1921 Silver and Green

Silver and Green

Th e Magazine of the Methodist Ladies' College.

Dec ember ] [1921.

In these d,ays wh e n we h ea r so much talk of th e "League -01' N a fams "" it is o ·f valu e to study the s pirit prompti-ng tMs movement

Briefly, t'his desire for a "Leagu e of Nations" represents the great ambi•tion of nation s, new ly bereaved by cru e l war, to remove all pos s ibility of such s uffering from the ,generatiom, to come; it i s the de'!lh·e of natiorus, drawn togeth e r as broth e rs fig hting in the ,common cau se of righteousne:ss, to make t h,at br,otherlin,ess permanent.

Surely t h e bu.n:iiing neces sity for a fasting -p eac e must fire the enbhu s ias,m of bhe whole wor!d; surely e veryone mus t be eager to lay t h e ,f,oundaUon s ton e upon wMch this lasting peace .is to b e bu,il t. For it is certain e n oug,!J ~hat, lh e ncefo1, wa1rd, warfare w ill m~n extermination.

And since, as l onrg as nations exist to comp e t e for pow e r , wealth, ,and 'Pr estige, there must be j ea!,ousy and e nmity, it , V10uld seem that ,in this petty ,sen,s-a we have outgrow n nationali<s m.

If we ask, •· What 13 t h e cause of in• te rnat ional j eaJ.ousy?' '--o r of any j ealousy for t hat ma tter- s ure l y th e ,answe r i<s nu 'othe r than ·• S e lf's•hn es·s." Anid who a r e these se lfis·h ,peop-!e whose jealousy ccin,s umes galla,rut · a nid heru)c Jiv es ?-where ··are they? We look about and see e ach oth er- God give tis g'ra ce to see our se lv es -all tarr e d with the .sam e bJ:1us h. We o ursel ves, w e are these se l,fi s •h ,pea.pie, Thus it is d ear that to ensure a lasting p eace the ch a nge mu,s t com e from wi t hin bile indiv~du a l-from within eve ryon e of u s, great or small. Each must shoulder ,his or h e r r es ponsibHity in pre• servi ng a nd promot ing t h e common weal. " Oh , but you will n ev,er change !human n ature," sco ffs ,fue Cyn ic. " But, why not?" asks R eas on. Indeed, which of us does not possess the power to miaster his selfishness-who- would not deny <the charge of weakn es'S ? Let us become imbued with tihe spi ri t of Lov e-love to

FITCHETT HALI, J\J"ID MAI N BUILDING.

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everyo n e : pare n ts , t oochers, sch oolfellows , t h e po o r cic;,t littl e n c ws bo y runn,in.g baTef.oot ;n I.Ile s trne l- and h O•W easy it wi ll h ec;o me t o av-oid ic; p, lfi•s hn es.., . Even if ou•r be g innin gs a ,·c w e ak. lim e and practice wi ll g iv e n s s trength , and we ,s h a ll h e l-p ancJ e n courag e e ach ot'h e r b y our eff.ort 3. I~ is s ign :fica nt t hat of a ll we .meet the m ost unsel[ isll are the -ha ppi est, and they fill u,s wi.th t h e ir h a.ppiness.

Obvio u s ly it ,b-eh-ov e s u s , who ,have · the respons ib i l ity ,of knowing what is t h.i s ·essential to the w e l fa r e and future li fe of th e community , to ·giv e ourselves whoI,e. h ea rt edly to thi s ~O'r k of love. Ev e:n if It needs ce nturi es to ach'eve this •state o f w o r :-d -w id e gc•od will and loving -co-op er-ati o n which a lone can save· us , w h at a r e a th ou sand c en t uri es in the s ig ht of the Cre a tor ? Or was anyth ing worth w hil e eve r gained w .thout :per.sev e ran qe a nd ' courage?

Arnyone in our enli g-htenie d lands can 1·eal' se · wh a t is the sol e sol utJion to this world problem; anyone with a ny gumption can frame 'llJil. J{!eal; but' it n ee d,s determination, courage, e ndu,ra.nce, aibove a l l. th,a t we :should e v e ryo ne b ecoone fill e d wit'h thi"s Sp-irit of Lov-e-if this world, whi c h h as ju st be e n saved by the blo od ot' o ur own lnin , i's to be saved b y u s for those who f o: 1•: w u s.

T•o mo,st ,of llS ed u ca t:-on tm,plies £-omething t•hr-ough which we a re all s upp o,sed to ·scrambl e mor e 0 1r l ess, s-o m ethimg fer whic h we s hould b ~ grateful, but r are l y a r e Bllt in the wider sen-se of t h e term, Eclucation is a £.cie n ce which ,promis-es b.ig de\•elopments

e'-0-r m e rly, gir l s were sent to school t:o h av 3 their mind•£ c arefu ll y !!rain ed a;long r:xed lin e~, •an{! w e re s ubj ecte-d to stri ct rn l-es co n cnn ing what th ey s ho uld do -anci w h at n-ot d o. 'eh e n t h ey left s-c h oo l lik e h ot ,h ou se pl,ants, a nd were .thrown into a world v ery differe nt fl'om sch oo l , a world in which their co nv e ntiona l id ea s we re of ten ina,ppli cabl e---'a,nd a l w ays h a ving b ee n ca!refuUy governed t11ey w e r e i g nom nt of how to govern -them se lv es , a nd w e re t hus f,r e qu ently quite une qual to the '. r c irc n-m s t ances.

B nt in ou r day,s t.he pr in-ci.p'.e is r-apidly progressing that p owers of .r easonin g a n d se lf-gove rnment s h o uld b e -develop e d 'in u s. Thu s , ins •t ead of g90d b e h:av io ur bein g e nfo rc e d by tJhe stri ct rul es of our

t e a c h e r s , we a r e bein.g a llowe d l a•i,ge l y to c h oos e o ur own le ad e !'s a nd to -make o ur own ru le s, a nd to make ou r sel ves p ers ona ll y r es.pom~i h! e Cor t h e g oocl h e havio ur of e ach ot h e r. The n , ;1rnt e a.d -0f b e ing furnis h e d with a s et of co n ventional id eas t hou g ht ou t b.y other p c!-Op le, we are taught h ow to r eas-o n .for ou11•s e lves, so t'hat w e ca n d e<:!:d e for ourselv a.s what to do in an•y eme rg e n cy.

Of co ur se, this c ha n,ge iu m etho d s o t ed u cat ion -mus t -u lti,rnately produce f-ine r a nd mor e self-re liant women; bu t t h e change ca n only be wi,ou g,ht gradu,a li y , f.o r if com pl ete self -goveT·n-ment were g ive n to us at o n ce, we s h o uld b ecam e un ci vili sed , being as y,e t inea pa ble of co ntrollin g o ur own sel ves, mu c h le ss eac-h oth er \Ve, as a sc hoo l, are fortunate in -hav it1g ~-p!end id teach e r s , who -are m aking u s i'o,r e most among schools i:n thi•s d evelopnlJ)nt of self ,gov ern m e nt ; but "it r,es t s witl1 us to pr-ov() o ur fitness f.or t h.i s f ine r espons ibHit y , and to remember that" H e who do t h hi·& s,p'.rit ru• l e, Exc eeds him who h as city smitten "

Recent d•ev:el.o pm euts ih-ave bl'ougib.t th e •· White Australia " qu estio n once more into the fore ,ground Th o ugh this , our g r eat -pri n cip le, may o r '. ginally '11,a:ve -been in s,pir ed by a degree -of selfis hness , to-d•ay it r e pr esents our ideal of making Au:,tra-!-i•a a_ count ry of, and f·or, the best typt: of citi z en, morally .and phyis.tcally. Thi s state, wP b e li eve, ,canruot ex ist w'. t h a m ixtllre o f East and We s t.

Now that outr Mother land can n o longer -aff or'<I. to prot ect u s, •an d th e demand s for radal eq u,a lity- w hi ch means their admission to Austral ia-o.f Iudoi a a n{! Japan a.r e b eoo-min g steadily more .in-s'.st ent , we h ave ind e ed a v : tal p!'oblem to who se s-olution our who-le e n-e rg ies mu•3 t be be n t . The •obvious need is t::i ,popu late our land, b ut we hav e n 9t t h e money to popu'.-ate it n ea r l y fast e,n c-tug.h to make u s safe against invasion w.ith in a century; and the f ' rm e st c-f a lUan,ces a r e un c rtain

We al,so oan:ruot -evade t h e fact th at, as a cornpatr a tiv e l y negligible .popu l atio:n., -we h a v e n,ot t h e mora l ri,g-b.t to occt1py a va:st c ontinent on ,our present " dog in the mau,g " 1>0Hcy, wb.i'J.st ove rcrowd e d cou otrie-s are d e n ded l'OO'm for expan.s '.on

\Ve, as yo un,g Au,s t l'aLi,ans, can best s e rv e our country b y earn estl y prepar ing ours e h •,es for th e r esponsibilities of citiz ens h ip w hi c h •so m e d-ay wfll be ours .

SILVER AND GREEN .

General Notes-

School r eo1pene 1l on, t.he 1 5th of F e brua ry , in t h e midst <Jf s u oh he•at th at all wis h ed they were sti ll at th e seaside. H owev-er , the bath s w 3r e o-f great u se ,n l essening tbe gen e r a l t e<mp e r ature, and afte r E as t e r a f fairs s.ettled d·o,vn to n orm a l.

'i¥e Jost two d e vo-te d -a n d popular teachers of lo n g s~and ing in Mi·3s N e wman a.ntl Mrs. WJ,n,SJpe,a r e at th 3 end -0f f.'!rst t-eI"m. Mi ss N e wman was un-fortun ately cal'.ed h ome to So ut h Australia, owing to the illn es:; of her mothe,, b-ut M'r s. W;ruspeare l eft to marry a T asm an.ia,n M.P. , Mr. \V M. WH!iams , a:nd Is now, we be Ji,3v e, havirug a v e r y h a,ppy tim e, w hioh a ll ag r ee s he d-eserves

This y e a r ha:s b ro ught quite a numb e r of chan-ges in. our staM. In March we w e l comed· our new Sp•orts Mistress, Mi ss v\'::,g-h a:m , from D a rtkl rd , En,gla.nd. In seco nd term we g-airued MiE,s Fraser, I-ate o f P.L.C., Miss B, yant ,a,nd Mis,s H a rris , but a t t h e end of term Miss Harri s and Miss Reid l e ft Th1rd term intI"oduced to u s D r Han ey of Melbourn-e a nd L o ndo n U n•iversi:ti es, an old P L .C. g:1rl , Mrs. Brown, f r-om England , and Mrs. McC r o r y from Sydney_

•Shc,b:y befo r e EM:,ter, Qu e e n's CoJ.lege h e l d a fete in a id of i.ts Butilding Exten.s:011 F un d. M.L.C. was asked to furrui,sh •and m anag-e a stall , •and t h e w:ho l e Sc h oo t supplied cakes •imd sweets so l iber-al l y , that th a amo unt r ais e d on the st-al l wa s • ov e r £6 0 , in addit ion to w•h-i c h about £30 wa•s r a i sed i-n t:h e Sch oo.J Our nat ura l int ereE-t in th e Co ll ege to w h ich so •man y o f ou~·· g ir ls g,o is en.h a n,c-e d by the fiact that o ur own H eadmas t e r is a Fe'. J.ow of Q u een 's a nd a d: stin,gui S'h ed past sch o'1ar.

Second t e rm saw the op e ning of a -new block, "N ort.h Hou se," w h ose do I"tnitori es a nd Form r oom s a r e th e prid-e of the ir in.h ab i tants, a.ncl t h e e nv y of t h e r est •Of th e Schoo-I. It i s a lso p l easi n g t•hat the who l e q uadrangl e 'i-s now asph a lte-d-a gnat b e n e f it to p rnfec t s •On Yard Duty.

M u c h pra ise i s du e to M•r s L anden and l\ [i:;s F'onmau for tlie cu e r gy and kiudn e,5S w; lh -whi c h th ey ,ma n aged th e e l ection:;, an d m a d e l,h e 1U s u ~h a con s pi c uous s u ccess

D :i any o f you !mow anything of t h e O rnr-S ca s C/,uu? Thi s i s a sp.Jen di d British Emipin L eag u e with n,o.n-e of that aggre,ssive imp erialis m, but wh•ose creed is "Beli e v ' ng th e Br•i tis.h Emp i r e to st:and fo, just ice, fr ee'dcm , order, a nd good g overmn e n t, we pl ~d ge ou r,selves, as citizen,s o f th e Britis h Commonwea lth o f Nati ons, t-o m-ain.tain th e ·h eir.Hage hande d dow,n to u s by o ur fath ers." The aims of i!.s m emb e r s are to help one another, and rander ind'iv'idu a l se rv :•ce t o the IDmpire

The c :ub pub'iis h es in L o-ndon a m :mthly ,m.agaztne fuJ.J of inte r esting a n d u seful n e ws, s tories• , 1photograph s, etc., fI"om a ll over the world . Th e ,memb e rship fee is £1 fo r t wo year s , cov e•ring cost o-f the magazine; a:n,d -arnyon e who wj 5;h es to become a -memb e r or know m or e a bout the Club may a pply t,:i t h e Editor, w'ho would b e d e l'.,ghte d to recc,mmend h er for m e mber,s,hi"p , o r g ive a n y in fonrnation .

We are es p e ci-ally indebted to The lma A l Hngh am for t h e i:'1ustrations for t h e oh,apte r :h eadi,ng s •of ·sports, Juni o r Schoo l , Old Coll egians , and Libra r y.

New Girls-1921 .

'f' r r111 l.- S. V R ou t, E A E. Symo nds , L . A. Zwar, I. A. Guy, M. A. N . Ris!l)in , J C J. Ris pin , N. Pearse, D M. Chri s tmas, A. B. Wilkin s, M. J. Audrew-s, N K. A Dav ' d.soni, D. M. Ma nn , I M. Murdo c h , V. M Murd:ic h , P. E J : nes, L R. Th-0m1>E-on,, M. I. Th omp s o n, E Cil'rtis, A J

Ch a mb e r s, I. L. Gham b al'S , D. E. Barnard , D E. Ure n , D A. How e, 0. R. Br-0w-n, D. M. Kitch:ng, D M W.h.ite, V. G Witt.o n , fl . .L H oldin g, C. S t L Si11 c l a i r , M. M. F'ran cis , F. J Harr1-s,:J111. G. W H artney, L F. Lim1 e tt, M G. C. M orri s, M. E

G: l b e rt , E. M. A t.t r ee, E. R. D e nny , C A. w; nte , , s. D B a lcl i'll g, R. K Er.lcEOn , E. M

Ca r t e·r , D. Rohin 7·0n , I. E. A. Smith, M. A.

Cl a r ke ,- D M. Baker, B E. L Bai:EY, J M Hutch'nscm, M. C. Beckett, G. A. Win s-tanley, M. M Hi c k s, D L . W o od , D . M.

P eac~. P. E. B r amelcl , K. B S uf[ e r-n, M C.

S c h m :clt. vV F,_ W-att, D. K. Gray , P Campbe' l , G. V W illi a m s, E E Gu y, E M Ch ri ste n,sen , D. E G e rran d , E B.

C o e, J . M. McD o n 3.lcl , F . M. H . Beattie,

F. T h o m a s L. A Snel l. D A Gibh s G. C h ;1.r l e::;, G. E. JUckett s, W. Tlw1ua :;, .K L

w a rd. A M l(' u g. 0 Phi'll : ps S .l!J C ; r

u cl l , C. lt. Bur to n , J. U. Jt ob iu::;u u A 1.

B ai l ey, E. K. As hton, E . Snell. J. H . Lt.

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Temp!eto,n, J. MacDonald, -E. Elder, G. M. Wa fd u ck, F. Kruse, C. M. L e 'gh , D. W. L eigh, E . M. In.g ame lls , C. Mitchell, L E. M. Smith, K. M. Simms, ,G. F. Cla,rke, B. K. Burc h e ll, E. Gamon, R. A. Ho-pkins , C M Wartren, E. M. Hoba.n, E R. Hoban , T E. A llin.g,ha,m, C. C. B uckl e, G. Davison, R. Robinson, D . Sykes, R. Cass idy , A. McA. Fi.nn,ey, H. E. Finne)', A Levy , f. Layton, E. C. Pi,zzey, O. N. P,izzey, I. D. E. J ean s, W. F. Sed-unary, D. E. Winter, T F el"gus on, G. R. Ferguso'IJ, E. K. Fowl e r , N. Webster, K. E. Key , A. Ellw:ood, K M. Whitn ey, L . L . Seehusen, E. I. Pilkington, N. A. Davie, E. Bowl ei, , R. B P o p e, E . A Po,pe, C. Enghsh, E. L Pea,rce, T M. Thom'as, M. A. Attrill , M I. Smith, A. M Drive 1-, C Rf Ab raham, D. Silke, R E. Green , E. M. Greein, E. L Jen,kins, V W. Cuqi,ming, P. McCormick, A E. Harvey, A. M. Cattl-in, B. K. Buck· l ey, M. E. Ey l es, M · E. N. Dee l ay, M E Shannon, E. M . Shann,on, E. M . Tonkin, D. M . Stone, F . M. McColl , E . M . Ans te e, A. W An s t ee, E. K Der:r,ick, M E. Mauglmn , M. A. B eck, J. I. Biggins, J. S. W :.Jli-a.m s , J. M Daddo, W. M. J e llett, D. E. Cotb e-n , L. E. Gorman, R. K Trilll1, L. 7, _ Palla nt, A. E. H owa.rd , M Overend, I. Ov erand , M. T. Ove rend, I. C. Jenkins, M. A. H ill ehrand.

'/'1'1'111 IT.-L,. A. Cornell, V. M. Bourne, G. R. M-attha:ms, A. L. Lloyd, O. E . Gray, L. S M. Farnn ilo, E. K. Derr-ick, E. M. McC r ea, J. A McCrea, A V B l-a.ck, E C. Anders-on, E. N. W : H eln.s, N. I. C. Buckl ey, D. Hum e, D. J. Brown, M. G. L ew i s, R. L. Johnstone, E M. Richard s, R H. E. Swan, M R eady

Trr111 lU.-E. I. Cro ss , H. W. Chestnut, E. M M. Davies, H. I. Rog ers, M. C. Digh t G. C. Quayle, W M. I. Hanlon

University Examination Results, .-.1920.

School Leavi ng Honou r s: P. Ashworth -Erug li s;h 3r d c l ass , French 3rd cl ass , L atin 3rd c l a.s•s . A. En-glis1h. -Algebra 3rd cla,ss, W Gaw l ey.- A l geb'ra 2nd class, Geometry 2nd c lass, Trigonomet r y 2nd class. J. Hey-ward.-Engli s h 2nd -cfass, L a tin 2nd dass, Al-g ebrn. 2nd c].as,s. L. Krom e.- Lat'.n 3rd class, L. McMicken .:._Eng lish 3rd c la ss, French 2nd cla,ss, Al.g~bm 3rd -olass M. Nixon.J<Jnglis:h 3rd cfa,oo , A lgebra 3'1'd eiass. V. O sler.-J<'r ench 3rd c l ass. R. Ratten.-

Fr e n c ~ 3rd class R. Ro-t h stadt.-En glis:h 2 nd class, French 2nd -class, Pihy,siology

1 st c:ass (Senior Gover rument Scholarshi,p ,and P.hys-'.;ol ogy Exlhibition). M. Stevens. - E ngli s h 3rd c lass,, P.hy-siolo-gy 2nd class, H i stpry 3rd- class. M. Thomas.-Engti,sh 3rd c lass , P.hy.si-o l 0:gy 2nd olass, Hist-o,ry 2n d c l ass. C. Whitehoo.d.- En.gbis h 3~·CI cla- s, French 2nd c lass , Latin 2n d class. A. Wish aTt -E ng lish 2nd class,. Frerich 3rd cl ass.

Queen's College Exhibitions (non-resident): R. Rothstaidt, C. Whitehead.

T ota l : 1 Fi -r st, 15 Sec0:n'ds, 16 Th.ird s . · Schoe,I Leaving Pa ss : M Cocks~ A. Davies, J. D ~l bridge, G. Dixon, A. English, D . 'Flockar.t , M . H o lden , G. Hook~-r. E. J-oues , B. Major, 0. Miller, I. Niel•son , R.. Ratten, I. Reid , J. Semmens, M. Staffo;d, I. T:homa.s, L Th u rlby, M. U ' R e n , V. Wallace, L . Whi-tfo-rd.

T9tal : 21 L E\0-vjng Cer tificates.

Int ermediate Certificate: P. Binge1riann , E. Blewet-t, V. Brehaut , F Burston, H Ca rter, H Oowan, L. D avi es , F F'arrar , :q_. Fors,yth , N. Hosk:ng, N . J effery, V. Jo!l y, A. Kellaway, G L eaoh, A. Mitche ll , I. Ri oh-a rdso n , E Ro.gers, K. Scholes, B. Senn ett, I. S:h otto-n, M. Stafford, C. Stephen, G. Stone, J. Stone , M T ayl or, S. Thoma,s , B. Vickers, L. Wilbiams.

Total : 28 IntermedJate Certiticates

Students' Christian Union.

The fi•r st S t ud e nts · Christian ' Union meeti ng ,of 1921 was h e-Id on the 6th of Apri-1 At this m eeti'll.g Miss McKay , whom we we-re so1rry .to ,lo,se as Presi-dent, pres id ed. We gratefuHy weJ.comed beT s-u ccesso r , Miss Peters,on, who :ha,s h ad ,previous ex p e rience in s u ch work in ano~,her Sta,te. T-h e o .th e r o f fi cers e l e cted wen :t, Beul-ah Shannon and Mon.a Li ston: Vice -Presidents ; Mar.gery Hold-en: Correspondi n,g · Secretary; Dorothy ·Flocka,:r,t: T reas ur er ; Marjo r ie Cocks: RecOTdjng Secretary. Joyce S e mm:rerus a n d B rig,htie Bec k ett were c'hose n a:S -members of the Oomm i ttee on the following day.

