1933 Silver and Green

:S ILVER AND GREEN 'December~ 1933 ~

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SILVER AND GREEN W:q.e Jlffngtt:!in.e of tq.e 2ll!f.e±qobist 'lQnmes' <!1oll.eg.e DECEMBER, 1933.

Krome Memorial Gates at the M.L.C., Hawthorn. has come change so radical that it amounts almost to revo lution. What convenience inadequately terms " The H o u se System" has already scattered the seeds of enthusiasm, of selfless team-work and unquestioning loyalty. Its future is our concern, and ics ch a llenge is unmistakable . . . . For us the ttumpets blow, For us the heroes gath er at che gate, And through the dusk their faces shine like stars.

A great deal has been said and written about being youn g-much of it r evoltin g in its sentimentality. About youth there is a g lamourthe glamour of new life unfolding, of the season of rejuvenation, wlth its warm suns and rising sap ; a nd of che underlying promise of fulfilment.

This last is the g reatest. It amounts to responsibility-a b a ld word, p erh aps, suggesting r estriction- yet it will remain essen tially splendid and essentially vital long after the g lamou r h as passed.

Another year has left us o f its bouncy. In each school year we come to r ecognise almost an individual p e rsonality, an entire life in miniature. This year, wit hin our quiet walls,

We were b orn into an uneasy world. The war, which a hist o ry of innumerable wars calls "Gr eat" cill che end of time, hands on its penalty and its new sen se of values. So much depends on u s, so much in this present s truggle between sublime idealism and crud e, giant faces. Because it is difficult it is great, and because we h ave British blood strong in our vein s it is n ot o nly great, but inevitable.

The force which we call " House Spirit" is at the roots of patriotism. Are we co foll.:>w that small band of English s1udencs who h ave denied patriotism in its noblest sense, or shall we stand f or the greatn ess of our race, its honour, its magnanimity, its tradition, its idea ls? They are not ideals to d azzle, but to steady us.

May we b e worthy of so much, worth y of our responsibility, and may we find fulfilment in " li ves obscurely great."

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SILVER AND GREEN. SCHOOL N OTES.

The school yea r began on 15th February, when old g irls, together with I 7 6 n ew girls, assem bled in Fitchett H a ll. We were g lad to welcome amongst us Misses Warren, McNichol a nd Underwood, a ncl Mr. Mills, who took Mr. Holland ' s place. As Miss Flockart h ad left for a tour abroad to continue her choral r esearch work, her place was taken by Miss McKay, who has ca rried out the duties of choir conductress for the year.

Early in first term the h atbands were presented to the Form captains by the Re v . Dr. Atkinson. We extend t o him our h ea rtiest congratulations upon his e levati on to the position of Principa l of the Adela ide M .L.C. , and thank him for the many services he has re nder ed to this School.

The swimming sports were held in the Kew B aths, a nd the a thletic sports on the Schoo l O va l, during first term, Mrs. J. W. Grove presenting the trophies to the successful comp etitors. An account of the proceed ings · will b e found e lsewhere in this magazine.

As u sual, the Anzac S e r vice was held in Fitchett Hall, where, after the rendering by the Schoo l of appropriate h ymns, a suita ble a ddress was g iven by the Principal, and the senior prefect placed a wreath on the Hono ur Tablet as a toke n of remembrance from the S chool.

At the end of first term a presentation was made, in assemb ly, to our sports' mistress, Miss B . P a rsons. on the occasion of h e r departure for an extended tour to Great Britain and the Continent, which she has taken in order to study, a t first hand, the latest methods in coaching th e various sports' teams. An affectionate f arewell was given by the members of the teams to Miss P arsons as the R.M .S. "Narkunda" car ried h e r away from us.

Miss Reseigh, a former student of the College, was ap poin ted to act as sports' mistress during Miss P a rsons' abseni:e, and Miss D awe has carried on h er work in the Busin ess School.

An innovatio n in our school life was the introductio n of the H ouse system at the beginning of second term, g r eat e nthusiasm being shown by the gi rls. Six H o u ses form the basis of the organisation, each of which is to b e known by a number until th e n a m es a r e d e cided

upon by the College Council.

S iste rs and friends were included in the sam e H ouse, t o .en a ble the friendly, competitive spirit to b uild a sure foundation for the su<rcess of the system.

During the year the School was visited and addressed by several interesting and instructive speakers, among whom was the R ev. G o ldie, fathe r of three Old Collegians, and a missionary from the Solomon I slands.

Boys' and G irls' Week, whicli is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Victoria, was r espo nsible fo r the visit of the Rev. Archdeacon Booth, whose address on " Loyal ty " was both inspiring and instruct ive. The minister of the Auburn M ethodist Church, the Rev. E. C. P a llor, p aid the S choo l the compliment of a p astoral visit.

A large numbe r of University Diploma of Education students visited us to study, as pa rt of their training, the intricacies of the organiisation of a big schoo l.

In ordi,r that the S chool might have the opportunity of h ea ring a celebrated singer, Mr. Steuart Wilson, a n English tenor, accompanied artistica lly on the pia no by Mr. W. McKie, gave us a delightful recital, consisting mostly of English folk son gs.

This was a musical trea t, which was appreciated by all who were privileged to be present.

This year the School broke away from tradition by staging an operetta in the Comedy Theatre, instead of having the usual School concert. The first half of the programme consisted o f English and Swedish folk dances, and two junior p lays. This oper etta, " The Egyptian Princess," wa s p erformed under extrem e difficulties owing to the ravages of influenza, which was particularly prevalent during the rehearsals and the final performance itself. We f eel that it will be conceded that the success of this in novation fully justified this experiment in our S choo l life.

On Sunday, ! s t October, the Annual School Service was h eld in the Auburn M ethodist Church, the whole of the mu sical part of rhe service, including the o rgan music, being ren• dered by the School. The address was given by the Principal, the Rev. J. W. Grove, a nd the service was broadcast.

Dur ing third t erm the Flower Show was held, a nd proved a g r eat success. Competition was keen, a nd much artistry was shown in the

SILVER AND GREEN. arrangement of the flowers, so that Mrs. Grove had great difficulty in m a king her decision.

We congratulate House VI. on gaining the judge's award . .

Back to School Day took place, as usual, on Show Day, the Old Collegians' Annual Meeting this year also being held at th e School on that day. A baseball match was played between the present and past students after the concert given by the present girls.

The official opening of the ;,_ew Schoo l drive, which was made possible by the generosity of Mr. F. J. Cato, took place on 31st October, the donor performing the ceremony.

We were very pleased to see Mr. Cato again restored to health after his long illness.

We cannot close these notes without expressing to Scotch College our sincerest sympathy and regret at the loss they and the educational world of this city have sustained by the death of Dr. Littlejohn, who was a contemporary educationist of our own beloved Dr. Fitchett.

The year 19 3 3 has been for most of us a year of hard work and h a ppy achievements.

To those who are now going o ut into the world we wish the best of luck, and to the girls of 1934 and those who follow after, the best and happiest of school days.

--F.S.

RESIDENT STUDENTS' NOTES. In biege sp un si lk frocks moulded to the figure, b eige boater hats trimmed with bottlegreen bands, and light gloves to match, the boarders made an impressive picture as they entered church in their c u stomary ucroc." on the first Sunday of the year . Most of the n <ew girls glanced inquiringly round as they entered the church for the first time, but the old girls walked calmly to their places.

It was natural that after this good beginning we shou ld settle down to a h appy yea r. The prefects appointed at the beginning of the year were:J oan Young (Senior House Prefect).

Irene Macfarlane.

Jean Cameron.

Mabel Williamson.

Just after Easter Joan left us, and Irene took h er place. The boa rders had prove.d themselves s u ch models of behaviour tha t it was 1houghc unnecessa r y co appoint another pretecc.

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The n ew y_e a r brought some changes in the Resident Staff. Sister \Xfhitten left us at the e;.,d of last year, and Sister Cl,.rke once more took over the dispensary. We regretted that Miss Boyes was not with us , but welcomed Miss Warren and Miss K ennedy. At the end of first term we regretfully said good-bye to Miss Brownell, who left us on account of ill-health., We hope she will have sufficiently r ecover ed to b e with us n ext year.

Miss Edmondse!" took her place with the juniors. We also welcomed Miss D awe, who came co u s at the beginning of second term.

Sports Day was one of intense interest.

Encouraged by barracking from sixty boarders, Lily Anlezark succeeded in winning the Senior Championship, so for the third consecutive year this cup was won by a House re presentative. Frances Fisher added to th is success by winning the Intermediate Championship. Our joy knew no bounds when o ur team carried the red flag to victory. In order to a llow us to celebrate these triumphs fittingly, we were given permission to make as much noise as we wished, but, for the first time in history, the boarders had no d es ire to do so. After much practice, with the h e lp of the opposing back, who shot one goal for us, we were victorious in hockey, winning by seven goals.

We spent a delightful afternoon entertain ing the Tinte rn boarders when they ca me to play our senior baseball ~d junior tennis teams.

After the b aseb a ll match, which we won, the girls were shown round the College, and it was with the g r eatest difficulty chat they core themse lves away to r eturn to school.

We were fortunate en o ug h to receive a visit from each of the Branch Schools in second term.

It ~ained heavily on the day the Freel. J . C ato Branch girls visited us, and we were forc ed to retire to the gym., wh e r e the visitors spent a delightful hour. We wish to thank Gwen for her ser vice as sports captain, and Miss Shanno n for her enthusiasm and interest in the House sport. . Social evenings chis year have been bright, and .much ta lent has been d iscovered.

We wish to thank Mr. Porter, who has given up so many evenings to entertain us. ' To break the monotony, we introduced a new element into social evenings.

Ami.d the solemn sur~oundingc of th')' dinine;-rnnm , WP. considered st

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weighty breach of promise case. Jean and Marge ry made efficient lawyers, but even they could not cope with some of the witnesses.

We should like to thank Sheila for her ready assistance not only in the musical realm, but in all branches of House life.

Our musical knowledge has been a dded to by such artists as John Brownlee and Philip H argraves. Recreation from studies was provided by the Tongan Choir, " CavalcaJe" and the Wesley Play.

The boarders this year have had wonderful surroundings. We have spent a happy year, and many of us will be sorry when Speech Night comes. Those of us who will not be r eturning n ext year leave the wish that th" ~iris of 1934 will enjoy their year a~ much as we have e njoyed 1933.

- I .M.

J. Barnett ( I V.a). L. Dunn (Rem.a), M. Rendle (IV.b), D. Cockfield (Rem.bl, M. Preston (IV.c), J. Fowler (Rem.c), G. Wilson (IV.d), N. H eaddey (Junior School).

Sports Committe-Mrs. La nden (chairwoman) , Miss Kellaway, Miss Shannon, M iss P arson s ( !st term), Miss Reseigh (2nd and 3rd terms), J . Bryant, T. Cox (secr etary), P. Brown (1st and 2nd terms), V. Carter, E. Champion, B. Chitty, F. Shimmin, J. Cornell ( I st and 2nd terms), N . Ebbott ( I st term) , M. Whittaker, M. Gray ( 1st and 2nd terms) ,

SCHOOL OFFICERS. Senior Prefect- Frey Shimmin.

Senior House Prefect- Joan Young ( I st term, Irene Macfarlane ( 2nd and 3rd terms) .

Full Prefect-School: E. Canavan, E. Champion, T. Cox, G. Frazer, M. Guthridge, W. Macdonald, J. Mills, P. Minns, B. Nevile, J. Taylor, E. Williams ( !st term), J. Young (1st term), I . Macfarlane (2nd and 3 rd terms).

Full Prefects-House: J . Cameron, I . Macfa rlane, M . Williamson.

Associate Prefects-School: B. Bennett, J. Boreham (1st and 2nd terms ), H . Dance, H. Gadsden ( 1st term), J . Bryant ( 2nd and 3rd terms), I. Eddey, I . Macfarlane ( !st term), H. Gibbs (2nd and 3rd terms). E . Gully, R. Hobbs, V. S tone (2nd and 3 rd terms), B. McCutchan, J. Cornell (1st and 2nd terms), J. Cameron (2nd and 3r d terms).

House Captains-I. Eddey (House I.), M. Guthridge (House II.), E. Champion (House III.), F . Shimmin (House IV.), V. P. Minns (House V.), B. Nevile (House VI.) .

Form Captains-P. Minns (Hon. VI.). W .

Champion (Pass VI.), F. Shimmin (Dip. A), F. Kruse (1st term ), P. Brown (2nd term), J. Tobin (3rd term) (Dip. B), E. Callens (V.a), J. Walker (V.b), R. Reseig h (V.c), M. Mannett (V.e), )?. Chinner (XX) , J . Dight (XX.a), R. Walker (LV.), A. Moon ( LY.a),

Senior Prefect an~ain of the S ch ool, Frey Shimmin.

J. Young ( 1st term), R. Reseigh , G. Guy (2nd and 3rd terms), F. Fisher (3rd term), 0. Yeo (3rd term), G. J ones (3rd term).

Sports Captains- F. Shimmin (School), T. Cox (tennis), J. Cornell, J. Bryant ( basketball ); P. Brown (1st a nd 2nd terms), J. Forster (3rd term) (ru nning); J. Cornell ( 1st term), R. Reseigh ( 3 rd term) (baseball ); M. Gray, F . Shimmin (hockey).

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PREFECTS. Joy Taylor, Wynwode Macdonald, Joy MilJs, Eunice Canavan, Gwen Frazer, Truda Cox, Frey Shimmin (Senior), Irene Macfarlane (Senior House ), Esther Champion, May Guthridge, Betty Nevile.

House Sports Captains-P. Brown ( 1st and 2nd terms), F. Brown (3rd term) · (House I.); R. Reseigh (House II.); T. Cox (House III.) ; 0. Yeo (House IV.); J. Cornell (1st and 2nd terms), J. Bryant (3rd term) (House V.); V. Carter (House VI.).

Editress-\V . Macdonald.

Magazine Committee-J. Cameron, E. Mat· thew-Simmons, P . Martin, G . Shepherd.

Sub-Editresses-E. Canavan ( House I .), J. Reid (House II.), G . Shepherd (House III.j, F. Shimmin (House IV.), W . M acdonald (House V. ) , J. Cameron (House VI. ) .

Librarian-

J. Ca meron.

House Librarian- I . Macfarlane.

Debating Society-Miss Dahle (president), W. Macdona ld (secretary), E. Canavan, I. Macfarlane, P. Minns, F. Shimmin.

S.C.M. Executive-Miss Betts (president), P . Minns (vice-presidenL), B. Nevile (treasure r), T. Cox (corresponding secretary), D.

