This year the Silver and Green committee has aimed at producing an interesting and attractive magazine rather than a documentation of school activities. Thus we have tried, as far as possible, to cut out repetitive material, leaving society notes and house reports until Term Three. Then, too, hoping to make the magazine a reflection of our girls — their talents, opinions and interests, we have extended the "letters to the editor" segment, whilst including more photos — both official and candid — of our students. In the creative section, we have tried to make the work of the highest possible standard. Finally, in trying to improve the general presentation, we have made some basic changes, the size of the magazine being the most significant of these.
" Needless to say, this July edition is representative of a certain amount of blind experimentation and if we have achieved any measure of success, it is undoubtedly due to the close co-operation and tolerance of Miss Sutton, together with her hard work and that of our efficient, conscientious and highly imaginative committee.
Finally, we would like to thank Mrs. Hutchings for judging our "creative" section, whilst expressing the hope that the magazine gives pleasure and encouragement to our students upon whom we depend, if Silver and Green is to improve in the future.
THE EDITRESS.
"SILVE R AND GREEK " EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :
Up tree: Penny Evans (editress), Pio Brous
From left to right: Jan Stephens, Julie Orders, Judy Bloom (seated), Beth Crutch, Joan Hindle, Beverley Treiise
—Ann Churcher, Hon.VI.A
Joint Senior Prefects: Ann Code, Carol Thorne
Joint Senior Associate Prefects: Joan Hindle, Susan Whitehill
Prefects: Jill Albiston, Jennifer Batrouney, Heather Belcher, Judith Bloom, Ann Elizabeth Churcher, Ann Code, Beth Crutch, Penny Evans, Judith Grove, Julie Hewison, Robyn Hewitt, Helen Hollingsworth, Heather lies, Janet Leckie, Andrea McDonald, Angela Moorhead, Kay Morley, Ngaire Silverwood, Carol Thome., Janette Venus
Associate Prefects: Miriam Adams, Karen Beeson, Pia Brous, Pamela Carruthers, Christine Castles, Rhonda Chatwin, Jillian Corless, Christine Chipperfield, Alison Coates, Lyn Cochran, Marie Goldsworthy, Alison Hay, Joan Hindle, Sonja Huisman, Barbara Illingworth, Helen Lew Ton, Lois May, Pamela Moon, Rhonda Slater, Jacqueline Smith, Jennifer Smith, Dawn Thomas, Elizabeth Thompson, Margaret Torode, Susan Whitehill
House Captains: Senior—Andrea McDonald (Berry), Sonja Huisman (Cato), Julie Hewison (Fitchett), Sue Gedye (Krome), Lyn Cochran (Nevile), Judith Grove (Tiddeman) Junior—Jill Silverwood (Berry), Margaret Douglas (Cato), Mandy Wilson (Fitchett), Mary Shaw (Krome), Kate Clements (Nevile), Eleanor Bott (Tiddeman)
House Vice-Captains: Senior—Jill Albiston (Berry), Judy Bloom (Cato), Janette Venus (Fitchett), Josephine Lear (Krome), Wendy Franet (Nevile), Barbara Illingworth (Tiddeman). Junior—Lyn Scott (Berry), Jennifer Green (Cato), Glenys Higham (Fitchett), Kaye Ericson (Krome), Ann Hopkins (Nevile)
House Tennis Captains: Senior—Julie Wilson (Berry), Jill Corless (Cato), Elizabeth Thompson (Fitchett), Josephine Lear (Krome), Pam Hedstrom (Nevile), Geraldine Shellcot (Tiddeman) Junior—Megan Layton (Berry), Lyn Langford (Cato), Elizabeth Stenning (Fitchett), Sue Paterson (Krome), Jeanette Nalder (Tiddeman)
House Baseball Captains: Senior—Ngaire Silverwood (Berry), Pam Carruthers (Cato), Gwen Midgley (Fitchett), Barbara Jones (Krome), Libby Taylor (Nevile), Dorothy Bett (Tiddeman) Junior—Robyn Frost (Berry), Prudence Rojo (Cato), Penny Shaw (Krome), Sandra Bell (Nevile), Jill Blennerhasset (Tiddeman)
House Swimming Captains: Senior—Cathy Lumley (Berry), Vivien Lardner (Cato), Penny Hall (Fitchett), Prudence Wood (Krome), Sandra Matthews (Nevile), Andrea Woodhouse and Lisa Andriske (Joint Tiddeman)
House Athletics Captains: Senior—Robyn Hewitt (Berry), Debbie Blaskett (Cato), Jenny Brice (Fitchett), Kay Morley (Krome), Jan Thompson and Marilyn Wathen (Joint Nevile), Margaret Torode (Tiddeman) Junior — Ann Opie (Berry), Susan Vernon (Cato), Janet Bandall (Fitchett), Marjory Jones (Krome), Christine Wade (Nevile)
House Drama Captains: Jenni Caffln (Berry), Sharon Woolf (Cato), Jan Stephens (Fitchett), Margaret Guest (Krome), Janet Leckie (Nevile), Barbara Hoban and Meryn Callander (Joint Tiddeman)
House Music Captains: Miriam Adams (Berry), Janice Naphtali (Cato), Janet Duke and Janet Gardiner (Joint Fitchett), Anne Davies (Krome), Pam Moon (Nevile), Marie Goldsworthy (Tiddeman)
House Debating Captains: Jill Albiston (Berry), Lyn Costello (Cato), Jan Stephens (Fitchett), Penny Evans (Krome), Pia Brous (Nevile), Helen Lew Ton (Tiddeman)
Boarders' Prefects: Judith Grove (Senior), Barbara Illingworth (Assistant Senior). (Hon. VI and Diploma A girls are to be regarded as Senior Students this year in the Boarding House.)
S.C.M Executive: Senior—Adviser, The Rev W Trigg; Secretary, Catherine Inches; Treasurer, Miriam Adams; Committee—Elizabeth Thompson, Janet Gardner, Suzanne Harwood, Elizabeth Blundell, Bronwyn Griffiths, Rachel Bence, Christine Chipperfield Junior—Adviser, Miss Webb; President, Kathryn Clements; Secretary, Elspeth Scott-Branagan; Treasurer, Jocelyn Trigg
U.N.A.: President, Mr Lim; Vice-President, Pauline Harman; Secretary, Margaret Thwaites; Treasurer, Rosemary Elliott Committee—Margaret Champion, Sue Kenny, Linda Fisher, Nadine Fisher, Cathie Price
Latin Club Committee: President, Joan MacGavin; Members—Vivienne Fink, Helen Gregg, Lynda Smith, Alison Taylor, Jennifer Derwent, Meredith Gould, Susan Winston-Gregson, Susan Grygger, Christine Stevenson
Library Committee: School Librarians—Dawn Thomas, Bev Phillips Deputy School Librarians—Meredith Rogers, Alison Taylor Committee—Cathy Lumley, Janis Donaldson, Nadine Fisher, Julie Garner, July Dikstein, Tricia Beck, Helen Pausacker, Evelyn Gans, Debby Candy, Julie Ralston, Ann Hall, Janella Christie, Kaye Taylor, Diane Christian, Christine Blanksby, Barbara Cornwall, Susan Kenny, Boslyn Haynes, Fiona Nisbet, Kathy Krygger
Social Service: President, Miss L Howie; Secretary, Janet Leckie
Debating Society: Secretary, Jan Stephens; Committee—Ann Code, Helen Lew Ton, Jill Albiston, Pia Brous, Julia Payne, Judy Reichman
Senior Society: Joint Secretaries, Rhonda Slater, Pia Brous Committee—Penny Evans, Janet Leckie, Jill Albiston, Jan Stephens, Julie Hewison, Helen McGarry, Leonie Dick, Christine Smart, Rosemary Barclay, Heather Rowe
History and Literature Club: S.V Committee—Secretary, Jeanette Towns; Treasurer, Sandra Anderson; Executive—Jenni Campbell, Judi Savige, Cathy Price, Lynda Smith Form IV Committee—Secretary, Chris Naughton; Treasurers, Helen Pausacker, Julie Ralston Executive—Margaret Parnaby, Sue James, Pell-Ann Wardrop, and an enthusiastic active Committee elected from S.V and IV forms
Poetry Workshop: Secretary, Sue Nicholls; Publicity, Jacqueline Stolz
H.VI.A.—Jill Albiston, Jennifer Batrouney, Heather Belcher, Judith Bloom, Ann Elizabeth Churcher, Ann Code, Beth Crutch, Penny Evans, Judith Grove, Julie Hewison, Bobyn Hewitt, Helen Hollingsworth, Heather lies, Janet Leckie, Andrea McDonald, Angela Moorhead, Kay Morley, Ngaire Silverwood, Carol Thome, Janette Venus
H.VI.B.—Miriam Adams, Karen Beeson, Pia Brous Pamela Carruthers, Christine Castles, Rhonda Chatwin, Jillian Corless, Christine Chipperfield, Alison Coates, Lyn Cochran, Marie Goldsworthy, Alison Hay, Joan Hindle, Sonja Huisman, Barbara Illingworth, Helen Lew Ton, Lois May, Pamela Moon, Rhonda Slater, Jacqueline Smith, Jennifer Smith, Dawn Thomas, Elizabeth Thompson, Margaret Torode, Susan Whitehill
H.VI.C.—Margaret Bacon, Judith Bourchier, Meryn Callander, Lorraine Cheek, Margaret Davies, Judith Davis, Susan Denholm, Karen Dixon, Janet Duke, Jill Firth, Susan Gunn, Margaret Harrison, Anna Hegedus, Anne Ingliss, Erica Lees, Leora Lehrer, Margaret Levy, Heather Lidgett, Myrel Lipman, Sandra Matthews, Margaret Milne, Wendy Mudge, Barbara Pearce, Vivienne Perham, Gillian Phillips, Elizabeth Pritchard, Yvonne Selwyn, Bryony Stevens, Elizabeth Strahan, Ruth Stubbs, Lee Ling Tan, Jillian Taylor, Helen Ussher, Carey Walden, Glenys Watson, Beatrice Teoh, Moy Keang Lim, Hei Huong Wong
H.VI.D.—Anne Bachmann, Mandy Baker, Rosemary Barclay, Prue Dagley, Lesley Douglas, Robyn Farrer, Philippa Foord, Helen Gough, Deidre Gurney, Kay Gyngell, Janice Huntsman, Catherine Inches, Susan Indian, Chiew Eng Koh, Wai Ying Lai, Suan Wah Lim, Janette Mclntyre, Moira Maddison, Robyn Millar, Margaret Morieson, Bronwyn Murphy, Louise Nicholson, Janet Norrie, Bee Gaik Ooi, Pamela Opie, Robyn Pike, Deborah Simmance, Christine Smart, Janette Stephens, Jan Thompson, Kim Kheng Toh, Eleanor Tully, Sandra Walters, Elena Woo, Pui Chow Yeong, Beow Chin Yeoh
H.VI.E.—Judith Anderson, Jillian Ashton, Anne Bayliss, Barbara Bird, Ann Bowman, Helen Boyle, Denise Broom, Merrin Browne, Johanne Bull, Pamela Chapman, Anne Davies, Susan Downing, Maureen Dudley, Suzanne Gedye, Diana Grimwood, Pamela Hedstrom, Dorothy Hope, Jennifer Hutchison, Dianne James, Barbara Jones, Vivien Lardner, Gabrielle Leigh, Julie Maddock, Jane Mason, Sally Middleton, Gwen Midgley, Catherine Molloy, Helen Mountford, Robyn Murphy, Jennifer Nelson, Julie Orders, Janet Smith, Jeanette Sparks, Lynette Veitch, Julie Walker, Marilyn Wathen, Julie Wilson, Prue Wood, Jenny Wotherspoon
H.VI.F.—Gene Adamson, Pamela Barron, Jane Boorer, Jocelyn Brittingham, Elizabeth Brown, Poh Lok Bun, Susie Chester, Lynette Costello, Janine Coster, Rosalind Derrick, Leonie Dick, Elizabeth Dyke, Rebecca Glover, Robyn Grimwade, Margaret Guest, Suzanne Harwood, Barbara Hoban, Anne Lester, Hong Leng Low, Janice McMillan, Deborah Maver, Carole Neil, Sue Nicholls, Jennifer Owen, Margaret Owens, Jennifer Payne, Julie Peters, Patricia Phillips, Dianne Presser, Janyce Rigg, Diane Silk, Jacqueline Stolz, Mary Swanton, Jennifer Thomas, Suan Kim Toh, Gillian Tobin, Beverley Trezise, Barbara Wootton
H.VI.G.—Janice Alexander, Susan Anderson, Deborah Blaskett, Barbara Borgeest, Felicity Browning, Jennifer Caffin, Stella Cygler, Pamela Dagley, Jennifer Dow, Christine Dunner, Jennifer Dunstone, Jane East, Elizabeth Edmondson, Wendy Franet, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Janet Gardner, Bronwyn Griffiths, Janice Henley, Jennifer Ingram, Susan Jones, Susan Lord, Catherine Lumley, Helen McGarry, Joan McGavin, Janice Naphtali, Robyn Peterson, Beverley Phillips, Helen Rosmalen, Heather Rowe, Linda Rubinstein, Airlie Thirlwell
DIPLOMA A.—Dorothy Bett, Glenys Blackford, Anne Breadmore, Janet Brock, Anne Churcher, Dianne Goode, Jillian Hall, Lois Hill, Deborah Jacobs, Kaye Jeffrey, Rosalind Lewis, Sonia Lucas, Lyndal McClean, Jeanette McCann, Deborah Parker, Janne Phillips, Jeanette Powell, Dorothy Pretty, Geraldine Shellcot, Wendy Stevenson, Margaret Stringer, Meryl Stuart, Eva Thieberger, Sela Tupou, Diane Youngblood
Photos: Sweeney Studio
Photos: Sweeney Studio
Silver and Green,
senior speech night• 1968
Speech Night, marking the climax of the 1968 school year, was held in the Melbourne Town Hall, on Friday, 6th December
This time we were particularly honoured to have Mrs M Smart, Principal of St Hilda's College, graciously present the prizes She gave us an inspiring and entertaining address
The impressively high musical standard accomplished was a tribute to Miss Jane Elton, who directed the choral work, aided by the school pianist, Janet Douglas, and by the organist, Miss Constance Mellor; and to Miss Jean Starling, under whose vivacious baton the orchestra so delightfully played
The programme began magnificently with the rendition of the hymn, "Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven" Following the responsive prayers, the school presented "I Waited for the Lord", a beautiful two-part work by Mendelssohn, and "The Heavens are Telling", a work by Haydn which was greatly enjoyed by both audience and girls alike
Following the Principal's report, the Senior Madrigal Group performed highly sensitive interpretations of "Ah, Look upon these Eyes", by Palestrina, and "What Saith my Dainty Darling", by Morley The excerpts from the "New Love-Song Waltzes", Opus 65, by Brahms, sung by the Senior Choir, were beautifully interpreted
The Senior Orchestra's "Symphony No 17 in C Major", by Beethoven, was of a very high standard, and reflected the enthusiastic growth and attitude of the orchestra in recent years
A modern work, "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" by Old Collegian Julie Wilson, was performed by the Senior Madrigals, and proved to be highly exciting and very stimulating, particularly when contrasted with Bach's traditional "Christians, Be Joyful", which was sung by the choir.
The presentation of the the prizes, the address and the acknowledgements followed, and the evening was concluded with the traditional School Song, Dismissal Hymn and National Anthem
In the Annual Report, Mr Woodgate noted the more rapid development to maturity in young people of today, and the increasing need for more understanding from parents and teachers, and for opportunities structured at school in which the students can advance in independence and self-discipline He also commented on the present problem of students matriculating only to find that there is a possibility that they will not gain entrance to the university faculty of their choice
Mr Woodgate went on to comment on the great success of the school in many fields during the year, notably in academic results, which were exceptionally good, in language competitions, in music, sport and in drama
A final word was directed to the girls who were leaving, to whom he said that the Christian ideals which M.L.C emphasises will bring joy and fulfilment in life if they can be translated to daily living, and he quoted:
"But with memories beside us,
And our star before to guide us,
Let us dutifully serve that her honour may not wane."
.—Elizabeth Edmondson, Hon.VI.G
music notes
The activities of the Music School are flourishing, and a highly successful and interesting year with enjoyment for all is anticipated Much enthusiasm on the part of both staff and students creates an extremely happy and co-operative atmosphere, contributing greatly to the success of activities
We regret having received the resignation of Mrs Tremaine, but are pleased to welcome new members to the music staff in Mr Roger Heagney, Miss Kaye Elsworth and Miss Penny Thornton, Miss Wu, Miss Julie Wilson (Old Collegian) and Mrs Broberg, who returns to direct the musical activities of Junior School Miss L Wheaton, who also joined the staff this year, has taken over from Miss Gwen Quirk, who taught class singing in second and third form Sincere thanks, and best wishes for the future are extended to those who have left, and a warm welcome to each new member of the school's musical community
Early in first term, Senior and Junior recitals were given during open period by scholarship winners, much musical talent being revealed We congratulate the many girls who took part, and wish them much success in their individual pursuits, trusting also that enjoyment will result from their studies To the adjudicators, Miss Meryl Ross (Old Collegian, and now at the University Conservatorium of Music), and Mr Stuart Wilkie (Wesley College, and conductor of the Victorian Junior Symphony Orchestra) sincere thanks are extended
The school orchestras, two in number, comprise a Junior and Senior Orchestra, each being ably conducted by Miss Starling, who ensures at all times, refreshing and stimulating rehearsals, followed by successful performances Miss Starling proudly announces: "It really does appear that girls at this establishment are finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of BRASS! No fewer than four trumpets are shaking the walls of the Music School with their glorious tones, and bringing joy to the heart of the music director therein." Both Miss Elton and Miss Starling record their appreciation to members of the choir and orchestra for their enthusiastic attendance at rehearsals during a busy term. Orchestra is warned to "be prepared for hard work in the future, especially early in the morning!"
Credit upon their school music training is reflected in the fact that eight present and five past M.L.C students are in the Victorian Junior Symphony Orchestra, that Lynley Carrington, Ann Care and Janet Douglas are members of the Australian Youth Orchestra, and that Alison Runge and Christine Stevenson came first and second respectively in the "Sun ' Encouragement Scholarship
We thank Mr Woodgate and Mr Turner for making it possible to hold the May Music Camp at M.L.C again this year Here arises a wonderful opportuniy in which representatives from many different schools may join together in music-making, while at the same time, receive expert tuition from leading Melbourne musicians
With regard to choral activities, engagements are abundant, and success so far has been extremely encouraging Again this year, we have four choirs and three madrigal groups, providing over all an excellent opportunity for many to discover and enjoy the possibilities of singing as an expressive art
At Christmas time, a small group from our School Choir presented a programme of traditional carols to a gathering at Windsor Hall Old People's Home This was very much appreciated by the audience, who often joined in the singing of the better-known carols A few days later, an even larger number of choir members performed the complete collection of Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols", for the British Music Society This was enjoyed by all
In first term, the School Choir sang at the annual Church service in Auburn Methodist Church, the choir anthem being "Come, Children, Praise Our Lord", by Michael Haydn, and the school singing the School Anthem—"I Bind Unto Myself Today", by Dorian Le Gallienne An exceptionally large attendance implied the future need to discover another church large enough to hold the vast flocks of M.L.C parents and friends!
The "Messiah", performed with Scotch College again this year, was perhaps the most outstanding musical event of the term and will be remembered by both choir and audience for many years to come To Miss Elton and Mr Logie-Smith who made possible the great success of the evening, we are deeply indebted
The School Choir and Madrigal Group anticipate an extremely active second term when it is hoped that performances will be given at a "Vellore" Concert (in aid of the Christian Medical College in India), a School Music Teachers' Seminar, the Senior Music Recital, and finally, a Free Concert in the Melbourne Town Hall towards the end of the term Looking forward to these, we wish at the same time, to thank Miss Elton so very much for her ceaseless devotion to Choir and Madrigals, and her excellent training of both groups
Sincere thanks are also extended to Miss Gairns, the secretary, whose invaluable assistance to the music staff is much appreciated Finally, to Miss Starling, who directs the music school so efficiently, and who encourages participation in all musical activities, much credit and many thanks are due —Rhonda Slater
Music Scholarship Winners
Miriam Adams, H.VI.B., Singing — "Danks Trust"
Jennifer Ingram, H.VI.C., Oboe — Parents' Association
Merren Duke, S.V.A., Original Composition — Parents' Association
Ann Davies, H.VI.E., Flute, and Rosemary Gowans, S.V.A., Clarinet—equal—"Ruth Flockart" No 2
Rhonda Slater, H.VI.B., and Carol Thome, H.VI.A, Singing—equal—Parents' Association
Susan Williamson, S.V.C., Boarders' Organ — Boarders' Parents' Association.
Ruth Stubbs, H.VI.C., Organ — Parents' Association
Madge Alexander, II.B., and Jocelyn Trigg, III.F., Intermediate Piano—equal—"Ruth Flockart" No 1
Catherine Caben, I.C., Junior Piano — "Danks Trust"
Alison Pooley, I.A., Violin — Lorna Stirling Memorial, in recognition of Miss Flockart's work
May Music Examination Results, 1969 INSTRUMENTAL VIOLIN
Second Grade: Honours—Susan Katchor; Credit—Hilary Joyce, Helen Mogg, Lindy Vidler; Pass—Jennifer Parratt
First Grade: Honours—Barbara Cheek; Credit—Dorothy Thompson, Michele Tishler
Preliminary: Elizabeth Christie
"Messiah"
The performance of Handel's "Messiah", given by the combined choirs of M.L.C and Scotch College, on 6th May, will long be remembered as one of the highlights of 1969 The magnificent new Masonic Centre, in which the choirs were privileged to perform, created a most fitting atmosphere for a work of this kind
Majestic choruses like "Hallelujah!" and "Amen", and the beloved "For unto us a Child is Born", were all presented with the display of grandeur which is so inherent in the music The arias and recitatives, sung by the M.L.C Madrigal Group and Scotch Old Collegians, were interpreted with much sensitivity, and in the beautiful soprano solo "I know that jny Redeemer liveth" and the very expressive alto solo "He was despised", the singing was particularly outstanding The orchestra, which supported the choirs so well, was composed of M.L.C and Scotch Old Collegians, a few present M.L.C students also being included The extremely large audience showed its enthusiastic appreciation of the singing, this giving the performers satisfaction, and making the evening very worthwhile (New choir members unanimously agree that their individual efforts in preparation were well rewarded.)
This musically stimulating evening undoubtedly revealed both the inspiring conducting of Mr Logie-Smith, and the especially excellent training of M.L.C by Miss Elton To both of them, we owe our warm and sincere thanks for making this unforgettable evening possible
—Rhonda Slater
REHEARSAL — "MESSIAH"
—Ann Churcher, Hon.VI.A
Photo: Sweeney Studio
drama
Over the past years, drama has become an increasingly important component of the range of extra-curricular activities provided at M.L.C An awarenecs of drama, its beginnings and its development, can only be of benefit to a student, and its study opens up a whole new, wonderful world as each of the many arts embraced in the single art of drama is appreciated and studied
This year a group of Matriculation students have been enjoying an elective on the subject of the History of Drama, conducted by Mrs Wilson, Director of Speech and Drama The beginnings of early drama in Greece were discussed, and subsequent developments traced back to the origin of the art itself. This very interesting and exciting course, as presented by Mrs Wilson, was supplemented by the lectures given by guest speakers. The first visitor was Mr. Malcolm Robertson, from the Melbourne Theatre Company, whose talk on "Twelfth Night" proved highly entertaining and informative, showing the play from both the producer's and the actor's point of view. Miss Irene Mitchell, Director of St. Martin's Theatre, spoke to the elective group on "Both Sides of the Curtain", and left her listeners eager to hear more from this very interesting speaker The third lecturer visiting the elective group was Mr Harold Baigent, from the Victorian Council of Adult Education, whose lecture on the play "Macbeth" and on his production of this play certainly provoked thought and contained several new and exciting approaches, which increased both our understanding and enjoyment of the play "Macbeth"
The first play presented at M.L.C this year, by a group of drama students, under the direction of Mrs Wilson was the religious play "Christ in the Concrete City", on Friday, 28th March This production was thought-provoking and stirred many of its audience, and one member of the Music Staff wrote in a congratulatory note to Mrs Wilson that her production at M.L.C was of a higher standard than a production of the same play seen by this teacher in London The success of the play must be attributed greatly to Mrs Wilson's inspiring direction, and marks the high standard of work which may be expected from all forthcoming productions
One of the biggest events in the school year must be the performance of the School Play, which, this year, is "The Winslow Boy", by Terence Rattigan The plot is an adaptation of an actual court case Rehearsals have now begun under the capable direction of Mrs Wilson, and an enthusiastic team of boys from Xavier College has been chosen to participate in the play Those girls concerned in "The Winslow Boy" are Lyndal Bruns, Jeni Caffin, Helen Gregg, Deborah Targett, Karen le Bossignol, Julia Payne, Pam Remmington and Susan Wood The performances are to be on Friday, 19th September, and Saturday, 20th September, and the prospective audience is promised a first-class production of this brilliant play
On Friday, 24th October, the whole of Mrs Wilson's drama students will take part in a Theatre Workshop This will enable the rest of senior girls to see a sample of work done in Drama Class throughout the year Exercises as done in class will be demonstrated, and rumour has it that a Shakespearian play will also be included in a Workshop which promises to be exciting for both the girls taking part and the audience
A group of seventeen girls this year has had the opportunity of seeing production of a very high standard at St Martin's Theatre The two plays seen so far have been "The Anniversary", and Ibsen's great play "Ghosts" Both these plays were enjoyed greatly, and future visits to St Martin's should occasion an equal level of enjoyment
An event of interest to a number of Senior Drama students is the Russell Street Theatre Workshop, held during the May vacation This workshop invited applicants from many Melbourne schools, and those accepted will benefit greatly from the comprehensive series of studies and opportunities for practical work in the theatre
The increased awareness of drama at M.L.C has evoked an increased response and enthusiasm from students, and this will assure its continuance as a vital constituent at the extra-curricular courses available at M.L.C This year, 1969, has begun as a full and successful year for drama at M.L.C., and its development as such may be eagerly anticipated —Jeni Caffin
House Plays
This year the adjudicator was Dr Alan Cole who commended the girls on their productions The plays in order of merit were:
"Our Town", Act I — Tiddeman
"The Dear Departed" — Nevile
"Tell it not in Gath" — Cato
"Sunday costs Five Pesos" — Fitchett
"The Bishop's Candlesticks" — Berry
"Pride and Prejudice", Act I — Krome
HOUSE DRAMA CAPTAINS
Left to right: Sharon Woolf, Margaret Guest, Meryn Callander, Barbara Hoban, Jan Stephens, Janet Leckie Absent: Jeni Caffin
—Judy Bloom, Hon VI.A
Inter-House Sports Results 1969
SWIMMING
Under 13 Points Cup won by Nevile; Swimming Captain, Sandra Matthews
Under 15 Points Cup won by Fitchett; Swimming Captain, Penny Hall
Senior Points Cup won by Berry; Swimming Captain, Cathy Lumley
Total Aggregate Points Cup won by Fitchett; Sports Captain, Penny Hall
SENIOR BASEBALL
JUNIOR BASEBALL
Cato
House Athletic Sports
At the Annual Sports, held on 2nd May, the following trophies were awarded:—
Under 13 Points Cup: Fitchett
Uunder 15 Points Cup: Fitchett
Senior Points Cup: Tiddeman
House Proficiency Cup: Krome
Inter-House Marching Shield: Tiddeman
Bettye Hammon Cup (for aggregate points): Fitchett
The houses gained the following points:—
SENIOR
TENNIS "A" Team:
M.L.C lost Morongo 14-47 games
M.L.C lost Ruyton 21-27 games
M.L.C drew The Hermitage 44-44 games
M.L.C defeated P.L.C 42-36 games
M.L.C defeated Lauriston 31-25 games
M.L.C defeated Korowa 30-20 games
M.L.C defeated M.C.E.G.G.S 50-22 games
"B" Team:
M.L.C defeated M.C.E.G.G.S 63-24 games
M.L.C defeated P.L.C 53-45 games
M.L.C lost The Hermitage 36-48 games
M.L.C drew Morongo 33-33 games
JUNIOR
TENNIS "A" Team:
M.L.C defeated Morongo 36-31 games
M.L.C lost P.L.C 28-32 games
M.L.C lost Ruyton 25-33 games
M.L.C. drew Lauriston 19-19 games
M.L.C defeated The Hermitage 31-30 games
M.L.C lost M.C.E.G.G.S 23-31 games
"B" Team:
M.L.C lost P.L.C 13-36 games
M.L.C lost Ruyton 23-36 games
M.L.C lost M.C.E.G.G.S 24-34 games
"There are easier ways of getting across the oval."
Photo—Judy Bloom
BASEBALL CAPTAINS
Top, left to right: Pom Carruthers, Cato; Gwen Midgley, Fitchett; Ngaire Silverwood, Berry Bottom, left to right: Libby Toylor, Nevile; Dorothy Bett, Tiddeman Absent: Barbara Jones, Krome
TENNIS CAPTAINS
Top, left to right: Pam Hedstrom, Nevile; Geraldine Shellcot, Tiddeman; Jo Lear, Krome Bottom, left to right: Julie Wilson, Berry; Libby Thompson, Fitchett, Jiil Corless, Coto
SWIMMING CAPTAINS
Top, left to right: Sandra Matthews, Nevile; Prue Wood, Krome; Cathy Lumley, Berry
Bottom, I to r.: Penny Hall, Fitchett; Lisa Andriske, Tiddeman; Andrea Woodhouse, Tiddeman Absent: Viv Lardner, Cato
ATHLETICS CAPTAINS
Top left to right: Robyn Hewitt, Berry; Debby Blaskett, Cato; Margaret Torode, Tiddeman
Middle, I to r.: Kay Morley, Krome; Jenny Brice, Fitchett; Bottom, I tor.: Marian Wathen, Nevile; Jan Thompson, Nevile
Students' Representative Council
A referendum was held on 8th May and the school adopted the following constitution (1,425 girls voted in favour of the constitution, and 346 voted "No"):—
CONSTITUTION
1
OBJECTIVES
(a) To encourage the interest of students in all aspects of school life
(b) To develop in students a sense of responsibility and to encourage judicious and constructive suggestions
2 MEMBERSHIP
The Council shall consist of two sections — Senior and Junior:—
A Members of the Senior Section:
(a) One representative from each Form (Form IV-Form VI with the exception of Hon VI.A and B.) All girls in the Form shall be eligible for election, and the election shall take place prior to the last day of February each year
(b) The Senior Prefect or the Joint Senior Prefects and the Senior Associate Prefect or the Joint Senior Associate Prefects who shall be ex-officio and shall therefore be the representatives of Hon VI.A and B
(c) Two staff members elected by the General Staff meeting with the Vice-Principal an additional member exofficio
B Members of the Junior Section:
(a) One representative from each Form (Grade VI-Form III) All girls in the Form shall be eligible for election, and the election shall take place prior to the last day of February each year
(b) Two staff members elected by the General Staff meeting with the Senior Mistress of Form III an additional member ex-officio
Note: If representative is absent, Form Captain or ViceCaptain shall act as substitute
3 OFFICERS
The officers of each Section of the Council shall be—
(a) President who will be Chairman of the meetings
(b) Vice-President
(c) Secretary
(d) Minute Secretary
The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of each section of the Council in Term I each year
4 MEETINGS
Each Section of the Students' Representative Council shall meet at least twice a Term but additional meetings may be called by the Chairman and Officers. The first meeting in Term I shall be the Annual Meeting A copy of the Minutes of each meeting shall be forwarded to the Principal for information
5 QUORUM
A quorum at meetings of each Sectio'n of the Council shall consist of two-thirds of the total membership of that Section, and no business shall be presented unless a quorum is present.
6. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL.
(a) To decide on Council procedure
(b) To discuss matters dealing with the general welfare of students in the school, including suggestions regarding methods of implementing the school rules and assistance with general orderliness Questions concerning College Council finance, and matters pertaining to members of Staff shall not be the subject of discussion by the Student Council
The Agenda for each meeting shall be submitted to the Principal at least two days prior to the date of meeting
Any resolutions carried at meetings of the Senior Section or the Junior Section of the Council, and any recommendations shall be sent, in writing, to the Principal for consideration The Principal shall reply in writing prior to the next meeting of each Section of the Council
7 AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
If any amendment to the Constitution of the Council is proposed at a meeting, the matter must be discussed by both Sections of the Council, but voting shall be postponed to the next regular meetings If passed by at least a two-thirds majority of the members present at each separate Sectional meeting of the Council, the amendment shall be sent, in writing, to the Principal for consideration
house notes
berry
Although Berry may not be top house in aggregate points, we are certainly enjoying working together preparing for the activities and participating in them Our captains are working enthusiastically, and I know everyone will agree with me when I thank you sincerely for all you have done
I hope everyone will keep up the great spirit, and work even harder Who knows, perhaps next term we will thrash them all?
—Andrea Macdonald
cato
This year I hope to see every Cato girl participating in a house activity, either by being a team member or by giving the teams her support Much co-operation will be needed from all if we are to make '69 a successful year, and repeat the success of '68
—Sonja Huismann
fitchett
I should like to thank all girls who took part in each of last term's activities—play, baseball, tennis, swimming, and athletics, and hope you derived much pleasure from your individual efforts However, the apathetic nature with which many girls approach their House is rather dismaying I'm sure for the rest of the year each Fitchett member can try to contribute a little more towards a worthwhile effort
—Julie Hewison
krome
Your House Spirit, enthusiasm and participation has given Jo and me tremendous pleasure The results show us that Krome has a lot of potential for the rest of the year Our appreciation must go to the work of the Captains of the various activities during this term, and we offer all our support to those who are responsible for future events—and remember—"A chain is as strong as its weakest link"
—Sue Gedye
nevile
It is easy to be enthusiastic at house meetings and during inter-house events, but most house members are missing opportunities for friendships and a feeling of involvement by not coming to practices or trying for house events Those who have joined in have had great satisfaction from this team work and it also helps you to meet others in your house
So, Nevile, not only think pink, but put some of that obvious enthusiasm into helping your house
—Wendy Franet
tiddeman
Tiddeman has again begun the new year with terrific quantities of spirit and enthusiasm, and has proved that small numbers are not by any means a bar to success We showed our courage and spirit by doing our best in the swimming, baseball and tennis, and by no means disgraced ourselves Thanks to the Captains concerned To Fi Hoban, Meryn Callander and their wonderful cast we say congratulations and thank them for their "history-making" win in the drama contest We certainly proved our strength in the aths this year by running second to Fitchett and winning the senior points cup and the marching Marg Torode deserves our thanks here for leading us to such a success Tiddeman has made a really good start and we hope that the enthusiasm and spirit will continue to lead us to victory during the rest of the year
—Judy Grove
boarders' notes
With the rowdy welcoming of old and new acquaintances the boarders broke the silence and began another school year A special welcome is given to our new resident members of staff: Miss Hardy, Mrs Patten, Miss Rautman and Sister Back
The boarding house has had several improvements this year, and although they are always complaining of starvation and poverty, on the whole the boarders lead a good life! With "Nation-wide" Caterers feeding us, we all seem to be fit and healthy and appreciate the improvements very much
Both East Wing and Upper Tower have been carpeted, and the Matrics are enjoying new single rooms, equipped with carpets, heaters and reading lamps These newly furnished rooms as well as a large comfortable Matric common-room are the Senior House quarters (previously those of the domestic staff) For these improvements we owe much of our gratitude to Mrs Woodgate for her consideration and organization, and the Matrics and Dips greatly appreciate the opportunities they have been given
The Matrics this year are "guinea pigs" of a new prefect system within the boarding house, whereby each Matric has equal responsibility and leadership as a senior The system has much to recommend it and we hope it is a success
Our Social Service project of assisting at "Orana" Children's Home each Saturday is in full swing this year, and each week a number of girls go to help and play with the children
For our traditional Boarders' Birthday Night, we are again performing a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "H.M.S Pinafore", with the Wesley boarders. The production will be open to the public and we hope to have a large audience
During second term, two week-end camps are to be held for Leaving and Matrics and these should prove a marvellous success We hope that the happiness and unity in the boarding house will continue all year, and that 1969 will be a successful year for all
A.F.S. scholars
Chris Chipperfield and Jenny Nelson are our A.F.S representatives for this year We know that they will be excellent ambassadors for Australia and our school
An excerpt from a letter written by Jan Boughton, our A.F.S student, now in Willowick, Ohio:—
I have been kept very busy lately with giving speeches on Australia to various groups throughout the area They seem to be very interested in the schools and especially in the fact that we wear uniforms and start so "late" in the morning (school starts at 8.00 here)
My American family had another A.F.S student in 1962 from Brazil Her name is Valde, and we were lucky enough to have her and her friend come and stay with us for several weeks The poor postman became very confused as there was mail from Italy (Val's mother-in-law lives there), Australia, Brazil and America, and naturally, they were the weeks when we all got more mail than normal We travelled a great deal while Val was here I think the most beautiful thing we saw was Niagara Falls I went during Autumn when everything was in beautiful colours, and the Falls themselves were running down with a great deal of noise, but I think it was even more breathtaking in Winter, as there was 2 feet of snow all around, and Niagara River was frozen The Falls themselves were half frozen and so they glistened in the sunshine
Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to go down to the Hough area to help the social workers at Calway Church Hough is the slum area in Cleveland where there have been riots in the past years There were several other A.F.S students also down there and we all enjoyed it a lot The young negro children all fought to hold your hand—you had 6 holding on to you at all times and others standing around you asking questions They were fascinated with my hair and it was so straight and soft in comparison to their own They asked me many questions about how I got it to stay like this—I was asked if I used baby shampoo, or if in fact I ever washed my hair, which seemed rather a strange question at the time
They asked many questions about Australia, and they could not understand where I was talking about They asked me if it was on the moon, and if it was a different planet They were very sweet and invited me over to their homes to meet their families It was really breathtaking to see what horrible conditions they lived under, and to see their thin summery clothes, which was all they had to wear, even in the cold weather we're experiencing
(left) and Jenny Nelson
A.F.S Exchange Students—Chris Chipperfield
Joint Senior Associate Prefects— Joan Hindie (left), Susan Whitehall
Joint Senior Prefect—Ann Code
Green,
Joint Senior Prefect—Carol Thorne
personality pages
Carol Thorne—Joint Senior Prefect
a talented physicist, chemist, mathematician, musician, ex-linguist you name it, she can do it well.
