ed into Spring,

CARITAS Summer, Autumn and Winter. Spring is the season in which the whole world seems to bud forth with a new life after t he rather drab and severe winter. The trees, which have been bare throughout the winter, take on a new covering of tiny green leaves. The grass becomes greeen and has a wellnourished look about it. The birds return to their trees from far away lands, to re-commenct the building of their nests. But the beauties of spring are only an introduction to those of summer, which follow. Summer is the time in which the things which were only tiny buds in spring have now grown and developed , and begin to carry out their functions. During summer everything in nature seems to be ·g rown up , whereas in spring they were only ba bies. However, the "grown-up" period of nature lasts for only a very short time, for the living things of nature soon hide when they fe el the biting winds of autumn. Autumn is a period of splendid colour. The green c f the leaves is changed to magnificent red and gold. These leaves fall and cover the street s and parks with a carpet of red and gold . The flowers appear to die off during this seasan , and the buds begin to disappear again as they feel the coming cold of winter. Most people imagine winter as a dead season, but it is a time of intense vitality. It may perhaps be the most alive season of all. For under the ground and inside the trees great m anufacturing is going on. All nature is preparing for the coming spring. The flowers are obtaining ne w nourishment from the rich soil :md the whole earth is alive with industcy. Winter may then be regarded as the working period of nature, in which her children obtain t he beauties which they are to display during ~ pring and summer. When we do come to think of all these lovelin esses , we wonder at them and what Great Han<i controls these marvellous existences. We a ll know it is the hand of God, but what of th e people who do not know and of those disbelievers? It would be a wonderful thing, then, if these people would stop and think of the beauties around them, and surely there would be many more souls in Heaven. SHIRLEY BRANAGAN (Leaving).

Monday Morning Brrring! Brrring! I sleepily opened one eye, then closed it again. But the alarm continued to ring persistently in my ears. Without openin g my eyes I pushed back the bed-clothes and groped with m y feet for my slippers. I found them at last, and, still with my eyes shut, stumbled towards the dressing-table. On the

67 way I knocked my shin against a chair, my elbow on the wall, and nearly fell over a shoe. How that got there I haven't the faintest idea, but my foot found it and now my toe is sore. I had my eyes half open by this time, and felt for the clock, which had continued to ring. I visited the bathroom, thinking that some cold water would wake me up. But, though I don 't know how, in the process I nearly fell into the bath. However, the cold water did have some effect, and I dressed myself without any more disasters. I found my school books scattered about my bedroom and, groaning, opened one. I began to wonder why I hadn't done my homework during the week-end. I could have done it on Sunday morning only - - . I did a bit of chemistry and some French, then I started to regret my laziness, and my request for the alarm clock set for six o'clock. I looked at the clock- Goodness, half past seven and no physics learnt! I shut my books, crammed them into my case, and called my mother. Yawning, I put the kettle on. I tried to learn some of the awful physics while I was eating my breakfast, but all I did was spill tea all over my best diagram, and the ink ran. Before I knew where I was, it was half past eight. I pulled my blazer on, jammed my hat on my nead, and grabbed my gloves. If I ran I could ca tch my tram. "Oh, you needn 't i·un; the clock's fast," said Mother, so I sauntered down to the corner, just in time to i::ee my tram disappearing over the hill. I'll never believe It when I'm told the clock's fast now. When I got to school all the girls were sitting in their desks with the most horrified expressions on their faces. I sat down and the girl next to m e whispered, "The school photos are going to b.; taken next period." The next period was a free period for the whole class, and I was relying • on that time to learn the physics. It was the last straw. BARBARA COMMONS (Leaving) . SUN RAYS I have often asked myself what is the ongm of the rays of the sun. Of course, we all !mow that God created the world out of nothing - I learnt that answer from my catechism when I was scarcely six years old-but I always lilced to imagine some celestial story about the existence of the sun's rays. Supposing, I thought, that one day two tiny angels were playing in perfect happiness in one of the streets in Heaven. They had many,

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s trin gs gli tter ed and turned beautiful colours. T he sun and the strings of the harp now seemed onl y on e. Although I know that my supposition is not true- because God simply wished the eartfl to be made, and, being God, His wish was immediately accomplish ed-yet I like to imagine such stories, as I h ave just related, concerning· God's creations. For I know that I sh all never be able to understand th e might and power of God , until m y life on ear th has finished , and I feel that such stories h elp me to r ealize in a very small earthly manner the Beauty of God and His cr eations, a nd the Happiness of Heaven, which we human beings a re incapable of understanding until we have "P assed through the portals bright into eternal light." JULIE SMITH (Leaving).

C.L.C. Annual Concert On Monday evening, 9th August , the s tudents of the Catholic Ladies' College held their annual concert in the Melbourne Town Hall. From the foyer fo ur hundred white-frocked gir ls walked with poise and easy g1·ace up through the centre of the h a ll to the stage to sing with joyous vim their college son g, on this occasion special music having been com posed by Dr. Percy Jones for both singers and accompa nying orchestra. The Senior Choir followed with part songs, "The Coming of Spring" (Mary D obson) , and "Song at Sunrise" (Fonteyn Manney), beautifully rendered. An operetta, "The Magic Basket," was performed with complete and delightful s implicity by th e Juniors , comprising the King· and Queen of Moonland a nd their court, Moonbeams, Goblins and Earth Children. The final scene, in which they all gath ered in misty blue moonlight, glittered like a lovely jewel against the da rk stage backgound . T h e special Choir sang with absolute purity of tone and excellent balance of parts th e ch oral unacccmpanied "Ave Regina Goelorum" (Ciro Grassi, XIX cent.), "Morning" (M. C. Bull) , "Cradle Song" (Nivek ) , this lullaby delighting the audience with its fine tonal shading. Annmar.~e Jones also pleased with a violin :;olo, Schubert's "Ave Maria. " After an orchestral n umber, Gavotte from "Mignon" (Thomas) , the curtain went up to reveal, against a forest-like background of organ pipes and rich brown polish ed panelling, a · glowing mosaic of bronze-green splashed with warm rust-colour, consisting of the tiered rows of a n Indian tribe of squaws and warriors,

before which stood out in primeval simplicity the first scene from "Hiawatha," India n maidens quietly sittin g outside a wigwam. T aken quite by surprise, th e spectators applauded spontaneously, while the bronzed wa rriors, with fir mly fol ded arms and feathered h eaddresses, a nd the India n women, the fine lines of t h eir long, black plaits giving a definiteness t0 the splendour of the tribal attire, all r emained to help create mood and atmosphere for th e rest of th e performance, with lovely choral singing·, splendidly energetic, tender. wistful, glad or mystic as the scene required. Specially appealing with his inborn primal poet ry was the baby Hiawatha <Marlene Duff) , to whom his grandmother, Nokomis (Marie Barry), spoke s o wisely and sang so gently. The scen es selected built up cumulatively the fierce character and poetic temperament of the North American Indian race, fierce str ength and understanding gentleness, natural poetry and profound mysticism, a ll blent with the beauty of th e forest , the m a jesty and might of mountains and rivers, the soft freshness of sprin g. The fierce rhythmic energy of the dance of th e village maidens was a superb expression of the race's primitive warrior-spirit. Hiawa th a , child and m a n (Madeline Rushford ) ca rried racial interpretation a step further in swift virile beauty, but the culminating point was r each ed in the love song· of Minnehaha (Margaret Uniacke ) , utterly pure, and deeply, exquisitely tender. Perhaps only as young a girl as Margaret Uniacke could have given such complete expression , in bearing, face , and