Secomb, B. Bennett, F. Shimmin (recording secretary) .

Walking Club--Miss Hall (president), J. Bryant (secretary), H. Dance (treasurer), J. Cameron, P. Lardner, M. Gray.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Public Examinations, 1932-33.

At the University Public Examinations in December, 1932, 55 separate honours were gained in the S c hool Leaving Honours Examination , 36 complete passes in the School Leav• ing Pass Examination, and 63 complete passes in the School Interme diate Examination.

School Leaving Honours.

The h o n our s gained in this examination were seven 1st class, 22 2nd class, and 26 3rd class. Individual r esults were:J ean Aubrey-2nd class Botany, 3 rd class Biology.

Ruth Bennett-2 nd class Commercial Practice.

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ASSOCIATE PREFECTS. Eunice Gully, Hilda Dan ce, Irma Eddey, Jean Cameron, V :o let Stone, Beuy McCutchan, Jean Bryant, Bonnie Bennett.

Rita Blair-2nd class Biology, Geography, 2nd class French.

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Joyce Brown-2nd class French, 2nd class Latin.

Eunice Canavan-2nd class French, 3rd class European History.

Vera Eddy-3rd class Botany.

Rosie Fraser- 2nd class English, 2nd class European History.

Gwen Frazer-3rd class English, 3 rd class French, 3rd class Maths. III. Ruth Fry-1st class E uropean History, 2nd class English, 2 nd cl ass French, 3rd class Biology.

Loris Gordo n -

Lois King-2nd class English, 3rd class Latin.

Yvonne Miles-2nd class English, 2nd class European H istory, 2nd class Ancient Hist o ry, 2nd class Economics.

Joy Mills-1st class English, 3rd class European History, 3rd class German.

F rey Shimmin-3rd class Engl ish , 3rd class French, 3rd class German.

Norma Smith-1st class En g lish, !st class French, ! st class British History, 2nd class Geography, 3rd class C h emistry.

J oy T aylor- 3rd class Eu r opean History.

Anne Watkins--3rd class Maths. III.

1st class Drawing.

Eunice G ully- 3 rd class Ancient History.

Vola H ine--2nd class Drawing.

Dulcie H ollyock-2nd class English, 2nd class European History, 3rd class Ancient Hist9ry.

J oyce Hunt- 2nd class English, 2nd class French , 2nd class European History.

Mavis Wicks-

1st class Econ omics.

Elva \Xl illiams- 3 rd class 3 rd class European History.

British History,

A Senior Gove rnment Scholarship was gained

by Norma Smith, a nd free places by Ruth Fry and Y vonne Miles. Queen 's Non-Resident Exhibitions were gained by Ruth Fry, Y vonne Mi les, a n d Norma Smith.

SILVER AND GREEN. School Leav ing C ertificates.

Those wh o o bta ined the S ch ool Leaving C ertificate we re :- M a r jorie Ba nnist er, Bonnie Benn e tt, J oan Bo r eh a m , J e an Bryant, J ean Camer o n , Esther Champion, Be r yl Cohen , Joa n C o rne ll, J ean Crow, Hilda D a n ce, Irma Eddy,

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S imms, Lor n a S isely, N or ma Smith , Joy T aylor, P hyllis Y eo.

Intermediate Certificate.

Those who obtain ed the Intermediate Certificate we re:-Bcr y l Air d , Mollie Ashmore,

HOUSE PREFECTS. Ire ne Mac farlane

(Senior House Pre fect ) , M abel Williamson , J ean Cam e ron .

Loris G o rdo n , Mavis G ray, E u nice Gully, May G uthridge, Do rothy H ick, Ruth H ob bs, Olive J . H u n t, Gla dys J o yce, Filfie Krizos, W in ni e Lee, Wynwode M acdon a ld, Iren e Macfarla n e , Betty McCu tcha n , E vely n M cLennan, Phyllis l\llinns, M a rjor i~ Moo ni e , Gretna Par kin , G la d ys Sau nders, Dorot hy S ecomb, Les ley

Connie Bacon, Gwen Batem an, Jean Cameron, Winni e C ham p io n , Elva C h ilds, Dora C ocks, Mabel Code, Margaret W. Cook, Betty McCutDalgety, H ilda ch a n , J ean Corne ll, J ea n Dan ce, Gwe n Dob b ie, Irma Eddey, Beryl F.dgar , Thelma E ver y , Gle n Fenton, M erle Finlayson , H elen Gadsd e n , N a n cy Gill, Fran ces

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HOUSE CAPTAINS.

<o·t:..t. tanding: Irma Eddey, Esther Champion, Frey Shimm~n . .... . Sitting : Betty Nevile, May Guthridge. t

Griffiths, Lorna H a m ,;r; ·• Do.r~thy H a r r ison , Gwen H ewitt, Phyllis ' H orn ~, Lucy Hug h es, M a rgaret J ennen s, Z ena J ennings, G wen J oh nston, F ay Kruse, G wen J on es, Stella _Lan seU, Phyllis La rdner , M a r gar et Luke, Wyn wode M acd o n a ld, Edna M a rtin , Doreen M cCah on , Jean M cLean , Evelyn M cL ennan, Lloys McNair, Be tty Nichola s, Grace Pola n , Jea::t Reid, Lorna Robinson , Ela ine Semm en s, Gwen Shepherd, Audrey Sides, Les ley S imms, Jessie Sincla ir, Anna Smit h , M yra Smitten , G wen S tanbrook, G wen Triplett, J ean Turner, A lice Via l, Kathleen \Xfa lker , J ean Walters, Marc.e l Whittaker, Olive Y eo, Lila Young.

Chronicle," " The W oodlands Magazine," " The P egasus,."

ttTh e Ruy tonia n ," ucoo-ee," UThe

N ewin gtonian," " Chronicles of S t. P e ters' Girls," HPatchwo rk," uFinto nian ," uThe Excelsio r/ ' ':iz:o Iva n a rian," and any o th e rs w hic h

ma y h ave been ina d verten tly o m itted .

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

The Editress wish es to acknowled ge the receipt of the following school m agazines:" Ad elaide M .L.C. Annua l," " The M e lburnia n ," " The Wesley College Ch ron icle," " The M itre," " The W a rrior ," "Girls' Grammar S ch ool N otes," " The Carey C hronicle," " The Brook," " The Mich aelia n ," " Prince A lfred College

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S enior Potato Race (Championship)-], Cornell; 2, P. Brown; 3, L. Anlezark.

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Junior Potato Race (Championship)-!, D. Eastaugh; 2, G. McCauley; 3, P. Phillips.

Intermediate Baseball Thl'Owing (Champim~ship)-1, M . Furneaux; 2, V. Carter; 3, G .

Guy. Senior B aseball Throwing (Championship) Athletic Sports.

-!, Cornell; 2, R. Reseigh; 3, F. Shimmin.

The !st of April blessed· us with fair weather• · • "Junior · Sack Race ' (Champion;hip)-1, J.' for our annual sports, which were held, for the Barnett; 2, L. Abra hams; 3, M. Rendle. second time, on our own ova.I. \/'isiting teams Intermediate Potato Race (Championship) from the C.E.G .G .S., Korowa, Ruyton, St. - 1, eq., L. Hamer, 0 . Yeo; 3, F. Fisher.

Catherine's, and Tintern took part in the inviJunior Egg and Spoon Race--! , D. Whittation flag race, which was won by the taker; 2, E. Veale; 3, J. Hoadley.

C.E.G.G.S. Senior Siamese Ra~e--1, eq., J. Cornell and Held so early in the year, the sports perhaps J. Bryant, D. Gayford and L. Hamer; 3, R. lacked that stimulus with which the House sysTrigge and J. Rowell. tem has already infused competitive spirit.

JOO Yards Intermediate ( Championship) Enthusiasm ran hig h , however, especially when ! , F. Fisher; 2, E. Pryse; 3, J. Parker. the boarders bore their flag to victory.

Schools' Representatives' Race I, Gratitude is due to Mrs. Grove, who preC.E.G.G.S .; 2, Ruyton; 3, Korowa. sented the trophies ; to Miss Dahle, Miss ParLower Middle School Fo_rms' Flag Race--! , sons, the members of the Sports Committee, IV.b ; 2, Rem.b; 3, Carisbrooke. and to all who helped to make the sports such Upper Middle School Forms' Flag Race-a success.

We offer congratulations to the I, XX.a; 2, XX.; 3, Fred. J . Cato Branch. three champions-Senior, L. Anlezark; InterSenior School Flag Race---, P.VI.; 2, V .a; mediate, F. Fisher ; Junior, J. Parker.

3, V.b.

D etai led r esults are as follow:Senior Obstacle Race--! , D. Hewitt; 2, J. Ope n Championship, JOO Yards -I, L. AnleTurner; 3, L. Hamer. zark; 2, G. Jones; 3, J. Forster.

Intermediate Obstacle Race--!, P. Phillips; 50 Yards, Unde r 12 -1, M. Smith ; 2, N. 2, M. Whittaker ; 3, eq., L. Monsbourgh, 0 .

M .c Neil; 3, B . McCauley.

Timpson.

Sack Race, Under 16 Championship-I, W. Invitation Flag Race--!, C.E.G.G.S.; 2, Champion; 2, L. Monsborough; 3, J. Thorpe.

Tintern; 3 , St. Catherine's.

Intermediate Egg and Spoon Race--1, W. Senior Egg and Spoon Race--! , D. Mitcheil ; Champion; 2, M. Furnea ux; 3, L. Monsbourgh.

2, J. Cornell; 3, D. Hewitt.

Wheelbarrow Race, Under 12-1, P . Phillips, Junior Race, 50 Yards (Championship) - !, G. Kidgell; 2, J. Moon, B. Navin; 3 , B. Eltis, S. Cockfield; 2, J. Parker; 3, M. Furneaux.

B . Marfleet.

Senior Race, 180 Yards (Championship)Intermediate Siamese Race-- 1, J. Thorpe , L. ! , P . Brown; 2, L. Anlezark; 3, J. Forster.

Hamer; 2, F. Fisher, 0. Yeo ; 3, M. Mannett, Interme dia te Race, 75 Yards (ChampionG. Guy. ship)-!, J . Parker; 2, F. Fisher; 3, E. Pryse.

House v. School-I, House ; 2, School.

Junior Siamese Race, 25 Yards- I , M. -W.A.M. Round , L. Neale; 2, G. Oldham, N. McNeil; 3, J. Parker, J. Thorpe.

Swimming Sports.

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S e nior Sack Race (Championship)-!, L. Anlezark; 2, P. Morieson; 3, L . Hamer.

Junior Race, 75 Yards (Championship)) , J . Parker ; 2, P. Ashton; 3, M. Furneaux.

Had a stranger arrived at M.L.C. on the morning of 13th March, an unusual sight would have met his eyes, for from every gate streamed outwards long lines of girls, going

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away from school at 9.30 a.m. No confinement in classrooms, no wrestling with problems lay b efore· these girls this gold en morning, but some happy hours at the Kew City Baths to watch or participate in the Swimming Sports. Those who were not_ themselves water babies watched with interest the swimming and diving of those who were. The various events wer e quickly dedded, a nd in the House v. School race, the most exciting event of the morning, the laurels went to School.

Mrs. Grove presented the prizes, and t hen, the morning's sport over, we wende.d our way

sch oolw_ards once more, to conclude the day in orthodox fashion iri the pursuit of .knowledge.

The foll9wing is a list of the. events a nd winn ers:~

20 Yards, Under 12- 1, J . Moon ; 2, I. D a ly; ·3, D. Whittaker. · Intermediate Breast Stroke - (Championship) - 1, M . Rice; 2, D. Laidlaw; 3, M. Gray.

Senior Breast Strolce (Championship)-!, G. Sayce; Z, ·J . Cornell; . 3, D. ·Mitchell.

Interm ediate, O n e Length (Championship) -1, M . R_eynolds; 2, M. Sayce; 3, M. Whittake r.

Junior, Two Lengths Across Baths (Championship) - ! , C. Davies; 2, P. Chinner; 3, E. Crouch.

Senior Obstacle Race-I, D. Mitchell; 2, B. Walduck; 3, B . S h aw.

J,mior Diving (Cha.;,pionship)-1 , J . Barn ett; 2, A . Moon; 3, eq., J . Moon, G. W\lson, G. Savige.

Intermediate Diving (Championship) - !, B. N ichol; 2, M. Gray; 3, B. Shaw.

Senio r D iving (C h ampionship) - ! , eq., _T. Cornell, D . Mitchell; 3, G. Sayce.

Lower Middle Sch ool Form Race- I , IV.o; 2, IV.c; 3, Rem. B. Sen ior, One Length (Championship) Cornell ; 2, G . Sayce ; 3, E . J effrey.

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Upper Middle School Form R ace- I , XX.; 2, Rem. A; 3, XX.a.

Senior School Form Rar.e- -1, Dip. A; 2, eq ., Pass VI., Dip. B. House v. School-I , School ; 2, House.

Championships-Senior, J. Cornell ; Intermediate, M. Reynolds; Junior, eq., J . Barnett, C. Davies.

- K.C.

Baseball Notes.

When 1933 began the return of the Austin Cup to us seemed very possible.

Last year girls of the Middle and Juni or sections were keen and interested, and it was

hoped that these sections might produce some baseballers.

Only three of the 193 2 team returned-Joan Cornell, Roma Reseigh, and Valda Carter-but the re maining six were soon chosen, and practising hard. The team was as follows:-Captain, J oan Cor nell, s. stop; vice-captain, Roma Reseigh, pitcher; Valda Carter, catcher; P eggy Brown, 1st base ; Jean Bryant, 2nd b ase; Betty Walduck, 3 r d base; Olive Yeo, L.O.F .; Frey Shimmin, C.O.F.; Gwen Guy, R.O.F. Unfortunately, V a lda was ill a t the time of the second match, at Geelong. Frey p layed catcher, and th e emergency, Lily Allen, played C.O.F. In th e remaining match of the first round Frey Shimmin remained catcher, and Valda C a rter p layed C.O.F. In the same match, while gamely sliding into the third , Olive twisted her ankle, and Lily played for the last few minutes of the match , in which time s he took a brilliant catch.

Third term began less h opefully. Miss Parsons was absent in England; our chances for the Cup were small, owing to the fact that we h ad only won one match in the first term, and our short stop and first base had left School, but, under Miss Reseigh's guidance, the team was r eor ganised, a nd was as follows: -Captain, Roma Reseigh, s.stop; vice-captain, Jean Bryant, pitcher; Valda Carter, catcher; Frey Shimmin, 1st base; Betty Walduck, 3rd base; Olive Yeo, L.O.F .; Lily Allen, C.O.F.; Gwen Guy, R.O .F .