Ann Code—Joint Senior Prefect
a keen S.S.A.A.F. representative reliable and very efficient is studying sciences and German.
Joan Hindle—Joint Senior Associate Prefect
Character: Capable and deceptively quiet. Likes: Geology, music and zoology. Ambition: To study geology, mineralogy or metallurgy.
Sue YVhitehill—Joint Senior Associate Prefect
Character: Enthusiastic and efficient.
Likes: Humanities, sport.
Ambition: An arts course and/or teaching.
Judy Grove—Senior Boarders' Prefect
a scientist red-headed, strangely enough at present recuperating from the excesses of joy and "dunking" on sports day.
Barbara Illingworth—Vice-Senior Boarders' Prefect
a great sports enthusiast, especially basketball also red-headed , also recuperating.
Senior Boarders' Prefect—Judy Grove (top) Vice-Senior Boarders' Prefect—Barbara lllingsworth
—Photos by Judy Bloom
The School Welcomes
The School has been very pleased to welcome these new members of Staff this year:— Miss G Alger (Laboratory Assistant); Mrs A Ansons, Speech (part-time); Sister B Back, Nursing Sister; Mrs A Bell, B.A., Dip.Ed (Old Collegian), English, French; Mrs J Berg, Lower Middle School; Miss P Britten, Dip.Phys.Ed., Physical Education; Mrs P Broberg, B.Mus., B.A (Old Collegian), Music, Junior School; Miss D Burghart, Lower Middle School; Miss R Burriss, Junior School Mr W R Conley, Geology, Geography; Mrs V Davidson (Old Collegian), Art; Mrs. A. R. Docking, Junior School Library (part-time); Miss A. George, B.Sc., General Science; Miss A Goudie (Old Collegian), Student Teacher, Art and Craft; Miss V Gray, Junior School; Miss M Hardy, Resident Mistress; Mrs B M Haye, Lower Middle School; Mrs M Hilson, Art; Miss R Hudson, Lower Middle School Mrs M Hutchings, B.A., Dip.Ed (Old Collegian), English, Latin; Mrs E Ling, B.A., Dip.Ed., Geography; Miss M McKenzie (returning), English, History; Mrs H Miller, Junior School Remedial Teacher; Mrs M Molloy, Junior School; Mrs E Nevile, B.Juris., Mathematics; Mrs M Parry, Speech (part-time); Mrs H E Patton, B.A., Japanese; Miss D Piesse, Junior School; Miss P Procter, Dip.Phys.Ed., Physical Education; Miss B Bautman (Old Collegian), Besident Mistress; Miss M Saunders, Business School; Miss J Wendt, Junior School; Miss L Wheaton, L.Mus.A., Singing; Mrs D Wilkinson, Speech; Mrs F Willmott (returning), General Science; Mrs J Wilson, B.A (Student Counsellor), commenced Term III, 1968
The School has been pleased to welcome at the beginning of Term II: Mrs L Armstrong, Dip.Phys.Ed (returning), Physical Education; Mrs C Cooper, B.A (Hons.), French; Mrs M Hardband, Resident Mistress; Miss A Russell, B.A (Old Collegian), French; Mrs W Will, Nursing Sister; Miss M Sutherland, Mus.Bac., Musical Appreciation (Term II, during Miss Vickery's absence)
The School Records
The School wishes to record its appreciation of the work of the following members of Staff who left at the end of 1968: Sister J Adams (Old Collegian), l i years; Miss N Boardman, 16 years; Mr. B. Bullivant, B.A., 5 years; Mrs. J. Buscombe, 4 years; Mrs. M. Chant (Old Collegian), 12 years; Mrs J Chelberg, l i years; Miss M Curtis (Old Collegian), \ \ years; Mrs D Edmondson, B.Sc., 8 years; Mrs T Feldmann, B.Sc., l i years; Miss K Griffiths, B.A., 8 years; Mrs L Grounds, 4 years; Mrs J Hay, B.A., 3 years; Mrs C Heazlewood, B.Ec (Old Collegian), 1 year; Miss S Hopkins, 17 years; Mrs Y Hutchinson, 3 years; Mrs J Keuneman, B.Sc., 8 years; Mrs J L Kost, B.A., 3 years; Miss R Lawson, Dip Phys.Ed., l i years; Mrs P Moller (Old Collegian), 6 years; Mrs J Paterson, B.A., 3 years; Miss G Quirk, B.Mus (Old Collegian), 4 years; Miss T Millers, M.A., 6 years; Mrs I Pittard, B.Sc., B.Ed., 10 years; Mrs B Scott-Branagan, 3 years; Miss S Smith, 1 year; Mrs D Solway, 4i years; Mrs S Woolmer (Old Collegian), 1 year
The School also regretted to say farewell at the end of Term I to: Sister B Back; Mrs A, Bell, B.A., Dip.Ed (Old Collegian); Miss M Hardy; Mrs D Kemp, B.A.; Mrs J Parker, B.A., Dip.Ed.; Miss P Procter, Dip.Phys.Ed (Old Collegian)
letters to the editor
Dear Madam,
The recent proposal for a Students' Representative Council is, in my opinion, a good one It gives opportunities for younger students to present suggestions for the running of our school Now, not only Senior students will be able to voice opinions but also juniors
If it is to take an active part in school activities, I feel it should meet more regularly than suggested, for instance, once or twice a month A class meeting should also be held between each S.R.C meeting to let the representative give a detailed report of the proposals of the previous meeting and also discuss other students' ideas This body could give an opportunity for teachers and students to find out what each other is thinking A link between the class and the council should be made by a representative who would act as a messenger, rather than as just someone with individual ideas We shall have to be careful that after the novelty of the S.R.C wears off it still links each student with the council, through the representative
Finally, if students themselves propose ideas they must be prepared to work to carry them out
—Margaret Parnaby, IV.G., Fitchett
Dear Madam,
Another plea for the abolition of the tunic How much longer must senior girls be made to suffer in such unbearable creations? In four out of five cases, tunics look anything but neat Pleats go awry or disappear altogether Tunics are extremely uncomfortable in their harnessing effect, and the boarders' skirt, on the other hand, would be easier to work in, as well as being much neater and more manageable
Many schools now recognise the fact that the tunic has had its day We have had it for thirty years How about a necessary change?
—Jill Albiston, H.VI.A
This was an opinion expressed by many of the letters Another point which can be made in favour of the changeover is the fact that such a change would be relatively painless with regard to the appearance of the school as a whole because, * when worn with a blazer or jumper, the grey skirts and tunics look extremely similar
Dear Madam,
Why is it that in summer we are made to wear stockings? I think that this is extremely unpractical, as well as being very uncomfortable Long grey socks would look just as neat and be much cooler It is hard enough trying to concentrate in hot weather without having to contend with stockings.
—Sally Sheppard, IV.D., Cato
Dear Madam,
As you receive such a great number of letters criticising our school, I am writing one of praise instead
Visitors to our school often remark on the beauty of the gardens, especially the front gardens, but I wonder how many of the girls of M.L.C. realise how fortunate we are to workin a school with such well kept lawns and beautiful flower beds? Many schools do not have such a lovely outlook. It is a pleasure to sit in the grounds of M.L.C and so I would like to thank the gardeners for the hard work they put into keeping our lawns and gardens so beautiful
—Heather
Boyd, S.V.B., Fitchett
This was the letter that brightened a rather depressing session of complaint receiving
Dear Madam,
I should like to tell everyone that we should appreciate our summer uniform It is well designed, crisp and fresh looking Yet we spoil it by wearing the skirt too short and by wearing make-up Our hats are well designed, yet we insist upon altering the style Why can't we accept the fact that they were made without dints and stop trying to put one there? Gloves and stockings complete our uniform and help us look neat and tidy, whereas, if we wear socks, none of us will be at all similar
—Robyn Stephens, IV.H., Nevile
Dear Madam,
I would like to suggest that Italian should be added to the list of many languages available at M.L.C
I think, with so many Italian people migrating to Australia it would be nice to be able to talk to them
—Jeanette McKinnon, II.F., Fitchett
Dear Madam,
I have heard many people complaining about our prefect system, but I think it is a good system because if we didn't have these girls standing at the gates the pupils would not look as they do now They would look sloppy, and our school would lose its high standard Also, who would organise us in house sport and other such activities, if we did not have the prefects? Who would tell us what to do?
Therefore we do need prefects and should be grateful to our school for having such good ones
—Anna Lelleton, IV.H., Cato
Dear girl! The prefects salute you
Dear Madam,
Tiddeman House should be abolished! It is of no advantage to its girls—it only keeps them separate from the rest of the school, and it raises difficulties in House competitions because of its small size The boarders, living together most of the time, do not need it as a medium for companionship; on the contrary, they need to find new friends among the day girls in the various houses I think the rift which is ever present between boarders and day girls would be narrowed by the dispersion of the boarders into other houses
—Judy Bloom, H.VI.A., Cato
I, myself, feel that the unique spirit within Tiddeman more than justifies its existence, despite these obvious disadvantages
Dear Madam,
A number of friends of the school have commented upon the rather peculiar appearance of girls beating dirty rubbish bin lids, whilst other more fortunate members of the school attempt to march I feel that a small drum could be purchased for each house That these girls need to handle such filthy items is a state of affairs which definitely lowers the school's otherwise very high standard
—Julie Hewison, H.VI.A
P.S.—And it ruins the dustbin lids
Dear Madam,
Many girls at this school have discovered that there is more to dancing than just jigging up and down, and are taking lessons in ballroom dancing Would it be possible to cater for these girls by holding an Old Time dance annually? There are very few dances of this type and I am sure that it would be greatly appreciated by all who have realised the enjoyment that is obtained from ballroom dancing
—Debbie Marriott, S.V.A., Krome
Another letter (that of Jenny van Kalloveen, S.V.F., Cato) suggested that judo should be taught at school, being not only a very skilful type of sport, but also a very importnat form of self-defence — for girls particularly
Dear Madam,
I would like to complain about public transport I am sure that nearly every girl at this school has stood on the footpath and watched people cram on to a tram with half of the inner compartment practically empty The vast shortage of space while boarding a tram is caused by bags and people stopping half-way inside the car The only way to move down is by setting an example and moving ourselves I think that many of the prefects attempt to tell people to move down, but all we can do is make the effort ourselves So, if you do not wish to wait on a tram stop for ages, watching half-full trams go past, hop on and MOVE DOWN THE CAR! Hoping that other people will take the hint,
—Anne Stranger, S.V.H., Cato
Dear Madam, May I suggest that the many different pounds which exist throughout the school at the present be abolished and one central pound be set up? This would enable girls to find any property they have lost with less difficulty and I'm sure that many girls do not know the location of all the existing pounds
—Dorelle Davidson, S.V.B., Berry
The existing pounds include those run by the Prefects and Associate Prefects, that in Cato Wing, one in the Gym., and the Bookroom pound, in addition to the Boarders' Pound.
Dear Editor,
I would like to suggest that M.L.C has a school fete This annual event at my previous school met with great success ("money-wise" and "fun-wise") and enthusiasm A tremendous amount of money can be raised for school improvements or charity, and this can also be a competition between Houses The number of things to do is endless: stalls, fortune-telling, films, puppet shows, "restaurants", "discos", "ghost houses", etc Surely this would also achieve something in improving school and House spirit! Come on M.L.C.! Don't be stuffy!
—Del Callander, S.V.B., Tiddeman
Dear Madam,
As a relatively inexperienced member of the Senior School, my expectations for interesting and vital club meetings were high After my first visit to club "A" (these clubs remain anonymous owing to a desire for self-preservation), I felt quite elated! The meeting, although small, had at least an interesting potential
Club meeting "B" was rather disconcerting I wondered whether I had not remembered the date for it seemed to be club "A" again, judging from the appearances of those present
Hoping club "C" would offer a change of society, I hesitantly opened the door to find once again the same faces! This was too much In a school of two thousand, it would not be unreasonable to expect that a little more than thirty girls would have some interest in the world around them
I can only conclude that it is as I have so often read, Australians, including those attending M.L.C., are generally complacent and apathetic Although one may admire the dedicated, it is surely impossible for them to provide adequately both committees and club members
—Susan Kenny, IV.B., Nevile
Dear Madam,
The envious cry of my younger sister: "Do you really have ALL those clubs?", prompted me to write this letter
The Senior School has so many c'ubs, catering for many varying interests Surely the Middle School, and even the Lower Middle School, would be eager to participate in such clubs Perhaps separate Junior Clubs could be formed, or maybe they could join the Senior School's clubs I am sure that if consulted they would agree, and enjoy as well as benefit greatly from them
—Judy Reichman, S.V.F., Fitchett
Dear Madam,
Do you think it would be possible to hold Sports Day earlier in the year to avoid having to compete on a wet oval? I am sure that the competitors would find it much easier to play on a firm, dry ground
—Frances Cohn, IV.A., Krome
winning entries
best entry-middle and lower middle school
Three Pigeons
I see them!
Like fat, motherly old women
They strut across the courtyard
To peck at stray crumbs.
Their beady eyes dart over the world
In search of food.
Suddenly, they rise, Their wings open.
No longer old
But youthful and beautiful.
Like arrows they speed omoards
Through the bright sky
Until they are gone from my sight.
But, somewhere else
Someone else
Will see Three pigeons.
—Lyndal Roper, Form II.D
—Sue Baker, S.V.E
best entry—senior school
The people in the street
Are dream people; their tired feet
Touch not the road, and in this quiet night
They are ghost-people, hiding from the light. Untold years; and the trees are gone
And the death wind whirls up every path.
Down the path the ghosts dance hand in hand,
In the light of a snow-moon, Night of a thousand years, Frozen ice-time of a dead century. And the hundred stars
Wink their single eyes at the cold ruins And the larches whisper to each other
Of the days when the earth was warm.
-Sally Fraser, IV.D
—Jill Scurfield, Form IV.B Silver and Green,
The Alley Cat
Slinking along the alley came the sly cat, brushing its spiny hair against the battered fence. Now and then the cat's slim head poked into a dirty garbage can, looking for a cold piece of toast or a stale crumb of cake. Occasionally there was an angry shout as the sly cat tried to dodge the sweep of an ugly broom. He frantically scratched the worn places for fleas where so many spiny hairs had dropped out. There was a smell of gas fumes coming from the large factory which towered over the dirty alley. Filthy smoke stained the tumbledown houses that bordered the alley. The alley cat screeched as a gigantic Alsatian came bounding after it. As night fell the cat's beaming eyes pierced the gloomy darkness as he wandered back to his old Omo box where he slept among a few dirty rags. It was a miserable life to be an alley cat.
—Fiona
Williams, Grade VI.A
Green,
Life
There he sat, Nobody knew who he was, But He sat there
All the time, All alone.
Nobody really noticed him, Until He was gone. Nobody saw him go And Nobody really cared.
-Carla Tishler, Form III.B
Death of a Salesman
a commentary on the play, by Arthu r Mille r Linda's love: Fire in desolation Endless in Reproach. Torment of Biff, Lonely in truth. Failure of Hap, Apple of his father's eye, Repeating Futib history.
Death of a salesman: A special kind of man.
Listen to the dead wind
At the time of the midnight moon; Hear the wail of a host of tortured phantoms And the shriek of a falling tree; Hear the song without a voice, The tune without sound; Listen to death, And ponder on the smallness of man.
Old Apples
They drop
Unheeded
To the ground
Until they become Nothing. And the tree Docs not care, But grows more apples, New apples.
—Lyndal Roper, Form II.D
—Jill Scurfield, Form IV.B
—Elizabeth Edmondson, Form H.VI.G
-Tracey Andriske, lll.C
The Cat Grows Old
He sits; Waiting, His tail twitches, He is thinking, Thinking of the past, Of long ago.
His eyes, his body, Motionless; Like a statue He sits, Waiting, As time goes past. His eyes stare, Stare like a fortune-teller's, As if they know all secrets, Like glass they shine, Green, now yellow, They glimmer, in the light of the fire. The glowing fire
Casts his shadow, Immense, superior, Flickering with the flames, Like a spirit, Wise and old.
The forsaken idols
Sing in the hollow walls, Rude leers
On their misshapen faces, Out of the earth, And formed by a man
In the deep mist
Of the dreamtime, Whispering, in the glass Glaring. In the emptiness
And the dust of the musty Museum, Shades of the tribesmen Rise and dance.
—Denise Cornall, Form I.A
—Jill Scurfield, Form IV.B.
Haiku
Valley, hiding your treasures, Sun, unconquerable king.
The mist surrenders. —Lisabeth Doulis
The leaves change from green To amber-brown, Falling slowly into autumn. Susan Payne
Old man struggling for your life
Until Death calls you
To your resting place. —Jocelyn Ince
The leaves are floating earthwards, Winter, cold winter
They seem to whisper. —Robyn Doig
Spring cherished my love
But like flowers in autumn
Withered. I m alone. —Kanjana Kongkatong
Dead men don't lie; But they do lie buried
Far from the land they fought for. —Barbara Latham
War is useless waste
Of men, women, children, gone.
Death isn't glory. —Lynette Burkett (Form IV.F.)
Peace
The still quiet of the evening sky.
The stars.
The peacefulness
And the beauty of the wonders
Of all unknown things.
The quiet, Soft, flowing freshness
Of the glorious heavens.
The blazing beauty of a sunset
When the world is lit up with orange and red, Like a giant neon sign.
The stimulating fulness
From a beautiful star, And the loveliness
Radiating from it.
The moon's inspiration
And the warm comfort of the sun.
These are my real things And thoughts and words and feelings. They come from inside me.
—-Sally Warmington, Form II.D
In front of me
Lies the world.
But I am not part of it. Detached, I gaze
Fascinated, I watch their activities. Like stiff wooden dolls They move.
And I want to be with them, I want to do things, But inside, They tell me to shut the door. The outside world Is too cold.
—Lyndal Roper, Form II.D
The Twelfth of April Stillness, The sun smiles softly. Life is gentleness.
But there is a tension, I feel it.
Things seem to wait, But pathetically. Something touches my hand I look
But it is only the faded yellow of a forgotten madness.
I ignore it.
Yet soon the passing of the wind Brings more torment
And I can no longer deny the death, The silent passing of certain mistfulness. Hope is fading, Fading like these same shadows that have bought this sadness.
So, memory, Stretch forth thy hand, Gratefully receive my remembering, Keep it green and defile it not with your foul breath of passing years.
So that in the darkness that is to be I may remember the sun
Before the falling leaves buried it forever.
—Sue Nieholls, Form H.VI.F
Autumn leaves are falling, trickling, down; slowly, sadly, like hundreds of gold-plated tears.
—Judy Campbell, Form II.E
Progress
It stands alone, Deserted, Sad.
They left yesterday. "Too small," they said, "and too old." Now they've gone.
Even the rats turn up their quivering noses In disgust.
Tomorrow you will start to die. They will tear you apart, Blow by blow.
It won't take long. Poor little house, The last one to go.
—Elisabeth Oxley, Form I.A
Night
Night is a black curtain
That sucks you up.
It is a mystery.
It is undiscovered and always will be. It goes on forever — Ending never.
It is clothed in darkness
Dotted with sequins.
Unknown is night. That is its plight.
—Debbie Rossdale, Form I.B
Drought
To me the drought has a hidden beauty. The parched dry grass blends in with the clear blue sky and the hot, yellow sun. And then there is the solitary ghost gum, twisted with agony, agony from the years of drought. The tree bears a type of wisdom, wisdom and beauty, not elegant beauty, but a rough, smooth, tall and slender, white and ghostly one. The Australian bushland is beautiful, not pretty, not elegant, but plainly a parched beauty, as one sees in old people who smile as they remember the years before, the happier years . . . this is the Australian bush in a Summer drought.
—Vickie
—Melinda Mockridge, III.C
Klein, Form III.A
and Green, July 1969
the wizard and beryl
SCENE ONE
Beryl, the Royal Princess, is in the gardens picking flowers. She does not notice the wizard hiding behind a tree
B. — Tra la la loo, Tra la la lee!
A rose for you, And one for me.
Oh, it's rather cold out here, And I might catch a chill, I fear. Perhaps I'd better go inside . . . Oh, the wizard, I must hide!
W. Oh, no, you'll come along with me
We'll soon have you warm, tee-hee! Over a crackling fire you'll roast! I'll serve you up with tea and toast. Oh, yes! Of my cooking I really CAN boast! But wait a minute, let me see — Will I have you for lunch or tea?
Perhaps for both you'll be enough. Oh, I do hope you're not tough. But tell me, have you athlete's foot? You have? Oh, dear, that's no good, That could spoil my appetite; In fact, I rather think it might! But, a wave of my wand will put that good At least, I rather think it should. So never mind, now come along And I will sing my flying song.
The Princess struggles, but the wizard drags her on to his broom
SCENE TWO
King Perculator is pacing to and fro with a frown on his face
K. — Where has my daughter got to?
Oh, if only I knew Oooh! It's like a blizzard!
I know, it's that wizard! Guards, come here a sec.!
I'm going to play the great 'tec. Come on, off we go; We're going to meet our foe.
SCENE THREE
At the wizard's cave, high in the mountains The wizard is reading aloud from a spell book
W. Amputate the bones, Grind between flat stones, Mix glue and water, Add seasoning to the matter. King (suddenly bursting in) — Oh, please, please spare my daughter.
W. I don't know that I oughter.
K. — I'll do anything you ask.
W. Very well, fulfil this task —
Bring me three feathers from a lama's tail, I might add, the animal must be male. If you don't bring them, your daughter will die. I will see you next week, and now, good-bye.
K. — Feathers from a lama, Oh, quel drama!
Courtier—If I may be as bold to suggest I think for this purpose my plan would be best. Without his stick, the wizard can't harm, He cannot produce one spell or charm. And his magic stick I saw Beneath the window near the door. If you were to take his stick, I think that would do the trick.
K. — It's wrong to steal, I don't know that I oughter
C. — Yes, but the wizard stole your daughter.
K. — Very well, who has some wire?
C. — I have some in my pocket, sire.
K. — Thanks, I'll poke it between the slats A little bit further, and — oh rats, I missed it, . . . but never fear Your majesty King Perc. is here!
C. — I'd love to see the wizard's face
When of his stick there is no trace!
(The door opens The wizard is flat on his back, snoring When they enter, he sits up, startled.)
W. What, back so quick?
I wasn't expecting you 'til next week.
(He sees the wand, and turns pale.)
Oh! You've got my wand, how kind! Hand it over! Do you mind?
K. — First get down upon your knees, Kiss my foot, that's right, say please! Then you must promise to give back my daughter.
W. Yes, my sire, if you think I oughter.
K. — If you're going to be good, 1fail to see What use your magic wand will be. If I leave it with you, it could be a temptation— You might have an urge to conquer the nation. So I think to confirm what you say, I had better throw it away.
(He throws the wand down on to the rocks below, where it splinters into millions of tiny pieces.)
K. — (to Beryl) And now, come, my pearl. W. Farewell, tasty girl.
(The King, Beryl, and the courtiers troop away down the mountainside.)
W. (to a bird)—
My wand is rather bended It never could be mended But, my little brother, Inside I have another. The King would never guess I had two (that's craftiness). Left, right, on the double, Off to make more trouble.
The End.
—Judy Campbell,
junior school
High and Low
High is an aeroplane when it flies, High are the little butterflies;
High is the moon when it rises up; High on a shelf is a pretty cup.
High is a bird who is very, very shy, But highest of all is the pretty, pretty sky.
Low is my little blue chair, Low is my sister's long black hair; Low is a very fat hound, But lowest of all is the grass on the ground.
—Amy Pianta, Grade 4A
The Island
I live on an island; o, HO, HO, HO!
A rather small one you know; HO, HO, HO!
I sing and dance you know; IIO, HO, HO!
I am looking for a friend; HO, HO, HO!
And look, there is a goat you know; HO, HO, HO!
I have a hut on the island you know; o HO, HO, MO!
I am as happy as can be you know; o, HO, HO, HO!
Stranded on the island you know; o, HO, HO, HO!
—Joanne Dawson, Grade 4A
Quickly
Quickly is a rabbit going past, Quickly is a car going fast, And a flash of lightning, It is very frightening, Quickly is a fish swimming in a dish.
—Lisa Bernard, Grade 4A
by
Judy Bloorr
—Photo by Judy Bloom
•Photo
Am 7. Dezember (1968) sind wir abgeflogen. Wir waren sechs Schiiler und neun Universitatsstudenten, und fiir beinahe alle war es die erste Auslandsreise. Auf dem Weg haben wir Aufenthalt in Bangkok und in Rom gemacht, und am 12. Dezember sind wir in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland angekommen. Ich bin bei der Familie Oestreich (Herr und Frau Oestreich und Tochter Ute) in Gro/3auheim, in der Nahe von Frankfurt, geblieben. Das Haus der Familie lag direkt am Mainufer, und es war sehr schon, die Schwane und die Flu/3schiffe zu sehen. Gro/3auheim hat etwa 10,000 Einwohner, und es liegt 2 Kilometer von Hanau (60,000 Einwohner) und 15 Kilometer von Frankfurt am Main (eine Million Einwohner). Das ist etwas Merkwiirdiges in Deutschland — so viele Stadte und so nah beieinander! Es ist eine ganz industrielle Gegend — viele Fabriken und nicht viele Bauern — und die Stra/3en sind sehr eng, und die Hauser liegen dicht zusammen. Es gibt meistens nur ein oder zwei Kilometer zwischen den Dorfern.
Fiir eine Woche bin ich in die Schule gegangen, und dann hatten wir Weihnachten und Ferien. In der Schule war es sehr anders als in Australien: die Schiiler gehen sechs Tage in der Woche, aber nur morgens in die Schule; nachmittags ist frei (eine sehr gute Idee). Sie haben zehn oder elf Facher und auch Sport, Musik, Kunst und Religion. Fiir mich war es sehr schwer, Latein auf Deutsch zu lernen.
Am Heiligen Abend hatte unsere Familie einen richtigen Weihnachtsbaum mit richtigen Kerzen, und wir sangen „Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht". Wir gaben unsere Geschenke, und dann gingen wir um Mitternacht in die Kirche. Der erste Weihnachtstag war genau so wie in Australien. Wir a/3en zu viel Gans und waren ganz satt und faul.
FARBWERKE HOECHST ist die Firma, die fur mich bezahlte, und wahrend der Ferien hat die Firma der Familie Oestreich und mir eine Reise nach Berlin spendiert. Wir haben beinahe alles in West Berlin gesehen, und wir sind auch nach Ost Berlin gefahren.
Am 11. Januar (1969) gingen wir wieder in die Schule. Wahrend der letzten Wochen sind wir nach Heidelberg (am Neckar) und nach Rothenburg ob der Tauber gefahren. Diese Stadte sind sehr schon, besonders Rothenburg, das eine Stadt aus dem Mittelalter mit seinen Tiirmen und schonen Ladenschildern ist. Auch bin ich mit Herrn Oestreich zu zwei Fu/3ballspielen gegangen, wo ich beinahe das einzige Madchen war; denn dieser Sport ist mehr bei den Mannern als bei den Frauen beliebt.
Zu bald sind wir wieder in Australien nach einem Aufenthalt in Griechenland angekommen. Es waren die besten drei Monate meines Lebens, und so bald wie moglich fahre ich zuriick.
—Jennifer Smith, H.VI.B., Tiddeman
"Tell the Truth" (with apologies to Channel 7)
Compere: Quod est tuum nomen?
Number 1: Meum nomen est Iulius Caesar
Compere: Quod est tuum nomen?
Number 2: Meum nomen est Iulius Caesar
Compere: Quod est tuum nomen?
Number 3: Meum nomen est Iulius Caesar
Compere: Et expicio vos ad aliud spectaculum hie ad Circum Maximum Iterum habemus nostros hospites Cleopatram, Publium Critonium, et Kevinum Dennisum Nunc habemus verba ab Kevino
Kevin Dennis: (Commercial) Quis aedificavit optimos currus Romae? Ego, sine dubio Cur igitur non venis ad nos ut videas nostra exampla 55 B.C.?
Compere: Gratias ago Kevino Denniso pro egregio consilio Habeamus primam rogationem, Cleopatra
Cleo: Die mihi, ubi natus es, si vis, prime
Number 1: Natus sum in Africa ubi Hannibal imperator erat
Compere: Proximam rogationem
Publius: Qui est cibus tibi gratissimus, secunde?
Number 2: Acini
Compere: Et Kevine?
Kevin Dennis: Terti, die nobis, si vis, quo vadis cum exercitu post spectaculum
Number 3: Adibom ad Iapanam
Compere: Nunc, suffragia deponite, auditores quoque Cleopatra dicit primum, et Publius et Kevinus Dennisus dicunt tertium
Would the real Julius Caesar please stand up
—Vivienne Fink, V.D., Cato
Michael Finnegan
Erat senex nomine "Finnegan"
Habuit pilos in suo chinnegin
Ventus venit et flavit in egen
Miser senex "Finnegan"
-Judy Campbell, II.E., Nevile
Jabberwocky
Fuit brillig, et slithy toves
In waba gyerunt et gymblerunt
Erant mimsi borogroves, Et mome raths outgraberunt
Cave Jabberwock, mi fili
Dentes mordunt, braeehia rapiunt
Cave Jubjub Bird, et fugi Frumioum Bandersnatchum
Et occidisti Jabberwock?
Mi fili, veni ad me
O frabious dies! Calloo! Callay! Cecinit laetitiam
—Judy Campbell, II.E., Nevile
Translated from the poem by Lewis Carroll—
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogroves, And the mome raths outgrabe
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, beamish boy! Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy
Quo Festinas, Mea Pulchra?
(Where do you go to, my lovely?)
Loqueris ut Marlena Dietrich
Ac saltas ut Zi Zi Jean Maire
Vestiment(a) a Balmano faciuntur
Sunt adamantes et margaritae comis Ita vero
Sed quo festinas, mea pulchra, Ubi es sol(a) in cubili?
De quibus rebus putas?
Volo in mentem videre Ita vero
Vidi omnes qualificationes
Quae accepisti e Sorbonno
Et picturam e Picasso raptam
Pulchritudo tu(o) infinita est
Memini obscuros vicos Neapolis duos infantes orantes in pannis
Ambo maxime arserunt
Fieri divites ac clari
Itaque os meum specta, Maria-Clara, Memento quid sis
Deinde mei obliviscere
Sed semper cicatricem feres, intra te.
Scio quo festines, mea pulchra
Ubi es sol(a) in cubili, Scio de quibus putes, Quod in mentem videre possum
Ac conantur
—Joan MacGavin, H.VI.G., Nevile
Anita Porter, Mary
Hayward, Helen Boyle
—Photo by Judy Bloom
French Quiz
Meditate on the following questions:
PROVERBS
What is the equivalent English Proverb:
1 Vouloir c'est pouvoir
2 Tel qui rit vendredi dimanche pleurera
3 Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
4 C'est de 1'algebre pour moi?
FRENCH LANGUAGE
A Explain the meaning of these French phrases used English:
1 bete noire
2 coup d'etat
3 piece de resistance
4 tete a tete
5 esprit de corps
B Idioms.—What do these mean:
1 pendre la cremaillere
2 Filer a l'anglaise
3 crier a tue-tete
4 avoir le cafard
5 defense d'afficher
C General:
1 In which parts of France do the inhabitants have their own native language?
2 What is "ARGOT"?
3 What is a local dialect called?
4 What is "cache-cache"?
5 What is "l'auto-stop"?
FRANCE
Match the place with the product: in 1 Camembert, Valencienne, Lille, Lyon, Grasse
2 Perfume, lace, cheese, silk, linen
HISTORY.
A Modern tennis originated from which French game?
B Who said:
1 "L'etat c'est moi"
2 "Si dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer"
GENERAL
1 What are Bateaux-Mouches?
2 What is the connection between children and 6th December?
The name of Suzanne Coutanceau, who gained Honourable Mention in the Intermediate Section of the Goethe Poetry Prize Competition was unfortunately omitted from the list published in the December issue, 1968 *
Helen Boyle
—Photo by Judy Bloom
JUNIOR 2A, 1959
Present students included in this photo are (I tor.) : Leonie Dick, Pia Brous,, Jacki Smith, Robyn Grimwade, Debbie Simmance, Lyn Cochran, Madolyn Staunton, Elizabeth Frankenburg, Robyn Hewitt, Wendy Franet
JUNIOR 2B, 1959
Present students included in this photo are (I to r.) : Helen Ussher, Heather Belcher, Michelle Tishler, Leslie Wilkinson, Julie Spry, Jill Rozenberg, Pam Carruthers, Debbie Blaskett, Heather Rowe, Susie Chester, Dianne Silk, Beverley Mitchell
Green,
3rd
1969-Ten years do make a difference!
Sport has played an important part in the school life of our girls from the time of the College's foundation as is shown by the following examples from our school archives:—
GYMNASTICS In his Annual Report in 1896, Dr Fitchett stated that one of the aims of the College was not only the education of the mind but also the body, "so in M.L.C we have a chain of graceful physical exercises running through the routine of each school day, giving little patches of deep breathing exercises — as far as possible in the open air — between the hours of study"
These activities were later extended to third period on Tuesday afternoons and included ball throwing and catching "to make the girls quick and smart in their movements", balancing and marching to make the girls graceful while exercises of the "limbs and trunk of the body had much attention paid to them" These periods had their lighter side and Miss E Lewis recalls a member of staff coming to morning tea one day and saying that she had got her unfortunate girls bowed to the ground and could not remember the order for getting them erect.
The highlight of gymnastics in the College was a gym. display by the girls in the Town Hall on Speech Night
HOCKEY Hockey was a major event in the lives of M.L.C girls in the early nineteen hundreds; everybody tried for the team and support was keen One newcomer to the school, however, described how her first and last participation in the game caused her to regard our hockey as purely a spectator sport:—
"My toilette was quickly got through and in an ecstasy of hope and delight I donned my new chic hockey costume; my small brothers, aged eight and six respectively, and my two aged maiden aunts had practised regularly with me for more than a month, so, full of confidence I took my place on the field." Unfortunately during the match the girl was hit on the head by the ball and had to be carried home to spend a week in bed "My costume and hat have disappeared from sight and the small boy next door plays horses on my stick." The letter was signed "Experience"
SWIMMING M.L.C's first swimming sports were held in 1908 and life-saving was included in the programme There were three trials in this event, one of which was the "hidden dummy", and the overall winner was awarded with a medal from the Royal Humane Society
This event was featured again in 1909 and it was reported that several girls not participating in the sports distinguished themselves in another field: "journeying up to the swimming
row (left to right): Helen Ussher, Heather Belcher, Michelle Tishler, Leslie Wilkinson Julie Spry, Leonie Dick, Lyn Cochran, Jackie Smith, Elizabeth Frankenburg, Pia Brous, Madalyn Staunton
An advertisement found in a turnof-the-Century Cookery Book
(Submitted by Lesley Fedderson, S.V.A.)
baths to book their seats before the crush, they showed their ability by rescuing the dummy, which had lost his balance and fallen into the water. After much difficulty he was brought to land by means of a broom."
SPORTS DAY If you are one of the many who feel that some of the events on sports day this year were rather unusual, read on Our first sports day was held on 3rd November, 1915, and the programme included several fun races such as the boot race, the siamese race, an egg and spoon race, a potato race and an obstacle race. The following account of the obstacle race makes it sound even more amusing than our present day one:—
"The obstacle race was perhaps the funniest Senior girls, forgetting their age and lately acquired dignity, scrambled head-first under forms so low that they had difficulty extracting themselves They hopped joyously for one part, ran backwards feverishly, unknotted strings and valiantly attempted to bite the elusive bun and finally with a giant effort succeeded in obtaining a bite when least expected This was not an ordeal quickly forgotten Surely she that won so easily was not new at 'bun-baiting'; if a stranger to 'bun-baking'."
