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Towards the end of May, after some years of increasing weakness, one whom many Staff members and Senior girls remember with deep affection passed from being bedridden and paralysed to the fulness of a life which earth's shadows cannot touch. Miss Clerke taught Scripture and led S . C . M . circles, bringing to both a rich interest from her years of service as a Presbyterian missionary in Korea. S h e was a real missionary, a keen lover of the Koreans to whom she would have rejoiced to go back. Having known what it is to be a stranger in a strange land, she was a good friend to many new Australians. W e remember her for her friendliness, for her humour and gaiety of spirit, unquenched even by the frustration of an invalid life which was so trying to a woman mentally active as she was. W e remember her for the saneness of her outlook and the Christlike nature which made her a unique person. W e do not mourn, for death came to her as a welcome friend for whom she had longed—her memory and the reality of her living spirit are sweet to us, and to her is perfect joy, for she has come within the undimmed radiance where there is " n o need of the sun, neither of the m o o n " — s h e is with Christ.

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JOHNS. JENNIFER

MURPHY.

Magazine Committee: Miss L. M I T C H E L L , Miss M. BETTS. Miss E. H U G O (Exam. Results, School Officers), A I N S L I E LAMB, P A U L I N E M O R G A N . R H O N D D A SMITH, JENNIFER SCRIVENER, M A R Y B R E V I T T , JENNIFER BRISBANE. M A R I E CARTER, J U D I T H R A L S T O N . S T E P H A N I E TASKF.R,

Editorial " W e shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us."—Sir Winston Churchill.

In this quotation, Sir Winston Churchill referred to the reconstructed House of Commons, a building which must of necessity exert a strong influence over the life of a nation, and Dr. W o o d applied this same quotation to schools in his report at Speech Day last year. T h e buildings of a school must be impressive so that day by day their dignity and beauty and the works of art which they contain will shape the tastes and ideals of the pupils.

At the present time, plans f o r new buildings are very prominent in the minds of all who are connected with M.L.C., and we have all been working most energetically f o r our new Assembly Hall. This and the Chapel to be built next year, cannot fail, as vital parts of our school life, to have an effect upon each one of us.

W e shall have, founded in our new buildings, an addition to the traditions of our school of which we can be justly proud, and we must show this in our loyalty. These traditions which we build upon each year shape the lives pf all those who

pass through this school, and so it is the duty of each one of us to carry out our part in this great plan to the very best of our ability.

If we are to build successfully in life and to fulfil our part in God's plan, the foundations laid here at school must be firm and secure—"Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid" (Ezra 6: 3 ) . This is a Church school, and we have innumerable opportunities here to lay firm foundations of Christian faith and character and to build upon them. W e must seize these opportunities and allow the traditions of our school to become engrained in our lives so that we carry them out into the world with us.

W e who join in the building up of these traditions must also allow them to shape us so that we shall be able to play our part to the utmost in God's great building scheme f o r the community. A n d then shall the words of Ezra become true in our all the people shouted with a great time—"And shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid" (Ezra 3: 11).

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Miss Ruth Flockart, M.13.E.

The whole School rejoices in the honour conferred upon Miss Ruth Flockart in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Miss Flockart has more than deserved this award which she will bear with modest distinction. Everyone knows that she has given her life to M.L.C. If she sought any reward she has already received it in the affection of thousands of girls who have been in her Choirs over past years. It is the opinion of competent critics outside the School that Miss Flockart's work is unequalled and her standards as a perfectionist are not surpassed anywhere. She has not only served the cause of School Music with unique success at M.L.C. but she has given herself freely to the same cause in all schools affected by the University, the A.B.C. and the Victorian Schopls' Music Association in all of which she has been a prominent advisor. Staff, parents, O l d Collegians and present girls unanimously congratulate Miss Ruth Flockart, M.B.E.

Miss Betty Chisholm, Mus.Bac., forte.

B.Ed.,

Piano-

Miss Doris Slatter, L.R.A.M., Pianoforte.

Miss Meryl Morgan, Mus.Dip., Pianoforte.

Miss Pauline Goldie, Mus.Dip., Pianoforte.

Miss Louise Piper, Mus.Dip., Cello.

Miss Pamela Webster (Old Collegian), Clarinet.

Mrs. R. Caswell (Old Collegian), Organ.

Mr. G. Bickford, French Horn.

Sister E. T. Scott, Resident Nurse.

At the beginning of Term II, the following were welcomed:— Mr. A .

Master.

E.

Grimwade,

B.Sc.,

Senior

Mrs. D. E. Hill, Domestic Science f r o m long illness).

Mrs. M. Z o g r a p h o s garten.

Science

(recovered

(Old Collegian),

Kinder-

Miss M. Slater, M . A . , Dip.Ed. (Old Collegian), (returned from travels overseas).

Mrs. P. Stout, Business School (formerly of our Staff).

Vcilete The School regretted to say farewell to the following members of Staff in December, 1955:—

Salvete T h e School has been very pleased to welcome these new members of S t a f f : — Mrs. E. D. Robinson, B.A., f r o m England, Senior English Mistress.

Mrs. D. Murphy, B.Ec., f r o m N.S.W., Mathematics, Geography.

Mrs. M. B. Hayman, M . A . , Dip.Ed., History.

English,

Mrs. N . Milne, B.A., f r o m Western Australia, English, Geography.

Mrs. N. Loretto, B.Sc., f r o m England, Biology, General Science.

Miss N. Pelaschiar, German, French.

Miss K. N. Cotes, Domestic Science.

Mrs. S. Sandral, B.A. in Music, Musical A p p r e ciation, Scripture.

Miss Middle

Valerie School.

Kerr

Miss Judith Coleman mistress.

Mrs. P. Gunn, B.Sc., Miss M. P. Spence, Mrs. R. Keyzer, Mrs. J. Stephens, Mrs. M. Z o g r a p h o s (Old Collegian), Miss J. Grant, Miss P. Robertson (Old Collegian), Miss P. Roffey, Mrs. L. Peach, Sister M. McMillan, Mrs. S. M. Riviere B A Mus.B. At the end of Term I, 1956, Mr. H . McKnight, B.Sc., left to become Lecturer at Mercer House; a separate reference is made to his work at M.L C Miss Coral Clark (Old Collegian) also left at the end of Term I, after six years in the Business School.

Miss L. M. Mitchell, M . A . , Dip.Ed., left to become Visiting Professor of English at Madras Women's Christian College; we shall be pleased to welcome her back during 1957. Before leaving, Miss Mitchell placed us under great obligation to her by her usual careful supervision of "Silver & Green."

Lower

The following girls in H o n . V I , Pass V I . and Diploma Forms left at the end of 1955:—

(Old Collegian), Sports-

H o n . V l . a : Margaret Adamson, Barbara Clark, Celia Coffey, Elizabeth Cowan, Lois Jones, Janice Livingstone, Wendy Orton, Elizabeth Ralton.

(Old

Collegian),

Miss C. L. Barnett and Miss A . C. Brown, f r o m U.S.A., Sportsmistresses.

Miss Josephine Rudin (Old Collegian), General Science.

Mrs. H . Doughty, Lower Middle School.

Mrs. B. Tregaskis (Old Collegian), Kindergarten.

Miss P. Barber, Preparatory.

Miss M. Daley, Art Studio.

Mrs. G. R. Clayton, General Science Laboratory.

Mr. Ronald Farren Price, Pianoforte.

Hon. VI.b: Barbara Armstrong, Rosemary Balmer, Helen Bennett, Robin Campbell, Brenda Coates, Myrna Davis, Janice de Lacy, Nike Demetrie, Pauline Farries, Barbara Ferguson, Anne Hartnett, Margaret Hadley, Elsa Hepburn, Rosemary Horton, Margaret Horwill, Maris Johnson, Ngaire Knight, Barbara Lewis, Helen Mentiplay, Jane Pincus, Lorraine Rabie, W e n d y Renkin, Margaret Scott, Elizabeth Shiffron, Pauline Simpson, Helen Stocks, Julie Sandner, Lynette Tocknell, Margaret Trathan, Margaret Walters, Judith Webb, Ruth Williams, June Wyatt.

20 S I L V E R A N D Hon. V I . c : Jill Bendall, Felicity Bartak, Janice Beilby, Rosemary Boyle, Judith Bull, Janet Christensen, Jane Elton, Glenise Dipple, Paddy Dixson, A n n e Findlay, Coralie Freckie, Patsy Hall, Jeanette Howell, Sonia Manning, Sandra Kierson, Deborah Lambert, Margaret Lay, Charmian Leigh, Loretta Little, Roberta Littlejohns, Eve McLennan, Heather Marshall, A n n e Masters, Jill Martin, June O ' C o n nell, Jacqueline Peace, Delys Porter, Barbara Rautman, Felicity Robertson, Dawn Sorensen, Denise Stacey, Davida Switson, Mavis Tompkins, Jeanette White, W e n d y Woolcott, Annette Z m o o d .

Pass V I . a : Marion Angus, Pamela Burroughs, Judith Carless, Valerie Creed, Elizabeth Darbyshire, Heather Gray, Helen Goldsworthy, Margaret Jones, Heather Homes, Jennifer Lang, Penelope Lardner, Margaret Long, Jillian Major, Helen Micheil, Claire Munro, Lesley Palmer, Leonie Nickold, Barbara Pither, Joy Webb, Beverley Wright.

Pass V I . b : Alison Byrne, Margaret Davies, Alison Dunn, Jill Easton, Carol Gray, Denise Francis, Joan Kniese, Gwenyth Lidgett, W e n d y McGain, Patricia McPherson, Annabel Pemberton, Maureen Norwood, Nola Sanders, Janine Schubert, Elaine Schuch, Judith Sykes, Y v o n n e Y o u n g .

Pass V I . c : Rosalie Adams, Barbara Allen, Jill Cromb, Barbara Diprose, Rosemary Garonne, Anne Guild, Kaye Phipps, Jillian McKenzie, Terrill Sloss, Winsome Strickland, Judith Talbot.

Pass V l . d : Margaret Buckland, Marilyn Carmichael, Lynne Courtier, Kathleen Earle, Barbara Fenton, Ruth Foster, Claire Furneaux, Maureen Grant, Marian Hart, Freda Korman, Margot Lloyd, W e n d y Miller, Joan McCarthy, Beverley Price, Penelope Smith, Barbara Shaw, Patricia St. John, Janice Taylor, Helen Ward, Catherine Warren, Lynette Westcott, Joyce Williams.

Diploma A : Elizabeth Adams, Rosalie Alexander, A n n e Barrett, Janice Barthold, Berice Callander, Barbara Cant, Valerie Christian, Beryl Denman, Janice Dickens, Judith Dickie, Valma Dorling, June Eddison, Nancy Effick, Jill Evans, Maree Fankhauser, Margaret Fathers, W e n d y Finch, Elaine Harris, Elizabeth Johnson, Dorothy Jones, Nea Kennett, Fay Lovell, Glenda McMillan, Adele Mispel, Betty M o o n , Kathleen Oaten, Dianne Payne, Judith Pittard, Barbara Potter, Barbara Rentoul, Joy Revell, Julie Robertson, Diana Robson, A n n e Sinclair, Marjorie Tharle, Janet Thomas, A n n e Walton, Y v o n n e Wardle, Jeanette Weight.

Diploma B: Margery Blight, Faye Bolton, Helen Boyce, Gail Buchanan, Margot Burdett, Noelle Calderwood, Judith Charles, Judith Devine, Gillian Gaylard, Betty Glasgow, Beverley Grieve, Julienne Griffiths, Margaret Grover, Jenette Hammon, Julienne Harry, Noelene Heard, Lorraine Hodge, Beryl Joyce, Gwenda Lee, Deirdre Matheson, A n n Miller, Judith Miller, Margaret Newbound, June Oatley, Lesley Parsons, Joan Pepper, Kathleen Roberts, Helen Ross, A n n Rumpf, Barbara Sleep, Julie Smyth, Joy Stephenson, Valerie Suter, A n n Tanner, Celia Tasker, Faye Trebilcock, Rae Trinnick, Marcia Walker, Faye Watt, Helen Wilson.

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Miss Mitchell's Visit to India At the end of First Term, we were sorry to say "au revoir" to Miss Lorna Mitchell, M.A., Dip.Ed,.

Senior English Mistress, who has taught at the school f o r fourteen years. Miss Mitchell will be overseas f o r a year lecturing at the Madras Women's Christian University College.

W e are greatly indebted to her f o r all she has done f o r the English departments of the school. She has done much to make our Shakespeare Day celebrations an important part of the school year, and we are most grateful f o r the help and advice which she has so competently given to the Magazine Committee f o r a number of years. The School wishes Miss Mitchell a very happy journey and an interesting time in . India, and we are all looking forward to her return in 1957.

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Appointment to Mercer House Mr. Hugh McKnight, Senior Science Master at the School f o r more than nine years, has been appointed Science and Mathematics Lecturer at Mercer House as from Second Term.

W h e n Mr. McKnight first came to M.L.C., he conducted classes in the Girls' Block, under many handicaps. H e spent much time planning the New Block, and, gave invaluable help and advice during the building of what has become a most notable Science Department.

In addition to his work at M.L.C., Mr. McKnight has taken classes at the Melbourne Technical College, and has been Honorary Secretary of the Science Teachers' Association of Victoria, with remarkable success in running conferences, the Science Talent Search, and such exhibitions as the Schools' section of "Chemex."

At all times Mr. McKnight has had the interests of the Science students at heart, and his teaching has helped to inspire many girls to adopt a scientific career, some of whom will no doubt do credit in later life to him and to the School. He will be missed also as a very g o o d "master of ceremonies" at senior f o r m parties, and in many other ways. T h e School wishes him every success and happiness in his new work.

The Late Miss Lorna Stirling M.L.C. and Melbourne lovers of Music, Art and Literature, have recently lost a unique friend in Miss Lorna Stirling. After a serious illness of several weeks, she passed away o n 10th February, 1956. Dr. W o o d , who was in close touch with her towards the end, conducted the service at the home and the funeral on 13th February. Both were attended by many friends.

T h e later years of her school life were spent at the Methodist Ladies' College where she was a

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Prefect and Dux of the School in her last year.

She continued her studies at the University and the Conservatorium under the direction of the late Professor Marshall Hall. She later spent several years in England, where, f o r some time, she edited "Pan Pipes," a Musical Journal f o r young students.

Returning to Melbourne shortly before the war, Lorna Stirling took a leading part in arranging the music programmes of the British Music Society and gave much active help and advice to the newlyformed National Gallery Society. She was a prominent member of the Lyceum Club, and their Honorary Secretary f o r many years.

A group of Madrigalists known as " T h e T u d o r Singers," functioning f o r a number of years during and after the war, were directly her inspiration, and she contributed the commentary and annotations for many of their programmes.

Lorna Stirling was a valued friend of her old School and for a period was a member of the Music School Staff, and in charge of the Violin work and Musical Perception Classes. She also

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adjudicated at the School's annual music scholarship tests, some House Music Contests, and assisted the Music Department in many ways, in addition to providing a Violin Scholarship f o r a number of years. She was the first Music Director at the Elsternwick Branch.

Lorna Stirling possessed a fine, original mind, witty and gay, and her many lecture recitals on " T h e History and Influence of Music Through the Ages," were a rare experience f o r her listeners.

It is difficult to evaluate her gift for word painting and capacity f o r discrimination in her choice of subject matter. T h e perfect balance she achieved in the blending of fact and fantasy created inimitable results, and even those who illustrated her lectures f o r her were always charmed by her "infinite variety." Travelled, cultured, a wonderful hostess and guest, her friendship was treasured by a wide circle of people with the most diverse interests.

In all her work and activities, she was unfailingly supported by her sister, Miss Marjorie Stirling, to whom we fend our sympathy in her great loss.

WALTERS,

Dux of the College, Senior

Government

1955,

Scholarship.