We were again unfortunate in the second rnund. Two days before the first match Lily broke her finger wh ile practising, but her place was well taken by Barbara Chitty. Vera Eddy was th en emergency.

Th e last two matches have still to be played, and further changes in the team are probable.

We a ll thank Mr. Francis very muc h fo r giving up his valuab le t ime to coaching u s throughout the baseball season.

R esults of the Association matches wer e:First R ound: P.L.C. d . _M .L.C., 22- 18; M.L.C. d. G .C. E .G .G .S ., 3 3, I 5; M.C.E.G.G.S. d .

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BASEBALL TEAM. Valda Carter, Lily Allan , Olive Yeo, Jean Bryant (vice•cnptnin), Roma Reseigh (c;i.ptain ) . Belty Walduck, Frey Shimmin, Marjorie Bryant, Barbara Chitty. .1: ..

M .L.C., 18- 15.

S2cond R ound: P .L.C. d.

M.L.C., 22-1 5; M .L.C. d . G.C.E.G.G.S., 15-14.

Practice m atches were played aga inst L auriston, who we r e too str o n g fo r M.L.C., but we proved the s u perio r team against Fintona and Ru yton .

Th e interhou se m atch es contributed a great deal of fun and amusement. H o u se V I. won Senior and Junior b y defea~ing House II. in bot h fi n a ls, w hile House V. defeated House III. i n the final of the Middle Section. T h ese m atch es produced some prom ising baseball p layer s.

- R .R . · Criticism o f the Team.

The fo llowing criticisms are based o n t h ird term's play only, a n d on but one match of the second r ound. They must n o t, th erefor e, be regarded as necessari ly true o f the whole year' s p lay: Rom a Reseigh (capta in a n d short stop) h as played very well. H e r catching and ground ficldin!J a r P hoth exce llent, w h ile her throw is

the best in the team. Her b att ing is good, and her base-running adequate.

Marjorie Bryant (pitche r) h as a very d eceptive d elivery, and when she h as learnt more abou t the game wi ll be a reaily good pitcher. She is apt to f umble catches, but is a good batter, and r uns bases fai rly well.

Valda Car ter ' (catcher) is one of th e best players in the team.

She is an excelle n t ca::cher, and has a stron g throw, s9metimes a little inaccurate. H er batting a,:,d b ;~<'-running a r e both very good.

Frey Shimmin is a sa fe catch, and has a strong throw. H er knowledge of the game i,s good, but as firs t base she n eeds to step out to the ball more, while her catching of t h e thrown ball is not adequa te to the position. As left o utfield she anticipates th e ball well. H e r b atting is good, but her bas~-runnin g poo r .

Jean Bryant (second base and vice-captain) is a safe catch, fields t h e ball cleanly, a nd throws well, b u t her batting is weak. Her baserunning is exceile nt, a nd she has been a useful change pitche r.

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Betty Walduck is a valuable third b ase. She is quick in the field, catches well, and throws accurately, though her throwing n eeds speeding up. She bats very well, runs bases well , and altogether h as been a good leader in the batting order.

Olive Yeo h as n o t sh own h er best baseball in L.O.F. She fields ground balls well, and has an accurate throw, but misses too many catches, either throug h fumblin g or not running co them. She is much better at first base, cutting off time by stepping well out to the ball, and catching everything.

H er batting 1s patchy, and h e r base-running fair.

Gwen Guy (right outfield) ba cks up well, and ha s a g ood throw. H er catching is very uncertain ; sh e u sually judges the flight of t h e ball well, but is apt to fumb le the catch. Her batting is fair, and her base-running good, but Gwen still n eeds to learn more about the game.

Lil y Allen {centre outfield) is very promising. She is a safe catcher, bu t tends to miss catches by n ot running for them. Her throw is good, and h e r batting a nd base-running fair.

Barbara Chitty takes some good catches and misses some easy ones. She plays better in t h e infield than in th e outfield; her throw is improving in speed and accuracy, her ground fielding is also im pr oving. Her batting is fair, and she runs bases very we ll.

The team is a good team, and the matches lost have been lost by narrow margins.

To every member is due m y thanks for mak ing a difficult task less d ifficult. To those who are coming back n ext year, best of luck for 1934.

- B e tty Reseigh.

Running

Notes.

Only three of last year's tea m returned this year-Peggy Brown, Gwen Jones and J oan Forster. The vacancies we re filled by Joan

RUNNING TEAM. Standing: Evelyn Pryse, Frances Fisher, Gwen Jone!>, Amy Tonkin, Joan Parker.

Sitting: Olive Yeo, Joan Forster (captain), Estelle N ankervis.

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BASKET-BALL TEAM. Jean Bryant (captain ), Gwen Hughes, Frances Tweddle, Doris Roberts, Gwen Jones.

Parker, Evelyn Pryse, Lily Anlezark and Olive Yeo. When Peggy and Lily left, after second term, their places were taken by Estelle Nankervis and Amy Tonkin.

During first term we competed at the Ruyton a nd the St. Margaret's sports, and were d e feated on both occasions by ·the M.C.E.G.G.S. Later in the term, after much hard practice, we succeeded in finishing equal with their team at the University sports.

Early in third term we ran at Warwick, and again at Huntingtower, and were victorious

each t ime.

Second Team: Valda Carter (captain), Dora Cocks, Mabel Code, Lois Hamer, Essie J effr ey, Gladys Joyce, Betty Nicol. ..Juni9~ '.I'.es1m: .Joan P arker (captain), Phyllis Cerutty, Madge Fl.lrneaux, Nettie Gill, Lesley Horton, · Gladys Trigge, Margaret Nevile.

Many matches we re played during the second term, and we were successful in all but one, when, in a return match, P.l.J,C. gained a victory over us. The second and junior teams played several matches, most of which they won.

-J.F.

Basket-ball Notes.

Late in first term th is year basket-ball practice commenced , to enable teams to be chosen for the next season.

Only two m e mbers o f last yea r's team were ava ilable, and, after much considera tion , the following players were selected:- First T eam: Joan C:ornell (ca ptain), Peggy Brown, Jean Bry anl , Gwr.n Hn g h es, Gwen Jones, Doris Roberts, Frances Tweddle .

By enabling many girls to take part, the games played in the interhouse sections form a very valuable part of school sport. In these games the girls develop power, and those who show most ability are listed, that they may be definitely considered when it is necessary to fill vacancies which occur in the School teams.

This yea·r the interhouse basket-ball matches. created keen iuLerest throughout · the School, an.::. after many hard-fought games, the three

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HOUSE SPORTS CAPTAJNS. Standing: Truda Cox. Va!da C,uccr, J ean Bt'ya.nt.

Sining: Olive Yeo, Ro ma Reseigh, Fay Brown.

trophies for Senior, Intermediate and Junior interhouse basket-ball went to House VI.

cramped as a d efe nce, and she would probably h ave more scope as attack wing.

P erhaps the most exci ting match of the season was that of House v. School, when, after a ver y stren·u o u s game, School d ef eated H ouse.

Gwen Hu ghes (first goaler) threw goals accurate ly, but tends to h ide behind h er defender too m u ch.

W h e n she learns to come out to th e ball more she will be a better player.

We greatly appr eciate all that Miss Reseigh has done for the team t his year, and we realise t h at we owe our success to h e r efficient coach ing.

- J. B.

Criticism of the Team.

J oan Cornell (captain) is one of th e best attack win gs t h e Sc h oo l has ever had. She covers th e court with amazing speed, and throws very accurately. With Gwen and J ean, the centre p art of the team proved unbeatable.

Gwen Jones (centre) played excellently. Her superiority on the bounce was a tremendous asset to th e team, a n d h e r throwing and run ning is no less good than her captain's.

Jean Bryant ( defence win g) is ver y q u ick, and throws we ll.

Her ability was slightly

Frances Tweddle (second goaler ) plaved we ll at times, b u t is too careless to be a firstclass player.

He r goaling was good on ,he whole.

Peggy Brown ( vice-captai n and defender ) has th e advantages of h eight, and throws well, bur is inclined to be too slow.

Doris Roberts (defender) combined well with Peggy, but is too s low. Her throwing is apt to be careless.

Hockey Notes.

The h ockey team, which consisted of the follow ing girls- M. Gray (captain), F. Shimmin (vice-captain), A. Steward, F . Fisher, L. A llan, B. Craigie, P . Lardn er, 0 . Yeo, P . Ru le,

SIL VER AND GREEN. M . Moonie, P. Lya ll- regretted that Miss Parsons was unable to be with them, but w e r e very gratefu l

to Miss

lmery,

who so ably

coached them throug h o u t the season.

Three interschoo l matches were played, and resulted as follows ~-M.L.C. defeated Ruyton, 6-0; P.L.C. defeated M.L.C., 4-1; M .L.C. defeated Ruyton , 4-3.

The

match

between

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The _year 1933 was an eventful year for our School tennis team. Befor e the competitions started o ur sports' mistress, Miss Parson s, left for a trip to Engla nd , and the team was therefore without the b e nefit of h er experienced g uida nce.

Four of th e 193 2 team left School at t h e

H ouse

and

S c h oo l

end of last year, but the n ew players whom

resulted i n a decisive v ictory fo r House, who

it was necessary to find acquitted themselves

won by seven goals to none, one goal, unfor-

so creditably that, a lthough we did not win the

tunately, be ing scor ed by one of the opposing

cup outright, we div ided the honour wi th P.L.C., which was the only school to d efeat us.

backs.

The m embers of th e team and the r esults

We r egr et that our capta in had to leave us before the end of the term, b ut wish h e r every success in h er n ew ca reer.

of the variou s matches are as foll ows:-

Many promising juniors have been practising with t h e team, who wish these girls as

capt.,), Marcel Whittaker, Barbara Chitty, K athleen Walker, Mar garet Little, Gwen John-

enjoyab le a year as this one h as proved t o be for them.

- F.S.

ston and

Truda

Cox

R eseigh (vice-

Ruth Chitty; emergency, Y. Thie-

meyer .

l-IOQ(EY T EAM. Lily A llan, Patti e Rule, Phy llis Lardn er, Peggy-.t~'ft:.111, Frances Fisher ~ Beth Crai.ife~ Marj~ric Moonie.

•.,. i

(capt.), Roma

) . Olive Yeo. Frey Shimmin ,(c"¥ ~ • }

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TENNIS EIGHT. T ruda Cox (capta:n), Ruth Chitty, Gwen Johnstone, Barbara C hitty, K ath leen Wa lker, MargareE Little,

Marcel Whittaker, Roma Reselgh .

Matches-First Round.

M .L.C. v. C.E.G.G.S.-M.L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 58 games; C.E.G.G.S., 0 rubbers, 2 sets, 36 games.

M.L.C. v. G.C.E.G.G.S.- M :L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, 5 1 games; G.C.E.G.G.S., 0 rubbers, I set, 16 games.

P.L.C. v. M.L.C.-P.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 49 games; M.L.C ., I rubber, 3 sets, 37 games.

S econd Round.

M .L.C.. v. C.E.G.G.S.-M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 41 games; C.E.G.G.S., 0 rubbers, I sec, 21 games. This match was unfinished owing to rain.

M .L.C. v. G .C.E.G.G.S.- M.L.C., 4 rubbers, 8 sets, , 49 games; G.C.E.G.G.S., 0 rubbers, I set, 3 I games.

M.L.C.'. v. _P.L.C.-M.L.C., 3 rubbers, 6 sets, 44 games; p ·_ L.C., I rubber, 2 sets, 32 games.

Total number of points for the year, P .L.C. and M.L.C., 20 points each out of a possible 24 points; M.C.E.G.G.S., 8 points.

The interform matches provided some interesting tennis:- Hon. VI. won the Senior Cup, IV.a the Upper Middle School Cup, and IV.b were successful in the Lower Middle School Division.

In the House and School contest School h a d an easy victor}'.

In the final of the Junior S ection of the School Championships Madge Furneaux defeated Dulcie Whittaker, 9-3 . As the loser is only nine years old, she did very creditably in reaching the final.

The Intermediate Championship was won by Yuth a Thiemeyer, who m the final defea ted Ruth Chitty, 6/ 2, 6/ 2.

Roma Reseigh, Marcel Whittaker, Ruth Chitty, Yucha Thiemeyer and Truda Cox have still to play off for the Senior Championship .

The success we ach ieved this year was due to th e advice of Mr. P. O'Hara Wood, who was ap pointed School coach, and to the splendid work of Miss Reseigh, who has acted as sports'

SIL VER AND GREEN. mistress during Miss Parsons' absence. To both Miss Reseigh and Mr. Wood I should like Lo convey the team's sincere thanks and appreciation.

-T.C. Criticism of Team_ Truda Cox, the captain, had a great deal to do with the success of the team bo~h by her play and the example she set the others in keenness. She and Roma Reseigh were unbeaten as a pair in the matches, and the School wi ll miss her next year.

Roma Reseigh has an excellent style, and at times plays splendidly, but she n eeds to gain more control over the ball.

Marcel Whittaker showed :nuch improvement during the year, but s h e, too, lacks sufficient control.

Barbara Chitty is steady and reliable, but her style is a little cramped.

Kathleen Walker plays a nice game, and with more experience should do well.

Marga r et Little is very keen, but she is inclined to make her str okes awkwardly. However, she is improving her style, and is already showing better tennis.

Gwen J ohnston played well, her volleying, in particular, being good, but her backhand drive is a little weak.

Ruth Chitty has shown the greatest improvement of any of the team during the year, and h as the makings of a really good player.

- P.O'H.W .

Schoolgirls' Championships.

This year the first four entered in both singles and doubles. Barbara Chitty had bad luck, in having to play in the first round when really unfit, but only lost to N. Fussell (Fintona) after three sets, 4-6, 6- 5, 2-6. Marcel Whittaker and Roma Reseigh played good tennis to reach the quarter-finals, the former losing to N. Wynne (Lauriston), 3-6, 5- 6, and the latter to L. Reyno lds (Mandeville Hall) , 6--4, Z- 6, 4-6.

Truda Cox played extremely well, losing only one game in her first four rubbers, and then defeating J o;an Ste.wart, the Gee long captain; 6--4, 6-1. In the final she lost Lo Nancy Wynne, 6-2, 3- 6, 1-6, after an ex-

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cellent match, in which the standard of play was very high.