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public examination results MATRICULATION
Matriculation (excluding repeated)
(85 Firsts, 223 Seconds)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
University Women's College: Janet Fitzgerald — Minor Resident
St Hilda's College: Pamela Cox — Major Resident
St Hilda's College (E J Roberts Scholarship): Julienne Silverwood - Resident
SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS
April Baragwanath (Biology), Gillian Craig (French), Cheryl Hooper (General Excellence), Joanne Payne (Biology), Elizabeth Porter (Literature, European History, French, General Excellence, also Cromarty Prize for English Literature), Julienne Silverwood (General Mathematics), Catherine Wylie (Biology)
The Australian Goethe Society Prize in German—Elizabeth Porter (equal)
The Netherlands Cultural Committee Prize in Dutch — Cheryl Hooper
Senior Government Scholarship — Elizabeth Porter
COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS (UNIVERSITY)
Alison Armstrong, Mary Armstrong, Catherine Austin, April Baragwanath, Sharman Bawden, Shelley Beard, Pam Brewster, Judith Bright, Sally Broadhurst, Miranda Capell, Helen Cartledge, Dianne Chamberlain, Janice Chesters, Elizabeth Coates, Marjorie Courtis, Pamela Cox, Elspeth Cragg, Gillian Craig, Janet Douglas, Christine Ellemor, Lorraine Evans, Beverley Fall, Janet Fitzgerald, Helen Flicker, Margaret Grice, Jennifer Hack, Maree Hargreaves, Alison Harris, Suzanne Heath, Caroline Hoffmann, Cheryl Margaret Hooper, Elizabeth Johanson, Judy Katchor, Lynne King-Smith, Mary-Anne Ley, Toni Lumsden, Raewyn MacDonald, Patricia McLellan, Susan McMahon, Dianne McQuie, Janette Marchant, Jillian Mealy, Jennifer Miles, Wendy Milsom, Robyn Patterson, Joanne Payne, Sandra Perkins, Marilyn Pittard, Elizabeth Porter, Vivienne Powell, Marilyn Russell, Susanne Scott, Leonie Segal, Susan Shields, Julienne Silverwood, Wendy Smith, Christine Surgenor, Barbara Vanselow, Wendy Vanselow, Faye Watt, Elizabeth Weaver, Janet Young
SECONDARY STUDENTSHIPS
Mary Alexander, Shelley Beard, Miranda Capell, Heather Comben, Patricia Cooke, Marjorie Courtis, Hilary Cowan, Elspeth Cragg, Pamela Dry, Lorraine Evans, Janette Ganderton, Robyn Gray, Patricia Harrison, Marilyn Haslam, Suzanne Heath, Susan Hollingsworth, Cheryl Hooper, Margaret Jobling, Christine Jones, Judy Katchor, Joan Lewis, Linda McDonnell, Julie McFarlane, Dianne McQuie, Christine Martin, Joanne Payne, Susan Ralston, Ann Richards, Deborah Rogers, Susan Shields, Pamela Skinner, Ingrid Tirums, Helen Wostry
ADVANCED EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Barbara Genat, Robyn Grice, Jillian Hicks, Carol Hubbard, Pamela Jenkins, Mary Leckie, Christine Lee, Jacquelin McDonald, Ann Richards
matriculation results, 1968
^English Literature—
1st Class Honours: Margaret Grice, Maree Hargreaves, Elizabeth Porter, Deborah Rogers, Jan Sullivan
2nd Class Honours: Catherine Austin, April Baragwanath, Sharman Bawden, Sally Broadhurst, Miranda Capell, Marjorie Courtis, Vicki Coutts, Phyllis Dorey, Janet Douglas, Lorraine Evans, Caroline Hoffmann, Cheryl Hooper, Margaret Jobling, Sally Lamont, Jennifer Miles, Marilyn Pittard, Mary Player, Pamela Skinner, Jillian Watts, Elizabeth Weaver
Latin—
1st Class Honours: Alison Harris, Wendy Milsom
French—
1st Class Honours: Gillian Craig, Cheryl Hooper, Elizabeth Porter, Susan Shields
2nd Class Honours: Miranda Capell, Helen Cartledge, Janet Douglas, Robyn Gray, Alison Harris, Mary-Anne Ley, Nancy Linford, Patricia McLellan, Jillian Mealy, Marilyn Pittard, Julienne Silverwood
German—
1st Class Honours: Cheryl Hooper, Elizabeth Porter
2nd Class Honours: Miranda Capell, Gillian Graig, Raewyn MacDonald, Ingrid Tirums
2nd Class Honours: Dorothy Bertram, Judith Bright, Helen Cartledge, Dianne Chamberlain, Pamela Cox, Pamela Dry, Helen Flicker, Pamela Hjorth, Toni Lumsden, Linda McDonnell, Chai Ha Quah, Wendy Smith, Christine Surgenor, Barbara Vanselow, Wendy Vanselow
General Mathematics—
1st Class Honours: Pamm Brewster, Elspeth Cragg, Beverley Fall, Carol Hubbard, Janette Marchant, Jillian Mealy, Vivienne Powell, Susan Ralston, Julienne Silverwood
2nd Class Honours: Susan Cassie, Elizabeth Coates, Marjorie Courtis, Jacqueline Coyle, Maree Hargreaves, Jillian Hicks, Kathryn Hogg, Susan Hollingsworth, Pamela Jenkins, Belinda Lai, Mary Leckie, Jennifer Lowe, Raewyn MacDonald, Patricia McLellan, Susan McMahon, Susan Orr, Robyn Patterson, Christina Sampson, Susanne Scott, Janet Young
Physics—
1st Class Honours: Pamela Cox
2nd Class Honours: Pamm Brewster, Dianne Chamberlain, Elspeth Cragg, Beverley Fall, Janet Fitzgerald, Helen Flicker, Suzanne Heath, Lynne King-Smith, Toni Lumsden, Vivienne Powell, Wendy Smith, Christine Surgenor, Barbara Vanselow, Wendy Vanselow
Chemistry—
1st Class Honours: Pamm Brewster, Dianne Chamberlain, Pamela Cox, Janet Fitzgerald, Helen Flicker, Robyn Patterson, Susanne Scott
1st Class Honours: Alison Armstrong, April Baragwanath, Sharman Bawden, Helen Cohn, Heather Comben, Elspeth Cragg, Gillian Craig, Margaret Grice, Alison Harris, Suzanne Heath, Judith Higham, Jillian Mealy, Robyn Patterson, Joanne Payne, Catherine Wylie
2nd Class Honours: Shelley Beard, Paula Casey, Susan Cassie, Janice Chesters, Judith Clucas, Christine Ellemor, Deidre Ellis, Beverley Fall, Robyn Green, Margaret Hay, Jillian Hicks, Kathleen Jewell, Carolyn Judkins, Nancy Linford, Aivonne Lowe, Christine McKelliget, Susan McMahon, Rosalind Mann, Janette Marchant, Christine Martin, Jennifer Miles, Wendy Milsom, Pamela Thomas, Julia Williams, Janette Williamson
Geography—
1st Class Honours: Mary Armstrong, Sharman Bawden, Sally Broadhurst, Elizabeth Coates, Kathryn Kings, Christine Lee, Mary-Anne Ley, Dianne McQuie, Sandra Morley, Sandra Perkins, Christine Raftopoulos, Marilyn Russell, Thelma Stone, Pamela Thomas, Kheng Huan Tsao
2nd Class Honours: Jennifer Anderson, Peggy Broadway, Paula Casey, Pamela Coleman, Christine Ellemor, Lorraine Evans, Jennifer Hack, Patricia Harrison, Miriam Heazlewood, Brenda Holt, Yoke Ling Hoong, Lorna Jasper, Judy Katchor, Jacquelin McDonald, Christine McKelliget, Gillian Russell, Robyn Spicer, Hoon Ling Ting, Julia Williams
Greek and Roman History—
2nd Class Honours: Gillian Anderson, Margaret Grice, Caroline Hoffmann, Judy Katchor, Jennifer Miles, Susan Spink
Australian History—
2nd Class Honours: Alison Armstrong, Elizabeth Johanson, Jacquelin McDonald, Joanne Payne
European History—
1st Class Honours: Janet Douglas, Penelope Evans, Alison Harris, Cheryl Hooper, Sandra Perkins, Elizabeth Porter
2nd Class Honours: April Baragwanath, Susan Burnham, Miranda Capell, Gillian Craig, Margaret Haysey, Margaret Jobling, Elizabeth Johanson, Joan Lewis, Ann Richards, Elizabeth Weaver
Social Studies—
1st Class Honours: Yvonne Kominos, Wendy Milsom, Marilyn Pittard, Faye Watt
2nd Class Honours: Mary Armstrong, Catherine Austin, Shelley Beard, Sally Broadhurst, Janice Chesters, Jill Guerin, Jennifer Hack, Pamela Jenkins, Fife Krizos, Susan Lethbridge, Jacquelin McDonald, Susan McMahon, Vivienne Morton, Joanne Payne, Sandra Perkins, Ann Richards, Julie Roddick, Hoon Ling Ting, Kheng Huan Tsao, Jillian Watts, Elizabeth Weaver, Janette Williamson
Economics—
1st Class Honours: Helen Cartledge, Jennifer Hack, Jillian Mealy, Jennifer Miles, Marilyn Pittard, Leonie Segal, Kheng Huan Tsao
2nd Class Honours: Alison Armstrong, Sharman Bawden, Shelley Beard, Swee Gim Chan, Janice Chesters, Marjorie Courtis, Lorraine Evans, Miriam Heazlewood, Kathryn Hogg, Brenda Holt, Mary-Anne Ley, Susan McMahon, Dianne McQuie, Kaylene Peck, Sandra Perkins, Deborah Rogers, Marilyn Russell, Glenda Spargo, Thelma Stone, Kathryn Wallace, Margaret Wallach, Faye Watt, Janet Young
Art—
2nd Class Honours: Caroline Hoffmann.
Music (Practical)—
1st Class Honours: Lynley Carrington, Janet Douglas, Julienne Silverwood
2nd Class Honours: Faye Watt, Maree Hargreaves, Marilyn Haslam
Music (Theoretical)—
1st Class Honours: Janet Douglas, Julienne Silverwood
2nd Class Honours: Lynley Carrington, Robyn Gray, Maree Hargreaves
Jennifer Anderson, Alison Armstrong, Mary Armstrong, Catherine Austin, Sharman Bawden, Shelley Beard, Elizabeth Bennett, Dorothy Bertram, Pamm Brewster, Judith Bright, Sally Broadhurst, Miranda Capell, Lynley Carrington, Helen Cartledge, Paula Casey, Dianne Chamberlain, Swee Gim Chan, Wanda Chan, Janice Chesters, Judith Clucas, Elizabeth Coates, Pamela Coleman, Patricia Cooke, Susan Cooper, Marjorie Courtis, Pamela Cox, Jacqueline Coyle, Elspeth Cragg, Gillian Craig, Phyllis Dorey, Christine Ellemor, Lorraine Evans, Janet Fitzgerald, Helen Flicker, Pamela Francis, Janette Ganderton, Anita Gerdsen, Robyn Gray, Alison Harris, Pamela Hartley, Margaret Haysey, Suzanne Heath, Miriam Heazlewood, Jillian Hicks, Anne Hocking, Brenda Holt, Carol Hubbard, Kaye Indikt, Pamela Jenkins, Margaret Jobling, Elizabeth Johanson, Christine Jones, Carolyn Judkins, Judy Katchor, Lynne King-Smith, Joan Lewis, Mary-Anne Ley, Toni Lumsden, Raewyn MacDonald, Janice McDonald, Linda McDonnell, Patricia McLellan, Susan McMahon, Dianne McQuie, Christine Martin, Jillian Mealy, Jennifer Miles,
(Continued on page 48)
Liz Porter, Dux of the College for 1968, gained outstanding results in the Matriculation examinations She won Special Distinctions in French, European History and English Literature; these are awarded to relatively few students in each subject in the ratio of up to five per thousand candidates In addition, Liz gained the Cromarty Prize in English Literature, awarded to the candidate with the highest marks in Literature at the Matriculation Examination, and shared the Australian Goethe Society Prize which is awarded to the student who gains the highest marks in German, excluding those who have exceptional advantages by reason of German home background or prolonged residence abroad
Liz was awarded a Special Distinction for General Excellence These are awarded at the rate of 5 per thousand candidates on the basis of the total marks in the best four subjects excluding English Expression
The School congratulates Liz very heartily upon being the top girl student in Victoria, and second student in the State; and upon gaining a Senior Government Scholarship and one of the two valuable Monash University Undergraduate Scholarships awarded to students in Arts, Economics, Politics and Law Liz is now doing an Honours Arts course at Monash and is majoring in Philosophy
M.L.C warmly congratulates Cheryl Hooper who gained first class honours in Dutch, German, French, European History, and second class honours in English Literature She was awarded a Special Distinction for General Excellence, and the Netherlands Cultural Committee Prize awarded to the student gaining the highest marks in Dutch, excluding those candidates who have exceptional advantage by reason of background or residence abroad Cheryl is now at Melbourne University doing an Honours Arts course, majoring in languages
LIZ PORTER
(Photo by courtesy of "The Age".)
CHERYL HOOPER
Joanne Payne, Sandra Perkins, Marilyn Pittard, Viola Poole, Elizabeth Porter, Vivienne Powell, Chai Ha Quah, Ann Richards, Deborah Rogers, Gillian Russell, Marilyn Russell, Leonie Segal, Suzanne Silman, Ann Silverman, Julienne Silverwood, Pamela Skinner, Wendy Smith, Robyn Spicer, Jan Sullivan, Ingrid Tirums, Margaret Tonge, Kheng Huan Tsao, Barbara Vanselow, Wendy Vanselow, Sandra Vincent, Ailsa Walbran, Faye Watt, Marilyn Weaver, Ann White, Elizabeth White, Janette Williamson, Helen Wostry
Matriculation, Four subjects passed— Diane Aldred, April Baragwanath, Peggy Broadway, Susan Burnham, Susan Cassie, Anne-Marie Charles, Helen Cohn, Heather Comben, Hilary Cowan, Deidre Ellis, Beverley Fall, Yvonne Gaunt, Andrea Goudie, Robyn Green, Margaret Grice, Jill Guerin, Katherine Ann Guest, Jennifer Hack, Patricia Harrison, Marilyn Haslam, Margaret Hay, Jennifer Hicks, Judith Higham, Jennifer Hirst, Caroline Hoffmann, Kathryn Hogg, Sherron Hutchesson, Kathryn Kings, Sally Lamont, Mary Leckie, Christine Lee, Susan Lehmann, Susan Lethbridge, Diane Lilley, Nancy Linford, Aivonne Lowe, Jennifer Lowe, Suzanne MacKinnon, Carolyn McDonald, Jacquelin McDonald, Julie McFarlane, Colleen McGrath, Christine McKelliget, Rosalind Mann, Janette Marchant, Wendy Milsom, Sandra Morley, Vivienne Morton, Soo Choo Oh, Susan Orr, Glenys - Outhred, Robyn Patterson, Kaylene Peck, Mary Player, Christine Raftopoulos, Helen Roberts, Julie Roddick, Susanne Scott, Delia Seymour, Janine Sheppard, Susan Shields, Florence Sia, Janet Spicer, Susan Spink, Thelma Stone Nataly Stretton, Vicki Symons, Rita Tan, Pamela Thomas, Hoon Ling Ting, Merron Turnley, Kathryn Wallace, Sandra Walters, Anne Watson, Jillian Watts, Elizabeth Weaver, Julia Williams, Catherine Wylie, Janet Young
Compensatory Matriculation, Three subjects passed— Gillian Anderson, Karen Bale, Gillian Haig-Muir, Susan Hollingsworth, Kathleen Jewell, Leona Job, Wendy Jones, Esther Ko, Yvonne Kominos, Fife Krizos, Christina Lacey, Belinda Lai, Roslyn Mehegan, Lorraine Peart, Susan Ralston, Patricia Reilly, Christina Sampson, Linda Schache, Glenda Spargo, Helen Stephens, Lynne Stevens, Dinah Teters, Margaret Wallach, Akiko Washio, Alison Wilcock
leaving examination results, 1968
Eight subjects passed— Pia Brous.
Seven subjects passed— Rosemary Barclay, Karen Beeson, Jane Boorer, Rhonda Chatwin, Beth Crutch, Janet Duke, Christine Dunner, Elizabeth Edmondson, Marie Goldsworthy, Diana Grimwood, Janice Henley, Julie Hewison, Joan Hindle, Barbara Hoban, Heather lies, Sandra Matthews, Louise Nicolson, Robyn Pike, Margaret Stacey, Carol Thorne, Beverley Trezise
Six subjects passed— Miriam Adams, Gene Adamson, Jillian Albiston, Janice Alexander, Judith Anderson, Jillian Ashton, Margaret Bacon, Sandra Baker, Pamela Barron, Jennifer Batrouney, Heather Belcher, Deborah Blaskett, Judith Bloom, Barbara Borgeest, Jocelyn Brittingham, Denise Brook, Merrin Browne, Felicity Browning, Jennifer Caffin, Meryn Callander, Pamela Carruthers, Christina Castles, Helen Chester, Christine Chipperfield, Ann Churcher, Jacqueline Clayton, Alison Coates, Lynette Cochran, Ann Code, Jillian Corless, Lynette Costello, Janine Coster, Pamela Dagley, Peta Davidson, Judith Davis, Rosalind Derrick, Leonie Dick, Elizabeth Dyke, Jane East, Robyn Farrer, Jill Firth, Philippa Foord, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Shona Fraser, Janet Gardner, Rosemary George, Helen Gough, Judith Grove, Margaret Guest, Kay Gyngell, Lee Halligan, Netta Harris, Margaret Harrison, Lesley Hay, Pamela Hedstrom, Robyn Hewitt, Lois Hill, Janice Huntsman, Susan Indian, Anne
Inglis, Jennifer Ingram, Susan Jones, Vivien Lardner, Leora Lehrer, Anne Lester, Helen Lew Ton, Heather Lidgett, Andrea McDonald, Helen McGarry, Janette Mclntyre, Jane Mason, Robyn Millar, Catherine Molloy, Angela Moorhead, Helen Mountford, Wendy Mudge, Janice Naphtali, Carole Neil, Jennifer Nelson, Susan Nicholls, Janet Norrie, Pamela Opie, Julie Orders, Jennifer Owen Barbara Pearce, Vivienne Perham Beverley Phillips, Gillian Phillips, Patricia Phillips, Beth Pritchard, Jennifer Quinton, Glenda Reid, Helen Rosmalen, Heather Rowe, Linda Rubinstein, Dianne Silk, Ngaire Silverwood, Janette Smith, Jennifer Smith, Bryony Stevens, Jacqueline Stolz, Elizabeth Strachan, Janis Taber, Airlie Thirlwell, Dawn Thomas, Elizabeth Thompson, Jan Thompson, Gillian Tobin, Janette Venus, Julie Walker, Glenys Watson, Bronwyn Westcott, Susan Whitehill
Five subjects passed—
Susan Anderson, Michelle Austin, Anne Bachmann, Anne Bayliss, Anne Bowman, Helen Boyle, Pamela Chapman, Gaye Condon, Stella Cygler, Prudence Dagley, Anne Davies, Margaret Davies, Susan Denholm, Karen Dixon, Ruth Douglas, Jennifer Dow, Jennifer Dunstone, Glenda Ellis, Wendy Franet, Suzanne Gedye, Rebecca Glover, Bronwyn Griffiths, Robyn Grimwade, Susan Gunn, Deidre Gurney, Anna Hegedus, Dorothy Hope, Christine Howard, Jennifer Hutchison, Catherine Inches, Deborah Jacobs, Barbara Jones, Eve Killeen, Janet Leckie, Erica Lees, Gabrielle Leigh, Margaret Levy, Catherine Lumley, Joan MacGavin, Janice McMillan, Julie Maddock, Moira Maddisson, Deborah Maver, Lois May, Sally Middleton, Gweneth Midgley, Pamela Moon, Margaret Morieson, Kay Morley, Patricia Mullins, Robyn Murphy, Mary Nixon, Sue Novak, Rosemary O'Shea, Julie Peters, Janne Phillips, Kay Robinson, Barbara Sheers, Denise Sherlock, Deborah Simmance, Rhonda Slater, Jeanette Sparks, Janet Stephens, Jillian Taylor, Susanne Teague, Jennifer Thomas, Margaret Torode, Eleanor Tully, Helen Ussher, Marilyn Wathen, Sandra Watsford, Julie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Yew Ting Wong, Barbara Wootton, Jennifer Wotherspoon
Four subjects passed—
Janette Atkin, Glenys Blackford, Pamela Braun, Janet Brock, Johanne Bull, Barbara Canty, Susan Downing, Andrena Dowse, Peta Gardiner, Margaret George, Suzanne Harwood, Anne Hilsberg, Sonja Huisman, Barbara Illingworth, Dianne James, Diane Koetsveld, Rosalind Lewis, Suan Wah Lim, Myrel Lipman, Jeanette McCann, Margot Milne, Bronwyn Murphy, Christine Owen, Margaret Owens, Jennifer Payne, Bobyn Peterson, Jeanette Powell, Janyce Rigg, Maxine Rippon, Christine Smart, Jacqueline Smith, Joan Stenning, Meryl Stuart, Ruth Stubbs, Mary Swanton, Min Tjie Tan, Joanne Vary, Lynette Veitch, Janis Wilmot, Prudence Wood, Jennefer Woodley
COMMONWEALTH SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Judith Betts, Dianne Beynon, Christine Blanksby, Heather Boyd, Karyn Butler, Anne Chambers, Margaret Champion, Elizabeth Clarke, Suzanne Coutanceau, Angela Cuming, Janis Donaldson, Susan Donath, Margaret Dowling, Lynda Dugan, Merren Duke, Rosemary Elliott, Julie Faragher, Helen Fleming, Rosemary Gowans, Helen Gregg, Katherine Gross, Clare Hargreaves, Jane Harmsworth, Valerie Haye, Elizabeth Hewitt, Barbara King, Jennifer Langford, Karen Le Rossignol, Debbie Marriott, Gai McKenzie, Judith Merry, Mary Miller, Paula Minty, Judith Nash, Kay Niven, Elizabeth Nugent, Julia Payne, Rosanne Pittard, Lesley Prince, Valerie Pye, Elizabeth Quine, Susan Rashleigh, Meredith Rogers, Dagmar Ross, Judith Savige, Wendy Shaw, Jennifer Smith, Janis Tayles, Alison Taylor, Jeanette Towns, Deborah Williams, Sharon Woolf, June Wundersitz
Silver and Green, July 1969
JUNIOR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP
WINNERS
Jane Allen, Vicki Ashton, Margaret Banks, Meredith Bayly, Susan Bayly, Olwyn Becker, Susan Berkeley, Sandra Bell, Jane Bowman, Wendy Briggs, Jennifer Brown, Nola Burden, Jill Chambers, Lesle Clegg, Kathryn Clements, Kyla Cliburn, Susan Cohen, Ruth Crutch, Janet Davey, Jennifer Delalande, Susan Ditehfield, Margaret Douglas, Gayle Dugan, Helen Eva, Heather Faragher, Karen Fisher, Jane Fowler, Robyn Frost, Christine Gawler, Janet Gibson, Jennifer Green, Joy Harrison, Robyn Hewitt, Rosemary Hillis, Susan Hogg, Jennifer Hosking, Janette lies, Jennifer James, Carol Jenkin, Christine John, Marjorie Jones, Alison Joseph, Susan Kenny, Helen Krizos, Jennifer Kuffer, Lynette Langford, Christina Lech, Janette Long, Jennifer Lord, Glennis McAlpine, Anne Marshal], Jennifer Marshall, Penelope Martin, Vicki Montgomerie, Anne Niven, Gai O'Brien, Anne Opie, Jillianne Parker, Susan Paterson, Jennifer Peart, Roslyn Peters, Natalie Pickering, Anu Poldma, Helen Pretty, Dayle Quinton, Karen Ramsay, Elizabeth Rouch, Karen Russell, Jennifer Saynor, Elspeth ScottBranagan, Mary Shaw, Susan Slade, Elizabeth Stenning, Jane Stone, Lynette Sullivan, Sally Tayler, Jean Taylor, Jocelyn Trigg, Christine Wade, Karen Wales, Janine Walker, Nairne Watson, Rhonda Watson, Josephine Webber, Margaret Willing, Amanda Wilson, Carol Wilson, Lisa Woolf, Linda Wostry, Jennifer York
UNIVERSITY COURSES
The following girls have begun courses at Monash University:—
Arts: Swee Gim Chan, Kaye Indikt, Christine McKelliget, Joanne Payne, Elizabeth Porter, Ann Richards, Deborah Rogers, Susan Shields, Pamela Skinner, Wendy Smith, Sandra Vincent, Catherine Wylie
Science: Pamela Dry, Janet Fitzgerald, Helen Flicker, Lynne King-Smith, Rosalind Mann, Viola Poole, Vivienne Powell, Ann White, Elizabeth White
The following girls have begun courses at La Trobe University:—
Social Sciences: Alison Armstrong, Margaret Grice, Patricia Harrison, Julie McFarlane, Vivienne Morton, Delia Seymour, Susan Spink, Jan Sullivan
Science: Susan Hollingsworth
Biological Sciences: Heather Comben, Oh Soo Choo, Christina Sampson, Florence Sia
Humanities: Hilary Cowan, Caroline Hoffmann, Helen Wostry
Physical Sciences: Janice McDonald
The following girls have begun courses at Melbourne University:—
Arts: Mary Armstrong, Catherine Austin, Sally Broadhurst, Miranda Capell, Helen Cartledge, Helen Cohen, Gillian Craig, Phyllis Dorey, Alison Harris, Judith Higham, Cheryl Hooper, Margaret Jobling, Elizabeth Johanson, Christine Jones, Judy Katchor, Mary-Anne Ley, Dianne McQuie, Jillian Mealy, Wendy Milsom, Ingrid Tirums
Arts/Law: Elizabeth Weaver
Science: Elizabeth Bennett, Judith Bright, Elizabeth Coates, Elspeth Cragg, Suzanne Heath, Anne Hocking, Christine Martin, Linda McDonnell, Christine Surgenor
Science Education: Susan Ralston
Applied Science: Susanne Scott.
Commerce: Paula Casey, Jennifer Hack, Brenda Holt, Sandra Perkins, Marilyn Russell, Kheng Tsao, Faye Watt
Melva Muller, B.A.; Barbara Osborne, B.Sc (Melb.); Kerry Sterling, B.A Helen Watters
Bachelor of Law—
Verna Cook, B.Comm., B.Ed
Bachelor of Science—
Merran Anderson, B.A.; Elaine Atkins, Barbara Heath, Barbara Osborne, Serena Rule, Glenis Smalley, Helen Vorrath
Diploma of Education— Mary Hutchings, B.A
Diploma of Social Studies— Beris Turnley, B.A.; Yvonne Witenberg
acknowledgements
The Mangarrian (Canterbury Girls' High School); Quaerite (Shelford C.E.G.G.S.); Kariwang (Mitcham High School); Orrorroo (Burnley College of Horticulture); Fintonian (Fintona Girls' School); M.C.E.G.G.S Magazine (Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School); Coolaroo (Elsternwick Methodist Ladies' College); Yarra Valley Church of England School Magazine (Yarra Valley Church of England School); Chronicle (Carey Baptist Grammar School); The Golden Mitre (Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School); The Leonardian (St Leonard's Presbyterian Girls' College); The Ivanarian (Ivanhoe Grammar School); The Lecernian (Presbyterian Girls' College, Geelong); The Scotch Collegian (Scotch College); The Pegasus (Geelong College); Patchwork (Presbyterian Ladies' College); Wesley College Chronicle (Wesley College); St Kevin's College; •Sursum Corda (Xavier College); Unicorn (Melbourne High School); Record (University High School); and any others which have been unintentionally omitted
I THE OLD COLLEGIAN
CONDUCTED BY PAST STUDENTS OF THE METHODIST LADIES' COLLEGE HAWTHOR N
President, 1969
Old Collegians Committee
FELLOWS:
Dr and Mrs A H WOOD PATRONS:
Miss LUCY KELLAWAY and Miss RUTH FLOCKART.
Office Bearers and Council for 1969:
President: Mrs J B Hewitt (Margaret L Day)
Vice-President (ex-officio): Rev R A W Woodgate
Senior Vice-President: Mrs H W Secomb (Janet Wood)
Junior Vice-President: Mrs D A Stenning (Bronwyn Woolacott)
Honorary Secretary: Miss Dorothy Bugg
Honorary Branch Secretary: Miss Nancy Rashleigh
Honorary Treasurer: Mrs W S Tamblyn (Wilma Liebert)
Immediate Past President: Mrs. I. Denholm (Mavis Sanders).
Editress: Mrs I Hendy (Barbara Smith)
Council:
Mrs E D Beynon (Joy Duncan)
Mrs L Bloom (Marjorie Lobascher)
Mrs F R Boreham (M Betty Spillane)
Miss Win Everett
Miss Diane J Gairns
Mrs J P Galley (Janet Thomas)
Mrs J C Harsley (Carolyn Allen)
Mrs A K Head (Gwen Barlow)
Miss Elizabeth Jefferies
Mrs J W Jungwirth (Beth Duncan)
Miss Jan Knuckey
Miss Mavis Lancaster
Miss Anne Lankaster
Mrs N C Maggs (Pat May)
Mrs F C Martin (Nance Wyatt)
Miss Kathryn Nicholson
Miss Dorothy M Nance
Mrs A Paterson (Joyce Bottomer)
Mrs C H Smith (Beth Coghill)
Mrs D G Warner (Denise Lear)
Representatives:
Immediate Past Pupils: Miss Vicki Coutes, Miss Debbie Rogers
M.L.C Council: Mrs J B Hewitt (Margaret Day), Mrs C Rush (Lloys McNair), Mrs H W Secomb (Janet Wood), Mrs C W Harris (Joan Parker)
Clubroom Circle: Mrs H A King (Doreen Adams)
Archives: Mrs F W Cornell (Edna Pryor)
president s greeting
As I write this greeting to my fellow Old Collegians, following in the footsteps of past Presidents, I am deeply conscious of the honour and privilege of being your President this year
During my association with the school I have formed many friendships and it is such friendships that are the basis of the Old Collegians' Club The strength of our Club depends on each member, whether young or old, playing some part in the activities of the Club
This year I have met with interest and delight, new members having left school in 1968 and old members, including those of our well known Clubroom Circle, and it is our aim to move with modern trends to encourage the interest of these young members without forgetting those older ones, who without doubt, have been the backbone of the Club over the years and are still among our staunchest and most active members
This year we see the beginning of an enthusiastic Younger Set under the leadership of one of our Council members, Elizabeth Jefferies, which promises to be a very active group in the future
For the benefit of Country Members who may be able to combine it with a visit to Melbourne for the Royal Show, we have decided to hold the Annual Dinner during Show Week, and look forward to meeting many of our old friends again this year
Another change has been the alteration of the Annual Church Service to first term, possibly even as an afternoon
service, in the hope that more members, particularly students, will be able to take part We would welcome Club members' opinions of such changes
I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to all Council members who have given their whole-hearted support at all times, and whose help has been invaluable to me as President I am particularly grateful to Dorothy Bugg as Secretary, Wilma Tamblyn as Treasurer, and Barbara Hendy who has kindly returned as Editress, with the assistance of Una Lumley and Council members
Our Council meetings, although perhaps not as formal as in earlier years, have been most enjoyable and all members have given much time and thought to the planning of the Club and its functions To the conveners of these functions I am very grateful for their cheerful and spontaneous organizing and supervising, which has made my part so much easier
Also I would like to thank Mr Woodgate for his ready co-operation on every occasion, and Mr Turner for his willingness to help at any time
Our best wishes go to Janet Secomb, who will be your President in 1970 I am sure she will enjoy her year as much as I have mine I trust I may have the opportunity of meeting many of you at our social functions later in the year
Yours sincerely, MARGARET L HEWITT, President
annual report
It gives me pleasure to present, on behalf of the Old Collegians' Club of the Methodist Ladies' College (Hawthorn), the Sixty-Fourth Annual Report
Nine Council meetings were held with a good attendance at all At the first Council meeting the Executive Council was elected as follows: Mesdames Hewitt, Secomb, Tamblyn, Young, Moller, Harris, Knight, Stenning, Woods, Rush and Misses Sanders, Bugg, Rashleigh, Nance, Lancaster and Webb
On 18th March, the Inter-Schools Sun Challenge Cup was played in extreme heat at the Metropolitan Golf Club Our thanks go to Mrs Una Hart (McDiarmed) who was the nonplaying captain, for all the work she put into organizing the team, which finished with the fourth top score Later in the year, a luncheon was held at the Victoria Golf Club in recognition for the work Mrs D Buick has done for Golf within the Club
The annual Bowls Day was held at the Deepdene Bowling Club on Wednesday, 27th March Over sixty Old Collegians attended Our thanks are extended to Mrs Joan Alley and her helpers in organizing this most successful function
The New Members' Reunion was held on 5th April, in the Boarders' Lounge Miss Pope, a representative from the Elly Lukas School of Elegance, gave a very interesting talk on deportment Our thanks are extended to Mrs Harris for her organization of this function
On Monday, 29th April, a small group of Old Collegians took a number of elderly folk from Wesley Church for an outing to the Dandenongs To Mrs Rush and Mrs Smith we express our gratitude for the organising of this outing
Miss Pauline Withers convened the "Snow Ball" which was held at the Kew City Hall To Miss Withers, her ticket secretaries, Miss Sue Muir and Miss Ann Ramsay, and to the members of her committee we express our thanks for a night which was enjoyed by all
Our Social Service activity was an Indonesian Luncheon held at the home of Mrs Stenning (Bronwyn Woolacott) during July Mrs Zainu'dhin (Ailsa Thompson) spoke on "Life in Indonesia" As a result a donation was made to "Carronbank" School for Partially Blind Children Mrs Zainu'dhin arranged a menu consisting of Indonesian food We are grateful to Mrs Stenning for opening her home and also to Mrs L Bloom (Marjorie Lobascher) and Mrs Galley (Janet Thomas) and their committee who made the function such as success
This year the Annual Dinner was held at "Erskine Court" the new reception house owned by Mr. Bill McCormack. Dr. Una B Porter was to be our guest speaker, but on her returning to Melbourne after an overseas tour, she became ill in New Guinea We are most grateful to the Rev Alex Fraser for filling the role of guest speaker Mr Fraser spoke about his Scottish Heritage The evening was extremely well organised by both Mrs Jungwirth (Beth Duncan) and Mrs N C Maggs (Pat May) to whom we extend our sincere and very great thanks
To Mrs Young we once again express our gratitude for organising our team for the Sun Tennis Cup The Cup which is usually held in March was postponed to October owing to the drought conditions We were successful in reaching the semi-finals, but in the finals we were beaten by Korowa
Mrs Russell-Smith arranged the Annual Old Collegians' Golf Day at Huntingdale Golf Club on 25th October Our thanks are extended to Mrs Russell-Smith
Our Annual Church Service was conducted by the Rev W Trigg The Rev R A W Woodgate gave the sermon The Old Collegians' Choir was conducted by Miss Robin Wright and Miss Melva Muller was our organist After the service supper was served in the Boarders' Dining Room Our thanks go to Mrs Warner and Miss Gairns as conveners
The Assembly and Garden Party was held on the 30th November The afternoon was extremely well organized by Mrs Knight and her committee to whom we extend our sincere and very great thanks
It has been decided that from this year only one copy per year of Silver and Green be sent to members of the Old Collegians' Club Members will be able to obtain December copies if they make application to the Treasurer Our thanks to Mrs Moller (Pam Ralston) for editing the Old Collegians' Section
Only one executive meeting was held during the year The informal gathering was to organize a reunion night for girls who left school either just prior to or during the 1960's to 1965 This night was held later in the year when it was decided to form a Younger Set (under 35 years old) which we are hoping will become very active during the next 12 months
As from this year representatives from the Club are now appointed to the College Council as from February rather than wait until October
Throughout the year the Club has been represented at functions given by several sister schools, namely Merton Hall, Loreto, Morongo, P.L.C and the Hermitage We were also represented at functions given by Wesley and the M.L.C Parents' Association, and Combined Old Girls' Association
The Club appreciates the honour which the College extends each year when the President is asked to present prizes at the Lower Middle School Speech Day We are grateful for this opportunity to link the Club with the School of today
Our President has worked tirelessly for the Club and has shown wide interest in the Club's activities Her energy, her loyalty, and friendship will long be remembered by the Club
I am very grateful to the enormous amount of work put into each function by the Convener and her sub-committees Although attendance numbers could be a lot higher I am hoping, with the formation of the Younger Set, more younger members will become interested in the Club I feel it is up to each one of us to encourage other Old Collegians of the school to become interested in the Old Collegians and to voice their opinions rather than criticise
I would further like to thank Rev. Woodgate, Mr. Turner, Miss Lancaster and members of the school staff for the innumerable times we have used the school premises
Finally, to those Club members who have helped — thank you, and I look forward to another year with you all
—DOROTHY BUGG
coming events
• 22nd July: Social Service Luncheon—A Parade at the home of Mrs M Muir (Betty Knuckey) at 9 Boston Road, Balwyn Conveners: Marjorie Bloom (288 1386) and Beth Jungwirth (25 7108)
• 8th August: O.C.C. Annual Ball at the Camberwell Town Hall Conveners: Carolyn Harsley (95 7124), Elizabeth Jeffries (25 6323), and Pauline Withers (20 3068).