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Speech Daq, 1955 For the first time for more than twenty years, the annual prize-giving took place in the afternoon instead of the evening. This was because the Melbourne T o w n Hall had to be prepared for the Federal Elections to be held on the following day.

However, despite the necessity f o r curtailing the programme Speech Day was a great success.

Mrs. H . E. Bolte, the wife of the Premier of Victoria, and an O l d Collegian, presented the prizes and later entertained us with some delightful reminiscences of her schooldays at M.L.C.

public life, in Parliament, in civic leadership, in all the professions, than there are in Australia.

"Girlst evidently stay longer at school in Britain.

The leaving age, of course, is fifteen; but when I was visiting schools comparable with M.L.C., it seemed to me that there were more girls of seventeen and eighteen years of age. I believe that parents in Britain are prepared to make great sacrifices for their daughters' education. Australia has a nineteenth century outlook in the limited value attached to girls' education and in the materialistic attitude of some parents and girls."

Dr. Floyd, so long associated with M.L.C.'s Speech Night, was unable to play the organ f o r us, but his place was capably filled by Mr. Lance Hardy, organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. The School, conducted by Miss Flockart, opened with Martin Luther's hymn, "Give heed, my heart, lift up thine eyes," with a special descant composed by Paddy Dixson. T h e n the School sang excerpts f r o m the Christmas Music of Handel's "Messiah"—"Every Valley Shall Be Exalted," then the four recitatives leading up to the chorus, " G l o r y to G o d . " T h e Madrigal Singers delighted everyone with their rendering of " T h e Nightingale," and "Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby," both of which were broadcast by the A.B.C. during the year. T h e School Choir, assisted in the choruses by some girls f r o m Matriculation and Leaving Forms, sang more excerpts f r o m Handel's Oratorio, " T h e Messiah"—"For unto us a Child is born," "Surely H e hath borne our griefs," four short choruses, and then the climax of the musical programme—the magnificent "Hallelujah Chorus.'

Speech Day ended in the traditional manner with the School singing " T h e Leaving Song," "Lord dismiss us with T h y blessing," and the National Anthem.

Dr. W o o d then commented on the extra provision made f o r the teaching of languages, in British schools, and the absence of prejudice against large schools in British educational circles.

T h e acknowledgments were made by Dr. H . G. Secomb, acting as chairman of the Finance and .Advisory Committee during Mr. Nevile's absence abroad. H e thanked Mr. Hardy, Miss Flockart, and all members of the staff who had worked to make Speech Day a success. A striking feature of Speech Day was the presentation of a gift of £1000 to the Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall Fund by Mrs. Chambers, the honorary organiser.

Speaking about finance, Dr. W o o d pointed out that the relief offered by the State to parents, was inadequate, and he urged that the Government consider some further f o r m of relief, as "the burden is becoming too heavy f o r many parents on middle incomes." Dr. W o o d mentioned that, owing to the substantial increase in teaching salaries, higher fees were inevitable, but he indicated that the increase of fees conformed with the rise in the cost of living.

Speaking in his report of some impressions gained during visits to British schools, Dr. W o o d said: " I was impressed by the superb buildings in the older schools as well as those in the excellent new schools. Temporary buildings are not considered suitable, and only the best in architectural design and in equipment are being provided—and this despite the straitened financial position of Britain in post-war years."

O n the subject of higher education f o r girls, Dr. W o o d said: " T h e number of girls going on to the Universities in Britain is rather greater than in Australia. This indicates a higher value placed on girls' education in Britain. One does not wonder that in Britain there are more women in

Speaking about religion in British schools, Dr. W o o d said: "There is full recognition of the primacy of religion in British schools. Worship and the teaching of religion are an integral part of- the life of all schools. Britain would not have exercised moral leadership f o r generations past if it had not been for the emphasis placed upon religion and education as inseparable elements in building nationhood."

Dr. W o o d then described the schemes f o r extension and construction of buildings—the erection of the Cato W i n g and New Assembly Hall, and the conversion of the Laundry into an additional Domestic Science kitchen.

Referring to the Assembly Hall Fund, Dr. W o o d said: " T h r o u g h the generosity of many parents and friends, the Assembly Hall Fund has reached £45,280. A last combined effort will be made f o r this fund in 1956, with a fair on 28th April as its centre.

I bespeak for Mrs. L. S. Chambers, our indefatigable honorary organiser, the wholehearted support of all friends of the School in this enterprise."

Speaking of the lamented death of Miss Irene McKay, Dr. W o o d said: "M.L.C. lost one of its most loyal and devoted members of Staff jn Miss Irene McKay (Old Collegian), who had taught on the Music Staff for over 30 years. N o one had a more intense affection f o r M.L.C. She never swerved f r o m the faith which she had avowed in her home and her schooldays, and this inspired the dedication of her life to her profession and to the welfare of her pupils. Her passing after a long and painful illness left sad but proud memories of a consecrated Christian life."

After referring to the examination results (see Exam. Results Section), the music of the School,

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and Mr. Seymour's unique film appreciation course, Dr. W o o d spoke of the Art and Craft Department: " T h i s was one of the departments of the School where I felt that we certainly do not fall below the standards of British schools."

Dr. W o o d expressed appreciation of the staunch support of the Parents' Association and the Ladies' Fair Auxiliary. Dr. W o o d thanked the Staff f o r their admirable work throughout the year and particularly during his absence abroad, and then paid special tribute to Miss Kellaway for her wonderful leadership during her time as Acting Headmistress.

In concluding his report, Dr. W o o d said: " M y closing word is always to the girls leaving School.

I have personal pride in their record, especially that of the Prefects and most senior girls leaving.

M.L.C. means more than a school to them; it enshrines the Christian ideals of faith, worship, conduct and service, and these are ideals which they will hold and which will hold them during the future years. All girls leaving will remember the lines of the hymn, " T h o u g h never more in one place all may gather, Though in life's battle we struggle apart, O n e be our Saviour, and one be our Father, Bind us together in faith and in heart."

—Judith H o p e .

School Dfarij February: Tuesday, 7th: Beginning of Term I. Friday, 10th: " I promise so to d o " . . . this was the promise made by Prefects and Associate Prefects at the Induction Service in Open Period.

Monday, 13th: W e welcomed Bishop Bromley Oxnam (Methodist, U . S . A . ) in Assembly.

Friday, 17th: What eloquence was heard when representatives of various school activities spoke in Combined Societies Period!

In the afternoon earnest French students visited the visiting cruiser "Jeanne d ' A r c . " Thursday, 23rd: Rev. S. Salvaretnam, f r o m South India, spoke to us in O p e n Period under the auspices of the S.C.M. Friday, 24th: House meetings were held f o r the election of House Officers. S.C.M. tea and service at Hawthorn Presbyterian Church.

March: Friday, 2nd: Under the auspices of the S.C.M., Rev! John Havea, f r o m T o n g a , spoke in O p e n Period.

After school the Swimming Sports were h e l d — Krome being victors, Fitchett second, Berry and Cato equal third.

Friday, 16th: Inter-House Debate between Cato and Berry on the topic, " T h a t a nation's commerce is of more importance than its culture." Berry ably supported commerce, but victory went to the worthy exponents of culture.

Congratulations, Cato!

In the evening a Soiree was held at Ivanhoe Grammar School.

Saturday, 17th: A party of girls went to see Dame Mabel Brookes' exhibition of rare books and antiques.

Tuesday, 20th: Lower Middle School Athletic Sports—Krome emerged victorious.

Friday, 23rd: Mrs. Yarnold spoke under the auspices of the United Nations' Association on the organisations of the U . N . O .

Monday, 26th: S.C.M. tea and service at St. Columb's, Hawthorn.

Tuesday, 27th: School Communion Service at Auburn Methodist Church.

Wednesday, 28th: afternoon school.

Interval

for

Easter

after

April: Wednesday, 4th: School resumed after Easter.

Friday, 6th: Matriculation Literature girls went to a performance of Sophocles' " A n t i g o n e , " at the U n i o n Theatre.

Saturday,

7th:

Baseball—M.L.C.

v.

Morongo.

Friday, 13th: U . N . A . speaker in Open Period.

Rev. Burgoyne Chapman told us of " T h e Middle East."

Tennis M.L.C. v. Merton Hall.

Friday, 20th: T h e unrelieved gloom on the faces o f Senior girls announced that Senior School Exams had begun.

Saturday, 28th: £2590 was raised.

Foundation

Fair—a

total

of

May: Friday, 4th: Athletic Sports—won narrowly by Krome from Cato, with Berry third.

Saturday, 5th: French afternoon at P.L.C. Sunday, 6th: T h e School Church Service was held in Auburn Methodist Church.

In the afternoon many girls attended the Empire Youth Sunday March in the city and the service at Wesley Church.

Monday, 7th: W e welcomed the Rev. Dr. Colin Roberts, of England, in Assembly.

Tuesday, 8th: O u r debating team greatly enjoyed their debate against the University team on the topic, " T h a t we view television with apprehension," even though they were honourably defeated.

Thursday, 10th: A very successful Teenagers' Dance was held in Hawthorn Town Hall.

Friday, 11th: Shakespeare's birthday (April 23rd) commemorated by presentation of scenes in Fitchett Hall.

End of Term I.

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School Officers, 1956 Senior Prefect: Elizabeth Manfield.

Prefects: Glenys Bull, Helen Chesterfield, Roslyn Crellin, Margaret Day, Judith Henderson, Eril Hutton, Rosalind Johns, Catherine Lee, Elizabeth O'Neill, Patsy Pederick, Elizabeth Webster, Joan Weetman.

Associate Prefects: Valerie H o l m , Pauline Morgan (Joint Senior Associate Prefects), Pamela Bowyer, Joan Delany, Elizabeth Delbridge, Joyce Hagger, Judith H o p e , Margaret Lansbury, Ruth Milne, Jennifer Murphy, Mary Ellen Nicholas, Marion Pretty, Joan Risby, A n n Simmons, Delwyn Smith, Lynette Trumble, Helen W i l liams.

House (Boarders') Prefects and Wing Captains: Elizabeth Webster (Senior), Margaret Day, Elizabeth Lade, Mary Ellen Nicholas, Erna Nixon, Marion Pretty, Marjorie Thompson.

House Captains—Senior: Joan Weetman (Berry) ; Helen Chesterfield (Cato), Pamela Bowyer (Fitchett), Elizabeth Webster ( K r o m e ) .

Middle: Lesley Fielding (Berry), Sandra Nelson (Cato), Judith Knell (Fitchett), Joan Sword (Krome).

Junior: Denise Patterson (Berry), Sandra Powell (Cato), Margaret Johns (Fitchett), Judith Callander (Krome).

House Sports Captains—Senior: Elizabeth O'Neill (Berry), Joan Risby (Cato), Elizabeth Delbridge (Fitchett), Catherine Lee (Krome).

Middle: Rosemary Lambart (Berry), Margaret Swann (Cato), Jane Randall (Fitchett), Margaret Dunkin ( K r o m e ) . Junior: Roslyn Jefferies (Berry). Margaret Dunn (Cato), Lesley Howlett (Fitchett), Pat Johns ( K r o m e ) .

Form Captains—Honour V l . a , Elizabeth Manfield; H o n o u r V I . b , Joan Delany; H o n o u r V I . c , Margaret Lansbury; Pass V l . a , Mary Johnston; Pass V I . b , Joan Horsfall; Pass V I . c , Gwenneth L o n g ; Pass V l . d , Ruth Bilney; Pass VI.e, Shirley Marshman; Diploma A , Jane Brehaut; Diploma B, Pauline H o o s o n ; V.a, Rosemary Benjamin; V.b, Rosemary Jame; V . c , Helen Palmer; V.d, Janice Orton; V.e, Pamela Church; V . f , Jill Perrin; V . g , A n n Thwaites; V.h, Pam Fairbank; L.V.a, Margaret Dunkin; L.V.b, Joan Sword; L.V.c, Rosslyn Wortley; L.V.d, Grace Ing; L.V.e, Noala Y e n ; L.V.f, Sandra Nelson; L.V.g, Lynette Boyd; IV.a, Gael Griffiths; IV.b,.

Marion Gray; IV.c, Valerie Hewitt; IV.d, Lynn Esler; IV.e, Desley Gare; I V . f , Katherine Seller; L.IV.a, Pamela T h o m p s o n ; L.IV.b, Johanne Byriell; L.IV.c, Cynthia C o o k ; L.IV.d, Helen H o o p e r ; L.IV.e, Margaret D u n n ; L . I V . f , Robyn Muir; Ill.a, Barbara Caffin; I l l . b , Helen Brain; III.c, Beris Turnley; L.III.a, Claire Esler; L.III.b, Carolyn Dunn.

Social Service Captains—Honour V l . a , Eril Hutton; H o n o u r V I . b , Margaret Channon; H o n o u r VI.c, Marion A l c o c k ; Pass V l . a , Kath Ingram; Pass V l . b , Ruth A r n o l d ; Pass V I . c , Ruth Millikan; Pass V l . d , Lorraine Ley; Pass VI.e, Lyn Tabart; Diploma A , Sally Stanley; Diploma

ELIZABETH

MANFIELD,

Senior Prefect, 1956.

B, Nancy Andrewartha; V.a, Marlene Landells; V b, Margaret Jenkins; V . c , Helen Eyval; V . d , Robin Wilson; V.e, Myra L a n g f o r d ; V . f , Margaret Raufer; V . g , Marion Richards; V . h , Carolyn Hutchings; L.V.a, A n n e Callander; L.V.b, Margaret M o o n ; L.V.c, Alison Corrie; L.V.d, Suzanne Evans; L.V.e, Jill Risstrom; L.V.f, Diane Walsh; L.V.g, Jill Pearson; IV.a, Carol M c D o u g a l l ; I V . b , Beverley T h o m p s o n ; IV.c, Jean McCloskey; IV.d, Kathleen Stephenson; IV.e, Gillian Siggins; I V . f , Hilda M o r g a n ; L.IV.a, Marilyn Chenhall; L.IV.b, Robin Dane; L.IV.c, Helen Conochie; L.IV.d, Annette Meller; L.IV.e, Diana Phillips; L . I V . f , Suzanne Pead; III.a, Alison Burnell; I l l . b , Pamela Padgham; III.c, Elizabeth Seymour; L.III.a, Betty Bristow; L.III.b, Roslyn Callander.

Sports Captains—Honour V l . a , Catherine Lee; H o n o u r V l . b , Pamela Bowyer; H o n o u r VI.c.

Helen Brown; Pass V l . a , Marion Dudley; Pass V l . b , Judy Weetman; Pass V I . c , Joan Diprose; Pass V l . d , Helen Biss; Pass VI.e, Diana Quick; Diploma A , Joan Risby; Diploma B, Rae Killmier; V.a, Denise Jones; V.b, Pamela Newstead; V . c , Roslyn Jennings; V . d , Margaret Stevens; V.e, Patricia Phillips; V . f , Elaine M u n r o ; V . g , Marion M o c k ; V . h , Joan McPherson; L.V.a, Susan Stocks; L.V.b, Jill Forbes; L.V.c, Margaret Swann; L.V.d, Jane Randall; L.V.e, Rosemary Lambart; L.V.f, Jennifer P o n d ; L.V.g, Jennifer Heard; IV.a, Diane Bruhn; I V b, Joan Bolwell; IV.c, Esther H o l e ; IV.d, Sue Hillis; IV.e, Diane St. John; I V . f , Cynthia

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Jermyn; L.IV.a, Kathryn Patsoyannis; L.IV.b, Julie Cocks; L.IV.c, Robin Westaway; L.IV.d, Judith Callander; L.IV.e, Louise Tomasetti; L.IV.f, Kathleen Beckett; III.a, Bridget McKeown; I l l . b , Beverley Cullen; III.c, Diana Redman; L.III.a, Jane MacCarthy-Clerke; L.III.b, Judith Tyquin.