In the doubles both pairs did well, Marcel . and B~bara reached the quarter-finals,. defeating on the way the Lauriston first pair, and losing finally to J . Stewart a nd N . Brown (G.C.E.G.G.S.) , 3-6, 5-6. Roma and Truda reached the final, and our hopes were high, since they had twice beaten the Grammar pair convincingly in the public schools' matches.

But on the day Grammar was too good , and the final score was 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 against M.L.C. Our sincere congratulations to Lauristort and to Melbourne Grammar.

Since this is Truda's last year, it is fitting that something should be said of her record.

She has been a member of the team for five years-five years in which M.L.C. has won the premiership-and during four of which Truda has played in first pair. Schoolgirl champion in 1931, runner-up in the singles three t imes , and in the doubles twice, her record surpasses that of any sch oolgirl of recent years. And what is, perhaps, more important, as captain o f the team, Truda has given of her best, and, in the difficulties of Miss Parsons' absence, has proved a tower of strength. Speaking personally, I should like to say, " Thank you."

--Betty Reseigh.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. Walking Club Notes.

"Give me a long, white road, and the grey, wide path of the sea, And the wind's will, and the bird' s will Never has there been a time when more people, both old and young, took such keen interest in walking as a sport, as to-day. Tours to the seaside and to the country have been very popular, and it is quite common to see parties traversing the highways and byways, particularly during week-ends and on holidays.

S e veral years ago a walking club was form ,,d in connection with our School, and this year a fine development has taken place, there being many n~w members, notably among the younger girls.

At the annual meeting in February, the fol lowing were elected :-President, Miss Hall ·( re-

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elected for the sixth successive year); vice-president, Miss Hay ; secretary, Jean Brya nt ; treasurer, Hilda Dance ; and the members of the committee, Mav is Gray, Phyllis Lardner, J ean Cameron. When Mavis left School at the end of the second term, the vacancy was filled hy Irma Eddey.

During first term a notice board was pre• sented to the club by Miss Hall.

On the under-mentioned walks this year we had most enjoyable outings, even thoug h many girls burned their chops, and on one eventful day even the " billies" and tea were forgotten:Sandringham to Cheltenham, via Beaumaris.

Dandenong to Upper Fern Tree Gully.

Greensborough to Eltham, via Kangaroo Ground.

Mount Evelyn to Belgrav~, and Boronia to Fern Tree Gully, via !',assafras.

We are always glad to welcome Old Collegians on our wa lks, and are pleased to say that several of these members are still enthusiastic.

The Walking Club tender s grateful thanks to Miss Hall and Miss H ay for the keen interest they have shown on its behalf.

The spirit of the walk still lingers when the day is done, and after our r eturn to the city m ental pi ctures Bash upon us. We remember these:"And it's then good-night and to bed, a nd if heels or h eart ache, Well, it's sound sleep, and long s leep, But not t oo deep to wake."

Debating

Notes.

The advent of examinations dra ws the debat• ing year to its close. From the first m eeting, when the new executive was elected, until the last spirited d e bate, it has been one of a lmost exceptional success.

The first few months were quietly uneven tful ; the inauguration of the much-discussed Hou se system occupied full attention, and the impossibility of external debates was a keen disappointment .

Early in second term the boarders, somewhat ironically, told us that "Life Is Worth Living."

The more cynical day-gi rls won on points, but not on popular opinion.

To the president, Miss Dahle, we owe the interhouse tourna ment, which occu p ied the r est

of the year. Nothing could h ave so raised the general standard of debating or so stimulated enthusiasm. Mrs. Lande n generously consented to adjudicate , and an interhouse cup was presented by Joy Taylor.

In the first round House VI. asserted that "The Effects of Broadcasting Are Beneficial," but were overcome by House V .

House IV., meeting House I ., successfully d enied that "Public Opinion is the Controlling Facto r in Life," and House II. defeated House III., and proclaimed " The Modern Age Too Pleasure-Loving."

Houses II. and V. opened the second round when House V . denounced the statement that " Increasing Activity of Women in Pt·blic Affairs is Deplorable," and won the debate.

D eclari ng that " Public Hospita ls Should be Financed by the State," H o u se VI. was vanquished by House IV., and House III. by House I . on the question of "Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Austra lia."

Then came a digression when the School challenged the Staff to the most· popular d ebate of the year. Choosing as subject that " The Present System of Teaching by Individua ls be Superseded by Teaching by Wireless," the Staff team affirmed. Its modest, but most able protests were, however, in va.in. This was the most enterta ining and best-attended debate of the year, a nd we hope it will become an annual event.

Time was found for impromptu speeches, a d e bate b etween Intermediate teams, and three amu sing character sketches b efore the final contest.

Houses II. and V., who h a d secured the hig hest totals, m et in the final of th e t o urnament, House II. asserting that "The Spirit of Hitlerism is to be Deplored." The contest was a k een one. Both teams had p en etrated the subject, and spoke with an understanding a m oun ting to conviction .

The totals we re exactly equal, and the cup h ad to be awarded on general style and a udibility to House V .

The two leaders proposed the votes of thanks to Mrs. Landen a nd Miss Dahle, who a lone had made the tournament possible, and to whose advice a nd sympathy we owe a year particularly happy and progressive.

-W.A .M.

SILVER AND GREEN. Student Christian Movement.

Under the leadership of Miss B etts, the members of the S.C.M . have s pent a very enjoya ble a nd instructive year, a nd we should like to tha nk her for h er work and inte rest throughout.

,e.t the b eginning of the ye;ir the executive was appointed as follows :- Phyllis Minns (vicepresident) , Frey Shimmin ( recording secretary), Truda Cox ( correspondin'!; secreta ry), Bonnie Bennett, and Dorothy Secomb.

Approximately 75 m ember s of the S .C.M. wished to join Bible circles, and Rev. J . W. Grove a nd Misses Carter, McNichol, Warren, MacDonald and Betts kindly consented to act as lead e rs for chose circles.

During the year we h ave had an· o pportun ity of h earin g many speakers from foreign lan ds. Miss D avies, a missionar y from Korea, told u s of the valu e of education in t he lives of the gi rls of Korea; at the request o f the girls, R ev. T. C. Carne spoke to us on G a ndhi, and g ave us an opportunity of asking any questions about chis Indian leader; Dr. H. Judkins gave u s a d escri ption of P apu a and its people, and Mrs. S e ward illustrated her talk on t he Girls' High School in Calcutta by sh owing u s India n curios a nd samples of the wo rk done by these Indian girls.

Miss Rosalie Joyce, the travelling secretary o f the A.S.C.M., and Miss Holmes, a vicepresident of the W .S .C.M., who h as j ust returned from th e Java Conference, have broa d e ned our knowledge o f our own movem ent; Miss Card well spoke to us of the work of the Y.W.C.A., a movement si milar to our own, and in many ways connected with it; Miss Collison gave u s an interesting a ddress on t h e Leag u e of Nations, impress ing on u s t h e n eed for p eace.

R ev. J . W. Grov" addressed the S.C.M. o n "S'e,r vice," a nd R ev. J. Thomas a nd M iss Lillian Scholes also gave us devotional addresses. Rev. T . C. Rencoul brought home Lo us the need for mi ssion a ry wor k in our own cou ntry, describing to us the work and hardships of the missionaries in t h e Australian Inland Mission.

A p a rty is to be g iven to 30 children fro m the City Mission o n 18th November, and we

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only h ope that they will en joy themselves a s much as we enjoy p r epar ing for their treat.

We wish che m embers of th e 1934 S .C.M. a:; h a ppy a year as we have h ad in 1933.

- F .S.

Music and Elocution Notes.

This yea r , instead of a School Concert, an operetta was presented . " The Egyptian Princess" was chosen for this purpose, a nd much time and thought was p u t into the training o f the girls by Miss Dwyer a nd Miss McKay, whom we should li ke to thank for their work.

The oper etta proved a g r eat success in spite of i nfluenza, which prevented many girls from ta king part.

The T weddle Instrumental Scholarship was awarded for 1933 to Marjorie Bassett, and Enid Collens a nd Frey Shimmin pro xime accesserunt, while the D a nks Singing S cholar• ship was awarded t o Dorothy Macdougall, and Helen Torry, Marjorie B assett and Dora Hewitt p roxim e accesserunt.

This year, as the School h as been d ivided into Houses, the chora l co ntests are to be held in the S e nior a nd Middle sections of each H ouse. The music chosen for these contests is, in the Senior S ection , two three-part songs, " The Butterfly" and " O P eaceful Night," and a unison song by Schubert, " The Fishermaiden"; and in the Middle Section a twopart song, HThe Camel's Hump," a unison song, 0 Jerusalem," and a hymn.

The singin g at t h e ch urch service h aving been successfully rende red by the specia l c hoir, the girls are n ow practisi n g, under the baton of Miss M cKay, for the ir Speech Nig ht pro• g r amme.

The music a nd elocution r esults for 1933 are as follow : -

Examinatio n Results.

University Conservatorium of Music.

P ianoforte--Grad e I .: Eunice Can avan (cr edit), Thelma Every. Grade JI.: Marjorie Bassett (credit ), Dorothy Dugdale (cr edit), Lucy Hughes, Jean Lake (credit), Joyce Tucker . Gra de III. : Gwen Bassett (credit ), Thelma Brice, Marie Hateley (cred it), Noel Headde-y (hon o urs), Be tty H islop (credit), Valerie Kerr, Flora La ncaster (ho nours) , Dorothy Macdougall, Jessie McNaughc ( c retfo), I vy Spiller, Dorothy Smith (c r edit) , Roma

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N ellie Fitchett M emorial Window.

1friit iiU< PJrbHtt

SIL VER AND GREEN. Symonds, Franc.,s Tweddle, Aileen Webb.

Grade IV.: May Eddy (credit), Irene Macfarlane (credit), Peggy McNae (honours), Audrey \Valklate (credit). Grade V.: Margaret Capper, Jean Cave (credit), Noel Heley, Sheila Marshall, Sylvia McPherson (credit), Heathe r Rentoul (credit), Hazel Williams (credit). Grade VI.: June Barnett (honours), Le Barnett (honours) , June Brewer (honours), June Chambers (credit), Joan Kemp, -Berna Nairn (honours).

Singing - Grade III.: Thelma (credit).

Grade IV. : Marjorie (honours).

Every Bassett

Harmony and Theory-Grade II.: Marjorie Bassett (credit), Vera Eddy (honours), Lucy Hughes (honours) , J oyce Tu,:ke r · (credit)·.

Grade III.: Frances Tweddle (credit). Grade IV.; Gwen Bassett (honours), Marie Hateley, Betty Hislop (credit), J ean Lake (credit) , Dorothy Macdougall (honours), Joan Rowell (credit), Aileen Webb (credit).

Art of Speech--Practical-Grade II.: Joan Illingworth (credit), Lloys McN~r (honours).

Grade III. : Frances Fishe r (c'reclit). Grade IV. : Mary Be n son (credit). Grade V.: Shirley Benson (credit), J ean Sefton (credit). Theory - Grade II.: Joan Illing worth (honours ), Lloys McNair.

-F.S.

t

J Library Notes.

Ac t h e beginning of chis year twenty books were added to the Library, these h avin g been purchased with the money donated by the Forms at the end of the preceding year . Miss Hay inc reased the number of n ew books during t he year to approximately 90 at the beginning of third term, whea we were delig h ted with a sudden influx of novels, which was -du.i, t -o rh.~ generosity of g irls leav ing School.

The•- most popula r of the nP.w · books ind ud~d the au rl, ors Gibbs, Murdoch, Idriess,

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Farnol, Orczy, and Wodehouse.

Owing to continu ous · u se, several novels needed rebinding, a nd some of the more popular were replace·d . Many extremely useful books were also added to the Reference Library, including Hayes' "Modern European History," Mommsen's " History of Rome," Bradley's "Shakespearian Tragedy," and a "Cambridge History of English Liter ature," in fif teen vol umes.

Thanks are due to lV!iss Hay for her untiring and valuable work j., connection with the Library, a nd to Mrs. Landet>. and Miss Christenson, for the inte res t they h t. ;'~ t:1ken

1n

its

work.

We should a lso like to thank the following girls for their very generous donations: Mavis Gray, Audrey Sides, Edna Macdonald, Eunice Canavan, Gwen Guy, Betty McCutcha,{, Jean Cameron, J ean Bryant, Mabel Williamson, Kath O'Donnell, Lucy Hug h es, Bettye H ammon, Dorothy Brown, Joan M iers, Evelyn Pryse, Nancy Rashleigh, Marjorie Ellis, Betty Nevile, Vera Eddy, Marion Mannett, Violet Stone, Frey Shimmin, Hilda Dance, and Phy llis L ardner.

- J.C.

Guide Notes.

Now that we have passed our first birthday, we f eel safely established. This year h as been a successful and enjoyable one. We h ave been ably led · and assisted by captain, Miss Kella way, and lie utenant, Frey Shimmin.

During second term. a senior patrol was formed, whose members called themselves the "Swallows." New .patrol lead ers and seconds e le cted are :- Magpie, Audrey Watt, Betty Parry; k ookaburra , Kathleen Horton, Vale rie Clayfield; flowering g um, Estelle Nankervis, Margaret Guthridge ( 2nd term) , Thelma Baker ( 3rd term); swallows, Gwen Frazer, Phyllis T rath en.

Tenderfoot a nd second class tests have b een passed in quick succession , a nd · some h ave passed first class tests . We h ave developed cons_iderable talent in the rendering of our songs, these being very popular with visito~s.

We have been h onour ed by visits from Mrs. Landen, Mrs. Edmondson ( Divisional Commission e r) , Mrs. T a te ( District Commissio n er-) · and parents. In a n effort to raise money for our'·"'·

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company flag, Mr. Whittaker came to our aid and gave an interesting and amusing picture night. Once again we wish to thank him ve_,Y. much. We have appreciated too ti-\!' interest shown by Miss Dawe.

We wish the Company t h e best of luck and happiness in the coming year, and thank our able captain for having led us so well throughout 1933 and for having shown us what true guiding can b e.

-0.T.

Birthday Night Notes, 1933.

Following the old maxim, chat chose who receive least appreciate most, the boarders are granted one night a year on which to display their graceful figures in Paris gowns, and exercise their social charms to their fullest extent.

What a transformation ~ sees at 5.30 on 1 that magic evening. At '·3.30 boarders, who have spent the afternoon shou ting, decorating, and painting scenery, are not seen to advan• tage, but at 5.30 one is amazed at the perfect galaxy assembled in a no longer recognisable dining hall.