• 23rd September: Annual Dinner at Erskine Court, 384 Doncaster Rd., North Balwyn Conveners: Joy Beynon (85 4179, Gwen Head (24 6149), Nance Martin (58 2094)
• 6th December: Garden Party at the College at 2.30 p.m Conveners: Win Everett (53 5949), Dorothy Nance (29 2840), Ann Lankaster (728 1083) and Kathryn Nicholson (83 1559)
annual meeting; 1969
Minutes of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Old Collegians' Club of the Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, held in Flockart Hall on Wednesday, 19th February, 1969, at 8 p.m
The meeting, which was attended by 46 members, was opened by all repeating the Lord's Prayer
The President, Miss Mavis Sanders, was in the Chair and welcomed all present
Apologies were received from Lady Bolte, Mesdames Blackburn, Chegwin, Commons, Danks, Elliott, Hales, Hutton, Miller, Montgomery, Quinn, Renkin, Russell, Secomb, Dr. Lane, and Misses Barker, A Flockart, R Flockart, Rashleigh, Snowball, Sutton, Carter, Crow and Webb
The Minutes of the previous Annual Meeting held on 21st February, 1968, having been published in the July issue of "The Old Collegian", were taken as read and adopted on the motion of Mrs McCoy, seconded by Mrs Harsley
The Financial Statement was presented by the Honorary Treasurer, Mrs Tamblyn, who moved that it be accepted, and it was seconded by Mrs Williams
Miss Sanders expressed appreciation of the services of the Auditor, Mrs Emblin, and called for nominations for the ensuing year The President expressed that she would like the services of an Old Collegian Mrs Williams moved that Mr John Tib be appointed Mrs Hewitt seconded the motion
The Honorary Secretary presented the Annual Report which was adopted on the motion of Mrs Flewellen, seconded by Mrs White
The following reports were presented: Clubroom Circle by Mrs King, National Council of Women by Mrs Stenning, the Archives by Mrs Cornell, the Sun Tennis by Mrs Young All reports were received on the motion of Mrs Rush, seconded by Mrs Galley
The President spoke upon the work Mrs Jill Bull had given to the O.C.C Mrs Bull had started compiling the information for the writing of the History of the School, it is with sad regret that we find that Mrs Bull has now had to move to Sydney
The President called for suggestions of a worthy cause as the social service activity for 1969 It was moved by Mrs Jenkin and seconded by Miss Nance that the next meeting of Council decide whom we work for
The President spoke about the appointment of a Secretary to correspond with the representatives of the Branches of the O.C.C
Before retiring, the President, Miss Sanders, expressed her thanks to the office bearers and members of the Council for their co-operation and efforts which resulted in a very happy year Miss Sanders expressed her thanks to the Editress She especially thanked Mrs Knight for contacting so many of her former school friends to be present at the Annual Dinner Thanks was also expressed to the Conveners of all the functions held during the year
Miss Sanders called on Mrs Hewitt, the incoming President, to take the Chair and in welcoming her, presented her with the President's badge, after which Mrs Hewitt presented Miss Sanders with a Past President's badge
On behalf of the members of the Club, Mrs Knight congratulated Miss Sanders on her term as President, and spoke about the gracious personality of our President and of the tremendous amount of time and loyalty she had given to the club Mrs Knight expressed her best wishes for the future
As only the required number of nominations for the 1969 Council had been received, no voting was necessary and the Secretary read the list of Office Bearers and Council, all of whom were elected unopposed Mrs Hewitt presented each members of the Council with a title badge to be worn during their term on Council
The President, Mrs Hewitt, addressed the meeting, reiterating the congratulatory remarks expressed to Miss Sanders by Mrs Knight and extending a warm welcome to the new members of Council and the hope for a happy year ahead
After outlining dates of functions for the year the President spoke about changes within the School The tremendous opportunity for girls at the school, with the sixth-formers now having their own common room Miss Lancaster spoke about the changes within the boarding house Appeals were made to those present for help with a Guide Movement within the school and also for used clothing for the Senior Drama Group
The President declared the meeting closed Supper was served in the Boarders' Lounge.
—DOROTHY A BUGG (Hon Secretary)
address unknown
The following is a list of both Annual and Life Members for whom we have redundant addresses We have given the last known address in each case Would anyone knowing the present correct address of these Old Collegians, please notify the Treasurer — Mrs S W Tamblyn, 33 Sherwood Road, Mt Waverley, 3149 'Phone: 277 1965
Miss S Arblaster, Flat 2, 55 Locksley Pde., Ivanhoe
Miss M Atkinson, Flat 4, 42 Adams St., South Yarra
Miss M Basset, "Ben Cairn", Donald
Miss L Blundstone, 12 Orrong Rd., Armadale
Mrs W Bond, Flat 10, 621 Toorak Rd., Toorak
Mrs. V. C. Buckingham, 26 Barkston Garden, London S.W.5 U.K
Miss Ivy Chew, 12 Guok Ave., Singapore 5
Miss J Creaser, 9 Peverell St., Balwyn
Mrs J Dimmick, Lalor's Rd., Healesville
Miss K J Earle, c/o The Nook, Pennyroyal
Miss J Edmonds, 1 Plunket St., East Brighton
Miss J Glen, 38 Ross St., Surrey Hills
Miss E J Hancock, 26 Albert St., East Malvern
Miss P Hardie, 9 Bowen St., East Malvern
Mrs L Hinton, 72 Denbeigh Rd., Armadale
Miss C McAfee, 25 Yeovil Rd., Burwood
Miss H McArthur, 129 Wheeler St., Corryong
Miss J Mcllroy, 77 Albion Rd., Box Hill
Mrs S Mery, 34 Grantham St., West Brunswick
Miss J R Miller, 45 Studley Park Rd., Kew
Miss Judyth Mitchell, Flat 5, 220 Orrong Rd., Toorak
Miss J Murdoch, 1 Kent Ave., Elwood
Mrs V L Nicol, 50 Leopold St., South Yarra
Mrs K Oakley, 22 Berkeley St., Huntingdale
Mrs H Odgers, 154 Old South Head Rd., Vaucluse, N.S.W
Miss R Parkes, 7 Floriston Rd., Boronia
Miss M Plant, 50 River St., Newport
Miss J Roberts, 16 Chatsworth Ave., Brighton
Miss B Siemering, 4 Emily St., Seymour
Miss Marion Smith, 57 Westbrook St., East Kew
Miss Mary Taylor, Flat 7, 2a Dumaresque Rd., Rose Bay, N.S.W
Old Collegians, this is your magazine! Please help to make it as interesting as possible by sending news to the Editress
Mrs Ian Hendy, 48 Deepdene Road, Balwyn, 3103
The closing date for news for the next magazine is 30th April, 1970
archives
The following have been presented to us:—
Two M.L.C pictures 1909, from Mrs C W Grieves (Bessie Royan)
Cuttings (M.L.C.) "Southern Sphere", London, August, 1912 from Mr W Norris (Brighton)
Cuttings (M.L.C.) with an enclosed note: "these may have some interest to College Historians" — but no name was given
We thank the above, for their contributions
In September, your Convener addressed the North Balwyn Parents' Association re "The Archives"—intense interest was shown by the numerous questions asked
Inquiries from a Melbourne University 4th year Architecture student about "Cato House" This house was built by Mr Albert Purchas in 1851, and later sold to Judge Powers (whose daughters, "Tibby" and Marjorie attended the College)
M.L.C Council purchased it in 1924—demolished in 1948
Other inquiries came from Canberra, Sydney and students of the College
The following notes may be of interest:
Three acres of land—called "Kelly's Paddock" (the present site of the College) were purchased by Conference for £7,300 in 1881 The foundation stone was laid on the 23rd November by the Rev George Daniel, President of the Conference
14th February, 1882 The first 11 students met in the old Wesleyan Sunday School, in Burwood Road, Auburn (now Auburn Methodist Church)
M.L.C opened on 28th April, 1882, with 16 studentsend of year 111 Among the first students were: Minnie L Langford (Mrs Tom Collins) and Minnie Graham (Mrs William White), the first two; Mabel Roberts (Mrs H T Stillman); Bertha Roberts (Mrs Dawson); Alice Booth (Mrs A McCallum); Alice Graham (Mrs Theo Waugh); Annie Baulch; Harriet Sayers (Mrs Stafford); Annie Waddington; Mary Ross Can anyone help me to complete this list?
The first "Break Up" was held in the Athenaeum Hall, City, Monday, 20th December, 1882, at 3 p.m. Sir William Stawell (Chief Justice of Victoria), presided The walls were decorated with a fine collection of drawings, paintings, etc., the work of the students of the College Their art teacher— Miss McGregor Jones ("Lambie") taught at the College for 42 years
Origin of "Barker's Road"
Dr Edward M Barker came to Melbourne in 1840, was the first Hon Surgeon to the then "Benevolent Asylum" in North Melbourne-—now the "Cheltenham Home and Hospital for the Aged" He was engaged in the first mass vaccination of children for small pox
Dr Barker lived—between (what is now) Power Street, Hawthorn Grove and Barker's Road, "Barker" Railway Station (line which ran from Hawthorn to Kew—now demolished) an:l "Barker's" Track (later named Barker's Road) were named after him (Checked with Mrs Rogers of R.H.S.)
We regret that Mrs G Bull (Jill Hickling) will be unable to write "The History of M.L.C."—owing to her husband's transfer to Sydney We wish her every happiness, and thank her most sincerely for all her help, guidance, and leadership through the years
In closing I would like to thank all who have assisted me, and hope the interest will continue We are still wanting early "Blue Bells", in fact—anything to do with the earlier "History of the College"
—Edna L. Cornell (Pryor).
It is with great pleasure that I present the 40th Annual Report of the Clubroom Circle
The Annual Meeting was held at the home of Mrs A King Mrs W Blackburn was in the Chair Throughout the year gatherings have been held at the homes of Mrs C Bull, Mrs W Blackburn and Mrs R McCoy, these were very enjoyable and well attended
Our Christmas Party was held at the home of Mrs A King and was enjoyed by the thirty ladies present After dinner Mrs S Grieve entertained us with slides and a talk on her interesting trip to South Africa Mrs A Patience gave the Christmas Cake which was cut by her
The sum of $20 was given to the Methodist Babies' Home, and $20 to "Orana" Homes, in addition to our usual prizes to the College
The office bearers, Mrs W Blackburn (Vice-President) and Mrs S Grieve, join me in wishing the members of the Old Collegians' Club a happy and successful year in 1969
—Doreen King (Adams)
National Council of Women
I have pleasure in reporting on the National Council of Women We were able, between the delegates, to attend all meetings held throughout the year. As we are affiliated with this Council we are able at any time to present them with any problems concerning women and community life.
There were many interesting speakers, among them a talk on Air Pollution, and Mr. Hamer on Town Planning. The two outings for the year were a great success One was to La Trobe University and the other to the National Gallery. Also the luncheon at Stardust, I believe, was most enjoyable These meetings have been most interesting. Miss Sanders and I were pleased to be able to represent M.L.C
—Mrs Stenning (Bronwyn Woolacott)
New Members' Reunion
The New Members' Reunion was held on 15th April, at the M.L.C Boarders' Sitting Room The girls had some time to catch up on the news of each other before our guest speaker, Mrs Henri of Rene Henri Salon, accompanied by four of her stalf, provided most entertaining, interesting and informative hour of discussion and demonstration on wigs Our interest was sustained when two of our girls were given a quick set and had a few wigs and wiglets tried on them
Despite the damp evening, the large number who attended enjoyed themselves, and finished with a substantial supper, about 9.45 p.m Several of the number expressed their pleasure in the evening and their approval in choice of the guest speaker/demonstration Many members of Council were also present to enjoy the occasion
—D Gairns
Old Folks' Outing
It was a delightful Autumn day on 7th May, 1969, when some members of Council and friends drove 22 elderly citizens from the "Over 60" Club, connected with the Hawthorn Council, through the autumn-tinted Dandenongs After a brief stop at the look-out on the summit, cars proceeded to "Kenloch", where afternon tea was served in a most attractive setting The graciousness and charm of this old world restaurant was a source of delight for all
A very happy afternoon was spent, and many thanks are due to Mrs M P Fright, Social Services Officer of the Hawthorn Council, for her untiring co-operation in arranging for these 22 elderly "shut-in" folk to be our guests
—Joyce Paterson (Bottomer)
—Beth Smith (Coghill)
Sun Golf Cup
The M.L.C team, comprising Mrs A K Miller (Cora Yelland), Mrs J Watt (Charlotte Davies), Mrs L J Woods (Beverley Malcolm), Mrs P Wooldridge (Anne Goldsworthy), Mrs G Just (Betty Tyas) and Miss Cath Manning, were successful this year and won the Sun Golf Cup on a count back from M.C.E.G.G.S The winning scores were:—
Mrs Miller (handicap 12)
Mrs Watt (handicap 10)
Mrs Wooldridge (handicap 29)
Miss Manning (handicap 23)
39 points
33 points
35 points
31 points
138 points
I would like to pay tribute to Mrs Buick, who for many years was the back-bone of our team and who, I feel, laid the foundations of our success at last
I hope that now we have broken through, there will be other successes to follow
—Una Hart (McDiarmid)
The sum of $70, proceeds of the function, was presented to Mr McMahon of Carronbank School for the Blind, who told of the work being carried out at Carronbank
—Marjorie Bloom (Lobascher)
Luncheon
On 2nd April, about 20 Old Collegians who have met annually for many years had lunch together at the Windsor. Those present were: Jean Gibbs (Marriott), Jean Bardwell (Paterson), Ella Green (McNicol), Bessie Milledge (Sarah), Bron Hardman (Anderson), Flo Webster (McDonald), Gwen Steel (Anderson), Ida Morieson (Smale), Una M Lumley (Harrison), Thelma Horton (Boardman), Joy Barker (Miles), Beryl Robertson (Miles), Mollie Rowson (Thompson), Nancy Moran (Tait), Amy Bawden (Knight), Mollie Chesterfield (Clark), Freda Sterling (Purvis), Maise Hamilton (Guyton)
Flowers and a small gift were presented to Bron Hardman with good wishes for her approaching marriage, and appreciation was expressed for the way in which she had kept this group of friends in touch with each other by arranging an informal luncheon once a year
Party for Traveller
In January a party was organised by Mrs. Norman Alley (Joan Western) and Mrs Fred Cornell (Edna Pryor) at Mrs Alley's home in Balwyn, to extend good wishes to Mrs. V. Winter (Vera Brehaut) who was married to Mr Charles Aylen in December Mr and Mrs Aylen left for England soon afterwards and are now settled in Newcastle-on-Tyne
Among former collegians present were: Bertha Radford, Joy Wall, Alice Hall (Towler), Faith Dufty (Wellard), Mary Brehaut (Overend), Margaret Tweddell (Overend), Muriel Maddocks (Cox), Vere Hill (Jolly), Dulcie Davies (Wilson), Eileen Young (Morgan)
The Sun Tennis Cup, 1968
The Annual Sun Tennis Cup was postponed from March to October on account of the drought conditions The M.L.C team consisted of Dulcie Young (Whittaker), Captain; Barbara Rich (Mclntyre), Beverley Woods (Malcolm) and Helen Smith (Sanders) We were successful in reaching the semi-finals, after the first day's play, and defeated Mandeville Hall 2 rubbers 4 sets 28 games, to 0 rubbers 1 set 15 games
In the finals we were soundly beaten by Korowa, 2 rubbers 4 sets 24 games, to 10 games We would like to congratulate Korowa in winning the Sun Tennis Cup for the second time —Mrs Dulcie Young (Whittaker)
Anneal Assembly and Garden Party
The President, Mrs Denholm (Mavis Sanders) and Council of the Old Collegians' Club welcomed about three hundred and ninety guests at the Assembly, prior to the Garden Party on Saturday, 30th November, 19*68
—Photo
Indonesian Luncheon
The Annual Social Service Luncheon was held on 16th July at the home of Mrs Bronwyn Stenning (Woolacott), Dandenong Rd., Armadale
Mrs Ailsa Zainu'ddin (Thompson) spoke on "Everyday Life in Indonesia" The menu for the luncheon was selected from recipes published in Mrs Zainu'ddin's book, "How to Cook Indonesian Food"
Official guests included the College Principal, Rev R A W. Woodgate and Mrs. Woodgate, Miss Kellaway, Miss Flockart, Miss Sutton, Miss Kerr, Rev W Trigg and Mrs Trigg, Mr. Turner and Mrs. Turner, and representatives from many other schools
Features of the Assembly were the President's welcome and response by Mr Woodgate We were honoured to have as solo violinist Miss Virginia Weekes, who delighted us with her item, and we were grateful to Miss Jane Elton, for her part as accompanist for the hymn and school song.
Afternon tea, which was served in the Boarders' Lounge and Dining Room, was a happy occasion when members of the Club were able to renew friendships from school days —Mrs R L Knight (Truda Cox)
Miss Catherine Manning and Mrs Anne Wooldridge (Goldsworthy) with the Sun Inter-Schools Golf Cup, which the M.L.C team won at Woodlands in March It is the first time in forty years that M.L.C has won the Cup.
by courtesy "The Herald"
branch news
London
Eighteen M.L.C Old Collegians met on Friday, 28th March, 1969, at Hinde Street Methodist Church in London After enjoying the buffet supper, we had the opportunity to welcome our new president, Mrs Riddiford and secretary, Mrs Pullen Mrs Pullen made a presentation to Mrs Jenkin and Miss Walker, our retiring president and secretary, to show our appreciation for laying the foundation of the O.C.C in London
We hope to meet again on 10th October Old Collegians who will be in London at this time can contact Mrs Joan Pullen at 7 Meadway, Gosfield nr Halstead, Hants They also can sign the visitors' book at Victoria House in London
I would also like to mention that the Australian Music Association Workshop meet each month at 9 Chesterford Gardens, London, N.W.3 Young Australian musicians have the chance to perform and talk about their careers Ruth Nye played at the March meeting Details are available from Australia House
Those present on 28th March were: Helen Coulthard, Elizabeth Ellem (Wood), Delia Hilton, Doris Hogg (Yandell), Myrtle Jenkin (Berriman), Mary Latham (Thompson), Judith Lowe (Hackwell), Vonnie McLelland, Helen McQueen, Margaret O'Brien (Sicklemore), Joan Pullen (Garden), Betty Reynolds (Wicks), Roberta Riddiford (Walker), Barbara Smith, Elaine Stoney, Anne Towler (Masters), Dora Walker, Alison Wharington
—Helen McQueen
Canberra
Twenty-three members of the Canberra Branch enjoyed a happy reunion when they met for their Annual Dinner on 9th October, 1968, at the home of our President, Mrs F Johnson (Dulcie Hoyle) We were glad to welcome two new members: Josephine Vandermark (Brownrigg) and Judy Howells (Beryea) For many, it was our first opportunity of meeting Janet Hay (Barber) since her return from New Zealand We were glad, too, to have news of Loloma Weir (Green), from London, with news of Old Collegians she had met there
We would particularly like to contact Old Collegians who are newcomers to Canberra Please get in touch with us through either the President (118 Vasey Crescent, Campbell; 48 9574), or the Secretary (12 Charlotte Street, Red Hill: 9 3487)
—Rosemary Carter (Orr), Hon Secretarv
Adelaide
Our Annual Meeting was held on 12th July, 1968, and office bearers were elected to stay in office for another year
It was also a farewell to Marjory McNeil (Robinson) who, with her husband and family, are now living in Perth Marjory whose address is 70 Leake St., Peppermint Grove, is anxious to contact any Old Collegians living in Perth
Mrs H Bannister (Jill Adams) was congratulated upon the birth of a son in July Lenis Wells, formerly of Adelaide branch, was married in Fitchett Chapel on 7th December Betty Hocking (Prior) and family travelled to Melbourne in September for her son's wedding at Camberwell Alberta Loveday (Lauer) has been on the sick list, but is now on the way to recovery Our Christmas meeting was held at the Elder Park Kiosk on 21st November, with 8 members attending
We are very disturbed by the lack of interest in the O.C Club We know there are many Old Collegians living in Adelaide, and do appeal to them to please join us We only number 12 active members, a decrease of 6 since last year With more members we can arrange more interesting and varied gatherings, so please do contact either Secretary (Phone 64 2052), or President (Phone 79 2534)
Vera Moir (Barnfield) was severely burned in October and passed away in December Sympathies were extended to Marjorie Harris, sister of the late Jean Harris, formerly Headmistress of Adelaide M.L.C
Our first meeting for 1969 was a morning tea at Myer's on 20th March, with 9 members present
We wish all branches a happy and successful year ahead in 1969
—Golda Packer (Cocks), Secretary
—Betty Hocking (Prior), President
Hobart
Our Annual Meeting was held on 26th March Our membership of O.C.C is growing, but we would appreciate your notifying us, if any O.C's are coming to Tasmania, we then could contact them
Two functions were arranged for the year — a morning tea on 19th June and our Annual Dinner at "Carolside" on 24th September
The following were elected for office for the coming year, viz.:—
President: Mrs J Paul
Vice-President: Mrs E Medhurst
Secretary/Treasurer: Mrs L Orchard
—Gwynneth Orchard
Geelong
The fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Geelong Branch was held in March and the following office bearers were elected for 1969:—
President: Mrs M Gillett (Margot Simmons)
Vice-President: Mrs Nail (Marjorie Thomas)
Hon Secretary: Mrs M Sellar (Margaret Galbraith)
Asst Hon Secretary: Mrs D Herd (Dorothy Woodmason)
Hon Treasurer: Mrs M Robb (Margot Browne)
Stall Conveners: Miss D Griffin and Mrs D Ward
The year of 1968 was most enjoyable under the leadership of Mrs E Brown (Elsie Lee) We held monthly meetings in the homes of various members and our average attendance was 18, our total membership being 39 Our syllabus has included a talk and slide evening of work amongst the Aborigines in Arnhem Land, a travel talk of a trip through Russia, an interesting demonstration on "What's Cooking", and an informative talk by the almoner of Royal Melbourne Hospital
Our July meeting, quite a few of us went to the "Gama Theatre" to see "Sound of Murder", and our evening was devoted to playing recordings of the M.L.C choir The year's activities were concluded in November, with an "At Home",
held at "Jalna South", the home of Mrs M Gillett (Margot Simmons) Our guests from Melbourne M.L.C.O.C.C were warmly welcomed and also our guest speaker, Mrs Daisy Wood, who is well known for her paintings of Australian wildflowers
Our Annual Church Service was held in October when 20 members were present Rev W Trigg conducted the service Six of our members travelled to Melbourne for the Annual O.C.C Church Service in Fitchett Chapel, and we were represented at the Annual Garden Party and Assembly Five members were present at the Annual Dinner
During the year 3 new members were welcomed: Mrs Swan, Mrs Lehmann (Margaret Hosking), Mrs Hilliard
Congratulations were extended to Mrs B Hayes (Barbara Diprose), who had a son, and to Mrs E Hinds (Elizabeth Sloan) and Mrs S Apted (Sue Hobbs) on the birth of their daughters
Condolences were conveyed to Mrs Corley Butler (Gwen Nettle) on the death of her husband, and to Mr Webb on the sudden loss of his wife Mrs Webb
A special stall was held and the money raised was donated towards the re-decoration of the Boarders' lounge room
Geelong Branch sends greetings to Old Collegians everywhere and looks forward to another interesting year, new members are always welcome
—Margaret M Alford (Bukett), Hon Secretary
The Story of the Clubroom Circle
In the year 1925 it was decided to open Clubrooms They were officially opened on the 4th December, 1926, in Nicholas Buildings by Mrs Fitchett The Clubrooms were then handed over to the administration of Mrs Russell and her committee During the following years there was a great struggle to keep it going, as the numbers joining were very low, but a number of good friends came forward with cheques to defray expenses The subscription being £2, this was later reduced to £1 in the hope of gaining more new members Luncheons were held the last Friday in the month
During the war years, members from the Air Force and the Fighting Forces were entertained in the evenings In December 1942 it was decided to close for the duration of the war, as Nicholas Buildings were closed weekly by 7 p.m thus preventing any sub-letting At the final meeting of the Clubrooms it was decided to keep together the friendships made
Since that time, the Circle has met three times a year, with a Dinner on the 1st Tuesday in December nearest to the opening date
The meetings are held at the homes of various members of the Circle An Opportunity Table is arranged and with the funds we have furnished a room at Epworth, given the Baptismal Font in the Chapel, subscribed to School Prizes, "Orana" Babies' Home, International House, South Melbourne Mission, Dr Benson's Elderly Citizens, Tally Ho Boys' Village, as well as a cheque for £100 to the Assembly Hall
The Circle has been formed to keep alive friendships formed in earlier years, and has been most successful in this way as well as helping the various organizations
King (Adams)
Address Please!
Mrs Alison Kenley (Gedye) would like to contact Heather McKay who left school in the late 1940 s
She thinks Heather McKay went to Sydney to live after leaving school, and by now, of course, is quite possibly married If anyone knows of her address would they mind contacting Mrs Kenley at 870 6853 or writing to her at 20 Lena Grove, Ringwood, 3134
Annual Bowls Day
The fifth Annual Bowls Day was held at the East Malvern R.S.L Bowling Club on Tuesday, 1st April, 1969
Mrs Collins, Vice-President of the Hostess Club, welcomed the players, and Mrs Margaret Hewitt, President of the Old Collegians' Club, acknowledged the welcome Mrs Janet Secomb and Mrs Mavis Denholm were also present as representatives of the Council
The weather was perfect for bowling and it was a delight to play on the beautifully prepared green Six rinks were filled and many old frendships were renewed Players came from twenty clubs
Trophies were presented to the winning team—May Willis (Innocent) from Heathmont, Verna Mcintosh (Darby) from Ashburton, and Millie Rogers from South Hawthorn; runnersup were Kath Fraser (Forster) from East Camberwell, Gwen Steel (Anderson) from East Malvern R.S.L., Molly Rowson (Thompson) from Blackburn R.S & C., and Mavis Warren (Rutledge) from Camberwell District The winner of the "spider" was Effie Andrew (Clarke) from Willison
I would like to extend my thanks to the members of the East Malvern R.S.L Club for their generosity in allowing us to use their Club House and facilities
Any past member of M.L.C who is affiliated with the V.L.B.A is asked to watch "News and Views" in the early part of 1970 for notice of our next Bowls Day which will be held at the Burwood Bowling Club For further information please contact Dorothy Chegwin (Mann) 29 2429 or Ena Hutton (Bee) 29 2622
—Ena Hutton (Bee)
Mrs S W Tamblyn, Honorary Treasurer
"Snowball", 1968
The Old Collegians' "Snowball" for 1968 was a great success Once again it was held at the Kew Civic Centre on 3rd July, 1968
The President, Miss M Sanders, together with the Convener of the Ball, Miss Pauline Withers, welcomed the official party in the gaily decorated foyer of the Kew Civic Hall Amongst those welcomed were the Principal of the School, Rev R A W and Mrs Woodgate, the Senior Vice-President, Dr and Mrs J B Hewitt and other members of the Old Collegians' Council
The theme of the Ball was "snow", and four life-size snowmen decorated the hall and foyer, while miniature snowmen served as table centre pieces Snowflakes were scattered throughout
There were about 350 guests in attendance and they danced until two o'clock to the music of Dennis Farrington and "The Vibrants"
The donation from the Ball Committee for 1968 has been allocated to the M.L.C Old Collegians' Club as is usual every alternate year
I would like to pass on my thanks to my ticket secretaries, Sue Muir and Anne Ramsay, also the committee, Caroline Harsley, Elizabeth Jeffrey, Jill Kelly, Leslie Hardcastle, Julie Froomes, Helen Knight and Jill Livingston, for the time they put into preparations for the Ball
—Pauline Withers
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Editress wishes to thank all those who have assisted in any way with the production of this magazine There are many people who have shown their interest by sending news, and we ask them to regard this as personal thanks
Very sincere thanks are given to the members of the Executive and of the Council, who have been most active in the collection and ordering of news
To all who have given their time, the Editress says "Thank you".
Calling Girls of Forms 6 A, B and C, from 1955 to 1966
Dear Girls,
A short time before I left Melbourne by the Greek ship "Australis", for a World Tour with Christian Tourism, I paid a visit to school to get a list of the pictures which we studied together from the text books Reading and Thinking, Books III and IV You will remember that many of them had been purchased by the British and Scottish National Galleries I was able to visit the latter Gallery first I had completely lost my voice, so I had to write a note to the attendant at the door He was most sympathetic, was sorry that I had lost my voice, and straight away looked up his records and wrote against each named picture the number of the room in which I could look for that particular original I wonder if you can recall the pictures when you read these titles? Going to the Hay, The Boy with the Lesson Book and The Girl with the Dead Bird are all small pictures Poor but Happy, The Legend, The Happy Mother, A Schule Skailin, Sheep Washing in Wiltshire are all large pictures When I was leaving I asked the attendant to sign his name for me I expected a lovely Scottish name, but what he wrote was W Murphy
While I was in London, I took the opportunity of visiting The British National Gallery, just off Trafalgar Square There I found The Tailor, The Avenue, The Haywain, Interior of a Dutch House, and the wonderful Portrait of an Old Lady Rembrandt van Ryn was obviously very interested in this particular woman whose name was Margaretha Trip He painted several pictures of her Do you remember her remarkable stiff collar and how we decided that the artist had painted one of her hands larger than the other? No doubt you girls found writing your impressions of these pictures rather tedious Did you ever think of the correction of thirty odd compositions which was the work of the teacher? However, whsn I viewed the originals I felt that any time I had given to the study of these masterpieces was a very rich experience which was very much worthwhile So, if any of you have the opportunity of visiting the galleries I have mentioned, do make the most of your chance I can assure you that you will feel that the effort you make to see the works of the grand old masters will be amply rewarded I do hope that you recall the school room discussions as happy memories
Yours sincerely,
-—Hettie Alcorn
Old Collegians' Church Service
Our Annual Church Service was held on 20th April, in Fitchett Chapel, when Rev R A W Woodgate, assisted by Rev W W Trigg led the worship
The Choir, directed by Miss Robin Wright, sang the School Anthem and also "Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace" Miss Melva Muller was again the organist
The second lesson was read by the President, Mrs J B Hewitt (Margaret Day) and the sermon delivered by Rev Woodgate was based on Matthew 5: 6, "Hunger and thirst after .?"
At the conclusion of the service supper was served in the Boarders' lounge, and many Old Collegians and friends enjoyed the opportunity to renew friendships
The Council hopes that the change of date for the Church Service from October to April will gain the support of all Old Collegians
The Club is indeed grateful to those members who support the Choir and especially to our conductor and organist
—Jan Knuckev
The President, Miss Mavis Sanders (right) and Miss Pauline Withers, convener, with a friend
news of old collegians
Rosalind Hardman is working in Vietnam as a radiographer with an Alfred Hospital Surgical Team She left Melbourne shortly after her 21st birthday in January, and expects to be away about 6 months, visiting Hong Kong and Japan before returning home Rosalind is at Bien Hoa Provincial Hospital and has sent a letter with some details of life and conditions in South Vietnam (See page )
Leonie Sterling had a very happy and interesting time last year as Acting Headmaster of the Katamatite State School. She was the youngest Head in Northern Victoria
Kerry Sterling is teaching Mathematics and History at Drouin High School
Sue Webber left for overseas in March and is now in London She is sharing a flat with Carolyn Townley, who is working as a radiographer at the King George Hospital in Essex. Sue is at present engaged in private nursing
Elizabeth Jeffrey and Elizabeth Seymour left Melbourne in the Orcades on 30th March for a cruise to Japan and the Far East, returning via Singapore and Fremantle
Jill Gordon sailed for England early this year
During the Christmas holidays, Margot Smail had a flying trip to Europe While in London she met Margaret Khong (Cameron) who was on holidays from Johore, where she and her husband have been living for 12 months, and Margot and Margaret went to Copenhagen together Margot flew to Frankfurt and saw Glenda Lauchlan (Littlefield) who has been living there, and who is now going to London to live Margot also saw Erica Green who is working as a secretary in London
Mrs Max Muir (Betty Knuckey) and her husband went on a holiday cruise in May to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Fiji
Mrs J Deane (Joan Turner) is on a holiday trip overseas
Bronwen Morgan is teaching at Orbost High School, and is Mistress of the Form IV girls
Mrs G Almanzi (Helen Hughes) is now living in Sicily Her address is: Via Matteotti 26, 92100, Agrigento, Italy
Mrs A King (Doreen Adams) and her husband went to South Africa, London, Rome and came home, via Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in October and November last year
Mrs C A Gordon (Mollie Lumley) and her husband enjoyed a holiday cruise to Port Moresby and Suva in "Oriana" in May.
Mrs T Grieve (Nell Crolle) had a two months' holiday in South Africa towards the end of 1968, and very kindly showed her interesting slides of the trip to the members of the Clubroom Circle at their Annual Dinner in December
Janice Marchant left in January for two years at the Melville Rehabilitation Centre, O'Connor, W.A., where she is in charge of the Occupational Therapy Department
Mr and Mrs Les Baker (Shirley Cockfield) and their daughter, Suzanne, left early in April on a six months' tour throughout Europe and America
Vicki Symons has a Myer Cadetship, and Andrea Goudie is a craft teacher at M.L.C
Jan Young is overseas for six months with her mother, following the tennis circuit She will return in 1970 to do commerce at Melbourne
Nancy Linford has returned to her home in California and is attending University there this year
April Baragwanath was overseas for three months this year, travelling across Europe and America While in America she visited Nancy Linford the A.F.S student for 1968
Vicki Coutts has been chosen to represent the Australian Rangers (Senior Guides) at an International Sailing Camp, at Fingerlake, New York State, U.S.A This lasts for two weeks, after which Vicki will go to New Jersey for three weeks to live with three American families Vicki will also be going to Washington for one week She leaves on the 6th July from Essendon
Averil Miles is teaching at the Cohuna Consolidated School
Julienne Li is studying in America at a college in Madison, Wisconsin Her sister, Linda Li, is studying at a college in British Columbia (Canada)
Jennifer M Harris has been appointed Legal Adviser to the A.B.C in Sydney
Miss Dilys Rowlands has returned to Australia to live at Pt Lonsdale, after 25 years of outstanding service as Headmistress of Queen Salote College, Tonga
Ellen Balaam graduated in Medicine at Melbourne University last year She is now doing 12 months residency at the Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital in Perth, W.A
Elaine Storey and Barbara Smith left on the "Oronsay" in October '68 for a working holiday overseas
Sandra Leggo left on an overseas trip on 2nd June, 1968 She travelled round parts of Europe before going to England and has been stationed in London for a few months Sandra went to Europe again in March 1969 for a month or so, and is going back to see Scotland and Ireland, before she leaves for home on 15th July, 1969
Ngaire Thompson was married to Nigel Christie in January, 1968, and they have gone to Bonn, where Ngaire is teaching at the British Embassy School, while Nigel is doing post-graduate studies in Geography They hope to go to Scotland later for further studies
Mrs Hettie Alcorn, although not herself an Old Collegian, is well known to many of us as a member of staff for a total of 17 years On a recent trip overseas she was stopped in a street in Florence by Kay Henderson, who was attracted in the first place by the Australian accent Kay is at the Uni^ versity of Florence doing a course known as "Letters" Mrs Alcorn has also linked up with Mrs E E Price (Marcelle Whittaker) Marcelle is a writer Her youth fiction novel "Bruce Finds a Friend" was published in 1962, and more recently a pamphlet written by her, "The Trip for all Time"— Heaven, A Guide for Travellers—was published in five languages in Decision Magazine, and reprinted and distributed widely by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Minnesota
Joanne Garton has recently been appointed education officer for the Melbourne Zoo
Mrs C Stewardson (Diana Weekes) is now living at 8 Miinchen 2, Amelienstrasse 19-6, Deutschland She and her husband have settled in happily into their new environment Diana has already completed a term at the Munich University, where she is studying post-graduate English Literature and German with Musicologv
Mrs Barry Adler (Janet Arnold) and her husband have moved to Hong Kong, where Mr Adler is Production Designer for a film company Janet is working as the Production Secretary
Mrs John P Young (Dulcie Whitaker) and her two daughters, Sue and Jan, are at present on a world tour
Our patron, Miss Lucy Kellaway, is of off on another exciting journey, travelling through many European countries with her sister, Aileen, and returning through America They plan to be away about two months
Mrs R K Smith (Jill Cumming) and her small son, Rohan Scott, have returned to Melbourne from Queensland to live among family and friends, while Jill's husband is serving in Vietnam
Helen Burroughs is having a very interesting time travelling and working in Europe. Her latest job is with an American family in Lausanne, Switzerland The winter was spent moving among ski resorts, and then on to Florence, Helen's job being mainly to care for the small daughter of the house
Merrilie Matenson, on a flying visit to England during the school holidays, stayed with her aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs John Eggington, at their home in Bowdon, Cheshire. Mrs. Eggington is an Old Collegian (Audrey Walklate) and a former member of the M.L.C. music staff. Mr. Eggington was also on the music staff, and also served for some time as Chapel organist Audrey and Merrilie met up with Janet Hall, in London, and the three went sight-seeing together, including attendance at the concert of the Halle Orchestra, under Sir John Barbirolli, in which Mr Eggington, as a member of the violins, was taking part They were also able to have dinner with Helen Lechte and her husband
Janet Hall has been in Stuttgart, Germany, for six months, improving her German
Pam McCasker and Elizabeth Gray arrived in London at the beginning of February and are sharing a flat with friends They intend working in London
In August 1968, Jill Kelly went overseas, travelling to London, via Hong Kong and Rome Jill went to Italy in October and has been living in Modena with an Italian family and teaching English to their two small daughters She has travelled to Austria and Switzerland with the family, and in June is going with them to their holiday home at Riccione on the Adriatic, where they will stay for four months
Mrs Malcolm Pang (Ann Galagher) and her husband and baby son went on a cruise to New Caledonia and Fiji early this year
Mrs Campbell Gladman (Joan Farries) is living on a property at Westonia, 200 miles from Perth
Margot Cant returned in March from abroad She spent 4 months touring Japan, Korea and South-East Asia
Beris Turnley flew to London in September 1968 She spent two weeks en route in Moscow and Leningrad
In October last Mrs W A Jones (Elsie Kelley) entertained about 20 Old Collegians for lunch at The Australia Amongst those present were: Ida Ferris, Kath Wise and her sister, Mary McComas, Myra Flockart, Kath Bassett, Gwen Edwards, Mary Harcourt and Arlie Robinson (who recently passed away suddenly)
In April last Bron Hardman married Mr Eason and spent a month in North Queensland
Gladys Pearce (Philp) stayed a few days in Melbourne recently with her sister Maud, after touring the North and South Islands of New Zealand before returning to Hobart
Lillian Williams of Hobart has had to enter St Ann's Rest Home as she is far from well
Marjorie Anderson (Cocks) has returned from Hobart to live in Melbourne in her parents' old home in Malvern Rd., Glen Iris
Wyn Harcourt has been holidaying in Sydney and visited Bessie Leckie
Audrey Eggington (Walklate) and her two children have been holidaying in Melbourne with her mother at Momington
Diane Martin gained her Dip.Ed in December and is now teaching at Broadmeadows Technical School
Helen Lepper (White) and her family returned to Victoria from England where they have been living
Sue Bloom completed first year Law at Monash
Julie Blackwood completed 1st year Optometry at Melbourne
Lady Bolte (Jill Elder) is Patron of the "Adam Lindsay Gordon Cottage Appeal—1969", organised by the Brighton Historical Society Mrs F Cornell (Edna Pryor) is a member of this committee
Joy Wall, who lives in London, visited Melbourne over Christmas and New Year
Ann Tomlinson has returned from post-graduate study in England to live at Mt Eliza Ann graduated in medicine, and is married to Dr John Baker Their daughter, Lisa Jane, was born in London
News from Iceland
Miss Patricia Hand left Sydney in December, 1965, and travelled overland to Perth, thence to Singapore, India, Jerusalem and on through Europe to the United Kingdom She has since travelled many miles and seen many countries Mrs P J Galley (Janet Thomas) and Mrs P J Browne (Diana Gallus) have been receiving letters regularly and they feel that many Old Collegians would be interested to read of some of Pat's experiences and impressions of living and working in Iceland, where she has been since June, 1968
"Went to Reykjavik (capital of Iceland) and from there visited lava fields, craters, Mt Hekla, glaciers, waterfalls, hot springs and spouting geysers, lakes and mountains — there are no real trees in Iceland — what they call trees we call shrubs In glass houses, heated by surrounding natural hot springs, I saw lush tomatoes, grapes, flowers, and three small banana trees The main diet is fresh boiled fish, lamb served in all ways imaginable (including the specialty, barbecued sheep's heads—which I tasted) and plenty of milk Soup is also served but differently from our style I have tasted cocoa soup (hot chocolate in a bowl), rhubarb and apple soup, and many other sweet soups which are eaten with—not before— the main dish There are also many types of bread
"Icelandic Christmas is different Nine days beforehand, the children put some sweets or small toys in a shoe At 6 p.m on Christmas Eve all the church bells ring, the people dress in their best clothes and everyone has a big meal of rolled roasted lamb stuffed with plums, hot boiled potatoes, rolled in melted sugar, and hot shredded beetroot Some kind of light sweet dessert—not the usual pudding Then all open their Christmas presents On Christmas Day the traditional smoked lamb is served with potatoes and peas in white sauce The weather was perfect for my first white Christmas
"I have travelled to Greenland since coming to Iceland, by plane and to fly between the pointed mountain peaks and see the fairyland-like shape of the pack ice in the fiords is marvellous Also saw Eskimos, kayaks, sleds and huskies Walked over the hills to a fairly primitive Eskimo village."