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lovely voice, to the pure, primal Jove of an The orchestra, under the lndian maiden. direction of Mr. Basil Jones, of the University Conservatorium of Music, was a subtle element in helping to create and expand atmosph er e, a rare accompaniment to a performance in which clear speech, nat ural ges ture, grace ful and marveJlous dancing, combined with interpreta tive choral singing, to form a balanced, harmonious re-creation of the poetry of LongfeJlow and the

India n t ace fro m which h e <irew the inspiration for hi > "Hiawath a." Miss Valerie B uchan was a ccompa niste, Miss Catherine O'Shea was responsible for speech training, Miss T . Downs, M.R.A.D. , London, for physica l traini ng·, her pia niste being Miss E. Brien , Dip.Mus. All, including the Sisters of Cha r ity a nd studen ts, who con tributed to such a fin e perform ;:>.nc c, a r e to be warmly r.ongrat ulated.

Intermediate Class Notes PAT JONESWhen Pat is near We do not fear The pan gs of dread starvation ; She is so kind She does not mind Bringing sweets for our salvation. HILDA ROSE is rather keen on basketb aJI a nd fond of aJI kinds of sport; she is gen er a lly seen with Mary McNamara and Mary D e E ortoli. ALIDA LONGUM is one of our best drama tic students. She played the part of Gitche Ma nito (The Gr~a t Spirit) in "Hiawatha" in our concert. Alida shines at English. JUDITH MATTHEWS is fond of bike rid in g a nd hope;:; to have a racin g bike of h er own soon. PAT DOWSLEY is one of our good a ll rounder:; of the class. She excels in r ecor din g her impressions through the medium of colour. MARY WILSON is one of our quiet m embers, who proves a stalwart defence in our basketball team . VALERIE MULLENS is ver y good at Com merci a l work. She is t h e constant compa ni on of Shirley Hancox and Moya Booth. ANNE O'BRIEN, a gifted pianist , is ·also fond of sport, especiaJly tennis, and i an arden t student of all wbjects. MARIE BARRY is one of our a ble class captains. She made a grea t success of h er par t of Nokomis in "Hiawatha" at th e concert in the Town Hall. JOAN MacDONALD is a st eady s tudent a nd wa s one of the inspired Fireflies in that brilliant dance in "Hiawatha." RITA FURLONG is one of om sport enthusiasts. JILL ROBERTS is very good at spor t, especially tennis, a nd has a sparkling sense of humour. MARGARET HOLZER, though quiet, is keen on swimming and tennis. NORENE McNEILL is on e of our artists. This year she has been studyin g hard and is

pulling up h er m a rks. She is a very faithful fri end of Judi th Matthews. DOLORES DYMOND is one of the most amiable girls in the Intermediate Class. She and Alida a re close fri ends. GWENDA MILLER is one of our smallest girls, bu t sh e see ms to carry the most brains. She is very keen on skating. MARGARET HICKEY, one of our four sport cap t ains, is well-kn own for her tennis ability. ln fac t , sh e is on e of th e best tennis players in th e school. BETTY CROWE is a keen worker. She is also a competent tennis pla yer, a nd her friend , Jill Rob erts , is on th e tennis courts at every possible m omen t. PAULINE WALKER, as r eader, delights us wi th h er pleasant flexible voice. Her holiday time is s pen t in going for long rides on her bike. JUDITH WHITE, a very popular girl, has a smile for everyone. She is the sports captain of Loyola, and plays basketball and tennis well. MOY A BOOTH works well at h er studies, wh ich sh e h opes to con tinue. Moya is another of our keen tennis players. JOAN SHUTTLEWORTH is a conscientious worker , who takes a great interest in the a ctivities of t h e Royal Family. BEVERLY SMITH is the quiet, studious type. c he is a good violinis t, and with her friends, P at and Judith, forms a trio of inseparables. THERESA DILLON is very fond of sport, especia lly t ennis. She is often noticed practisi r'l g' on the court. BETTY HARPER is a· keen science student, who occasionally experiments, sometimes with perilous results. She is also a photographer and stamp coJlector. MARY SHELTON is a live worker, who obtained good results a t exa;ninations. She takes a special in ter est in the Davis Cup, always treasuring pict ures of the competitors. SHIRLEY HANCOX is one of our sport captains. Sh irley could a lways be distinguished

70 by her long plaits until recently, when she had them cut off with an eye to present-day fashions. MARY DE BORTOLI, while keeping the class :i,mused, is also an excellent student, her best subjects being history and mathematics. Lately she has begun to write poetry-See "Caritas." ALMA CLYNE, a very good basketballer, is our best goal-thrower. NOELA COOPER is very keen on basketball, and is nearly always found on the basketball ccurt or the tennis court. RITA BURNS is a good all-rounder, who hopes to do well at her studies. She obtained high marks for her verse-speaking. MARY McNAMARA is a very diligent student. She intends doing medicine when she leaves school. Good luck, Mary. URSULA AYLMER is not only a keen worker, but generously shares her knowledge with many class-mates. She is a book lover, whose favourite subject is history. MERLE HARRIS is very fond of study, and every time you see her she has a book. Good luck to you, Merle, we hope you achieve your ambition to attend the University. MARGARET FARRELLY is good at art and writes well. She often keeps the class amused. HELEN ENGLISH is our popular class captain and a keen student. She is invariably with her friend, Pauline Walker. MAUREEN HUNTER is very fund of dancing, reading and knitting. When looking for her, she may alway3 be found with her friends, Pat, Elaine and Ursula. ELAINE O'BRIEN is a keen mathematics and science student. She also enjoys basketball,

INTERMEDIATES Standing : Joan M cDona ld , Brendo Oppy. Sitting: Ime lda M ur phy, Gwenda Mill er, M ary M c Namara , Tess ie Dillon .

CARITAS and can usually be found on the court duJ:ing the sports period. JOAN CATTERALL is always ready to help anyone with French. She is very fond of tennis and basketball. MARGARET FOLEY is a very good dancer. Margaret is fortunate enough to always have the pure country air of Macleod. MARGARET JAMIESON is a quiet, studious girl, who loves books and possesses a hearty chuckle. She is a good student and musician. MARY .O'BRIEN is one of our four sports captains. She likes basketball and is one of our best goalers. She plays in the school team. MAUREEN McKERNAN is very fond of musfo and reading. JOYCE McDONALD likes dancing and reading. She hopes to be a nurse when she leaves school. BRENDA OPPY, a good all-rounder, is fond of dancing and knitting. IMELDA MURPHY, another good all-rounder, is a keen swimmer a nd musician. PAT TURNER is fond of listening to good music, and enjoys going to the Symphony Concerts. BEVERLY WALDRON is the best geography student. During summer she explores the interior of swimming pools. She shares this interest with her friend, Merle Harris. By the Intermediate Class.

Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary In response to the appeal of Our Lady to the three children of Fatima, there has resulted an organised, wpreme effort throughout the world to exhort the members of the Catholic Church to increase their holiness and especially their devotior: to the Blessed Virgin, imitating her example. Into the midst of the international upheaval of the First World War, came the sweet Moth er of God, to urge Christia n mankind to save the world. To those humble, illiterate peasant children she appeared several times, and to them she entrusted her message for all Everyone should pray, recite the Rosary daily, and, a lthough there would be great suffering, Our Lady said that her Immaculate Heart would triumph. She requested that Catholics would hear Mass and receive Our Lord in Holy Communion on five consecutive first Saturdays in

CARITAS honour of her Immaculate Conception. Through her those who have rejected God and are trying to bring about a world revolution may bP converted. Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Church, acknowledged, revealed, as the Immaculate Conception, is the model of womanhood, thus setting the standard of Christian society. Through the centuries those who tiave refused to accept the Church's teaching concerning Mary's Virginity and Immaculateness, have ruined their lives, and their mora1s have consequently de:::ayed. Heretics h a ve attempted to defile her pure beauty, but Mary Immaculate remains on her pedestal where she was placed by God when He created her to be the Mother of His Divine Son made Man. Eng'land was once known as "Mary's Dowry," but since the so-called Reformation that country has fallen away from the l<'aith, a nd is, to-day, in a critical condition. This country has a huge population unable to supply itself with food, and in an unstable financial position, making it necessary to seek h elp from olher nations, thus, more ol'I less, placing h er in their power. Australia, where Catholics a re in the minority, is in the gravest danger of being dominated by Communists. Through Mary, woman was uplifted from the sensual slavery of early times to become the honoured and respected "queen of domesticity." To-day loose living, and the casual treatment of the holy ~:acrament of matrimony, are severely lowering the standard of family life. To avoid further disaster, the real Christian Faith must be revived, and we must endeavour to follow the ideal of Mary Immacula te. Our Holy Father, the Pope, has responded to Our Lady's appeal and consecrated the world to her Immaculate Heart, and in May, 1948, the consecration of Australia was one of the important Centenary Celebrations; Archbishop Mannix, on August 22nd, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, reconsecrated our city, and he inaugurated the r ecitation of the simple invocation, which Our Lady said at Fatima, and which is to be repeated after each decade of the Rosary. URSULA AYLMER (Intermedia te ).

PEACEFULNESS In the garden there below, Oft I sit and gaze or dream , Where the waving· poppies blow By the peaceful, rippling stream. Here in peace I always rest, And see the tiny swallows ga y Watch their mother from th e nes t , At the close of every day. PAULINE WALKER (Intermediate) .

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Stuck on a Sandbank Have you ever been cruising peacefully on a paddle steamer up the Murray and struck on a sandbank? I do not think many people have, but I have been lucky enough to be stuck twice. If the captain a nd crew of the steamer were to see that word "lucky," they would heartily disagree, but for a passenger it is an interesting diversion. It was about eleven o'clock on a mellow Autumn morning'. I was playing quoits on the upper deck with some friends, when the boat gave a sudden jolt. I was thrown off balance i:.nd abruptly sat down. The boat gave a few more shudders, a nd after creaking and groa ning ii sank into the mud. When it developed a list towards the sh'Jre, the captain ordered all the people over to the other side. It was not long before everyone was back. again, as their inquisitiveness overcame them, a nd each person thought that th eir lit tle weight would not matter much. The crew were very used to being stuck, it seemed, for they knew what to do without the c~ ptain telling them. Even so, the passengers seemed to delight in giving non-practicable advice, much to the captain's annoyance. Later, when my friend asked the stewardess if this happened often, she replied casually that it had not happened for a long time, the last was a fortnight ago. It generally happened twice a week. Two of the crew rowed to the bank in the dinghy and selected a hardy-looking tree, tied around it a stout rope, the other end of which was· fastened to the steamer. They started the paddles and tried to force the boat off the sandbank in this way. The steamer only sank deeper, but the passengers gave a shout of alarm when the heavy gum-tree threatened to topple over on to the boat. The two men

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72 had to fasten the rope on to a much bigger tree this time. After three hours of hard work on the part of the crew, we finally pushed off, with three rousing cheers from the passeng·ers. This must have rather startled the crew, for one man, wl10 was standing near the edge, fell in with a big splash and had a thorough drenching. much to the passengers' amusement. After he was helped on board again, we linally set out, and steamed our merry way up the river. Coming back we were stuck again, but only for an hour and a half this time. We were getting quite used to it. But this story has a tragic ending, for this week I read in the newspaper that the paddlesteamer "Gem," the one I was on, was sunk by a snag in fifteen feet of water, and that one man was killed. IMELDA MURPHY (Intermediate) .

Visit to Parliament House After extending our g·ood wishes for a pleasant afternoon's study to Australia's future scientists, we gaily departed on our most eagerly awaited "Visit to Parliament House." A wavelet of excitement seemed to pass through the line as we stood at the base of the steps, looking up to the impressive entrance of this magnificent building. The position of Parliament House - at the very top of the Bourke Street incline - makes it seeem to stand aloof from the rest of Melbourne, and indeed the atmosphere reigning within is something quite foreign to Australia, giving the impression of the quiet dignity associated with the Old Country. At the door we were greeted by Mr. Chisholm, who introduced us to Mr. Kelly. These two gentlemen attended us during our visit. In the entrance hall we paused to admire the beautiful floor. The marble used had been sent from Scotland, and the motif had been designed by a man who had been the door attendant many years ago. From the entrance hall we passed into Queen's Hall, where the State dinners are held. It is regrettable that, owing to space inadequacy, the State dinners welcoming the royal family will not be held in this fine hall, but in the Town Hall buildings. At the end of the hall there is a life-size statue of Queen Victoria. On the wall behind this statue there hangs, on the left-hand side, a painting of Prince Albert as a knight of the Biack Guard, and, on the right, a painting of

CARlTAS hls wife, Queen Victoria. There are also paintings along the sides of the hall, including a st0ry of tht~ pioneers told on three canvases. We passed through a door on the Jeff and The arrived at the Legislative Assembly. colour predominating in this room is greento remind us of the first Parliament, which was held under an oak-tree. We were amused to see that they had carried this remembrance Mr. even to the green blotting paper. Chisholm directed our attention to the places where the leaders of the party in power sit. We were shown the mace, and Mr. Chisholm described to us the ceremony associated with it. Passing out of the Legislative Assembly back to the Queen's Hall and through a door on the right, we found ourselves in the Legislative Council. This room has an air of luxury, with its beautiful genuine Corinthian pillars and the gold leafing which is so plentiful in Parliament House. The main colour in this room is red, representing· the crown and royalty. Here, as in the other rooms we had visited, we were walking on a pattern of oak-leaves, reminis cent of the time when the forest provided a carpet o1 oak-leaves for the first Parliament. We passed out of the Council into the library, the most impressive room in the building. The walls are lined by thousands of books in cases of polished cedar, and from the centre of the ceiling there hangs a most beautiful chandelier valued aL thousands of pounds. On show in the library are many manuscripts of great historical value. Decorating the roo1r. are busts of men who did much in developing :md governing the State of Victoria. At this point Mr. Barry, M.L.A., joined us and showed us the first speaker's chair. For many years this chair was stored down in the cellar, where the offending members of Parliament were imprisoned ; and by turning the chair upside down we could see where one of the unfortunate prisoners had written his name and the term of his imprisonment. Leaving the library we were then taken for refreshments. After refreshments we proceeded to the visitors' gallery, where we were to watch the Legislative Assembly in session. Opposite the visitors' gallery is the press gallery, where we could see the reporters busily writing, whenever an interesting point was raised. We were very heartened to hear the Lord's prayer sa id at the commencement of the session, for we know that God is the greatst of all lawmakers. After a short while we left the gallery to go downstairs. We thanked our guides, collected our schoolbags and departed. As we walked down the steps t.he girls talked enthusiastically

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CARITAS about th e m a n y new things learnt in one of Melbourne's most beautiful a nd interesting ALIDA LONGUM. buildings. THINKING AND WATCHING

As I sat thinking on the shor e Watching the waves roll o'er a nd o'er, Watching the clouds sail slowly by, Watching the shinin g sun on high , I thought of the One Who took great care To see that all those things were there. - Sue Sulliva n (Intermediate). C.L.C.