The windows are artistically draped with greenery, and the ceiling is gay with coloured streamers, while to gaze upon the tables is as good as a feast.

Boarders have gazed and trembled, rubbed th eir eyesbut this is no vision " proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain." Their dreams have materialised, and "their joy is unconfined. " Miss Hunt and Mrs. Grove were greeted by the two baby boa rders with tasteful bouquets, a nd then came the business of eating, which was aided by paper caps placed on one side of the head. Special mention must h ere be made of Mr. Grove, who made an impressive picture m his s ilver-grey belltopper (about six inch es in diameter), tilted at a rakish angle, and Miss Hunt and Mrs. Grove, who made charming studies in a cream jockey cap and a bright yellow creation respectively.

needed only one more ceremony to complece tea, and that was the cutting of ihe cake, which w_:is..~ra~~lully performed by the Senior House Prefect.

Then each boarder hastened to the gym., where there was "a sound of r evelry by night," and the feet of the dainty nymphs kept time to the frolicsome music supplied by Roma Symonds.

The dancing was over, alas, too soon, and the radiant boarders trooped to meet their guests, with whom they repaired to Fitchett Hall, where an excellent programme wa; provided. The two baby boarders looked charming in their "Tip and Top" creations. Despite the fact that throughout the entire programme there had been a subdued munching and crunching from the direction of the audience, everyone now retired to the dining hall, where supper was provided, and duly appreciated.

Then, after one or two short speeches and "Auld Lang Syne," each smiling hostess bade her g~est farewell, and retired to bed, with the thought of clearing up the following morning.

-J.C.

The Official Opening of the Drive.

The new drive was lined from end to end when the entire School assembled on 1st November to express appreciation of Mr. F. J. Cato's most generous gift.

Although in almost continual use, t h e M .L.C. drive has b een undergoing progressive experiments for several months.

We

were particularly

to see

Mr.

g r atulate Mrs. Cato on his recovery.

After driving slowly up the drive and back again to the central entrance, the guests of honour

alighted,

east lawns.

The flowers were especially noticeable, and were entirely selected from the School garden.

This is the first year such a thing has been possible. In the centre of t h e dining hall was a large cake, around which the boarders had previously gathered like so many bees about a particularly delightful flower .

Now, ther e

happy

Cato again after his long illness, and to con-

and

were

escorted

to the

Here the girls rapidly assembled

in ordered mass formation.

Brief addresses were given by the president, the Rev. A. P . Bladen, and Dr. Sugden, congratula ting Mr. praising

his

Cato on his

untiring

made so much possible.

recovery, a nd

generosity

which

h as

-W.A'..'M.

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SILVER AND GREEN. Church Service.

The Annual C hurch S e rvice again filled the Auburn Methodist Church on Sunday evening.

I st October. The School Choir led the singing, and the very difficult p a r t of organist was excellently taken b y th e S enior Prefect, F. Shimmin.

The choir rend ered the Introit and Vesper , and two anthems, "Every Mor n-

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and primarily to a performance of that colourful operetta, " The Egyptian Princess."

Grieg's "Con certo in A Minor," r e nd er ed by Frey Shimmin ( first piano) and Enid Collens (second piano ) marked the commencement of the evening's entertainment. This was followed by a d emon strati on o f English folk dancing by Middle School girls, and a short scene given

The Egyptian Princess. ing Mercies N e w" was sung by the School Quartette, and the solo, " There is a Green Hill," by Marjorie B assett.

As usual, the S ch ool and congregation participated as fully as possible in the service, whic h was conducted b y the president. The Verse-Spea king Choir re.cited t he lesson.

by the Juniors, r ela ting the tri a ls of Darby a nd J oan , and pointing a su itable moral.

Then we were t r eated to a display of Swedish folk d a nces, given by sen ior g irls, in the Sw«d ish n ational costume, a nd anoth er scene, uThe W eath er Clerk." Th e work of the Jun iors in both scen es deserves m ore than passing men-

The sermon, expanding the t ext from J.saiah 40, "They sh a ll mount up with wings a s eagles," was a n inspiration.

- W.A.M.

tion, and it was evident o n this occasion that

The Students' Concert and Operetta.

opere_tta, in which Alva (M. Bassett), a captive

the en joym ent was n ot for the a udien ce a lone.

The curta in rose o n

t h e first act of the

Irish princess in s lavery at the Egyptian court, Thursd ay , the I 7th o f August, was a m emorla m e n ted h er fa llen state, and voiced h er long• a ble day for m a ny of u s. From 8 p .m . th e ing to return to that native land of wh ich she Comedy Theatre was g rnced h y an assemblage come ro do du e h onour to a Students' Concert, · knew so l1ttle.

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After the impressive entry of the Queen of Egypt (played by Miriel Jefferies) and Aida, her daughter (Dorothy Mitchell), we learnt that the Princess longed to be a man a nd -e ngage in more masculine pursuits, and also of her deep friendship for her slave-companion, Alva.

Elva Pickett, who was admirably cast as the Queen's sister, Tabubu, gave a clever inte rpretation of that unfortunate person, and h er tragic afflictions were greeted with unfeeling hila rity by the a udience.

At the conclusion of the act a soothsayer told the fortunes of a group of girls, and foretold Alva's freedom. The part of the soothsayer, Herub, was taken by Lavinia Tanner. . In the second act Nyssa and Phila, maids of honour who "dearly loved fun," contrived to trick Tabubu. Here Nyssa (Helen Torry) and Phila (Hettie Gibbs) sang a successful duet, which was very well r eceived. This was fbllowed by some good acting by th~ three concerned.

Then came a colourful scene before the altar of Hathor. Grania (Jean Cameron), a captive queen, was introduced at this juncture, having been sent in advance of the king, and the Egyptian queen and princess attempted vainly, at first, to honour and show her due courtesy. Grania discovered Alva to be h er lost sister, and a message h aving been received from a prince seeking Aida in marriage, the two captives were freed in honour of the event .

Our thanks for a very pleasant evening are du e to Miss Dwyer, who gave so much of h er time to produce this operetta; to Miss McKay, who conducted the singing; and to Mrs. Hu,;nphreys, who so admirably directed the Egyptian dancers, whose performance, to us, seemed all too short.

In fact, when the curtain fell, our feelings were mingled pleasure at all that had passed from the Concerto to the National Anthem, and reg ret at the final curtain.

-E.M.S.

- J"e o '"':B~...,t--

The Egyptian Dance.

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H ouse Notes House I. House I. has spent the first t wo terms of its existence in the ex•amination room, amid sce n es that are apt to awaken memories-and forebodings.

Even this, however, has failed to chill its enthusiasm or dull its ambition. Such energy as we have shown does not go unrewarded. At the end of second term we stood third in the list of Houses, and we aspire even higher.

In sport we shine-in patches; our brains lift us high in exam. results, and in conduct we manage to keep well to the fore.

Our juniors carried our imaginary flag to victory with an easy win at their sports.

Artistic minds, agonised appeals for flowers, and a morning's hard work produced a display of flowers that rivalled Babylon's h 'a n,ging gardens, and all but beat that of House VI.

House II. this year has endeavoured to prove the truth of the above quotation. Although it may not have won cups, it has tried to, and we hope we have succeeded in acting our parts and giving to the House of our very best, for its life has meant much to us.

We have three teams in competition in sport, namely, Senior, Middle, and Juni::,r.

Our Seniors were runners-up in baseball, basket-ball, and hockey, while our Middle Section were runners-up in basket-ball, and our Juniors in baseball and basket -ball. Although we have not obtained first place in any one sport, we have had some keen struggles, and entertain great hopes with regard to tennis.

We have representatives in all the School first teams, while Roma R eseigh, our sports captain, has been selected to that office m the School baseball IX., and we offer her our congratulations.

On two occasions we undertook to assail the ~ars of the Debating Society, not with unalloyed success.

House IV. proved that public opinion is not the controlling factor in life, in spite of our . frantic assertions to the contrary, but later, in the face of protests from House III., we denounced censoring as ridiculous.

We obtained third place in the flower show, with honourable mention, and our debating team reached the finals, but was defeated afte.r an exciting debate.

Ahead lies the dazzling vision of the choral contest shield.

Ac present mournful strains from the vocal organs of enthusiasts are wont at all hours of the day to acquaint casual, if unwilling, listeners, of our desire for "night, a fisher-maiden, and a little ship."

Our grateful thanks are due to our house mistresses, Miss Hay and Miss Wade, of our Senior, Miss Lindsay, of our Middle, and Miss Masters, of our Junior Sections; to our house captain, May Guthridge, and to all ofli.cebearers, for their untiring efforts and boundless enthusiasm.

We pass on the torch to those who will guide the House through its coming years, confident that our trust will not be misplaced.

And so the curtain falls on 19 3 3.

We should like to express our sympathy with Miss Forman in her illness, and to convey to her our appreciation of the interest and assistance she has given to all our activities, also to thank Miss Fielden, Miss McDonald and Miss Jeffrey.

The enthusiasm of our captain, Irma Eddey, has continually spurred us on; to her we owe much of the success that has attended our efforts.

-E.C.

House II. ((Honour and shan1e from no condition ri~P

Act well your part, there all the honour lies."

The examinations are now approaching, but that has not diminished our interest in the choral contest, practices for which are now being held daily.

-J.M.R.

House III. When, at the beginning of second term, the House system was inaugurated, about one hundred girls made their way to the House III. room, anxious to view their House mates, and f111J. nf ho.pe and cnthusio.sm for the fulu11, uf the House.

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Esther Champion was elected House captain, and Truda Cox sports captain, each with representatives from the Middle and Junior sections to assist them.

Miss Kellaway, Miss B etts, Miss McNicholl, and Miss Luke are the House mistresses, and we wish to thank them for their support and advice in House matters.

In all branches of sport, in debating, in conduct, and in the F lower Exhibition, we comp eted with the other Houses, but, although we tried very hard , we seemed fated to linger in the b ackground . One d ay, much to our delight and surprise, we were announced first, but in the midst of our excited exclamations we f ound, to our disgust, that a mistake had been made.

Although we have not b een successful this year, we hope to do well in the coming Choral Competitions, and to do better n ext year.

-G.S.

House IV .

House IV. commenced its career under the able leadership of Miss Krome, assisted by Miss Underwood in the S enior Section, Miss Warr e n in the Middle S ection, and Miss Mitchell in the Junior Section.

We are proud to have the Senior Prefect among our members, and we chose her as House captain, and Olive Yeo as sports captain.

The Middle Section elected Kathleen Horton and M a d ge Furneaux as vice-captain a nd vice- sports captain respectively, while the Juniors chose Winsome Wa lklate and Le Barnett for those offices.

In the basket-ball contests our Middle S chool tea m was successful in winning the cup, after a round of excellent matches.

Our Seniors and Juni o r s played well, but the la tter were much h a ndicapped by being in many m atches much s maller girls than their opponents.

We are glad to h ave amon g our ranks both the finalists of the Junior tennis championships, Dulcie Whittaker and Madge Furneaux, and congratulate the latter on winning the championship.

Our debating team gained t hird place, after a number of very inte resting debates.

We have, unfortunately, had our numbers decreased by the loss of sever a l girls, who h ave taken positions.

In conclusion, I wish, on behalf of th e House, to thank Frey Shimmin and M iss Krome for their unfailing inte r est · in our activities throug hout the year .

At present we are looking forward to winning the Choral Contests, and we hope we have done something towards laying the fou.idations of future fame fo r H ouse IV.

-G.F.

House V. Wearied with braver words than I can find, We beg you, passing reader, to be kind ; Spare us one minute of etern a l time, And mark our a nnals, badly told in rhyme.

When second term our long career b egins, We choose as worthy captain Phyllis Minns.

Enthusiasm flares in every breast, Kindles· the eye with animating zest.

We lead the School in work, then, sad to say, Come equal bottom in the flower display.

Sport lures to baseball, and, though light the spoil, The Intermediate Cup r ewards our toil.

The weekly honour list proclaims our past, Nor last, nor first, but nearer first than last.

Ambitious at d ebate, we tireless strive, And win the cup, and honour for House V. To Misses Burton, Sibthorpe, Harcourt, who So much have given , n ow so much is due.

Whom most we owe, Miss Dahle, last in time, We strive to thank. Accept my humble rh yme.

Oh ye who follow, know we blazed the track, Take up the challenge, never to look back; Rise where we san k, r ecap ture where we won!

Satis verborum, for my tale is done.

- W.M.

House V I. With the inauguration of the House system in T erm II., each H ouse from the outset d etermined to top the la dder , and, as the first year draws to a close, House V I. h as in part achieved its natural ambition.

T hroughou t enthusiasm h as been particularly outstanding, and our weakness in debating has b een mo~e tha n compensated by prowess in sport, as we

SILVER ANO GREEN. led in basket-ball, baseball and hockey in the Senior Section, and basket-ball and baseball in the Junior.

The Flower Show proved to be a severe test of artistic abi lity, _ in which, owing to the magnificent response of the whole House, and the strenuous efforts of some of the seniors, and despite the equally strenuous efforts of the other Houses, House VI. emerged triumphant.

We have assiduously, but painfully, dimbed the conduct ladder, taking great care to dodge steps prickling with detentions and disorder marks, and for our noble efforts have gained second place.

The future gleams bright; we see a v1s10n of the Choral Contests, and it seems not within the bounds of reason that one could be uncharmed b.y the sound of our rich young voices vehemently proclaiming our admiration for a fair little craft, a lovely fisher-maiden and a peaceful night. Tennis prospects also allure, and it is with impatience that we await the result of the interhouse tennis tournaments.

We should like to take this opportunity of thanking Miss Hall and Miss. Parker for their interest and assistance in the Senior Section of the House, and Miss Christensen and Miss Carter for the enthusiastic interest they have sh own m the Middle and Junior Sections respectively. No !es;· are our thanks due to

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Betty Nevile, who, as House captain, has been an important factor in attaining the success which has crowned our efforts.

- J.C.

Junior School Notes.

The girls of Junior School have had a v ery happy year. The captain is Noel Headdey, and the lieutenants a r e Beryl Whittaker, Margaret Rentoul and Pauline Beasley.

During Term I. a very enjoyable concert for the Junior Red Cross funds was given by Audrey Bee. Later on, at the end of the term, Miss Brownell was farewelled by the girls at a concert, for which Form III. girls supplied the items.

There were songs, dances and recitations. and then a box containing flowers and little gifts was presented to Miss Browne ll by the captain.

This year the juniors were lucky in having a fine day for their sports, which were held on Saturday, 21st October. Many mothers and friends were present, and enjoyed watching the races. The winners of the cups are Nanc y Sutherland, Pat Watts, and Judith Heley.