When Pat leaves Iceland she plans to return to the United Kingdom and then back to Australia, via the Trans-Siberian
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students 1968
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY
Science: Ann Hocking, Ann Silverman, Chris Martin (living in at University Women's), Jan Marchant, Elspeth Cragg, Muff Coates, Tina Surgenor, Judy Bright, Linda McDonnell
Science (Education): Sue Ralston
Arts: Mary-Anne Ley, Judy Katchor, Sally Broadhurst, Di McQuie, Mary Armstrong, Helen Cartledge, Phyllis Dorey, Mandy Capell, Gill Craig, Meg Jobling, Jill Mealy, Chris Jones, Wendy Milson (who has a Cadetship with "The Age" and is studying part-time Her last assignment was writing up the Social Pages!)
Commerce: Jenny Hack, Paula Casey, Marilyn Russell, Sandra Perkins, Faye Watt, Brenda Holt, Kheng Huan Tsao
Law: Jill Russell, Kathy Hogg
Law/Arts: Liz Weaver
Conservatorium of Music: Lynne Gould (studying singing)
Bachelor of Music: Marilyn Haslam, Lynley Carrington, Janet Douglas, Julie Silverwood, Marie Hargreaves.
Physical Education: Patsy Cooke
Architecture: Jenny Lowe
Medicine: Belinda Clarke
MONASH UNIVERSITY
Arts: Kaye Indikt, Cathie Wylie, Chris Ellemor, Sandra Vincent, Chris McKelliget, Sharman Bawden, Debbie Rogers, Sue Shields, Liz Porter, Wendy Smith, Joanne Payne, Merron Turnley
Economics and Politics: Heon Ling Ting, Lorraine Evans, Jan Chesters, Janette Ganderton, Marj. Courtis, Shelley Beard.
Law: Akiko Washio
Law/Econ.: Marilyn Pittard
Librarians: Pam Thomas Roslin McNeal
Medicine: Pam Cox, Pamm Brewster, Raewyn McDonald, Di Chamberlain
Science: Pam Dry, Jan Fitzgerald, Viv Powell, Ann White, Marilyn Weaver, Elizabeth White, Viola Poole
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
Humanities: Julie McFarlane (Julie was "Miss Freshett 1969"), Carolyn Hoffman, Hilary Cowen, Helen Wostry
Biological Sciences: Heather Comben, Sue Hollingworth
Social Sciences: Delia Seymour, Sue Spink, Viv Morton, Meg Grice, Jan Sullivan, Jan McDonald, Yvonne Gaunt
(Yvonne is studying part-time, has a Cadetship from Myers, and is training as a buyer), Alison Armstrong, Patty Harrison
Pharmacy College: Mary Leckie, Wanda Chan, Pam Francis
Occupational Therapy: Sue Cooper, Teena Lee, Margaret Hay, Margaret Guest, Kathy Guest
Physiotherapy: Libby Bennett, Carol Hubbard, Bev Fall, Robyn Patterson
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Di Peters, Helen Roberts (Secretarial course), Janette Williamson (Secretarial course), Sheron Hutchesson (Medical record Librarian)
SWINBURNE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Tai Ling Ting (Accountancy), Suellan Morton (Accountancy), Sue Silman (TV and Film Production), Rosemary Darragh (TV and Film Production)
CAULFIELD TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Sally Lamont
Linda Schache.
EMILY McPHERSON
HOLMES
Sandra Wilkinson, Rhonda Roach, Joan Rossiter
THOSE DOING PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING
Burwood Teachers' College: Miriam Heazlewood, Mary Player, Peggy Broadway, Pat Reilly, Robyn Spicer, Janet Spicer, Vanya Memory, Diane Litley
Coburg: Ros Mehegan
Bendigo: Lorna Jasper, Helen Stephens, Jill Watts, Jacqueline McDonald
Stenographers: Glenda John, Nola Hammond, Chris Hewitt, Marg De Kam, Sue Renfrew, Judy Clarke, Michelle Austin ' Public Service: Varley Adams Anne Watson
FORM XX, 1921
On 30th September, 1968 Dorothy Williams (Holding) entertained a group of Old Collegians which included Edna Cornell (Pryor), Elva Landy (Ashton), Phyllis Hansen (Harrison), Edna Bampton (Jeffreys), Dorothy Chegwin (Mann), Edna Reed (Pearce), Winnie Bradshaw (Wright), Betty Muirden (Uren), Molly Harris (Holding), Dilys Shenfield (Warne) and Phyllis Field A special guest was Joy Wall, on holiday in Melbourne, after living and working in London for many years Several of the group which has met regularly for 11 years were overseas—Nettie Parker (Davidson), Mildred Bossence (Clarke), Nance Prentice (Ashworth) and Noel Striker (Davies)
On the 31st March, 1969, another very pleasant re-union of the above group was held at the home of Ena Hutton (Bee), when the following were present—Jean Bruce (Carthew), Dorothy Chegwin (Mann), Nettie Parker (Davidson), Mavis Hartnett (McCutcheon), Dilys Shenfield (Warne), Eunice Benjamin (Bowley), Mildred Bossence (Clarke), Elva Landy (Ashton), Dorothy Williams (Holding), Phyl Hansen (Harrison) and Olive Birdsey (Shenfield)
A most interesting letter was read from one of our regulars, Edna Reed (Pearce), who is in Nigeria with her son, daughterin-law and newly arrived grand-daughter
There were several apologies received, one of which was from Phyllis Field (Kellaway) at whose home the next reunion will be held on 29th September, and whose address is 18 Trafalgar Street, Mont Albert All interested will be welcome
Guide Movement within the School
Mrs Jan Wilson, a student counsellor at the school, is hopeful of forming a Guide Company within the school Some boarders have been Guides prior to coming to the school and in the past, efforts have been made for such girls to attend a Company in the area, but this has not been altogether satisfactory as it has not always fitted in with boarding house routine
Rev R A W Woodgate has agreed to the formation of a Company, and now Mrs Wilson is seeking leaders It is felt that, if possible, the leaders should be past students of the school and that ideally, the Captain should be a mother who has children at the school, or someone of similar age, and
that she be assisted by one, or maybe two, Lieutenants — perhaps girls who have not long left school It is proposed that the Company should meet weekly in the afternoon after school.
If anyone would be interested, or knows of anyone who might be interested in becoming Captain or a Lieutenant, Mrs Wilson will be delighted to hear from you She may be contacted at the school, and I am sure that, if you forget her name, Miss Lancaster would be happy to pass on any message to her
—Dorothy Nance
From Bien Hoa Provincial Hospital—South Vietnam
Bien Hoa is to be my home for six months as I am part of the Australian Surgical Team which is at present working at the Provincial Hospital here The hospital itself, is a set of rambling French-styled buildings, consisting of a Surgical Suite housing two operating theatres, male and female medical and surgical wards, a children's ward, an outpatient department and an X-ray department At the present time, a rebuilding programme is in progress to try and extend existing buildings and improve facilities so more patients can be catered for At the moment there are usually two patients per bed and quite frequently relatives as well Apart from medical attention, the relatives look after the patients entirely They cook all their meals and will stay with them the whole time they are in hospital Many of the patients come from miles around as word travels that the Australian doctors are here
The Vietnamese have very few of their own trained doctors and until Surgical Teams were sent to Vietnam, little medical aid was available There are seventeen members of our team and most have one or more Vietnamese counterparts with whom we work Soon we shall be working alongside some final year Vietnamese Medical Students who, we hope, will be able to practise many of our techniques
We travel to and from the hospital by jeep, although when possible, I enjoy riding on the back of Vietnamese Hondas! A great proportion of the Vietnamese people own Honda motor cycles and this causes many problems on the busy roads. Most Vietnamese observe siesta for two hours during the hottest part of the day—it is not infrequent to find relatives lying down on the floor beside the patients while siesta is in progress The pace of the East is so different to ours—the patients tolerate more pain and will wait hours to seek medical attention The Vietnamese people seem to take everything in their stride and as they have always lived with war, they accommodate any new situation In general, they are a really delightful people and most interested in the welfare of their country I feel it is a privilege for Australians to work alongside them
—Ros Hardman
Miss Dorothy Bugg, Honorary Secretary
engagements
Kaye Williams to Ian Roberts Thompson
Meredith Rush to Graham Rixon
Jennifer Howell to Ian Fleming
Ruth Torode to Dennis Mitchell
Robyn Pillar to Ian Anderson
Pam Spry to Neil McGilp
Robyn Stevens to Peter Elliott.
Jill Hewson to Bruce Love
Sandra Leggo to Allan Peter Matthews
Pam Stevens to Allan Thomas
Betsy McKinlay to Darrol Maddock
Annette De Lacey to Howard Brownscombe
Vera Kho to Roger Cayely
Leonie Carruthers to Tony Morgan
Cheryl Bennett to Michael Grace
Nola Henry to Bert Blink.
Jocelyn Houghton to John McCaJlum
Sue Anthony to Noel Vincent
Helen Bennett to Rob Rodenburg
Dianne Wright to Steven Gillon
Helen Janetzki to Philip Freeman
Jeanette Hodge to Peter Collins
Janet Foster to Graeme Cocks
Beth Clemence to Jeff Baird
Pam Findlay to Gary Hocking
Lorraine Curry to Andrew Williams
Lulita Lamble to Warwick Chapman
Lorna Hamer to Richard Law
Melva Muller to John Hobson.
Robyn Orme to Bill Chrisfield
Estelle Blumrich to Robert Redlich
Dale Craigie to Michael Hogg
Gayle Fish to Malcolm Kinloch
Pauline Withers to Peter Kershaw
Susan Liljeros to Peter Stanton
Catriona MacLeod to Michael Smith
Helen Vorrath to David Jones
Marilyn Deeble to Michael Rogers-Wilson
Jennifer Brain to Graeme Foster
Kaye Tully to Graham Spencer
Joan Rentoul to John O'Sullivan
Valerie Whitehead to Barry Cargill
Beverley Whitehead to Fred Tubby
Margaret Abbott to Keith Woollard
Janet Carne to Michael Knight
Barbara Thompson to David Duncan
Shirley Arblaster to Murray Poustie
Dawn Petfield to Lindsay McLean
Rosemary Lipshut to Ian Broadhead
Heather-Anne Leigh to Peter Field
Christine Patch to Eddie Kidd.
Sue Gordon to Derrick Thompson
Sue Skeen to Geoffrey Mountain
Margaret Lobb to Colin Shoebridge
Jenny BIyth to Jamie Duncan
Jill Muller to Dr David Frieble
Bronwyn McLean to Ian Sproule
Anne Conde to Owen Evans
Sandra Hocking to Peter Cock
Jane Brehaut to Simon H Green
NOTICE
If you have changed your name or address or both and you have not notified the Secretary or Treasurer concerning this PLEASE DO IT NOW
Old Collegians travelling to London, who would like to get in touch with our London Branch should go to the Victoria League, and put their names and addresses in our book there, and Dora Walker will get in touch with you
weddings
Janet Arnold to Barry Adler at St Dominic's, Camberwell, on 11th January, 1969
Rosemary Watters to Anthony John Smith at Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, on 15th June, 1968
Helen Pope to Tom Bird on 24th August, at Glen Iris Presbyterian Church Matron-of-honour was Mrs K Lawler (Dorothy Tapner) and Helen's sister, Lyn, a present day-girl, was bridesmaid
Kaye Indikt to Barry Fink at the Kew Synagogue, on 6th May
Jane Salthouse to Marcus Taylor, on 25th January, 1969
Elizabeth Shinkfield to John Adams
Winny Kho to Ian Wyles
Jennifer Sayer to Nigel Bardega
Diana I Beattie to Philip Crabtree at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Caulfield, on 13th March, 1969
Beryl Denman to Leon Lewis at St Augustine's Church, Bourke St., Melbourne, on 22nd February, 1969 Her three bridesmaids were Faye Miller, Judy Dickie and Janet Glen Leon Lewis is a farmer from Ararat and Beryl's address is now Buangor, 3375
Joy McGeehan to Christopher Selby-Smith in London, U.K., in September, 1968 Presently residing in Canada
Diane Prentice to Raymond Jeanes at South Camberwell Methodist Church, on 19th December, 1968 Mrs Peter Ross (Elizabeth Druitt) was Matron-of-honour
Lynette Hack to David Pitts at Wesley College Chapel, on 24/4/69 Margot Smail was one of her bridesmaids
Bron Hardman (Anderson) to Arnold Eason at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, East Malvern, on 12/4/69
Mavis Sanders (President of the O.C.C for 1968) to Ivo Denholm, in February, 1969
Donna Newton to Attilee Edvi-Illes on 28th October, 1967, at St John's Church of England, Heidelberg Diana Pearson was bridesmaid
Judith Abbott to Derek Cockle at St Nathaniel's Church of England, Bristol, England, on 23rd March, 1968 Judy is ^pow living at Sutton in Surrey
Sue Crean to Eric Campbell (son of Elsa Williamson), at the Edithvale Methodist Church, on 31st August, 1969 Helen Campbell was bridesmaid
Ngaire Thompson to Nigel Christie in January, 1968
Jillian Downing to David Gardiner at the Chapel of St Peter, Melbourne Grammar School, on 29th June, 1968. Bridesmaids were Sue Downing and Barbara Singleton
Beverley Cullen to Allan Schurmann on 28th September, 1968, at St Oswald's Church of England, Glen Iris Roslyn Agnew and Jill Swanson were bridesmaids, and her sister Susan, a present pupil, was junior bridesmaid
Jillian Longmuir to Arthur Quinn at St Dunstan's Church of England, on Thursday, 1st February, 1968 Mrs Felicity Harris (Blandford) was Matron-of-honour
Elizabeth Bradbury to Geoffrey Rankin in Sydney, on 7th September, 1968
Judy Bremner to J A Romanowski, on 9th May Heather Stokes and Jocelyn Houghton were bridesmaids
Caroline Adams to Terence Boyle at Ivanhoe Church of Christ, on 18th January, 1969 Mrs Robert Thorpe (Jill Adams) was Matron-of-honour, and Virginia Kirton was bridesmaid
Eril Reidy to John Atkinson, on 7th November 1968, at North Balwyn Methodist Church
Joan Farries to Campbell Gladman at Christ Church, South Yarra, in November 1968
Eve McQuie to Bernard Tuck at St Oswald's Church of England, Glen Iris, on 10th May Her sister, Diane, was a bridesmaid
Jill Doutch to Rodney Blundell
weddings
Celebrated at Fitchett Chapel, 1968-1969
Ailsa Edith McDiarmid to Peter Eric Hemphill on 5th June, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Alana Butler to David James Sharpley on 14th June, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Patricia Anne Jones to Richard Llewellyn Wines on 14th June, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Suzanne Irene Camfield to Ian Clifford Wood on 15th June, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Anne Estelle Trewarne to Kevin Twite on 6th July, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Margaret Elizabeth McBean to Barry William Muir on 13th July, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Kaye Helen McFerran to Ronald Francis Rowe on 20th July, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Loris Anne Williams to William Harrison Henry on 20th July, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Kay Maree Evans to Lindsay Allen Barker on 27th July, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Jennifer Denise Clarke to Wolfgang Siem on 3rd August, 1968 The Rev A W R Milligan officiated
Margaret Jill Coulson to Arthur James Slatter on 8th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Lynette Alice Davies to David Arthur George Lloyd on 9th August, 1968 The Principal officiated
Lois Elizabeth Brown to Richard John Hill on 10th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Pamela Mary Padgham to Frank Russell Oliver on 10th August, 1968 The Rev Dr Max Thomas officiated
Kaye Cheryl Smith to Allan Alfred McLean on 16th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Glenda Lesley Rye to Kenneth Eric Adams on 17th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Kay Lorraine Johnston to Harvey Scott Glasson Williams on 19th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Dorothy Noel Clarke to Donald George Baxter on 21st August, 1968 The Rev VV J Gorfine officiated
Beatrix Margriet in't Veld to Walter Clement Barnett on 24th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Jennifer Anne Scott Wyles to Graeme Thomas Jackson on 24th August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Margaret Lynette Turner to Murray Charles Cropley on 28th August, 1968 The Rev R F Giese officiated
Merilyn Marjorie Vernon to Ian James Moad on 31st August, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Evangeline Gordon Lewellin to Sydney Allen McLennan on 3rd September, 1968 The Principal officiated
Diane Fay Peacock to Robert John Louis Durling on 21st September, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Heather Beatrice Slatter to Maxwell John OIney on 28th September, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Lynette Suares to John David Hughes on 28th September, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Sandra Dianne Reed to William Kerres Waycott on 30th September, 1968 The Rev S M Seymour officiated
Rhonda Lea Smith to Christopher Mervyn Jones on 3rd October, 1968 The Principal officiated
Lynette Joan Bourne to James Francis Conole on 5th October, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Beverley Ann Cochran to Alexander McLeod Chapman on 5th October, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Judith Mary Cutts to Stephen Elvidge Wightman on 7th October, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Pamela Elizabeth Dowdall to John Winter Ashton on 17th October, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Janette Elizabeth Arrowsmith to Tony Joseph Schiavello on 2nd November, 1968 The Principal officiated
Jill Diane Swanson to John William Prescott on 2nd November, 1968 The Rev H McCarthy officiated
Coralie Ann Hunter to Ian Claude Amiet on 6th November, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Yvonne Maurine Tregear to Richard John Hawkins on 9th November, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Sandra Kay Irwin Chambers to Bernard John Coolledge on 16th November, 1968 The College Chaplain officiated
Judith Lorraine McDonald to Woodel Beer Shuster on 19th November, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Juliet Winifred Lawson to Roger Ivan Smith on 23rd November, 1968 The Rev J J Blakemore officiated
Helen Shirley Middleton to Philip Lester Marchant on 30th November, 1968 The Principal officiated
Ginette Margaret Hutchins to Edward James Vivian on 5th December, 1968 The Chaplain officiated
Janice Edna McGillie to Trevor Trehearne Jones on 11th December, 1968 The Rev W J Hunkin officiated
Tina Sim to Shang Chung Ng on 13th December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Meredith Fay Morris to Peter William Holmes on 14th December, 1968 The Chaplain officiated
Lynda Jane Godbehear to Peter William Trembath on 17th December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Mrs Vera Elizabeth Winter (Brehaut) to Charles Tulip Aylen on 18th December, 1968 The Principal officiated
Leahn Joy Turvey to Grant Leon Mackay on 20th December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Mary Elizabeth Walduck to William Bankton McDowall on 21st December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Carolyn Scott to Kevin Gordon Bartils on 21st December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Anne Isobel Fitzpatrick to John Leslie Bell on 21st December, 1968 The Rev I A Blake officiated
Carole Smyth Withers to Dennis John Newman on 21st December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Barbara Louise Beaumont to Graeme Robert Plant on 21st December, 1968 The Rev C H T Germon officiated
Brenda Margaret Burn to Jeffrey George Matthews on 23rd December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Diane Helen Gill to Michael Maurice Carrier on 23rd December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Helen Audrey Dalley to Michael Banham Taylor on 27th December, 1968 Dr Wood officiated
Evelyn Dianne Wishart to Christopher John O'Connell on 29th December, 1968 The Rev D G McKenzie officiated
Pamela Gale to Robert James French on 30th December, 1968. The Rev. W. S. Manzoney officiated.
Lynette Norina Lack to John Robert George Cocking on 4th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Deanne Lee Davey to Graeme Foster Smith on 9th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Jillian Fay Haslam to Edmund Richard John Parkes on 11th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Rae Kefford to Edward James Parker on 11th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Diana Myra Thompson to Trevor Alan Spurritt on 14th January, 1969 The Rev R W Gregory officiated
Maree Anita Curtis to Barry John Taylor on 14th January, 1969 The Rev G S Hall officiated
Suzanne Jame Mogg to Barry Selwyn Cliff on 16th January, 1969. Dr. Wood officiated.
Fiona Christine Duncan to Ian Rodney Williams on 17th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Anne Shirley Waite to Christopher Russell Stocker on 18th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Laurel Jean Roberts to Geoffrey Raymond Wright on 18th January, 1969 The Rev J L Cousins officiated
Pauline Eleanor Watson to Peter Raymond Hassold on 20th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Margaret Kaye Abbott to Keith Victor Woollard on 22nd January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Janice Beryl Pearce to Ian Howard Tucker on 25th January, 1969 The bride's father, the Rev N C Pearce, officiated
Diane Elizabeth Tunbridge to Robert John Powlesland on 27th January, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Janet Elizabeth Foster to Graeme John Cocks on 7th February, 1969. Dr. Wood officiated.
Jennifer May Sanford to Ronald Alan Stone on 8th February, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Lorraine Dorothy Curry to James Andrew Williams on 22nd February, 1969 The Rev B H Reddrop officiated
Margarita Delias to Alan Michael Bland on 1st March 1969 The Rev Dr A J Blanksby officiated
Carole Joy Brien to Kenneth Norman Greenough on 7th March, 1969 The Chaplain officiated
Vanessa May Kettle to Colin Douglas Mackenzie on 8th March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Roslyn Joy Jefferies to Kenneth Arthur Moore Smith on 10th March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Margaret Clare Channon to Robert Marsh Puttman on 14th March, 1969 The President of Conference, the Rev R W Allardice, officiated
Kay Meredith Beecham to David Warren Soderblom on 15th March, 1969 The Principal officiated
Dorothy Lynne Shepherd to John Ernest Lambert on 14th March, 1969 The Rev Stanley Shepherd, the bride's father, officiated
Mrs Ella Lea (Parker) to Malcolm Philip Hudgson on 17th March, 1969 The Rev F W Coote officiated
Denise Tagell to Robert Victor Way on 20th March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Lois Elaine Lumley to Francis Robin Nixon on 20th March 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Elizabeth Dianne Facey to Laurence Kenneth Mackechnie on 21st March, 1969 The Chaplain officiated
Elizabeth Frances Ditterich to Ross Stuart Fraser on 22nd March, 1969 The Rev E K Ditterich, the bride's father, officiated
Marilyn Sandra Deeble to Michael McLean Rodgers-Wilson on 27th March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Robyn Denise Orme to William James Chrisfield on 29th March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Carolyn Joy Macdonald to William Denny Mant on 31st March, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Patricia Valda Hayes to Richard Gordon Chandler on 1st April, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Cheryl Jacqueline Staggard to Paul Louis Veith on 3rd April, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Leanne Joy Pattison to Robert Colin Jones on 5th April 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Patricia Anne Trayler to Rees Charles Haworth-Price on 7th April, 1969 The Principal officiated
Rosalind Rae Stretton to Kenneth James Anderson on 12th April, 1969 The Rev A F Ellemor officiated
Glenda Jean Ward to Gary Robert Reeves Swinton on 14th April, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Susan McFadyen to Jan Hugo Ruyter on 15th April, 1969 The Chaplain officiated
Leonie Gay Hodges to William Foster White on 19th April, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Joan Martin Green to Leslie Cunningham Boothey on 19th April, 1969 Dr Wood officiated
Marilyn Wendy Field to Ross Cameron Sutherland on 18th April, 1969 The Rev C A Dickinson officiated
Sandra Jean Peace to Albert John Boyd on 24th April, 1969. Dr Wood officiated
Rowena Gill to Ian Donald Farrington on 26th April 1969 The Chaplain officiated
Jean Stewart Ritch to Ronald Edward Brash on 26th April 1969 The Principal officiated '
bapti
1968— tisms
At Fitchett Chapel, 1968-1969
Helen Margaret, daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Hood (Margaret Sandford) on 7th July, by Dr Wood
Bryce Anthony, son of Mr and Mrs Terence Comer (Jennifer Tainton) on 7th July, by Dr Wood
Timothy Ian, son of Mr and Mrs I C Johns (Gail Williams) on 14th July, by Dr Wood
Andrew David, son of Mr and Mrs D W Wright (Rosalind Williams) on 14th July, by Dr Wood
Mary Louise Newling, daughter of Mr and Mrs P A L Wooldridge (Anne Goldsworthy) on 28th July, by the Rev R A W Woodgate
Adam Terence Williams, son of Mr and Mrs T J Blair (Lynnette Williams) on 4th August, by Dr Wood
Mark Richard, son of Mr and Mrs R O Goldsmith (Margaret Dunn) on 4th August, by Dr Wood
Michelle Louise, daughter of Mr and Mrs D W O'Neill (Julie Bailey) on 18th August, by Dr Wood f
Jordan Leith, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Goulter (Carol Perrin) on 25th August, by the Principal
Fiona Elizabeth, daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Dickie (Elaine Munro) on 25th August, by the Principal
Melainie Joan, daughter of Mr and Mrs R M Henry (Joan McCance) on 25th August, by Dr Wood
Brett Andrew, son of Mr and Mrs D E Hadaway (Kay Haines) on 15th September, by the Principal
Cameron Neil, son of Mr and Mrs N A Robins (Pam Armistead) on 15th September, by the Principal
Julie Jane, daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Edmondson on 13th October, by the Rev S M Seymour
Lincoln John Keng-Wah, son of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Lim on 26th October, by Dr Wood
Louise Anne, daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Kerwin (Elaine Francis) on 27th October, by Dr Wood
Andrew Trehair, son of Mr and Mrs R T Veale (Lynette Boyd) on 27th October, by Dr Wood
Geoffrey Ivor, son of Mr and Mrs A J Stewart (Shona Phillipps) on 10th November, by Dr Wood
Susan Elizabeth, daughter of Mr and Mrs L R Millard (Joy Brown), and Stuart Edward, son of Mr and Mrs J R Sleeman (Judith Brown) on 17th November, by the Rev W W Trigg, the Chaplain
Andrew William, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sterling (Judith McDonald) on 24th November, by Dr Wood
David Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Allen (Valma Dorling) on 8th December, by the Rev A J Porter
Penelope Ellen, daughter of Mr and Mrs B S Birch (Terrie King) on 8th December, by Dr Wood
Ruth O'Reilly, daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Ball (Monica Wood) on 8th December, by Dr Wood 1969—
Carolyn Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Watts (Joan Cockroft) on 2nd February, by the Principal
Andrew Howard, son of Mr and Mrs L H Evans (Glenis McLellan) on 2nd February, by the Principal
Kristin Anne, daughter of Mr and Mrs N H Broberg (Patricia Dixon) on 16th February, by Dr Wood
Catherine Louise, daughter of Mr and Mrs G J Delalande (Jennifer Roberts) on 16th February, by the Principal
John William Alexander, son of Mr and Mrs W N Fletcher (Inah McCready), and Paul Richard and Nicholas Robert, twin sons of Mr and Mrs R L Spargo (Gail McCready) on 23rd February, by Dr Wood
Lorenzo Giovanni, son of Mr and Mrs L D Bresciani (Dianne Hofmaier) on 23rd February, by Dr Wood
Stuart David, son of Mr and Mrs D A Barker (Carolyn Dunn) on 23rd February, by Dr Wood
Timothy Robert, son of Mr and Mrs R A Fleming (Margaret Shillito) on 13th April, by Dr Wood
Carolyn Grace, daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Reynolds (Heather Cameron) on 27th April, by Dr Wood
Andrew John, son of Mr and Mrs P J Frandsen (Denise Tregear) on 27th April, by Dr Wood
births
Mr and Mrs M Phillips (Judith Moran), a daughter, Joanna, on 11/9/68
Mr and Mrs R P A McKenna (Elizabeth Chesterfield), a son, Nicholas Anthony, on 12/3/68
Mr and Mrs J C Gray (Margaret Gluyas), a son, Andrew James, on 3/1/69
Mr and Mrs N Biggin (Lyn Paddock), a son, John Robert, on 28/2/69
Mr and Mrs M Albiston (Elizabeth Tweddell), a daughter, Kate Elise, on 17/3/69
Mr and Mrs G Smith (Gwenda Hansen), a daughter, Julie Elizabeth, on 30/12/68
Mr and Mrs Arthur Shay (Pam Proctor), a son, Craig Matthew, on 17/3/69
Mr and Mrs Michael Robin (Jenny Yandell), a daughter, Jane Elizabeth, on 9/3/69
Mr and Mrs Graeme Hodges (Clare Drew) a daughter, Keryn Elizabeth, in April, 1969
Mr and Mrs K J Davies (Margaret King), a son, Cameron, in September, 1968.
Mr and Mrs R Richards (Sandra Hattam), a son, Simon, in December, 1968.
Mr and Mrs P J Galley (Janet Thomas), a daughter, Rosalie Denise, on 13th October, 1968
Mr and Mrs S M Doyle (Clare Thomas), a son, Neil Ivan, on 24th March, 1969
Mr. and Mrs. John Norman (Bernice Hargreave), a son, Warwick, on 14th September, 1968
Mr and Mrs Rowland Ball (Monica Wood), a daughter, Ruth O'Reilly, on 2nd September, 1968
Mr and Mrs David Barker (Carolyn Dunn), a son, Stuart David, on 7th January, 1969
Mr and Mrs Bon Goldsmith (Margaret Dunn), a son, Mark Richard, on 4th May, 1968
Mr and Mrs J O'Brien (Helen Antcliffe), a son, Lewis John, on 6th December, 1968
Mr and Mrs Ronald Gibbons (Gwen Whitehead), a daughter, Ruth Caroline, at Mt. Margaret, W.A.
Mr and Mrs Rodney Annand (Helen Purves), a daughter, Margaret Helen, on 30th July, 1968
Judy Collie (Hogg) and the late Mr Don Collie, a daughter, Melissa Donelle, on 14th September, 1968
Mr and Mrs David Cripps (Megan Thomas), a daughter, Georgia Mary, on 6th June, 1968
Mr and Mrs A Gunn (Helen Trinnick), a daughter, in June, 1968
Mr and Mrs David Harris (Felicity Blandford), a son, Mark David, on 27th July, 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Johnstone (Leslie Taylor), a daughter, on 11th September, 1968
Mr and Mrs Mac Dilley (Sandra Powell), a son, Andrew James, on 17th September, 1968
Mr and Mrs Ronald Farren-Price (Rosslyn Wortley), a son, William Henry Julian, on 28th November, 1968
Mr and Mrs Rex Hosie (Cecilia Fiddian), a son, Timothy Simon, on 3rd February, 1969
Mr and Mrs J M Farquharson (Celia Coffey), a son, in February, 1969
Mr and Mrs Shiels (Lesley Dunn), a son, Warwick Peter, in June, 1968
Mr and Mrs George Mcintosh (Rae Hawkins), of Blairlogie, Scotland, a daughter, Alison, on 1st April, 1969
Mr and Mrs Noel Wigg (Janice Prentice), a daughter, Amanda Kay, on 21st January, 1969
Mr and Mrs David Lancaster (Shirley Lugton), a daughter, Katherine Jane, on 19th July, 1968, at Auckland, New Zealand
Mr and Mrs John Hudson (Eril McNaughton), a son, Michael James, on 17th March, 1969.
Dr and Mrs Pieter den Houting (Nerolie Hardie), a daughter, Sharon, in December, 1968
Mr and Mrs Graeme Ellery (Karina Basset), a son, Stephen John on 4th February, 1969
Mr and Mrs Lepper (Helen White), a son, Ward Anthony, born in Beading, England
Mr and Mrs G Thomas (Airdrie Hutton), a son, Morgan Garth, on 24th February, 1969
Mr and Mrs Andrews (Eril Hutton), a daughter, Deborah Ellen, on 16th June, 1968, at Bairnsdale
Mr and Mrs Bragg (Janice de Lacy), a daughter, Caitlin Michelle, on 4th July, 1968
Mr and Mrs Allan Smoker (Judith Sleep), a daughter, on 10th April, 1969
Mr and Mrs Bladen (Wendy Wellard), a daughter, Georgina Catherine, on 23rd March, 1969
Mr and Mrs W Orgill (Marj Warren), a daughter, Emma Jane, on 24th April, 1969
Mr and Mrs D Saltmarsh (Ariel Kean), a chosen daughter, Felicity Margaret
Mr and Mrs Robert Bingham (Lynette Dugdale), a son, James Lawrence, on 27th May, 1968
Mr and Mrs Don Hogg (Wendy Lovell), a son, in January, 1969
Mr and Mrs John Bradbury (Jill Martin), a son, Jeremy John
Mr and Mrs Graham Lyons (Wendy Loutit), a daughter, Raelene Wendy, on 27th October, 1968
Mr and Mrs Tom Lynden-Bell (Jan Ashman), a son, Peter Bichard, on 17th November, 1968
Mr and Mrs John Seward (Elizabeth Thiele), a son, Andrew, on 5th March, 1969.
Mr and Mrs John Woolsey (Margaret Newell), a son, Andrew Bennet, on 22nd December, 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Walker (Yvonne Cant), a son, Nicholas Jeffrey, on 16th January, 1969
Mr and Mrs David Doyle (Wendy Jones), a daughter, Sally Katharine, on 8th July, 1968
Dr and Mrs Bryce Phillips (Penny Balmer), a son, Gary Matthew, on 14th July, 1968
Mr and Mrs Shaun McCullagh (Cynthia Jermyn), a son, Christopher Linton, on 8th July, 1968
Mr and Mrs W M Kidd (Nanette Clark), a daughter, Mandie Maree, on 11th April, 1969
Mr and Mrs E m Streckfuss (Beverley Williams), a daughter, Karen Leanne, on 25th December, 1968
bereavements
The Club extends it sympathy to Old Collegians who have suffered bereavements during the past year
Mrs K Williams (Roma Lemke) whose father died on 11th September, 1968
Mrs R Penny (Glen Saleeba) whose father died on 23rd July, 1968
Mrs T Harris (Audrey Fleming) whose father, Dr W E Fleming, died on 6th September, 1968
Mrs R H L Lord (Kate Pynor), whose husband died on 5th December, 1968.
Mrs D Greig (Anne Williamson) whose husband died in 1968
Mrs C K Sowell (Lesley David) whose husband died on 26th January, 1969 The Rev Sowell was Chaplain of the Canberra Grammar School at the time of his death.
Mrs Bruce Hall (Helen Charlesworth) whose mother died on 3rd August, 1968
Mrs Neville Montague (Enid Rowe), whose husband was drowned on 27th December, 1968, while attempting to rescue a boy scout at Cape Liptrap Mrs I Aird (Anne Montague) is her sister-in-law
Mr and Mrs Trevor Treadwell (June O'Connell) who lost their son, Paul, on 12th December, 1968, killed in a car accident.