We h ave e igh ty-three ,mem1bers, a nd an average -attendance o,f aib-out eLghty, the numbe r b e ing rathe r s,mal l for the s.ize of the School; b u t we 1hope that -many of t h e gi'rl s who ,have on l y attended the -meiitings on s p ecia l occasi-o n s thi-s year will b ecome -membe rs l!lext yea r · T:he U n io n a l so inclu d es Bib le and Miis 1Sli.on

SILVER AND GREEN.

Study Circl es, the Jatte r b e in g und e r the J.e ad e r s'hip -0,f M.i s,s Hurtt and Miss For.man, and the fonn er und er Mi ss P e t e r son and L e na Bu tch e r .' T,hi s Study in c ludes int e r esting discussions on r e ligi ous topics wh::ich affect our own d ai ly lives.

At the next m eeting, Miss Holme s, 0ff :ce S ecretary M .the Un.ion, e x p'.,aine d to u s the a ims :and w,CJlrk of th e Chris ti•a n Unio n , a nd its vast exte n s ion-which i,s a l•most world -wid e. She told u s of it s actuve work in schoo'ls , and of the influence · which its mero))ers shou ld e xert The wee kl y meetings continued until towand the en.'d of the . ,second teI'm, when the ir cess3.tion was necessary on account of t h e a,ppr'oaching exa,minatiomf.

We h a v e had add,r esses- from man.y wellknown minis,ters, a :m.ong whO'lll are the R evs Cain, Worrall, an d p.ento ul, and we were f.av.ou•red :in having a 1:ine 'Wdress by our H e ad Master, Mr Le Couteur. W e have had ,as s p eak e.rs severa l Foreign an,d Hom e Missi onaries , w.hro h a ve given u s a n insi,g,ht into heath en l a nds-Ind ia :in particular-and th e •sl ums o f M e lbourne , Mrs. Carne and the Rev. Penna b e;ng the s p eakers· o n t h ese r es pective th o, n es . The Rev. W. Colliu s, of the Por:t M e lbo u~·n e Sailors' In s titute gave u s quite a r e v elati o n a s h e told us of t h e b e nevole nt work d one fior t h e S a il ors. Our ,meetin ,g s t.Ji.ijs -affo rd knowledge about 1Il11any v•a.ried ,and int e r est ing topi,cs.

An important feature of t h e S .C U. i s bhe link m a i nta in e d with th e Old Gi-r'l s , many of whom belo ,ng to the Unf.on Movement of the Old Collegians of various School s '\Ve keep in tou c h , vit,h them by t h e ir

• yearly visit . T,hey s pend a. 1ba.ppy aftern oon with u s , in£ludJng a ft ernoon tea. Thi s year th e Rev. Bla:den gave an •address mu c h a.I}p're(:iated by, :an,d v e ry ap•pr opriate for, b-otb t h e Ol d •a nd Present Girl s.

Th e U 1Ti on r espo nd ed to Mi.ss Holmes' ap p e al for the ·sup,port of Miss Good , w',ho is · doing sple nd id work ,as Secretary in I ndia , the whole School contri but ing t.o t h e f,und Vl e have .sent f.lowers- to the Alfred Ho s pita l, but oth e rwi·se w e hav e not done as muc h as we should in this respect thi s yeM·.

S eve r a l of our girls attended th e Confe ren ce h e ld at Essendon, wh.ich was c hie fl y for girLs l eaving School.

Our r e pr esei1tativ es <:a.m e in co utad with m e mb e r s Of other Unions at the

Mit cham P;cnic, w h ere a spl e ndid day h ad been ·organised •b y the auth•orities.

A means 01' com,r a d•es,hip with members of v ar ious Unions is the S cboo.J ,girls' · Camp , where t h e g ; r!.s s p ,m d a h a pp y and pirofita bl e time. Duri'll!g next Christmas holidays Cam,p i s to -b e 'held a t Portarlin gton.

We a r e s orr y that Mi•ss Peterson :s leavi ng u s, and h'Ope t h,at the Union will h a v e as comp etent a President n ext year, a nd that 19 22 will have ,a ,record in Mern b er.shii p , atte nd ance, a n<l general 'ell · thusiasrn. - M. C.

Birthday Night.

Birthd·ay Night, 1921, bro ught t he u s ual excit e,ine-nt of c1 r ess ing, •and waiting to r e · eeiv e o ur vi s i t.o r s . The w e athe r b e ing fi t only for ducks caused, anany fair d,am sel s mu c h _ anx ie ty abou t t'heir pretty party fr.ocks and curls

Afte'r the Dining Hall ,h ad been .pre t tily d eco rate d arul arran.g•ed to fo o k like a n Australian garden in s prin.g time, th ere were ru,shes for the b athroom s, and many unn a tu1ral no ise s we re h eard as those lin e d up outs•ide shr iek e,1 to the occupants " Tim e's up ; n ext ,p!ease." At f i ve-tih.1rty we a ll troope d down to find o ur pJ,aces, which had •be e n r eserved for weeks (in a way only known to boarders ), a nd after a .great deal of e x c itement in passi n g c hocol,ate , etc., we finished dinn e r , and, c lad in r ai ncoats, r an up t,o t h e Gym. trying to dodge tb.e show ers. T h e ,m;n.utes soon flew , and it seem e d no time ·befor e o ur gu ests airrlved for t h e concert in Fitchett Hal,!. While the no n -p erforaneTs we r e scr.a m'bling ,for seats up stai r s, the re was g r eat excite men t oolow in the dr es-sin,g-room , where t:he p erformer.s were 3l(ldin,g the finishing touches , and s t iU l ooking for the few :g,aI'ments whJch would •pe r sis t in ·hiding t h emsel ves.

T h e _progI'a;mme was open e d by ,a 1iiano so lo by Beulah Shannon , much a p,pre c iated by the g ir.J s . Frances p r oved to be and h e r e ncor es. Mr. Art,hu r Armstead favo ur ed u s with many humo r ous songs. at h-eii1i'est in " Land of Ho pe and Glory ," His wi.Jlingn ess to r etu'rn made hi s t a lent t h e more ·a ppreciated. We were then g r ee ted by a. m erry b-and, kn•own as the "Mcuil'tebank-s ," who· t e nd ered severa l it ems durin g t h e evcnini;.

SILVER AND GREEN.

• No one realised lmw· awkward a cork arm could be un-til Jones illust-ra,ted Che effect by reciting •·· The Soldie'r's Dream" with actiions We were surprjsed to find that after t:lie scene behind the umb;·ella in the duet the :h e noine had the misfortune to appear with half of Wrllie·s moustache transfer-red to :ber lip!

After · h aving spent. so :many years at M.L C. we won-dei· whe.\·e the gi-r l - -could have acquired such perfect knowledge of moonli.g>ht d·oin.gs. We 'hope .that the .h ead•s o-f the junio-r s were not filled with s i.Jly ideas, especiaHy as o ur He.i,d Prefect was the -h e ro.

Ethel proved au excell ent "Jones of the La,n ce r s." Sc,me of us wonder3d at the perfection o,f her EngI-ish accent. In fact, " Punch's " descript'.on was that ",no more La~ cer -like Jones · ever trod stage."

Th e Hi storica,l Charade wa,s ,acted well, and the c haracters were soon r ecogn ised, owing to .the s u cces-sful efforts of .the dressers and those w11.o arral].ged the ta,bl ea ux. We must congratulate Miss Mc· Kay, Miss Wjg,ha,m, Miss Gill-a,n, and Miss Earle for the interestin.g prog-ram!ll1e.

We concluded by ca.Hing for the u s u,al ch eers, and -a,fter -bidding f,airewell to our guests, d eparted for our dorms. A l thoug11 it has been -th e l ast for -many of u s, Birthday Night will n-ot b e io,ri;:otten.

Music Notes

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" In sweet music is such art, Ki-lli11g care and grief of h ear t."

Owi'n.g to the ab sence of so un1lproof mu-sic -moms, the ceaseless ,practice of music fiends pI.ay upon t'he nerv es of thos e who 3(re not so mus-ica.Uy inclined. At six a.m. s h arp , a nois e, which Jn the distance r esembles the cranking of a " Fo,ro ," floats upward-s from the " Sanctum Sanctorum,"; but on a,pproaching No. 6, we -find a f air ,1n,a.i,d fabo-riou-sl•y di ssecting ' Melodic Min-ors.' \

T-h e music stud e nts , by their hard work, have mad e the examination r esu l t s of t hi s year eq ual to those of previous years.

Mr. Meiwto-n , o u1r musical director, by hi s ind efatigable etliorts, h e lp ed t h e School to e nj oy Musi-c Week by arrangin,g a peri•o d o.f song for the vl.hoi"e Schoo-I. " God Save Lhe King" was s u•n.g so lu s tily that a ge ntleman , three blocks away, was known to · remov e hi-s ,h at.

The Choral Class, co nduc ted •by Mr. Mewton , r e ndered " T,he Erl Ki-n.g's Daughte r ," at the boarders' Singing Cl,as-s, and though the ,abs e nce o-f ma:le voices was a drawback, it d'..d not preve nt the g :• rl s fno-m a'))preciating the fine per.form· ance

At th e Boorder.s' Social Ev e ni-ng, g,r e-a l opportuni ty is afforded for the display o-f mus:ca l ta.l enrt. Mm,ic students have been v3ry fortunate this year in being able ' to attend we-ek!y concerts held at the Untv e r-sity Conser.v-atorium. Th ey ,have a.-lso h a d tih e opportunity of h ear ing Jasch a He:,fet1., Dame ,C l-ara Butt, and •others or Lhe famous artists who -have visited Melbou'rn e this year.

We hope the standard of Music at M L.C ., whi ch h as ,becom e v ery h igh in the last ,few years , will be .m'<lintaineo by the .girls of the future · -M. L and V . P .

Our N e w Magazine.

At last we have our new -magazin e, and the " Bluebe-Il " (,horri·l:)ly Early Victorian name!) , which 'has becQme rather fad-ed, is forev e r lard aside.

But it •must be remembered that it is t,he material, not the -c ov e r, that makes a magazine , thou,gh a ,pleasing appeM ance , a s always , is a tremendous asset

Next year you .must improve on th is issue of " Sil<ver and Green," and so on until our magazine is a -se-cond B l ac kwood , a nd a fitti n g p rod u c t :on of a S c hool or gr3,at traditions. Like most ambitious schemes t h is one cannot come to fruition b y the labour, how eve r· ze aLous, of one or twa, but only by t h e earnest co-operation of a ll - it- i-s c-~J)r il cl c co r/J R that oounts !

We r egret t-hat we could not find room fo\· a ll co ntribut ion s, but those whose wo r k has not bee-n pub-Ji.shed must not he discouraged , but spurred on to further attempts.

Don ' t "s ktp" -the parts that look boring , but find whatever sen se you_ can in eve,ry a rticl e , and aibsorb or 1rej ect it as your mind d :ctates . Bu.t i-ea<l ii all, my D e ar Individu al, it· is written for eve ryo n e!

-I. A. H

SI LVER ANO GREEN.

Baske tball Notes .

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·' To set the cm~se above r e nown , To love the game beyond the priz e; To hono11r, whil e yoit strike him dow11.; Th e foe that conies wit h fearless e y es. -Henry Newball.

T e nnis Notes .

After p l ay'.ng o -fr , the Fours we're cho sa n as follo ws : 1st Four.-D. Flockart (Oa,pt .). E. Pryor, R. Browning, and R. G o ldi e; and the 2nd Fou.r .-M. T-a \ t (Ca-pt.), J . Heyward, M. H ealing, an-d D. V~mpani. _ Th e fi r st m a t ch was pl ayoo. agamst M elbour.n e Grammar on ou,r Co u rts on Jun t: 11. when we were d ef a.a t ed b y 11 ga1mes. P. L .C de-feated u s by 20 on their Courts o n Jun e 18, and Geelong defeated u s by 32 o n their Courts, t h e f.ollowing S aturday Th e s a cond r ound oorome-nced on Jul y ?O w h e n we were again d efeate d by M e'.~o,urne Grammar by 13 g-a,mes.

On Augu,st 6, ow-ing to wet weather, we had to p ost p one our match with P.L.C. until August 17, when we wa.re de-fe-ated

We played Geelong o n our Courts on Aug u st 13, when they defeated u s by 26 g-aroes.

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We -would like to congrat ulate t h e Geel o n g Four on w :n,ning the Shteld, which they will now keep .f or alw\1-ys.

The Second Fo ur defeated P L.C on t h e ir Co u•rts by 10 games, •and were defeated b y Ge e long on ou•r Cou r ts b y 10 gam e s . Aft a r a close matoh Me lb ourne Grammar defeated them •by 2 ga,mes.

We wish to thank the Staff for the practise th ey gave u s , also Lauri sto n , Toorak, St Michael's, Tint ern, and Wesl ey Col!ege.

The For.m T enni s Matches are not yet over, an d o nl y one of the Champ,ion s hip s ha s been fini s hed , that ,b eing the Juni oT, of which I. Evan s was the winner.

Thou g h defeat~d , we are not down· hea1'leu , a n d wm win n ext - year.

~ D . F.

As we only h a d ona of last year 's t~rn l eft, the f irst thing to do was to decide wh•o s hould fil-1 the s i x y,a,cancies of th'e First VII. , anrl as there was much competition, we had g'reat dd-ffi,culty in decid: ; ng who tlfey s'hould be. The team finall y con s isted of A Phil!i-ps (Capt,). D. Sam,p· son, V. Way, M. Healin,g, A . mng, D. Vimp a ni , and M. Gilb e r t.

We also ha d a second team, which, afte1 m a n y -al te rations, was fina ll y arrang e d as follows : J H ay~ar d (Capt. ). E. To b e , M Rogers, M. Vasey , J. Morri ssey, I. Neilson, and M S taif.fOTd

Our f-i rl!t m atch -again s t " Tintern" 011 the'.r -grounds r e s ulte d in a d e f eat ior M.L.C. Th e r eturn match played on our g round s wa s vei:y excit i ng , although res u l ting in another victory .for " Tinte rn ."

Our match wi t h P. L C (fi'I'st and second t ea:ms ) On their ground r esulte d J.n a vi ctory f.o.r P .L C., but t h~ return mat c a play ed on our grounds res u lted in a n exc i t ing match with -a .good v i cto ry for M.L.C.

The F orm matc h es w e re taken up with keen inte r est , es p eciall y the f in a ls , wh en Va beat Dip:oma C a nd D, thu s winn ing t h e Shie ld. We ' take thl s op.portun.ity- t~ congr-a:tulate V ,a on t hei>r s pl endid playin g

Th ere is alwa,ys g r eat r.ivalry in t h ~ match b et we en H ousa a nd School. a nd this year w as n o ex-ceptio n Both teams played sp l e nd idly, vi ctory tailing to the Sohool- " W •ell d one, S c hool ' ' -A. P.

Base ball Note s .

This year we had o n l y three of our old tea,m b ac k, but -afte r due cons id e ration the t eam was cho sen as fo!'1ows D Flocka rt (Cap,t) K. Renn:e, N. Goldie , T Mapleson , V . Cromb, J. H ey ward , M. Tait , M. Rogers, and U. Goldie

In t h e 1st round w e we're d efeat e d by t h e otha r Publ ic S c hool s Duri n ,t 3rd T e r m we were. tortunate in secu rJng a coach , who h as g iven u s a great deal of h elp. T -hough the t eam ha ci ' mprov e d very mu ch, ,ve were again d e · f€-a.ted in the three matches d u ring t h e 2n d round.

· We h a d several practice matches during the yea r against ., Tin t e rn ," " R u yton." · an d " Lauriston."

- D. F

SILV ER AND GREEN.

Aquatic Sports.

L :i.st year the Aqu at ic Sports we r e h e lo fo r the fi~st t:,me si n ce 1916 , a nd were s u c h a s u ccess, t h at this year they we r e looked forward to with great eage rn,ess. A c old day early -in Ma rch s how e d groups of .shiver:ng swim-me-rs, w ith bhtongs ol s pectia.tors s houting r ound t-h e e dge oC ~h e Baths, while the Staff occupied a for m across the fa r e nd - in im,min,ent dang e r · of -s plashing, w h ich t h s y r eceived in du e cours e Ev eryo n e ' s enthusi,asm ran to a great d eai of n oi se, an d Mon•a's voi ce, h e lp ed by the megaphone, w:as nece ss-ary to restore order. U nf ~tunat e ly she made t h e m is t~ke of announcing th at t h e-r e was to ,be no s·hout ' ng during r a ces ! Need les s to r e mark, t h e r egu :ation was not o bse rve d

r -h e Nsults w e r e as follows:

School Cha.mpionsh.itp - M. Healing . Diving - J. H ealing. .

Life-Saving.- M. B a rnett a nd I ." N e ilson. Over ' 14 Handticap.- D. Fl ock.art. 14 and over 12 H a nd-icap.-B. Tompkins. 12 ran d Under H a ndi cap - J L aµcasteir Breast-1$"troke Handicap.- J Semmens.

Junior F ot.ms' Race -Lo we r V Sen'o r F o rms' R ace.- V.b. Rous~ v School.- School.

The Schoo l Ch ampio ns hi p r ace s how e d v e r y .fine swim.m in g, and was won by Marjorie Heal!ng, after a very c lose r ace. First place in th e Diving Com.petition wa:, awa rd e d to J oyce H ealing, as t h e most grac~fu l of the competitors Th e winners of t h e L : fe -Sav ing Com,p et ition were se· cure from bhe f irst, and ca.me in with a good lead 'I\he Jun:-or and Senior F or m s· Races we r e, of cou,ae , wat ch e d with h.ig11 excit '-"m e nt, much -n oise, a nd flag ·waving; but the r eal e v en t o f t h e d ay was, as e v e r , the H o u se v. School. H e r e t h e noise r eac h ed a c l i{Il.ax, a nd the roof h ad h ard work. to ke?p in position . Th e School team was •mu c h strongeir thi s year, an\! beat t h e Ho u se by about a l engt•h. - - J s.

Athletic Sports.

On Friday, 18t h Noven.1ber, our Annual At hl e ti c Sports meeting was h e ld . A l · tho u gh the U niv ersity exa•mina ti o n s w e r e loom in g ever cl oser. the numb e r o f entries was n o t affected. The programme of thirty-f o ur events was •carri e d o ut In good rttme, a nd ·ma n y t-h an k-s a r e du e to tt-o s e who mad e this possible.

B e s '. des the Champions h i p e ve nts, pola·Lo, sack, egg and s·poon,, whistl ing , tim e, a nd other races provided interE!st for t h e spectato rs. Th e Form flag races created great e x c i t e.ment. but t he ot•h er flag race, Hous.,e v S c ho,ol , was w-i t hout 'Clou•bt th e nrnst populaJr eve nt on the -progra m.m e . After a very f.in,e race t1h e Hou se won by •a bout two yiaro s. An e n,joyabfo •prog r aim me w as conclud ed by an e xh i bition bask e tball match •b etwee n lht Hou se a nct th e Sc ho ol. in whi ch the Hou se w as victor i o u s-.

On e very s ide r e gret w as expresse a t h at, ow:ng to a very painful accident, Mi s s Vi-"igh.am, o ur s.ports m ist r ess, was unab l e to b e •present

Th 3 f ollo win g were th e results of the d if-feir e n t r aces:

1. H i-gh Jump (Senior). - 1, V. Cr omb; 2, A. Pilking ton

2. Hig,h JU;m,p ( Jurii o r ).-1, M. Al e xa1,d e r; 2, Q. Stee!e.

3 Egg ar,d SJ2<>o n Race (Senior) - 1, C. Warren. :

4. Sack Race (Juni•or) .-1, Q Steele.

5 Flat Race, 80 Yards (Senior) .-1 , J. H ywar d; 2, A . PilkingLon.

6. Flat Race, 80 Yards (Junior).-1, M. Al exander; 2. Q Steele

7 F lag Ra ce, .Jun io r Sch ool -Fo rm III .a

8. L o n g Jump (J un'. ~r). - 1, Q Stee l e (14 ft. 5 in .).

9. Lo ng Jump ( Se nior) - 1, M Gi l bert (13 ft. 3 in \

10 . Thr ead Needle Race (Open). - 1, V. W ay a-nd · C. C le m e n,ger .

H. Old - Co He giws' · F la t Ra ce.-1, D Jane.

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12. Skipping Race (Junior) . - 1, R. Heath .

13 ·Flat Race (160 Y.ard, Senior).-1, J. Heyward; 2, L. Gibson.

14 Time Rac e (Open) -1, M. Rogers.

15 Fla g Race, Midd>le School.- Form I,ower V.

16. Sack Ra,ce (Senior) .-1, T. Mapleoo n.

· 17. W ,histling R11,ca (Open).-S. Thomas, L. Davies.

18. Iia,seball Throwin g (Junior).-1 , J H e aling; 2. M Warnock.

19. B aseball Throwing (Senior) .-1, V. Way; 2,, V. Cro:mb.

. 20. P ,otato Race (J unior) .-1, Q . Steele .

21. Pot,ato Ra,ce (Seni01r) .-L. Gi•b so n.

22. ·senior School F-lag Race.- Fonm V .a

33. Flat Race, 50 Y.ards (Under 10) .-1 , C. Goldie

24. Goa.! Throwing (Junior) .-1, J. Healing.

25. Goal Throwin,g (Senior) .-1, J. Mor• rissey and J Heyward -equa;l.

26. Obstac!e Race (Juruor) -1 , J. Healing; 2, M. Warnock.

27. Obstac le Race (Sen;or).-1, J. H eywar<l; .l, M Va.s ey.

28 Siamese R:ace (Junior). - 1 , Q. Steele and W. Stu.art.

29. Siamese R ace (Senior) .-1, D. Moir and K. Ohinn.

30. Costume Race (Junior) - 1, W Stuart.

31. Cos<tume Race (S e nior).-1 , M. Law

32. Egg and Spoon (Junior) .-1, Q. Steele.

33 . Flag Race, House v. School.- 1, f{o us e.