S.C.M. Committee—President, Miss Horsman; Vice-President, Roslyn Crellin; Minute Secretary, Joan Delany; Correspondence Secretary, Valerie H o l m ; School Representatives, Roslyn Crellin, Alison Wharington, Lesley Dunn, Ruth Paton; C ommittee, Lynne Galbraith, Helen Tregear; Margaret Mott, Elizabeth Manfield, Judith Henderson, Ruth A r n o l d ; Dorothea Cook, Joan Horsfall, Margaref Paice, Helen Biss, Jan McCormack.

Library Commitee—Rhonda Smith (School Librarian) ; Marilyn Lechte, Elizabeth Fryer, Rita Kornan (Chief Checkers); Norma Bennett, Margot Cant, Katherine Harvey (Checkers) ; Kay Holt, Robin Sheather (Treasurers) ; Ainslie Lamb, Joan Cathcart (Book Advisers).

United Nations Association—President, Mrs. Downie, assisted by Miss Burke; Vice-President,

Jo Weetman; Secretary, Elaine Walsh; Treasurer, A n n Simmons; Committee, Helen Biss, Mary Johnston, Judy Weetman, Dorothy Davies, Jillian Holm.

Debating Society—Presidents, Miss Hotchin and Miss Sutton; Secretary, Jo Weetman; Committee, Elizabeth Manfield, Judy Weetman, Elizabeth Drew.

French Club—President, Mrs. D a y ; Vice-President, Mile.

Bracquart; Secretary, Rosalind Johns; Committee, Patsy Pederick, Glenys Bull, Judith Henderson, Mary Oakley, Jennifer Murphy.

German Club—President, Mrs. Clahr; Secretary, Ainslie Lamb; Committee, Miriam Baer, Jennifer Grant.

Life-Saving Representatives — Joan Weetman (Berry) ; Jean W o o d f u l l (Cato) ; Joan Diprose (Fitchett); Glenys Bull (Krome).

Social Service—President, tary, Eril Hutton.

Miss

Cerutty;

Maths Amusements Club—President, Miss Lewis; Secretary, Eril Hutton.

—Photo., C. Stuart Tompkins.

PREFECTS,

1956.

Back Row: Eril Hutton, Helen Chesterfield, Glenys Bull, Roslyn Crellin, Patsy Pederick, Joan Weetman.

Front Row:

Margaret

Day. Judith Henderson, Elizabeth O'Neill,

Secre-

Rosalind Johns, Elizabeth Manfield

Elizabeth Webster, Catherine Lee.

(Senior

Prefect),

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School Activities Devotional Those girls who have f o u n d time to attend our weekly devotional service every Wednesday morning, have once again f o u n d in it the wonderful source of comfort and guidance which so many girls before them have experienced.

Prior to Easter, Dr. W o o d read to us portion of Dorothy Sayers' inspiring play, " M a n Born to be King." A f t e r the vacation we heard readings f r o m J. B. Phillips' " T h e Y o u n g Church in A c t i o n , " a modern and greatly expanded translation of the Acts of the Apostles.

These readings and Dr. W o o d ' s guidance have led all those who have heard them to a fuller understanding and stronger faith.

—Elizabeth

Manfield.

Student Christian Movement This year, as in previous years, we have a large number of girls attending S.C.M., the Diploma, Leaving and Matriculation girls have continued to meet fortnightly in study groups, and this year are studying Dr. Wright's book, " A c t i o n Through Prayer," which is proving most helpful. Intermediate girls have once more been obliged to form one large group under the leadership of Miss Betty Jackson and Mrs. Colin Duncan.

W e have had two speakers in " O p e n Period" this term. W e were privileged to hear the Rev. Selvaretnam, f r o m the Church of South India, who spoke on "Building a New and Better W o r l d . " Last year we had the pleasure of hearing Rev. John Havea, f r o m T o n g a , and we were pleased to have him present once again in Assembly.

There have been two Inter-school services this year, both of which have been well-attended by M.L.C. girls. A t a most impressive service at Hawthorn Presbyterian Church, Rev. Selvaretnam spoke o n "Prayer."

Rev. C. Duncan was the speaker at an-Easter service at St. Golumb's Church of England, Hawthorn.

In the May holidays, some of our girls will attend a Camp at Whitehall, Sorrento.

W e are looking forward to a very successful year, under the capable leadership of Miss Horsman and other members of staff.

Valerie Holm.

United Nations' Association T h e aim of the United Nations' Association is to promote international understanding and peace. In our school group we try to learn as much as possible about the people of other countries and the work of the United Nations. This year our group has a large membership and we hope it will be further enlarged in the latter half of

the year.

W e have started a small library of United Nations' publications and are working for United Nations' Children's Fund (U.N.I.C.E.F).

W e have heard several very interesting speakers during our lunch-hour meetings and in our two open periods. Firstly, Mrs. Yarnold described the work of the various United Nations' Organisations.

In our second O p e n Period, the Rev. Burgoyne Chapman related some of his experiences in the Middle East and explained the troubled situation there to us.

A t our fortnightly lunch-time meetings, Miss Pelaschiar addressed us most informatively o n the effects of the Second W o r l d W a r on Italy. Miss Valerie Kerr told us about some of the interesting and humorous incidents which occurred during her tour of Europe. Miss Barnett and Miss Brown helped us to understand the different way of life of American school children. Another meeting was spent in studying the Declaration of Human Rights.

T h e United Nations notice-board has been well supplied with interesting articles by various committee members and two of the committee have regularly attended the meetings of the Interschools' Committee, and we are pleased that this committee will soon publish a bulletin.

Finally, we wish to thank Mrs. Downie and Miss Burke f o r their untiring interest and support during First Term.

— P . J . W . , E.W.

"Music is a thing of the soul—a rose lipped shell that murmurs of the eternal sea—a^ strange •bird singing the songs of another shore."—J. C .

Holland.

T h e opening of Term I gave promise of a busy year ahead f o r the Music School. There was a very large number of new students enrolled, which meant there had to be a long waiting list.

W e welcome to the Music Staff Mr. Ron Farren Price (Mus.Dip., and several years of experience overseas), who is taking the place of his wife, formerly Miss Robin Wright, an O l d Collegian.

W e also welcome Miss Betty Chisholm (Mus.Bac , Dip E d . ) , Miss Pauline Goldie (Mus.Dip.) and Miss Meryl M o r g a n (Mus.Dip.). W e have also been very glad to see Miss Doris Slatter, A.R.C.M., London, back again on the Music School Staff after a few years' study abroad. Miss Louise Piper (Mus.Dip.) took the place of Miss Joan Grundy (cello), who left us unexpectedly at the end of last year to live in Tasmania. Miss Piper is teach-

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ing the double bass as well as cello. Miss Susan Sandral (Mus.Bac.), who has recently returned f r o m studying in America, joins our staff as a Musical Appreciation teacher, as well as f o r Class Singing in Middle, Lower Middle and Junior School. Miss Elaine Cavanagh (Mus.Dip.) is now teaching, singing in Middle School as well as in Lower Middle and Junior School.

Early in the term the music scholarship tests were held. Owing to the death of our well-loved adjudicator, Miss Lorna Stirling, Mr. Dorian Le Gallienne ( " A r g u s " critic) came with Dr. Floyd to judge the contestants.

The winners of the year's scholarships were:— The Danks Scholarship f o r Singing: Day.

Margaret

Senior Piano Scholarship (gift of the late A . E. Wright, Esq.): Marjorie Thompson.

Intermediate Piano Scholarship (the "Ruth Flockart" Scholarship, N o . 1), gift of Mrs. Purvis, Mrs. John Bond, Miss Olive Pizzey: Meredith Day. Junior Piano Scholarship (gift of Danks Trust), 11 years and over: Alison McAllister and Annette Miller.

Violin Scholarship (gift of Mrs. A . E. A l c o c k ) : Pat Muirden.

Orchestral Scholarship (gift of late Mrs. E. J. C a t o ) : Dora Cattanach (clarinet), Elizabeth Chambers (clarinet).

Orchestral Scholarship K u m m ) : Helen M c A f f e .

m

(gift

of

Mrs.

F.

G.

Original Composition Scholarship (gift of " O r p h e u s " ) : Marjorie Thompson.

O p e n "Ruth Flockart" Scholarship, N o . 2 (gift of anonymous d o n o r ) : Gillian Lennox (violin).

A very interesting recital was given by the winners on 23 rd March.

A t the end of last year, Miss Robin Wright, an O l d Collegian, and member of School Staff, was married to Mr. Ron Farren Price. Dr. W o o d officiated and the Madrigal Singers sang " G o d is a Spirit," " I W o u l d be T r u e " and the Blessing, at the bride's request.

O n Sunday, 11th December, the Choir, augmented by some Senior girls, presented some excerpts f r o m Handel's "Messiah" in St. Paul's Cathedral. W e were grateful f o r the help of Mr. Lance Hardy at the organ once again.

T h e Madrigal Singers, led by Mary Williamson and Rhonda Harris, were broadcast over 3 L O at 1.30 p.m. in the " Y o u n g Australia" programme on 7th May. A microgroove record, which was made by the Choir the year before last, is now on sale at all music and radio shops throughout Australia. This record, called " A Festival of Christmas," is particularly popular, and hundreds of copies have been sold already.

T h e Annual Church Service was held on Sunday, 6th May, at Auburn. T h e anthem by the Choir was " A n d the Glory of the L o r d " f r o m the "Messiah." T h e whole School joined in the singing of Stanford's " T e D e u m " in B flat. A beautiful setting of "Love Divine all loves excelling" by Dr. Eric Thiman was used f o r the first time.

—Photo., C. Stuart Tompkins.

Back

Row:

ASSOCIATE PREFECTS, 1956.

Joan Risby. Lynette Trumble, Elizabeth Delbridge, Margaret Lansbury, Jennifer Pamela Bowyer, Joyce Hagger, Mary-Ellen Nicholas, Ann Simmons.

Murphy.

Front Row: Marion Pretty, Helen Williams, Joan Delany, Valerie Holm, Pauline Morgan, Judith Hope.

Delwyn Smith, Ruth Milne.

20 S I L V E R A N D T h e Choir is preparing a programme of music f o r the "Music in Education" session of the U.N.E.S.C.O. Conference on Saturday, 2nd June.

The works will include Margaret Sutherland's songs: "Country Places" and "Land of O u r s " ; Dr. Floyd's " T h e Heaven of Heavens," " T h e y that g o down to the sea"—Psalm 107—set to music by June Epstein, " S o u n d the Trumpet," by Purcell and " T e D e u m " in B flat, by Stanford.

Chamber music groups played at another session of this Conference on 30th May. The V . S . M . A . have established a lending library f o r the use of School musicians. In order that members might hear some of the new publications, a few groups of schoolgirls and training college students gave a short programme on 18th April at the B.M.S. Rooms. Miss Bazeley prepared recorder and string quartette items for this programme.

T h e School Orchestra is preparing f o r the V . S . M . A . Orchestral Evening during Second Term under the direction of Miss Joan Bazeley.

Mr. Mack Jost gave a piano recital on 10th May which a party of staff and girls attended.

T h e Kew Philharmonic and Orchestral Society concerts have also been included in this year's activities.

T h e Choir is continuing its preparation of Handel's oratorio " T h e Messiah" f o r most of this year.

T o Miss Flockart and all the Music Staff we say a sincere " T h a n k y o u " f o r their untiring work and encouragement.

—Margaret Day, Helen Williams.

250

GREEN A f t of Speech

"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue."—Hamlet.

Keen interest has been shown this year in the speech work of the School, both in school activities and in the Scholarship tests.

These tests, which were held at the beginning of Term I, drew a record number of entries. The following Scholarships were awarded:—Barbara Coppin (Lower Middle S c h o o l ) , Margaret Lancaster and Jillian H o l m (Intermediate), Glenys Bull (Senior Untrained).

Elizabeth Manfield's scholarship continues this year. These girls are indebted to the Parents' Association and the Dramatic Society f o r their generous gifts. N o Scholarship was awarded in Middle School. Miss Eileen O'Keefe, who adjudicated, was particularly impressed by the sight reading of the Senior girls.

A t Easter, Elizabeth Manfield recited the poem " T h e Boy Mark," by Clive Sansom, and o n Anzac Day, read John Masefield's "Gallipoli." A t the annual Church Service held at the Auburn Church, the O l d Testament lesson was spoken by a group of girls—Delwyn Smith, Eril Hutton, Rhonda Harris, Roslyn Crellin and Glenys Bull. T h e New Testament lesson was read by Elizabeth Manfield.

W e hope that Second and Third Terms will be as successful as First Term in this department of the School.

—Glenys Bull.

Shakespeare Day Shakespeare Day was again commemorated on the last day of Term I. Scenes f r o m Julius Caesar, Henry V , and King Lear were presented by Intermediate, Leaving and Matriculation English Classes.

T h e casts were as f o l l o w : — Julius Caesar—Meeting

Jonson: " I f but stage actors all the world displays, Where shall we find spectators of their plays?"

Shakespeare: "Little or much of what we see, we d o ; W e are both actors and spectators too."

In First Term, we had a very enjoyable time at Senior Dramatic Classes, which were attended in large numbers. Dramatic Societies throughout the School have been supported with great enthusiasm. Under Miss Dwyer's leadership we have had a very interesting and instructive term. W e have learnt about stage-craft f r o m stage setting and we have also acted excerpts f r o m plays and mimed both in groups and individually.

W e are looking forward to the time when we shall be able to show our ability behind the footlights.

— G . Bull.

of the conspirators.

Marcus Brutus—Jillian H o l m ; Caius Cassius— Alison T u d o r ; Decius Brutus—Janice Orton; Cinna—Kathleen Waller; Portia Delphine Beckett; Lucius—Gillian Levick; Trebonius—Diane Humphrey; Casca—Margaret Raufer; Metellus Cimber—Lynette Davies; Caius Ligarius—Jill Kennedy.

Henry V — A c t s I V , Scenes 1, 2 and 3.

Henry V — J o a n Diprose; Dauphin—Iris W i l d ; Trumpeter—-Judith Downey; Westmorland — Sally Barr; Salisbury (and Prologue)—Stephanie Tasker; Messenger—Pauline Learner; Fluellen— Lenore Barnes; Pistol—Lynette Helmer; Erpingham—• Margaret Eason; Gower—Roslyn Terry; York—Claire Chambers; Exeter—Janet M c l v o r ; B e d f o r d — N a n c y Taylor; Gloucester—Faye Clemson; Montjoy Joan Lovejoy; Constable—Mary Brevitt; Orleans—Kathleen Ingram; Rambures— Gilda Richards; Grandpre—Margaret Hagger; Bates—Faye Hallows; Court—Jan McCormack; Williams—Ruth Arnold.

King Lear—The Division of Banishment of Cordelia.

the Kingdom

and

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Lear—Elizabeth Manfield; Cordelia—Rosalind Johns; Goneril—Elizabeth Webster; Regan— Roslyn Webster; Kent—Eril Hutton; Gloucester — V a l e r i e H o l m ; Cornwall—Loris Crosby; Albany —Rhondda Smith; Edmund—Patsy Pederick; Fool—Miriam Baer; Courtiers—Ainslie Lamb, Lesley Rcnnie, Rosemary Corben, Patricia Stubbings.

Producer—Jennifer Murphy.

T h e girls in the production would like to take this opportunity of thanking the mistresses who helped with rehearsals.

French Club This year our activities began very early in the year with a visit to the French crusier "Jeanne d ' A r c " on Friday, 17th February. This school's visit was organised by the Alliance Francaise, and we were able to see over the ship and try to question the sailors in French. A s very few of them could speak English, some of us n o doubt f o u n d

it rather a strain on our vocabularies, but we managed to convey our meaning, sometimes resorting to sign language.

A soiree was held at Ivanhoe Grammar School on Friday, 16th March, and a number o f us attended despite the torrents of rain. Each school present gave a short item, our French Club perf o r m i n g a scene f r o m " L a Comedie de Celui qui Epousa une Femme Muette," a skit on seventeenth century doctors by Anatole France.