Connie and Peggy Ditchburn on the death of their mother in December, 1968
Mrs Ward (May Tweddle) whose husband died in March after a long illness
Mrs Stanley Wilkinson (Ruth Laycock) on the death of her husband on 31/3/69 When the Prefect system was introduced at M.L.C in 1906, Mrs Wilkinson was appointed the first Senior Prefect
Mrs R Whitehead (Zoe Caldwell) on the death of her mother, on 26/4/69
Mrs F W Cornell (Edna Pryor) on the death of her husband, on 23/4/69
vale
Sincere sympathy is extended to the families of these Old Collegians who have died in the past year
Mrs R Williamson (Beulah Shannon) passed away on 8th February, 1969, at Hamilton Both an Old Collegian and a former staff member, Mrs Williamson was the sister of Bernice, Eileen, Merle and Muriel (dec.)
Gwen Laidlaw, died on the 9th February, 1969, sister of Dallis (Mrs Robertson), and Joyce (Mrs Fanning)
Mrs H Ross (Edith Walker) died on 9th December, 1968
Mrs Hamilton Sleigh (Doris Halbert) passed away on 23rd October, 1968
Miss Jean Harris died after a short illness on 15th September, 1968. She was the sister of Marjorie.
Peggy Bishop (Morieson) died in March, 1968
Vera Podger (Pardy) died in February, 1969 She was a member of the Clubroom Circle
Miss Rhonda Brown died as a result of accident, on 24th August, 1968
Mrs C W Turner passed away on 1st October, 1968 Her daughters are Joan (Deane), Ruth (Batten), Helen (Roberts), Alison (Wilks) and Marion (Speedy)
Mrs Frank Webb (Gwen Rowlands) died on 14th July, 1968. Sister of Dilys, her daughters are: Mrs. J. Rowland (Nancy Webb) and Mrs Williams (Elizabeth Webb) Mr Webb was the first President of the Parents' and Friends' Association of M.L.C
Mrs Alan Bradfield (Ruth Manfield) died as the result of a car accident in Sydney, where she lived, in September, 1968 Ruth was the sister of Joy, Elma (Mrs A Capell), Lesley (Mrs Pearse, Perth) and Elizabeth
Mrs Ray Williamson (Beulah Shannon)
It was with deep regret that the Club learnt of the death at Hamilton of Mrs Ray Williamson (Beulah Shannon) in February, 1969
Beulah's association with the School continued over a long period She spent 8 years as a student, and became Head of the Boarding House and Joint Senior Prefect of the School in 1921
Sport and Music were her main interests, and she returned almost immediately as a resident member of the Music Staff until she married in 1935
Beulah's two daughters later became boarders, and she always maintained her love for the School, and her interest in its activities
Miss Mabel Hunt
It would be with interest, tinged with sadness, that many Old Collegians read the notice of the passing of Miss Mabel Hunt, who for so many years was connected with the College
Miss Hunt joined the Staff in 1912 as a Resident Mistress, teaching Geography within the School In 1921 she was appointed Lady Superintendent, and she held that position until she retired in 1938 During this period girls of the boarding house will remember her as a kindly person, very interested in their welfare
Following her retirement, she lived with her sister at Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges, but in 1962 moved to "Overton", the Methodist Home for the Aged, where she died at the age of 93 years, on the 10th February, 1969
METHODIST LADIES' COLLEGE OLD COLLEGIANS' CLUB
METHODIST LADIES' COLLEGE OLD COLLEGIANS' CLUB
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
M.L.C., Hawthorn December, 1969
Silver and Green
December; 1969
EDITOR Penny Evans
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS Ann Churcher COMMITTEE:
Jan Stephens
Julie Orders
Joan Hindle
Pia Brous
Judy Bloom
Beth Crutch OF SUBCOMMITTEES:
Beverley Trezise
Angela Moorhead
Helen Boyle
Janet Leckie
Rosemary Barclay
Christine Smart
Elizabeth Edmondson
Paula Bun
Suzanne Harwood
Leonie Dick
Jacki Smith
Debbie Marriott
Julie Hewison
Julie Peters
Prue Wood
ADVISERS
Jenni Campbell TO THE
Helen Mountford COMMITTEE:
Sue Donath
Jenni Langford
Helen Lew Ton
Julie Walker
Alison Coates
Mrs. de Kam
Judy Rothschild
Meg. Harrison
Merrin Browne
Carole Neil
Silver and Green DECEMBER. 1969
EDITORIAL
For a long time now, it has been generally accepted that secondary education, being preparation for life in general, should have a far wider aim than that of equipping students, scholastically speaking, for their adulthood
Ideally during this relatively sheltered period, each student should have learnt to accept and shoulder responsibility, exercise self-discipline and independence in a sensible, balanced manner — all these lessons being at least partially mastered, before the student moves to the far more complicated and emotionally strenuous world of tertiary education or professional employment
Yet, in the past, this whole vein of thought has, unfortunately, been little more than theoretical, the difficulties of equating such ideals with necessarily disciplined and inevitably sheltered life at school being naturally very great
—Sue Nicholls Hon.VI.F
However, this year, I feel that we have seen theory approaching fact, with the introduction of various changes and innovations Firstly, there are those affecting only the sixth form students, such as the sixth form college, the abolition of afternoon roll-call and the opportunity for girls to leave after period six, timetable permitting The significance of this is, in my opinion, extremely great To begin with, every student is now forced to be fairly independent It is for each to decide how much free time should be spent in the living rooms, relaxing, how much in the study rooms doing home work, whilst the way in which she will employ the extra time at home each week is the private affair of each girl
It naturally follows that with such extra freedom, the senior student must also learn to exercise more self-discipline than was formerly necessary, her spare time during each school day no longer being supervised in any way Finally with the Sixth Form College, the senior students have a type of common base, giving them a unique opportunity to come to know their contemporaries, in relaxed pleasant surroundings, momentarily away from the often tense school atmosphere
Another important change pertaining to the school as a whole has also been introduced this year, namely, the S.R.C Here the relative significance of such an innovation is far more difficult to assess, this institution being as yet in its very earliest stages of development However, the fact remains, that here is an opportunity for a wider selection of girls, in both the senior and junior sections of the school, to shoulder responsibility and perhaps have some influence in the development of the school
My final comment on the changes I have mentioned relates to one factor common to them all, for in each case success depends wholly upon the student, the proper use, rather than abuse of these new privileges being the personal responsibility of each one of us, whether or not more will be introduced probably lying very much in our own hands
—PENNY EVANS
school officers
S.R.C. Executive Committee: Jan Stephens (President), Sue Nicholls (Vice-President), Judith Bennett (Secretary), Janne Phillips (Minute Secretary)
Senior Centre Committee (Top, 1 to r.) — Marilyn Wathen, Jackie Smith, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Jill Taylor; (Centre, ] to r.) Judy Bloom, Jan Smith, Jan Huntsman, Jan Thompson, Sue Gunn; (Bottom, 1 to r.) — Dorothy Bett, Barbara Illingworth, Janet Leckie (Chairman), Carole Neil, Anne Churcher (Absent: Wendy Franet, Jennifer Owen.)
Silver and Green Committee (Top, 1 to r.) — Jan Stephens, Janet Leckie, Rosemary Barclay, Chris Smart, Helen Boyle, Merrin Browne, Helen Mountford, Debbie Marriott, Prue Wood, Jackie Smith, Julie Orders; (Middle, 1 to r.) — Julie Hewison, Alison Coates, Beth Crutch, Julie Peters, Paula Bun, Bev Trezise, Helen Lew Ton; (Front, 1 to r.) — Carole Neil, Meg Harrison, Julie Walker, Pia Brous, Elizabeth Edmondson, Joan Hindle, Angela Moorhead, Ann Churcher, Suzanne Harwood; (Front) — Judy Bloom
School Debating Team (left to right) — Jan Stephens, Jeni Caffin, Carol Thome, Penny Evans, Jill Albiston, Jan Leckie Library Committee (Back row, 1 to r.) — Susan Kenny, Meredith Rogers, Helen Pausacker, Barbara Cornwell, Nadine Fisher, Alison Taylor, Kaye Taylor, Janella Christie, Julie Ralston; (Second row, 1 to r.) — Deborah Candy, Cathie Lumley, Ann Hall, Roslyn Haynes; (Front row, 1 to r.) — Tricia Beck, Bev Phillips, Dawn Thomas, Evelyn Gans
(The names are in order in which the girls appear in the photographs which follow in the School Activities Section.)
Cato — Senior: Captain, Sonja Huisman; Vice-Captain, Judy Bloom; Tennis, Jill Corless; Baseball, Pam Carruthers; Swimming, Vivien Lardner; Athletics, Debbie Blaskett; Drama, Sharon Woolf; Music, Janice Naphtali; Debating, Lyn Costello; Basketball, Jenny Van Kallaveen; Table Tennis, Lesley Fedderson; Cricket, Pam Carruthers; Squash, Jill Corless; Hockey, Jenny Holmes and Jane Boorer Junior: Captain, Margaret Douglas; Vice-Captain, Jennifer Green; Tennis, Lyn Langford; Baseball, Prudence Rojo; Athletics, Susan Vernon; Basketball, Jenny James
Fitchett — Senior: Captain, Julie Hewison; Vice-Captain, Janette Venus; Tennis, Elizabeth Thompson; Baseball, Gwen Midgley; Swimming, Penny Hall; Athletics, Jenny Brice; Drama, Jan Stephens; Music, Janet Duke and Janet Gardiner; Debating, Jan Stephens; Basketball, Jenny Brice; Cricket, Jenny Brown; Table Tennis, Margaret Thwaites; Squash, Gwen Midgley Junior: Captain, Mandy Wilson; Vice-Captain, Glenys Higham; Tennis, Elizabeth Stenning; Baseball, Debbie Boothe; Athletics, Janet Bandell; Music, Elizabeth Stenning and Janine Wallace; Drama, Angela Kominos
Krome — Senior: Captain, Sue Gedye; Vice-Captain, Josephine Lear; Tennis, Josephine Lear; Baseball, Barbara Jones; Swimming, Prudence Wood; Athletics, Kay Morley; Drama, Margaret Guest; Music, Anne Davies, Debating, Penny Evans; Squash, Kay Morley; Cricket, Joy Runge; Basketball, Marg Davies; Hockey, Dianne Presser; Table Tennis, Judy Merry Junior: Captain, Mary Shaw; Vice-Captain, Kaye Ericson; Tennis, Sue Paterson; Baseball, Jenny Shaw; Basketball, Ann Roebuck and Helen Krizos; Table Tennis, Cheryl Houghton; Hockey, Jenny Sheppard; Athletics, Marjory Jones; Drama, Sue Cherry; Music, Helen Krizos
Nevile — Senior: Captain, Lyn Cochran; Vice-Captain, Wendy Franet; Tennis, Pam Hedstrom; Swimming, Sandra Matthews: Athletics, Jan Thompson and Marilyn Wathen; Drama, Janet Leckie; Music, Pam Moon; Debating, Pia Brous; Baseball, Libby Taylor; Basketball, Marilyn Wathen; Table Tennis, Jillian Frost; Cricket, Vicki McCredie; Squash, Judy Bothschild; Hockey, Rosemary Elliot Junior: Captain, Kate Clements; Vice-Captain, Arm Hopkins; Tennis, Elise Gilchrist; Athletics, Christine Wade; Baseball, Sandra Bell; Basketball, Sandra Bell; Music, Miriam Bass and Christine Clarke; Hockey, Chris Wade
Tiddeman — Senior: Captain, Judy Grove; Vice-Captain, Barbara Illingworth; Tennis, Geraldine Shellcot; Baseball, Dorothy Bett; Swimming, Andrea Woodhouse and Lisa Andriske; Athletics, Margaret Torode; Drama, Barbara Hoban and Meryn Callander; Music, Marie Goldsworthy; Debating, Helen Lew Ton; Hockey, Laurel Morris; Basketball, Barb Illingworth; Table Tennis, Winnie Harris; Cricket, Beth Pritchard; Squash, Barbara Pearce Junior: Captain, Eleanor Bott; Tennis, Jeanette Nalder; Baseball, Jill Blennerhasset; Swimming, Kaye Stanistreet; Drama, Dee Andrews; Hockey, Beth Pearce; Music, Jo Kellock; Table Tennis, Diane Betts; Basketball, Barb Illingworth
school teams and musical groups
Tennis Team A.: (Back, 1 to r.) — Pam Opie, Jan Thompson, Sue Whitehill, Lesley Feddersen, Jane Boorer; (Front, ] to r.) — Julie Wilson (Capt.), Prue Wood
Tennis Team B.: (Back, 1 to r.) — Marg Stringer, Barbara Illingworth, Lynda Smith, Jill Corless; (Front, 1 to r.) — Vivienne Perham, Sue McNab, Rosemary Barclay
Basketball Team A.: (from left) — Margaret Champion, Judy Bennett, Barbara Jones, Barbara Illingworth (Capt.), Sela Tupou, Jenny Brice, Libby Taylor, Sharon Gregor
Basketball Team B.: (Back, 1 to r.) — Janet Barton, Heather Hyatt, Beverley Davis, Beth Pritchard; (Front, 1 to r.) — Jane Anderson, Eleanor Tully, Dorothy Bett
Hockey Team A.: (Back, 1 to r.) — Laura Jamieson, Jenny Brown, Andrea Macdonald, Helen Hutchins, Barb (Birdie) Bird, Dianne Presser, Judy Grove (sitting); (Middle, 1 to r.) - Jean Jamieson, Robyn Hewitt (Capt.), Jenny Wills, Prue Wood; (Kneeling, 1 to r.) — Ann Jones, lima Jasper
Hockey Team B.: (Back, 1 to r.) — Kav Morley, Wendy Shew, Penny Hall; (Standing, 1 to r.) — Jenny Curnow, Jenny Holmes, Vicki McCredie; (Kneeling, 1 to r.) — Elizabeth Quine, Betty Curnow
Baseball Team A.: (Back, 1 to r.) - Gwen Midgley, Robyn Wilson; (Middle, 1 to r.) - Beverley Davis, Judy Merry, Joy Runge; (Front, 1 to r.) — Debbie Rose, Robyn Hewitt (Capt.), Pam Carruthers Absent: Ngaire Silverwood
Baseball Team B.: (Back, 1 to r.) - Dorothy Bett, Beverley Mitchell; (Middle, 1 to r.) - Beth Pritchard Heather Hyatt, Jane Barton; (Front, 1 to r.) — Jean Jamieson, Margaret Davies, Barbara Jones, Jenny Brice; (Kneeling) Christine Moore
School Orchestra: (Back row, 1 to r.)—Clare Hargreaves, Amanda Sampson, Anne McLaren, Sue Boorer, Meredith Rogers, Robyn Seamer, Susan Dixon, Pia Brous; (Middle row, 1 to r.) - Janet Duke Denise James Ann Bowman, Debbie Marriott Merren Duke, Elizabeth Clarke, Meryl James, Rosanne Pittard, Elizabeth Stennm g Wendy Couch Jane Tinney, (Bottom row 1 to r.) — Jenny Patrick, Virginia Nicholls, Meredith Gould, Jillian Cameron, Miss Starling Julie Hewison (Leader), Margaret Enting, Jenny Allen, Diane Dry Absent: Sue Wood, Alison Pooley, Marian Hibbert, Claire Primrose, Barbara' Hoban, Jenny Smith, Jenny Ingram, Heather Pooley, Qhristine Clarke
Senior Madrigal Group (left to right): Front Row - Rowena Dowel, Sandr a Anderson, Anne Leggo Cathie Inches Tenny Randell; Second Row - Sheena Cuthbert, Miss Elton, Elizabeth Edmondson, Judy Betts, Elizabeth Clarke; Third Row _ Janis Tayles, Rhonda Slater (Joint Leader), Miriam Adams (Joint Leader), Patricia Morgan Marie Goldsworthy, Clare Hargreaves; Back Row — Merren Duke, Heather Boyd, Robyn Smith, Jane Stubbs, Ruth Stubbs
Senior School Choir (left to right): Front Row - Sandra Anderson, Merren Duke Rowena Dowel Sheena Cuthbert, Elizabeth Edmondson, Heather Boyd, Anne Leggo, Patricia Morgan Janis Tayles, Miriam Adams Rhonda Slater Elizabeth Clarke, Clare Hargreaves, Judith Betts, Jennifer Randell, Marie Goldsworthy Robyn Smith, Cathie Inches, Jane Stubbs Ruth Stubbs; 2nd Front Row - Margaret Hallifax, Anne Stranger, Julie Spry, Barbara Latham Elizabeth Lambden Pam Goodwin, Leslie Hocking, Christina Castles, Miss Elton, Janice Naphtali Pamela Carruthers, Robyn Park, Kathy Cameron, Mandy Sampson, Phillippa Foord, Peta Gardiner; 3rd Row - Lois May, Gail Dawson, Leon.e Dick Kathy Mogg, Suzanne Capell, Prue Dagley, Andrea Macdonald, Lyn Cochran, Helen Hollmgsworth, Janice McMillan, Ga Smart, Ainsl e Ingleby, Sue Denholm, Judith Youren, Margaret Milic, Jenny Wotherspoon, Margaret Torode Margaret Bertuch, Sela Tupou, Sally Morris, Vanessa Clarke, Judith Perry, Penny Evans; 4th Row - Lyn Ross, Pamela Cuthbert, Michelle Morrison, Sue McNab, Naomi Crosby, Sue Morone, Marion Llsworth, Alison White Julia Payne, Helen Hutchms, Nerida Williams, Sue Bailey, Jocelyn Brown, Kerry Smith, Marilyn Bennet; 5th Row - Lorraine Curry, Janice Henley Barbara Cornwe 1, Deidre Liddicut, Elizabeth Lavender, Denise Broom, Rosemary Elho t, Jennifer Hamley, Rhonda Chatwin Margaret Foster, Paula Minty, Andrea Woodhouse, Heather Venus, Wendy Hall, Robyn Wahlquist Dorothy Hope Gaye Schofield, Ann Chambers; 6th Row - Christine Brown, Prue Baker, Lynette Burton Jenny Matkovich, Julie Peters, Jenny Derwent, Janette Venus, Heather Belcher, Vicki Brous, Robyn Phipps^ Helen Lew Ton, Georgina Beard Jan Mclntyre, Jenny Burkett; 7th Row - Judy Grove, Jenny Curnow, Kathy Kennedy, Hilary Joyce, Judy Cummins Kaye de la Rue, Louise Petterson, Jewell Lawton, Jill Hall, Jane East, Lesley Reid, Barbara Wootton, Janet Matthew Barbara Maunder, Rosalie Bourke, Christine Hogg; Back Bow - Margaret Rowe,^ Heather Gronow, Jennf e Patrick, Julie Brisbane, Carey Walden, Ann Briant, Ann Chapman, Anne Davies, L.bby Blundell Betty Curnow Dorothy Barber Deborah Candy, Evelyn Cans, Frances Cohn, Suzanne Dixon, Cathie Lum,ley, Jenny Monteith Absent: Angela Moorhead, Wendy Read, Margaret Stringer, Pauline Ritchie, Fiona van Towsey, Jill Scurfield, Kay Gross, Clare Waite
(The names are in order in which the girls appear in the photographs which follow in the School Activities Section.)
school activities
senior S.R.C.
Since the S.R.C began this year, the main aim has been to set a basis for future S.R.C's I hope that by the end of this year the basis will be firmly established The idea has been to progress fairly carefully, in order to gain the confidence of students and staff in the S.R.C as an active body
There are, of course, some girls who have thought that the S.R.C is a means of taking control of the school, "storming the administration building", ejecting the teachers, and so on
Go back to kindergarten where you belong! The S.R.C must necessarily be a responsible body representing the majority view Thanks must go to the members of the 1969 S.R.C for doing this to the best of their ability
Unfortunately, however, the majority view at M.L.C too often tends to be non-existent In fact, I often wonder whether the majority of girls are not merely grey-uniformed automatons — accepting what they are told without question or comment, and content to go through the remainder of life in apathetic slumber while the world collapses about their ears An S.R.C is useless in the face of student apathy!
Work for the S.R.C., respect the S.R.C., and it will become a significant part of the school Don't confine your grumbles to the cloakrooms — express them through the S.R.C Contrary to silly schoolgirl beliefs, you will not be punished for any radical suggestions! Rid yourself of your inherent insipidity and go down in school history as the girl who made valuable suggestions for the welfare of the school
Seriously — no school is perfect Nothing is perfect The achievement comes in the striving for perfection, and the S.R.C can do this — with the support of everyone in the school
The S.R.C itself cannot be perfect, and it is important that there are no frictions within it If the S.R.C is to work efficiently, the rules must be enforced and respected by everyone If they are not — change them In fact, if at any time in the future the S.R.C ceases to be respected by the school — change the S.R.C., modify it in order that it may become a better instrument to promote the welfare of the school
—Jan Stephens, President, 1969
junior S.R.C.
The success of the Junior S.R.C this year shows many promising signs for the future
My first thanks go to the three associated members of staff, Mrs Pike, and the two scrutineers, Mrs Williams and Mrs Halafoff, for giving their valuable time and sound advice to the council Of course, such a council cannot hope to function with any degree of success without an interested, conscientious committee, and so I must also thank our VicePresident Lyn Scott; Secretary, Janine Walker; and Minute Secretary, Helen De Garis, for their diligent work and eager participation in their various offices
The main issues raised during our three meetings have been in reference to alterations to the school uniform, the use of the Glenferrie Road service driveway by girls, socials for first and second form girls and the introduction of a public gallery for those who are interested to watch the Junior S.R.C in operation
Naturally, the Senior S.R.C. will be expected to have a greater influence over school activities in general than the Junior section, but the Middle School girls greatly appreciate the opportunity to express their opinions on the functions of the school
In conclusion, I sincerely hope that the creation of the S.R.C will arouse a strong interest in school spirit and help to unite girls through a common feeling of belonging to such a worthy organisation
—Jenny James, III.A., President
school activities
history and literature club
Members of the History and Literature Club this year have taken part in perhaps the most exciting and full year of the Club's existence Not only have we learnt about many things on subjects ranging from "The Primitive Tribes ^ of New Guinea" to the "Development of Music in Australia", but we have also thoroughly enjoyed ourselves
Our first speaker for the year was Miss Sutton, who showed her slides of Tasmania and gave a very enjoyable and informative talk Mr Seymour showed his interesting slides of New Guinea, and Miss Elton gave a very humorous talk on music One of our members, Pell Ann Wardrop, told us of the students' part in the American Presidential Elections, and another member showed slides and spoke of Malaysia and Singapore Mr Hutchins gave an informative talk on the English Public School System We also thank Mrs Turner for her illustrated talk on American life We hope to have Mrs Patton to speak on "Life in Japan", and Mr Halofoff to show his slides on Japan, later in the term
An important feature of our activities this year was the number of visits to the theatre and cinema The plays we have seen include: "Fiddler on the Roof", "Twelfth Night", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Ghosts" We were fortunate enough to be allowed to attend a taping of Rossini's "The Marriage Contract", at a television studio Amongst the films we have seen are "Funny Girl", "War and Peace" (Parts I and II), and "Romeo and Juliet"
Other excursions were to Como House, and Poppa's Pizza Parlour, to the Museum, the Flea Market in South Yarra, and to Ballarat Early in second term, Miss Rudin held an "Open House", and we must thank her for a wonderful afternoon We hope to add a dinner for members of the History and Literature Club in December
In conclusion, it is obvious that we have had marvellous and enthusiastic leaders — Miss Rudin and Mrs int' Veld We feel indebted to them for the time and effort they have put into the Club; through their guidance and inspiration, we all have had a marvellous year
—Judith
Savige, Committee Member
S.C.M. report 1969
M.L.C S.C.M 1969 has been on the move This year senior S.C.M has held a variety of meetings including several films, speakers and Bible studies We had a panel of S.C.M Committee members discussing the question "What is a Christian?" giving girls the opportunity to ask some questions about the relevance of Christ to their lives We have also had a tape recording of Christian youth worker and comedian Don Lonie, as well as various inter-school events The next few meetings promise to be also very interesting and different a panel of staff giving their views on "Christ and Christianity", by answering questions asked by girls, an outside speaker and a film from "Inter-Church Aid", a surprise speaker and a meeting organised by the committee to finish the year
This year the S.C.M has aimed at telling the girls at M.L.C about Christ and what He can mean to each one Much prayer and hard work on behalf of the committee has produced the successful meetings of 1969 Thanks go to Rev W W Trigg, Miriam Adams, Chris Chipperfield (now in U.S.A.), Libby Thompson, Bronwyn Griffiths, Sue Harwood, Janet Gardner, Libby Blundell and Rachel Bence —Cath Inches, Sec., Senior S.C.M,
s. s. a. a. f .
One of the S.S.A.A.F's main aims is to interest secondary students in aboriginal affairs, and so the great number of participants (6,000) in the 1969 Safari and the publicity given, made the organisation of this extremely worthwhile The other main objective, to provide finance for aboriginal scholarships, was also fulfilled in the raising of approximately $33,500 Although, unfortunately, the Safari was held during our Matriculation exams, about 280 M.L.C girls took part in it — a nine-mile walk along the beachfront on a cold, windy Saturday in April Most were then revived with a S.S.A.A.F.supplied barbecue before a pop-concert in the Music Bowl, and in doing all this they raised just over $1,800
This money will help provide many different scholarships, all of which will give aborigines chances to develop skills and therefore have the opportunity they need; that of being accepted as needed members of the community, with equal rights and standards of living Some of the scholarships which have been given during the past year are three residential scholarships at Melbourne schools, finance for limited vocational training (for example, a play centre leader from Cummeragunja, near Echuca, travelled to New Zealand to spend four weeks with the Maori mother/child organisation), a bursary enabling five scouts to take part in a scouting expedition and another enabling a group of Melbourne aboriginal teenagers to attend a conference on Aboriginal Affairs in Adelaide
Since first term, S.S.A.A.F news-sheets have been posted on the school's S.S.A.A.F notice board, and it is hoped that many students have read these and the other articles about aboriginal affairs A great number of vitally important events has occurred in the last few months, and we can no longer ignore the situation of these people whose welfare has been disregarded since the settlement of Australia If our generation is aware of the needs of the aborigines and respects them as fellow Australians, then we shall have a solid foundation on which to build a society wherein they will experience no indifference, scorn or prejudice
The Annual Meeting of S.S.A.A.F was held on 18th August, and we are very pleased that Anne Chambers of S.V.D., was elected Secretary to the Executive Committee, the main organising body
My grateful thanks are extended to the M.L.C S.S.A.A.F Committee and Mrs Carlos for their willing co-operation and hard work, especially for the Safari, and I join with them in looking forward to a closer alliance of M.L.C students to S.S.A.A.F in 1970 —Ann Code, H.VI.A
the senior centre report
This year for the first time at M.L.C the Matriculation and Diploma A year have had the use of the Senior Centre All have enjoyed and benefited from the more comfortable surroundings and the formation of a more closely-knit year The five study rooms upstairs have proved of great value to girls during spare periods, while the kitchen and two common rooms downstairs are greatly appreciated
The committee is very grateful for all the generous donations and gifts which people have given to the Centre during this year The furniture, curtains and matting were only possible with this help "Beautiful Downtown Burbank", "The Funny Farm" or "The Senior Centre", call it what you will, has proved most successful and enjoyable this year
—Janet Leckie
school activities
the
walton library
1969 has been a successful year for the Library Committee Our numbers are large, but there are always the loyal few who come and make up for those whose attendance is irregular
In March, three Matriculation members attended a "TalkIn" at Camberwell Grammar The topic was "Dedication", this being the theme for Matriculation English Expression The speakers talked about people who they thought were dedicated and a lively discussion followed over the dedicated life itself
At the beginning of second term we allowed girls to borrow two fiction books at a time This has produced a great boom in fiction borrowing, but unfortunately, the majority of our customers are second and third formers Fourth formers and Leavings buck up, and increase your vocabulary! We planned to hold an inter-school meeting in our Library in July, but unfortunately, we did not receive enough replies so it had to be cancelled We had an afternoon tea party one day after school near the end of second term This was most successful and enjoyed by all those who attended We are planning a visit to the Museum of Applied Science in early October, which should be very interesting
a short history of the debating society; 1969
February: Election of Committee — Jill Albiston, Pia Brous, Ann Code, Helen Lew Ton, Julia Payne, Judy Reichman
March: "Boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses."
April: Mr Impey — an example of a good debater
May: Oratory contest Congratulations to Jeni Caffin
June: House debates Congratulations to Krome The standard was not high, and future debaters should remember that, although there is no preparation necessary, it is possible to practise impromptu debating School debate against Scotch College Team: Pia Brous, Penny Evans, Jan Stephens; won School debate against Melbourne Grammar Team: Jill Albiston, Janet Leckie, Jan Stephens; lost
July: School debate against Carey Grammar. Team: Jeni Caffin, Penny Evans, Carol Thome; won School debate against Brighton Grammar Team: Penny Evans, Janet Leckie, Jan Stephens; lost
June-July: Xavier debates Very popular with both schools Something similar next year? Thanks to all who participated
We are very grateful for the tremendous help and encouragement that Mrs Day has given us throughout the year We would also like to thank Alison Taylor and Meredith Rogers, the two deputy-librarians, for their untiring efforts throughout the year We offer the Committee the best wishes for next year
devotional
—Bev Phillips
"Come unto me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you." —St Matthew 11:28
I feel sure that those girls who have attended Devotional on Wednesday, at 8.25 a.m., in our beautiful Chapel, have found peace and refreshment as they have prayed together, under the guidance of the Rev W W Trigg It is wonderful to pause, in the middle of a busy week, to praise God, in fellowship with others, and to meditate upon what He means to us in our lives, and what He has meant to many people in the past
Rev Mr Trigg has presented many interesting ideas which have led to deep thoughts, and consideration on the part of many girls During the second half of the year, interesting ideas have been raised in the consideration of the "Titles for Jesus of Nazareth" The Messiah, The Great High Priest, and The Suffering Servant were a few of the titles which provoked interest amongst the girls, and increased their understanding of our Lord
We then went on to think about the names given to some of His followers, including Wowsers, Lollards, and Witnesses to the Resurrection The third theme was "God's Good News", and the questions "Why is it Good News?", "Good News for Whom?", and "Response to the Good News", provoked many profound thoughts
The Rev S M Seymour conducted Devotional one week, and shared his thoughts on prayer with us to the benefit of many girls
3rd term: Leaving debates Congratulations to S.V.F
Thanks must be expressed to Mr Woodgate for the adjudication of House debates, also to the committee, to the school teams, to all enthusiastic supporters, and particularly to Miss Sutton, without whose never-ending supply of patience, energy, support, encouragement and taxi fares the Debating Society would not exist
On the whole a successful year Best wishes to next year's debaters
-—Jan Stephens, Secretary
united nations
This year we concentrated our money-raising efforts for the underprivileged children of the world by holding stalls, films and cent races
During second term, in conjunction with S.C.M., we raised a large amount of money for the "Milk for India" campaign by picketing the tuckshops at recess and lunchtimes Thanks are extended to the generous girls
Our other activities included extremely interesting question times when Miss George answered questions on all topics concerning India, and Mrs Roberts spoke on problems in Ceylon
Apart from school activities, the United Nations held many outside functions including discussions, meetings, picnics and a very enjoyable barbecue at One Tree Hill
It is hoped that next year even greater, backing will be given to this worthy organization, to this end we hope to start branches of the Club further down the School, so the younger girls will become more involved in this rewarding activity
Sincere thanks are extended to Mr Lim for his patient help and guidance, also to Rosemary Elliott who guarded our money, Margaret Thwaites, our Secretary, all the Committee who worked so hard, and to the generous girls for their financial and moral support
—Suzanne Harwood.
All girls who take part in weekly Devotional meetings are grateful to the Rev W W Trigg for his interest and guidance throughout this year, and our sincere thanks are extended t o him.
—Pauline Harman, U.N Representative
school activities
music in our school
Another musical year is just drawing to a close: soon students will pack up their instruments, and teachers will sigh with relief Miss Starling will throw her baton down, and Miss Elton will take off her roller skates Activity will cease!
Music, in our school, includes music-listening, music-learning and music-making Class singing lessons for everyone are most enlightening, and one non-musical Matriculation girl described these as "enjoyable and relaxing — they're good!" The privilege of having Mr Keith Humble and France's gift to percussion, M Jean-Charles Frangois, for Music Electives, gave students an interesting new approach to music, when he declared that the "crash!" of books falling was music! Music (History and Literature) students described their subject as a "broad education in a short space of time", and say that they gain "experience in a mini-orchestra" since they often perform (with four instruments and four voices singing instrumental parts), symphonies, fugues, aires — you name it! With Miss Elton, they accomplish great things! Theory classes produce good harmony; however, Miss Starling, in moments of gloom, has expressed the opinion that they may lead her to an early grave! I wonder if the future will see any Beethoven aspirants from M.L.C.?
Both second and senior orchestras look forward to each Friday when a mass migration of instruments from all over the school takes place — huge double basses, kettle-drums, and many more One member says: "orchestra is hilariously and ably led by Miss Starling", to which she replies: "without hilarity I would infallibly fall into a decline brought on by an overdose of intonation!" The fact that orchestra has distinguished itself at the Music Recital, the School Play, and a music seminar reflects the high standard achieved, despite rehearsals that Julie Hewison (Leader) describes as "catastrophic!" The Combined School's Concert proved the crowning glory of orchestra's year, and the near-professional standard reached in playing Intermezzo (from Hary Janos) by Kodaly reflects the hard work and enthusiasm from members, and the tireless devotion of Miss Starling, whom we thank most sincerely
The work of school choirs and madrigal groups deserves highest commendation and at present, junior groups are preparing vigorously for their Recital and Speech Night A spirit of enthusiasm combined with hard work has propelled senior groups through many performances: the Vellore Concert (which raised $400 for the Christian Medical College in India), the Sunday afternoon Free Concert (the Melbourne Town Hall enfolding Melbourne's multitudes!), a Music Teachers' Seminar, and the Combined Schools' Concert in which the choir really excelled despite somewhat "cramped" singing conditions The high standard achieved in the singing of George Dyson's "Canterbury Pilgrims" reflects Miss Elton's ceaseless efforts and continual devotion, and for this we are most grateful Margaret Douglas finds that playing for Senior Choir is quite an experience since even Miss Elton can never predict what the group's high spirits will lead them to do next!
The Madrigals were honoured to give a "demonstration rehearsal" at the Seminar, but, with an audience the group felt disposed to refrain from their usual hilarity At the Combined Schools' Concert, the combination of M.L.C Madrigals and Wesley College boys for two items, resulted
in a refreshing and successful performance Miriam Adams and I found rehearsals beforehand to be quite an experience! We look forward to Speech Night, especially to the school's singing of Stanford's "Te Deum"
The good humour and informality of all music group practices is something unique, and this is due to the enthusiastic response from both students and staff Look for Miss Starling — you will find her "festooned with wooden music stands", or struggle past the multitudes of girls who gather outside Miss Elton's room at all hours, asking for attention and it is always willingly given This is evidence of the staff's devotion, and it is through their encouragement towards musical participation that so many of us have discovered that Shakespeare was justified in saying:— "When griping grief the heart doth wound, And doleful dumps the mind oppress, Then music with her silver sound — With speedy help doth lend redress."
—Rhonda Slater
drama
This term has seen the performance of the School Play, "The Winslow Boy", by Terence Rattigan, as the major production of the year The standard of this production continued the high standard established by former plays and congratulations are due to Mrs Freda Wilson as Director, to whose work must be attributed a great part of the success of the performance It is unfortunate that students of M.L.C do not have a more active interest in drama, in their school generally, and in the annual production of the school play especially, as the common lack of enthusiasm can have a most disheartening effect on all those involved in the production It is again a pity that this lack of interest should constitute one of the reasons for there not being a School Play presented next year
On the 24th October, the Senior Drama students were to have presented a Theatre Workshop This was to have contained an arrangement of exercises practised in drama class, mime exercises and also "The Mousetrap" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" The first presentation of a Theatre Workshop at M.L.C will now take place during next year, and will take the place of the School Play, being the major production by the drama students for the year
Matriculation students have continued their visits to St Martin's Student Theatre this term, and throughout the course of the year a very wide range of plays has been seen The opportunity for students to see good productions of many types of plays has been fully appreciated, and has been a source of both entertainment and education
The study of drama, to an interested, enthusiastic group of girls, provides a source of fulfilment and enjoyment, a satisfaction that is unique and valuable It is to be hoped that in the future more girls will be encouraged to explore the fields of drama and the theatre and provoke an increasing awareness and appreciation of drama in the school
—Jeni Caffin
MADRIGALS
Photos: Sweeney Studio
Silver and Green—December
senior society
This year, the Senior Society was formed, and the combination of Literature and Music, to allow for the interests of more senior girls, has resulted in a most interesting and enjoyable year There have been some very worthwhile activities in both sections
In Literature, outings to plays by Miller, Brecht, Shakespeare and Ibsen, often followed by speakers or discussion, were not only most helpful, but also very enlightening Miss Sutton devoted many lunchtimes to playing for us, records of both "Death of a Salesman" (Miller) and "Macbeth", and a tape recording on Brecht, as well as a fi'm on the "Death of Socrates", these proving extremely useful for girls studying English Literature We especially enjoyed the plays which have broadened considerably our outlook in this field
Musical activities have been concerned primarily with outings to concerts, including those given by the A.B.C (Celebrity and Youth Concerts) and Astra Chamber Orchestra Specially featured concerts of contemporary music and "The Baroque Concerto", were thoroughly enjoyable, as well as most interesting The Opera Season was also attended very well by M.L.C girls, and during this, Miss Elton devoted a lunchtime to Russian Opera, and later also to William Walton's "Fagade" Mr Keith Humble gave us a most fascinating talk on Jazz, and many of us were very grateful for the opportunity to learn about this form of music
The society has been of particular benefit to those girls studying Matriculation sciences, who feel "cut off" from humanities and would like to broaden their knowledge of the arts
For these wonderful opportunities, we owe much appreciation to Miss Sutton and Miss Elton for their organisation and enthusiasm for all activities suggested Both have been most helpful and inspiring leaders, and we can only hope that next year can be as successful, with an even wider scope of interests and activities
—Pia Brous and Rhonda Slater
boarders notes
Life doesn't change much for boarders and their rowdy existence this year has been nothing unusual The end of the year will bring tears to the eyes of those not returning who have been part of the old grey walls for so long, and rejoicing to those returning but only after eight weeks of freedom Boarding is a really wonderful experience and boarders seem to learn something rare and vital during their years of "imprisonment"
We would all like to offer thanks to Mr and Mrs Woodgate, to the Trigg family (especially Mr Trigg) and to the resident staff for their friendliness and guidance throughout the year To Miss Lancaster we also owe our thanks, for without her where would we be? I would also like to say thanks to all the Matrics, so-called "prefects", for their fine support
This half-year has been eventful and still more is in store, such as our Boarders' Picnic later in the term The Leavings and Matrics had an enjoyable time at two camps, arranged by Mr Trigg, at The Basin and Anglesea — they were a great success A sports day with Wesley boarders proved rather hilarious! After vigorous matches of hockey, basketball and table tennis, we challenged them to a game of football and defeated them! (Our rules, of course!) Boarders' Birthday Night and the production of "H.M.S Pinafore" was another memorable occasion, and the cast would like to thank everyone very much for their support
Thus the boarders continue living their unusual, to say the least, way of life, and in the midst of all the typical end-of-year riots, I'd like to say thanks to the boarders for the wonderful year you have given me, and all other Matrics
—Judy Grove
The boatders' budding musician
—Christine Hollick S.V.F
After-hours victory celebration after the house drama.