Junior C h a:mpionship.-1, Q. Steele. Senior Chrurnpionshri-p.- 1, J. Heywa.nd.

- J. H.

T,he l'. terary taste of the average g1rl is rather a ,mystery, when one saes the bast literature pa.ssed •over so often ror chHdish and lighter :fiction. The conclusion is llhat most -girLs judge a book a lJTiost Ro lely by its oo,yer. One cannot co ndemn t hi s light fiction, bu-t it ;s only fo r those who cannot en joy the better authors (-0:r for people so exhausted by e xaminations that they need somethmg Ji,ght for recreation), yet we find •intelli · gent girl-s clingin g to u ie sto ri es of thei r child-hood, from s -heer lack of courage to venture on anything that " ·looks dry."

Within my particu lar experience I have e ncouraged Junior Scihool: to read =re advanced books t h an are usua-lly given to tllem, with g -ratifring results. There is n,ow quite a ;scram rb l e for G. A Hen:ty and Hl!,rry CoWn,gwood, a h ealth y contempt for Ethel Turne,, and when l mrade the {011x w, s of comnnendi-ng a book for its pictu res, one Miss ELght-Years-Old said loftily that it didn't matte r .to her wheth e r t h e r e were pidu•re s or not. This does n•ot ,mea n that we have a crop of ~n-fa.nt prodigies in Junior School, it only s hows h-o'w far behin.d what they might and s hould be are the older g.irls.

No one would blame us for not having r ef1,d Carl yle's "French R e volutio n ,'.' but why are bhe thrree g r eat \masters ot our language, De Q uin cey, Ru s kin, and muchloved Rob e rt Louis Stev e nsan-perhaps most charming of -a ll writel's- so n eg lected? Certainly Scott, Dickens, Thacker-;iy, and K-i,pling are more read than most ot the g.ood authors Our Library abpunds with exce ll ent Histories ; and the " Cornhill Magazine," which exi sts for u s in ·countle-ss volumes, is -one of the •best. p eiriodicals of to-.day. AJ.so our co ll ect:on of American au,bhors is si ngularly gcod, for we ,hav e the comple te works or Holmes, Longfe llow, Emerson, Low e ll, and P-0e. ·we h;lve -probably the best collection o f War litel'atu r e of any School In Australia. In particula.1.', there are Nelson's and " T,h e T imes " Histori es of the w ·ar, General Monash's· Aus t:ralian Vi,ctorles In France and Flanders, ,and l:li-r

SILVER AND GREEN.

Ian H amilton ' s GaJH.poli Diary, thrilling t>ook ,, especia11y t:h ~ l atter , whic h every Australian shouJd read. There is no e qual in modern f iction to the grace of th ose ear :ier nin e t eenth century w•ri tersGeq rg :i.-, Bornow, J a.ne Austen, Geo rg e EJ:,ot, or the blind Frances Browne, a ll of w h o m a d o-rn our &h e lv es. Lik ew ise we h ave almost e v ery -poet that can b e named. A•mon,g r ecent boo k s l e t u s ,particularly nco, mme nd Maeterlinck's " Blue Biro " and Lord Fish er's " M emories," the latt e r t ee-m i ng with · fasc i-natin.g s to ri es and the a uthor ' s fam,o•u s e pigrams.

Th e who'.e point of r ead in g g ood bo-oks is that w3 -are t h e r e b y put <i n th e way o-f g a t h e ring up the b eau tif ul th.oughts which h e lp u s to fo rm our own, cod es of livin g , &.n d ~o to l earn how we may liv e in thi, fulJ est s e ns e.

- 1. A H.

Gene•ral Elections, 1921-

The g e n era:! elections of 1921 a.roused more than u sual interest, s in ce they w er e largely c o.ncemed with t'he l'e te-rendum a s t o the co-m pul s i on O'r ruon-compul sion of s p ort in the S c hoo-!

At a I.a rge gen.er al m e3ting h e l d t:J\e da y bef,ore the -elect io n , eaoh o,f the ca ndid ate s tor th e House o,f R e prese ntat ives-Dor aen All e n, Beryl K e rry, and Elva Ashton, repr e&enti-n,g V .a, V.b, and XX. r es p e ctively , outlined t h e planks i n h e r platform. A,mid the strains of t h e Naitional Anth e m , the cand '. d-ates took t h eir seats on t h e p'. at· fo rm, and in a ,few w-otrd s the Chainvo man , Miss - Brightie B eck!ett, opened t he 'lllee tin.g and introduc ed the candidates

M:ss A1l en 8 P O•k 3 fi-r.s t , h e r ringing ton es a -nd florcibl e p erso n a lity oommandfag rigid attenti,on from th e -outset. Stb.e &hawed ,h e r k eenness •for the publi c weal in -many d e· s iralil e schem es, tw,:J ou t stan ding on ~s• b ein g t he fre e s upply of gy-m. t uni cs o-f one patt e rn to sec ure untf.ormity, and a butche1 's &hop o n t h e ipre.m.i-ses that physiologs. :m'. ght obtain tS•h a,rks , f ro,gs, and •h a r es at cost pri ce. Tou ch in g th e r-e fa r e ndu.m qu eE t:on, al,one o,f th.e ca[ld-id-ates , Miss A ll en s upp ort e d t h e " No " vi ew on t h e .ground s that comrpulso,ry s po,rt would d estr oy s p orting s pirit, w:hHst accompl is h '.-ng no a,p preciable ,gc,o d ; s:ncc t h e certa;u adv a n tages of s p or:t-sel!-con -

t r ol, exeir c:se, a,nd good.<f31J owS'hip-can be gained in t h e ordinary ways- of life , •e.g, walking, one •of the b est ex e r c ises kn,own Miss A11en also to u c h e d. on the fac t th-at phys ical un-fitn e-ss pre vents some fr om in· dulg :,ng in spo-rt, w:lril e ampl e provision 1-s a lrea dy made for a ll who w;-sh to e nj oy it The close of t h e s-p eec'h was marked •by l o ud a,p.pl a u se, a :f.ew qu estions from the a u dienc:i b eing ,sa ti s factori-ly di s p ose d o f b y Miss All e n.

Next to s peak wa1; M iss Kerr y, who, tho~-gh -exhi.biting slig:ht n ervous ne ss at first, soon oveircame th:at, gainin g confidence from a sy,mpath.etic amliieince. We fea ,r t h at a Trave lling Cante.en to 1.>rovide so up , h ot co'free, •and iced drinks -might not bring in s u Micient reven-ue to ,mak e it p a y, mu c h l ess to provide f o r t h e unem pl.iJ,y ed, as &ug,gested. Though · doubtl ess pro,mpt3d by ,a b-enev,o.Jent disposition , t h e i:rrupra.cticability of thi s sohem e is only e qu:aHed by its -promote r's i-gnorance of the H i gh Cos t of Livin g. T~ ingenious p lan of t eaching ti,ght ,rope walking, ·so that '. n wet weathe r g ir l-s might av-oi d w e t fe~t by u sing the tele pho ne w-itres co'llneCt· ing the bl ock s is deserving o f c onsideration, and rni,ght, ,as ,s ug gested,, ,p.i,ov e an economy to the Boai,d of Health Miss Kerry's s uppo,rt o f compulsory s port, ch :efly truat Irno w!edge is not everything, was r a th er W3 ak. Amid st muoh a p plau~e Miss Kerry r esum e d h e r seat, afte r ans wer ing a f ew qu esti ons •flr-o-m t he aud '.e n ce, and Mis s As h.ton opened h e r s p eech Thou ,gh w ~ und-ersta.nd this · young woma n to b e n e w to po-litic s, she s'howed s-ingu l a rly dignifi e d s~lfll)oss es s ion an d a cool ·delivery · from the t>e,ginning. H e r chi e f ta lk was on t'he refe r e ndum question; M'.ss Ashton favouring coIDJpul s ion. T.ba candidate had severa;l sch e mes by wh ioh the sch oo lgi rl s hould be le d from h e r wi cked way s by co mpul sory att e nd · ance at the Sports Ground- quot i,n,g the time h onoure d 8a11c, 111-c11s ,aJrgument. An a u tom ati c Utt for XX., we regt1. et to say. is not like'.y fo,r a long day-fin,anieial dif<t'iculties ag,a '. n -tJhough it h as l on ,g b aen re-a l.i sed t hat the e nd•less stai r s of the G: r ls' Bl ock r e nd er sev eO:ty ,tiv e ,per cent. of XX. ,g;rl s affected as to th-e h ea r t Y=al'ly, miost ,of ,t h e m d •yin,g young. At the e nd of the s p eech someon e ask<ed i f MI-ss Ashton ap pro ved of the payment of members vi e oomme nd the candid.ate o n h e r

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adro-it shelving of this qu?;3tion , in 'replying that she ih-ad alr eady outlin-ed :her policy a,s one of pro- economy.

In cl-os.ing t h e meeting the C hairwoman thanked the a ssembly rf•o-r its ord-erly at · tenti-on (th e re ha<l b :ien flnly one s:ight disturbance throug:hout, the disorderly o-nes -bein,g romediately ejected by two stalwart policemen). The meetin-g ended with the Nati<onal Anth~.

On the following d ay all who wer-e ,on t h e e ledo raJ. rolls voted, ,p J lling taking pJ.ace in the Baths. The pol! was dedarect lat eir in the day, .and the ca.nd idates r eturned thanks to their supporters.

The results were:

D. A ll en

E Ashton

B K erry

1 st Count 90 56 55

2nd Count 101 100

Nine ca ndidates stood for the Senate, three ea.ch -from V.a, V '11, and XX. Th e successf ul thr,ee we-re E. Pryor (V b), A Burroughs (V.1b), and W. Stuart (XX.).

An inteiresting conclus'.on to be drawn fr om the Referendu-m results----a win for the Pro"COl!Tlipulsdonists-is that Spo-rt is s,o popul2.r that oom.-pu lsfon would never be n ecessary.

Play Notes.

The Annua;J Prefects' Play was a s pl ,mdid success. Fmm the two nights' p er(orman ces, the s um of £120 was rais,ed, haJ.f for t he Scho ol's Build(ng Fu.n:a, and ha:lf fotr t h e W,omen's Un:ive ;:,sity Hostel Fund .

Preparations began with the c om,menc:iment oJ Second T er m , the usually tranquil life o-f the Pre fects and A ss ociates being great4y disturbed by et-fo r ts t ,:i reoonc·le ordinary School rou.tine wit-h frequent re· hearsals. The w ee k preceding Ju:y 1 ~v= one whirl o,f s weets, <.,weet:boxes, and d,e sses, donalon s o-f the fo'rmer being v e ry lib eral. •· A M :d s ummer Night's Dream,' ' though often acted ·by students, ls no easy task, •and we wer e thankful for the favoura b l e notice of t-h e •· Argus ," which es·pecially ce>nrgrn.tulated Edna Jon es' excell e nt per.formance of the .part o f Bottom, and Jea,n Heyward's e lfi sh impers,o·nation o•f Puck.

Theseus and H.ippolyta wer-e a wellmatc:he-d pair; they s ustained the uecessary dign.if:ed 1n,a.ml€'r w e•H t h ,,o u ghout t:h e play. H e:e na;s yield•ing, loving d·'.s positic [l was well p,ort r ayed. By the v(g.o-rous act.. ing of Demetri\i,3, one did n J t r e-a li se that Helena was severa:I inches ta ller than !he r stalwart lover. Dem3tr ius' adro-'.t mainragement of his sword de se rves special mention.

He'l'mia a.nd Helen,a. . acted as splend '.d f.oils f:or each ot-he•r , Her,mia's dark beauty matching ·her l}ar-si-onate nature. Ly ~,ander and Hermia actej w'llll to g eth er, though 1>erhaps Henmia was at •her •b est when Lysander's ·allegiance was transf 3rred to H e'.ena.

Titan ia played her part in a bea.utifully fai ry -like way. She ,and 'her ,attend.ants forme d a very attria,ctive featur-e o-f the play Doris Purgsley w:as very dainty a,s t h e first fairy, ,and "jea:lous Ob e.ron" l-0oked very · well w,ith his green e,atin and gold~ c urls

>Ne feared Vhat 'I'his,be's voice would never regain its u s'Ual rpitch, s u c h was the strain to which j t was subje:cted; but It appears that we were mistaken. She and BottO!III dieser-ve ccmgratufa.ti-on ifor thei:" spl endid acting dn the "' play within the play." T-hisbe's s-c r eam was a masterpieca. It is a ,marvel 'lmw Wall managed to k eep his stony al)IH~arance -a,m'idst the s htri ek s o,f laughter wh4c h the " tedious brief comedy" eUcited.

We w '.,s.h to thank M:ss Webb and Mrs. Apperly r-or the ,great care they to5k in o rd er thaat our play should be a s uccess. Any merit w h ich it co-ntained w3.s l.ar,gely -due · to them. Eve.ry,:me th,or,oughly .e njoy e d . the t '. me spen-t und?'r their directi?n.

Mi-s. L e Couteur -an d her orche.s,tra h.e.J,ped immensely, in 1>layiwg parts of Mendelsso hn's " A M ids ummer N'.ght's Dream." Th e fa:iry music was especi-ally lovely, and created a my,ste rious atmos phere w,hene ver the falries were on '. the stage.

W e will t ake this .o pportunity of co n · vey'.-ng our thanks to a l l who h e lp ed us with donations of sweets · a nd of mon e y.

- '' Strol i.ing Player."

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Boarde rs' Notes, 1921.

" W e' Ye l a ug h e d and talked, and work ed a nd played, as year by year went p !!st, Aud n ow we 'v e got to leave it all , [or schoo l is o'er at i.ast ; And we must jo;:n, t h e fi.ghti!ng ones, a n d see •life's b a ttd e thi,ou-g,h, But o h , o '..d s-chool , w e 'v e loved you w e ll; g,oo-dbye, good lu ck to you."

Our numb e r h as in cre,a se d to 128 th i,s year, but, n eed les-s t~ s•ay, the order and disciplin e in t,he H ousa is still u p to the st-andard of prev ious years. Our Prefec ':s and As,so c iates numb e r eig ht : B eulah S h ~nn-on (S en.Lor House), Mona Li sto n , Marjory Ooc k s , Lila Forb es, Kathl ee n R enni e, L eigh Hart, El sie L ee, Mable Finnie.

At t-he •b eg inning of t h e y e a , w e we lc o med five n ew m em be r s to o ur - 'Staff, whi c h n ow numbers ten

It was a g r eat s urpri-se a n-d sh ock to u s all to hav e to bid far owell to Mi ss Newma n , wh-o was ca;l!ed .home owing to · h er m CJlth er' s illness. S ince ,s h e was s o g r eatly r e spected a:nd lo v ed by a ll , h er depa r t ur e caus e d much r ogret oa.mon-gst th e o ld girl s, '."-h o kn ew ,h e r so well. W e wis h h e, eveiry s uccess a nd h a ppin ess in her n e w w ork in Ade l ai de.

In second T a-rm w e w e r e ha:nw ered consi d arabl y -b y •<)Ur -o l d :friend the 'Flu. Thi-.; wa s ke p t d ark . until some h a ppened to go upstai r s to {ind r CJlOm m ates a nd mattres ses g-one. W,h ere? To t he w ellknown reg-ion s of Blue Dom1 a nd Annexe With Mu s ic Ex-ams l ooming ahead , w e r at!h e,r mi sse d th e th'I' ee A n nexe pianos, a nd p e rhaps th e t houg,h,t of t hi s preve nted our -obtain ;n,g -hi g h e r :marks.

Our Bas ke tball T eam m et the School on the last ,m o rning -of T erm II B oth teams pl ayed ,,(ell , and we ,oo ngratula t e the Day Girls on _ th ei r victory. Oolou-rs we r a di-s played in ,g1reat profu sion on bo bh s id es- R e d a nd Gr een bl ending so well! One me mber not b ei n,g satis.fied with belt, stockings, ribbei ns , ,-"ti e, a nd shoe-laces o! r e d, accept~ a kind knoc k on t h e no se which a '.ls o se rved to display loyalty to th e Hou s e

A wave of enthu s ia s m -fo r T e nnis -has s pread tihr-ough-ou t the H o u se. At prese n t. t h e bo a rd e r s are makin,g the ms elves ve-ry

co n s picuous on t he Oo u·r.ts, owing to a thrilling toum ament whicb will prove t h e C h rum1p'lo n F'lat .for 19 21. We are hoping that t h e outco,rne of this strenuou,s pl-ay wiJJ r e sult in our havi.n.g fo ur board e r ~ as ou r r e prese ntativ es in the First Four as C h a mpions for 1922

It is n o t ver y often that we h ave ~µ ta lk -of death, bull o n e of o ur nurnib er ,ha 5 be e n sad ly mis s ed a n d deeply mourned s ince l a,st T e rm Man y t a.a.rs weire sned wh e n the sad n e ws s pread of " Satan's " death. This w e l-l -known l u c k -bring er was 1-ove.<I b y a ll w.h o !m e w hi,m. Hi s m e lod io u s cr ies at fou r a.m. to u c h ed th e h eans o f c.at loyers, w,h o otten arose beC-m<!ils Lo car ess h~m W e h eard that h e vi-S-it'ed one frie nd ' s room , an d ·h a d •an e arly •breakfas t. " ' T is t h e early cat t hat ca1:Clhoa t h e m o u se "

Many ar e struc k b y tha -a,ffection s how n by the Jun iors tO\v,a,rds- t h e Seniors in t h e Hou se; oh.is , of -0ourse, -acc ounts for m oot rooms bein,g -the r ec ipi e nts of m a n y a n{! varied fl o ral d eco rations.

·we all join in wfahin.g th e Staff a11d Girl s a hap py holiday -a nd b est wi s h es f-o r 1922.

- B. s.

Otto Krome Memorial. -

A n impr essi v e cer e:mon,y ,took place d uring S econ d T e rm in · t h e -unv eili ng, · in Fitchett H a l l, o f a port>rait ill' oils Of . t h e lat e H eadmaster-Uh e Old Co l!e,gians' Me mori>a:1 to Mr. Krome.

Th e r e w e r e many Old Co llegian s prese nt , -and M id d-l e and U-p p e r Schools w e r e all-owed to at t,end. A fter e loqu ent an d touch ing speech es by Dr. Fitchett, Mr. L e Co nteur. and Miss Walton , th e Presid e nt of t1h e o .c.c., Dr Mary Lan e, unv e il e d t h e picture.

T o t h ose of u s who knew Mir. , Krome, t:h e portra it saemed intense l y r eal- th e n ob le a nd kindly expr ess io n , th e st i·ong feat-ures , antl the c!eve r ,head -a r e so fa-ithfu ll y portmyed, t h at ,no e xplanatio n of hi s c h a r acter is n ee d-e d . lt is strikingly evident -a t once t!hiat " T,his was a ,m,an ."

After the s i,n ging of "Lead, Kindly Ligh:t," Dr Fitchett offe-r e-d a -s hor.t pra-yer , and t he g-atheri-ng d is p e r se d

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P o rtrai t o f the l a t e H ea d M aste r , Otto K r ome .

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FORM NOTES.

Honour Sixth .

We're a Form of tw el ve prom ising stud e nts , Renown e d for ,our wisdom a nd prud e nce Our wo'rk is p e rfect'.on , · N o n eed of c orrection, Our knowl ed ge s u rpass es a ll credenc3 In Englifih t here's nothing to daunt us, No L ati n cir French is be yond u s; A t Hist' r y we s·hin e, Our Alg e bra's fin e, As for Phys. though ts o f fa ilu re n e'er haunt u s.

With our pro w ess a t Sport w~'ll not bor e YOU , Set OU!' •Cap tai n 's exampl e b e fore you!

On sports ground and court, Many •battles w e 'v e ,fought , And o ur ~hro nicl e d vict' ri es would aw e you . ·without an y so! id end eavour, We can wr it e v ersse r ~mat!faibly cl ever; These songs we diffuse; (\Ve've •no need of a muse )

Thi s perhaps is s ur prising- However!

Pass VI.

Numbe'r Ej.ght , 11/ 11/'21.

Th e E ditor ,

D ;!-ar Mada:m ,-Yo ur d e mand for Form notes , immediate ly f oll owing }'lQ\l'r ihar:r,y• i ng me for li te rary co n-lrib utions to your •m a gazine, i s as unwel come as it i s inop portun e. You cannot know a d,etestatio n of s u c h not es to b e my '!)a rti c ul ar foib l e

The /}()11/'Vt•·,i.s c u s tom of my feHow Forms, in s tiriving to -00.nvince a d-isi nt erested public h ow exce ptionall y witty the y a r e, and what wonderful thin gs they hav e don e , h as my s up reme ·- coritempt. I contend that ;f a Form h as a c hi eve d greatn ess, oth er F orms d,o ~n ot n 3ed t h e fact t hrus t upon t h em - it is sel•f -ev id e nt. I aim pe r s u aded that th e life of th e averag<:: F-0 rm is si ngular: y un eve!}tful. In d ividua l m e mb e r s may gai n th ei r 1 T anni s Co l our s or other distiu ct ions , a nd most Form s ca n boast of o n e victdry in Basl<etba:ll o r T en n i,s; bu t these a r e characterist ic, not exceptional e ven ts. Personally , thoug.h

Champion in n e ither B asketl>all nor T enn4 s, r gave my oppone n ts, a run for their money.