O n Saturday, 5th May, several of us spent a most enjoyable afternoon at a French party at P.L.C. W e played two French games, and then after afternoon tea, Madame Cockerton, the President of the Alliance Francaise, read us the poems set f o r the Matriculation Examination.

W e would like to thank Mrs. Day, our new President, and Mademoiselle Bracquart very much f o r their help this term, and we hope many more girls will be able to attend our functions next term.

—Rosalind Johns.

—Photo., C. Stuart Tompkins.

HOUSE Back Row:

Sports Captains:

Front Row: House Captains:

CAPTAINS

AND

HOUSE

SPORTS

Elizabeth O'Neill (Berry). Joan Risby Catherine Lee (Krome).

CAPTAINS, (Cato),

Joan Weetman (Berry), Helen Chesterfield Elizabeth Webster (Krome).

1956

Elizabeth Delbridge

(Fitchett).

(Cato), Pamela Bowyer

(Fitchett),

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GREEN Debating Notes

German Club Once again the German Club welcomes Clahr as its President.

Mrs.

Already we have been able to have lunch-time films—German newsreels with English commentaries—on various aspects of Germany to-day. They were enjoyed by all who attended them, and it is hoped that further films may be shown later in the year. W e thank Mr. Seymour for his help in showing the films.

Further activities are to be arranged f o r Term II, and many girls are also entering in the Goethe Poetry Competition in July.

—Ainslie Lamb.

Latin Club This year, owing to a large number of enthusiastic supporters, the Latin Club has had a very successful beginning. A t a meeting held early in the term, Jennifer Murphy was elected President, and Mary Brevitt, Secretary.

Much time and thought was given in preparation f o r our first meeting, at which popular songs such as " Y o u Can't Get a M a n with an A r r o w " and " D o g g i e in the W i n d o w " were sung in Latin. A t the next meeting we had a talk on "Everyday Life in Rome," which proved to be very interesting.

W e have not been able to held many meetings this term, but we hope to have more in future, and it is hoped also that we can hold a social evening f o r the Latin students of M.L.C. and P.L.C. sometime in Second Term. Many other interesting talks and discussions have been planned f o r future meetings, and we hope that with these the Club will continue to have a very successful year.

T h e Debating Society has had a busy term, and meetings have been very well attended. W e are again fortunate in having Miss Hotchin and Miss Sutton as Joint Presidents, who give us their untiring support. Unfortunately, we were able to hold only three lunch-hour meetings during First Term but these were most enjoyable, particularly the meeting when Miss Dwyer spoke most informatively and humorously o n the Art of Public Speaking. A t another meeting several girls gave impromptu speeches and we were impressed with the large attendance and promise of the speakers.

O n e " O p e n Period" the Cato team convinced Berry " T h a t a nation's commerce is not of more importance than its culture." T h e audience greatly enjoyed the debate and Dr. W o o d , who adjudicated, commented on the very high standard.

T h e highlight of the term was the formal debate " T h a t we view television with apprehension," against a team f r o m the Melbourne University Society. T h e debate was most enjoyable f o r all who participated as well as the keen supporters of our team. Miss Myra Roper, the Principal of the W o m e n ' s College, adjudicated and was most impressed by the debating which she said was of very high quality and although the University team won by a very narrow margin, Miss Roper commented that the result could easily have gone the other way.

W e have many more activities planned f o r the second half of the year, including inter-form debates in Leaving and Intermediate, and interschool "round-table" debates. W e hope that many more girls will join our Society as they will soon learn that debating is not only educational, but also great fun!

-—Mary Brevitt, Stephanie Tasker.

—P.J.W..

Films At School Term I, 1956.

Short Films How Animals Eat H o w Animals Move Animal Life Animal Movements H o w Animals Defend Themselves Histoire de Poissoris Garden Plants and How They Grow Devon Dairy Farming Science in Bloom Matter and Energy Boogie Doodle Song of the Prairie Dream Valley Phantasy Drawings That W a l k and Talk Critic and Film Series: O d d M a n Out German Language Film, N o . 1 New T o w n La Gare Transference of Heat: Parts 1, 2, and 3

Cleanliness and Health Simple Machines: Levers Nitrogen Cycle Colour Keying in Art in Living Deadly Females Defence Against Invasion Introduction to Chemistry Flowers at W o r k H o w Motion Pictures Move and Talk H o w Talkies Talk Introduction to Physics Four in the A f t e r n o o n Simple Machines Machines D o W o r k Loony T o m Naval Photography in Science A Phantasy Matter and Energy Energy and its Transformations Mother's Day Magic Canvas A Christmas Dream

Insect Z o o England's Shakespeare Julius Caesar G.B. William Shakespeare — Background f o r his W o r k Crucifixion: Theme and Variation Alice and the Three Bears V o i c e of a Choir Bacteria Things Expand W h e n Heated Behind the Flame It Comes From Coal Target f o r Tonight Meaning of the Industrial Revolution Force of Gravity Full Length Films included:— Julius Caesar Dangerous W h e n W e t Father of the Bride Pride and Prejudice

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Monday, February 6.

Silence reigned supreme f o r eight weeks in the Boarding House but this was soon shattered by one hundred old girls returning and fifty new girls crossing the threshold f o r the first time. W e welcomed Sister Scott and Miss Slatter to the Resident Staff and congratulated Margaret Day, Mary Ellen Nicholas, Marion Pretty and Elizabeth Webster on being House Prefects, and W i n g Captains, Elizabeth Lade, Erna Nixon and Marjorie Thompson.

Saturday, February 11.

Swimming Sports were held, Old Girls versus New Girls, resulting in victory f o r the new girls who proved to be quite amphibious. The last race caused much hilarity, the Boarding Prefects, whose swimming ability was almost non-existent, challenged any six boarders, except those with Olympic hopes, to a relay race. "Flippers," aided slightly by the Prefects, defeated the Challengers who were dragged through the water by gym girdles, pulled by enthusiastic supporters.

Thursday, March 1.

T h e Boarders sang with the Ministers at the Overseas Mission Demonstration in the Melbourne T o w n Hall.

Saturday, March 3.

T h e Old Girls' Concert opened with the traditional staff song, this time sung to the tune of " D a v y Crockett." T h e evening was most enjoyable and finished with three cheers f o r the O l d Girls and three cheers f o r the New Girls.

Saturday, March 17.

Remember? T h e voting f o r Stick to Six. That evening the New Girls became fully fledged O l d

Girls. Their concert was short and provided much amusement.

Sunday, March 18.

Results of the referendum. T h e hymn chosen f o r prayers was most adequate " N o w thank we all our G o d — " Wednesday, March 25.

Easter holidays—all girls put notes in their cases to remind them of the Boarders' Stall.

Saturday, April

7.

Fifteen athletes began strenuous training, eight of the fittest and fastest to run in the House team.

Saturday, April 28.

Boarders' Stall was a hive of industry with much successful bargaining. Our grand total was £125/18/3.

Friday, May 4.

W e sang " H a p p y Birthday" to Dr. W o o d before Morning Prayers, the youngest boarder presenting him with a button hole. The spectacular " H o u s e versus S c h o o l " race resulted in a win f o r School. Well run, S c h o o l — This year a Boarders' Choir has been founded, capably led by Margaret Day and Marjorie Thompson. W e hope to settle down to practising f o r this and f o r the event of the year—Birthday Night.

T o conclude, we would like to express our deep appreciation to Miss Ball of her unfailing work and our gratitude to the Resident Staff f o r their assistance throughout the term.

-—Elizabeth Webster.

Sports Activities

Athletic Sports

T h e Swimming Sports were held on 2nd March, and resulted in a victory f o r Krome, with Fitchett second, followed by Cato and Berry (equal).

O n Friday, 4th May, we held our annual Sports Day. There was some anxiety as to whether the Sports could be held on this day, as the rainy weather of the previous week did not show any signs of clearing. However, the ground remained firm and a weak sun dried the sodden grass, so the Sports were held as arranged.

T h e Lower Middle School Sports were held on Tuesday, 20th March, resulting in a win f o r Krome, followed by Cato, Fitchett and Berry respectively.

Inter-House Baseball—1, chett (equal); 4, Krome.

Cato;

2, Berry,

Fit

Despite the chilly, biting wind, with an occasional glimpse of wintry sunshine, the terrace was

SILVER Af [D GREEN crowded with onlookers. Brothers and friends were there in full force, although there were not as many parents as usual.

It was a very gay scene. The boarders, with their red jumpers, scarves and even dressing gowns, made a bright splash of colour against the gray uniforms. T h e banners and pennants fluttered in the strong breeze, and mascots were waved aloft every now and then. W i l d cheers rang out almost incessantly, mingled with the "war-cries" of the various Houses.

T h e climax of the Inter-House Sports was the spectacular march past of the competitors, which was judged by Miss Flockart and Miss W . Mitchell.

Then followed the Inter-School contests and the highlight of the day—the House versus School race, won amidst much cheering by the School.

Finally, Mrs. Chambers kindly presented the trophies, after which the crowd dispersed, to discuss the day's events.

Results

of

the

Athletic

Sports

Event 1—Senior Inter-House Flag Relay ( " B " teams), 75 yards: 1, Berry; 2, Krome; 3, Fitchett.

Time 83.2 sees.

Event 2—Flat Race ( O p e n ) , 100 yards: 1, B. Matthews ( C ) ; 2, E. Webstet ( K ) ; 3, J. Diprose ( F ) . Time 12 sees.

Event 3—Flat Race (Under 1 6 ) , 100 yards: 1, D. Jones ( K ) ; 2, R. Walters ( K ) ; 3, A . Sambell ( C ) . T i m e 12.5 sees.

Event 4—Flat Race (Under 15), 75 yards: 1, J. Ristrom ( C ) ; 2, J. Forbes ( F ) ; 3, F. Parry ( K ) . Time 9.7 sees.

Event 5—Flat Race (Under 1 4 ) , 75 yards: 1, J. Procter ( C ) ; 2, J. Grange ( B ) ; 3, Y . Parkes ( C ) . T i m e 9.9 sees.

Event 6 — M i d d l e Inter-House Flag Relay ( " B " teams), 75 yards: 1, Cato; 2, Fitchett; 3, Berry.

Time 84.2 sees.

Event 7—Baseball Throwing ( O p e n ) : 1, M. Swann ( C ) ; 2, H . Haig-Muir ( K ) ; 3, E. Delbridge ( F ) . Distance 78 yards 1 inch, (record).

Event 8 — M i d d l e Square Overhead Ball: Krome: 2, Cato; 3, Fitchett. Time 49.6 sees.

1,

Event 9—Flat Race ( O p e n ) , 75 yards: 1, E. Webster ( K ) ; 2, J. Diprose ( F ) ; 3, I. Bruhn ( B ) . T i m e 9.2 sees.

Event 10—Flat Race (Under 1 6 ) , 75 yards: 1, D. Jones ( K ) ; 2, M. Stevens ( B ) ; 3, R. Walters ( K ) . Time 9.2 sees.

Event 11—Senior Circle Exchange Ball: 1, Krome; 2, Cato; 3 (equal), Berry, Fitchett. Time 59 sees.

Event 12—Middle Over and Under Z i g - Z a g Bouncing: 1, Fitchett; 2, Berry. Time 2 mins.

36.2 sees.

Event 13—-Senior Inter-House Flag Relay ( " A " teams), 75 yards; 1, Fitchett; 2, Krome; 3, Cato.

Time 80.3 sees.

Event 1 4 — M i d d l e Inter-House Flag Relay ( " A " teams), 75 yards: 1, Cato; 2, Fitchett; 3, Krome.

Time 82 sees.

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Event 15—Senior Cross Ball: 1, Cato; 2, Berry; 3, Fitchett. Time 87 sees (record).

Event 16—Inter-House Diamond Throwing: Cato; 2, Berry; 3, Krome. Time 69.7 sees.

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Event 17—Middle' Exchange and Pass Ball: 1, Krome; 2, Berry; 3, Cato. Time 33 sees, (record).

Event 18—Senior Over and Under Spoke Relay: 1, Krome; 2, Berry; 3, Cato. Time 3 min.

21.6 sees, (record).

Event 19—Senior Obstacle 2, Fitchett; 3, Cato.

Relay:

1,

Krome;

Event 20—Middle Obstacle 2, Krome; 3, Fitchett.

Relay:

1,

Berry,

Event 21—Little Visitors' Race: 1, Jillian HaigMuir; 2, Ingrid Haig-Muir; 3, Christopher Johnston.

Event 22—March Past of Competitors: 1, Cato; 2, Krome; 3, Berry.

Event 23—Senior Inter-School Flag Relay (75 yards): 1, Lauriston; 2, Toorak College; 3, St. Catherine's. Time 78 sees.

Event 24—Junior Inter-School Flag Relay (75 yards): 1, Toorak College; 2, Lauriston; 3, M.C.E.G.G.S. Time 78.8 sees.

Event 25—Inter-School Diamond Throwing: 1, Toorak College; 2, M.L.C. ( H a w t h o r n ) ; 3, St. Catherine's. Time 53.3 sees.

Event 26—House v.

House. Time 69.4 sees,

School: 1, (record).

Trophy

School.

2,

List

Junior Inter-School Flag Relay won by T o o r a k College.

Senior Inter-School Flag Relay won by Lauriston.

Inter-School Diamond Throwing won by Toorak.

Inter-House Results Intermediate Flag Race won by Cato.

Intermediate Points Cup won by Cato.

Senior Flag Race won by Fitchett.

Senior Points Cup won by Krome.

T h e House Proficiency Cup won by Cato.

T h e Bettye H a m m o n Cup f o r Aggregate Points won by Krome.

House v. School won by

School.

Total Aggregate Points 1st place: Krome,

103.

2nd place: Cato, 98.

3rd place: Berry, 63.

4th place: Fitchett, 54.

—M.C.,

J.B.

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House Notes Berry " W e ' l l one and all support players warmly cheer,

our

teams,

our

Term we were sorry to farewell Miss Coral Clark — a n enthusiastic House Mistress and O l d Collegian, and we wish her every happiness in her married life.

For be it loss or victory, we'll ever persevere."

This is the great Berry tradition which has kept the purple colours flying proudly through the years, and it is our duty this year to make this spirit stronger than ever before. W e are very pleased to welcome so many new girls to Berry this year, and know they will do their utmost to support their House.

Already, this year, Berry has taken part in many Inter-House competitions, with varying degrees of success. Our Senior baseball team won all their matches, giving us a grand start f o r the year; and although our Middle baseball team was not so successful, the spirit was as good. Congratulations to Cato "Middles," who won this section.

Our Lower Middles are perhaps the keenest members of Berry and many Middles and Seniors could well follow their example. Their lack of success in the Lower Middle School Swimming and Athletic Sports was not through lack of trying.

Keep it up, Lower Middles! We're proud of you all.

T h e heats f o r the Middle and Senior School Swimming Sports were very keenly contested and. although we were unsuccessful we have high hopes f o r the teams events in Third Term, and congratulate the winners, Krome.

T h e Senior School Athletic Sports were the highlight of First Term sporting fixtures and, although hampered by exams and wet weather, we practised hard—sometimes in the gym or cloisters—for weeks before the event. Unfortunately, mainly owing to our lack of running talent, but certainly not to lack of enthusiasm, we were not so successful as we wished. Again, we owe hearty congratulations to Krome.

Berry enthusiastically listened and clapped when, after much discussion and research, Elaine Walsh, Erna Nixon and Jo Weetman, stood up to debate against Cato, in O p e n Period. W e were proud of our team's debating, but Cato's team was even better and we heartily congratulate them o n convincing us " T h a t a nation's commerce is not of more importance than its culture."

W e are very proud to see so many Berry Seniors wearing their House Colours and congratulate Margaret Stevens on gaining hers this term.

This year, we are again very fortunate in having Elizabeth O'Neill with her infectious enthusiasm as our Senior House Sports Captain. She is ably assisted by Rosemary Lambart in Middle School and Roslyn Jefferies in Lower Middle School.

Finally, our thanks go to Miss Cerutty, Miss Sutton and our other House Mistresses who have supported us so wholeheartedly.