—Barbara Illingworth, Hon.VI.B
The side-effects of Sports Day victories
—Dott Bett, Dip.A
The Anglesea camp affair
—Valerie Gloster, S.V.H
school activities
school tennis
The school tennis team this year was enthusiastically supported and practices were regularly attended every Tuesday and Wednesday Both "A" and "B" teams were successful throughout the season — the "A" team winning four of its matches, losing two and drawing one; and the "B" team being defeated in only one match
Special thanks must be given to Mrs Maddison for her continuing help and support of the team
I hope that next year the senior tennis team will be as successful and have as much enjoyment from playing as this year's team.
—Julie Wilson
We finished the season losing to Hermitage 1-0, in a low standard game
Jean Jamieson was our top scorer and we received good service from Laurel Morris, Barb Bird and lima Jasper A school colour re-date was awarded to Bobyn Hewitt
The "B" team, captained by Kay Morley, was quite successful considering it was frequently being "drained" of all its good players for the "A" team
The junior "A's" were also quite successful and were capably led by Debbie Booth, who played a good season of hockey and showed a lot of talent Anne Opie, who was equal top scorer with Libby Collins with 11 goals from right wing, also gave the team good service and showed great potential
It is good to see an under 13 team again — our future teams will be built on these girls The teams would like to thank Mrs Dall and Miss Britten for their help and encouragement as our coaches this year
•—Robyn Hewitt
school hockey
The Senior "A" Hockey team was not as successful as last year's, but this was probably due to the fact that only three girls of last year's team returned The other eight positions were capably filled by some of last year's "B" team and junior team, and by some new girls Unfortunately, the team took a while to settle down, and this was the reason for some early defeats Once the team had settled down, we proved a force to be reckoned with
Members of the senior "A" team were: Helen Hutchins, goal keeper; Andrea Macdonald, left back; Dianne Presser, right back; Laurel Morris, left half-back; Robyn Hewitt (Captain), centre half-back; jenny Brown, left half-back; Judy Grove, left wing; lima Jasper, left inner; Prue Wood, centre forward; Jean Jamieson, right inner; Barbara Bird, right wing; Kay Morley, Anne Jones, Jenny Wills, Wendy Shew and Elizabeth Quine also played games with the "A" team
Owing to our lack of teamwork, Ruyton, with good forward play, were able to score a 2-1 win in our first game Our next game was our first Association game, and we travelled to Geelong determined to put on a good show In a tight game, we were defeated by a bustling Morongo team to go down 3-1
The following game, we raised the standard of our play, and combined well to put on a good showing against our arch rivals P.L.C After holding a 2-1 lead at half-time, we relaxed, and this, combined with two unluckily missed shots for goal, enabled P.L.C to come back with two quick goals through creative play by their right inner, which gave them a 3-2 win
In our next two games, which were social games, we were defeated by Korowa 3-1 and St Catherine's 2-0
The following game was an Association game at M.C.E G.G.S Our teamwork had developed greatly and we were determined to do well. We were too slow in the first half and were down 1-0 at half-time We recovered and came back with excellent play and scored four goals — 3 by Jean Jamieson at right inner — to win 4-1
swimming notes
Once again those gorgeous girls in the latest bathing attire were to be found poolside at the exclusive M.L.C pool, two afternoons a week, undergoing vigorous training under the watchful and guiding eye of Mrs Dall
Unfortunately, they did not have the opportunity to display their talents at many swimming meets this year, but when they did splash the scene, they did remarkably well being second at the All Schools
Juniors and Seniors all contributed most enthusiastically this year, and thanks must go to Mrs. Dall and Miss Perkins for their help with the teams
I am sure the team will be even more successful next year and hope that swimming at M.L.C will be encouraged to a greater degree
Although there was very little support, the baseball team did quite well and had a most enjoyable season We had four players left from last year and the other five positions were capably filled by girls from last year's "B" team and under 13 team By the commencement of the season, the team was settling down and showed a good deal of potential
Our Senior "A" team was: Debbie Bose, pitcher; Bobyn Hewitt (captain), catcher; Ngaire Silverwood (vice-captain), 1st base; Joy Bunge, 2nd base; Bobyn Wilson, 3rd base; Judy Merry, short-stop; Gwen Midgley (vice captain), right outfield; Pam Carruthers, centre outfield; Libby Taylor, left outfield Bev Davis, Jenny Brice and Dot Bett also played matches with the "A" team
We started the season with two great wins against Morongo 21-5 and Lauriston 16-14, and were anticipating a successful season The next two matches were disappointing in that we lost to Buyton 11-14, and then to P.L.C 9-13, who went on to win the Association Premiership
The following game against Korowa, was "neck and neck" all the way until we scored the winning run in the last innings
In our third Association game, we were defeated by M.C.E.G.G.S 13-16 in another close game, which we were unlucky to lose We finished the season on a better note with a good win, 8-4, against The Hermitage
The "B" team won one game and lost one, and this team will become a capable "A" team next year
The Junior "A" team, led by Bev Moore, won all their Association games, and would like to thank Mrs Dall for her help throughout the season
School colours were awarded to Pam Carruthers and a redate to Bobyn Hewitt
All the baseball teams would like to thank Miss Kerr and the boarders for their support throughout the season This was greatly appreciated and spurred the teams on to greater things
The senior teams would like to express their thanks to Miss Perkins for the time she gave up, and the effort she put into coaching us, and by her help, advice and encouragement, she proved that a good coach can make a good team great —Bobyn Hewitt
basketball notes
Another season of basketball is over and as usual the scars can be seen all over the school Although girls hobble around in bandages and show skinned arms and legs, this is inevitable, and the enjoyment gained is greater than the pain
A reasonable number of girls tried for the school teams and we thank the girls who were chosen in the teams for their continued enthusiasm and support
Although we did not win all our matches, we gave several schools a surprise, both in the Association and the friendly games
The teams thank their coaches Miss Perkins (the seniors), Mrs Armstrong (under 15), and Mrs Maddison (under 13), for their continual advice and encouragement and any successes they had were due greatly to these people
Three girls gained School colours (green blazers) for their participation in basketball; they were Barbara Jones, Sela Tupou and Barbara Illingworth
The boarders are to be thanked for their support at home matches as they were the only members of the school that came and cheered the teams Next year it is hoped that more students will have some school spirit and give their support to the teams
There are many good up and coming players in both the junior and senior sections, so next year should prove very successful, however, it will be more so if the players are supported by other members of the school
—Barbara Illingworth
BARB ILLINGWORTH , Basketball Captain
ROBIN HEWITT , Baseball and Hockey Captain
1 Common occurrence in the common room — just rushing off to European
2 Ten minutes later — still rushing off to European ! !
3 Concentration!
4. A bit of a fiddle at recess.
5 The Cats that Stole the Cream
6 Tree'd at last
7 — Self-explanatory
—Photos by Ann Churcher and Judy Bloom
house notes
ANDREA MACDONALD, Captain
JIL L ALBISTON , Vice-Captain
Berry's achievements this year have varied — we've had our successes and failures — but the enthusiasm which many girls have shown towards the house has really been tremendous
Drama.—The Senior play, "The Bishop's Candlesticks", was produced by Jenny Nelson and Brenda Jasper, and the Drama Captain was Jeni Caffin We sincerely thank them, the cast and everyone else involved for their hard work and commendable eflort
The Junior play, "Panic", was produced by Bobyn Frost, and the cast, who showed great potential, did a really good job Thanks very much to all concerned
Debating and Oratory.—The Oratory contest, which was only introduced this year, proved to be highly successful, especially for Berry Everyone was most impressed with Jeni Caffin's speech on "Gambling" which won her first place Congratulations, Jeni, for a fine performance
"That women of today are an improvement on their predecessors" was the topic debated between Berry and Nevile Our team, comprising Jill Albiston (Captain), Helen Gregg and Jeni Caffin, proved their talent in finishing only two points behind the winners, placing them a close fourth
Choral Contests.—Berry was very successful in the Senior Chorals this year Under the capable and enthusiastic leadership of Miriam Adams and Pat Morgan, with Judy Cummins and Janice Henley (composer of the Original Item) at the piano, Berry's voices sang their way into second place - a great thrill for all We are hopeful that the juniors will do as well, if not better
Athletics and Swimming Sports.—The mammoth task of organising these two events was done very capably by Bobyn Hewitt (Aths.) and Cathie Lumley (Swimming), both of whom deserve congratulations Although we did not excel in either event, everyone who participated was able to enjoy the keen competition provided by the other houses Anne Opie also deserves credit for her work as Junior Aths Captain
Baseball and Tennis.—Both the senior and junior baseball teams played very well this year, under the leadership of Ngaire Silverwood and Bobyn Frost (junior) They were placed second and certainly deserve congratulations on their success The tennis team, led by Julie Wilson and Megan Taylor (junior) also deserves credit for their performance
Hockey, Basketball and Table Tennis.—The hockey captains this year were Bobyn Hewitt and Anne Opie The juniors really showed promise, and everyone is thanked for their work
Ngaire Silverwood was our basketball captain, and although the results were by no means startling, I'm sure a few pounds were lost and a lot of enjoyment received all round Thanks very much, everyone, for your support
, The table tennis teams, led by Sue McNab and Megan Layton (junior), put up a good fight against the other houses and everyone is to be congratulated on her effort
Cricket and Squash.—We are still awaiting results of this term's sporting activities and hope the teams have been successful Thanks to Bev Mitchell for her work as Cricket
Captain
Special thanks must go to Miss Lewis for her valuable advice and support, and to the other House Mistresses
I would also like to thank Jill Albiston (Vice House Captain), Jill Silverwood (Middle House Captain) and Lynne Scott (Middle House Vice-Captain) for their valuable and enthusiastic assistance throughout the year
Finally, to those who are leaving this year, best wishes for the future and I hope you have gained a great deal from your association with Berry To those who will be flying the purple colours again next year, best of luck, and really put Berry "on the road to Victory"
—Andrea Macdonald
house notes cato
SONJA HUISMAN, Coptoin
JUD Y BLOOM Vice-Captain
Cato has finally proved that her talent lies not only on the sports field, but in other activities as well
First term saw a great improvement over all, although we experienced mixed success The swimming sports were the first event of the year, and our thanks go to Viv for the tremendous work she did Cato was placed third in these sports, which was much better than a few years back The Athletics sports were also in Term I, and even though Cato did not take away any trophies, all Cato-ites were enthusiastic, and very grateful to Debbie for organising all the teams In fact, all sports teams throughout the year performed well, and the other houses found themselves playing hard matches against Cato
The baseball and tennis teams were well supported and at the matches our teams were backed up by many supporters Unfortunately, the numbers dwindled throughout Terms I and II Basketball, table tennis and hockey were played in second term with each team experiencing success The hockey teams played brilliantly, and won the trophy, and so congratulations are well deserved by the hockey teams, as everyone knows of Cato's reputation for hockey Third term includes squash and cricket, and also the Junior Chorals If Cato shows the House spirit and co-operation which is needed from every girl, then we can and will win these events, thus ensuring Cato the Winged Victory; so girls — to it!
"Tell it not in Gath" was Cato's House play and with the wonderful work of all concerned Cato was placed third Anne Leggo, who played the Bishop in the play, was chosen as best actress, and so to her and the producers, cast and back-stage workers, thank you and congratulations
The Juniors also showed their ability by winning their drama festival, and all who took part in the play, whether on stage or behind the scenes, were overjoyed at their success To them all — congratulations
The Oratory contest, which is in its first year, found Cato ably represented, and also in debating, although we did not excel, we were thankful to our debaters who represented us
The Choral contests found Cato with a lot of House spirit and determination The conductress and pianists worked tirelessly, and all in Cato appreciated their efforts The cooperation shown by girls and the leadership of the conductors and pianists were responsible for our gaining third place The original item was composed by Rhonda Chatwin, and was entitled "The Hunting Song" This masterpiece was placed second
The Annual House Service was held on 20th July, with Mr Trigg officiating at the service, and we thank him sincerely for giving us the chance to worship as a House
I should sincerely like to thank Miss Howie, Senior House Mistress, for her continual advice and encouragement to Cato, and also other members of the staff who gave their support
The success of Cato this year has partially been due to the leadership and tireless work of House officers Special thanks to Judy Bloom (V.H.C.) for her help throughout the year and congratulations to Marg Douglas (J.H.C.) who is also choir pianist, and to Jenny Green (J.V.H.C.)
Lastly, but by no means least, I would sincerely like to thank those girls who tried for teams and activities, whether successful or not The House spirit shown by these girls was wonderful Also I feel indebted to girls who, although they held no official position, worked for the House
Cato takes this opportunity to wish those for whom 1969 has been the final year at M.L.C the best for their future careers
For 1970 Cato-ites, we are now on a run of success, so keep at it Although there will be a battle for second in the aggregate this year, we all know which House will be top — again,
—Sonja Huisman
house notes fitchett
Our win at the swimming sports splashed us off to an enjoyable fun-filled year, followed closely by a thrilling victory at athletics, and even though we didn't shine at our individual term sports, enthusiasm and activity were foremost
Under the leadership of our house mistress we have been well guided on the road to house togetherness, with expert management by our numerous house leaders, under the new, most successful captain system Fitchett cheers Jenny Brice, Penny Hall, Liz Thompson, Marg Thwaites, Gwen Midgley, Robvn Grey, Jenny Brown, Janet Duke, Janet Gardner, Jan Stephens, Jan Venus, and anyone else whom I have unintentionally omitted
Under the leadership of Mandy Wilson and Glenys Higham the juniors romped through the year with their usual high spirits and enthusiasm, especially shining in the athletics and swimming, where they won their sections!
A.F.S summer student, Karen Fleming, joined us this year as we waved Chris Chipperfield good bye and welcomed Jan Boughton from a year in The States — keeping our Fitchett tradition of participation in this scheme
Everyone who took the opportunity of making school more than a 9 to 5 job experienced the friendship, laughs and thrills that accompany any team of eager Fitchett members and I know that next year's captains will find it a pleasure to lead such a house-spirited living body of girls!
—Julie Hewison
JULI E HEWISON, Captain JAN VENUS, Vice-Captain
HOUSE SCUASH CAPTAINS
Girls absent from Matric Photos
house notes krome
SUE GEDYE, Captain JO LEAR, Vice-Captain
1969 has been an outstanding year for Krome, not only in achievement, but in the feeling of togetherness which more frequent meetings and other changes have promoted The wider distribution of offices has spread the responsibility, and promoted greater participation, and, in general, contributed to the more efficient running of the House All Captains played a major role, and Miss Jackson's suggestion of a Junior Mascot Competition "whipped up" enthusiasm in the Junior section
In Term I, we excelled in Tennis and Baseball, and won the Proficiency Cup for Athletics which showed that House participation was at its peak Prue Wood efficiently organised the Swimming team and Krome finished in second place Margaret Guest and Karen Le Rossignol were co-producers of the Senior House Play, and although we did not win, the performance was praised by the adjudicator
During Term II, Krome won the Debating and came second in the Oratory contest Penny Evans is to be congratulated on her effort and we hope this will set the example for Krome in future years Our Junior Play was produced by Sue Cherry and Kay Ericson, and we commend the cast for a splendid performance Krome owes its success in Basketball to the very capable leadership of both Senior and Junior Captains Although our Hockey performance was not outstanding, the other House teams found us tough opposition We also congratulate our Senior and Junior Table Tennis teams for their continued victories The Senior House proved its musical ability in the Choral contests
Krome was top House in Terms I and II, and we're hoping this position will be maintained in Term III, through the efforts of our Cricket and Squash enthusiasts Jo Lear, Krome's Vice-Captain, has been my mainstay, and to her I extend my sincere thanks The Junior House Captains have also played an active role in House activities
The House thanks Miss Jackson and other mistresses for their support and the interest they have taken in our activities
—Sue Gedye, House Captain
above: HOUSE TABL E TENNI S CAPTAINS
right: HOUSE DEBATING CAPTAIN S
house notes
LY N COCHRAN, Captain WEND Y FRANET , Vice-Captain
This year has not been one of success for Nevile Although we have finished near the top in some activities, in others we have dropped well below the other houses, and more important, below what we as members of the House are capable of doing
The Captains, through all their efforts have tried to make up for t-his, but the work of a few is not sufficient to compensate for three hundred girls who are not concerned about House activities
In the basketball, although we commenced well in the Seniors, we finished fifth. The enthusiasm among the team members was commendable and my thanks must go to Marilyn for all her encouragement and instruction
Our hockey team tried hard but the competition was too much for us, despite Rosemary's efforts to rally our dwindling number of hockey players
This year we improved a great deal in table tennis, finishing fourth, which is an amazing recovery, compared with previous years I would like to thank Jill Frost, our Captain, for all her efforts in this field.
Our cricket team shows potential under the eye of Vicki, as does our squash team, captained by Judy In thess Term III activities we must try to make a recovery
The debating team, captained and led by Pia finished second Against Berry, Nevile truimphed on the affirmative side
In the oratory contest, which was introduced for the first time this year, Wendy Franet, speaking on Censorship, represented Nevile
Perhaps the major activity of Term II was the Senior Choral contest. I would like to thank our conductresses, Pia and Robyn, and our pianists, Libby and Pam, who was also Music Captain Nevile won the "Ensembles Cup" Thanks are extended to Robyn and Libby, and Sue Lord who wrote Nevile's Original Composition that was judged the best for the contest If the work of the conductresses and pianists was an indication of the results, then Nevile would have been near the top but, unfortunately, this is not so and the efforts of everyone in the House determine the result From our position, then, you can see that it is everyone's individual contribution that counts, and as a result Nevile finished fourth
On 8th June, a successful House Service was held and those present were grateful for the opportunity of worshipping together as a house
In the Junior Drama Festival, the juniors showed their enthusiasm and we are grateful to Kate Clements, our producer, and all those who featured on stage as well as backstage
The Junior Choral Contest is the final house activity for 1969, and under the baton of Kate Clements, our conductress, and Jane Allen, our pianist, we are ably represented
Nevile is grateful for the loyal support and encouragement of Miss Lardner and Miss Tyler throughout the year, and also to other members of staff who have assisted the House We are sincerely thankful for their interest in our activities
I should like to thank all our Lower Middle and Middle School officers and all other girls who have assisted in some way to make Nevile more successful
To all Nevile girls who are leaving or remaining at M.L.C., best wishes in all that you do, and may Nevile House spirit be improved next year by each person's individual effort and interest in her house
—Lyn Cochran
tiddeman
JUD Y GROVE, Captain
BARBARA ILLINGWORTH , Vice-Captain
Tiddeman's spirit and unity were indicated by the sudden popularity of a certain Cato girl after the publication of the July edition of "Silver and Green"! Despite such criticism, Tiddeman's co-ordination is of top quality and the determination and enthusiasm is a great example to the other houses To abolish Tiddeman would mean the abolition of all house spirit within the house system, as well as the abolition of the fun and great happiness we derive from our house events
It is the attitude of every girl in the house — her individual will to put everything she has into house efforts with full co-operation — that makes our house so united There is not one girl who lacks this spirit and enthusiasm, and I owe you all a really big "thank-you" for your wonderful support Tiddeman has had a wonderful year and each success can be attributed to this wonderful quality of house spirit Going through the events during the year, there has been not one miserable failure, nor one out of which we have not gained some personal satisfaction in trying our best
Inter-House Sports Events:
Baseball — courage and determination were undefeatable thanks to Dot Bett and Jill Blennerhasset, our senior and junior captains respectively
Tennis — some great skill shown by a great team — Gerry Shellcott and Jeanette Nalder were our captains — thanks!
Hockey — the "undefeated reds" truimphed once again — Laurel Morris and Beth Pearce were our "coin tossers" Thanks to you both
Basketball — a few more trophies for our mantelpiece — another great victory lead by Barb Illingworth and Railene Arney
Table Tennis — more wins! — two really great teams — thSFiks to Winnie Harris and Diane Betts
Cricket and Squash — yet to be — captains, Beth Pritchard and Barb Pearce respectively Here again Tiddeman will gather forces and triumph!
Swimming — "quality not quantity" Andrea Woodhouse and Lisa Andriske coached the stars and deserve our gratitude
Athletics — once again history was made and the co-operation of every athlete has resulted in our success — thanks to Marg Torode, our industrious captain
Debating and Oratory Contests: Unsophisticated as we country folk are, our public speaking was far from disgraceful and our thanks here go to Helen Lew Ton
Drama: Our actors proved themselves stars and the victory celebrations were never-ending Fi Hoban, Meryn Callander, our senior producers; and Dee Andrews, our junior producer, certainly deserve our thanks
Chorals: The spirit and enthusiasm of the seniors was a wonderful experience and I'd like to say thanks to each one of you for such a wonderful, well-deserved win Marie Goldsworthy was our hard-working captain and composer The juniors are on their way to a great victory — I am sure — as yet leaders are unannounced
In each case, the competitors have learnt something new, as well as having great fun competing, and great fun in "after hours victory celebrations"
It's a wonderful thing to be the captain of such a wonderful house made up of such wonderful girls — my last year has been unforgettable •—- I've loved every minute of it, so thanks again to you all I hope you do just as well and perhaps even better next year
—Judy Grove
letters to the editor
Dear Madam,
After reading the letter of Judy Bloom, H.VI.A., which was published in the July edition, I completely disagree with her idea Tiddeman, in my opinion, has the greatest amount of house spirit of all the houses Surely you could not say that Tiddeman has been "trodden on" by the other houses this year, as, despite its small number of girls, it finished second in the Athletic Sports, winning both the marching and the senior points cup, did exceptionally well in both senior basketball and hockey, took off a great deal of the awards in the Choral Contest, and won the Drama
I think these few points alone say more for Tiddeman than some of the other houses can say for themselves Tiddeman should not be abolished!
—Beverley Moore, IV.B (Krome)
Dear Editor,
I think if July Bloom were to take a survey throughout the school in regard to abolishing Tiddeman House, I'm sure that she would find that very few girls would agree with her We boarders don't regard the lack of numbers as a barrier to our success in the House competitions; we regard it as a challenge, and a challenge that we all enjoy greatly
Maybe Miss Bloom is ashamed of her House's house spirit and lack of ability to keep up with the Tiddeman high standard It is quite obvious that Tiddeman are not suffering in any way, as we have won many competitions and came very close in others
Also boarders do mix in with day girls — we have to, as we have classes every day with them and it is hard to ignore 1,000 or more other girls just because they are not boarders
—Glenda Blythman, S.V.C (Boarder, Tiddeman)
Dear Madam,
I would like to comment on the Social Service effort at M.L.C For a school the size of ours, the amounts of money raised each term is appalling, some forms of over forty girls not even raising $10 The overall response to form social service efforts is rather poor, and this could be improved if social service captains at each level combined their activities
Seven or eight forms working together could produce a variety of money-raising functions, and larger amounts to single charities would be appreciated more than individual form efforts
I think M.L.C could really make a noticeable contribution to the community if it put more organisation into social service activities
—Judy Bloom, H.VI.A
Dear Madam,
I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the many apathetic members of this school I am speaking for the few girls who represent the school in various activities — such as sporting activities, debating, school play, choir and other activities
I know from the sporting activities on Saturday mornings that girls playing — giving up their time and energy — are disappointed in the support they do not receive from other members of the school
Surely the school should realise that these girls are representing the school and them, as members of the school, and their support will lead to a higher standard of play, for it provides each player with a greater incentive to do better
Dear Editor,
—Robyn Hewitt, H.VI.A
I think it would be a very beneficial move to introduce "cold shields" for those who have coughs or other infections, particularly during the winter period
At the beginning of second term, I caught a very heavy cold which lasted approximately six weeks, and which was a continual hindrance As a result, I would not be surprised if I had infected the other one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine girls in the school because of the inevitable close communication one has with other pupils, for example, during class experiments and by merely talking to others
Why cannot we follow the common sense of the Japanese who first introduced the idea and introduce it at M.L.C.? I am sure "infected" students and many others would agree with and appreciate it very much Incidentally, if you see me wearing a white mask over mouth and nose, don't call the police, because it will only be me trying to protect you
—Angela Moorhead, H.VI.A
Dear Madam,
I think the Senior Centre has been a tremendous addition to M.L.C this year The general lay-out is good, especially those two spacious rooms downstairs which have the most use You can see this when you walk in at lunchtime to find forty or more girls there, having an enjoyable and comfortable break with their friends Having a kitchen with toasting, heating and hot-drink facilities (although the coffee supply must be an expensive item) is very welcome, especially on a cold day or during a spare period
Secondly, I think the Centre has provided a chance for Matriculation and Dip.A girls to mix more frequently than they otherwise might if they did not have such a meeting place As Matrics are split into sets and may only see friends for one lesson (if that) a day, they have the opportunity to get together in their spares and at lunchtime, in what is really a big sixth form common room
Therefore, for the two terms during which I have been able to use it, I think I and all other Sixth Form girls have benefited greatly from, and have enjoyed using, the Senior Centre It's an additional last-year-at-school privilege that has been appreciated and is well worth while
—Diana Grimwood, H.VI.E
Dear Madam,
May I suggest that classes in the use of the slide rule be introduced? I know that girls who are at present studying Matriculation Physics and Chemistry would appreciate being able to use these instruments with some degree of ease because they save much time and bother when doing calculations Possibly this class could be introduced, for the benefit of those intending to do Leaving and Matriculation sciences, into fourth form maths lessons
—Helen Newton, H.VI.B
Dear Madam,
I would like to commend the idea of a Senior Centre It is something that has been needed for years I am sure that the girls who use it find it better than a bench seat I am looking forward to the time when I will share its benefits
—Frances Cohn, IV.A
Dear Madam,
It is generally thought that a big school tends to be very impersonal, but I'd like to congratulate M.L.C on its friendliness to new students I'm American and I've attended a couple of schools, but none have made new girls feel as welcome as M.L.C does A number of things prompted me to write this letter; everyone was very nice at the beginning of the year and they helped me "settle in", but there was one thing, which, to me, was very important This was the singing of the "Star-spangled Banner" on the 4th of July I know of no other school that goes to the trouble of doing this It meant a lot to me and I'd just like to say thank you for that and everything else M.L.C has done for me
—Pellann Wardrop, IV.A
Dear Madam,
Isn't it somewhat of a pity that at this school a student is classified into one of four categories—these being musical, academic, athletic or apathetic
A girl, from the time she has proved or shown ability in one of these fields, is immediately "branded"
I believe this is wrong because after she has been branded she-^s not given a chance to attempt anything else, let alone prove herself in a different field.
Surely this is bad for a student's good "all-round education" which this school is supposed to foster
Yours regretfully, "Branded"
Dear Madam,
I would like to express sincere thanks to those responsible for the introduction of the new school awards
The students who excel in Choir, Madrigals and Drama should be awarded some form of school decoration I feel that girls who are not athletic should be encouraged to participate in other school activities and also the girls who spend time in these fields should be rewarded
I am sure that all girls in these activities truly appreciate the introduction of the new school colours
—Sandra Anderson, S.V.A
Dear Madam,
I would like to suggest an idea which I am sure will be met with both enthusiasm and scorn It is to set up, in a similar manner to several boys' schools—for instance, Wesley, Scotch and Geelong Colleges — a ski-lodge at a fairly nearby ski resort, e.g., Mt Bulla It would be for the use of both Old Collegians and present students of M.L.C., who would have week-ends and holidays carefully rostered to avoid confusion and over-crowding
Dear Madam,
As the awarding of school colours for various activities in the school has been one of the current topics, I would like to suggest that the school ought to consider the girls who take part in most of the school's activities and therefore do not have the time to excel in any one activity There are many girls who give an all-round participation in the school—e.g., take part in a sports team, school choir and debating or school play I think these girls should be considered for an award
—Margaret Torode
Week-ends and perhaps a week or so during the year could provide for students an enjoyable break, on the same lines as Cadets and Scouts in boys' schools A roster for the whole year could be planned, on which girls would sign to book a week-end I am sure parents of the girls concerned would be willing to provide transport to and from the Lodge
The initial revenue needed to build such a lodge could be raised through a fund, with donations from parents and Old Collegians and perhaps the individual forms could have their own collections I feel that if the lodge scheme were adopted the pleasure derived from it would well and truly warrant its construction, as it would also teach girls to get on with other people of their own age, outside school, and to organise themselves—for instance, if they cooked their own meals
—Jan Tayles, S.V.A
Dear Editor,
I feel that a bi-annual magazine is not sufficient in a school of this size Many high schools have been publishing newspapers which have proved very successful and when sold at five cents a copy have made profits which could be used to aid Social Service
The newspaper could contain the various notices scattered on notice boards all over the school, reports from the neverheard-of clubs, sports results and forthcoming school activities that many students never hear about I also feel that a school newspaper should be run almost entirely by the students
—Christine
Hollick
Dear Madam,
I would like to congratulate you, your committee and the Spectator Publishing Company on the high standard and well presented "Silver and Green" produced last term
The edition was on a more modern scale and the photos and drawings were well developed
I was particularly pleased to see that each section provided a select number of entries which were of interest to both present and past pupils
Once again my sincere congratulations
—Kathryn Mogg, IV.D
Dear Madam,
I feel that it is absolutely disgusting that most Leavings and Matrics are so physically unfit, and play so little sport It is presumably inevitable that the time table should not allow sport periods for many girls, but the fact that so few girls seem aware of their own physical condition or even care to do something about this is surely deplorable When one is aged sixteen or seventeen one should be at the peak of physical fitness, not at a low ebb, dragging oneself around bleary-eyed and flabbily bemuscled
Could not some compulsory gym lessons be arranged during the time allotted for Assembly, two or three times a week, or at least during open period? The sad fact is that only those girls who are fit and like sport are getting the necessary exercise, and the rest are turning into pale, exhausted, ruminating vegetables
—Pia Brous, H.VI.B
Dear Madam,
I would like to compliment the "Silver and Green" Committee on the excellent job they have done in producing an interesting and attractive magazine
On comparing the latest edition with ones of previous years I am even more astounded at the vast improvements that have been made
It is only since 1967 that our magazine has had a "Letters to the Editor" column, and I am sure that I speak for many when I say that the "Silver and Green" Committee should be acknowledged more for the work they put into the magazine
•—Sandra Anderson, S.V.A
Dear Madam,
I think that the House Drama Festival should again be held at night, for two main reasons:
During the daytime most of the parents that attend are mothers of the actresses, and very few fathers are also able to attend So there are large spaces left unused in the hall, especially in the balcony At night the Hall was always packed, despite the difficulty of long distances travelled by many students returning to the College at night Both parents of actresses were able to attend
More important than this is that the atmosphere is much better at night To the actresses it seems much more like the real theatre, the professional theatre As with most theatres the audience was much better at night than at the daytime performances; and the better the audience the better the performance as the players respond to the theatre's atmosphere This is better for both the actresses and the audience
I hope that the Drama Festival will again be held at night
-—Jennie Dunstone, H.VI.G
Dear Madam,
I think that the problem of lack of house spirit, in particularly the day school houses, could be solved to a great extent by separate house activities These could be in the form of camps, outings, etc., through which everyone could get to know everyone else and so unite the house Something of this nature may also make girls take more pride in the school and so foster co-operation and co-ordination which is now lacking
—Fi Hoban, H.VI.F
winning entries
best entry—senior school
—Sarah Herlihy, S.V.B
Children
We await them, Seeing in their coming A hope of salvation — Shielding them from the darker sides of life. Inevitable though are the brief glimpses Caught at unexpected moments, Which store themselves on shelves of remembrance To emerge in later years with some Freudian slip. Strange glimpses; invading childish innocence, Causing its edges to fray a little.
Bewildering premonitions of advancing shadows Attacking the brightness of security, Pointing merciless fingers at the life to come And sowing the seeds of doubt.
Mocking at the half-knowledge of a childish world.
—Jan Stephens, H.VI.D
Suddenly they jump to life. Minds and ears buzzing with the news —
Eyes bright, lips savouring deliciously the whys and ivherefores.
And who, and what
Each glance, each word or look A tell-tale sign of human malice. The air vibrating with it — Pettiness.
"Well, who'd have thought ." But then it gives them pleasure. Indeed, we need all the pleasure we can get these days
And lives and reputations crash Amidst the cries of righteous anger: Until the particles of gentle dust resettle On the unimportance of it all.
—Jan
Stephens, H.VI.D
Silver and Green—December 1969
best entry—middle cmd lower school
Slowly
Serenely she walks Her hands cupped. In her hand she holds Herself, The world.
Sun-shaped Her hands curve. She ivalks in rhythm With the earth.
-Lyndal
—Julie Maddock, H.VI.E
Roper, II.D
Green—I
commended
Time laughs
And the years swing to and fro
Like the pendulum
Of a clock
Ever onward
No returning,
A silent throbbing in the centre of all that is —
Time has eternity To swing.
-Julie Maddock, H.VI.E
—Carolyn Masel, II.D
and Green—I
It is gone.
Once more reality presses in Though I reach out in the emptiness. I look at life
As a child gazes into a pond, Opaque and rippling, Through a hazy mist, Seeing himself distorted, So far away.
An infinity surrounds me, And life, suffocating and dragging, Once more sucks me down: Down Into the frustration of despair.
Interminably, unceasingly, I search For a glimmer of truth Or of meaning, But all is gone. And all that is left Is that hollow crying In my mind.
—Kay Gyngell, H.VI.D (Commended)
Darkness comes with her black robe, Covering the earth and sky, Blocking out the light, The happiness, the joy; Overcoming goodness, Leaving evil to reign. In her realm is no singing, No rejoicing, no love; The earth is cold; No light to guide, No warmth to feel; The earth is dying.
People go their own ways, Servants of their desires; No time to help they say; Shut in with their worries No strength to love
Prisoners of their fears
The people died And the earth is dead.
-—Helen Solomon, I.A (Commended)
Time flows Gliding Past my eyes. Is here — Is gone, In swells of Truth And dreams Of lands named "Would".
But never mine For just the past Is real
And that becomes a haze Of fleeting sights And memories said "Coidd".
—Becky Edwards, II.G (Commended)
Time gathers dust, and the clocks grow slow, And in the dawning shadow of endlessness Thought sits cross-legged on the doorstep.
—Jill Scurfield, IV.B (Commended)
Day and Night
Night to day
Black to blue. The sun explodes Scattering its warmth And light
Over the yearning land, The earth drinks The sun's glory
Until the warmth And light
Disappear into the earth
Then blue to black
Day to night.
—Kaye Bainbridge, II.B (Commended)
Fog so thick that even the street you were born and raised in is shrouded in mystery
When the cold from the concrete crawls up your legs and bites your own heart And grey lamp posts stand silent sentinels to watch your every creeping winking with tears rolling down on one side
Hair blowing backivards because you are running with feet insensible knowing not where they're going only pressing onwards forever in motion to stop:— is to freeze, and become like a statue; carved out of ice immobilised for posterity, to live out the night solid on the pavement, knowing the sleep that has no morning, no awakening, only dreams of cold nights and running
And fog and lamp posts jeering and crying watching and winking waiting always, waiting until that final footstep, till the last icy stare when the cold comes too close Too close and then claims you.
—Jacki Stolz, H.VI.F
Something of the day was left Gently trailing its cobwebs in the spindle trees. The withered fruit glowed with a midday warmth Ripening with the rising moon.
Wind sighed softly, curling like morning smoke around the cracked chimney.
Tottering bricks shivered nervously, Stumbling fence falling over its own sleepy feet.
Broken branch creaked harshly, And the wind moved on.
Two Worlds
The world outside is cold and hungry, But my world is warm and friendly, The outside world is cruel words and wars. My world is of quietness and thinking, The other world is full of people. My world is full of thoughts, The world outside is the earth, My toorld is my mind, Full of peace and time, Full of meditation, Different from the other world, The world outside.