But since you insist, h ere are some o.f the .me'1anal,1-0ly details of my c haract e r: My uninte lligen ,ce, ,compared ·wit;h t h e brig htne ss of those who, of o1d , aoo rne d t h ese :halts : is •d,e plorab '.e. How I man · ,aged to r each my p'r esent dignity is a myster y to .mr teach3'rs, ·but I warn th em tha t t he ir ' tiints as t o the corrupti o n of U n iyersi t.y exaimin ers l eaves them open tc;i s uit& for liibe l. My En,glish com,pos1tion, far from r esembling that which t h e Kin,g uses, would b e uninte ll ;gibl e t o t h e d e mocratic Prince M Wal es. My motto, " .Eat hard,. p lay hard , s lack h ard, and stew h arr d ,, · does :n,o t s e.em to m eet with t h e ap prova.l of ,m y s11;p e rio r s, for , on t h e grounds tha t I was wasMng my time and s u,b s.tan'Ce in, riotou s Jivjn g, I .ha v e been CO/Jllp e lled to evac uate my a n c i ent haun.ts, t h e tuck -shop an.d t!he garden, t o r t h e undi,gnified Prep, rOO'm, in "' s pares;» so no one can b lame me , w.hen I. a m ,f e ttered by ' · s h a de s of the prison..hous e," if .my genius fa il s me in D ecemb e r . But e nough, alr e ady. time an:d pape r is far spent; with bes t wi &hes for Christmas a nd the 1/•acation.-Yours, e t c.,

P. SIXTH

Form V.a.

We r e m emb e r , we reme•mber, Old Form •ro<>mis, dark ,a nd h ig•h! W f:!. used to think our l it tle . brai n s Would s ho rtly r ea,ch the s,ky; B ut though we ' ll gai n t h e g•olden sta r , W e kn o w n ow w.hat we re a lly ar e.

It is u seless to say w,h at a mod e l Form wa are, fo<r as ,onJy two of u s ar e b oarde r s , no one w,ould b e lieve u s. But we mai n tain t ha t th e pr esence of ,s ix A ssocia te Prefec ts foll y •a to n es for t h e defi cie n cy in board r 5

V.a h as ha.d many triumphs thi s year. (•a) Althou.g•h t h e opinions of o ur cand i· date fo r t h e r ecent e iec t '.o n did n,ot m eet. with •publi c ,fav,o ur, ,h e r e loqu e n ce so swayed t h e mob •t h at sh e was ret urn e d 'midst l o ud c lie eir,s.

(b) A t Ba&ke!JbaJl, we r e i,gn a s Cha1111pi.o n s tO'l' 1921.

(c) Our b a by is t h e Junior T e nni s Ch amp ion of t h e Schoo l.

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(d ) We have a n otable m embe r o f th e B asebal( t 3am in -0ur Form, o n e remarkable fact about ,her b eing that s h e often throws t h e bat furt he r t han s h e hits t h e ball.

We h old great expectati>on s fo r Tennis, s quad, etc

If anyone s ugg as ts that V.a ,has not rem a rk ab'.e p oetical tal ent, we s h a ll f ee l obliged to protest aga' n s t thi s T e rmino· lo gica l in e xactitud-e . In fa.ct, our effoir ts i n writing s-onnets so in:;,pired our -English mi s tr ess that she even oo mpo,se d one in h er slu.m·bers, one lin e of which was, " Wh e r e son-nets , ly r ics, odes, will' ve x ."

Our For.m m '. stroos, on the last day of Second T er>m, kin-d•ly consented to take u s up t h e tower. To our h ormr , m any diaphanous g aTments were scatte r e d h ere a nd t h ere To who-m c ould t h ey belong?

If yo u see an exceptionally hurri e d exit from No. 9, d -o n,Jt th ink that we a r e pract ising -for the 160 yards; it is merely a c h e,mi stry lesson, ~o do not be alanned .

Perchan ce you m ay n ot ice a vein ot cy n·icism in th ese notes. If -so, i t is the r~su'.t of the wrath amused i n our h ea r ts b y th e dest.Jruct>ion o f t):J.e b eautiful ivy which ,cluste red r ound our Form room window s.

Diploma Form.

Written in t h e Bu~i n ess R ealm , M L C

Many a frolic n eeds m u st b e, In Diploma's life of misery, Or the st ud en t , worn a nd wan, Nave r th u s co uld voyage on Day a nd night and n '.g h t and day, Plodd ing on h e r dr eary way. Typing, s h-orth a nd , -accountancy Co nfu te a lighter tenden cy, While on bh e l aw ns a r e -pr on e to be Sixth F o rm g: r ls w ho mer r ily Laugh or tal k or h a pl y drea m.

Diploma Form r-oom ! Thou h ast b een

Witn es s of many a liv e l y scane

A.t " Roll -ca ll " or " ·Commercial T erms ," VVhi c h fit u s for the business firms, Wh e n bu rsts the w ra t h of one much tried, And g irl s at talking are e s pied. Now once a w eek we gath 3r roun d To l earn th e principles ,profo un d Of Precis

But cheerful res pit e have we known, In Sports and Gym , an-d a ll mu s t own Our prowess. Now the Sports we hail , Antic:patin.g that we' ll sail Th1rou,gh ,all events victoriously. Our run'IJ.dn,g will most 's,pec' ally Daz zle a ll beho lders t h e r e, I!'or we are fleet as we are fa ir.

Tn years to come o ur t h o u ghts w ill flee Back to 'the d ays t h at U&3d to b e; Th e days t hat fi tted us for Ji.fe, With . what it h old s of joy or st rife.

Form V.b.

During the l ast year V b ,ha,s left its -ol d Florm·'fOO'Ill at t h e top of many stair s, and has b een given -a ·•bright room in t h e new build '.ng. Our n ew F orm -room i s a so urce of great joy t o us; it •h as pNtty green a nd cream wal ls, both walls and ceiling being panelled with ligh t •brown wood which is matched by the hr-own 1in4sl n win-

d·ow l;>linds. ·

V\rh en it was n,ew, thi s ro.o-m w as spotless-l y c lean ; t h e d es k s a nd flooi seemed to s hin e in t he:r inkless pu"rity, · and the Form made n o.h ie r eso.lutions- to p reserv e t hi s prod igy. But, a la..s, for s u-ch l,ofty 3JlJJ·bition.s ! It seemed t h a t little e lv e s of blackn ess h e ld r evel ry by nig h t, leaving stain s an.d s,c11at c h es where they d a nced in t•he moonli,g.ht.

Despite heroic e ffor ts- the room d o-as not a : ways seem tidy: .a d r'3/1Il.atic sens-atlon was caused on,ce ·by tbe s udden en.t r a nce of OU'f Form mistre ss w,h en the · room w:as nqt looki11;g its _ b-est- ipd-eed, a s,1ig4t ~a,rt}iqu ake seemed to have occu rred Books and pa.1i"ers, unn otice d un·til that mo!llent, -ap pear ad: to be everywhe r f:l, a nd parti c ularly co nll, pi c uo u s was a brig ht gold chocola te w rapper und•e r t h e ' f ~cmt d esk. Lu cjd l y , a girl of great 'resoµrce° a nd o f n ot -too fairylil. e feet ,· h a d t h e pr e;e,nce o-f mind _ to stand f;nnly upon it until th e -mome nt of dange r h ad pass e d.

But V .b h ai;; :,;eally m ad ~ efforts to k eep this r oom ·b ea utiful ; th e Form is buying a pi°cture, called '.' The Vi_g il . " -:in . memory of a happy year

T his pi-ct.ure is of a b rav e yo u ng so! d ier , who, as h e kn ee ls b efo're the altar of an old chapel, is watch.:ng over his armour t '. 11 t h e morning brP.aks, .when h e w ill be mad e a kn ight

SILVER AND GREEN.

" '!'he v .igil " takes us back to the tJimes " when kni,g'hts were bo l d," and spent their lives in ftg,hting all forms of evil, ready for any deeds of valour against the wrong; and we hope that our picture will encou'rage tho se chivalrous ideals, and h el-p u s to br:ng them into everyday m-e

V,b is th-e Champion Form in 'Swi!Illming, and was· in t he semi-.finals of th1e Bas ket,ball Cham'Pionship, unfortunately l osing its fir s t Tenni s Ma:tch.

Form V-b Special.

" Ancients of the CoHege; T h ey 1hav-e taught us common sense-

Tried to teach us comlllJOn sense-

Tru th and God 's own common senseWhic h is more than kn.ow! ed,ge!"

The a ut hor o f Stalky & Co. must h ave experienced times as strenuo u s as ou rs.

Friday ,aifte rnoon i s a critical -time, when the Detention •book is brought arourud , with o u r ,pa:rticular " Ancient•· dreading to hear tha:t any of h e r g i rls have their names there. But w e are learning Hke Stalky, it isSa:fest, easiest, and bestExpeditious, wise, and bestTo obey you r orders."

Oh! There goes the bell! Recess is over, and we m u st g-o up those dreadful staiirs agai n . Our Form .mathematician, J T., finds, Mt-er working i t out, that at least we climb 400 stairs in a day; so do you wond e r that we are weary and st '. ff at tha end of the day , and wish fervently for ,a lift! Even ou,r For.in mistress is in a s tate of coll apse when she reaches t h e s u;m,m.i-t. Eve ny Friday Ls .a n ticipated with great expectati,o;n , until the subject for our next essay is alllllOUl!l'ced.

We are pleased to niote that ou'r Form Group h as b een selected by the photographer (evid'Elntly on account of our being the best.looking Form in ,the School) to adorn a window on •· 'l'he Block."

It is a question whether we are please d O'r sorry that we have ,two Gym pe,riods a week now, but we certainly •are sorry that we are not •havin,g a n y this week becau se of Th e Fin als !

Form XX.

T-his year Twenty' s coUJStellation consists of gir ls who have contin u ed in. thei r new firmament with their previo u s lustre ,

and of ath le tes who were defeated by IV ,a •rut Bas ket,ball (goal -po sts b e ing as high as u su al). They also defeate d V.c at Tennis, b ut fell 'neath the cannonade of Honours' balls, although they had made a vaJi.a.nt stand.

In these lofty h e igh1.s our sen se of h earing is not affected by the attempts of our many musica l geniiu.sres; but another sense is b e n e fited by t h e adjacent aq u•a'rium, whi c h com ; ists of the usual frog family, ,p erfo rming •fish, and •the Ancient Shrurk. Finally, w e 1l. es ire to than k our Form Ca,pt-ain , Elva A s hton, and our Spo r ts Captain, Dorothy Mann , for the ir excellent leaders hip this year , •and wish fut u re Twe nty .gir.Js th e bes t of luck and an automat ic lift

Form Collegiate V.

Another year has 'ro ll ed away, an<l ·here w a are as hap,py as · ever! When Schoo l re a , semble d at the b eginn-ing of the year Colleg '.ate V occupied Fitchett Hall. We were all delighted wh e n we h 3ard or our n e w F o rm room in North Hou se. It is an id eal Form -room, and we strive to keep it br-ight wlth flow e rs. With such pleasa·n t sur'roundings w e could not feel anyt!h: ;ng but :happy W,e were aH inte reste d in •Ou r Form Sports, but the Basketball tea:m and T ennis team which we ,p.Jayed prov e d tou strong fo r us. Howe ver, we are hoping t.o do better n e xt year, when we ara In D i ploma. Our F :•ag team is very prom1sing

We thave a v e ry amiable Fo1rm Captain in Eth e l Blumer, wh o ,f:gured ,pi,omi nentl y on Birthday Nig,ht. We are a ll loo king forwa rd to b earing h e r "item -aga'.n at our Form conce r t, as •some ,of u s did not have the pleasure of h ear i ng it on Bi rth.day Ni.g,ht

We a ll regret t.he loss of our most pop ular teach er, Mis s Rei<l , w ho le ft so s udd en.!y that we we re utte rly b ew ildered. W e wi s•h h e r eve r y s ucces in the future. We all t hank our Form m istress fo•r h er h e lp in org-a;n is ing o ur sports, and also fo r making work easy by the che e rful h elp Sihe gave us. We are ch eerf ully looking forward to the exalllls , th e ,s'h.ad,ow s of which hov e r dang aro u s,!y nea r; but we 'll f-orget our t'roub\es, and wi sh everyone a Me rry Xma s and Happy New Year

SILVER A N D GREEN.

Form V.c.

Although our number ha s rather d ecre ased during the year, w e are still th e mo s t inte res,ti,ng Form in th e School. At the beginnin,g o f th e S acond Term w e were turned out of our ro,om , and had to take refuge in, No. 13. Of co u rse, thi!! gav e u s endl e s s opportunities f.or wo rking ha11" d e r a nd m a king pl e nty of no is e on the s tairs. W e are a ls o aibl e to admire the Art Ga llery whi c h i s j.u s t n e xt door

Ou'r desk s , we find , a re v e ry cheering, for w e only bave to lift th e m up and th e choru s b eg ins. Our teache r s , s tran.gely enough , d o •not s eem to appr e c :ate it.

At the ,b e g :nning of Third Term we sus taine d an ov e rwh e-1-ming loss W e returned to find that Mi ss R eid was no longer wi t h us But Mrs B rown , Jilly, and M iss Parson s took pity -on our forlorn state, and now w e h a ve two F o'rm mi stre s ses and Jilly to pro tec t u s

'I\houg'h w e may not w; n the Shi e ld f.or t h e ,h i-g he s t av e r age this y e ar , we are w e ll r e presented i-n til e School t eams Nell i s in th e 1 s t T e nnis Fo ur , -and Ma rie and Marge are i-n th e 2nd Four. Nell a nd Mari e are al-s-o i n the Base b a ll T eam.

V.c f eels the w e i.ght of th e c omin,g exa mina tions , and dre a<Ls th e l ack of its d e ar Form m istt ess duri n g th e e x a mination w eek.

Form Lower V.

Sin g a s-ong o f L owe r V , A For>m-ro-o m full of g-ir"l s; ive and t hirt y m ai d en s fair , Acqui-ring, l earning-" pearl s ."

On -o u r teach e r s ' words we han g , Absorbing wi s dom vast ; H is to ry, m a t h s., g eo,g raphy , L e arnin.g v eiry 1'-as t Fre nch and Physiology

And L a tin w e a d,ore

And w e hop e !-n n e xt ex a;m ., To r eac:h th e hi gh es t -scor e.

!\1 a n if.o : d w e r e t h e feats w e performed t h is y e a r Vva w e r e a ll v ery anx iou s to see •o f whom our Form con sist e d , and w e r e w e ll sati s fi e d wit h o ur sel ves, as on e tea c h e r i-nform e d u s

Th e aim of o ur t each ers i s to co ach

u s fo r In t e rmed i•ate n ex t year , and w e are t r y in.g to co mpl y with th e ir wi s h es. T .ho se

o f u s w ho h,av e b ee n t hrough the -S choo l n -oti c e d v-ery mu C'h the hig-h e r s tand a rd

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aimed at for Lower V Las t y e ar, Intermed,i,ata s e e med v e r y far away , · but now we have begun to reali s e how v e r y near it is.

Under the rule o-f our popular Form -and Sports Captain, Thea Wilkinson , our conduct and sport have i'Illll}roved by leaps a nd bou.nd-s. We won the Junior Swi!mri:J.in g Champ., and o ur first match -at both Baske tball and T e nnis.

Th e old way of ,breaking up s e e m s very t.aJme to Lower V. , so· ~t decided to introduce soan e th<ing new at the end of Ter m II Cu,pboa'rds w e r e -paclred with sandw'iches, c a ke s, •fruit , a nd .gi-n.ger •b eer , a,nd Be ll's Latin Course and Heath's French were put out for airing-we leav e the re s t to your imagination.

The Fina.ts have now commence d , and for the f:ir,s,t time in our career we wa:t a-nx-iously for results, as thes 3 will det ermine ou'r places n ext year. W e' re near the entl of a perfe ct y ea r!

Form Re move.

Iri T e rm I w e w lcO'IIle d man,y new girls who w e think , have e n-joy e d the ir first year at M.L.C. Th e only e vent du rFirs t T e rm was the sw::mming Sports , i-n whi c h R emove lacked •briUia nce, th o u,g.h n ot enthu s iasm. At the b eg.inn ing or T e r;m IL , ful r illing o ur reputati on , we moved to th e Lecture Room, wh ose ·precin c ts w e s til l e njoy .

We · suff e1red tle f eat at th e ,hands of Low e r Y in Bas k e tball , and tha t c ruel Da m e, Fo'rtune frown e d on us aga in whe n Lower V. we re vi ctorious dn t he T e n.nis

Match , Our I<'orm mi s tres s, Miss Pars on s, is at vresent doing double duty, h a ving control of two For,rn s , V c and h e r own , though we think littl e extra work is inv-oln d, as V c , like our-selv es, is a mod e.I Form ( ?)

We are so r r y that ,our Annual Sports da y i s p ostpone d , owing to the unfor· tutiate a ccid e nt of our Sports Mi s.tres s We, howe v e r :ho.p ~ to SU1Cc eed in the S ports e v ents, a s u s ual. 0-ur Form Captain Fre da Bly th.man, d eserv es a word of pr a i se, h e1r arduou s duties ma kin g life &p e cial.l y h a rd for h e r

Two of our nu,mb e,r, l,,,el va Cla rke and Lilli a S m~-th, w e r e s u.ccessful in p assi-n.g importan t mus ic exams ., a nd, a noth e r , Claric e Jorda n, managed to win a pri ze '. n a " P a l s" Compe tition,

SIL VER AND GREEN.

A:t pre se nt, we are elated at th , kn owled g e that f in al exams. begln soon . Th ey hang 'like· a lowering cloud over our inn oce nt h ead s,, but, bulldog-like, wa h ave gtreat tenacity, a-nd clirug to hap pin ess.

On 8,peech Night, a ll will -see Remove looki ng (and f ee:fag, o-f course) resplendent aml. important after r eceiving many pr izes We tru st that the ,members of Remove o ,f 1921 ,may have as en j oyable a year as t h is i n their various For-ms next year; a'.-so that next year'-s gir.J s for R emove w ill be -as h a ppy ra.s we a ll h ave b een.

Form IV.a.

I V.a 's t h e Form t ha t all admire, And it well d ese<rv es t h e ir praise; For it 'h as tlie desire To g e t u p h iigh e r , A n d _ wi n a ll teachers' -praise.

H e r e we ar e again! We wi s h to l et ou r r eaders kn,ow what a bril li•ant Form we a re, a nd what our succes,s i s du e to.

Our -a,i-m is t-o win, t h e Honour Shield back which we g;rls won w hile we were in Low e1r IV T o wiru •th1s S hi eld, aJlt hough we've h ad a most e njo yable time, we hav e n-ot forgotten o ur School l essons.

The resu lts are n•o-t to h a nd yet, bu t we s in ce r e ly hope to get it ; wh at with Mildrad's, Rita's , Eileen's and othe r s' 100·s, we don' t see how we can. ,be b eaten . Oh! if we were 1b oys, we a r e s ure the future Rh-odes' S cho lar s would -be oo-m~ng from t'he pr esent IV -a Why! r ead ou r r esul ts i n Sports a :-so.

1~:irst, consi-de r our ages, only t hi ;rteen, a nd we h ave to play aga,i n st all ,-these Senior - C lasses. First · T er.m , s wimming against a ll the S chool , we came second, while Bonn ie, our F-0-rm Captai n, w-0n the Jun io r Gh-a,mpions hip.

We r each ed ·t he semi fina ls i n Basketball, when we h ad to pl ay Diploma, who won , though w e h a d t h e b ett er of them until the la,s-t fiv e minutes.

We have entered the semi-f i n-a!s in T e nnis also, and h ave to ·play H ono ur V I.

Now the secret. The r es ults are du , to on e t hing, -a nd that is we a re a unite d c l-ass ; we don't waste time quarrellin1g aibout o ur team, we pu t tha best g i'rls in each t ea,m, and in ex•am ;n ations we all pu t ou r ·best efforts forwa rd We dor.·, think t h e r e could eve r have bee n s u ch a IV. a befo r e

Form IV .b.

We, the girls of F'orm IV.b, h ave h ad a very interesting year At the beginniing of the year we started a museum, -a nd h ave some vary interesting specimens. We h ave ,an advan tage ove-r oth e r cl asses, becau se we h ave a l a r ge cupboard, and two she lv es.

As some a r e unacquainted with our mu seu:m, we w i!l descr.ibe a few speclmans. We h ave an a l ligator's skin which hangs on the wall, and a snake's skin , foss il sh ells, a gou r d which came fro111 New Guin ea, and contains powdar which intoxi c ates the n ati ves,, a n ivory ar ml et, and some h orsehair bracelets; -the s e adorn i-h e s-h elves

Marjorie Na.i1r•n brought two most b eautiful specimens ; th ey were g,iv en to h e r by a lady who obtain ed t h em from the n atives. Th ey a r e f-ound in the Japan ese seas. Th ey a r e lon.g a n d round in s h a p e, and are rounde-d of f at one end, b e ing very much like gas-,mantles i n s h ape. We thought when we fiTst saw them that t•he y h ad been woven by some sea ereature, but later w a fu und that t he .y were of the spo ng e fam ily, a nd th a t -th e J apanese · ,h ad pu t a -smal i dead sea c r eatu1re in each to make i t mo-r e attracti ve to seH Th e -n ame of t h 3se peculiar specimen., is " Th e Veruus Basket F lowe r ."

We a lso fo und a Cica da, in t h e p u pa stage, an d it proved to rbe a v e ry interesting little c reature.

Fo r-m IV.b did well in T ann:s and Basketball , a lthough beaten in both.

In Bas,ket ball we ha d a victory ove r Lower IV ., and wen t on to p'. ay IV.a. We were w inn ing -against IV.a, but the b ell r ang, and we 1had to stop, filn.i'Sthin,g the m a t ch aooth3r d ay , w h en IV,a won b y a few goals.