All the girls at C.L.C. Look forward to exams, I see, And when the time comes for th e test, They always try to do their best. All the girls at C.L.C. Are keen at sport as well, I see , For when at cricket the Aussies were tried , Next day, were the girls all sleepy -eyed! All the girls at C.L.C. In school and play are quite carefree, They extend a welcome to the n ew, True to "Knowledge and Virtue. " - J. SHUTTLEWORTH, Intermediate.

Melbourne Catholic Diocesan Centenary Celebrations When Archbishop Mannix gave Benediction a t the Caulfield Racecourse on Sunday, May 9, following the pageant, "No Mean City," h e brought to a successful and fitting conclusion the week's round of Diocesan Centen a ry Celebrations which had begun with Pontifical High Mass the preceding Sunday. During the week there was a civic reception in the Town Hall when the Dignitaries of the Catholic Church met our leading statesmen , Catholic and non-Catholic. At the men's night in the Exhibition, twenty-five thousand heard a stirring address on Communism by Monsignor Fulton Sheen , one of the most brilliant speaker in the world, who also conducted the Hol y Hour at St. Francis' Church, during which , part of the huge crowd not able to gain admittance overflowed into Lonsdale and Elizabeth Streets where they either knelt or stood with bowed heads. Cardinal Gilroy, Australia's first Cardinal, celebrated the women's mass durin g the ceremonies at the Exhibition and Archbishop Prendiville, from South Aus tralia, preached to the twenty thousand women and

white- veiled Children of Ma ry who packed t he huge building to capacity. In s pite of the large attendances at other ceremonies all th e visitors agreed the most st irring a nd inspiring experience of the celebrations was th e children's Mass, when fifteen thousand boys and girls from primary and secondary schools in Victoria joined together to sing t he Ordinary of the Mass. In his sermon, Bishop Grimshaw told what Australia mea nt to the ordinary English boy and girl and what a revelation it was to him to be presen t at the Mass a nd, in conclusion, asked God that all present might keep the Faith alive. The celebrations brought together, in Melbourne, Cardinal Gilroy a nd the Bishops- of Australia, Cardinal Spellman and many prelates from America, a m ong whom was Monsignor Fulton Sheen , Bishops from England , Irela nd a nd th e Pacific I slands, the most colourful of all , Archbishop Mar I vanios·, from th e ancient church of India , and the worldfamous Sydney MacE wan , a meeting of the Princes of th e Church. Amon gst th ese visiting prelates our own Archbishop Mannix, h ost and sponsor of the week's memorable celebra tions, stood out. To him we give our thanks for th e work h e has done as an educator , a nd th e prog1·ess Catholic edu cation h as m ade under his administration. In public life h e is als o a leader, his opinion is a lways sought a nd his influence stands out a bove all others as t h e spi res of the Cath edral which he com pleted stands out a bove the city of Melbourne. We might well quote Arch bishop Duhig in say ing : "All who know the activities of Archbishop Ma nnix will gladly and gratefully acknowledge that he h as strengthened immensely by his leadership th e Catholic life of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. " During th e last hundred years Melbourne has grown from a little bush town to a la rge, thriving city, and with the ex pan sion of t h e city has come the expans ion of th e Catholic Church in Victoria , an expansion startling to th e overseas visitors and, we hope, as the celebrations come to an end , that th e n ext one hundred years will prove as profi table to the Victoria n Ca tholic community as the last hundred have been . The g·a thering of the representatives of nearly every country of the world in happiness and complete harmony with God a nd their neighbour is a n example of th e peace the world migh t know if all were entir ely united with the one true God. - Intermediate Latin Students.

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There were to be seen some lovely sights During the Melbourne Centenary rites; The Cardinals always led the way Followed by Bishops in full 'array. Father MacEwan could certainly sing, When he gave a recital he made the hall ring, His beautiful voice was so clearly h eard That nobody missed a single word. Monsignor Sheen's were such entrancing speeches That crowds surged round like waves on the beaches. Gold and white from the Altar were streaming. Purple and crimson of dignitaries gleaming, When fifteen thousand children attended Mass at the Exhibition, and blended Their voices so sweetly like birds in the dawning That our visitors thought it a wonderful morning. There were Masses for men a nd for women too. And beautiful ceremonies the whole week through; The celebrations ended with "No Mean City," Now Everyman cheers Dr. Mannix and Committee. - Joan Catterall (Intermediate ). A THOUGHT ON PEACE

As I strolled beneath the elm trees, List'ning to the birds' sweet music Wafting through the sun-kiss'd branches Through the sweet air filled with perfume Thought I then, of peace and quiet In this war-torn world of sorrow, In this world, on each to-morrow. MERLE HARRIS (Intermediate) .

OUR GIRLS

When, after many years, you look Upon the pages of this book, Think of the girls at C.L.C. For life to them is so carefree. They work all day, for succeed th ey must, And in school nn d out, they win honours just, In all they try to do their best, And prove their worth when it comes to the test. MARY SHELTON (In termediate) . LIFE'S SURPRISES

John: ''Can I h ave another piece of cake? " Mother : "An oth er piece of cake, what? " John : "Another piece of cake, please." Mother : "Please what? " John : "Please, mother." Mother: "Please mother, what? " John : "Please mother, dear. " Mother: "No you can't, you've h ad two pieces a lready." MARGARET HOLZER (Intermediate). FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is one of the most precious gifts one could possess, but, unfortunately, it is gen erally treated lightly by most people, and th us it loses some of its beauty. One of the most delightful verses a bou t friendship appears in Volney Streamer's collection of verses. The author is unknown. Thy friend will come to thee unsought, With nothing can his love be bought, His soul thin e own will know at sight, With him thy h ear t can speak outrigh t. Greet him nobly, love him well, Show him where thy best thoughts dwell, Trust him greatly and for aye; A true friend comes but once your way. BETTY HARPER (Intermediate ).

Third Year Class Notes CLARE WELCH, our class captain, excels a t everything, from da ncing to lessons. JUNE MEESE and DENISE McCARTHY, the inse parables, love sport and study. June has proved herself a good class captain. Denise is outstanding at verse speaking. ANNE CLANCY, on hearing the bell, commences to run through the ga rdens, and arrives in time for history. LENA MAGNANINI, although she is quiet a nd studious, finds time to be a very good

basketball player. PAT MACKIN is good at tennis and happy when she has a racquet in h er hand. MARY QUINN h ails from th e country. She has succeeded in making us believe t h at perhaps country life is not so h a rd after a ll. PAT GLEESON, although sh e learns tennis, has decided to take up golf next year. MIRIAM PHILLIPS is fond of reading; sh e ca n tell you about all t h e books in the libra r y. JUDITH NIDDRIE is a bookworm, but a friendly one.