—Jill Scurfield, IV.B
—Ruth Bence, VI.A (Commended)
—Elizabeth Davies, IV.C
Waiting
The vast theatre is empty.
But for one solitanj person in the stalls, One would think the essence of composure —
But inside the mask
Thoughts run wild
Did he come at the wrong time? Is it the wrong theatre?
Or the wrong day?
Or even the wrong year?
Suddenly he feels dizzy, His mind comes hack into focus, He reads the ticket —
No, he is right.
Well, where is everybody?
Perhaps there is an epidemic
Or a war:
Maybe everyone has died,
Flood, fire, famine, drought, He cannot stand it!
He is going mad!
Suddenly a couple walk in. They seat themselves near him.
What a cold, hard, feelingless person. They think.
—Jocelyn Trigg, III.F
Ode to Magpies
I salute you
Birds of morning
Singing songs of gold-bright morn
Perching on the highest treetop —
Carolling of passing dawn.
High above your notes are ringing;
Flowing to the highest height
Like a joyfid rushing river —
The voice of laughter — clear and bright.
I salute you,
Birds of morning —
As you call, so loud and long —
With a song of admiration
For your beauty, and your song.
As you glide around the treetop, Alighting gently, one by one —
Throw your songs high to the heavens
Until they touch the blazing sun.
—Jenny Patrick, IV.D
+ Aboriginal Paintings -
Under the overhanging rock, Prints of hands in orange clay —
Symbols of the past.
Hands of children —
Long dead and gone —
Who sat where I am sitting now —
Their laughing voices ringing out
Across the vastness of the plain.
People of another age
Lived beneath this granite cliff; Sheltered from the sun.
Content — in this eerie world
Between the present and the past —
To live and work, to hunt and play.
Their fires made these blackened stains
Upon the ceiling of the cave-,
Their silent feet crossed the very rock
Where notv a lizard crawls
Their children's hands — across the walls —
These faded paintings made: Symbols of the dream-time world.
Under the overhanging rock, Prints of hands in orange clay — Symbols of the past.
—Kathy Mogg, IV.D
—Jenny Patrick, IV.D
A Tear
The most the world can spare. One tear shed for a wasted life. Unfulfilled dreams encased in empty shells; Collapsed hopes long discarded in the barren desolation. Futility echoes loudly In the voices and laughter of the world, And underneath there is silence: Ominous, Impenetrable, Empty Nothing.
One voice cries out For all its fellows, In shame, humilation, hurt bewilderment, That life was not as promised, That death is a welcome transition And that passing through means nothing In the stillness of an empty world.
—Kay Gyngell, H.VI.D
Intruders
Ever since poor little "homo sapiens" has crawled about on earth, I have been adored. I loll in infra-red beams of intense worshipping. But also men fear me. Loved and feared, but yet — to be conquered.
For aeons of time, man's mind thought only of my inconsistently shining disc-like form as an unreachable star. As the years raced along men invented feeble instruments to look at me. It was time for action. I filled their minds with visions that my face was a quicksand of dust; whoever stood upon it would sink into the inexistence of oblivion. I baffled men with my constant "peek-a-booing" behind my cloak of black sky. For a while it worked. But seeds of knowledge sprouted in the fertile soil of their minds. Back they went to the great dream of "a man on the moon".
There was nothing I could do to stop the invasion of my infinite privacy. They worked for nights, and days, months and centuries. Finally, with all this work they completed the jig-saw puzzle. Up to visit came a tiny steel vessel, floating on the gentle waves of electronic radars, a robot in the hands of man. Again and again my peace was intruded upon, and I was powerless. I waited with fear on my companion, until in 1969 man was on me, lumbering along like clumsy white bears.
My next plan is to fill the whole human race with greed for the riches lying in me. Greed will poison them; they'll stumble over the litter of senseless gain and wealth; utter confusion will reign and they will leave. Once more I will be left to my glorious solitude.
—Kathryn De Garis, II.D
Miracles
Cloaked in mystery; Old as time, yet Still doubted By this sceptical race. They must probe — They cannot accept. No answer forthcoming, They do not consider The absence of one. All things around us These are miracles. The "why's and how's" Ultimately Do not matter. All that matters Is the Presence.
—Jenny Lord, III.F
Moonslaught
Man's probe into the terror of infinity: his greed for power is unceasing. He wants more than the present — he wants the future and its belongings which are too advanced for man's simple mind, a mind which has grown too greedy, too eager. Eyes with a wistful, longing expression revealing man's incessant desire for more.
The wealth in which man lays his trust: the joy known to man as fame. A miser on earth hoards money, but the Universe gives all it has, gives it too readily, too liberally, and man has chosen the Moon on which to make his poky, stuff y centres of civilization.
Without man the Moon is intriguing, but it is becoming another victim of his desperate seeking. Man's motive is greed and pride: rapine is his creed. He has acquired one objective — to gain and never to lose, to win but not to be content.
Man's probe is more than curiosity; it has swollen to greed.
—Sue Walker, II.D
—Sue Hogg, III.D
Anger, Bursting, rising, Tempestuous. In short gasps Or liquid flames Of pent fury, boiling, Fighting crazed To die,
Burnt out like a fierce fired candle Now charred all to the wick, So can not even smoulder. So futile, Pathetic And human.
-Becky Edwards, II.G
Dead tree,
Stretch your blackened branches, Remind me of your past. Your long bare arms are symbols Of the fact we cannot last. If burned and charred Your stump remains, And as broken twigs you lie, Remind me that ice live good lives 'Though all shall wither, by and by. Dead tree,
Stretch your blackened branches, And hold your fate as high.
-Becky Edwards, II.G
Lost
I luive wandered so far In this hot, merciless sun. My tired body is drained of all Thought or feeling. Hopelessly I trudge on. Will I ever see homeP Once more
The shining crystal lakes are just Beautiful dreams The song of a bird comes to my Aching heart, But not my ears.
Death comes slinking to greet me With black veils, And wearily I go to meet it.
-Louise James, III.A
—Elisabeth Oxley, I.A
To See — Not to be Seen
To see but not to be seen was her purpose as she sat in the straight-backed chair. In the bow-window the chair stood, with its cushion and slight rocker action. She could sit and watch the street through the gauze curtains. To see — not to be seen.
This street was not young. It had seen firework displays from the turn of the century, the tearful farewells and reunions with soldiers from two world wars, the dark days of depression and the darker days of war. Now, at dusk, a sweet swell of garlic frying in olive-oil escaped from damp basement kitchens, and transistors blared from dingy apartments in a decayed stone building.
All this the old lady saw, and yet did not see. For her, time had become as nothing, and below her the sordid scene of today was the fashionable street of yesterday. It was as it was then on a misty summer morning in 1918. The war was over and from every window hung red, white and blue streamers. Young men, sporting bushy moustaches and boaters, cranked cars while young misses giggled and primped themselves beside them. On the corner a boy, faking an American accent, shouted, advertising penny papers. A fresh poster outside the cinema advertised Pearl White in the "Death Trap".
Today this cinema was an "art-house" which billed films "too beautiful to be censored". Scribbled near this poster, among obscenities and political slogans, was "make love not ivar".
A pair disappeared into the building opposite, from whose grimy roof sprouted television antennae. Through an uncurtained window in the top floor a greasy, fat woman shouted shrewishly at her drunken husband. On the next floor a nig}it worker was eating breakfast, and on the ground floor, which had been turned into a jumble of shops, Papa Marios was closing his milk-bar for the night.
The old lady closed her eyes and the gracious town-house of yesterday was there. She was gliding up the steps on the arm of a handsome, uniformed escort; she was young again and beautiful; she was .; but no, no! The old lady teas jolted back to the present. The drunken husband had staggered down the cracked front steps and was lying in a sodden heap at the bottom.
The gauze curtains shimmered, folded, then unfolded, Why, sometimes forty years ago seemed like last year, yesterday like five years ago. As she gazed through the curtains at the window, through the years, she saw there her husband at the front gate. There was her son, but hadn't he been killedP Coming down the street were the tall young men in their striped blazers, the 1918 cars . . .
The old lady settled back in her chair with a smile. Again the curtains shimmered, folded, and then unfolded . . .
—Alison Menzies Taylor, S.V.C
In the loneliness
Of the earliness
Of the dawn,
The dripping arms of the sun Encircle
The young land in its warmth of roses, Honey, and the waking bees, And the water moves in silence, In its memories of sorrow, And shining happiness.
—Jill Scurfield, IV.B
A child of nothingness
Whispering shadow moving against a landscape of indifference.
Grey half-twilight, of the never-never
No future; no past
Only a passing present
That flickers once in his hands
And passes away like a breath of stirring wind,
No hope
No kindling light beyond his reaching fingertips
No eager footsteps,
Only a solemn head bent in forgetfulness
Counting his own footsteps
Echoing down the silence
Whispering in leaves that were never green
No smiles; no tears.
Animate that silent closed exterior
Like the face of a clock
Recording the fleeting feet of a more silent fancy.
No life stirs within
No clinging love for the precious gift
And moving in shades of mediocrity this grey shadow will fade for ever
And no one will see the empty space
Nor will they come.
-Margaret Haines, S.V.H
The wattles dance
In their golden skirts,
They sway and prance
To the music of the wind,
To the music of running water.
They dance by a brooklet
And wash their gold-tipped toes
In the shimmering water.
And as they dip
Their golden skirts, A multitude of suns
Drop down
And drift away,
Dancing
And bobbing, Drifting, Away, away, away.
The sky is such a deep, calm blue around me.
All the people are walking —
Like machines,
Their heads bent low.
I am the only person
Who breaks this monotonous rhythm
Who looks up at the sky. So In a way It's My sky.
Wattles
—Lorna Scurfield, I.B
—Sue Nicholls, H.VI.F
-Lyndal Roper, II.D
The Giggerly Grub
Everyone's heard of the early bird
And the grub that he catches at dawn, But I very much doubt if they've told you about The giggerly grub on the lawn.
The Giggerly Grub sits under a shrub
Till the early bird gives a quick dash, Then the grub gives giggerly sort of a wriggle
And then disappears in a flash.
The bird snaps his beak, too angry to speak, At missing a meal he enjoys, And then in his ears he suddenly hears A giggerly grubberltj noise.
He looks everywhere hut the grub isn't there
And although you may think it absurd, With a hop and a skip it gives him a nip
And the early grub catches the bird!
—Jill Wilkinson, VI.A
Beaches,
Lazy stretches of sleepy sunlight Curving softly
Holding the waters in the crook of an arm, Gulls settling on billowed silk
Flounces of foam
Tossed like dancing bubbles on a shaft of light Curling in gentle ripples on the shining sand.
—Jill Scurfield, IV.B
Daffodils happily trumpeting their jaundice; japonica's spindly fingers stretch to touch magnolia's crinoline skirt fallen to her feet. Ti-trees hic-cup their pink wax flowers, white blossom drift from almonds and reminisce the winter.
Wattle drooping its malady and daisies wink their faces.
Birds singing notes from a lost finale the crescendo obliterated in the whispering leaves.
Worms emerge from the warm wet earth and blue-bells toll in the insufferable summer.
—Jacki Stolz, H.VI.F
Country Walk in Late August
Up a steep hill of dust and slipping stones; Silence of piping birds.
Cup in hands soft wattle, spilling yellow balls of warmness on to winter.
Up, through stillness and green-brown shadows, With leafy sunlight flickering on face.
And faintly in the grass and fallen branches, the wild violets.
A broken chimney, three stone steps, A mound of bricks decayed to iveediness. And still the fragrant apple blossom pale, Planted so carefully in their garden.
Gold tinted in the rich late afternoon, The valley now is far away below.
Cool greyness filters slowly up the hill. The colours die.
Down through the black trees weirdly sharp against the orange sun and flaming sky, the gleaming lake shimmers its defiance of deadening night.
—Sue Donath, S.V.A
—Sue Hogg, III.D
—Beth Dean, II.D
Dogs
Some dogs are gay, some dogs are droopy, Some dogs are film-stars like Lassie and Snoopy, But some dogs are silly and never do right; They are the ones that jump up and bite. Some dogs are watchful and scare thieves away, Others are friendly and willing to play.
But my dog called Ruffles was cuddly and small, And loved nothing better than chasing a ball.
—Fiona Trigg, III.B
New Life
New life is a sign of love
New life is a flower or a dove
New life is a hill or a tree
New life is me.
—Lyndall King, 4A
junior school
Spring
Spring brings new trees, And a gentle blowing breeze Spring brings new life; And birds find a wife, Sheep have their young, And we have good fun, Spring is a happy time for all!
—Natalie
Holsman, 4B
The Mouse
Once passing down a dusty lane, On Monday, by a dirty drain I saw a battered rubbish bin And curiously looked within. Can you guess what was in there?
A mouse was sitting on a chair
She was eating bread and honey; And my, she did look rather funny, She said, "Oh please, come right in"
But I was too big for the rubbish bin.
She said, "I'll turn you into a mouse
To come and live in my little house."
—Belinda Ellis, 5A
Mountain Climbing
Mountain climbing is a dangerous thing. Climbing the mountains so much like gigantic hills. With the wind and the snow whistling past you The quiet victory of reaching the top, And when one reaches the bottom all seems dead!
—Kathy Reid, 4A
The Monster
One day I saw a monster
A'swimming in the sea, I thought it was a lobster hanging from a tree.
I asked him what his name was — He said, "Ugg".
Just like the noise when you pull out the plug.
I said, "Where do you live?" He said, "I don't know".
I thought this was a game; He thought it was a show.
Leaves
The leaves fall, always falling, falling softly, and upon reaching the ground lying still.
—Belinda Ellis, 5A
A Spring Morning
I like sugar and spice and all things nice, I like a Spring morning and the birds are twittering, Come on, lark, it's day-break.
The hedgehog sniffs the fresh green grass and ivaddles home, Every bird rejoices and sings "Spring is here",
A new beginning.
Housework
After I've made my bed I say, "Mummy, may I go out to play?"
I wait a bit then start to go
Then I stop 'cause the answers "No!"
I do the dishes, Vacuum the floor, Then slowly drift Towards the door.
But I never can go, Not once, No.
—Catherine Brown, 5A
Clothes
Dresses are for parties, Jeans for fun, Shorts for summer days, Eating a bun; Jumpers keep you nice and warm, ^Skirts weigh a ton, Shirts to wear under things, Bathers for the sun.
—Kathy Reid, 4A
—Sonia Abdallah, 4A
—Naomi Allen, 4B
—Pam Williams, III.A
language section
Comment allez-vous, mademoiselle?
There have been several, almost revolutionay changes in the teaching and learning of foreign languages of late. The old methods, perhaps one might call them methods a la Jane Eyre, have been superseded by new ones; the panoply of grammar book, (the more pages the better) dictionary and one far too difficult "Classic" has given way to courses, in French, German and other languages which put the emphasis on the oral and aural aspects of the language. When you start a language nowadays, you get closer to the way in which a child learns his own native language: by hearing it spoken around him and by imitating the sounds and words he hears.
In the French course, now used at M.L.C., grammatical items are "painlessly" introduced by means of Basic Dialogues. At least this method is painless for those who are taught by it, but causes much anxiety to older sisters, not reared on new lines. Imagine the feelings of a hard-working Leaving student who has been, is still, and presumably will go on battling with the intricacies of the French subjunctive,when she overhears her young sister elegantly, effortlessly and with almost perfect Parisian accent, saying: "II faut que je parte".
There seems to be more relevance in these new courses when the foreign language is used from the very first lesson, and how much more "a la page" it is when you are compelled to say: "comment allezvous, mademoiselle?", rather than listen to "voici le pupitre". Gone are the word for word translations of the nightmares of a certain Jean-Paul, vanished (let's hope for ever!) the rather too naive epistles written by French pen-friends to their Anglo-Saxon counterparts and Jumper the dog, so called because he could jump, has finished his earthly course.
And .. . the Maries and Jeannes, the Yvonnes and Odettes are now allowed to talk to males who are neither their brothers nor even their cousins! Idioms are learnt in their contexts, not as isolated parts of an incomprehensible whole (hole?) and vocabulary items seem to become part of the pupil's mental "bagages" quite easily and effortlessly.
Lest our readers should think that everything au jardin is perfect, we would like to mention some things which seem to indicate that the new courses do not always give enough mental stimulus to eager learners in their second and third years. At that stage they want to know "why" and "wherefore", why certain words do this, whilst others do not. So it seems that grammatical instruction is still necessary at certain stages.
And what of the Language Laboratory? It has its uses, though it might seem that unless we possess individual tape-decks with replay and auto-checking devices it is nothing more than a tape recorder wired to 35 telephone booths. But wait and hear! Every few months some new, exciting electronic device for language learning and teaching is produced and marketed. So why should these not come our way, one day?
So, on the whole, cheres demoiselles, la vie est belle pour vous, nicht wahr?
—Modern Language Committee
Amici, Romani, cives, me auscultate. Veni, inquam, ut Caesarem sepelirem neve laudarem. Mala virorum facta post eos permanent; bona saepe cum ossibus sepeliuntur. Ita sit Caesari. Nobilis enim Brutus vos certiores fecit Caesarem imperium cupivisse: quae cum ita sint, vitio noxius erat impiissimo, gravissime poenas dedit.
—Joan MacGavin, H.VI.G
Antony's speech from "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him The evil that men do lives after them
The good is oft interred with their bones
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious If it were so, it was a grievous fault; And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Ohne Interpunktion
Die Sonne geht unter Die Vogel fliegen
Die Kinder sind gegangen Und ich bin allein.
Die Luft ist klar
Das Meer ist ruhig Und ich bin gliicklich Aber niemand wei/J es.
—Anne Williams, S.V.B
"I — The Angel" (Yevtushenko)
I don't drink, I love my wife —
Mine, I repeat with care, I live such an angelic life — I hardly ever curse or swear
Life is losing its fascination.
To all women my eyes I close. I feel in my shoulders an awkward sensation. Aha!
It's the wings growing, I suppose!
I'm bored with everything I am confused
The trials are growing
My work I hate!
Now I suppose I'll have to make
Slits in my jacket shoulders
I am an Angel
I don't blame society
For all its wrongs and cruelty.
I am an angel,
Only, I smoke.
I am of the smoking variety.
It is strange and difficult, being an angel
Only a spirit, alone
Not a gramme of substance
And the women walking by.
I am an angel
What are they going to do with me!
At the moment they think me of no importance,
But consider, the most terrible devil in life —
Was once an angel.
—Sue Donath, S.V.A
Thought for the Doy
One man's Wiener Schnitzel is another's ESCALOPE de Veau!
Translation of poem "Septembre 1918" by A. Lowell
Get apres-midi etait de la couleur de l'eau qui tombe a travers la lumiere du soleil; Les arbres etincelaient avec la chute des feuilles
Les trottoirs brillaient comme des allees de feuilles d erable tombees
Et les maisons les bordaient en riant avec leurs fenetres, carrees et ouvertes.
Sous un arbre dans le pare,
Deux petits gargons, a plat ventre, aplatis par terre, Ramassaient avec soir, des baies rouges
Pour les placer dans un carton.
—Diana Grimwood, H.VI.E
From "September 1918"
This afternoon was the colour of water falling through sunlight,
The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves, The side-walks shone like alleys of dropped maple leaves;
And the houses ran along them laughing
Out of square, open windows.
Under a tree in the park,
Two little boys lying flat on their faces, Were carefully gathering red berries
To jjut in a paste-board box.
•—Amy Lowell
La vie
Nous etions assis
Pres du ruisseau —
Nous sentions les fleurs odoriferantes
La nature etait
Si parfaite que
Nous regardons l'eau
D'un air content
L'eau cependant
Devint agitee —
La fumee des maisons
Nous enveloppait
Un nuage
Gris au dessus —
Les environs n'etaient
Plus maintenant
Si beaux . . .
. . . Nous nous separames done
Au bord de l'eau.
Milites Romae
Pedites lassi incedunt
Trans montes et siccos campos
Roman procul reliquerunt;
Afuerunt duos annos
Semper exspectant proelium
Et magna cum audacia
Nunc exspectant periculum
Sed cum formidine parva.
Tandem ibi perveniunt,
Et eras se ad pugnam parabunt
In campo castras facient;
Numquam timent, semper vincunt
Romae incedunt, victores, Atqu'urbs clara exspectat
Acriter illos milites
Agmen, quod ei gloriam dat.
—Jenny Lord, III.F
La Blancheur
La neige tombe
Dehors la petite maison
La terre est froide et blanche;
Le vent frappe a la porte, Et je frissonne
Je vois deux patineurs sur la glace
Bleu et rouge apparaissent devant mes yeux
La couleur est partout:
Mais doucement la blancheur detruit tout
Je regarde la neige et je reflechis
Chut!
—Jocelyn Trigg, IV.F
„An einem M.L.C Tor"
Wenn man um acht Uhr dreij3ig zu einem M.L.C. Tor geht, kann man ein paar Aufsichtsschiilerinnen sehen, die strenge, vorwurfsvolle Gesichter haben Ihre Arbeit ist sehr schwer, weil die Madchen oft schlecht sind Am Anfang des Morgens sehen die Prafektinnen frisch und neugierig aus, aben dann kommen die Madchen.
„Wo ist dein Stern?" sagt eine bose Stimme.
„Er ist auf meinem andern Kleid," antwortet ein unschuldiges Madchen
„Warum ist er da? Du mu/3t deinen Namen in dieses schwarze Buch eintragen!"
„Schreckliche Madchen!" sagt die Aufsicht halblaut So geht es weiter „Wo sind deine Handschuhe, dein Hut, deine Striimpfe?" usw., usw
Am Ende des Morgens hat das schwarze Buch viele Namen Um viertel vor neun gehen zwei Aufsichtsschiilerinnen zur Stunde, und sie denken mit Schaudern an den nachsten Morgen am M.L.C Tor —Beth Pye, S.V.A
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Do You Know the Story behind some of our School Prizes?
Daisy Ball Prize for Outstanding Service to House.—Miss Daisy Ball devoted her life to the college She was a pupil here, then came back to teach music She was the Lady Superintendent here for fifteen years and afterwards continued to work in the main office
A M Betts Prize for Latin.—The teaching of Miss Betts is remembered by many Old Collegians with gratitude She taught, in particular, Latin and English at M.L.C for 40 years, and was an enthusiastic leader of Fitchett House and present girls are no doubt encouraged by her attendance at many House functions This prize is given by her friends on the staff as a tribute to her outstanding scholarship and the interest she developed in Latin in the school
G A Dahle Prize for Modern Languages.—Miss Dahle was a member of staff at M.L.C for many years and she occupied the position of Chief of Staff for sixteen of these Her scholarship and the results she obtained in French and Alliance Frangaise competitions earned her the high respect of fellow members of staff and of the hundreds of girls she taught
Dorothy Davies Prize.—The Dorothy Davies prize is given for creative writing when a girl does outstanding original composition Miss Davies, a former pupil at M.L.C., was exceptionally gifted and showed real promise of becoming a writer She died soon after completing her Matriculation year The late Professor Davies gave this prize to encourage girls who are similarly interested in literary composition
Ruth Flockart Prize for Original Composition.—The year following the completion of her school days at M.L.C., Miss Flockart joined the teaching staff of the College She was responsible for the setting up of a complete music school at M.L.C., but she is much more remembered for the enthusiasm and interest she aroused in the girls and the fine performances for which she was responsible Miss Flockart's outstanding work for music at M.L.C is also recognized by the use of the names "Flockart Hall" and the Ruth Flockart award for Proficiency in the choral contests She is a Patron of the O.C.C
The Eggleston Prize for Cookery.—Mr Eggleston was the Architect responsible for some of the school buildings in the early days of the College He married a prominent Old Collegian, Gladys Gault
Nora Horsman Prize for Greek and Roman History — As a member of staff at M.L.C., Miss Nora Horsman taught a range of subjects including Maths, English, Greek History and Latin She achieved outstanding results with her history students in Matriculation: her students, on at least three occasions, obtained exhibitions She was head of the Middle School for several years and her death tragically ended a brilliant teaching career Her work in the school is commemorated by the first window on the left-hand side of the Chapel
Lucy Kellaway Prize for Mathematics.—Miss Kellaway was a student at M.L.C and Prefect in 1915 She returned to the school as a teacher and for many years was the Senior Mathematics Mistress She was Chief of Staff for 11 years, and this prize is given by the O.C.C of which she is a Patron, to honour her outstanding teaching in mathematics and her wonderful devotion to the School in her 39 years' service
ELOCUTION CLASS PREPARING FOR SPEECH DAY, 1898
Lucy Kilvington Prize for Biology.—Lucy Kilvington was the daughter of the Rev Watsford, a Methodist Minister She was a very loyal Old Collegian and was one of those who formed the Old Collegians' Club in 1904, and because of her work in pioneering the club, the O.C.C gives the prize in her honour
Ethel Landen Prize for English Literature — Miss Ethel Landen began as a student at the College in 1904; she was Dux of the College and a Prefect After a brilliant University life she joined the teaching staff at M.L.C She became the first headmistress of the College in 1929 and, in later years, she became President of the O.C.C
Irene McKay Orchestral Prize.—Miss Irene McKay taught music at the college for many years and this prize is given to commemorate her work
Nicholas Memorial Scholarship.—The relationship of the Nicholas benefactors with the college sprang from the friendship between G R Nicholas and Dr Fitchett The Nicholas brothers are known for their development of the Australian drug and chemical industry Among their many gifts to the school are the Home Science Building, the "old" tuckshop, properties around the school and donations to building funds
Mabel Richardson Prize for Art.—As Miss Mabel Richardson, Mrs Cerutty taught general subjects in the college, Art in particular, from 1910 to 1912 Her daughter, Miss Dorothea Cerutty, Old Collegian, Headmistress of Toorak College, gives this prize in honour of her mother
Peggy Sprague Prize for Artistic Development — Peggy Sprague was a student at M.L.C who was particularly interested in art and craft at the college She always came back to see the exhibition on Parents' Day She died in 1965 and an anonymous donor gives this prize in her honour through the O.C.C
A F Tylee Memorial Prize for English Literature.—This prize is given by the English staff in memory of Mr Tylee, Director of Swinburne for 17 years, whose articles on Australian writers and history are well known, as is his contribution to educational organization and development
Laura White Prize for Physics.—Laura White was a brilliant student at school and university She became head of M.L.C., Elsternwick, but is now retired The O.C.C gives this prize in physics to Matriculation girls to honour her name
•4ferna Vandaleur Prize for Music.—Miss Vandaleur studied the piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music before coming to M.L.C as a teacher She taught at the college for many years until she died in 1964 In the same year a prize was given by her family in her memory to the most co-operative, helpful and hard-working student
Early Speech Days
The annual prize day was held at the Athenaeum Hall and the building was crowded with parents and friends long before the programme was due to begin On the walls of the hall examples of the pupils' art work was on display and the platform was crowded with leading ministers and laymen while Dr Fitchett delivered his report and the prizes were presented
In his first annual report in 1882 the President, the Rev W H Fitchett, B.A., said:—
" The college represented on the part of the Methodist Church at least an absolutely unselfish enterprise The denomination had spent many thousands of pounds, had put aside one of its Ministers from circuit work and had given the toil and skill of some of its ablest men for more than two years — for what purpose? Not to serve their sect, not to put money in the pocket of any man Their motto was "Deo Domuique" — "For God and Home" and in that brief phrase was compressed their whole object ."
In the evening a break-up entertainment was held, performed by the girls This included songs, recitations, dialogues and charades The students gave their teachers tasteful presents and an ample supper in the dining hall closed the evening's entertainment
examination results
music
August and September Music Examination
Results
PIANOFORTE
Preliminary Grade—Pass: Jean Christie, Jennifer Cowan, Robyn Hogg, Susan Kudelka, Barbara Masel, Louise Monichon, Anne Schofield, Elizabeth Spriggs, Candy Troon
First Grade — Honours: Elizabeth Heazlewood, Robyn Holder, Gai O'Brien, Louise Price, Lyndall Roper, Susan Slade, Sally Wright; Credit: Peta Dale, Linda Randall, Gaye Schofield, Amanda Scott-Branagan, Nanasi Vaea; Pass: Elizabeth Christie, Sally Crellin, Elisabeth Korda
Second Grade—Honours: Joanne Belcher, Barbara Cheek, Mary Faragher, Carol Jenkin; Credit: Dorothy Barber, Elizabeth Brewer, Julia Crow, Nerida Emmett, Fiona McHarg, Kaye Salisbury, Nila Zainu'ddin; Pass: Gayle Dawson, Sue Downes, Jane East, Barbara Glaser, Penelope Martin, Jennifer Wraith
Third Grade—Honours: Jillian Ball, Olwyn McLeod, Judith Paltridge, Anne Penington, Robyn Solomon; Credit: Catherine Brown, Catherine Cabena, Janella Christie, Wendy Grove, Jean Holder, Susan Katchor, Susan McKay, Janice Scott, Penelope Smart, Judy Youren; Pass: Christine Clarke, Beverley Dyke, Barbara Knee, Carolyn Roberts, Lindy Steggal
Fourth Grade — Honours: Keiko Ishii; Credit: Kathryn Clements, Jillian Curry, Gillian Currie, Andrea Hawkes, Denise Ives, Louise Manderson, Christine Morris, Catherine Price, Jill Scurfield, Deborah York; Pass: Alice Coyle, Carol Croxford, Jo-Anne Harwood, Sarah Herlihy, Tessa Mackay, Elizabeth McAllister, Roberta Thomson
Fifth Grade—Honours: Merren Greenhill, Alison Massey; Credit: Lois Bonighton, Jillian Frost, Jennifer Guild, Deidre Liddicut, Jennifer Marshall, Susan Nash, Carol Toop, Robin Wahlquist; Pass: Madge Alexander, Elizabeth Clarke, Wendy Couch, Betty Curnow, Elizabeth Dempster, Sharon Gregor, Heather lies
Sixth Grade—Honours: Alison Chapman, Margaret Douglas; Credit: Jane Boorer, Poh Lim Chan, Lorraine Eames, Rosemary Hillis, Louise Nicholson
Seventh Grade Honours: Marie Goldsworthy; Credit: Kathleen Cameron, Rhonda Chatwin; Pass: Margaret Bertuch
VIOLIN
Preliminary Grade—Pass: Natali Holsman
First Grade—Pass: Sharon Williams
Second Grade—Honours: Jacqueline James, Lorna Scurfield
Fourth Grade—Honours: Fiona Cameron, Diane Dry
Fifth Grade—Honours: Rosanne Pittard
Sixth Grade—Honours: Alison Pooley
Violin, Grade Five—Pass: Elizabeth Stenning (addition to results published in July "Silver and Green".)
VIOLA
Fourth Grade—Honours: Elizabeth Clarke; Pass: Merren Duke
Fifth Grade—Honours: Meryl James
VIOLONCELLO
First Grade—Honours: Heather Pianta
Third Grade—Honours: Margaret Douglas; Credit: Diane Foale
Fourth Grade—Honours: Heather Pooley
Fifth Grade—Credit: Clare Hargreaves
ORGAN
Fifth Grade—Credit: Susan Williamson
FLUTE
Second Grade—Honours: Catherine Cabena; Credit: Fiona Matthews
Third Grade—Honours: Catherine Hamilton, Margaret Hamley; Credit: Frances Cohn, Jenny York; Pass: Sheena Cuthbert
Fourth Grade—Honours: Joy Harrison, Linda Wostry; Credit: Janet Gibson
Fifth Grade—Honours: Jennifer Marshall; Credit: Andrea Woodhouse; Pass: Anne Matthews, Jennifer Patrick
Sixth Grade—Credit: Jillian Cameron, Jennifer Smith; Pass: Barbara Hoban, Judith Merry
OBOE
Fourth Grade—Credit: Stella Heley.
Sixth Grade—Honours: Jennifer Ingram
CLARINET
Fourth Grade—Credit: Elizabeth Lambden
Fifth Grade—Honours: Sue Boorer, Rosemary Gowans, Jennifer Hamley, Deborah Marriott
THEORY OF MUSIC
First Grade—Honours: Suzanne Allen, Linda Ditchfield, Barbara Glaser, Jean Holder, Olwyn McLeod, Elizabeth Pianta, Robyn Solomon, Lexie Thirlwell, Sally Wright; Credit: Julia Crow, Joanne Lucas, Rhonda Sumner
Second Grade—Honours: Karen Boyd, Elizabeth Brewer, Wendy Bullivant, Catherine Cabena, Jacqueline Clarke, Kathryn Clements, Karen Galens, Jo-anne Harwood, Denise Ives, Margaret Krigsman, Judith Marriott, Susan Slade; Credit: Heather Kenley, Kaye Salisbury
Third Grade—Honours: Jillian Ball, Catherine Brown, Gillian Clarke, Jillian Curry, Merren Greenhill, Sharon Gregor, Margaret Hamley, Jacqueline James, Susan Katchor, Carolyn Masel, Alison Massey, Claire Primrose, Helen Solomon, Lindy Steggall, Elizabeth Stenning, Julie Toop, Wendy Toop, Helen Vokach, Margaret Willing, Deborah York; Credit: Madge Alexander, Dorothy Barber, Wendy Grove, Andree Hawkes, Marienne Hibbert, Angela King, Margaret Oppy, Judith Secomb, Joy Kinner, Penelope Smart; Pass: Judith Hartley, Jennifer Thwaites, Lindsay Turner
Fourth Grade—Honours: Jane Allen, Wendy Briggs, Margaret Douglas, Diane Dry, Janet Gibson, Jennifer Hamley, Deidre Liddicut, Tessa Mackay, Anne McLaren, Robyn Pryor, Christine Stevenson; Credit: Kathleen Cameron, Alison Chapman, Christine Clarke, Susan Ditchfield, Rosemary Gowans, Jennifer Guild, Joy Harrison, Robyn McConchie, Janice McLeod, Jillian Parker; Pass: Robyn Inches, Heather Jones, Louise Manderson, Elspeth Scott-Branagan
Fifth Grade—Honours: Wendy Couch, Helen Krizos, Susan Marshall, Rosanne Pittard, Jane Stubbs; Credit: Lorraine Eames, Rosemary Hillis, Miriam Jilbert, Susan Nash, Linda Scott
Sixth Grade—Pass: Merren Duke.
speech
A.M.E B, Speech and Drama Examination Results PRACTICAL
Shiells, Lynette Swain; Credit, Lisa Bailey, Kathryn Booth, Anne Brown, Virginia Brown, Jennifer Dowling, Yvonne Hall, Meredith Maquire, Venise McLachlan, Susan Parkinson, Jennifer Patterson, Kaye Phillips, Susan Quaife, Anne Schofield, Vicki Thatcher; Pass: Susan Doling, Tracey Grennland, Noel Hutchison, Fiona Ireland, Anne Norris, Helen Peters
Grade I.—Honours: Michelle Breen, Gillian Briant, Marion Earle, Barbara Fih; Credit: Susan Cullen, Claire Gans, Jillian Holmes, Cheryl Houghton, Kathryn James, Elizabeth Kings, Judith Marriott, Helen Mogg, Jean Pollock, Alison Pugsley, Diane Rooke, Leeanne Smith, Kerrie Stokes, Helen Towns; Pass: Jane Gronow, Janice Heine, Kinsey Hope, Susan Krygger, Jayne Lack, Gaynor Martin, Gayle Newport, Jennifer Schwarz, Janet Shaw, Kerry Tomamichael, Lindy Vidler
Grade II.—Honours: Vicki Ashton, Catherine Brown, Linda Chambers, Sue Hogg; Credit: Bronwyn Carlos, Diane Foale, Evelyn Gans, Jennifer Green, Susan Harle, Leonie Haythorpe, Christine John, Angela Kominos, Anne Niven, Roslyn Peters, Elizabeth Rouch, Suzanne Vernon, Pamela Williams; Pass: Elizabeth Collins, Anne Cook, Margaret Doyle, Ann East, Helen Eva, Ann Freeman, Debra Godson, Glenys Higham, Catherine Piggott, Elizabeth Stenning, Jennifer Thwaites
Grade III.—Credit: Julie Garner, Jocelyn Hansen, Kathleen Hope, Gaye Schofield; Pass: Georgina Beard, Christine Blanksby, Mary Howard, Margaret Parnaby, Peta Tournay, Anne Williams
Grade V.—Credit: Pamela Chapman; Pass: Helen Gregg, Julie Peters
Grade VI—Credit: Jeni Caffin
modern languages
German Poetry Prizes
Matriculation—Equal 2nd Prize: Alison Coates, H.VI.B.; Hon Mention: Barbara Borgeest, Beth Crutch, Pamela Dagley, Jane East, Elizabeth Edmondson, Janice Naphtali
Form III.—Equal 3rd Prize: Christina Lech, III.D.; Hon Mention: Miriam Bass, Alison Chapman, Libby Collins, Susan Davies, Marjorie Jones, Judith Secomb, Jane Stone
1969 Pushkin Poetry Competition — Russian
Matriculation—Equal 2nd Prize: Wendy Franet, H.VI.G.; Eanal 3rd Prize: Jennifer Dunstone, H.VI.G.; Margaret Levy, HVI.C.; Hon Mention: Jillian Albiston, H.VI.A
Leaving—2nd Prize: Jennifer Langford, S.V.A.; Equal 3rd Prize: Valerie Haye, S.V.G.; Hon Mention: Dagmar Ross, S.V.B
Form IV.—Equal 3rd Prize: Barbara Gordon, Anne McLaren; Hon Mention: Nadine Fisher, Domenique Segan (all IV.B.)
Form III.—Equal 1st Prize: Jocelyn Trigg; Equal 2nd Prize: Stella Heley; Hon Mention: Jennifer Lord (all III.F.)
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