In T enn:s ou1r gi•rls p layed very well, bu t IV.b won by five or s i x gaimes.

Du r: n g Miss Wigham's illness . we h av e b een having games in stead of drill, s,o s·ome of u s ·mad e u p a pro.g r amme for amateur s por t s We h ad sack race, flat r ace, o b stacle rac e, time r ace, a nd there was going to be a w ate r -pisto l f,ight , but t-o ou r sor'row water ipistols ware proh:bited. We h ad great fun, and were s•orry when the period en de d.

We •h ave had a very •h ap py tim 3 in IV.b, and sha.ll be ve r y so rry to leave o ur Form a nd Form Mi stres s , Mis s Willi ams, when the t i me comes

•,;i;II RESIDE"N T S" · :ro·A M

R ES IDENi

RESI DEN T'S 11 · 30 P. M

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Their Differe nt Lives. (Priz e D rawing ) By P. Major

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Form Lower IV.

W-hen we oa,me back to School after ou'r Xmas holi<lays everything seemed new to us . · Insteatl of b elonging t o Junior School we were Low e r IV. Mis1:, Newm,an, our I<'or m Mistress, gave us a very happ y time, and- we were all very sad when, at the e nd of the First Term , she l eft M L .C. to go to Adelaide to be with her mother. M<an,y -of us wr;te to h e r , and r eceive l etter s from iher &till.

M iss Newman worked hard to get us a Form"!'oom -in t h e new House ·bhat was being built, and we thought s·he •had been ab!e to do so when, at the b eginning of the Second T ePm, we found ourselves in No. 18, enj,oying everything but the ham · me r in g of the buHd e>rs, and for a week o r two a ll went we ll . But one day , a las, the Headmaste r vis,i.ted us to s,a y that No 18 was to be no longer ours Our giroa,ns wo uld probably ihave •been loud er had anyone but Mr L e Couteur told u s t h at we. w e re to remove our be.Jong;ngs to ro·om B that afternoon.

Our Tennis F-ou r: Nancy Legge, Peggy Pascoe, Olive Phi:lips, a nd Thelma T homa s , played Jun io r School , and wen, beaten. Ou'l' Ba;sketball team played IV.b , and were lik ewise defeated. We need not say that we were not disappo-inted on e ith er occasion-of course, we were-but we did our best to rejo,ice w:th the winners as th e b est t~-a,m, whilst hoping we would de-feat them n ext time.

"Lower IV. Riddles."

Why is Lower IV. l oyal to M.L.C.? Be· cause it has green (Elvie Green).

Why is Lower IV. v,alua b le? Because it has a diamond (Freda Dimond).

Why is Lower IV. li ke •an office? Because it ha s a clerk (Nancy Claorke).

\Vhy is Lowe r IV. sure of water? Because a f'.ood comes •frequ e ntl y (Gwen Flood).

Why is Low er IV lik e a sp id er? Because it has a web (Hazel Webb).

\ V-hat would you say if a brick fe ll on your head? How ·ard (Joyce Howard).

Why is Lower IV, like a fores,t in wi nter? Because it h as robins in it (Edna nobbins).

'J\J N I OR ~!))

This year Junior School girls have had a happy ti,me together. In April we held a Doll' Show, which w.as very s u ccessful. Over fifty little mothers brought fheir babies; there were big dolls a,n<l little dolls, Gh ina a;nd cellul oid doll s, g irl -dolls and boy doJ.ls. S ome were large, ,a,nd some small ; th e majority were pretty and •b eautifully d'ressed. The prize dolls were owned by J oyce Percy a nd Rona Bruce. vVe also had r affiia h a ts <for s.ale, and D '.ploma girls •prove d ,g,ood customers. Junio.r School e njoys :having its own playground; •some of us w:ho are enthusfasts •a t garden.irng cl eared a small space and planted seed1 in.g s. Next year we hope .to 'have g-ardens for each Form.

Gi,r,ls in 111,a and III. -are very int er• ested in Tennis this year, and the First a nd Recond Fours utiH.se every spara mo· ment; if no co urt ·:s available, t h en · " hits·• is the ,order Of th e day. We were a ll very p '.-eas-e d and exoite d vthen we beat Lower IV. The J. S. F1our are: Al.ice W'iloox (Captain), Doris Pugsley, !ton.a, Bruce, and Me·g HuPrey. We celebrated our victo,ry with a te•a party in the Sports Ground. Last week w a tried to have a r eal dress r eheaPs al of our play, " Gareth and Lynette,'' - which we have been l e-arndng 1-n so me of our Gomposition L es.sons We hope to have all the clothes ready ,at t h e en d of the year for our final performance.

Acknowledgment of Contemporaries.

We have received since our last issu e "Pegasus.' Th e Melburnian, C. E .G.G S . Notes, Patchwork, Lux , Th-e Wes ley Co llege Ch ron i cl e, Th e Pr:nc e Al f red's Co llege Chronic'.e, and Ours," for which we a re ve r y grateful.

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SILVER. AND GREEN.

ORIGINAL PROSE AND VERSE.

Sonnet on the Sea.

W h en I have gloried in the s pa rkling May, The shi mme'ring w aves like diamond s lai d on blue.

And in the s ha llows, s had es of wondrou s ihue, Forev e r chang ing with the a utumn day.

Th e n I h ave t hought thi s i ridescent bay, In s pi ri n,g gladness co uld not b e t h e same

As that which sto rms a nd r aves, and seek•s to ma im

All thiJllgs that bat tl e midst its foam and spray.

Perhaps far down In c:i.ves of cool-est green

Two spi'rits dwell-one lo vely, gracious, fight s

'l'he other who is evil, wtl..ld, i n sane. When Beauty wins, h e r kingdom -is serene, A nd all the Oc ean gleams with myriad lights-

The victor Sin, fury and madness ;reign.

-J Mo rrissey, Form V .a.

Rain-Fairies.

(P rize Prose.)

The sk y was pearly g rey, and a tiny bre eze w his p er e d in t h e l eaves. For a momenf t h e re was a hush , and in t hat hush a r ain •f airry fe ll to earth . She put d•own h e r •burden-a d rop of water-with a tiny pat! a nd s p ed away to ·dance in a pool. Quic k :y, ,a s econd fairy follow e d h e r , an d t h en , in a si n g :ng Tu s h , h osts o ,f t h em were flying to earth, ca.sti ng the ir burden of •rain drops ev e rywh-~r e, s-oak in.g -the g round, p att ering on t h e l eav es, a nd clingin g to the window-p,a n es. Each, heir work p e r form ed , skipped away to join h er sis• ters. d a n c'.ng lightl y on a -pool of rain, their tiny f eet dimp ling th e water i n ever• widening rn rcles, whi c h m e t, and broke, a nd forme d agai n, whil e mo r e sp r ites ca.m e s o !'a.st that the p oo l s them sel ves se emed to dance wi-th t h e tripIY;ng feet. But r'ainf.ai r ies m u st not p lay for l O'Ilg; they mu s t r e tu'rn to their work -in t h e c loud,s. F o r a while they d anced , awaiting th ei r call, till one ray of pure g old sto le fro m the edge of a cloud At th e si gn al, s wiftly they all

fl e w upw a rd, hasten in,g to join th e lon g procession that was oEm-bing t h e arch of t he sky. For a mom en t th ey hung, th e s unligb.t touching the ir robes of d elicate hu es-pink, and blue, a nd ma u ve, a n d gr-~en, merglng ~ruto one another in a radia nt arc. Th en swiftly, swi ftly t h e rainbow faded, as each little rain •fa-i'r y ret urn e d to h e r p l ace i n the c loud s. - J S emmen s, Hon VI.

On Leaving School.

Four years witliin thy s h adow I h ave p assed , Four years , Old School , be n e ath t h y infl u ence.

Thy spt-rit h as e quipped me for the fight

In after li fe Thy ordered governi n g

Has tau ght restr ai nt and gove n1 ment or s e lf.

Now, t hou g,h I leave thee, though I n e ' er again

Shall s ha r e thy daily life in wo'rk a,nd play, Yet, i n th e s pirit, thou'lt b e w i th m e st ill ,

R ecalling memori-es o f college days:

The s i.mpl e morning hymn, t h e uplifting praye r,

The friend,s h!ip an d th e well , rememb e red face, ,,

The quad, th e lawns , th e c la,ss-room and the .hall ,

The s ports-fie '.d , and th e great , grey , i'v ie d pile, ·

An d , more than all, thy cre e d, ' For Go d an d Home ,"

That e'e r s h a ll guide thy daughters in th e way -C. E. W

The Violet's Reward .

"Oh, d ea'r ! I wonde-r what th e m a tter

•:s-?' ' thoug ht fuiry Viole t, as s,h e sat c urled up on a leaf n ear h e r li ttle flower h ouse. She ,h ad cau se to wonder, for there was a, g-r eat commotion among the h a ppy flower fairies R e d ro se fairi es , with their big, br o wn, velvety eyes a nd c rinkly, da rkr e d d'resses w e r e runn ing to and fro , and t h eir greatest f r i end, the littl e Poppy I.Jady, seemed in. gr.alfat di s tress. Now , you must know , at tha t tim e every flower wa s t h e h ome of a ,fai•r y, and t h e fairi es ,v e r e ve ry much like th eir homes. Fa iry Vio let was v e ry beautifu l, for she had l ong g old en h:air, and b i g violet eyes t hat matched h er

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s himmer ing dress; but her home was half h i dden beneath the leaves, a:nd did not have the beautiful sc:i-nt that violets h ave now. As Violet l ay there, a Salvia elf fluttered past."Reddy," she call ed, "what is the mat· ter?" , Don ' t y-ou know? '' h e replied; " one of the Red Rose fait'ies -has falle1i from h e r hom e ano. hurt ,h e rself." " Why d-on't they send for Dr- Cure?" asked V-iolet. " He is away in Goblin Land at p r esent, and won 't be back for some time; the f.airy me&seng ers are on •an errand to the Elfin K:;ng, an-d everyone e l se is too busy prep aring for th e Midnight Ball,'' said Reddy , and flew off.

After he had gone Violet sat for a loni; tim e, thinking. At last .s h 3. sa-id to herself, " I wond•e r if I ought to g-o; I do wan,t to get this dress ~eady. I'm s ur e I'll look Tuice as a moonb eam dan-ce>r." She _gazed longin,gly at the mi sty gown she was -mak· in g -from sp;der's web and tiny, tiny dewdrop diamond s, an d at last said, "Y.es, I think I ought to go, -if no one e lse has gone " Sd, c-arefully folding up h e r -moonb ea m dress, she f.lew to whe-re the fa ' ries were gathered. '- Has anyone gone for Dr Cure yet?" -s h e asked Bright Eyes, one 01 the Daisy fairies : "No, not yet; we are a ll too busy to spare t-he time. I think ths messenge'rs will •be back soon," Br:g,ht Eyes r eplied. "I think I will go for -h-i-m,'' Violet said , so off she flew. I t wa s a long way to Goblin Land, and by th e time she h a d r e tu.rned with Dr Cure, h er ,yings felt very tired. Sh e went straight to her littl e flowe-r hou se an·d teil asleep. She was awa kened by a beautiful butt erfly, who had come to tell -her that the Fai ry Qu een, Queen Rose, wi-s-hed to see -her. Quickly arising , s h e ha stened to th e beautiful palace, with its pink satin walls a n-d go'.d3.n flooi· Bowin g in .front of the Queen, she \;_,.aited -for H r Mafesty to speak.

"Violet," she -said, "I h ave been told how un selfis h y,ou ,have be e.n in g ; ving up your tim e, s o I wish to r e ward you. Henceforth , I give to your home and those of yo ur sisters_, a beauti-ful perfume, so that all may be attract_ed to you," ,and pr ess ing a li g ht ki.ss on •her foreh e ad, she d-isniissed h er As _ Vi olet flew -back to h er home, now enriched by its ·b ea ut;ful pe>r'fume, she whispe r ed ~o h erself, "I'ni glad I went; I'm glad I d id what I could." .

-Mavis Al exander. F o I'm V.a.

To Spring.

(Prize Verse )

D-awn of a cyc:e of seasons , H e rald of g\.o,riou-s bir th, Spring, thy spirit is stealing Ove r the wakening e arth.

Thy spir:t, life-givi,ng , mysterious, Bringing a joy b ey ond words , Imparting to l eaf bud and blo ssom New life , and n e w song to the birds.

G:ild lik e the s unshi ne, thy mantle Li es on th 3 hills wattle -crowned; Thy fo-otpri-nts in ma.ruy -hued flowers

Sh :n-e -on t he warm brown gr ound; Up in the t r eetops at sun-rise , A caro l of prai-se is · hea rdThe wind, as it rustles the gum tips, Waft!! clearly: the song of each. bird

What .is thy message to mo-rta'.s ?

T e ll it rne, ·silver -tongued SpTi-ng : Into -my ears s,a,ftly whisper, In-to my heart -softly sin.g.

" It _ is a m 2ssage of glao.ness," Thou sayest with radiant eyes; " Purity, peace woul d I bring thee, To sh ' n e ,from the blu e of my -s ki11s." - J Semmens.

The Fairies.

'Neath the willows on the green, Can y-ou guess what I h ave seen? Why, fairy folk , all dressed in silk With little wings as white a,s mi-lk · And tiny poppies in their hai r. ' Th ay d-ance a nd dance ' most everywh ere.

Up a moonbeam on-ce they strayed, With the moonlight children played; The fairy queen was d'ressed in red A- crown of gold wa;s on h er head;' · She'd little gold an slippers too-Her wand was made of flowers blue.

'Neath th e wi.Jlow s on the green, Fairy folk I've often seen When o'er th, hill-top creeps the dawn , The fairies le ave t~ir bower and l awn, In pear ly boats they· sail away Across the lake, at br eak of day - Irene Layton, Form XX

The Joys of Life.

O·nly' when we fael -the need of consolation do we 'realise h-ow much the little thaiga o·f everyday life co unt in the making of our h3.ppiness.

H ow easily are we di sco uraged by- any r'Oughness of tha s mooth highro-ad :!lf life ; we are irri table and diss-aUsfied, aind must hav,e some exci tement· t,o cheer us ,

Yet once comprehending the mu1tum in va,n 10 of tha daily -h.a;ppenin.gs which ord;na,riiy pass unn oti ced, -how m u ch l ess •easil y are w e dispirited. To know s uns•hine and ,friends, and sw~et --smellin g flowers; to have the c h aruce o f making some•one happi-ar -by · a woird or a · ,smile, -and so m etimes of making a sacrifice; to be able to work joyfully, a,nd without wearine, s; to come h ome to loved on es at mgh t; sometimes to fee l •· tha wind on the heath"; •and to watch the st,arr'.Y h eavens b efore p ass:ng int o the realm s of r e fres:hin,g ,s l eep--th3,se ,are plea,s u,res d e nie d to few, yet soon forgotten wh-en some · s light g riev a nce disturbs our p eace of miml. And if we bear i,n ,mind t•hat God, who is in and arou nd and b e hind a ll , is alway.s the/re, an,d will a l ways b:1 there, $ Urely we need nev er be d :sheart e n e d,

Horace: Odes I., IX.

D rive cold away! Upon the ,h earth pile high

The crackl ing ,forest logs ab undamtly; And, fr.om the sa:bine jar, Mor e free l y than before, Bring fort h th e wine of four years vLntage nigh,

All else to the alm[ghty g od-s entrust, As S'oon as th-ey h ave laid the winds to rast, That, on the foami-ng sea, Are wa'rrin.g v iolently, The cypress a n d the andent as•h are hushed.

Ask not to see to-morrow's unknown face. What days chance gra,nts to t hee , acc'l-pt their s pace, And co u nt it as thy gain In youth •d,o not di·sdai n The dance and lov e . Old age creeps ou apace

-C. E.W.

Horace: Odes I., XIV.

O ship, what doest thou? Th~ ,waves again _ Will b awr the seawam! Use t h y powers; strain

T o reach the harbour wide

Ah! see's t th-ou ,how the -side Is stripped of Towers; how the yard s compl ai-n

The mast, too , injured by the Afric gale, The k eel unbound by ro pas ,ca n scarce pre vail

Ag,a '.nst the tyra nruous sea, Nor a r e thy sa.ils fr ee From CTI.lei r en,ts, nor do thy g,ods ava: l;

Whom, whelmed with woe, th ou ever and agai n Dost call upon, and ca:l ing dost pl'odai m

Th ou com"st of noble line, Ch ild of the pontic -pine, And boast thy r a-ce's prid e, thy u seie,ss name.

- J. Hey-wa'rd

Hidde:n Genius .

Th ere were five of us staying in t h e tiruy fern-covered hamlet on the s' d 3 of the guUy.

Nina, Theo, a,nd J ea,n were society girls, recuperating after their if.iTst season's plunge, a nd Gwen Whit:1 and I , two prosaic bookkeeper.s from du,:,ty city offices , listen e d, with cynical sm( les , to th e d,e , tailin,g of th ei r experiences

Nirua considend herself a poetical sou!, possessed o,f a sensitive, a'rtistic temperament, , and talked -incessantl y •of poetry, mus·'.c, and art.

"You cannot und erstand me,'' she said to Gwen, the fir.st evanin,g when we were a ll out under the trees "Yo u are SIO matter-of-fact, so-so -void of r eal sentiment."

"Desist,'' said Gwen , threateni ngly . "I am staid, oomm:o nplace, u nimag ;n ative if yo u like; but I' ve fund , of CD'TILmonsense, an d t hat' s worth s ,ometh'i.ng these days."

"Nina's unc: a w:is a poet," volunteered T•heo. " So I supposa- "

·• Nina take3 after him ," I finished, Nina smil ed , ,gratified. She was a ll in white, and lay gaz'.ng dre:amily at the moon t hrou g,h a n e t -work o·f fern.

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The Starlit Way. (By I. D. Lo n s dal e. )

SILVER AND GREEN.

" ' My h ear t ach %, and a d-rowsy numb ness pains ,my sense. as 1thoug,h 01' h emloc k I !)•a d d'r un k,'" s h e qu oted, in a faint voi ce.

" I:T".L11 ,'' sai d Gw en , bluntly. " I only wish it .we r e stro ng eTuOugh to -s.ilence your se nt'.me nta:1 prattl e for a w hiile •· · Th e mcon.lfght W'a/3, making " l eafy li ght a nd s ha.dow " on the ,griouncl , an d cove ,•i•n g th 3 y,a ll ey with ,fJhat h azy ,,g l-0,w w h ich is strangely mystical. Brea:kin.g th e sil ence gently , amost apo lqgeticaliy, t h e li t tl e r,tl'E,a;m wound its wa,y among t h e fer n s •· Yo u can't ·i ma;gine," Nina :half-wh'.sp e,r e d , " what thou gh-ts a nd vi;s ion s come t-o .m e -o n n i ghts like t'h,:lise. I see-" " Spa.re us ," impl,or ed Gwe n, in her d e ep st r o ng ton es. ,

' '"Be qui et, Gwe n,;·, ad1m on i"S hed J ean "Go on , Nina. We want ,to h ear ."

- wm I read you ,a poem, I oompo,s,3-d ?"

Nina as•ked. " I can ~-em.ember it, I think."

W e a ll assured •h e r of our des'.r e to li sten Gwen 1-a ugh e d , a l•ow amu se d 1,au,gh a ll tJhT1ough the r ecitation .

" I thin.k it is ,beauti.fuJ , Ni na ," I said; " but wha,t do¾ i.t mean?"

" However d o you think of s u ch t hfrl,g,s ?" gasp e d Th eo •a dminng ly -

.,. Do you know," lalLghed Gw-en , " I would love to pack you into a m erch an.t's office for a w eek or t w.o, and take you o ut every d ay to d n e on Iris!h s tew .and pla in-b-oil ed ri ce. It mi g ht c ur clo YQ U ."

S•h e a im e d ,the c u s hion 001 which s,h e ha d b een leaning, a nd ;it lanided n eatly on Nin,a ' s face

" You a r e really too ,matte r' ,o,f -fact ," J ean p•r otested, casting a cont3m;l;l•tUJo,us glance ,.. on Gwe-n. •• You know n toth,in ,g of t h e b eau ty o f p oetry ."

" No. Gwen !has no im,agin,a;ti,o n ,' ' sai d N : na , pla i,nt iv e l y. " Oh, Th eo, did· I tell y ou? Mis s Eddington-Whyte i,s s upposed to b e staying up h e re for a week. I saw i t in on e of th ~ papers. I:l o you su pp ose w e will see h er in the it;awns hip s·om tJ time while w e are •here?" , ,vho' s Mi,ss Edd im.gton -Wb. yt e ?" asked Gw e n , smiling.

" Oh, yo u would'Il 't b e i.rutel'~ t ed," ans we r e d Thoo. " "She is an a uth-0-ress-a poe te s s, I ,m ean _ S he won the poetry c omp e titi-on that Nina went n f-0r a few mo nths ago.' '

' ' I thiink I may as well tell you, " -began G wen. " That-" 2 7

" •S-he mu"St b e w\Qn.d er:f.ul-Miss Tuidi:ng• ton-Whyte, I mean ," Ni-rua, interrupt e d " I di.dn '<t feel the l east jea:1-ous w h e n I read her p-oem. I r ecogn.ised pow e'r -in it that ,amo unt ed almost ;to genius."

It mu st h·ave been afte r mid,n i,ght, a nd st-:11 lay tossi ng and t h ink;ng.

Sudden l y, Gwe n •slipped quietl y o u t , of b e d , struggled in·~o h e r 00at, and s t epp e d n,oise less'ly o u t of th.~ great open wind :i w J o n to th e verandah.