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CARITAS MAUREEN SIMMONS keeps the lunch bags in order. MARY THORNTON delights the class with her drawings. She is leader of one of the dramatic groups. MARY ALLINSON is busy helping· in the t uck shop, when she is not drawing. MOIRA BLUETT is a very quiet girl. Her best friend is Mary Holland, who has six brothers. JUDITH BOOTH and HELEN HUNTER are great friends , and both enjoy their sewing lessons. JUDITH COLLINS, although she is the proud possessor of auburn hair, is one of the quie t girls of the class. KATHLEEN LAVERY enters wholeheartedly into the fun of things; her ambition is to become a pilot. ANNE WILLIAMS, an excellent student, joins in all the class fun , and is a tennis fan . The combination of MARY O 'BRIEN and EVELYN LUKAC in basketball is outstanding. Evelyn has a weakness for all animals, while Mary keeps the class laughing with her pranks. JOAN a nd SYLVIA OMIZZOLO, the twins of the class, are quite inseparable. They are among our star basketball players. WINNIE MILLER is invaluable to the class when Sister. needs some typing done. MARGARET WALSH reads a good deal and writes excellent essays. JOAN McCANN and DOROTHY DONNELLAN are both good students and enthusiasts a bout ballroom dancing. SHIRLEY SORAGHAN, who is always smiling, spends her spare time piaying cricket.

AILEEN O 'DONOHUE is one of our music students. She did Grade II this year. BEVERLEY GALLIVER, JOAN MILLER and DIANE McNEILL are three of our sports captains. Beverley and Joan are likeable and efficient. Diane's best friend is SUE SULLIVAN, who is often to be found on the tennis court. VALERIE KING and MARGARET TIERNEY are always together. Valerie has an infectious laugh, which Margaret is beginning to catch. MARGOT REGAN is very keen on sport and is a promising artist. JUDITH McSWEENEY ,one of the younges t in the class, is one of the cleverest. KATHLEEN HANNON answers to the name of "Possum." . She is often noticed with blonde. our SPRAGUE, SHIRLEY VALMA LATTER stands in the rain tu make her hair curl (some people have all the DOROTHY is friend best Her luck) . McDONALD, who often spends the week-end at Valma's Place. BEVERLEY BULLEN loves to go ice skating. JUNE RHODES. who intends to be a dental nurse when she leaves school, is the possessor of lovely white teeth. MARGARET LANE, as well as being a g·ood singer, finds plenty of time for sport. NO ELA DIXON and PAT EV ANS are seldom to be seen apart. They are very generous to all appeals. Looking at the tiny figure of CYNTHIA SIMS, we find it hard to believe that sh~ is such a good sportswoman. A large number of us groaned at the English Literature paper but MAUREEN CONLEY came top with brilliant marks. If you see an extremely neat book, you will discover that it belongs to PAM RYAN. JOAN KELLY, her friend , is also a very conscientious worker. Quiet-voiced MARY O 'HARA is seldom h eara in class, but out in the grounds she displays her sporting ability. FRIENDSHIP

There's a cosy corner, In my heart tucked right away, Warmed by the light of friendship And song and laughter gay.

THIRD YEARS Standing :

Pat Fr eem an, J une M ee se, M a ry O 'Brien.

Sitting : Beve rl ey Bullen , Den ise McCart hy.

A sacred nook I keep Just for a favoured few ; There is always " Open House" Within that place for you. -Aileen O 'Donohue (Third Year ).

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Remove Year Class Notes You a re, dear r eader, a bout to be introduced the larg·e st number of talented girls ever gathered together into one class. Appearances a re deceptive, for, a lthough we seem to be light-hearted, frivolous beings, we are really as studious as anyone could wish ( ? ). BERNADETTE ELLIOTT, our class captain, ii, very fond of maths., and works hard. She spends h er spare t ime practising the piano. WHITE, ANGELA EVANS, LORRAINE MARJORIE TAYLOR and NANCY FENELON are our spor ts captains. ANGELA is a quiet little girl with a big smile. LORRAINE enjoys h er s cience lessons, especially experiments. MARJORIE, the eldest in th e class, is a keen tenni:-, player. NANCY is in th e school 's basketball team. She is ver y good at lessons. MAUREEN a nd ADAMS MARGARET TIETGENS are firm friends. Ma rga ret is a good worker a nd sh ould do well in h er exa minations. Maureen is very quiet and works hard. BETTY AMnROSE a nd p AT JOSE a re alwa ys hurrying out t h e school gate in order to catch their train. They both arrived at the College this year. FRANCES and ASHFORD FRANCES CHAMBERLAIN ar e little girls who are very good at dancing. MARY BUSCH and VALERIE HANCOX are fi rm friends. Mary is good at writing compositions. Valerie h as obtained a place in the school's basketball tea m . LURLINE CROSS a nd BEVERLEY TRAYNOR are always discussing the latest films·. MARGARET DAVIES, our youngest, takes great pains in prnctising voice culture. PAT DOOLEY is our best tennis player. She has lovely blonde h air , which is the envy of everyone. JEAN DOWNEY, PAT SLATTERY and MAUREEN VERDON all arrived at the school this year. These little girls are among the youn gest in the class. ANNMAREE J ONES, our violinist, gave an item at our re(:en t concert. She played well a nd was highly praised by everyone. Congratulations, Ann. JILL FENNESSY is a quiet girl. Unfortunately sh e has been away a good deal, and we have mis.sect her pleasant company. to

CORAL LORNE a nd VALERIE YOUL com e from Alphington. They are our librarians. Val is a graceful dancer , and Coral enjoys h er singing lessons. CLARE McDONALD is good at basketba ll She is always seen prac tising goals. BETTY MCGANN a nd ANN TYNAN a re our optimists. Ann is a spare for th e school'.!" basketball team. Betty is the wit of th e class. JOAN McKENNA is a good rhymester, ::;hawing promise as a poet. MARGARET ·MASTERS, who comes 'from Yarraville, is a keen supporter of Melbourne's opera season . MARY and MERCIA RUSH are t wins. It is very difficult to tell them apart, bu t the teachers can. BERNADETTE ELLIOTT a nd LORRAINE WHITE. "A VISIT TO THE SHOW."

On Show day I rose early for I was going to th e Show with my girl friend. Having bough t our tickets we boa rded a train and within fifteen minutes we had arrived at our destina tion. The scene which met our eyes was one of colour a nd activity. Ther e were many machines working, but not being m echanically minded we passed on. We visited the animals where som e of Melbourne's fi n est sheep a nd· cattle were on display. We bought som e samples an d a few other novelties a nd m a d e our way to the aren a. We arrived just in time to see Australia's champion whipcracker in action. When he had completed his performance two sheep dogs accompanied by two sheep appeared on the oval. The dogs by their patience, slyness and quick movemen ts drove the sheep over a small bridge and into a pen. "Don the Wonder Horse" was a great favourite. His master had trained him to do many difficult things such as walking on all fours a long a plank abou t four inches in width. Determined to see as much as we could we withdrew and went to see the displays of the big city stores. Foy and Gibson's exhibit was especially interesting because some of their employees were demonstrating how tartan skirts, socks and singlets are made. That evening we happily told our parents all that we h a d seen and done. - MARY BUSCH (Remove Year).