W e extend a special welcome to our new House Mistresses, Mrs. Hayman and Mrs. Doughty. A t the end of First

—P.J.W.

Cato W e should like to welcome all new girls to Cato, and we know they will join with the old girls to keep Cato's blue colours flying. W e also extend a very warm welcome to our new House Mistresses, Mrs. Robinson and Miss Pelaschiar.

In the Senior and Middle Swimming Sports, although we finished only equal third with Berry, we still congratulate our swimmers on their valiant effort, and hope to do better in Third Term. Congratulations, Krome, o n your fine win.

Congratulations go to Edith Hatt on her election as Cato Lifesaving Representative, and we hope everyone will support her in Third Term by doing lifesaving exams. Already a few girls have passed their exahis. Keep it up!

Our Senior Baseball team was runner-up to Berry in the Inter-House matches, and our Middle team did very well, winning every match.

Congratulations, Middles!

Our Lower Middles, under the leadership of Sandra Powell (House) and Margaret Dunn (Sports) came second in their Athletic Sports.

O u r thanks go to Miss Coleman f o r her support in our preparations f o r these sports.

W e gained second place in the Senior and Middle Athletic Sports, being only five points behind Krome, and we won the Proficiency Cup. T h e Middles, under the leadership of Sandra Nelson and Margaret Swann also did very well and won the Junior Points Cup. Many thanks to Joan Risby f o r all the work she did in preparing f o r the sports. W e should also thank Jill Evans (last year's Sports Captain) f o r her telegram received before the sports: " C o m e on, Cato. Best of luck."

O n Friday, 16th March, our debating team— Jennifer Murphy, Elizabeth Manfield and Roslyn Crellin—were successful in proving to Berry " T h a t a nation's culture is of more importance than its commerce." W e are very proud of our debating team, and we hope they vyill be just as successful in Third Term.

A t our House Assembly on 9th May, we bade farewell to Miss Lorna Mitchell, who has been a faithful Cato mistress f o r a long time, and who is going, as an English lecturer, to an Indian University College f o r a year. W e all join in wishing her bon voyage and best of luck, and we look forward to having her back again with us.

House colours at this assembly were awarded to Elizabeth Manfield, Edith Hatt, Helen Chesterfield and Joan Risby.

W e are grateful to Miss Horsman and other House Mistresses f o r their support; to Joan Risby

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20 SILVER A N D GREEN and all her helpers for their work in training the teams; to Sandra Nelson and Margaret Swann for leading the Middles; and to Sandra Powell and Margaret Dunn f o r their help with the Lower Middles. W e hope the rest of the year will be as happy and as successful, and that our blue colours will still be flying high.

— H e l e n Chesterfield.

Fitchett Fitchew's plan f o r 1956 is one of co-operation and team spirit. T o a certain extent this has been achieved already, even though we have not had marked success. It must be remembered, however, that winning should not mean everything to the House—the joy of participation also counts. If enthusiasm and the will to win is indicative at all, then Fitchett will have many glorious victories during the year.

A hearty welcome is extended to the new House Mistresses, Mrs. Milne and Mrs. Murphy, and to all new Fitchett-ites! It is earnestly hoped that these new girls will particpate in House events to their utmost.

Our first House Assembly was held on 20th March, and we were very pleased that Miss Betts, Mrs. Kelly, Miss E. J. Mitchell and other House Mistresses were with us on this occasion. W e thank them most sincerely f o r the help throughout the term.

Elizabeth Delbridge, our Sports Captain, has been an amazing leader. She has willingly and enthusiastically coached the various teams, her determined spirit and valiant efforts have no doubt inspired the House to the fullest extent, and she has skilfully and carefully organised all sporting activities. T o Elizabeth we owe a great deal, but f o r future success, she must have the support of all of us.

T h e Middle School Captains, Judith Knell (House) and Jane Randell (Sports) and the Lower Middle School Captains, Margaret Johns (House) and Lesley Howlett (Sports) have also played their part by ably assisting the Senior Captains.

Congratulations—and keep up the g o o d work! T h e Sports Committee—Robin Williams, Margaret Lansbury and Joan Diprose—have keenly supported the House leaders, and we thank them most heartily.

Joan Diprose, our newly-elected Life-saving representative, has consistently been persuading girls to undertake the various examinations, and ample opportunity will be provided f o r this, especially in Third Term.

As yet we have not had a great deal of success in the sporting field, nevertheless we are hopeful that by virtue of perseverance, practice, the right spirit, and so many other things, that many victories may come to Fitchett before the School year concludes.

T h e Senior Baseball team did not acquit themselves well, mainly due to lack of strength and experience; however, the Middle team showed promise. W e congratulate Cato on its convincing victory.

T h e Senior and Middle School Swimming Sports were a little more exciting, and we gained second place, and if keenness and enthusiasm shown this term continues until the Third Term Sports, we will at least provide stern opposition to the other Houses.

Lower Middle School girls bubbled over with House spirit as their sports day approached. Their determination was rewarded with a victory in the marching, but unfortunately this success was not repeated in other events. Congratulations must be extended to Krome on such a grand win.

It was to be hoped that the Senior and Middle School girls would live up to the Lower Middle School reputation f o r marching, but alas, this was not so. A little more House spirit could have been shown by some of the Senior girls, although the Middles were really eager. W e finished fourth and once again congratulations to Krome.

F stands f o r Fitchett and also friendly feeling, and that is what we are endeavouring to engender in the minds of all. Remember, girls, both old and new, help one another, revive that House spirit and make this an outstanding year f o r the "Best House."

—Pamela Bowyer.

Krome This year there has been a noticeable improvement in Krome's achievements in First Term sporting events.

W e welcome Mrs. Loretto, Miss Bazeley and Miss Kerr and also extend a hearty welcome to all new girls and appreciate their enthusiastic participation in all Krome's activities.

• W e f o u n d that we did not excel in Baseball in the Senior or the Middle sections. T h e Senior Berry Baseball team played very well and Krome would be well advised to be well prepared f o r the Cato Middle section teams in the near future.

Our swimmers compensated f o r the lack of success in the Baseball by winning the Senior Swimming Sports. Well done, competitors.

Our congratulations to the Lower Middles and Krome Juniors who with their athletic capabilities showed the other Houses what Krome really can do.

T h e Senior Athletic Sports Day was certamly a day to be remembered by all Krome girls. T h e team spirit shown was highly commendable and this, plus several individual wins, enabled Krome to score a well-deserved victory. T o all competitors and supporters, heartiest congratulations f o r the outstanding work.

A f t e r these exhilarating victories, Krome girls should realise they must now settle down to Choral Contests, Debating, House Basketball, Tennis and Hockey, and last but not least, an improvement in conduct.

T h e House is indebted to Miss Betty Jackson and the other House Mistresses f o r their assistance, to Catherine Lee f o r her able training of the teams and the two Middle captains, Joan Sword and Margaret Dunkin f o r their valuable help.

Keep up the good work, Krome!

—Elizabeth Webster.

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Public Examination Results, 1955 Matriculation— Matriculated (excluding re'peated) Honours (10 firsts, 78 seconds) Passes Queen's College Exhibitions Commonwealth Scholarships Secondary Studentships (Education partment) Primary Studentships Senior Government Scholarship Leaving Certificate— Passes Partial Passes (two or more subjects)

De-

58 88 211 5 35 15 16 1

Hadley, Patricia Hall, Elsa Hepburn, Eril Hutton, Janette Howell, Rosalind Johns, Maris Johnson, Ngaire Knight, Deborah Lambert, Margaret Lay, Charmian Leigh, Barbara Lewis, Elizabeth Manfield, Heather Marshall, Helen Mentiplay, June O'Connell, Patsy Pederick, Barbara Rautman, Margaret Scott, Elisabeth Shiffron, Dawn Sorensen, Helen Stocks. Davida Switson, Margaret Walters, W e n d y Woolcott.

Secondary

..

..

Intermediate Certificate— Passes Partial Passes

126 26 229 29

Scholarships, Exhibitions and Studentships.

Queen's College Exhibitions— Robin Campbell, Myrna Davis, Janice de Lacy, Pauline Simpson, Margaret Walters.

Commonwealth Scholarships— Margaret Adamson, Barbara Armstrong, Rosemary Balmer, Felicity Bartak, Jill Bendall, Elizabeth Cowan, Myrna Davis, Janice de Lacy, Patricia Dixson, Jane Elton, Margaret

Studentships—

Jill Bendall, Margaret Bruce, Elizabeth Cowan, Janice de Lacy, Jane Elton, Margaret Hadley, Elsa Hepburn, Maris Johnson, W e n d y Orton, Jacqueline Peace, Barbara Rautman, Margaret Scott, Elisabeth Shiffron, Gwenda Spargo, Judith Webb.

Primary Studentships— Margaret Adamson, Helen Bennett, Margaret Buckland, Janet Christensen, Lynne Courtier, Elizabeth Darbyshire, Kathleen Earle, Barbara Ferguson, Joan Kniese, Claire M u n r o , Patricia Siggins, Terrill Sloss, Lynette T o c k nell, Catherine Warren, Ruth Williams, Yvonne Young.

Senior Government Margaret

Scholarship—

Walters.

Matriculation Examination Honours English Literature—

Modern

First Class: W e n d y Orton.

Second Class: Barbara Armstrong, Rosemary Balmer, Barbara Clark, Janice de Lacy, Paddy Dixson, Margaret Hadley, Elsa Hepburn, MiLris Johnson, Barbara Lewis, Loretta Little, Elizabeth Manfield, Helen Mentiplay, Margaret Scott, Elisabeth Shiffron, Margaret Walters.

French— Second Class: Felicity Bartak, Elsa Hepburn, Rosalind Johns, Janice Livingstone, Helen Stocks, Margaret Trathan, Margaret Walters, Jeanette White.

Latin— First Class: Jill Bendall, Margaret Bruce, Elsa Hepburn, Margaret Scott, Margaret Walters.

General

Mathematics—

Second Class: Margaret Adamson, Lambert, Margaret Scott.

Deborah

British History— Second Class: Rosemary Balmer, Barbara Clark, Margaret Hadley, Barbara Lewis, Barbara Rautman, Margaret Scott.

History—

First Class: Patsy Hall, Janette Howell.

Second Class: Margaret Bruce, Janice de Lacy, Margaret Hadley, Helen Mentiplay, June O'Connell, W e n d y Orton, A i Leng Quek, Elisabeth Shiffron, Davida Switson, Margaret Walters, Judith Webb.

Greek and Roman

History—

Second Class: Myrna Davis, A i Leng Quek.

Geography— First Class: Maris Johnson.

Second Class: Jill Bendall, Janette Howell, Ngaire Knight, A n n e Masters, June O ' C o n nell, Patsy Pederick, Dawn Sorensen, Denise Stacey, Davida Switson.

Biology— First Class: Rosemary

Horton.

Second Class: Rosemary Balmer, Rosemarye Boyle, Jane Elton, A n n e Hartnett, Ngaire Knight, Deborah Lambert, Margaret Lay, Heather Marshall, Pauline Simpson, Dawn Sorensen, June Wyatt.

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20 SILVER A N D GREEN Economics— Second Class: Robin Campbell, Myrna Davis, Heather Marshall, Jeanette White, W e n d y Woolcott.

in December, 1955:—Margaret Dunkin, Elaine McConkey, W e n d y McGill, Janice Orton, Claire Seamons, Robin Sheather.

Bursaries

Music, Practical— Second Class: Elizabeth Cowan, Paddy Dixson, Jane Elton, Deborah Lambert, W e n d y Orton, Margaret Scott.

Music, Theoretical— Second Class: Jane Elton.

(Education Department)

Matriculation Bursaries were awarded to Miriam Baer, Margaret Channon, Helen Chesterfield, Loris Crosby, Jennifer Grant, Jennifer Hodgins, Valerie Holm, Mary Knell, Patricia McClelland, Margaret Reed, Margaret Roberts, Patricia Stubbings, Elizabeth Webster.

Leaving Bursaries were awarded to Lenore Barnes, Mary Bickart, Helen Biss, Mary Brevitt, Second Class: Judith Bull.

Claire Chambers, Janice Coleman, Dorothea Cook, Elizabeth Fryer, Lynette Helmer, Kay Hewitt, MarJunior Government Scholarships. jorie Holt, W e n d y Lugton, Cynthia Munro, Diane Moore, Gilda Richards, Gabrielle Towers, Robin The following six girls were awarded Junior Government Scholarships in the examinations held Walters, Beverley W o o d .

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Passes Adamthwaite, Christine Allen, Barbara Archer, Margaret Arnold, Gail Arnold, Ruth Auchterlonie, Frances Badham, Jill - • Bailey, Lynette Marcelle Bailey, Lynette Mary Baldwin, Sandra Ballantyne, Anne Barnes, Lenore Barr, Sally Beanland, Shirley ..

Beattie, Diana Beaumont, Marcia . .

Bell, Patricia Bendall, Jennifer Bickart, Mary Bilney, Ruth Biss, Helen Bissett, Alison Blanksby, Margaret . .

Blight, Margery Boothman, Bermce . .

Boyce, Helen Brevitt, Mary Bridges, Elizabeth . .

Brisbane, Elaine Brisbane, Jennifer . .

Brown, Diana Brown, Jeanette Brown, Judith Burdett, Margot Cahill, Margaret Cant, Elsea Carter, Marie Cattlin, Fay Chambers, Claire Chapman, Ailys Clark, June Clemson, Faye Coleman, Janice Collings, Gweneth . .

Condon, Margaret . .

Connor, Suzanne Cook, Dorothea Cornish, Diane Coulter, Roslyn Cross, Margaret Dabscheck, Deanna . .

Davies, Elizabeth Day, Maris Day, Meredith Deeble, Janice Diprose, Joan

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Drew, Helen . .

Dudley, Marion Dugay, Jennifer Earle, Kathleen Eason, Margaret Eddison, Judith Edmonds, Josephine.

Ensten, Marian Evans, Beverley Evans, Rosalie Falder, Margaret Firth, Pamela Fitzgerald, Alison Fitzgerald, Margaret.

Fly, Lorraine Ford, Janice Forster, Noel Fryer, Elizabeth Fryer, Heather Gallop, Jean Garde, Helene Gay, Mary Gilbert, Barbara Gild, Judith Gild, June Glasgow, Betty Glenister, Jill Goble, Jocelyn Goff, Lorele Gofif, Lurlene Granger, Naomi Gray, Annette Gunnell, Delwyn Hagger, Margaret Hamond, W e n d y Harris, Marjorie Harrison, Pamela Harvey, Lynette Hatt, Edith Helmer, Lynette Herbert, Lois Herman, Janine Hewitt, K a y Higginson, Marleyne. .

Hindley, Pamela Holloway, Marie Holt, K a y Homes, Heather Hooson, Pauline Horsfall, Joan Hosking, Valda Howarth, Janette Hughes, Janice

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Komesaroff, Beverley Kornan, Rita Kyffin, Heather Laird, Alison Lang, Sandra Learner, Pauline Lechte, Marilyn Leeton, Anne Lester, Marion Lewis, Patricia Ley, Lorraine. .

Ling, A m y Livingstone, Margaret Lloyd, Diane Long, Gwenneth Long, Janet Loutit, W e n d y Lovejoy, Joan Lugton, W e n d y Luke, Janice McConne'l, Janice McConnell, Roslyn . .

McCormack, Janice . .

McDonald, Maree McGregor, Janice McKaige, Susan McKenzie, Jennifer . .

Maclean, Dorothy McQuilkin, W e n d y . .

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Marshman, Shirley . .

Marsom, Beverley Mathias, Gwynneth . .

Millard, Valma Miller, W e n d y Millikan, Ruth Milward, Judith Mitchell, Judith Monro, Cynthia

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Ord, Y v o n n e Paice, Margaret Pakes, Helen Palmer, Gwynneth . .

Palmer, L y n e t t e Peake, Jennifer Pilkington, Joan Pinkerton, Marian Plant, Margaret . . .