A ha lf h o ur later I fo l lowed h~r a-nd fo und ihe r lea,ning against t h e c reep e r a.nd gazing dreami l y a t the d•a rk· •fon:ns of bh e gully and .mountain b eyond , " Gw en.," I said, "ar 3 you s l eep -walk ing? "

S'h e started, and then l~ug-h ed n erv ou sly, a nd I noticed sh•e was h olding a .pen'Cil and wr it:'Ilg-pad.

• I d•on 't mjnd You reaiding it," she said , giving me the p ad ,. I crume o ut h e re because I can a l way s w:ri.t~ b ette,r at nigh t i :1 th e ,o p e n :·

Wcml e ringLy, I r eao ,so m e •Of t h e m:ist b eautiful verses I ·h ad ever oome ac ross.

" Gwe n ," I said . " They a r e wonde rful.

A-re t h 3-y )'Ours?"

She nodded.

• Why d•rd,n ' t y,o u tell u s a ll before?"

" Y.ou know I haven'•t seen yo u ,o r .th e oth e rs f,o'r ove r t w e lve mont h s, Ma,rge, until w e came up bh k, mormng,'' s h e said, h,~r eyes b eginnin.g to l\v inkl e. ' · I wrote a Utle b ook-a kind ot a J.lego r y- som3 •time ag.o, and it was pu,bli,s h e d . It was t h e n I kn e w I c:iul d write. • I m ean t to tell yo~ about it -to'nigh t~bu t Nin a-' '

She ,paus ed, lau,gihing softly. "You know the competit.,jon N in a spok e a bou t? "

"Yes," I said " Are you-Gwen , yo u d ark 1horse, you ar,e Mi ss Edd,ingtonWhyte ?"

Gwen smiled. " Yes."

- Ire n e M ccrae , Diploma

OccaS!io n al -Ve rse.

We ros e before the dawn a n.d stole away, Leaving the ho~ s e in ~olit ude b eh ind· Enwmpped in g-rey t h e r a ng es To und us lay,

knd up we climbed , a v,;1,nt..a.ge s pot to ,find,

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For there the· break o f d•ay we wished t o sea.

• The way was long, and e re we reached t he p'.a.ce, 'I\he light had c o me , and w e could see th e -s·ea;

And as we landmarks wer a a,bout to trace,

We s pied ,a gE mme r io the eastern sky, Hard by hhe sea; then str etc hing all around , R e d gleallll and go ld, ,still ·mo•r e as moments fly, '

Pain,tinrg the clouds, 'r :lla,ching to every bound , ' Ti! a ll the heav en ablaze with wondrous hu•es-

Firet, clouds of palest p :nk in rfl ee cy for:m , Then gold, like corn surround·:ng lakes of blue,

With redd enad pathways lead:ng th-rough the corn-

Held us i-n wondeT Then we look'd around.

The north and -so uth p,r eserved thefr blue and wh-ite;

Rut in the west the glory was 1Nfioun.d , Reflecti111g softly shades of eastern might.

One amber-cloud, li ke _ out-stretched angel's wing

Pointed to ear,th a s though ,to there alight

After some long, world wide, and t i ring fHght.

And now .the great sun god hi s beams did fling

With a ll b is majesty an:d mag,bty power, Aud rieii,n,g, drove ,h is b e;:-a Jds on before To form elsewhere a beauteous dawning hour.

And we upo n the mount lo ved Nat u're ·more

-B. Beckett, V.a

The Lady of Cliffe Cottage.

At the corne r of Main Street, jus t oppCJI site Drugg's Gen eral Sto n, there's a li t tl e house .e,a,lled -Cliffe Cott~e; an.cl th e r e lives Miss White , who is a very little lady with wavy white hafr · an d the s we e t est !aca yo u ever 15,aw.

Miss"-W,hHe is · quite the kindest per son ilf Druggsville. Nobody is ever ill but r e·

c e ive~ d a inties ,t'rom h e r; s h e s the nurse of Druggsville, a nd it is she who r-eally keeps the littl e Metho1list Church at thto other end of the town g•o-ing. She has beeri the Good Ange l of the town ,a,J J h er life, e-xcept fO'r about two years when S•he was away; and it was during ,th ese years t hat the peop:e came to r ealise h er wort h.

·About five year s a,go Mi·ss Whit e w as o ne day n Drugg's buying some ,prints . As s h e was examining t•bem, sha, was completely hidden behill'd a big table of rolls of material. While sh:e was ,ther e two women came in- one •of ithe rn a newoome1r wh,ose little boy Mi.ss White bad nu rsed through typhoid; the other, a woman w,bo bad l ived in, the ,town all h er lif e

"An' that there Miss White," s he could not help h &aring the newcomer say, "com. iii' pokin' 'er nose i nta other p eo ple's bu siness , and mtexiferin' like •as if s b e was · lord o ,f a ll-just ,because sh e's liv e d ' ere all 'er Ufa, and 'as · got that :money heT father lefit 'eor Co.min' show.n' it off t·o those as 'as.n'-t got ,IlJ()IUe-,a,n' y:ou .never see 'er name -a~ the 'ead of s ubs cription lists ne i t:her."

Here t h e two women tu-m e d to the coun · te r, and Miss W.hite -took tJh e opportunity to move qu:i e tly along behind the <trubles of .mater.ial-s,, .leaving ,too early to find o ut 'that th~ . .newromer was j ealo us o-! h er c hild's l ove .for Mi.s'S Wimte, or to bear t-be other's h eat-ed rello'rt.

M~s-s White was JJ.u,rt, terrib!y hurt as only a proud , genero us , so<!t-b e a.rted person ·can be ; and a.s ,Slhe made ,b e,r way to the · newcomoc' s hiou51e to -see the c hild who was :now convales ceut, s h e thought or 'her kind actions, g-oing · over to each aga.i n and ;igain, placing_them so as .to see them, as from the eyes of the n ~wcorne r.

As she neare1l ,her own gate on th e- way home a t iny gol d en ,hai.red gir l came running ,out o f ,on e of the gates n ea,r by. " Ownest own.! Own est own!" ,s,be -cried, running towamd,s Miss· Whtte. " I want to love y,ou bard ." Miss White h e ld out -h e r arms. " Come , D e lia," ,she sa,id , and the c h ild r an into th e m. Mis,s White oarr-iad her into Cliff e Cottage, a nd sat fo r a lo ng time caressi n g her, trying with the child's love to dead.en the pa.in the woman 's words had caused . But the pa.-;n, grew and graw, an d at the •same ti-me th e s a e d of self love that the words had pl a nt ed began to grow, s ucking th e vit a l~ty from t h at

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p :ant of lov e for -oth ers w hich h ad thriv ed in Miss •W(hite·s h eart all h e r lif e

For a few days Druggsv ill e saw- very littl e -of h er Th e n , •a bout a weelc later, a niece fr-om the · c i ty came to stay, and, when s h e left, Mi-ss W:hite left too

I t was. just a b out two years later t h at M '.s-s Cliffe Whi te r e turn ed. Now h er h a ir wa;s a·s y 31Jow ·as it had b een twenty years before, h e r ,skin was• as pin k , and ,a.II t h e wrinkles h ad · g-one frlO'm h er face except the l augh i-n g •ones, w hioh n-o t r eatment could s m oot h out. It was ea rl y i n t h e e va-ning when she r e" ur.n e d , dinner time for tlhe loungers about th e tow n , SJ few s aw: ,h er w ho did scar cely r ecognise th3ii. r Miss Wh:i te in the styl·'.sh littl e J.ady wh,o drove up to Cliffe Cottage in a mo•or-car. ·

That ni ght, s h e w 3nt to a c c-nc e rt w hi c h was h e1d in t h e ,town, a,n,d atlerwards many people g;athered -round h e r to welcome h er b ack Amongst t h ese we r e De lia and h er mother.

" Qome, D elia," said Miss Wh.ite, ho 1di_n.g o u t •h er arms , and smiling i n h er o ld w ay. Delia too,k a few steps f.orwar-d, then retreated to h e r m -o-th er 's sid:ii ,a,nd c lung to h e r hand. "Won't y;ou come to Ownes t Own , D e lia?" aisked Miss White, ,still smi lin.g; ·bu t Delia crept n ear er t,o h e r miothe,r, and clung more tightly to h eir.

" S h ~ has .for.g,otten me," smiled Mi,ss White; but she did not sm: le wh en •s h e r eaoh ed· home. She ,Jit ia ,tire in the kitchen, an d on it piled p Jwden, puf fs, creams, s hampoos, visiting cards, invit,a tio n s, •a nd a ll h er mementoes o f ,h e r day,s in t h e city _ Soon h e r 'haf.r b egan to turn w h ite again , t h 3 wrinkl es 'b egan to come back, a nd t h e s hades or content · deepened in h e r eyes . Miss White h ad come h ome.

-E. B.

Tension w as hi g h ; see h orr O'r ther.e nd fear

On e very face, with p' r 'a,p s a s ilent te& r , Fo r Hon:our S-ixth wa,s ever h i.ghl y s trung And b l est with strlOng im agination . B e h old t h e c lass, in per.feet •s ile n ce, sit!

Th e mist r ess r eads " Ma-cbeth " - a t h r i:1ing bi t , Wherein the would-be m urdereir waits t he b e ll ,

That signifies t h e aged Duncan's kn e ll ;

'T:-s dead of n ~.gh t: the v illain pacing r-ound, W ith dagg e r r eady, li-stens for t h e so und, W•h e n , h a rk! in ve r y truth a · tinkle clear Bro k e sharp upon the e lec tri c ,atmosph e r e ! S hr'. 11 scream ed t h e c:ass ! t he . mistress crie d aloud.

But th e r e ! •twas only c hang e of p e riod . -C E W

The Basketball Match. (Ol y,mpic Gam es.)

Now lo n g ago t h.e r e were rn'<!lny maiden s who came to,gether from a : I p arts of the l a nd s-o t hat they .migh:t learn. Thase, inideed , were divided into two t r '.bes-t,b e Bo rd eraciae a nd the Dai'von ae; the latter r etumed at night ,to th~r homes wh ich were .near by; t he ,fio'rm.er dwelt at the place of .J eairnin.g until i t wa,s announced by .the Ch ier of the t r.ib e t hat t h ey sh ould once m o r 3 se t 0 11t to see their fri einq·s a far off.

Now the cus llom w.as amon.g these people t hat once ,a year t h ey 'Etho uld <.!triv e i n 'S port to see wthich tr>i,b e was the :most v-a.li ant ·

A,nd s o o.n a ce rta,in d ,ay the · r eport was carri-ed thr-ough that seve'n t'ried and s ki ll ed maidens were abo ut to be ohosen from each party ror th e c ontest.

All h earts were i,ncited ·by th ese woms, a nd great was th e tumult an d tr.ap idatfon within the wans or t h ei r dweS: lin,g;pliace.

At t h e eleventh hio u r j,oy,filHy wa,s, lab-our ceased', a nd a ll · set o ut f-cr a .grassy spot near •by, whil e .l>anneirs of red and g:ree n wer~ borne ai,oft and cau'Sed to b e moved r apid ly in t h e a1i-r.

'Ilhen at las t the cl ear sound o.f a trumpet was b eam, an d many •II).aiQ.en.s leapt to their -places, s-e,ven of t h em . IJ.o,und as to t h e ir h a ir with red, •and seven with green bands or a wondr.ous hu e, a nd ,:so g r eat was the bril1iian ce of the scene t hat for s-ome tima the eyes o f bh e s p ectato•rs we·r e .d,azzle d 'S o t h at t h ey co u ·d not see

Again, a dear ,sound ,struck t h e air a n-d. a l eath e r globe, h avi.ng b een dash ed to .th e g round i n th a midd l e •of the field, s,v'.ft as a n a rrow r eac h es 41s goal. Th en t h e gl-obe was se i zed b y one w ho w as in truth a iSaIIl!So:n,, who burl e d · it with mig;hty for ce to ward1. a l oop - which stooa alo f t at o.ne e nd' o f t h e t\iehL No,v''- h er e, (

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no w th e r e , t he ball w as sent, until at las t il s·oar ed in to th e a ir and fe ll once more t o th e earth , the lo o p h-avi,ng been passe d t h ro ugh ; a nd the n great ind ee d with the sh o uts of ·th e Da ivo nae w.h ; ch struc k the ai r F o r s om e time the co n tes t continued, whil e al l s how 3d s uc h wo nd ro u s activity a nd s kill that 11 w e r e m ov e d to s peak, a nd to say , " By H e rcul es ! " and at time!:! so m u c h did th e echoes r esound ,from the -hi ll s h a vin g b een stru c k, th a t m e n w e re fill- 3d wi th wond e r and with fear Jest th ey were about to b e b eset by s ome man'ia,o~ who liv ed at a place n o t far di st ant.

At las t th e trump e t announc e d th e s port t o be finrs h e d , •and vi cto ry was give n to t hose who had m,ost t i me s caused t h.a glob e to d es c e nd to low e r air t h'rough the :oo ps a t each end o f th e fi e ld

Then with mue h joy -th e Daivon ae learnt t heir ch ampions to ·be th9 victors , whil e th: 3 Borde ra.c iae , having loosed thei r hair, m,oa,n ed wrt-h ,grie vou s lame ntation, and th e re was mu c h gnas hi,ng of teeth. But at l ast all h earts were ch 3e:red when g-ol d e n appl e s on a s alve r •of white w e re g :v e n as r e wa rds equall y to .the co nqu e red and c onquerors

And -on t he mo rrow all se t out fo r t h e-ir h o m es, and f.ri end,s , needing to b e s e e n onoe more.

- E J

The Tuck Shop.

T•his is, as might r e as onab l y b e expec· t e d , a mos t popular i nstitut ion , a,nd th e propri e tr3ss, Mrs O'Bri en ; is only less so than h e r wares. The populari-ty m a y b e j tid g ed by t'h e g a th e ring who await 'h e r arrival ' · up tuc k " eaJch ,d ay- tho u,g,h th e numb e r is now som e what d e cr eas e d by the inabilit y of the o nca w el'l .re-presente d Form of Pass VI. to a ttend-a nd al e,o b y th e l oving terms in w,hi c h s h e is ad · dr ess~d. Com,mouly calle d , .. Mrs. Ob" or ·• Ob ie ," s h e is o ft e n a ddres s e d a s " Dearest,'' ' D a r M,ng." o•r " Obi e D ear," ,thoug h i t i-s to b e fear e d thart in ruo t a fe w cases these last hea rt-w arming cont·ri·bution s a r e used o n ly a s a n induc em e nt by t ho se who want to b e ,s e rv e d qui c kl y. But if t hi s s how o f a f fect ion h a d at on 3 ti me an y i n flu e n ce. it a pp ea r s to h av e lit tl e no w. She r eg •a rd s with e qu a l ind i f.fe r e n ce th e va ,riou-s ti t le~ g ive n h e r , a nd is , in f.act , rathe r incl in e d to serv e fir s t t h os e who ma k e le a.st ,noi se. Our t uck s hop m a y b e perh a ps una ttra.ctiv e in ,appear,anc e--it i s a v e ry ope111 ai'r

tu c k s.Jtoip , a n d t h e cracks in th e floo-r a r e esp ec ially a d-a,pte d for 1'os ing m o n e y ; b u t e d ibles sold t h e r e a r e m ost a t t riact ;ve Wo rd s ca= t d eser-ib e the joys• of s u c h thi,ngs a,s s h e rb e t s u c k e rs , bird s ' n es ts, v an illa sli ces, and ,c ara mel whirl s . Alt h o ugh the conte n ts of .fly tarts a nd s aus a g e rolls mu st a :ways r em a:i n a my ster y ; i t is r eass uring t•o know tha t seve.ra l offe r3 of dil a pida t 3·d •s harks from phy s ioJ.ogy s tud e nts ,hav e b een f,irmly and d :sgu s t e dly r e f u 3ed by M,s O' Brie n

R ecess and lu,nch-time ar e a l w ays exc iting " up t ue k ," .an d pa.rticu larl y s o tor Mrs. O'Bri e n , w:h•o, d u-ring .slight lull s in th e g en,eral c hoi,u s, UIJ;'.gM b e h eard prot es ting tha,t s h-e cruinot se,v e ev e ryo n e at once. No •o n e except h e rs el f, howeve r , s eem s to 're al i!ie thi s important fa c t, and th e howl s of the hungry contin u e .until the ir wa nts a.re satis fied.

T hough we r.ea lis e bhat -it is r e spons'ibl e f.o.r the ,m a rve l-lous way in which our mo.n e y di-sapp ea.i,s, w e cont nu a to go " u p tu c k " day -by da y It i s a p lace,. Lu which th e h e av y <a nd th e weary w e ight

Of -all ithis uninte lli g ibl e wor ld

I s ligh t e ned," and s till remains •a thing of b e auty , a j oy fo r e v e r " ;n th ~ eye s of a :I.

-I. R e id , Hono u r VI.

My Land of Shadows.

My land o f •s ha dow s wh e r e I go eac h n,ight,

To si:ng a,moug th e r ose s, 'ti! th e li g ht

W h~c h nee ds m ust c om e too soon , t oo <SO on, for then

I m ust 'r e turn un t ci the Ea rth again. And th en the d•ay c r 3e p s p ast o n l ea.d e n wing,

'Neath -h ea t of s un, my h eart c a n nev e r s in g;

But wh e n t h e twilight oom e 3. whe n da rk · n ess f,a,11-s , My !,a nd of s h a d ows to me e v e r ca ll s

U p- up o'e r th e world o f -so rrows up abov e

Th e g ra ves , th e count ry s t i llne s s , and the citi es· hum;

T o drea.m l and , does my h ear t in g'.,adn ess ,s oa r

T•o dre amland wh e r e th e flowe r s ' s cents do cO'nte

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I ga l.h P. r roses - in lh e fragrant ialr 'N~ath mi•ngl ed lig,ht~ or moon an d sta!r s, fo r there

Are only things I lov e in s badow land , Even the d eep·, blue sea and shelly sand; The tall , maj es tic mountains, valleys low· Through which the hill streams, splash-Ing, s wiftly f low, I danc~ •i·n joyo u s ,f~eedom o 'er t h e ground, And then lie •braoathl ess on a grassy -fuound.

. Soon. ,my , tea:1,s, lik-6 "the fallin.g rose depant, L eaving i,n quiveriing bap!)''. ness my r eawakened -heart, Sin•ging isoft mel<ody in -t h e moonshin e brig,ht,

In my land •of · stiadows where I go, each n!ght . - 'Naumai."

Marie' s .!{oliday.

" Where are you ,going for the holidays, Joyc e?" asked Marie. " Going home, o.f co urse," r eplie d . her fr;end . " Up to the ..:ou,n try? Oh, you ar e lu cky,' ' salid Marie. H e r par en,t s live d in Me l bourne, amd ,\1 a ri e l•onged tio live jn the ,country. That was .why .slhe liked and envied Joyce Douglas. The rtwo were great fri ends • Oh, I have had a le tter .from mother," said Joyice, "'3.Slking y,bu to oome to my place for the 'holidays. She says to answer as soon as possible."

" Your .m,o-th.er is sweet," sa:id Marie; "I'll ask •mum directl y." · So the great day ca.me to pass, ,a,nd the two , greatly excited•, got into the big motor a nd w ere whirled off. . They g.ot into the train, and soon arrived ,at Fer n Tree Gully J •oyce's father was t h ere, waiting' for them. But as th ey w e r e d•rivinig ,home, they heard ·ra in. Looking out, they did not see •any, nor feel any. But they hear.cl 'in the d'istance the s-ound a .s of a roaring sea. T ,h ey put up the buggy hood, t h e n they did n ot get w e t; and ,soon a1Tived safe-ly home.

"I s t Ms your place?" cried Marie. ",vhat an exciting one! Th ere's your mother, too. Good aft~uoon, Mrs. Do uglas." " Come and !have aftennoon tea, dears ;"' sand Mrs. Doug,l•as, " ,then Joyce will s how you round. "

When afternoon tea , was over Joy ce took Mari\) to see her p e t s . She love.cl the

hcwse s, s h e sa id : Au,<}' tlw fflg wilh it' s hu rl hind legs, s h'.e was so rry Car S,h e wanted to kno:w its story. So Joyce oo:d h er how her pony, Larrikin, bad kicked it, a nd h,ow th ey had brought 'it tn.

Which pony will yo u have during your stay her-e?" asked Joy ce. Marie picked a lov e:y -Shetland . '' It's nam e is · Gi p ," Joyce tol.cl Mari e. Tha t night, th e y .had a good s le ep, for they wera tired N ext mo,rn1nig, J ,oyce woke u:p to a smell of burn in g , HlJrriedly waking Mari e s h e put on her &Uppers and . we•nt ,outside . There they (,for Mar ;e 'had gone o ut , too) ,saw a s cene of confu,s ion. The barn h ad be e n burnt <!own. But · the fire had b e en pul out, anq the · bus h· f i re• •b'rJgade was just" go. ing away. · S o th e y w e nt · back to bed, ancl 'ha,d breakfast t h ?r e Th e n they got up, and had a look at th e barn. After that , t h ey p l•anned a pi.cruc flor the afternoon. T•hey were to a.s k the f•arm-men to it, anu they 'had a jolly time When they were com'.ng home tbat everun-g they sa\\'. a big tree wit:b an eagle lh,awk's n est in it When they got hom e they asked some •of the -farm :men to chop Jt ilown Then out came a baby eagl ~ bawk! It soon grew very tame. After ·a week's love : y picnics and outings, it wa,s ti'me f.o.r Marie to go home A·s they were com~ng hoine t hat evening, Marie said -to J o yce. "Haven't we had a l ov-e ly time? ' " And Joyc e answered, " 'Rath e r !" ·

- Ros13mary Heath (aged 10 yeans).

T rixie's Midnight Adven tu re .