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Second Year PAT BYRNE is good in class and n eat and tidy in her work. MOIRA BARRY is never seen without h er chum, ANNE MCKERNAN. MARIE COLLINS, our star at basketball , never forgets h er runners. BRENDA DAVEY a lways has a startling sugges tion at the wrong t ime, but sh e is very good at music. AGNES DWYER is the youn gest of the class , a nd is a knitting enthusiast. BERNADETTE DAY a n swers t o the name of D a isy, and will always share a joke. JUDITH EGAN is very excited because of th e n ew a ddit ion to the family . PAT GRAY is a very keen tennis player , wh en Friday morning comes a lon g: MARY GIUDICE our tallest class m ember, is one of our best stud en ts. NORMA HORSINGTON is n ot complete without her brush a nd easel. DEIDRE HICKEY. W e are proud to claim h er a s our class captain. SHIRLEY LOBB is well -known for h er love of knitting. DIANE LUCAS, one of our plaited memb ers, is a very g'Ood student. ·' SYLVIA McLEOD, class editor of "Fashion ," is at present on vacation. JOAN MILLER keeps up the family tr dition by always getti_n g a place in class. BETTE MAT AR is the bookworm or the class, and one of our many musicians . ANNE McKERNAN is our little musici a n , who passed Grade III with honours. FRANCES MAHONEY delights in doing people's hair, and is a nother fan at basketball. MARIA OLIVIERI is guaranteed to give you all the information you want. MERCIA OLIVE cannot quite m ake up h er m ind about school. MAUREEN O 'ROURKE. Life is nothing but music books for Maureen .

PAT SKEHAN is always finding names for some fortunate person. DAWN TRASK is a very good scholar , learn s music, and is progressing well. BARBARA THOMPSON, our spelling ch a m pion, is always ready to h ear a joke. MARGARET VINES is a very quiet girl in class, bu t keeps us entertained at dinner-time. BEVERLY WRIGHT is very good in school , a nd out. ANGELINA ZAMBURRO h as a very nice disposi t ion, long, black h a ir, a nd is liked among h er friends. , CORAL STUBER h as just r eturned from Engla nd. MARY MILLER is a coming authoress. DEIDRE HICKEY, BERNADETTE DAY a nd FRANCES MAHONEY (S econd Year ) .

SECON D YEARS Standing : N orma H o rsington, Mercia Olive, Pat Gray. Second Row : Coral Stuber , Frances Mahone y, Joan M i ller, Anne M c Kernan. Front Row : M argaret Vin es, Bett e M atar.

First Year To name our class in order now We st ar t with Vally Birk , A fl axen-h ai r ed who comes to us From near t h e place Dunkirk. Lauretta Ca rlson, who is next, _ ~esp onds to Music's call. T hen Joa n , of Corcoran House, And !':h e is oh , so tall! P opular la ssie, Elizabeth .

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P. Costigan . t rue blue, Margaret D 'Ar::y follows on , H er present days are few . Mary Dunlea, a worker grand. With Maureen Fox, also, K eep a ll upon their mettle right When tests are on the go. Catherine Foley dances well , To school sh e !ravels· far ,

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78 While essay-writing is, we guess, Our Marie Frewen's star. Gladys Gori, a prefect true, Sees that we keep our rules. 'Twould really be a treat to have More like her in the schools. Outstanding with her paint and brush, Gwen Goodwin is a gem, And Margaret Halloran's quick brain Can solve us each problem. We now continue on our way, With Marese Hussey, sure to please, Bernadette Jenkins next there is , Who dances with such ease. Barbara Kutner now comes in, And dark-eyed Margaret Kennedy, Who loves to help always. Jillian Kelly, lately come, Has joined our ranks right here. Patricia Lalor then we have, An earnest girl 'tis clear. Then Louise Labb, artistic one, Anne Martin, too, we find, And Eleanor Miller in this group I1: also thus inclined. Patricia Mason, like a mouse, Who works and works all day, But when she beats us all in French She cries "Hooray, Hooray." Ellen Menadue, I've heard it said, At basketball approaches good, While Roma Miers in the team A bulwark sounci has stood. A good all-rounder now comes forth In Valree Monaghan, Another of this type we know, Betty of McDermott clan. Yet two more M's we do possess, Sarina Milici And .June McLean, who join In friendship really. Patricia Newman, quiet, good, Came h ere from Clifton Hill, Maureen O'Connor's curly head 13 very seldom still. Mary O'Malley, our Irish maid, <The name's from Ireland fair), Rises with the lark each morn To curl her short bright hair. Ma ureen O'Sullivan anci friend, By name of Shirley Ryan, Real adepts at games they are, In !es.sons, each a lion . Another girl of '48. Is called Lenore U'Ren, Marita Williams, almost last, Not so in class" we ken. Naeidra Witherow, dancing maid, Can dance right to your heart, But other talents, too, she has

And always plays To girls who work Tribute to "White Be true, we say, as Here in the days

her part. with main and might, and Gold," those at school of old.

THE BIRDS OF THE AIR MEET TO DISCUSS AEROPLANES

"Tom Sparrow is now called upon to give his views on the subject," said a very wise and sleepy-looking owl. Up sprang Tom. "I think aeroplanes are a terrible nuisance," said he, "always thundering past and making one think the world is coming to an end. I suggest that we should put in a complaint to the Committee of Public Safety for, prior to aeroplanes, the sky belonged to the birds." After delivering· this speech (which had been learnt at br~akfast for the last few days) he went back to his branch. "Jenny Wren , come forth and give your opinion," called the owl. "I think," she began, "that these things people call aeroplanes are very frightening to little ones. The poor little things are terribly scared when those great, huge monsters come swooping and zooming overhead, so I say send a complaint to the Committee of Public Safety." Having made this statement, Jenny went back to her twig. "That seems to be the last," boomed the owl in his woolly voice. "Is there anyone here who does not agree to sending the complaint? " Dead silence followed this question. "Then to-morrow we will send the letter " said the Owl. ' "Hooray! Hooray! :' chirped all the birds, and with that they flew off to perch on their respective trees. -Marie Frewen <First Year). MY GARDEN

I have a little garden With flowers all around, And the birds singing in it Make a very pleasant sound. There just the other day A scampering kitten I found, I think it is so lovely, My g·a rden in the ground. -Margaret D'Arcy (First Year) THE SONG OF A BIRD

A iittle bird up in a tree He sang a song, a song for me; The song he sang was of a King Who made the earth and everything. - Diane McNeill (Third Year).

C ARITAS MY DREAM My home is a cottage on a hill Wi t h its garden so sweet and gay : In this little garden of mine I spend many a happy day, And a little creek goes talking b y In a lovely peaceful way.

F or t his life of peace and joy Many days and nigh ts do I pine, F or it is so pleasantly lovely, This far-a way dream of mine : So each evening I go with the sun Beyond t he horizon line. Of course you know where I g·o to When safe in the land of dreams? Straight to m y little cottage Wi th its flowers a nd singing streams, And th er e I stay till I'm wakened By the mornin g sun 's warm beams. - Elinor Miller (First Year ) .