On Saturday, 4th November, the girls are having a fancy dress party in the garden in aid of the Fred. J . Cato Branch Fete, and are looking forward to a happy time.

The Library is very popular at present, we have over 70 new books.

~,.s

W/e hope 1934 girls will have as happy a time as we have had.

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Fred" J" Cato Branch ELSTERNWICK. Notes for th e Year.

self a n

This year has been one of continued prog r ess

for

the

Fred.

J.

C aco

Branch,

with

steadily incr easing numbers.

At the comm en cem ent of the year the House system was introduced, the School being divid ed into fo ur Houses. We d ecided t o have four K's-"Kooyon g," the original n ame of the prop erty ; " K awar a u ," by kind p e rmission of Mr. Cato; and ttKerrie" a nd ttKittani," suggeste d

by the g irls. p ointed

as

House ca ptains have been apfo llows :--Kooyong, C . Forster;

K awarau , J . P earce; Kerrie, J. Kilfoyle ; Kittani, N. J ennens. A cup for inte rhouse cham• pionship has been presented by Betty Tyas, and k een interest and enthusiasm have been shown in the contest . All phases of School life will b e taken into consideration in d eciding the champion House, a nd each girl feels that she has her sha re to contribute to the honour of the House.

Consequent upon our increase in numbe rs, c ertain extensions we re necessary, and con• sid erable additions have b een m a de. By second term the new building, consisting of two large classroom s and locker -rooms, was ready for occupa tion, a nd was officially opened by Mrs. Cato, in ·the presence of a large gathering of fri ends.

The accommodation of the cloak rooms h as b een extended, a nd an up-to-date "tuck-sh o p " erected.

During first term the School paid a visit to the Shrine, wh en, under special escort, the d esig n a nd sig nificance of the whole memorial we r e carefully exp lain ed.

A gen ero us response has been made to the va r iou s charitable appeals in connection with the Blind Insti tute, public hospita ls, and hospital a uxiliaries, and in a ddition to contributions, the gi rls h ave sent cases of jams a nd eggs to the various centres.

Betty Gilbert has filled the office of S chool captain again this year, and h as proved her-

efficient and r eliable leader .

F orm captain badges have been awarded to J. P arker , V.c; F. White, I V.a; W. Reece, I V.b; J, Boguall, K .G.

III. ;

J . O verend,

II. ;

V.

Wiffen,

Keen interest h as been taken in sport-tennis, b ask et-ball, and baseball, under the d irecti_oi, of Miss Sanders, Miss D rake, a nd Miss Dug d a le. The sports' captains for 1933 a r e : Tennis, C. Fortsu ; basket-ball (senior), J . Kilfoyle, (junior) , B. T yas; baseball, B. Gilbert.

Geog raphy excursio n s have combined profitable studies with p leasant outings, a nd some of the Seniors will long remember their wonderf til d ay in the snow at Donna Bnang.

Our Annua l Spo r ts D ay was h eld on I 4~h October, and, the weath e r f avouring u s, was an

unqualified su ccess.

Form I V.a won

the

Shirley Odgers Cup, fo r Interform Championship.

The Senior Championship Cup (presented by June Bra ddock ), was won by Ruby Weber; the Junior Championship (presented

by B etty Snowb a ll) by Betty T yas; Kinder garten Championship (presented by M iss Sand ers) by Leslie Austin.

Miss Sanders presented a cup for th e interschool flag race, to b e h eld each year by the winning team, and it is very g ratifying to know that, for the first year, the cup remains with the Fred. J. Cato Branch.

At present we are all ver y occupied with prepar ations for the Cato Girls' Fair, which is co be held in the S ch ool grounds o n 24th and 25th November. The parents o f the g irls h ave responded m ost enthusiastically to the a p peal f o r help, and h ave arranged many m ost inter esting fu n ctio ns. The differ e nt Forms of the School have shown much o r iginality in the various efforts fo r r aising money, and some e xcellent concer ts have been given during lunch hour, and we are a nticipating a most successful fai r. With examinations a nd Speech Nig ht, b u sy weeks sti ll lie a h ead of us, to the end of a very full b ut prosperous year.

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CanteI'huI'y B.ranch School ''CARISBROOK." The year 19 33 has been a happy and successful one. Many new faces were noticed on the opening day, and the r e has been a steady advance and a widening influence all through.

The sunny classrooms, gay with flow ers, hum with busy work a ll the year.

K eenness has bee n the keynote in each Form, and we cannot but fee l that this fine spirit h as been much stimula ted by our Head Prefect, Joan Eltis, who has won the love and esteem of the whole School.

She h as been ably assisted in h er duties by the youn ger captains, Mar y Collocott, in the Middle School, and Gwynneth W atsford , in the Junior School.

Annual Senior Sports were h e ld in April, i,i conjunction with th e H a wthorn pupils, o n the College Oval.

The Canterbury g irls we r e easily distinguished in most races by their orange ribbons. T he girls showed a fin e spirit, and it was g ratifyin g to know that this, in some cases, was rewarded with s ig nal success.

Later, in Octobe r, our Junior girls, again in conjunction with th e H a wthorn Juniors, h eld t h eir races o n the Hawthorn Ova l. O n ce more it was quite evident that the Cante rbury g irls were present, and meant to do the ir best ro u phold the honour of their Senior s.

Ma ny h a ppy girls with smiling faces r e turned to their parents to tell o f their success, a nd enj oy a well-ea rnecf t ea.

The y have b een no less e n thusiastic on -the t e nnis courts, which d a y by day are filled with m e rry girls practis ing, and chis effort h as been crowne d with success when, on some occa• s io n s, the y h ave thrown their skill against others during the year.

The occasions o n which the Canter bury Branch h as m e t teams from the Cato Branch h ave stimulate d a keen enthusias m a m o n g the g irls.

Such m eeting s a re a lways thoroug hly en joyed by our Bran ch.

Early in the year we attended our swimming sports with t h e H a wtnorn Sch ool a t the K-,w C ity Baths.

It was a happy occasion, a nd seem ed as it che su n shine h a d been specially ordered t o enliven the scene.

Our Annual Chur ch S er v ice was held on Sunday,

13th

August,

in

the

Canterbu ry

Methodist Church. The Presid ent appealed ·.o a ll concerned with the education of girls to lead them to dream of and attain to the hig hest and b est in li fe.

Our girls led the ser vice

by contributing r eligious solos a n d part son gs, and by r endering the I 21st Psa lm as a chora l

recitation.

The sermon a nd vocal item s wer e appreciated by a large cong regation, which taxed the seating accommodation of the church.

The 20th September -was the occasion of a happy gath e ring of friends at the Schoo l, when the Annual G a rd en P a rty was h eld. The g r een lawns and bright sunshine were a n ideal settin g for the gay and varied costumes. Giv:m first place amon g the other gay flags wa s t he dea r old Sch ool f!ag.

The Presiden t, Rev. J o hn W. Grove, M.A., LL.B., Dip.Ed., and Mrs. La nden , M .A ., Dip.Ed., assisted Miss A. C lif t on Hester in welcoming the m a ny friends. The Garden Pa rty was opened by th e Mayoress of Camberwe ll, Mrs. H . J. Nettleton.

A n interesting prog ramme was then rende r ed b y the pupils of the College. Afternoo n tea was ser ved in the loun ge a nd on the lawn s.

T h e President's speech was mu ch a ppreciated by the p arents a n d all present. The wh ole programme was most en joyable, and r eflected great cred it o n tho se r espon sible for the performance. The School concert work is now in h a nd, a nd a n interesti-ng programme is being prepared fo r 28th November. The girls look forward to t his evening, when they will be able to show their a bility in th is direc tio n to their parents.

In musical apprecia ti o n the Juniors show much interest in the fo rmation of a Percussion B a nd. They b eat and step to th e rhythm of various tunes under the leadership of a promising little conductress.

The litrle people enter into the ir period of organised gam es with much v igour, especially

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enjoying those in which play is enlivened with music, both vocal and instrumental.

The artistic side is not forgotten · either, and these little Juniors are learning to blend colours in the pastel work each week, and so are growing to appreciate the beautiful in form and colour.

The girls of the School, so happy and h ealthy, have not forgotten those Jess fortunate than themselves. There was evidence of this on Sugar, Jam, and Egg Days. On these and ocher occasic•ns very generous contributions were received for the needy.

Geography, botany, history and the study of art are made far more interesting and intelligible to the girls by excursions taken at various times.

These studies farther afield also afford a happy change and a pleasurable outing.

The Parents' Association in connection with the Branch School has done some good work, taking a keen interest in a ll that concerns the College.

Through the kindness of members of the Association, we have all enjoyed some delightful evenings. Our thanks are especially due to our former and our present President, Mrs. Eltis and Mrs. W. Morrison, who have done so much to help, a lso to our kind friends who graciously offered the use of their drawingrooms for the meetings. In this connection we would like to mention Mrs. Le Pine, Mrs. Collocott, and Mrs. Eltis. We gratefully appreciate the talks given at these meetings by Dr. Dale, on "Children's Health"; Mrs. Rentoul, on "A Trip Abroad"; Mr. Fargher, M .A., M.Ed., on "Education"; Rev. J. A. Forrest on "Burns"; and Mr. R. Pescott, M.Ag.Sc., on HGarden Pests."

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Voice of the School To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,\1(1ould it be possible fo r us to have a School play next year? Why should our pr.:,srige suffer, and why should we be the only Public School in Melbourne (apparently) unable to produce a School play? Dramatic ability is far more prevalent than vocal and dramatic ability combined.

An audience is invariably more appreciative of a play th.1n a n operetra or a School concert. We h ave the abil ity-why do we hide our light under a bushel?-Yours, etc.,

To the Editress.

Dear Madam,Several times recently I h ave been asked why I do not get a green School blazer. I have surprised my friends by exp laining that only the members of the tennis and baseball teams are allowed to wear them. Other schools h a\'e blazers of their School colours, so why should we wear common navy blue ones? The effect wou ld be much improved if anyone who desired could obtain a green blazer.- Yours truly, "NUE I. DEER."

"ONE OF THE AUDIENCE." (The editorial frown r e laxes to sympathis2.

-Ed.) To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,Do you not think that we could som etimes change the monotony of our "School Song" every Monday morning? Where are the songs we sang in the dim, dark ages of the Jubilee?

Are they lost, n ever to be recovered? In the name of a ll that is harmonious, I implore you to give ear to m y plea.-Yours, etc ., "G FLAT." To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear. Madam, Despite their model Form roo m , the students of Honour VI. are fast becoming mental and physical wrecks, and, what is more , their modernised Form room is already becoming deplorably out of date . To relieve much of the physical strain, we would sincerely suggest that an escalator be establish ed instead of the hard, s lippery steps, which perhaps develop leg muscles to perfection, but a re a very great strain upon bodies already in a state of n ervous exhaustion.- Yours, etc., "A STUDENT (Sometimes a Schoolgirl)."

(Your suggestion has been sympathetically considered. It is deemed imprudent, however, to corrupt the u1urals of Honour VI. with luxuries in such excess.-Ed.)

Dear Madam,On the after-sch ool Y arra Bank this ye,1r the discu ssions have been wordy a nd the logic occasionally learned on every conceivable subject, yet a ll this has been lost to the Scho0l forever. Could not this en ergy be shared and controversies made more in teresting by banding a ll enthusiasts together in clubs?

The Utopians themselves urge that a fuller School life would be possible if various clubs were forme4 to supplement and vitalise School lesson s. Thus algebra problems would become almost credible if one belonged to a Realist Society which hired the running team to perform the phenomenal feats of the text book.

What the fiery denouncers of the present system do not seem to realise is that the impetus for clubs must come from the girls themselves. The most pressing . n eed is for a Dram atic Club. Think of the potential dramatic talen t r evealed in the d ebating tourn ament.

There could be a Music C lub, preferably with remote headquarters, in case their love of mus ic overflows, with freq u ent excursions to the best concerts.

A Nature Club would conciliate botanists and walkers.

In conjunction with the Library, a Literary C lub could be formed, with discussions, debates, a nd perhaps addresses by the "big h eads" of the p en . A club of this sort should be run enti r ely by the girls,· so that it would be unive rsal in its a ppeal, and not get into the hands of our higher intellectuals.

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I see a vision of the future when the subjects of all schools wi ll be run on club lines.

Teachers will be almost superfluous, the examination system covered with cobwebs, and the Economics Club free to find the answer to over-producti on or under-consumption.

But, although th is is h idden in a futuristic mist, we can at least take the first faltering steps to future bliss, and remember the pass• word co Elysium-"The gods help chose who help chemseTves."-Yours, etc., " CLUB 'OUSE." ( Rather too futuristic to be considered this century.

Re-submit 2033 A.D.-Ed.)

To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,The praises of the odours commonly pertaining co the laboratory have been frequencly sung.

It is a strange omission that no one has yet spoken of the fragrant perfumes wafted on the breezes from the concoctions manufactured in the cooking school to the nostrils of the long-suffering members of Honour VI. Strange that no one has yet remarked the contrast in the emotion s produced by the study of the psychological and metaphysical nature of H amlet, and potent reminiscen ces of pies and pasties, or by the painful but enraptured translation of Virgil's description of the fall of Troy, and the all-pervading odour of fried fish.

Nor is the realisation that cakes are being iced below us like ly to aid our compre• hension of the economic situation of Australia.

-Yours, etc., "CICERO OR SAUSAGES." "PORK PIES OR POPE." H ouse I.

To the Edi tress.

D ea r Madam,"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all Ye know on ea rth, a nd all ye need to know. " How often has this been quoted to us, and yet we are denied this exceeding beautythrough the censorship of the School Maga• zine. By the time the censors have toyed with the construction of an article, in which their probing and suspicious minds discover num• berless secondary meanings, the refreshing truth is no longer recognisable--it becomes clouded in misty obscurity.

Freedom of the press has been demand ~d throughout Europe for centuries. It has caused revolutions and created serious upheavals in important countries.

Are we to be denied what every nation considers its right?-Yours, etc., "A LIBERAL."

To the Editress of "Silver and Green."

Dear Madam,-

1 feel impelled to protest against the prese11t system of designating the Houses by numbers only. How are we, numbered like a batch ,,f convicts, expected to become enthusiastic over Houses? Are we, the pioneers of the movement, to leave School attached to unnamed Houses?

If those choosing the names find the matter so difficult, I am sure numbers of bright sug• gestions might be obtained from members of the Houses themselves. I implore you not to point out to me that Shakespeare said, " What's m a name? " I feel quite sure that he never tried the House system-by numbers.-Yours, etc.