Once upon a lime, tbere lived a littl e · girl called Tri~i e -S.be =d iher mother and father lived togeth e r in a pretty little house in a small fern -g ully. Trixie was a -dear littl e maid , b-nme tte fmm li.ving so much in the sunshine. •One very .moonlit n :ght s he woke about twelve o ' c l•ock, - and f.o und the mo,on•beams ,strea-ming- thr.ough her window. She •sat up i,n b e d , and ju-st then a piece •of mo ss with ,a fairy, dressed in gossamer with a rose -sheen · on it a lighted -on h e r band At that, Trixie cried out in delight, a.nd said, " Ob , please le t m ? see where you '1-ive!"

" Very well ," said the 11ai-ry, I" · bu.t I must fir.st make ,my ca rp e t larger ." . Thi s d,on e, the two took t h e ir seats on the carpet wh ich bore the m ,away O.n th e way, Fairy Rose told Trixie t h,at they

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would first visit the King and Queen , Os ' m un d a and Mimosa. When t h ey arrived at the Palace they <fo un d that a · b a ll was jus,t abo u t to b egin. Th e n T r.xie found that s h e h,a d o n a s-him m e r i,ng pa l e-b : u e dress, trim m ed with d iamo nd s and d e wdrops . The Ki n,g, l ooki ng very hand1,ome in his g r een v e lv e t s u it, with s i lv e r co llar and belt, n-0w ca,me forward to r eceive Tr ixie, a,nd le d h e, to h '.s Queen Th e f a;l'I'y b a ll lasted fo r an hour, w h en , to h e r great s urpri se, Tr-ix ie f:ou n'CI h erse l,f in h e 1 lit tl e •b e d. Th e n •s h e cau gh t s ight of a pi ece -0f moss, ,a nd kn e w s h e mu s t h ave c ome ba c k -0n t h e mo ss carp e t. Th e n s h e s m1led to h e r se l f, and w e nt to s l eep -Frieda Kru se.

The Story of Mount Morgan.

Don,ald a nd Sandy Gord o n w e r e ca n ter · ing a lron.g a bu s h track whe n, s udd e nly , Sandy w as shot by a n ar row trom a n ahor igin e.

These two m e n. owne.d a l a rge quantity of land w h-'. ch they h ad tried to use for p asture, but in V'l!Jin , so t h ey we r e for ced t o look e lsewhere f o r t h e ir dail y w o rk ; and ware t hus occupi e d wh ep. Sandy m e t with hi s mi,s<fortune

" Jus t o u,r lu ck," s,aid Don a l d; "it would h ave b een i mpos3 ibl e f-Or u s tJo h ave ar riv ed 'h e n w1it'ho ut s omething unlucky h a pp e n in,g; th ese blacks a lways h ad a h atred f\or u s."

Afte r muc h ha ird trav e!E rug th ey arriv ed at th e ir desti n ati on , Mount Wheel e r , wh ere a pre tty g-irl n ursed t h e wound e d m a n Both nurse a nd pati e nt alik e w ere stru ck with Cu pid's arrow.

Months p assetl , a nd t'he t wo w e r e •h a p · pily ma rried, and liv ed in a cosy little cottage no t far from S111ndy 's work. Th 3 bride was th e d•a u g'.bte r o f a s tockman , MacKinlay b y nam e, who was a f r e que nt v isitor a t t h e ir hom e.

One day h e c a,me in wJld ly e xc ited about someth in,g h e h,a d found; h e wo uld not s h•ow t h 1 what it was, but insisted upon their sitting d,o wn and li s t e n ing t o hi s sto ry

"W'h e n I was bo ili.J1-g m y m :d day b tlly n ear t h e c r ee k, " h e said , " I was lookfa.g id l y a t t h e bank, and my eye cau.ght s ome • t'hing glittering. I put up my hand •and pull ed down- t h is ! "

Th ey a ll star ed at t h e s h i ni n g nugg?t which lay before t h e m. S andy found that

the findirug -p :ace was on h is ow n l a nd ; but n ot knowi ng h ow to act h e s howed i t. t,o h is emp lo yers, the Morgan Brot h e r s. w ho w e r e practical min e r s.

Th ase tme n , alt ho ugh Gordon did n ot kno,w it, w e r e very grasping When th ey h ad see n t h e nugg et they asked S a nd y to s h ow th e m the loca lity f.r om which it had come. So o.n a certain morn.I n g in 188 2 t h ey s et out W,h 3n th e y arrived t h e Morgan s wer e at o n c·e k ee nly interes t ed, a nd whe n T ed Morgan w e nt up a c e r ta'. n s tone s h a ped hill, h e excl aimed , " Tlbi s is ·n1in e. "

So•o n afte r t h e Mo,rga n s ma.d e an o ff er to buy a ll th e Go rd-0ns' pr.op e r ty fo r £1

p e r acre

Tb es!l men we r e glad to g at .rid of t h e l an d from whic h th ey h ad gain ed nothing They littl e drea m e d that it was to b eco m e t h e w,o rld famo u s :gold min e o f to day.

T his s ing l e m'.ne cove r s t h e greate r p a rt of a d ome s hap e d 'hill which u sed to s tand 1 200 f ee t above t h e sea; but now t h e s ummit bas .b een r e moved for th e safety of the und e rground wo rking s.

It see m s as though a fairy was guar ding the m i n e, t or aft er twe nty years, whe n the gold s upply was de creasi n g , copper was dis cov e r e d Now one or t h e c hi e f sight s at MoUJJ1.t Mor ga n is t h e glow caused by the tipp ing of t h e molte n re fu se or slag. w h ich l: g hts up th e hiHs formirug th e town. Afterwards ,' when the Gordons saw their mistake , a nd h eard of t h e millions com.ing from Mount Morgan , Donald was forced once more to say, " Ju st our lu ck.''

My First Trip to the S e a s ide . By a Co untry Girl.

W h e n I was t en yea r s o ld I bad n e ver bee n to the sea, nor v e ry far at a ll from ;uy co u nt ry borne.

I lived s::x mil es ,from t h e n eares t sc h•ool, and d'rove t h eTe e v e r y day. One day, w h e n I w e n t to the post office fo:th e mail , t h e r e was a le tte r with the post mark , " Port Fairy,; • for mot.her I took it b-0m !l1 a nd when mother r ead it, s h e told u s the d e lightful n-ews that w e were going to th e seaside after Christmas.

The t im e was lo ok e d f o r ward to eage riy, a nd soo.n prepa r ation s fo r t h e journey b ega n. One ni g-ht jus t b efo r e our d e parture. mothe r went into f.h e room wh e r e the tr unks w e r e, \V'hen s h-e h ea'r d the cry-

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ing of a cat. S.he Estene:d v e ry attentively, and a t l ast p e r ceiv ad that th e so und came f r-o m the t rll'1lk lying on th e rloo r near by. She o-p ened the-- t run k , and in side saw o ur p oo r cat. 'She ca,me down s tairs ca:r,rying pu ssy, and M k e d who had lo cke d it in , when m-y s mall s is t e r Bary ! said, " Ooh , mun1my! I put him there, 'cos I thought 'h e would lik e to go and see the se a , to o ."

We watch ed B e r yl v e ry catefull y after th·at, but Sh i) did not attempt to lock poor pussy u p agai n -So:m we wer e o n our way i n th e train. It took three <lays to get to Port Fafry; but w h en we arrived there w e .were very h appy. We wanted to g o a n<l see th e sea at once, but, ot c ourse, m oth e r , like a ll grown.ups. wo uld not let u s; so w e h a d to be co nt e n t to wa-it. ti ll n e xt day

N ext day we went down to the beach , but Be•ryl would not g ,o into t h e --water. ,vh e n w a asked h e r -why sihe wouldn't go in ,s h e said , " Oh., no! Th e r e is too man y frogs in the sea." W e gath er e<l, late r that s h e m eant s harks , but s h e would have it t h ey w e re fro g,s. We w are t h ere a week w h en our cou.s·:ns ,a,rr.ive d·, a nd we all s pent a very ~m joyable holid ay together.

On e d ay when we w e re th :ire w e went o ut to see the li ghthou se, and rrom there we-n t to " She:Jy Beach,' ' w h e r e we .got s-o m e v a r y pretty s-h e ll s:

On e d,ay mot h e r went for a motor rid e to P ortland ; but we stayed at 'h ome and bath e d a nd paddl ed all day.

We were very sad when t h e t:lme came to go hom e; but we h ad a very goo<l t im e on the journ ey, n eve rthe l ess.

• I h ave b een to th e s-ea many times si n ce , but th e one I most re m e m be r was m y f irst vi sit to Port F a i•ry.

- Dorothy Baker, Form IV .b .

" Marooned:''

" Hurry up, J es8 ie , the train i.s going in two minu tes ,·• s a id Be r y l , -as s h e ru s h ed a long the platform. J essi e ·hurry in g af t e r her wlth a heav y s ui tcase:

Th ey e nte r ed th e train , a nd we\'e luck y e nough . to h ave an e mpty carr iage to themselves.

J essie wa s go in g do w n to Frankston to s p e nd the Christmas holidays with Beryl and h e r family. Th e 'two •girls h ad l e,(t

sc h oo l th e d ay befo;:e, and w e r e n ow on their way to t h e sea.

Th ey a rrive d about f.our-fifty, a nd w e re met ·by Bery:•s fathe'r, who motored t h am to the pretty bungalow wh e r e t-he holiday was to b e s p e nt

About a week late r , ·J ack, B e r yl's brother, sai d , " It is s u ch a lov ely d ay that I t hink w e 111,g ht t a k e our d i-nne r down to the bea,c h , and ex plor e the rocks an d caves the-r e "

Beryl aird J esS'ie w ere d e ligh ted · at t h e id ea of a picnoic, -and they star ted off a:. early as possib l e .

Th ey h ad their dinnel' on th e sa nd , in the coo l s hade .of the ove-rhanging cliffs, and then starte d to explore th e caves.

Oh, w h at int erasti n g things t h ey found, lov e l y sea sh e lls, bri!liant pieces of sea wee d , a nd man y oth er treasures.

Afte r a while they grew tired , a n d cli m,b-a-d on to a large roc k ju ttiin.g o ut into the -sea. Th ey talked a nd la \J.gh ed, munching sweets the whi l e, not noticing how t h e s un w as -,gradua l,ly sinking in th e w esL · B u t, s udd e nly , J ack h eard a movement i n- t h e water in f'ront of t h e m , a nd h e saw to hi s h 'Ol'ror that a 111.rge shark was sw::mmol:ng towards t b e m Turnin g h is •h ead quic kly hi,s h eart gave a .gr eat leap , b e cause b e saw that they were e nti re l y su rr-oundad b y wate-r. Ce rtain l y, t h e water wa s on'.y abou.t one f.cot d ee p on t h e s h oTe s id e, but th ey wo uld no t dare to wade t o s ho r e with a s hark i n the vicinity.

Po-o r Beryl · a nd Jessie w eFa n ea rly i n tea;:s a t their d~·ea,dful plight , a nd sat huclcll e d on the c~ntre of the ,rock in t e rr or. l est t h ey might ,fall into t h e wate r . J ack -ca ll ed and call ed for h e lp , but n:o one ca m e, an<l still th e great s h a rk swam round about the rock, and the water rose hi gher and hi,gh eT.

" P e rhap s w h e n t h ey find -we a;: e not h :)lne t h ey w ill come a nd sear c h for u s," sa id Be r y l.

" Th e y a r e . s ure to ," said J essie; "but p erohaps befor e t h ey f ind us t h e water will be -over the r ,ock," a nd burst :in .to t ears at the bhought.

" Don't b e a li ttle stilly," Jack sa id a ngrily, b•ying to co v e r ,h is own fear.

It grew d a;rke r ,and d-arker, and t h e three sat v e r y n ear togeth e r . ~t r-ai n in g t h e'ir eyes to k eep the s h a r k ,in s ig,h t, a nd also li ste ning in c a s e help -s ho uld come. Suddenly Jac k sat up , for a loud •' Cooee"

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came floating across the water. He answe r ed joyf11lly, and the oo.ft splash of o•a,rs was soon heard

How glad tb ey w e r e to see t h e burly fi s herm e.n , how eagerly they ste pped into the boat, and sa w th e black patch which was the shark, getting smille r and s malle-r, fo-r th e s hark was frig.h ten ed by the so und of voices and the s plash ,of the oars W,hen th ey got home , they all a,g r eed that they had e v e r y r easo n to b e thankful that th ey w e re not still out on the r -ocks.

-Kathl een Whitney, Form V .b

The· Quarrel of the Seasons .

Far away on a •beautiful ~sl,and there liv es an old man w:ith ,four lovely children . Two of the cb iLd'ren a.Te girls, and two -ar e boys. T h e two girls have th-ree faifies for atte ndant s, and the bor., three ft1,c'ies. These little f-0 l k come to the Land of t h e Mor tails with t h ei r masten;- and ,mistresses to ,he'lp -them do the work their father sats them.

Thi s is land is far -away f,rom our own s un.ny land, but once each year in turn t'hey vi s it -u s, accompan ied by their t hree attend,an ts.

Of course you will be wond e ring who the 'Child ren are, and, what are thek na,mes. W e will b e gin . with the youngest.

She us a b eautifu l little gi rl named Spring, wi-th haiT as golden as the flu ffy bams of our own wattle She always dresses in a pale, "Shi•rnmering green dre ss, with Siilver trimmings. She s h a'res •her attendants with Autumn, s o they are d-ressed in russe t brown a nd green. When Spring comes to our land we hear the bl e at of the lambs on the -hill s ide , and the fr ;,ghtene cl cruirp of young birds ,le a.Tnfog to fly Jn h e r .Jiancl Sp!"in g car ri es a s 1>arkliug wand , and as s h e waves it -a:bout trees· b r ea k -in to leaf, and flowers s prill'g up from ben eath t·h e brown ear th, which now is cove r ed with a -ca rp e t of delicat e green. Best of a ll though , our n ational flow e r , the w a ttle, -bl ooms

Summe r co m es ·next, a bo y. who looks as thou gh h e ha s spe n t hi s tim e in th e p a ddo c ks among the harvesters His sk in is tann e d by the sun. and in his c a p :he wears a l.rnuch of co rn. Th e gras,s with e r s

and t ree s look d,roop e d for want of wate r when .SummElT is near.

Autumn i s the next chHd, a mos t b eautiful little maid, H e r s kin is clear, but s lightly bTOwned, and p ne can see that h er life has b een spent 1\iosrtl y - out of doors. When s h e vis i ts us s h e br:ngs f.rom th e storeho u'.se fruits of all kinds , and on h e r way ho m e she turn s the l eav es from green to lo v e l y s,hades of ,red and ye How

Th e eldest of the ·quartette is Winte r. He is a youth, :rather older than hi s broth e r and sisters , wi t h a we at'her beat e n face He is kind ihearted boy, a lthough h'is face looks -stern• He a-I-ways dr asses in woollen garments, for h e is accompanied by cold weather. Th e tree s let the leav es, Autu mn ti nt ed so b eautifully , fly away, so t h rut they lffiay be now ab le to r as i·st the Winter-bl ast&.

As t h ere is too much work on the earth for one chi'ld to do, t h eir -father has ma'rke<l. it into two parts, so \Vhen Spr in•g is with us, A u tumn i's with the other part.

The children •are allowed to m ee t to · geth e r each New YeaT'-S Eve, but only for a short time. Las,t New Ye ar'-s Eve when they met they d •isagreed· a -bout some trifl e, ,and just as smal l thi-ngs are oft e l) the stepping ,stones .to larger things , s o this d.isagreement led to a quarr e l.

Summer said h e was i ndisp ensab le to th e world , becau se wiithout the hot s-un which .he -brought no crops wou ld rii>e<n, and then the mortals would starve. ' .

" P e rh aps so; but please rem emh'e r I make t h e young c orn and th e ffo-ivers which r es ult in fruit ," ,said tiny Spfing

" Well , if I didn't blow the leaves off the trees ," Winter bro-ke in , " the wind a nd s now woUJlcl .b1reak · down the trees , a nd the n th e re would b e nothing for you to put flowers on ." •

Autumn, w.ho, up to thi s time, had been a l,isten,er, now s·aid: " You may th ink yoursel f cl e ver pull ing a.ll the leave s off, but pl ease do not -forget -that I colour t h e m and m a k e th e m loo se, so that your wind can b low t h e m off. If I didn 't loosen them you would h ave ,a l'.;n e task -pulli•ng them off one by ,one " ·

Winter w as trying to than k of an ,ans\ver when a door opened. and out wa:Iked a cl ea1· o ld man. It was t h ei r fat h e r , 'I'1me

" Oltildr en ! " ih e said , "how oa-n y ou quarrel 1-ike thi s on the Ja;st night o.f the y:m r , the onl y tim e yo u are all togethe r ."

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" Y-0u are eac h given work to do , and by doing- it we ll you prepare the way for yo u r broth e r s and s i sters, and so b e lt, them. Without one of you, the oth e r s co uld do noth ing, so you see how silly you were to quar;rel."

The c hildren were ashamed of themselves , and always now w ill d o th~ ir best to h e lp ea ch other.

A Story for the W e'e Folk.

" I wonder if Fairy Land· i.s true."

' Trne, of course it's true ," snapped a voice beh ind t he speake'r. P eggy gav e a start, and turned a round to see whenct, t h e voice came. A white rabbit with pink unblinking eyes sat staring a t Peggy.

•· Who on earth are yo u? " said P eggy, in a s u-rp.rised voice

" Who am I? 'W:hy, I am t h e Whit e Rabbit, a !rd I know your little f,rjend , Alice But thera is no 'Deed .tor me to ask who you are, for you ar e one of the littl e girls w ho picks the butter c ups to see if you like bu,tter, and s o d-estroy the butte rcup fa iries' •home s and make them ,sad. Oh, I know you!" Peggy blushed at t his r e prima nd , but befor e s h e h a d time to say she was sorry the W •h:te Rabbit we nt on speaking, still ,st,aring sol emn l y a t h e r with rus pink eyes.

"B ut you wa:nt to k now if fairy land is tru e ? Well , t h e fair.ies a r e holding a ball to nJg .ht in their m agic ring, a nd the Qu ee n of Fa.iT les-the Lily Qu een-is attend ing i e.' Jf you come wi t h •m e, you will so.i n see whether Fairy Land i s true or not."

" B ut I can't go Uk e this ," complained P eggy, l ooking d,own a t !he r self, • for I have ,~ad in -books that if the ,fairies -see any p e rSIQn they will not s how themse lves."

, Oh, we'll soon remedy that," said the Rabbit , amd: drawing out an acorn from hi s white waistcoat pocket, h e sai d to P eggy, " Take a lo ng draught of t h e liqu id in thi s acoTn cup , and it will m.ak,3 you -invisibl e to t-h e fairies. Now, do hurry up; " a nd the White Rab-bit sigh e d as h e watched Peggy look a t the liquid r ath e r cautiou s l y b efore s; h !l drank it.

" That's right, no w come, or we ~ltall b e late," sa:rd the Rabbit, a nd Peggy, n,ow e nv e l oped· in a :filmy c loud, followed him.

" Oh, please d'O not go so ,fast," pleaded Peggy , ' · I a m qu:ite out of breath "

The White Rabbit waited im p atiently until P e ggy joined him , and then went a s fast as eve r . " Ah , t h is i-s the place; ' h e sai d , and Peggy saw that s h e was i n a 1:ttle wood with a s trea.ml et running -through it r i ppli'llg over unoss .covered miniature boulders. Maidenhair fern d~p-p3d its dainty frond s in the cool sparkling wa.te'r, a nd littl e moonbeams fli tted in and out b etwee'll t h e l eafy boughs of t h e green trees

" Now, this is a good pla:ce in w-ruch to s tand," -said the White R aibbit to P eggy. " Yo u will be able to see everything h e re "

Peggy gazed w.ith wond er at t h e scene befora h e r , and thoug'ht, " It r eally is like Fairy Land."

« See," -sai d t:he White Rabbit , pointing to a green mo und near the ed,ge of -the str eam, with a moss-covered throne i n t h e cent re of it, "th at is the fairies• ,ma,g ic ring; th ey wi.11 t h e r e danc e ia.•round the Qu ee n whe n she a.rri·ves. But, lo·ok, 1h e re come ,some of t'he fair,ies. They are the Ro se Fairies."

P eggy gasped wi-th delight as s h e saw them come tripp,:ng Ughtl y in. First came the White Ro se in a pur~ white d-ress with dew di amO'lld s s-parkling all over i t. Then c ame -on e dr essed i n a dull , rich , velvety r e d , a nd anoth e r daintily d'r a pe d in s:h e ll pink

" Look," said th e Wrut e Rabb :t , nudg ing Peggy, " Here oomes Snowdrop." Peggy e agerly leant. forward to get a glimpse of her. Snowdrop was d,ap ed in a cli nging wb:ite dress · which s u ggested tiny sn owf la,kes , and it was fringed with a d elicate g reen. Ju st b e hind h e r c am e t h e Primros e Fairy i n a creamy y e llow satin dress.

Sudd e nly Peggy b egan to f ee l drowsy, and s h e wond erad ,to h e r6 e lf wha te ver co ul d b e the matte r. She rai sed h e r heav y eyelids, and h e r g l anx:e res t e d on a fai r y w,ho seem-3d fami lia r to h e r

After -gazing at h er [or some time m u ch puzzled P eggy -suddenl y remembered w'h e r e s h e h ad -see n h e r b efo r e.

"Wh y," wh isper e d Peggy jn the White R a bbit's ear, "isn 't that the S lee p F ai r y? She comes to m e ev3 r y nig,ht just b e for e I go to Dreamland, and th r ows s om e o r h o, e;n lil du st in my eyes "

Th e far.ry P e ggy was speaki n g o[ was drape d in s hadowy white , and aroun.d her

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th'roat glistened a st-ring of ,mi l k-white pearls. She stepped gracefully over to the other fairi es who had assemb l ed together, a nd ,began to 'Sp eak to them .in fairy l angu age

'· Here come 'lihe elves," whispered the White, Rab b:t, and Peggy's eyes widened as s,h e saw t h e tittl e green-clad elves advance towards th e fairies, with their i:igh t fitt ing g r een cap s on their h eads.