Pollard, R u t h Pretty, Judith Price, Jill Probert, Janice Quick, Diana Rae, Margery Ralston, Judith Richards, Gilda R o b b , Beverley Roberts, Judith Roberts, L y n e t t e Robertson, Patricia . .

Romeril, Joan Ross, W e n d y R o t h b e r g , Judith Sampson, Elizabeth . .

Sartori, Helen Saville, Joan Schuch, Marea Senator, Vivienne Sheather, R o b i n Siemering, Barbara . .

Simpson, Anne Simpson, F a y e Skinner, Judith Stanley, Sally Stephenson, J o y Stevens, Barbara Stokes, Lynette Strapp, Prudence Tabart, Lynette T a n d y , Noelle Tasker, Stephanie Taylor, Janice Taylor, N a n c y e Terry, Rosalind Thomas, Marilyn Towers, Gabrielle

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Bottomley, Faye Buchanan, Gail Butler, Gillian Coldwell, Evelyn Day, Margaret Dunn, Margaret Fink, Beverley Gaylard, Gillian Greiner, Noel Holt, Wendy . .

Jenkins, Betty Kubeil, Esma. .

Linthorne, Pamela McDonald, Judith Mason, Barbara Moore, Diane Neil, Beverley Pascoe, Wendy Pendlebury, Glenda Plummer, Judith Robson, Jeanette Ross, Ailsa Ross, Helen . .

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Vaughan, Janice Vorrath, Patricia Wallis, Janice Walsh, Merlene Walters, Robin Watson, Judith Watters, J ean Weeks, Lois . .

Weetman, Judith Wellman, Ruth Wharington, Alison .

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Old Collegians' Examination Results, 1955 The School congratulates O l d Collegians upon their University results. These include the f o l lowing:— Dorothy Alexander (Arts) : Honours French I I I , Eng. Lit. III. Lesley Andrew (Science) : Honours Physics II, Z o o l o g y I I ; Passed Pure Maths. I I . A .

Iris Arnold (Arts) : Honours Compar. Educ., Educ. Psych., Meth. of Teaching; Passed Hist. Si Princ. of Ed., Prac. Teaching. Graduated B.A., Dip. Ed. Joan Ashton

(Music):

Marjorie Atkinson (Music) : Passed Elem. Acoustics, Meth. of Teaching II. Valerie Beers (Arts) : Honours School of Eng. Graduated M . A .

Thesis—M.Sc.

Alison Benjamin (Law) : Honours Social Hist., Criminology; Passed Eng. II. Cecils Benjamin (Commerce) : Passed Public Finance, Indus. Admin. Graduated B.Com. Laurel Bladon (Science) : Honours Botany Chem. II.C; Passed Pure Maths. I I . A .

I,

Joan Cother ( A r t s ) : Passed Latin I, Eng. Br. Hist., Geol. I. Barbara Crisp ( A r t s ) :

I,

Nancy Curry (nee Batt) ( A r t s ) : Graduated B.A. Marjorie Davies (Science) : Honours Physics I I ; Passed Chem. II.C, Pure Maths. II.A. Y v o n n e Davis (Law): Passed Br. Hist.

Jennifer Deacon (Medicine) : Honours Chem., Biol.; Passed Physics.

Ruth Delbridge (Arts): Passed Eng. I l l , Aust.

Hist., Pol. Philos. Graduated B.A. Bettv Derrick (Social Studies) : Lorna Dick (Commerce) : Graduated B.Com. Evi Dickins (Law) : Honours Tort., Prin. of Contract; Passed Crim. Law Si Proc., Prin. of Prop, in Land, Criminology.

Margaret Dickins (Social Studies): Passed Psychol. II, Social Org. B. Gillian Dixon ( A r t s ) : Passed French I, Econ.

Geog. I, Psychol. I. Pat Donnelly (Medicine) :

Pamela Bowles (Science): Graduated B.Sc. Joan Boyle (Music) : Passed Orchest. II, Sight Reading I V , Elem. Acoustics.

Elizabeth Duncan Honours Psychol. I ; Org. A , Philos. I.

Margaret Brookes (nee Bell) (Science): Passed Microbiol., Physiol. II. Graduated B.Sc.

Hilary Dunn (Arts) : Passed French I, Eng. I, Br. Hist., Geol. I.

Ailsa Brownlee Graduated B.A.

(Arts) :

Passed

Aust.

Hist,

Josephine Brownrigg (Arts) : Passed Latin Eng.I, Br. Hist., Z o o l . I.

I,

Gretta Bull (Music) : Honours Chief Prac.

Study II, Instr. Ensemble I ; Passed Second Prac.

Study II, Sight Reading and Ear Training II, Music " C " Harmony Si Counterpoint II. I.

Rae Burmeister

Dorothy B.Com.

(Science): Passed Pure Maths.

Cannington

(Commerce) :

Graduated

A n n Carew (Arts) : Passed Accountancy I.A. Bernice Carter Philos. I.

( A r t s ) : Passed Econ. Geog. II,

Mary Chan (Medicine): Physiol. Si Biochem.

Joyce Choudhari

Passed

Anatomy,

( A r t s ) : Passed French I.A.

Beverley Clarke (Arts) : Passed Eng. I, Brit. Hist.

Honours

French

I;

Marjory Coates (Law) : Passed Priv. Inter. Law, Taxation.

Gillian Cook (Arts Si Social Studies): French I . A , Psych. I, Soc. Biol.

Passed

(Arts Sc Social Studies) : Passed Social Biol., Social

Rene Elbaum (Arts) : Passed Fine Arts A .

Shirley Elbaum

(Arts) :

Beth Fletcher ( A r t s ) : Passed French I.A, Eng. I, Psych. I. Deidre Fuller (Arts) : Passed German III, Eng. I l l , Br. Hist. Graduated B.A. W e n d y Gardner Passed Aust. Hist.

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Honours Psychol.

I;

Louise Gault (Arts Si Social Studies): Honours A n c . Hist. I, Gen. Hist. I, Social W o r k I; Passed Soc. Org. A .

Elaine Gibbs (Arts) : Honours Hist. Si Princ. of Ed., Compar. Ed., Ed. Psych., Meth. of Teaching, Prac. Teaching. Graduated B.A. Patricia Gray (Arts) : Passed Introd. to Legal Meth., Legal Hist., Br. Hist. (Law), Philos. I. Rhoda Grice (Social Studies) : Graduated Dip. Soc. Stud.

Maureen Grimshaw (Commerce) : Passed Com. Law II. Graduated B.Com. Rosemary Groves (Law): Honours Pol. Sc. D . ; Passed French Reading Co. 2nd year, French Reading Co. 3rd year. Graduated B.A. (Hons.)

A n n e Grunden (Arts Si Social Studies): Passed Social W o r k II.

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Jennifer Harding ( A r t s ) : Honours Z o o l .

Passed French III, Eng. III.

I;

Rae Hawkins (Science): Passed Botany I, Geol.

I, Pure Maths. II.A. Ervyn Hayes (Arts) : Honours Social III, Social Org. B.; Passed Aust. Hist.

Work

Dalys Hearn (Arts) : Passed Latin I. Bernice Heffernan Br. Hist.

(Arts) : Passed French

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Valda Heraud (Science): Honours Chem.

Passed Botany I.

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Gwen Hotton Ag. Sc.

Katharine O'Neill (Social Studies): Passed Social W o r k I, Social Hist., Psychol. II, Hist, of Philos.

Rena Opat (Music): Barbara Paton Philos., Geog.

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Pol.

Kerry Pearce (Journalism) : Passed Econ.

Mod. Hist. Graduated Dip.Journ.

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Margaret Pinkerton (Science) : Graduated B.Sc. Elizabeth Scarlett ( M u s i c ) : Honours Music C., A c c o m p . , Vocal Polyphony &C Fugue; Passed Harmony Si Counterpoint I V , Music Lit. Sc Mats.

II.

(Agric. Science) : Graduated B.

Judith Segal

(Commerce):

Jennifer Seward (Commerce) : Passed Fine Arts

Iris Ing (Arts) : Passed Music A . , Anc. Hist. I, Brit. Hist.

A.

Gwenda Jacobs (Commerce) : Passed Econ. Hist.

I, Stat. Method.

Natalie Sharpe (Arts) : Passed French I . A , Eng. I, Fine Arts A . , Psych I.

Bronwyn James ( D i p . E d . ) : Graduated Dip.Ed. Beryl Johnson (Medicine) : Passed Medicine, Surgery, Obstet. Sc Gynaec.

Graduated M.B., B.S. Alwyn Jones ( M u s i c ) : Honours Music A . ; Passed Chief Prac. Study II, Sec. Prac. Study II, Harmony 8C Counterpoint II. Margaret A n n ated Mus. Dip.

Kerrison

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Anne Kornan (Arts) : Passed French I, Eng. I, Fine Arts A .

Barbara Landells Phys., Biol.

(Medicine) :

Passed

Chem.,

Beverley Sharman

Helene Shaw Eng.

(Commerce) :

(Law) : Passed Legal Hist., Mod.

Shirley Moss (nee Shulman) : Passed Eng. III. M o d . Hist., Hist, of Phil. Graduated B.A. Dorothy Simon (Commerce) : Rosalie Simpson ( A r t s ) : Passed French I, Eng. I, Br. Hist.

Jennith Smith (Arts) : Passed French I.A., Br. Hist., Geol. I. Roslyn Sorensen Pure Maths. II A .

(Science) : Passed Physics II.

Janet Stahl (Arts) :

Denise Lear (Music) : Honours Sec. Prac. Study III, Chief Prac. Study I I I ; Passed Music A . , Instr. Ensemble, Sight Reading SC Ear Training II, Harmony Sc Counterpoint III.

Dorothy Steer (Arts) : Honours Dutch II, Sch. of Germanic Langs.

Margaret Lethlean (Medicine) : Honours Microbiol. Sc Epidem.; Passed Pharmacy, Pathol.

Margaret Tharle (Phys. E d . ) : Passed Anat. Sc Physiol. Bas. of Phys. Ed. I, Body Mech., Hygiene Diet SC First Aid.

Loloma Linggood (Commerce) : Passed Accountancy I, Econ. A .

Frances McCarthy ( M u s i c ) : Honours Music C.; Passed Sight Reading Sc Ear Training I, Instr.

Ensemble I Harmony & Counterpoint III. Orchest. I. Dione Mclntyre Graduated B.Arch.

(nee Cohen)

(Architecture):

Marigold McLean (Phys. E d . ) : Passed Anat. Sc Physiol. Basis of Phys. Ed., Body Mech., Hygiene Diet Sc First Aid, Hist. Princ. Si Method of Phys.

Ed., Gen SC Special Meth. of Teaching, Prac.

Exes. I, Teaching Prac. Si Observation I. Beverley Malcolm (Arts) : Passed Stat.

Econ. C , Indust, Admin.

Meth.,

Joan Margolis (Arts) : Honours French Psychol. I ; Passed Russian I, Fine Arts A .

I,

^ Shirley Michael (Architecture) : Passed Design V . , Bldg. Constr. V . Graduated B.Arch.

Anne Neil Psychol. I.

(Arts) : Passed French I, Eng.

Florence Newbound Br. Hist.

(Arts):

Passed French

I, I,

Joy Storie

(Arts):

Patricia Tasker

(Science) : Passed Chem.

II.B.

Kathleen Thompson (Medicine) : Passed Obstet.

SC Gynaec., Med.. Surgery. Graduated M.B., B.S. Betty Tsiang (Dental Science) : Honours Histology; Passed Anatomy, Physiol. Sc Biochem., Oral Hist. SC Embryol., Dental Prosthet. I. Muriel Walklate ( A r t s ) : Passed Eng. II, Ethics.

Joan Walter (Law) : Passed Const. Law II, Priv.

Int. Law, Law relating to Exec. SC Trust, Company Law, Taxation, Prof. Conduct, Jurisprudence.

Graduated LL.B. Beverely Webster French III. Jean Webster III.

(Arts) :

Passed

Eng.

III.

(Arts) : Passed Eng. I l l , French

Pamela Webster

(Music) :

Tamara Weyman I l l , Psychopath.

(Arts):

Honours

Psychol.

Patricia White (Arts) : Honours Econ. Geog.

11 : Passed Eng. I l l , Inter. Relations. Graduated B.A. Beryl Wild (Medicine) : Passed Chem., Physics, Biol.

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34 Jeanne Wilson Physics, Biol.

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Passed

Chem.,

Judith M. Wilson (Science) : Honours Physics I I ; Passed Botany I, Chem. II.C. Beverley W o o d ( A r t s ) : Passed Eng. II, Pol. Philos., Criminology.

Jacqueline W o o d (Arts) : Honours Hist, of Philos., Logic, Ethics; Passed Fine Arts. Exhibition in Philos.

Lois Y e n (Arts) : Mary Zalcman (Medicine) : Passed Pharmacy, Medical Jurisprudence.

Shahna Zettl

(Arts):

T h e following girls have now begun University courses:—Barbara Armstrong, Felicity Bartak, Jill Bendali, Margaret Bruce, Robin Campbell, Brenda Coates, Janice de Lacy, Margaret Hadley, Elsa Hepburn, Maris Johnson, Helen Mentiplay, Barbara Rautman, Julia Sandner, Margaret Scott, Elisabeth Shiffron, Margaret Walters, Judith W e b b (Arts) ; Rosemary Balmer, Sandra Kierson, Helen Stocks, Margaret Trathan, Annette Z m o o d (Pharmacy); Janice Beilby, Elizabeth Cowan, Paddy Dixson, Jane Elton, Wendy Orton ( M u s i c ) ; Rosemarye Boyle, Myrna Davis, Patsy Hall, Margaret Lay, Janice Livingstone (Physiotherapy) ; Coralie Frecker, Deborah Lambert, Pauline Simpson (Medicine) ; Rosemary Horton, Margaret Horwill (Science) ; Janette Howell, A i Leng Quek, Dawn Sorenson, W e n d y Woolcott (Commerce) ; Ngaire Knight, Charmian Leigh, Heather Marshall (Occupational T h e r a p y ) ; Sonia

Manning, Davida Switson (Physical Education) ; Jane Pincus (Veterinary Science); June Wyatt (Architecture).

O l d Collegians who have begun teaching or training f o r teaching include:—Dennette Gourley, Barbara Lewis, Delys Porter, Janice Taylor, Mavis Tompkins (K.T.C.) ; Judith Carless, June O ' C o n nell, Joy W e b b (Mercer H o u s e ) ; Heather Gray, Jennifer Lang, Leonie N o c k o l d (student teachers); Rosalie Adams, Helen Bennett, Peggy Buckland, Judith Bull, Janet Christensen, Lynne Courtier, Valerie Creed, Elizabeth Darbyshire, Kathleen Earle, Jill Easton, Barbara Ferguson, Ruth Foster, Joan Kniese, Penelope Lardner, Patricia McPherson, Helen Michell, Claire Munro, Margery Nicholls, Jacqueline Peace, Patricia Siggins, Terrill Sloss.

Gwenda Spargo, Winsome Strickland, Judith Taylor, Lynette Tocknell, Catherine Warren, Jeanette White, Ruth Williams, Beverley Wright, Y v o n n e Y o u n g (Education Dept.).

O l d Collegians who graduated in Pharmacy include:-—Shirley Hanton, Pamela Levy.

O l d Collegians who graduated at the Kindergarten Training College were:—Judith Chesterfield, Beth Goldsworthy, Brohnwyn Harris, Margaret Harris, Pamela Sinclair.

O l d Collegians who graduated at Mercer House were:—Janice Butler (Henderson), Margaret Stewart, Ruth Nicholls, Alison Scott, W e n d y Parkes. First Year Students, 1956: Lynette Jacobsen, Evon Perry, Judith Carless, Brenda Coates, June O'Connell, Joy Webb, Pamela Jones, Elizabeth Pell.

On Duty in the School Bank (Mrs. W o o d ) .