"HOUSE SPRITE." (Suggestions will be welcomed.-Ed.)

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Prose Delphiniums.

As I passed from the hoc, scented. garden into the dim hall, my eyes were caught and held by the sudden beauty of a bowl of flowers.

They were delphiniums-rail spikes of vivid blues and misty purples, slender stems, paler than turquoise, couched with the exquisite pinks and lilacs of a fading sunset. The rich, dull blue of the bowl was mirrored in the polish.,d walnut beneath it, and there, too, I saw the blurred reflection of the flowers. For a minute I paused, marvelling at such lovelin ess.

-Kathleen Frencham, Pass VI.

Winter Days.

With the browning of the leaves, when spiders spin webs in corners, and there is a fine film of moisture over everything, Nature pauses for a breath and waits for the touch nf spring. Yet winter is a season of wonder , of miraculous stillness, when all stays and liste.ns in awe for the promised story of enchantment.

Never is the deep forest so magnificent as in the early winter morning, when we laugh to find the water frozen and, treading on crisp frost, set out to reach the peak beyond, showing a blue pile against the n orthern sky. The cold, frozen beauty of the forest stands aloof, perfumes rise out of the soil, and the damp smell of rotting autumn leaves is in the air.

The wind, as it sighs, finds its echo in the amber showers of the scattering leaves. And among the tall trees, which show in delicate skeleton tracery against the angry white clouds galloping overhead, is silence until, with the low, constant murmur of the wind above, the stillness is made more profound, and each restless tree-top bends in its own characteristic gestur e.

Now the rank green grass beneath our feet catches the pale morning light that filters through the trees, and splashes it into a thousand shapes, till the whole forest is a city of light.

- Joy Taylor, House II.

Green.

Someone murmured long ago that green w a s an unfort unate colour, and that its weare r

was cursed with ill-luck. why this should be.

I have n e ver known

Green are the growing things in the fields and forests, the young leaves, the soft tendrils, the thin bark. There is a g r een moss, too, on the old trees that are lying, like giant Gullivers, in valleys a nd on hilltops, as though overcome by the Little People, for fine, green grass blows in the wind in crevices in the mouldering bark, and clusters triumphantly around and above the gaunt, outstretched branches.

And I have seen water, shining all untroubled beneath wattle boughs and near white, dusty highroads-and it is green.

And I have watched the sea, dark and treacherous, and full of unknown things.

I found a string of green beads, and they were only glass, but when the sun's light touched them they quivered and · shone until glass seemed the loveliest stone in the world.

For they were beautiful then, and I thought of dark, old forests, ages back in the dawn of the world, when they first knew the sunlight. The hills are thick with trees; many are the shades of these soft sheoaks, these wattles and wild cherries, the eucalyptus gums, yet we know them all as green. Long, long vistas of them, all glowing with new life down to a still sea.

Green plays so great a part in life, which is like threads twisted into patterns m ::i tapestry. So strange it is, yet so familiar, so obvious, yet so full of deep significance. There were races whose very gods were carven in green stone.

-

E . Matthew-Simmons, Pass VI., House II.

A Windy Day. A little breeze was whispering in the treetops and murmuring softly through the pines, and a bright sun was laughing at a happy world, Yet dark clouds were rising quickly from the horizon, and a father wren called to his lady, "A wind is coming, a wind is coming; sit right on the chicks," and he strutted up and .down on his bough, quivering angrily to think that a wind should come to

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disturb h is peaceful n est, where the c hickens wer e bei n g r ear ed.

Down below them two human chickens were playing h a ppily. The little boy, in a ver y weather wise m anner, was informing th e little girl t h a t the re was a big storm comin g soon; but they did not ca re, and we nt on playi n g.

Whe n the gale, with a ll its force, swoop ed d own upon t h e m , the boy shouted , " Le t's run !" and, holding each othe r's hands, they fled before it, tiny feet r acing over the short green grass, their shouts ca rri ed away by the wind to the place of lost sounds, a nd little care-free h earts bursting with happiness.

His greatest friend was the ice man, who brought in those large slippery b locks, m which you saw innumerable colours, especially when t he sun shone on them . Every second day Ian waited at the gate for the ice cart to turn the corne r , and when it d id his face would shine with expecta ncy, for the ice mat, would a n swe r all h is questions, a nd sometimes g ive him a sma ll piece of ice. A unt Alicia would n ever a llow Ian to eat ice; sh e said it ruin ed little boys' constitutions. Constitutio n ! W h at did that m ean? But, seeing the look on A u nt Alicia's face, h e took his app le and went to the gate, r esolving to ask the ice man when he

The mother wr e n was fi ghting the ele m ents i n her treetop, and the chickens, greatly disturbed, cried, " Cheep, Cheep," but th e father was away lookin g for worms, leaving the little m o the r to protect his chicks.

The trees swayed, a nd almost b e nt double under the fierce wind, but t h e mother fought for h e r c hickens a nd d efied the gale to h a rm them .

came.

The two happy children had r each ed a tiny, s ing ing brooklet, gurg ling with j oy a nd running before the wind, b earin g leaves, twigs, a nd even bra n ch es, blown on to its ruffled surface by the tempest.

The little boy p ut one big pink toe into t h e cold water, the creek called to them to linger, and the laughing-eyed g irl p ut h e r own little They r osy foot into the friendly stream. stayed e nchante d , until t h e s un set.

Then, ve ry t ired a nd completely h appy, they turned home again.

The lo n g d ay was e nded, and the wind was away, worrying a n other part of t h e wor ld .

T wo weary little c hildren we re having th eir faces wash ed for tea, and a very tired mo ther wre n was sleep ing p eacefully in h e r nest.

--J oyce Thorpe, V.b.

A Child's World of Wonder.

I an, despite his n ame and h is colourin g, h ad been adopted by a pair of elderly English maiden lad ies, wh o dressed hi m so beautifully that h e looked like a big butterfly flitting throu g h the la rge g r ey house. They tried to teach him not to ask q u estio ns, but this was I a n 's fa vourite pastime, and , being a n e xcepti ona lly quick c h ild of four years, h e saw mu~h and wamed to know a ll about it.

As he climbed on to the gate Mr. Brown's ga rdener said to Mrs. Brown, from a bed of fuchsias, " Gee, don' t h e look decent 's morning, like a plant, ' is little green 'soote' like the stem, ' is brown shoes a nd socks like the roots, 'i s harms the leaves, a n ', best of all, 'is 'ead like a g r eat tawny chrysa n themum ." " And what part of him wo ul d y ou say the apple is?" asked M r s. Brown, from behin d a huge dah lia.

"Well," said t h e gardener, puzzled, bu t n ot daunted, lifting his h at and scratching his head, " l -s'pose--that' s-1 s'p ose that's the ap his."'

But I a n 's head did look like a c hrysanthem um. The wind had blown the parting away, and his hair h a d curled up, in wisps, like giant petals.

Having fi nished his apple, he threw wha t was left of the co re on to Miss Agatha 's prize pansy bed, a nd with a twinkle went to ta ke it ou t, regardless of the reproa c hful look on th e large, velve ty, upturned f aces.

Anothe r object whi ch was of n ever-ceasing wonder to I a n was the e lectric ligh t switch.

Why did it t urn on the light? H ow did n turn it off? What was it made of? On t h is point he received no satisfaction, so o n e day he decided to find out fo r himself.

One evening, when they were a ll sitting m the firelight of t h e breakfast-room, the rays making r a inbow patterns o n Ian's well -b rushed hair, he put the fluffy ball of a k itten, which he h ad been carefully nursing, on to the mat, and, seei n g his a unts both knitting, h e wal ked over to the switc h , climbed on to a c hair, and

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He smelt them . They didn 't smell at all. Then he applied his large, wet, pink tongue. Crash!

J an rebounded like a ball from a racqu et, with a bi g spark fol!owing him.

He crash ed to che floor. H e lay there on his back, stunned.

The n oise gave Aunt Agatha such a fright cha t she drove the steel need le into her thumb.

After that I an was pu t to bed, but h e never tasted the light switch again.

He decided chat it wasn't very ap p et ising. So, instead of experimenting h e still stands on the gate and w aits for the arrival of hi s friend , the ice m a n.

baskets. The god sent a message to Oneaca ordering all the shellfish to be gathered .

As the sun sank the god set sail for Oneata with a fleet b earin g the songsters. The chief warned him not to open the baskets until he was in mid-ocean, lest the birds s h ou ld return co O no.

What grief awaited the god!

To-day the island of O no a b ound s with shellfish, and beautifu l Oneata h as o nly e mpty shells a long its shi n i11g shores-but swarms of mosquitoes.

-Vivian Cook, House V.

--J ean Can e, V. a, House III.

An Hour m Chinatown.

The Songsters of Oneata.

The fair island of Ono was plagued with mosquitoes. Often the d azzling sunlight was dimmed with swarms of insects p a ssing, like bla ck clouds, before the sun. Afar in th e sapp hire seas, o n the island Oneata, not a mosquito lived. So t h e ch ief of Ono conceived an exce lle nt scheme. H e invited the god nf Oneaca to visit him.

When he r ested that night behind the mosquito curtains the god listened to the noise made by t he mosqu itoes . Then h e said to h is host, "What g lorious son gste rs !" " Hush," murmured the chief, "they a r e singing me to s leep."

The god listened silently for some time, then he nudged the chief. " Do they a lways sing you to s leep?" he eagerly enquired.

"Oh, yes," murmured the chief drowsily. At last the god could restrain his enthusiasm no l onger. "I muse have those songsters," he e xclaim ed . " I will give you a hundred war dubs in exchange." " Indeed, I could not part with ch e m ," sighed 1:he c hief, a nd he wept at the thoug ht.

After much h aggling, the ch ief suggested 1:hac the god give in exchange all the sh ellfish 1:hat abounded on Oneata, for the island of Ono h ad little or none. The god agreed . He was tired of shellfish as a delicacy.

Next day the natives of Ono mu·st<!rt,U d,e mosquitoes and tied them securely in fishing

Two years ago we spent the C hristm as vacation in Singapore. Hearing that a trip through Chi n atown at sunset wou ld p r o vide some th rills, we set off one even ing in rickshas drawn by h alf-n aked coolies, who trotted a long the road like two-legged ponies.

For some twenty minutes we rode along the waterfront at a steady jog-trot. T h en WP sudd enly turned down a n arrow Ian", which led us into the heart o f Chinatown.

The streets were ver y narrow, and the wheels of o ur vehicles often brushed the passers-by.

To move forward at all our ricksh a boys had n ow a nd then co call out loudly in Chinese, and the people p r essed themselves against the side-walks and houses.

Now and again we came to a small square, where a market was held and the most amazing rubbish sold- rusty bolts, old tins, broken cooking pans, a long with foodstuffs, fruit a nd clothes.

Through open doors we glimpsed opium-smokers lying on couches.

The people we re very scantily clad, and the quaintest little children were playing happily, despite the heated atmosphere and lack uf space. Many of the little g irls carried baby brothers a n d sisters strapped to their backs, sleeping peacefully through it all.

The noise was dea fening, innumerable vo ices merging into a dull, dron-ing soun d, a bove which rose the shrill cries of the children .

There were no signs of home life.

People

were :;quatting o n d0nr~tPps r1nd on. the narrow

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from little bowls filled, for a few cents, from steaming cauldrons.

The ride became more eerie. We had not the s lightest idea where we were going. The crowds were as thick as ever, and we might easily h ave been waylaid.

It was with relief that we at last emerged into a broad, well-lighted street, with a ll the signs of civilisation, which, for an hour, had b een lost to us.

-Rayma Lord, House III.

The Song of a Sea Shell.

He was just going to repeat it very proudly when Christopher R obin came into view from the woods. " P ooh! Pooh!" he called, "I've m ade a raft, and we are all going for a picnic on the river.

And oh! Owl's gone to tell all the others."

Christopher Rob in poured out a ll this information, and the only comment Pooh could make was "Oh!" and uoo !" and ctOw!" Soon afterwards Christopher Robin and ctll the animals except Tigger (who was far too

bouncy for a raft) and Roo (who was much It sang of the rolling breakers and t he too young), were floa ting peacefully downstretch of yellow sands, the fish that swim in stream. Pooh watched alternately Christopher the deep sea, and the gulls that soar abov-,.

Robin fishing and the reflection of the clouds And then it sang a song of the waves, which in the water. Nothing happened for a while, washed it on to the shore, and the blue sky until suddenly Pooh cried, "A fish! A fish!" overhead, and the scorching sun, which shone "Where? " squeaked Piglet. "There," yelled on it every day. It sang of the tide that came Pooh, jumping. "Where?" said Piglet and and went, and the ships which were wrecked C hristopher Robin together. "There," cried on the shore, the wind, and the storm, and Pooh, " just over ther e, near the gug-gugthe thunder rolling, and the clouds that hung gurgle-gurle." so low.

Last it whispered of the sad, soft swish of the waves, as they lapped on the Pooh didn't finish that sentence,. for in his p ebbles and rocks. I dropped it, and hea rd . excitement he overbalanced, and flopped into no more. the water with such a splash that the raft -May Eddy, House III., XX. rocked alarmingly.

As his h ead appeared above the surface, Christopher Robin called In Which Pooh Becomes Overexcited, anxiously, "Are you all right, Pooh?" and is Cooled Down.

"Y e-s-ss," quavered Pooh. "Then float on your With Apologies to A. A. Milne. back and lie quite still while I think what ro " E leven o'clock," murmured Pooh; "Just do." time for a little something," and, clambering A long pause, then a cautious, " Have you on to a chair, he r eached to the top shelf of thought yet, please, Christopher Robin?" "I his cupboard and t ook out a la rge jar marked have," said Christopher Robin. " I am going uHunny." to throw you a rope, ancl you must try to A little while later, sitting outside in the catch it." sun, Pooh looked sadly at an empty ja r and "A thick rope?" asked Pooh quickly, and wondered how long it would be till the next tried to raise his head to see, but this only meal. The n he made up a r ather sticky hum made his head go under. When Pooh bobbed and sang it in a very sticky voice. It went up again, Christopher R obin threw the rope, like this: Pooh caught it, and everybod y helped to p u ll "Sing Ho! for Pooh him back on to the raft. It was a sunny day, (For who?) and soon his nose was qui:ce warm and his fur For Pooh . quite dry again. " Anyhow, I did see the first Sing H o ! for Bear fish , didn' t I , Christopher Robin?" "You did, (For where? ') Pooh, but do be much more careful another For Bear! time, silly old bea r. " The Bear without a brain, Who calls the sunshine ram.