Just then t h e music s tarted , and Peggy thoug,h t s h e ,had n ever h eard such lovel y mu s ic It was like t h e l azy d'ronin,g of b ees. t h e sigh of t h e wind wh: s pering in thll trees , th 3 rus tl e of t h e , v-;nds by the river , and t h e si lv er y ripp l e of l ittle streaml ets over moss-covered stones

Th e fairies t h en b 3gan to dance, anct Peg•gy',s eyes ,w er e dazz l ed by the bl'llliance of the scen e. Still mor e fai.ri es arrived-th e Viol ets decked in th eir pale pu1'p!e and white dresses; the Daisy looki ng fres h and sweet in h e r n ew sprj ng frock; t h e Cowslip, tihe Blueb ell, ofue But • te r cup, a ll sorts of tai r.ies.

" Oh ," whi-s•p er ed Peggy to h er -self, " I do wish I were a fai'ry a:nd lived in Fairy l an d ."

Just then the Wh:te Rabb it ·-said ·•Hu sh!" .in a commandJng voice, " t h e Queen is comi ng." The ,hO'O t of th3 N i ght Owl announ ced H er Maj esty's ,arr.i v a l. All the fairies t:hen stopped damcing, and Lh e mius-ic •sank to a faint Wlhisper Peg,gy waited in breathless sil ence. At last t h e Qu een entered t h e ,glade, and all t he elves and fa: ries bowe d , the 1:airfas dresses · s w eeping in folds over t h e moss-green velvety carpet. The Queen, dressed in pur e w h ite satin, and looki ng v e ry sta tely , car ri•e d in h er hand a go ld en wamd ; whil e 011 h er h ead a crown of ,gold set with gr3at dew diamonds g l istened. She was foll owed by a guard of red soldier spiders. Sh e s 1n/:led s w eetJy at •a ll the fia.iries, while th e gual'd d isper sed Th en , walking ov e:· th e mou.nd, sh e sat diown on t h e JTIJOS,cuve r ecl thron e, a n d hunrlre d,s, 'O•f moonb eam fairies sprang o u t fl':>m behind the tre as a nd glitter ed h er e. ther e, and everywhere; a nd t h e mus ic again sLa rt ed

Then th e fa iri es came a nd d anced .irou rul t h e 111.~gie ring throwing ruseµe t~ l s at lhc [ eet o[ th e Qu Je11. Th e ri n g was illumi n e d 1by .myr:a.ds of ti n y light s from the glow-worm s.

But hark! what was that?

A bell faintly sounded in the distance, and its clear notes came floating on th e braeze to Peggy's ea11s. Th e fai r ies at 0llJCe stoppe d dan ci ng, and a ll the moon bea;m fa;iries d.isappea:rad Th e Queen, a.fter t hanking t h e fairies, stepped down fro,m her throne , h e r g u al'd assemb l ed , and s h e hurried to the opening in the wood from w hich s h e had come. Her carriage awai ted h 3r, a.nd sh e drov e silently off. The fairies then dispersed, and b efor e t h e b ell h a d f.inished tolli.n g t h P.y had a!l gone

Peggy stood sti ll, gazing at the empty g l ad 3, but t h e voi ce of t h e Wh.i te Ra,bbit made h er sta:rt wit h s urpri se.

" Come along, we must go," and the White R ab bit was off. Peggy fo ll owed as fast as she could , and soon, fou no. h erself back .ait the SP'Ot where s h e h ad •fi r st met the White R abbi t.

" ,It •you take this draught," said h e, "you will again b e visible," and -he drew out rrom •his pocket anoth er acorn ou p and gave it to Peggy. •She drank the contents an d the whit e miist f aded away. With !:hat, the White Rabbit, with a promi se to come again and see h er , fled away.

'" P eggy, Peggy, wake up dearie," said a c h ee ry voice; "it is past teatime " Peggy lazi l y o p e.n.ed h er b ig blu e eyes, and l ook e d iruto those of • her mother.

·, Did yo u n ot h ear the tea,bell, dea'r?"

" The tea-lbe!'i ?" Peggy said in a surpri3ed tone. "'No, but I heard t h e fair i es· b3ll toll tw elve tim es, and th en all th e fairi es went away."

" Well, come in qui ckly dear; tea i s wait i ng," said h er moth er, an d w alked away.

Th e s un was s inik.ing b el ow bhe ho r i zon , and th e w este rn s k y was lik e a fl a m e ,of f.i r e which gradua!ly softened to shad es of pink and J>urple, until at l ast it died away i n to t h e rruisty g r ey of evening

P eggy l ay on h e'r b ack und er a giant oak tree in a f !eld of dai sies. • Every thing a r ou n d h er was still ; even t h e bird s were qu.iet. By h er side lay an open book Her eyes res t ed -on a pi c ture in whic h e lves and fairies d anced.

Sh e picked it up and l ooked a.t it fur :i lll CJlllCn t. then , g ivin g :i t a ki ,;:;. s h e sahl ' Oh. you dear:;, [a.ucy p co pl u n ot 1.J2licvi11g in [a.irics."

-Joyce

Connell, Form V.l.J

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The Life of an Umbrella.

" Hullo,'' excl-.i.i m r.rl Urn lDmpl y Jam Tin in a vP. r y s 11rpr is01l ton e " \ ;\' h m·c clicl yo u c:ome from ?"

" Oh , I am no good now . !'\O T was t hr ow n in here." Th e Um br e lla h a d j ust b een t h rown into a rubbish t in , w h 3r e jt met t h e Empty J am Tin.

" T e ll me you-r adve n tures , pl ease, Mr. Umbrell a?" :as'ked the Empty J a m Tin

' Ce rtainl y," a n swered the U mbr e lla It was to ld thus:

" I b egan my adventur ?S wh e n I was stan ding in a ·d'r aper's s h o p , n ea r t h e Ho s:ery Counter. On e day a la dy came in a nd hought a pair of -g l-oves. Then s h e w e n t o u t; s h e soo n came baek again.

"' Oh , dear,' she cried, · •'.i t is rain-ing, and r have my ,b e st h al on, and .it wi ll spot. rt is on l y ,a n ew -0nn, anrl cos r l•hir ty s hilli,n gs. T will h ave to huy an umbrella.' •So •s h e bong.ht me. S-h e look me out, and put me up. How it did rai n. I will n e ver forget it. Soon, howeve r , w e reached lhe l a dy' s h ome She put m e jn th e 'hall stan d , in whJch I stayed for a long w hil e

" On e day I was taken o u t b y t h e ,same lady. Soon it b eg•an to rain , and -s h e put me u p r t bl ew, I mean the wind blew. an d bl e w so s trongly a nd f ierc e l y that it b!ew me in s ide o u t. Th e lady t h en went st raight h ome. When ·s h e 1reac h ad h e r h ome s h e vu t m,e in h e re, wh ere you can see, I am l ying still."

.:..._ Mar-garet Ove r e nd , Jun'.o r School.

Window in Fit chett Hall.

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t h e long vacation , but any-0ne interested s hou l d write t o Miss O D odd, Cotham R oad , East K e w, for furthe r information.

Dear Girl s,-The Jnemb ers of the Old Co ll eg ians' Club a r e inter es t e d to :hear of the n ew magaz ine y o u p ropose to issu e, a nd take thi s opportun.ily o f wishing rg-ood s u ccess to the venture. Some of you will be Old Girl s s hortl y, and we -hope you will join, the Olub without ,l-0s s ol ume. It is t h e b es t. way rto k eep i'll to uch with the Old, Sch-001 and with fri e nd s of y,ou,r Col • Jeg e days. You w ill f in d ins tructi-0-ns ,as t o h ow to b e come a m ember o f th e O C.C. on t h e notice boa'r<l at Sch,ool.

T.he Pre fects •had, a n op,po r t unily -0f b e'..ng p r esent a.t t he ,fir s t functi-0n of our n e w year on Saturday, 10th Dec:l-m· b e r . The Pres id nt of the Club, Mrs. Alan Mccutcheon, ,and t:h e Oounoil w e r e de· Ji.ghted -to see tho se w.ho were a bl e to spa.re -ttme i'r-O'lll their examlination w o1,k to go to ourr Gard1ei11 Paa-ty.

Th e yea1r wh i c h b as just dosed was mark e d by two e vents of par ti-cula r im· portance. to t h e C-lub Th e first was the unveiling of the Me morial to o u r late H eadmaster It i s a matte r of .graat satisfa c tion to u s that the c:ub was a bl e to hav e its own Memorial to Mr . lfr-ome The .second event was th e r ev ival of t h e Club Din n e r as a n a nnu,a l function. Thj s gathe r ing was a n ,unqu-alifi e d s u ccess, and on e which th e n ew member s , as w e ll as th e ol d , thoroughly e nJoyed.

'l'h;s yea1r it is p,ropo.sed l-0 h ave what h as be e n <l escr ib e d as a " L ecture Ev e n · ing," at whi c h some public speaker wil l a ddr ess m e mbers on a ny subj e ct w hic h m ay be -0 f pa rticular ~n:t erest at th e time.

In oo•nn ectio n wi-th t h e O.C.C ., a Lite ra r y R eading Ci r cle has b ee n f-0rmed . Th is So cie t y m eets on ce a mro,nth fo r an rhour !n th e e v e nin g. when papers a re •read by the <m e mb ers. The subj ec t ch-Ose n for stu<ly durin·g the pasl year was "India," a nd it :history, li tera.rt ur e , a nd politi cs have a.'. I b een d ea:lt wi t h This is a Society which new memb e rs are st r ongly a dvi sed to join Th er e will b e no meet ings d u ring

New id eas ,f-Or the sy llabu s or s uggestions for further activities for the Club will be r eceived by t h e Oo u ncil w i th pleas u•r e. On b-eh a l f of t•h e O .C.C., Yours s;ncerely, GWEN S TILLMAN, H on. Sec. ' ' T at'.yu:am," H a.wtho•rn , 10/ 11/ 21.

Queen's College, University.

The Co ll ege do-es not !ook very handso me a,t pre-sent, but we hop e, some tim e n ext year, to see th e new w ri ng compl e ted; and then-som ~ne h as told u s that Que e n 's will b e seco nd onl y to V,il s on Ha ll in a r c h iteot u ra.l bea u ty!

The Wyverna Clu,b , o ur past an d pr es ent Wome n ,Stud e nts' C lu b, hopes to werc om e quite a numb e,· of M L .C. girls n ext y ear Th e Club has h e ld it s u srual meetin gs: T-h e Fresh e r' s w e :,corm e , a pleasant afternoon a t the C lub H o us e. and t h e Annu a l Dinn e r, a rmost e<n j oyabl e function. Dr De Garis ga'Ve us a n interesting l e.cture afte r our Anrnruall Meet'.n g. Som e d is1:ingui s h ecl wo m en st ud e nts h a ve passed through Qu een 's, and it is at gath e rin gs suc h as t h ;1se th at , ve mee t , o·r h ear of th e m.

Th e stu dents are busy at presen t pl a n ning a Shake s pear ean P a g eant , which will pr>o bab l y be h e ld in April , n e xt year, i n th•e Me l bourne Town Hall. It is hoped th a t a l a rge sum wi,11 b e rai.sed t ow a rd t h e cost of -the n e w bu ildin g. Th e sc ho!a s t ;c attain.m en,t s of old M L.C g irl s at the Co ll ege wi1JJ be .fo un d chroni c l e d in the Univers ity n e ws, and a r e v a-r y e r.e ditabl e.

I n t h e Inte r -coll eg iate W •omen's T en ni s w e b eat O-rmond in the 1heats, a n d h ad a ve!ry -close go with Trin ity in t h e fin.a l. Th e total sco r es were: Trin•'.ty.- 4 rubbers, 8 s,et, 76 ,games. Q u ee n 's.-4 rubb e r s, 8 sets , 71 ,games.

Th e team co n s is t e d of: A. Gaul t (C a pt ), K Su gd e n, M. Grant, B . S h a rw c-0d . W e are ve r y keen to win n e xt year, and will w el come witli: op e n arms a ny p'.ay ers you can send u s.

In concl u sion , w e wo u ld say t h a t Queen' & is a very kindly Coll e ge Those

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of you who c9me to join us, will be h ap py. rt is also ve ry keen and e n,t hu'iastic, and you will 'hnd th,at you deve l op a deep affect:on for the old place ; and when y~rn leav e the 'Vars;ity some of your pleasan test memories will be of CoHege Days Adelaide Gault.

News of.. Old Girls.

The August ,m edi-cal exam inatio ns give u s th3 .foJ.low,ing results:

A lma Ad mans , completed fifth year Medic'. ne, .and now to be kn-Own as Al ma Admans, M.B.., ,B.S .

Katie Ca,m 'pbeH is ,doing her .final-s in March. · ._ 1

A:delaide mtult &b ~ined a ll •her subjects in fourth year.

Beatrice S harwood also got right through foti'l'th year.

Blanche Ohitti-ck passoo . third year Med '.cine.

Mary Waite -pas sed third ye a r Medicine. Honours in anato,my

A manda Liebert passed third year Medicine. Honours in physfology

Esthe r Skelton -an-d Blanch Godbehea,· a•re doin,g second y-ear Medicin 3, with -no exa:minat:on,s tili next Au,gu-st. We hope they apprec iate the fact that in second year Medicine is a: •snare in<to whi,ch they ou g,ht bot to fall

Rita Rothstad:t and Sylv ia W eekly , first y.ear Medicine.

Jean Apl)erley :i-s ,to b e seen at the Ail'll.tomy School. She is d -oing .mas.sage

Gwen Stillman has t aken out the degree of M Sc., and is demonstrating in the Biology department.

Edith Derrick i s d-oing .fourth year science, havin.g won the Howitt Schola-rship in Natural Hi·sto~·y Resoorch. She ;s demonstrating in ChemiSj:ry and Bobany

Edna Nie'wand, Jean 'Harris, B-ery-1 Splat t. and Kathl ee n Semme,ns are doing s econd y ea r Science.

Annie Wi-shart -is in res:idence at the Trinity Hostel , d•oing ,first year Science. P h y1'l is Ashworth i •s ~!so doing Science I Vic. Krome and Lil-a McDon-a.!d are doing Educat-on. Vi•c. is still helpin g the Me :-bou'rne U niversity to retain the tennis champiuu,ship.

Kal'lie McDonald is in r esidence a'.t the Training College, doi,ng Education

Rita Ge>IH11s is doing third year ·Art s.

Sylvia Roths-tadt is doirtg Arts II.

Winnie Ga:w l ey and Auny En-gli:s•h are do!ng ATts I.

Betty -Lavers and Eileen Mussen .are at the· Conservatorium, Betty doing ,ffrst year, and Eilea:n second year.

Winnie Kennan i s now Medical .Superiut e11<l ent at Queen Victoria Hospital.

Hi lda Kincaid ,a;nd Mavis · Boyt a're at Renwi,ck Hospital, Sydney.

Dora McCallum ,recently spent three months in Queensland, wh ere she met Beat r ice Hicks and Edith K11,0wles.

T-he following •~old girls " were ·success f 1).'l at t he recent examinations -tield by th e Roya.I Victorian. Tr-ained Nu·r ses' Association (May, 1921). Lu,cy Palling (Al fred Hos_pital). Rachel Chenoweth (Children's Hos-pit.ad). Laura Gay,lard ·(Children's Hospital -

Jessie Ca1I11pbell has ,recently 'returned from .a. visit to Mrs. Hines (Elaine Spar· row), at Dornald. She met t here Le-0-nore Pearce, who has s inc e been· married, and Mav'.s Balding. Mavis is in charge of the Domestdc Arts Cen,tre in Donald

Vera Read is t:hrough her course at the .Mfr ed Hos p,ital, ,and intend·s going to Sydney to nmse.

A nni e Reid has a-lso fintshed ·her nur sing course.

EHa Hauser is nursing in Tasmania.

Hilda Robinson -l ert for England by the " tOmar,' i ,on 30th August, •h aving been .awarded a n Or.i ent Scholarship earlier in thfl year.

Marriages.

Ivy Coanben to the Rev. T. C. Rentoul, on 23rd AprH.

J e ssie H1!Jlbe,t to Major G A. Vasey, D.S.0 ., on 17-th May.

Clari ce Siddall to M'r. E. Matear, on 16 th May.

Adel e Kenda ll -to Mr B. C. · Lancaster, on 22nd March

O.Jive WiHiamis to MT. A. 'S. Wilkinson, on 6th July

May Moore to Mr. H. R. Thomson.

L ei l a Green to Mr. Baxter, in July.

Dora S.aloway to Mr. J. F. King• , on 26th February. Irene Meal y was one -of the bridesmaids

SILVER AND GREEN.

Jean Hall to Mr. L . Barkla, on 5th Ma1·ch.

Dol'othy H ol d e n to Mr. Roy Smith. LilMan F.raser to Mr. George Day.

Lottie Foste r to Mr L W Ga 11 , of DandenlQng (],ate A I.:f.). on Ju ly 20

Do.ris Dabb to Mr. Hoskin s Births.

Th e Old Collegians' C lub off e r s c ongratul atiO'Jl-S to the following:

Mrs. StanJey Wilkinson (Ruth Lay coc k) - a son (John Vasey). on 13th Jun e.

Mrs. H , C. T ay l or (Cora Jenkins)-a so n, on 3(}th Jnn e.

Mrs. S Rogers (H a zel Ryan)-,-a daughte r (Roma).

Mrs J. R. Anderson (Mary Mccomas). at London , on 23rd Apr;.J-a . :daught e r (Mary N a irn).

Mrs A. South ey (Ethe! M cComas) - a daug.hta r (Eth e l M a rgaret) , on 2nd · De ce mber.

Mrs. L. J Ce rutly ( Isab e l S c hultz) - a son , on 14th May.

Mrs W. Birrell ,(D e l Lan e) - a s on (Pe t e r), on 26th April.

Mrs . R G. Sterrett (Mari e BaJcl in•g) - a so n , o n 31 st Ma y _

Mrs Allen T ye (Lotoie Cadusch)-a d a ughte r , ,on 23 rd May

Mrs F. S I~~sor (Dor i s T o wl ~·)- a so n

Mrs. L Ea s t (Mad.g-e Sto n ey ) - a son (Walter).

Mrs . W . S. O li v e r (Eln1a Tulloh) - a s-0 0 , OD 4th Au g u s t .

Mrs. J . Hubba r d (Winni e &h e pha r d)a S OD.

Engageme nts.

Haz e l Laughlin t o M'r. W: K Harkness. D-0,rothy Stocks to Mr. Fur ze

Clarice Brads haw to Mr Al M1 H eath

School Office-Bearers.

Prefects: B. 'S hannon , M Liston , ( S e ni o r Prefects). I. H cdgso n D Flocka rt , J H e yward , G. Dix o n , M. H o ld en , I. Thomas , C. Wh ; l e h ead, J. Delbr:dg e, M C o c k s.

Associa t -~s: -L. F -orbes, K. R e nni e, J. S emmen s, F Burs t on , E. Jon es. L. Har t, E Lee, M. Rog e, s, D Allen, E. R onay n e, .T Morrissey, B Beckett, M Finni e

Form Captains: D. Fl ockart (Hon. VI ). I. H o dgson (Pa s s V I. ). B. Beckatt, (V. a ) , 1\1. Hold e n (Dip!), B. Wood (V~b), 0 pjzzey (V.b. Sp .) , E Ashton (X'X ). M. H ealing (Ve). E. Blumer (Coll. V ). T Wilkinson ( Low ei· V ). F Blytheman (Re. mio ve) . 'B. Tompkins (IV .a) -;- J. · H eal,i ng ( JV bl, M Walk e'!' (Lower 1-V .). D Pug sl ey and A. Wi'IC<?X (Juni-o'r "Sch -00!)

Sports Committee : Mr Le - Cou'leu r (Pr es•id a n t)', Miss· Wigh am (Sports MiR · tr ess) , Mr s. -Land e n , M iss M cKay, D. Fl-0cka.rt (B e e) ; K . R e nni e (Tre ais.) , M. Liston, B. Shan-non , E T obe, E W ,ood • mason E. ,Stu a ft , ' N. Go l die , E · PryO'r.

• S p o rts Captains : D Flo c k.art (Tenni s), A. P hi llips (Bask etba ll ). D. F : o ok:art (Base ball ) ,

Editor: I. Hodgso n . S u b -Ed itors : C. Wh,l tehea-d ·(Hon. VI.) , E B J.e w e tt (Pass VI.). K. Gault (Va.). E. o n es (Dip!.). P. Bra.meld (V.b), N. B eck el-it (V.b Sp.). E. Christensen (XX.). M Hicks , (Co ll V.). K Ericson , (V ,c). D C l a rk e (Low e r V ) E,. Snell (Re mov e), R. Plowr:ght (IV a) K. Forster ( JV ,b). J. Thom as (Low e r IV. ).

L ibraria ns : I. Hodgson , L. Fo,rbes.

L ibra r y Co mmitte e: M r. L e Co u teur, Mi ss W a l uo n, Mrs. L a nd e n , Miss F ie l don , B Sha nn,o n , M. L iston , C. W-hite h ea d , J. D e lbrid ge , J · Heyward , · I. Th-mnas, M. Rogers , E. Ronayne, M. Finnie

Students• Christian _ Union Comm ittee: Mi ss Pete r sen (Pr esjd en.t ) , M. Li s ton a nd B. 'S h a nn on (Vi-ce-Pres,i<l e nts ) M . Holden ( Corres Sec ). M Cocks (Rec. S e c.). D F Floekart (Tr ~as.), B. Beckett , .J S e mm e n s

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