—Sandra

Smorgon, L.V.c,

14 yrs., Fitchett.

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Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall Appeal Foundation Fair The Foundation Fair held on Saturday, 28th April, was a great success. £2590 was taken in the day. T h e Committee expects that over £3000 will be raised by the end of the term. It is impossible to thank individually all parents, Staff, girls, Old Collegians and friends of the School, so it is hoped that they will accept this joint acknowledgment by the Nurses' Memorial Committee of their magnificant work this year.

The Committee extends a special " T h a n k y o u " to Form Mistresses and girls in their respective Forms.

Many and varied were the ways in which money was raised in the School, and much real talent was made manifest. It will be realised that to raise over £1000 "inside" the School, much thought and effort were required. Congratulations!

Our objective f o r 1956 is £5000, and there is no doubt that this will be attained. A wonderful effort for this last year of the Appeal!

—Jean Chambers, Hon. Organiser.

Stop Press: £4000 is the nett result of effort in the School this term.

Congratulations to all who helped achieve this.

The Ladies' Fair Auxiliary T h e Ladies' Auxiliary Tuck S h o p continues to function successfully by the help of a very willing band of mothers. With the growth of the School there is the need f o r the extra service.

W e thank everyone who helped in many and various ways to make it possible last year f o r us to hand over £1056 at Speech Day to the Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall Appeal and we hope to even do better this year.

A t the recent successful Foundation Fair, our Auxiliary, through the Senior School, had a variety of stalls covering Teenage, Fancy Goods, Handkerchiefs, Sweets, Drinks, White Elephant and Pictures, thereby raising £762. T o this we added our Tuck S h o p funds of £238, which brought our total Fair effort to £1000.

T o all the mothers and fathers who assisted, very many thanks f o r a marvellous j o b of work f o r the Appeal.

—Margaret Lord, President, Ladies' Fair Auxiliary.

"Fair is Foul . . ."

(With acknowledgments to Ronald Searle) This is me e.g. Nigel Molesworth giving you the low-down on the latest racket. M y littel sister D a p h she go to M.L.C. (ladees college—hem h e m ) .

They are always trying to get munny f o r a new assemblie horl which by the time it is bilt will be

too small f o r the no. of girls which hav cum meanwhile. D a p h she come dansing home one day like littel fairy and sa, Mum we hav to take things f o r the fare. Y a h hoo sucks sa i but Mum she fall f o r it. Daph hav to take grossery—Mum giv her packett of macharoni, she don't know i've been nurrishing my silk worms on it and keep them in pantree in macharoni box.

She hav to take hankercheef—Mum giv her the one she got from Aunt Ethel f o r Xmas. D a p h cum home nex weke and sa, W e hav to hav a white eleffant, i sa pitty, the circus has shifted but perhaps i can pinch one from the zoo.

Mum eggsplane that wite eleffants are wot people don't want anymore but give me a swift uppercut when I suggest Daph. chiz. Daph's form hav to raze £50. (I could hav churned it out in a minnit with my counterfeeting macheen but it got nabbed chiz.)

I sa, rite Daph you can sell my betel and ded rat collection to the bilge mistress. Daph sa O.K. but that nite she bring it back. I sa, didn't she want it? Daph sa, i don't know. She faint then she wouldn't speke to me. Annyway they have a swete storl. Daph try to make toffee. By the time she bio up the gas stove Mum think it time to stop her. She sa, here 5 / - by sum swetes f r o m the shop. Chiz. Nex weke is Jumbell Sale. D a p h sa can i take thees old rags, M u m sa, dolt, that is my new Dior zoot.

T h e one effort i really support is the sope storl. i collect orl we hav in the house but no use they get sum more with which i am forced to wash on morning of fare, to which i am dragged. However despite Daph's efforts the fare was a huge success. In fact, the farey flos macheen hav give me beaut ideer for new and ingeeniuss tortcher for Daph.

— J . Murphy, R. Smith, H o n . V I .

Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall

Appeal

From the very first day we were back at school this year, everyone was working hard for " o u r last and greatest effort" f o r the Nurses' Memorial Assembly Hall Appeal, this great effort being a Fair which was held at the School on Saturday, 28th A p ril. This date has been quite a watch-word f o r the School, tince, with Mrs. Chambers urging us on, each form tried to raise £50 before the Fair.

Pre-Fair Efforts Many original ideas have been carried out both as individual efforts and as f o r m efforts, and most forms have held stalls of various types, including drinks and toffee stalls, fruit salad stalls, watermelon stalls and " W h i t e Elephant" stalls.

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jobs, selling various articles and running competitions. A "Find the T o w n " competition was organised by L.V.c, and several forms have organised tennis tournaments. I l l . a , I l l . b and III.c c o m bined to hold a concert, while Pass V I . c produced a sketch starring the well-known characters Blondie and Dagwood, I V . c produced a play, Diploma A and L.V.a staged a television show entitled "What's M y L i n e ? " in which the audience was asked to match their brains against those of ingenious Mrs. Chambers, a very difficult task indeed as we all know.

Many forms have organised different types of " s h o w s " — I l l . a had a " M u s e u m " open f o r inspection, III.c exhibited a collection of dolls from all over the world, IV.a organised a Baby Show, I V . c a sweet-making competion, L.V.f an Art Exhibition and V.a a Flower Show, prizes being given for the best entries. Many forms have held film nights (Pass V l . a and V.e, " G e o r d i e " at Gardiner Theatre, Pass V l . d , "Dangerous W h e n W e t " in Fitchett Hall, V.d, German films, L . V . e — Mr. Tylee kindly showed coloured slides of Victorian mountain scenes one lunch-time and also "Back of Beyond" and coloured shorts one evening in Fitchett Hall). Several forms have organised dances and parties, most of which were held in private homes. ( H o n . V I . c , dance, Diploma B,

£ o w e

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the

a masked dance in Hawthorn Hall, V.h party, L.IV.b, a " D i c k Whittington" party (half of the proceeds going to the form's social service). T h e Craft Studio organised a Jinx Dance in the gymnasium, and as this was held on Friday, 13 th Aprilj the gym was decorated appropriately with open umbrellas, black bats and black cats and witches on broomsticks. It was a masked dance, and all those present thoroughly enjoyed themselves. L.IV.e and L.IV.f sold House colours before the athletic sports. I l l . a sold plastic sprays of flowers, berries and fruit, some of which were in House colours, and IV.a ran a lending library u'ithin their form. Many forms sold cakes and produce to members of Staff and girls, and a number of forms raised money by means of a basket of goods circulating amongst members of the form.

Several forms raised more than £50, and a great number very nearly reached their goal, but L.III.a topped the list with £79, and Mrs. Chambers was able to announce that £1000 had been raised by these efforts this year before the Fair.

Foundation Fair This, " o u r last and greatest effort," was held at the School on Saturday, 28th April, but f o r many weeks before this date each girl had been asked to bring an article a week f o r a certain stall.

Fdir

— J e n n i f e r Brisbane, P . V I . a , Fitchett.

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The weather proved favourable and the main quadrangle where most of the stalls were held was a colourful sight of much activity when the Fair opened at 10 o'clock. A most delicious lunch was

tion was later held in the quadrangle, together with an explanation of the various tartans T h e main event of the afternoon was the turning of the first sod of the Assembly Hall by Dr. W o o d at 3.15 p.m. at the spot where the Assembly Hall is to join the new Cato W i n g . This proved a most dramatic moment as we could all visualise our new Assembly Hall and felt the building had

—Photo., C. Stuart Tompkins.

The Principal Turns the Fi

served in the dining hall f o r those who wished to spend the entire day at the Fair, and this proved so popular that custom eventually had to be turned away, the organisers having catered f o r two hundred and served three hundred. At 2 o'clock the Scotch College Pipe Band marched up Grove Avenue on to the oval where an exhibition of Highland Dancing was held. A further exhibi-

: Sod for the New Assembly

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almost begun. Further music f r o m the Scotch College Pipe Band followed this great event.

During the afternoon, three sessions of a swimming exhibition were held in the swimming pool.

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A f t e r the exhibition, the divers challenged the swimmers to a race, which was narrowly won by the swimmers. Several of the champions staged a comedy diving act, and surely this was the first time that the rafters of our swimming pool have been used as a diving board!

Throughout the afternoon, film sessions were held in the gymnasium.

T h e miniature golf proved a great attraction as did the merry-go-round and other side-shows.

Stalls of many different types and descriptions were well patronised on the main quadrangle, the boarders' stall being very prominent with the red House flag gaily beckoning buyers who knew the high quality of the boarders' farm produce.

Most of the goods had been sold when the Fair closed at 6 o'clock, and the success of the day was proved by a total of £2590.

St. Andrews St. Andrews is a graceful old town on the coast of Fife in Scotland. Most people know it as the home of golf, because the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is situated there. Besides the golf course and the University which is the oldest in Scotland (1412) is the old ruined castle.

T h e castle is now merely a shell, but it is a very atractive sight on a cliff overlooking the North Sea. In the ruins of the castle is the BottleNecked Dungeon, so called because, shaped like a bottle, it prevented anyone f r o m escaping. This dungeon is in complete darkness, although a light has been installed now f o r the benefit of tourists.

W e were told that after being down there f o r three months, a prisoner went stone-blind, and often completely insane. T h e only way to enter is to be lowered on a rope.

W e were told an interesting story about the only man ever to leave the dungeon alive. A prominent nobleman was condemned to death, and was to die the next day. His sister asked permission to go down and say farewell to him. Although this was not the usual custom, the officials saw no

Foundation Fair Dance A dance was held in the gymnasium in the evening after the Fair. T h e music provided by Ferguson's Band was very g o o d indeed, and all who attended had a most enjoyable evening. Supper was served around the swimming pool, which we all thought was an excellent idea, and we would like to thank Mrs. Lord and all the parents f o r organising such a successful entertainment.

The Teenagers' Dance T h e Teenagers' Dance was held on Thursday, 10th May, in the Hawthorn T o w n Hall. This year it was organised as a programme dance, and the idea proved a most successful one. There were about 300 couples present, and we would all like to thank Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Dixson, Mrs. Kelly and all the parents f o r once again organising a most enjoyable dance for us.

—Rosalind Johns.

harm in this, as her brother was to be burnt at the stake in the market-place in any case. So she was lowered down on a rope, and while she was down there, they exchanged clothes. Then dressed in his sister's clothes, the nobleman left and escaped to France, never to return to Scotland again. Unfortunately, the sister died the next day at the stake, giving her life up f o r her brother.

This gruesome story made us glad that we lived in the twentieth century, and not in the days when Catholics and Protestants were always at war, and people were burned every day, just as a matter of course.

There is a secret tunnel running f r o m the castle to the Cathedral opposite. This tunnel was used by prisoners to escape through to the Cathedral, as it emerged in the Canon's private study. H e used to help the escapees, until the secret was f o u n d out.

Although St. Andrews is a small town compared with others in Scotland, many people visit it each year to play golf, to attend the lovely old University, to seek out places of historical interest, or else just to see the lovely golden beach lapped by the restless North Sea. —Margaret Johnston, 16 yrs., Pass VI.e, Cato.

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Trip from Stuttgart to Dusseldorf on the German Autobahn

During our stay in Germany, we went by car f o r a four-day holiday to Dusseldorf by way of the Autobahn. The Autobahn is a world-famous series of roads with two lanes of traffic going either way, one f o r slow and one for fast traffic, divided from one another by a wide plantation of shrubs. This is so that the headlamps of cars driving in opposite directions are not dazzling.

All the curves are banked up, and all the gradients are made so that it is always possible f o r a passenger car to be driven in top gear.

T h e Autobahn does not go through any towns or villages, but passes by their outskirts, and has no level crossings; there are only bridges and tunnels. There are, however, roads leading f r o m it to all nearby towns.

Travelling on the A u t o b a h n sometimes becomes rather monotonous f o r the driver; one is therefore able to turn off the road into a parking area, clearly marked " P , " or stop at one of the numerous cafes at the side of the road.

Most of the views to tbe seen from the Autobahn are really wonderful. O n e sees many old German castles on the high mountains. W e passed the city of Limburg, world-famous f o r its cheese and we also saw the Cologne Cathedral f r o m the Autobahn. This cathedral, like most other parts of Cologne, was badly bombed during the last war, but is now entirely rebuilt.

W e reached Dusseldorf at two o'clock in the afternoon, having taken only five hours to travel about four hundred and fifty kilometres.

Dusseldorf, and quite a large portion of Germany surrounding it, is occupied by British Occupation Forces, but there were never any British soldiers to be seen in the streets, as one might have expected.

During our stay in Dusseldorf, it rained every day, so we could not go f o r a trip on the Rhine in a pleasure steamer as we had anticipated. However, we did go to the National Park, in which we saw deer, wild pigs and numerous birds, all of which were so tame that they would eat out of our hands.

O n e afternoon we went to the aquarium, which we f o u n d to our astonishment to be an air-raid shelter, left over f r o m the last war. It had been so heavily constructed that it was impossible to blow it up or knock it down, and being without windows I suppose there was no other use f o r it. It was artificially heated, lit and ventilated and had a most exqusite range of sea-creatures, skeletons and other animals.

In the Konigsallee, which is the main shopping centre in Dusseldorf, there are shops of all descriptions. This part of the town was bombed out during the war, but is now rebuilt with modern shops, the windows of which are most tastefully decorated. W e had afternoon tea in one of the numerous beautiful cafes in the Konigsallee. T h e tea rooms were up on the ninth floor, f r o m where we had a wonderful view of the Rhine.

W e were still waiting f o r fine weather when we had to leave Dusseldorf. W e left during a heavy

cloud-burst, but when we were about twenty kilometres outside the town, the weather began to clear up a little, and when we reached Stuttgart again the weather had become quite pleasant.

—Elsbeth Jaissle, 15 yrs., V.a, Fitchett.

A Trip to Capri A little while ago I went for a trip to the lovely isle of Capri, and I remained there f o r many weeks.

While I was there, I lived near San Michele. M y friend, Fernanda, lived there. Her father was the custodian of San Michele.

Sometimes, on sunny days, Fernanda and I would run down to the end of the garden and wish on the stone lion. This overlooks the harbour of Capri, where all the little ships come across the bay of Naples.

I went to school at Ana-Capri, and learned to count in Italian Tiberius, the old Roman Emperor, spent the last eleven years of his life on this island. There are seven hundred and seventy-seven steps f r o m Capri to Ana-Capri near San Michele.

These steps were built by the Phoenicians.

—Jennifer Elliot, 1 0 i yrs., Ill.a, Krome.

Port Said W e sailed quietly into Port Said harbour before the sun rose. T h e water was not rough, but there was a continual lapping and swishing against the sides of the ship as we moved steadily towards the entrance of the canal. I fell asleep again for another half-hour, and woke to find the bank of the canal bathed in sunlight. There we saw our first palms and beyond them stretched the endless yellow dust.

All round the ship were dozens of small boats each of which contained a bare-footed native with a red fez on his head, and numerous hand-worked basketry and leather goods f o r sale. Most of these bumboatmen had the same things for sale, but it was great fun watching them throwing up their lines to be tied on to the ship's rail, and drawing money down and purchases up with the passengers on deck. Some native traders were also on board the ship, selling cheap trinkets and flowers.

O n e man was calling out about his wonderful English roses when the only flowers he had left were stocks! These traders had special licences, and so there were dark-skinned police to turn all illegal traders off the ship.

There was a great deal of noise f r o m the bargaining and there were many sea-gulls, screaming and flying low over the ship to gather titbits.

At half-past eleven the fuelling lines which had been led to the ship were cast off, and all the traders were sent off the ship. T h e boattraders pushed off, having coiled up their lines and sold mcst of their goods.

Suddenly the ship's motors started up and there began the steady vibration all over the vessel.

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our wake, we steamed off down the Suez Canal, with road and rail running beside us, a few scattered, flat-roofed, mud houses and a lone camel on the distant, blurred horizon.

—Pamela Ternouth, 13 yrs., V . c , Cato.