Sing Ho! for Pooh. Sing Ho! for B ea r ."

And Pooh proudly sang in a voice that was no longer sticky-

SILVER AND GREEN. " They were all thereKanga and Roo ( Really he wasn ' t); Piglet and Pooh, The other ones t oo.

P ooh saw the fish first, But came off the worst.

Ho! for Pooh Bear, Ho! for Bear Pooh.

He saw the fish first, did Pooh!" ,Peggy Chinner, XX., House V .

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said, "Will you come to my godchild's wedding, and ring your bells?" They were very pleased to do so. Soon they were all ready. The moon began to shin e down upon the little folk.

The godmother whispered th.at it was t ime to start.

First came th e Prince and th e Princess.

Then three trainbearers a n d four bridesmaids. Then a fairy and a gnome. Last of all came the bell birds, their bell song ringin g through the bush. Th ey came to a

The W edding of the Princess.

clearing where the grass was green, and the

Fairy Princess D ewdrop was to be married to the Black Prince of EIR~d. All the fairy folk were hurrying about excitedly, because of the g r eat weddin g. Under a great mushroom D ewdrop was greeting her kind godmother, a big silver moth, "Is there anything that you desire?" asked the godmother. "There is one li ttle thing," said Dewdrop. "I shou ld like weddin g bells." "You s h a ll have th em ," said th e godmoth er. She gracefu lly Rutter<?d away. There was a clearing in the forest, a nd this is wher e she went. Standing in a line were the bell birds. She went up to them and

ferns sparkling with dew. The Princess received a sparkling diamond n e cklace from h er husband. They were all dancing merrily when the godmother said that it was time for supper. Four butterflies brought wild fruit on silver dishes, and three fairies brought twe lve glasses of spark ling water, and two goblins b r o u g ht some little fa iry cakes. When the feast was over the fa iry godmother wished the Princess a lon g a nd happy life . Th e silver< light of the moon began to fade away. Soon there·-was not one of the fairy folk to be seen.

-Gwen Kidgell, Carisprooke.

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Verse The Conquerors.

- "And All the Beauty."

(From the French of Jose-Ma r ia de H eredia.)

Oh, who am I t o whisper a ll m y heart T o you, who are for gotten things, of God, Oh sunlig ht o n the p in es and pines alon g the hills, And laughter, song, the stars a nd moon, And all t he beauty g one too soon.

They went, as f a lcons winging from t h e n est, Leav in g their charnel-h ouse, these sons o f war, From Palos

of

M oquer,

proud-eyed

a nd

poor, Drun k wi~h a brutal a nd h eroic quest.

Lusting to conquer weal th untold they pressed , J apan' s deep-buried h oards and g leaming store,

W'hile the trade winds their full-sailed vessel bore T owards the shores of the mysterious west.

Oh, I am young, and· lost with all the love Of thing s so d ear a nd strangely mute as these, The sunset moths and coppered flies with gold dust wings,.

And glowing clouds more rich than tears, And dreams that lengthen with t he years.

- E . Matthew-Simmons, Pass VI., House II.

M y Garden.

And each dusk brought them dreams of epic days .

They slept, a nd still the phospho r escent haze Enchanted with a dim mirage their sleep;

H e r e in my garden in the summer hours, Entwining fra grant a rms in sweet embrace, Ther e grows a g lo r ious wild erness of Rower s, \'{/h ere tang led leaves and p etals inter lace.

Or from their phantom caravel afar They lea ned to watch, n ew-risen on the steep Of unknown sk ies, an unimagin ed star.

-\Vynwode Macdonald , H on . VI., H ouse V.

Here from this leaf y spot, in blue and gold, T h e pansies r aise sweet faces to the sky; And here, with satin p eta ls a ll u nrolled, Th e sleepy poppies dream the hours by.

Peace and Beauty.

The g r ey, stone church, with ivy-covered walls, Looks on the bustle of the busy street, And restless passing by of countless feet.

Within a sense of h o ly quiet falls Upon the spi r it, h o lding in its thralls The mind , whose usual office is the h eat Of daily thoughts. 'Tis when the beat Of d o u btin g fills the mind that quiet calls.

Th e softened light which filters through st a in ed glass, T he polished brass of candlestick and cross, The painted picture of the saint o n high, These a ll h ave influe n ce on the th oughts which pass And leave their impress. Surely it were loss These th oughts to pass and beauty's p ower deny.

-

Gwen H ewitt, Pass ·VI., House V I.

Proudly the lavender, in purple gown , Flings out h er perfumed sweetness to the breeze; H er e is a scen ted, wine-red rose, full blown, Clustered her golden heart with golden bees.

Scattered in chaos wild a mid all these, T he g ay godetias' gor geous cups unfold; And drowsily the dreamy summe r bees Drone 'mid the yellow of the marigold.

H er e in m y garden in the summer hours, Entwining fragrant arms in sweet embrace, There grows a glorious wild ern ess of flowers, Where tangled leaves and petals interlace.

A wilderness of flowers of ever y hue, Whose g old, a nd r ed, a nd purple intertwine, Whose orange mingles with th e sapphire's blue, A nd this, this treasu r e house of flowers, is mine.

- J udith Pitts, V.a, House III.

SIL VER AND GREEN. To the Voice of the Organ.

A rich, melodious strain comes from thy soul, 0 sacred bei ng, in this world of ill; Thou hast a pow'r to make all earth stand still, W hilst o n and on thy sonorous echoes roll.

Thy swelling notes the h earts of men so fill That they may ne 'er forget thy glorious song,

Thy spirit never see, but ever long To know. Oh, stay with us! Thy sombre chord Of harmonies divine, all men dost call, To seek, as knights of old, a Holy G r ail.

Roll on, majestic strain, till all the earth Will harken to thy echo, howe' er frail.

-Zen a Jennings, House IV., Pass VT.

Les Vepres.

Le doux parfum Du romarin Monte a ' moi,

Le soleil couchant Jette ses rayons Sur le toit.

Le digitale, Clot ses petals, Coule urs du sang Et la bruyere Ne bouge guere Sous le vent.

Une ombre noire Descend sur · moi,

Et sur le !is.

Fuyons cette ombre Au manteau sombreC ' est lo nuit.

--E. Canavan, House I.

Odelette.

Si j e parlerai De toi II sera a u matin Et aux vents fremessan t Dans !is branches Iui penc hent Sur moi.

Car tu as !'esprit mobile Claire e t a rdente.

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Meme si j'aimerai Encore Un autre, toujou rs J e chercherai tou ombreSoit que triste on joye uxEt tes moux cheveux En or.

Car ta fantaisie n' a fete In 'une ombre sur moi.

-House II.

Clouds.

Three wisps of cloud fl oated across the pathway of the moon, Three wandering moonbeams strayed to where I lay On a couch of pine needles, W a iting for day.

D a rk and ghostly trees h eld me in a fort of inky blackness, D eep, dark s hadows fell about me where there shone Flecked pods of lustrous light that Dimpled and were gone.

Brighter grew the moon's rays, and r icher, blacker was the velvet darkI was in a whirl of light and shadows dee p I saw aga in t hree clouds across the moonThen fell asleep.

- Joan Rowe ll, House V.

Evening.

Th e western sky is glowing softly, Red as r eflected lights of rubies, And yonder, blurred by evening mists, Th e ta ll church spire tapers To the evening sky.

The drowsy wind is stirring warmly, Lullin g the murm'ring birds to slumber, And breathing soft and gently warm As breathes the dying emb er In the ashes grey.

The quiet twilight linge rs dimly, H er stra n ge eyes dark with shrouded m ystery.

The n sof l auJ tender as a dream, Through misty, purple shadows, She steals away.

- Judith Pitts, V.a, House III.

SILVER AND GREEN.

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Stoop and gaze into the purple pool, Where truant yellow moonbeams mock the night, And deep, deep down, half hid in the water cool, A pebble gleams and glitters silvery white.

And in the sh adowed deep, Where moonbeams never creep, There gleams a Rash of gold where glittering bright, The goldfish lie asleep.

- Judith Pitts, V.a.

W here Are the Fairies?

Where are the magic woods and fairy bow.,rs?

Where are the fairy castles in the air?

Titania and Oberon? And where The elves whose homes were yellow honeyRowers?

No more we see the misty fairy towers, No more the silvery, dancing circles rare Our lack of faith destroyed them all-and there Is nothing left in this sad world of ours.

-Judith Pitts, V.a, House III.

On the Only-Too-Near Prospect of the Exam. Room.

Late as I sate enchained upon my chair, I rent my garments, and I tor e my hairAll, all in vain. But break! my heart, For I muse hold my tongue, o r sad depart, And wend my weary way unto detention( Retentio-ionis, third declension), To be, or not co be, th at is the question, Not what are England's rules about succession.

My friends! Ah, when shall we three meet again, In death, in gnawing sorrow, or in pain?

For we have come along the primsose way To the everlasting bonfire. Let us stay In bestial oblivion. For th ere Nor algebra nor French. can foul the air, Or clutch a t me, intern'd within the tomb.

But woe is me! My hour is almost come, When I to sulphurous and tormenting Rames Must render up myself, and date King J ames.

French in my head, and fountain in my hand, Eyes on t h e roof, my heart up o n the ground.

Andrea hunts Leonardo through my brain, The Duchess Ri es-and leaves me blank again Y-chained in fear, I clutch upon my h ead; Here were my brains, but a!l these brains have fled.

Thus much for now. Upon the morrow I Shall meet my fate, shall suffer, and shall die.

Fear at my heart, I then shall hear ~he bell That summons me to heaven--or t o h e ll."

-E. Canavan, House I.

With apologies to Chaucer, Shakespeare; Milton, Pope, Goldsmith, Coleridge, and Browning.

Where'er I wander'd through the School co-day Naught did I see but faces g rim and ·grey, And when, perplex'd, I sought to know the cause,

One martyr pointed two thin, meagre claws, To where, suspended by a drawing-pin, H ung . a dread document, "Exams. begin, Nine-thirty on the morrow.'' As I gaz'd, Th e phantom by my side stood still, amaz'd, To see such show of pity. "Ah! " she said, "Never sha ll we be pitied, till we're dead; The gowns do give us books, but pity none, Save a few strangers like thee, oon and oon.

To-rnorrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow

Creeps o n life's petty pace from fear to sorrow; And a ll our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death, and science rules.

Sometimes, when all the house is still, I gent! y creep to the window-sill, And call to the moon to come down and pla y, But he only laughs and says, "Some day!"

-Barbara Eltis, 10 years, Form IV.b, Carisbrooke.

SILVER AND GREEN. King Richard I. King Richard of the lion heart, The second Henry's eldest son, Enlisted all his knightly men, A staunch crusader every one.

To help him in this holy war, German, French, Ita lians came, B e cause the Turk possessed the tomb, Their hearts were filled with burning shame.

They landed on the Syrian shore, And Acre city took with ease; Across the burning sands they went, R esolved J erusalem to seize.

They halted when, ten leagues away, The desert rook a fearful cost; T he rown was strong, the food was lowThe great crusaders' cause was lost.

All the s hips r each ed safely home Except King R ichard's, which was wrecked; He by the Emperor was ta' en, And in an Austrian castle kept.

The minstrel , Blonde!, found the king, H e sang outside the castle wall; True England raised a lavish sum; To save her king she gave her all.

Richard met his dearh in France, A r a ndom shaft from a rcher' s bow; H e pardoned him who caused his d eath , But left be hind a camp of woe.

-June Barnett, Form IV.a.

A Butterfly.

A flit of gold wings, A blue spot in each, One kiss fo r a :flower, Then over the trees, Which hold up their green arms In an effort to capture The gaudy gold thing As it rests on the breeze; Bright flow' r s call it longingly, Calling in vain For a glance of gold wmgs On their rainbow variety;

Away! Far away In the sun it goes flitting; A pair of gold wings With a blue spot in each.

-Marjorie Wood, Form XX., House V .

The Robin.

The robin sang of our wondrous world, The chirping of his fellow birds; And he sang of the green fields, And the ripening corn, Of the rising mist, And the approaching storm, And the lovely dawning of the day, And the sunset r ed at eve, And , last of all, he sang of the spotted eggs.

That his mate was guarding in the nest.

-Bet ty Thompson, House III.

Deutsch.

Mein ersre ist 1.n uhein11 aber nicht in usein."

Mein zweite ist 1n ttTasse" und auch in nStrasse."

Mein dritte ist in "Leute" and auch in uhe ute."

Mein vierte ist in Hsingen,'' aber nicht in ubegingen ."

Mein fiinfte ist m udann," aber nicht in nMann."

Mein sechste ist in uRad ," aber nicht in uhat."

Mein siebente ist in Fern, und auch in "Herrn_,,..

Mein ach te ist in spricht und auch in nicht.

Mein ganz ist cin Sehr g ut Haus in M.L.C. Answer (Haus Drei- House III).

- Raym a Lord, House III.

Australian Months.

January brings the harvest time, When in the haystacks children climb.

F e bruary brings the blazing sun, The farmer works till day is done.

March brings many a sultry day, When children do not want to play.

April brings the autumn showers, To lift the heads of drooping flowers.

May brings the colour to the trees, That shed their leaves with every breeze.

Tune brings the wintry weather, And little birds now crowd rog~d,er.

SILVER AND GREEN.

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July brings many a rainy day, So that indoors we have to stay.

August brings the frosty morn, And all the world is fairy-bor,:,.

I like to see them rest on a tree, And then go on to the beautiful sea; I like to sit on the old rock seat Among the hills that escape the heat.

-Merle Miller, Form R.a, House II.

September brings the spring again, With buds and blossoms and soft r ain.

O ctober brings the baby birds, And songs too sweet for huma n words.

November brings the sun's soft call, That makes the blades of wheat grow tall, December brings the heat again, And fields of golden, ripening grain.

- Le Barnett (10 years) , House N.

Autumn.

Gladly now we welcome autumn, S eason of the changing leaves, Red the creepers, gold the elm trees, Cornfields gay with h arvest sheaves.

Orchards fine with laden fruit trees, Leisure spent, ' n eath sh a dy bowers, Lazy dron e of bees abuzzing, Golden sunshine, fleeting showers.

By the creek, with shading fern trees,

Birds. .I love to watch them wheel in the air, I love to watch their leader stare At me, as I sit on the old rock seat, .Amid the hills that escape the heat.

With the blue sky peeping through, And the happy birds asinging, These the sounds that welcom e you.

-Joan Moon, age 12, Form IV.c, House I.

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