79 LOLA FLEMING a nd LOIS BRIGGS dance very well. CARMEL THORNTON plays the violin very nicely. BROWN, BARBARA O 'DEA, PAMELA JUDITH FLANAGAN, and ROSEMARY GRIFFITHS are all good friends with each other. OLIVE MOORE, FRANCES PITT ARI and PAT BENNETT play tennis well. PATRICIA SIMS and JUDITH WALSH are trying very hard with their school work . MY KITTEN I have a little kitten , Its fur is black and white, I call it Kitty Green-Eyes For its eyes are green and bright. It drinks milk for its tea,

And has a little plp.y, Then I put it into bed And let it slee p till day. - Pat Bennett (Grade VI) .

Sixth Class FRANCES McDERMOTT, BARBARA DOHERTY a nd JUDITH SIMKISS have just passed their mus ic exa min ation with honours. CATHERINE WILSON and JOAN BARRY a re class captains for Sixth Grade. PATRICIA M cLAUGHLIN is very good at maps. MARIA FOLEY and MARISA SQUALLIZZA a re very nice writers. MARLENE DIXON, PATRICIA BARNES. DENISE McNAMARA, a nd JANETTE BEVERN a r e very good scholars.

BABES AT PLAY Coralie, Rosemary, D en is~ . Mar~ar et~ Joan, Pamel o

A FAIRY'S SHOPPING DAY A fairy went shopping into town , She wore a soft coat of thistle-down; She bought some silk a t a spider's shop, From a beetle sh e bought a lolly-pop, Some syrup she bought in an acorn-cup, "Tea time," said the clock, "hurry up, hurry up! " Some honey she bought from a busy brown bee, "Time's up ," said the clock, " fly home to your tea."

- M . M . Gillespie (Fifth Grade ) .

ANNE GREEN

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Fifth Class JANICE FITZGERALD likes h er lesson s a nd is great fri ends with LYNETTE LATHAM. HEATHER ENGLISH is improving with her writing. THELMA GALLIVER h as a very n eat exercise, a nd her friends are NORMA GLASSON , PATRICIA DORAN and JEAN ZAGAME. MARGARET GILLESPIE, EILEEN MANN and CARMEL DOCKENDORFF are real h elpers of Mission s. PAMELA McGEE tries h a r d with her school wor k . EL{\INE VEAL is very good at a ri thmeti c and grammar. MARGARET HORSLEY can sing· very well. PA TRICIA WILSON is a good worker and does h er best at ever ything. PATRICIA JENKINS dances very gracefully. PA TRICIA BA TES a nd BERENICE O 'BRIEN

a re bo th h a ppy school chums. JEAN ORAMS is fond of drawing. DAWN MULLENS and DARLENE FITZGERALD ooth like basket- ball. JILL CANT wrote these notes all by herself s itting at t h e library table.

MY FOUNTAIN PEN

My pen is from t h e land where men are free, Wher e m y Aunt Ruby happen ed to b e, She brough t it by boat , b y train, and b y air, To m a k e my writing Oh! so fair Through L ondon , New York , and Hollywood too I use it now to write to you . But first I h ave to give it a drink O f writing ftuid . or blue-black ink, The ftow is good , t h e nib is gold It r eally is a pleas ure to hold . - P atri cia P ohlm a n (Fifth Gradel .

Results of Public Examinations UNIVERSITY FREE PLACE IMELDA PALMER CARTS ) TEACHING SC HOLARSHIP (Dip.Ed.) IMELDA PALMER (Diplom a of Education ) C.L.C. NEWMAN SCHOLARSHIP (1947) IMELDA PALMER NEWMAN COLLEGE EXHIBITIONS (1948) RUTH DAVOREN a nd GRACE MENADUE C.L.C. NEWMAN SCHOLARSHIP (1948) MARGARET UNIACKE S HAKESPEREAN PRIZES (1948 )

MARGARET PATTISON (Matricula t ion Divis ion , Second P lace ) . RUTH DAVOREN Fifth P lace) .

(Matricula tion

PAULINE DAVOREN Division , First P lace).

(Leaving

Divis ion. Certificate

JUNIOR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS (1947)

GWENDA M ILLER BEVERLEY SMITH PATRICIA J O NES MATRICULATION (1947)

IMELDA P ALMER : French (1st Class Honours ) , English Expression, Englis h L iterat ure , German.

PAULA NOSEDA: French (2nd Class Hon ou rs ) . English Expr ession , G erman, Greek a nd Roman History. MARIE PITTLE : French (2nd Class Honours) , English Express-ion, Eng"!is h Literat11re . G reek anrl Rom a n His tory . MARGARET LAWSON: Pure M a thematics (2nd Class Honours), English Expression . Ap plied M athem a tics. MARGARET FENNESSY: French (2nd Class H onours ) , English Expression, G erma n. MARY KUMMROW: English Expression. P ure M ath e m atics, Physics. ANNE BROWN: English Expression , Pure Mathematics, App lied Mathema tics. MARGARET MATTHEWS: French, Music (Practical). MOYA ALL WELL: English Expression (2nd Class Honours). JOSEP HINE RUSH: English Expression. LEAVING CERTIFICATE (1947) RUTH DAVO REN: English, French, Latin , Mathematics I , Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry, Musica l P erception, Grade II (Honours). JENNIFER HARTNETT: English, French, German, Mathematics I , Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry.

GRACE MENADUE: English, French, German, Mathematics I , Modern History, Music Grade I , Piano (Credit). MARGARET PATTISON : English , French, L atin, Math ematics I , Mathe matics II, Modern

CARITAS History. Geography. JOAN SERONG: English, French, German, Mathematics I , Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry. BERYL STYRING: English, French , Mathematics I , Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry, Music, Grade II, Piano (Honours ). MARGARET UNIACKE: Eng'lish . French, German, Mathematics I, Mathematics II, Physics, Chemistry. ANNE BRANAGAN: English, French , German . Mathematics I, Modern History, Art. DOROTHY BRANAGAN: English , French , German, Physics, Chemistry, Modern History. JOAN LEWIS: English, French, German, Mathematics I , Modern History, Art. JUDITH MUNDAY : English, French. German , Mathematics I , Physics, Chemistry. ELLA MEIKLE: English, French, German, Mathematics I , Music, Grade II, Piano and Theory. PATRICIA EVANS: English, French, German , Modern History, Geography. JUDITH HICKEY: English, French, German, Mathematics I, Modern History. TERRY O 'CONNOR : Englis h , French, Mathematics I , Modern History, Geography. MARIA ERMACORA : French , Italian, Mathematics I , Music, Grade II. CARMEL McDONALD: English, French, Mathematics I , Modern History. KATHLEEN DUNN: English, French , Modern History, Music, Grade II. ALINE RYAN: English, Modern History, Geography, Music, Grade I, Piano. GWENDA SAUNDERS : English, German , French, Modern History. JOAN CLARK: English, French, Modern History. MARIE CUSACK : English, French, Mathe matics I . MARIE GRUNDY: English , Modern History. IRENE HEWAT: English, Modern History. ELMA LEE : English, French. INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE (1947) PAULINE DAVOREN: English Expression, English Literature, French, Latin, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, Music, Science. BEVERLEY BAKER: English Expression, English Literature, French, Latin , Science, Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Art. KAREN BRENNECKE: English Expression, English Literature, French, Latin, Science, Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Art. MERLE COOMBER: English Expression, English Literature, French, German, History, Mathemat ics A, Mathematics B , Geography. MARGARET COSTIGAN : English Expression, English Literature, French, German, Science, Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Art.

81 LOIS CUSACK: Englis h Expression . English Literature , French , German , His tory. Geography , Art, Music. . FRANCES DWYER: Englis h Exp:·ession, Eng_ lish Literature , French , German, History , Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Geography. KATHLEEN HAWKINS : English Expression , English Li terature, French, German, History, :'.\fathematics A, Mathematics B , Geography. LENORE KERSTEN : English Expression , English Litera_ture, French, Latin, Science. Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Geogrnphy. BETH KINGSTON: English Expression, English Literature, French, German, History. Mathematics A, Ma thematics B , Geography. THERESE MARTIN: English Expression . English Literature, French , German, History, Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Art. MOYRA McAULIFFE: English Expression. English Literature, French , History, Mathem a tics A, Mathematics B , Geography, Music. MARGARET O 'NEILL: English Expression , English Literature, French, German, Science, Mathematics A, Mathematics B , Geography. MAUREEN RUSSELL : English Expression , English Literature, French, German, Science. Mathema tics A, Mathema tics B , Geography. INES SABBATUCCI: English Expression , English Litera ture, French , German, Science, Mathematics A, Mathema tics B , Geography. PAMELA SCOTT: English Expression, English Literature, French, Latin, History, Mathematics A , Mathematics B , Art. BETTY SMARK : English Expression, English Literature, French, German, History, Mathematics A, Mathem a tics B , Geography. JULIE SMITH : English Expression, English Literature, French , L a tin , History, Mathematics A, Mathema tics B , Geography. VIOLET SMITH : English Expression, English Literature, French , Latin, His tory, Mathema tics A, Mathematics B , Geography. BEVERLEY TURNER : English Expression, English Literature, French , Latin, Science, Mathematics A , Ma thematics B , Geography. CLARE WARREN : English Expression , English Literature, French, History, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Geography, Music. SHIRLEY WHITE : English Expression, English Literature, French, Latin, History, Mathematics A, Mathematics· B , Geography. DOREEN WILLIAMS : English Expression, English Literature, French, German, Science, Mathematics A, Ma thematics B , Geography. MAUREEN ABBOTT : English Expression, English Literature, French, German, Science, Mathematics A, Mathematics B.

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DENISE ATKINSON : En glish Express ion , English Li terature , Fren ch , L atin. S cien ce. Mathematics A, M ath em atics B. SHIRLEY BRANAGAN : English Expressi on. Englis h Literature , French , German , S cience . Geography, Music. EILEEN BURKE: English Expression , Eng lish Literature , French , History, M athe m atics A, Mathem atics B . Art. HELEN CARRUCAN : En glish Expression. English Literature, Fren ch , Histo ry , Mathe m atics A, M ath em atics B, Ar t. BARBARA COMMONS : English Expression . English Literature , French , S cie n ce, M ath e matics A, M ath emat ics B , Art . JUNE COLK : En glish Expression, English Li terature, French , German , His tory , Mathe m atics A, G eograph y. SHIRLEY DICK : English Expr ession, Eng·lish Literature, French , Hi stor y, M at h em atics A, M athematics B , Art. PATRICIA ELLIOTT: English Expression , Englis h Li tera t ure, French, History , M athe m atics A, M ath em atics B , Art. LORRAINE ELLIS : En glish Expression. English Li t erature , F r ench , H is tor y , Mathematics A, Mat hema tics B , Ar t. MARY MADDEN: English Expression, Eng lish Li terature , French , S cien ce, M ath em atics A, Mathematics B , Art. ELAINE MARTIN : English Expression, Eng lish Lite rature , French, G erm an , History. M ath ematics A, Mathem atics B . BRENDA O 'MEAGHER: English Expression, English Literature, French, His tory, Mathe m atics A, M ath e matics B , Art. JUDITH PEART : English Expr ession . English Literature, Fre nch , S cience . M ath em '.l t ics A, Mathema t ics B , Art. HELEN O'SULLIVAN : Eng·lish Express ion , En glish Li te r ature , French , German , History , Ma thema t ics A, Math e m atics B .

S HEILA RYAN : English Express ion , En g·Jnl. Literat ure , French, History, Math em atics A, Mathemat ics B , Geography . MARIE WILLIAMS : Englis h Expression. English Li ter ature, French , G erman , Histor y , Mathem atics A, G eography . MARIE CONDRON : English Expression , English Literature, Fren ch , S cience, M ath e matics A G eography. RA YMA DELANY : English Expression, Eng lish Literat ure , Fren ch , History, M athemat ics A, G eography. PAULINE MIERS: English Expression , Eng·lish Literatu r e , French . His t or y. Ma the m atics A, Ar t . NOELA O 'DEA : English Expression , En glish Litera ture. French, Histor y. M ath em atics A, M a th em a tics B. ANN WALL: En glish Expression, English Literature. French , G erman , Mathem atics A, Music. MARY WATERS: English Express ion, English Literature, Fren ch , Science , Mathematics A, Mathematics B . PATRICIA HANRAHAN: English Expression , English Li terature . French . History, Mat he m atics A. · SHIRLEY JOHNS : Engl ish Expression, English Li terature, French, History, M ath e mat ics A. SUZANNE SHIEL : English Expression, English Liter ature, French , History , M athematics A. MARIAN BONGIORNO : Eng'lish Expression , English Li ter atur e, French , His tory. MARIA ERMACORA: English Liter ature, French , Italian , Mathematics B , Drawing, Music (1946 ) , En glish Expression (1947 ). PATRICIA EVANS: English Expression, English Literature, French , G erm an, History , D raw ing <1946 ) . Geography (1!)47 ). MARIE GRUNDY : English Literature, French, History, M ath e m atics A, M ath em atics B (1946 ), English Expr ession (1947 ).

University Con servatorium of Music Grade I . BERYL STYR.ING: Piano , Credit. LOIS CUSACK: Pia no , Credit. ANNMAREE JONES : Vi olin. Credit. Grade II. BRENDA FITZGERALD : Piano, Cred it . HELEN ENGLISH : Piano, Credi t . VALERIE MULLINGS: Piano , P ass. JUNE MEESE : Piano, Pass. PAM O 'BRIEN : Pia n o, P ass. AILEEN O 'DONOHUE : Piano , P ass. L OIS CUSACK- M. P er ception : H onours. BEVERL y BAKER- M . P erception : P ass . ANN W ALL-M. P erception: P as .

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TO STUDY OR NOT TO STUDY \ W ith a pologies to Mr. Willia m Sha kespear e and Prince H a mlet.) To study or n ot to stu dy - tha t is th e question : Wheth er 't is n obler in t h e mind t o s uffer T ests and assig·nmen ts of ou trageous t eachers, O r to t ake a r m s against a sea of h omework An d b y opposin g end it? - t o mutiny - t o r ebel ; No m or e; a nd , b y rebellion , to say we end The h ear tache and the th ousand s leepless nigh ts· T ha t you th is h e ir t o - 't is a cons ummation D evou t ly to be wis h ed . T o mut iny - t o rebel; To rebel ! P erch a n ce t o b e expelled - ay , there 's t h e rub !

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