The Native Quarter of

Aden

Although we arrived in A d e n late in the evening, we decided to go ashore and see some of the shops which were close by. A Dutch friend came with us, and as he had been to A d e n before, he acted as our guide.

W e spent about an hour looking at the shops, where we bought various souvenirs of Aden. W e v/ere continually pressed by natives selling their goods, and these amused us very much. Our friend suggested that we should go to the native quarter of the town which lay behind the shopping area.

W e accepted his suggestion, but it was not long before we were wishing that we had not. The sights in the long street that we walked down were dreadful. T h e street itself was unspeakably dirty, and crowded with natives of all ages who were just as dirty. In an almost continual line outside the doors of the houses were sick people lying on narrow stretchers which hardly kept them off the ground. T h e houses were rickety, old, and very close together, and f r o m nearly every one came the sound of drums, and natives singing. W e were followed by a crowd of small boys who were asking f o r money, and when we gave some to a few of them, children seemed to appear f r o m nowhere and gathered around us in such numbers that we could hardly move. By this time we were rather frightened by our surroundings, and hurried down the long street which was becoming darker as night came on. W e were followed all the while by the shouting children, but when we finally came out on to the main street again, one by one they disappeared.

Although we were rather relieved to be out of the noisy, dirty street, we could not help thinking about the dreadful conditions in which the natives lived, and about the great amount of sickness which was evident everywhere. Therefore, ever since that evening, whenever I see an appeal f o r money or clothing f o r natives, I think especially of those unfortunate people, and hope that some of them may benefit f r o m that particular appeal.

— M a r y Brevitt, 15 yrs., Pass V l . b , Berry.

A Day in Ceylon A s we stood on the deck of the ship at about half-past five, we watched the sun slowly rise over Robin H o o d ' s Rock, Colombo. Gradually, things became clearer. W e were anchored in the harbour with many ships of all sizes around us. The shore was quite a long way off, but the dark palms could be seen silhouetted against the dark sky, with an occasional minaret showing through.

Immediately after breakfast, we caught the first launch ashore, and were met by a car with a native driver, who was to take us to Kandy, seventy-two miles inland T h e streets of Colombo were

crammed with cars, bullock carts, rickshaws, bicycles, buses and pedestrians. W e passed through the Pettiah, which is the extremely dirty native bazaar on the-way out of the city, and, soon, the road became a little less congested.

T h e vegetation was lush and green and the jungle appeared to be completely uncultivated: tapioca, tea, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, pepper, pineapples were all growing in happy confusion. The rubber trees, which were being tapped, mingled with the coconut and banana palms, heavy with fruit. A n occasional frangipanni scented the air.

T h e small towns we passed through were filled with people whose main mission in life seemed to be lounging around the dark and dingy shops.

A l o n g the road, we went past bullock carts, water buffaloes, or elephants going to work. Our driver solved the problem of getting through by keeping one f o o t on the accelerator and one hand on the horn. About half an hour after we left, I was beginning to wonder how I would stand it to Kandy, f o r there was so much to see, and my neck was sore already.

In front of me sat Sam, the driver, who was wearing a long white robe but no shoes. H e was fortunately a very g o o d driver, and stopped frequently to show us interesting things.

A b o u t four miles f r o m Kandy, we went to the Peradinyah Gardens. They are similar to our Botanical Gardens, except that the plants were more tropical and orchids grew in their natural state.

W h e n we arrived at Kandy, Sam took us up to the hill overlooking the city. W e went past the " Q u e e n Elizabeth Guest H o u s e " as he called it— in reality, the gaol! T h e view, however, was beautiful. Below was Kandy, clustered around a large, blue, artificial lake, with the road along which we had come running like a shining ribbon f r o m the heart of the city, out towards the mountains.

Before having lunch at the Queen's Hotel, we visited the Temple of the Tooth. Here, the Buddhists keep what they claim is the tooth of Buddha. It is shown periodically to the people.

W e were shown around the temple by a Buddhist priest who wore a yellow robe and had a shaven head.

W e had lunch at the hotel, and then drove around the grounds of the University before driving back to Colombo.

— H e l e n Wigley, 14 yrs., V.a, Cato.

The Old Curiosity Shop A place in Ballarat which attracts visitors is " T h e O l d Curiosity S h o p . " Many years ago, a young bricklayer began to collect old china and glassware, and throughout his life he worked covering the walls and the garden of his home with beautifully coloured patterns in glass and stone. To-day, this little cottage resembles a scene f r o m fairy land, with its narrow winding paths and bright pebbles gleaming in the sunlight. In the tiny garden there are dolls and ornaments, many of them broken, but all combined to form fascinating designs. Here we

SILVER A N D saw the "Teapot Alley," which is made up of broken parts of old tea pots, and in places only the spouts have been used to form vivid, flowing patterns.

Inside the little home, we were able to see many wonderful relics of the early Victorian days. O l d newspapers, diggers' licences, sketches of early Melbourne, and many other documents important in Australian history, were set out in show-cases.

In another room was a display of beautiful tapestries and articles made by hand, many of which were designed and executed by the bricklayer's wife. Several large paintings cover the walls, which give added atmosphere to this old home. Many aboriginal tools, models of old sailing ships and intricately-designed vases were also on show in these rooms.

Portions of the designs in china and glass are still incomplete, which shows how his interest must have been maintained right until the time of his death.

This little cottage is truly remarkable f o r the great display of intricate designs, which took a lifetime to complete. This place is memorable also f o r the insight it affords into the events of the last century.

—Janet M c l v o r , Pass V l . a ,

Cato.

Entally National House While in Tasmania, we had the opportunity of visiting Entally National House. The house, about ten miles f r o m Launceston, was once the home of the Honourable Thomas Reibey, formerly Archdeacon of Launceston and also Premier of Tasmania in 1876.

It was created as a National House by the Scenery Preservation Board about two years ago, and additions are still being made to the collection of antiques in the house. Entally is different f r o m any orthodox museum, as the objective is to present

the house and grounds as typical of a wealthy settler's estate and home in the early nineteenth century.

T h e house is set in many acres of land, part of them beautiful lawns and flower gardens. The long-winding drive is lined with stately old trees and a low hedge. T h e two lodges in the garden are not open f o r inspection, but the stables and chapel opening off a court-yard at the back of the house are to be seen. In the garden there is a conservatory which looks very gay when the begonias are out.

T h e house itself is two-storied, but not all the rooms are open for inspection. T h e furniture in the house is similar to that which was in use when the house was built in 1821. Some of it is much older and one court cupboard is said to have been made not long after the Authorised Version of the Bible was printed in 1611. As well as Sheraton, Chippendale, Regency and "early colonial" furniture, there are also some very old books and some early colonial paintings. In the library there are some unusual window pictures called Lithoplanes. This was a complex process invented in 1827, and is now obsolete. The nursery contains a doll's house dated 1847 and a doll called Victoria, dated 1837.

A d j o i n i n g the stables, at the rear of the house, is the coach house in which are old vehicles, including a phaeton and a landau used by the settlers. There is also a "penny-farthing" bicycle.

T h e chapel, in which Archdeacon Reibey held services, is also of interest as there is an organ f r o m the old Windermere Church in England.

As we had only about an hour and a half to look through Entally, we could not really appreciate all the antiques on show. Many hours are needed to see the many historical articles all connected with the early settlements in Tasmania, and life in England in the early nineteenth century.

—Gwenneth Long, 15 yrs., Pass VI.c, Cato.

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Original Contributions Senior Section Autumn Gold

A Summer Storm

T h e tulip tree shines golden now, A glowing torch in the autumn light.

T h e sun seeps through the thinning bough; T h e moon, a crescent, in the night Outlines the twigs with brittle ends Where flowers hung pale and green in Spring.

But Autumn's fire now quite transcends T h e early growth which Spring will bring.

T h e approaching storm was announced by the call of sea birds as they flew towards the sanctuary of land. Although it was scarcely past midday, the sun seemed to dip low, dilated and unhealthily flushed. From the feathery cloud formation on the western horizon emerged a heavy cancer-like growth, spreading rapidly. T h e stiff salt breeze dropped and a n air of hushed foreboding hung over all. T h e silence was broken only by low mutterings in the distance and the water's slow lapping on the shore. T h e heat became oppressive.

A sudden fork of lightning split the sky f r o m end to end. T h e sea, reflecting the flash, gleamed like unpolished steel. T h e n the inevitable crash of thunder—sustained and deafening. Suddenly the first grey sheet of rain came hissing over the sluggish water.

—Rosalind

Johns, H o n .

VI.a,

Cato.

A Country God (Translation of an ode of Horace.)

Faunus, lover of Nymphs so fleet, Through my farmlands let your feet Tread softly—restrain the power you wi#ld A n d peaceful leave my lambs and fields, If at year's end I give sweet wine A n d tender kid f o r sacrifice While fragrant fumes of incense rise From the old altar of my shrine.

W h e n your festival comes round T h e village all makes holiday They dance in carnival array; T h e ditcher joys to strike the ground Within the measure of the dance.

Even the peaceful oxen prance, T h e wolf walks with the lambkins bold, A n d trees drop soft their leaves of gold.

—Jennifer Murphy, H o n . V I . c , Cato.

T h e seething water crept over the wide strip of sand, pushing its frothy yellow scum before it right up the mouths of the ti-tree gullies.

A treacherous little undertow sucked the sand f r o m around the twisted roots of the ti-trees, so that they stood up like mangroves at low tide. Over all hung an acidic savour that not even the gusty, salt-laden wind could dispel. A desolate place indeed was the beach when the storm had broken.

—Judith H o p e , H o n . V I . c , Fitchett.

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—Viewed from the Beach at Lome Cool sand, inanimated, settling, sighing, Grey in the lifeless clutches of night; The sound of a night-bird, moping, crying— A sudden flash of dull, ruddy light.

The soft wind, gentle, eddying, sifting; T h i n , paper-rustle of silver reed; Faint wash of a wavelet, rushing—drifting—A

distant rumble

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greed.

T h e coast line swings in a black, naked arc, Bath'd in the phosphorescent glow of the sea.

White foam curls high, whilst the deep, brooding dark Is split by a flash of electricity.

T h e soft ripples murmur on the warm sand, A n d silence reigns on the soft-kiss'd shore.

T h e storm has subsided over the l a n d — A n d Night brings eternity—once more.

— M a r i e Carter, 16 yrs., Pass V I . d , Fitchett.

The Melbourne Pilgrims (Wyth apologyes to Geoffrey Chaucer.)

O o n fine Aprille mornynge on the station Ther stood a motteleye band in expectation, For to werke, in Melbourne, they wolden go, A n d now unto you many woulde I shewe.

Eight girls weren on this pilgrimage, A n d they weren alle in oon carriage.

A constable there was and he was talle; Full many theves hadde his whistle calle.

H e bar the unyforme eek of Police.

In his hond he carried a valise.

But f o r to tellen how he was arrayed: His trowser-cuffe was a litel frayed, Yet was his unyforme well pressed and nete.

He had blak shoon on his flatte feete, A sylvre badge upon his peaked cappe.

He was a verray fiers and sterne chappe.

Next him ther was a yonge feyre felawe W h o was long tym a studente of the lawe.

O f stature was he verray longe and Ieene.

H e had a crewe-heed and blew eyen keene.

His hosen yelawe, and crepe-soled shoon, His clothen wer eek of a lighter brown.

H e rede it semed in the "Lawe of Torts," But, as I guess, other were his thogtes.

Ther was also a yonge ministere, With new whyt collar, and eek thinne heyre; O f ernest and solempne chere was he, A n d rede depe in T h e o l o g y e — (Was oon of Marshall's "Sermones and Preyeres") — A n d he smook oon and o o n a paquet of "Player's".

Three yonger girles weren also ther.

Tweye weren dark, but hire frend was feyre.

Tweye, by their blewen unyforme, were clerkes In th' Exchaunge, but f o r the laste, In yelawe cote and glooven all of kid, I wiste noght what maner swink she did.

T h e oother tweye weren I and my brother; But of ourselves to tell, I coude not bother.

—Ainslie Lamb, H o n . V I . c , Berry.

Modern Poetry Once upon a Time I read a poem which didn't Rhyme.

At least they said it was a poem (Contemporary).

It was contemporary, Very.

It looked like prose of any Age, But it didn't reach the edge of the Page.

It talked about streams which tinkled; I Think That all the streams I know guggle like water going down a Sink.

It also mentioned the ocean desolately making Moan Through the timeless rocks where dwells the Anemone;1 Also the gurgling brooks where, Before us, Drinks the thirsty 2 This poem was meant to have Enthralled me, But, personally, it really Didn't interest me One Little Bit. 1

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Licence.

" T h e reader may make his own substitution here but we cannot allow such suggestions as "brontosaurus," which is extinct, or Roget's Thesaurus, because it is not certain that this animal ever drinked.

— S t * p h * n * * T * s k * r , Pass V I . c , C*t*. after G * r * r d M * n l y H * p k * n s .

The Sea She is a thing of many different moods, A n d temperamental: often when enraged She is a wilful child sulking all day; Then, in a fury lashing with her waves U p o n the rocky cliffs which seem to crack A n d crumble with her force, all through the night She rages ceaselessly, till with the day Her fury vanished and her anger gone, She lies serene and peaceful once again, Clothed in a robe of mist and pearly light.

She has her gay moods too, when in the sun, Laughing and sparkling she enchants our eyes.

Her white-capped waves play races to the shore, A n d as they break, they scatter droplets wide, W h i c h caught up by the sun, reflect his rays, Breaking them into shafts of rainbow light.

Her shallows near the shore are clear and green, But out beyond the headland her blue depths Reflect the azure deepness of the sky, Her mirrored blueness merging with its hues • Into the horizon's far distant mists.

—Margaret Falder, Pass V I . d , Berry.

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to

"Kurneh"

On 17th March, a party from M.L.C. was kindly taken by Miss Betts to see Dame Mabel Brookes' exhibition of antiques at her home, "Kurneh," in Domain Road, South Yarra. The proceeds were in aid of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital.

"Kurneh" is a gracious white house in a lovely garden setting. In the entrance hall, there were artistic catalogues for sale. W e went into the dining room first: it was a large room with paintings hung around the walls. The highlight of the room was a late Georgian mahogany extension table, with a silver gilt table-setting displayed on it—this was beautiful.

portrait medallions of Napoleon and Josephine, once in possession of Napoleon I. In this room there were also many porcelain and china figures, too numerous to describe. One which ought to be mentioned, however, was a small ivory figure of Queen Marie Antoinette, the base folded to enclose a carved scene showing her separation from her children. This was beautifully carved in minute detail. Another fascinating exhibit was a collection of lovely fans.

Two of the main items of the table-setting were a George III candlestick, which was magnificent, and some delicate French engraved wine glasses.

There were many mahogany furniture pieces around the room. W e were very interested to see the collection of trophies won by Sir Norman Brookes in tennis and golf tournaments, amongst these being a large Victorian tea urn.

In the ballroom and annexe were many interesting pieces, among which were many Chinese bowls and vases. Amongst the more solid things was an Indian teakwood table. Many Napoleonic relics were exhibited; one of these was a guitar actually used by Napoleon. In the ballroom was an interesting collection of old books. Amongst these were the account of Captain Cook's first voyage, Bligh's account of the mutiny on the "Bounty"; a rare early copy of the Pickwick Papers, and an original document carrying Napoleon's signature. Also notable was one of Shakespeare's plays from the First Folio first published in 1623.

In the drawing-room were many Napoleonic relics, including a mahogany bureau, with copper

In the sun-room were pieces of furniture from many different periods in history, including some

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Naturally, to describe all the exhibits would need a book, and we all left this fascinating house with the feeling that we should like to spend a few more hours in it.

—Judith Ralston, 15 yrs., Pass VI.e, Fitchett.

Diana I was bitter at her death; Heartbroken as only a child can be W h e n her friend is taken: I cursed the god Pluto as W h e n I learned he had taken Persephone A n d cried my hurt to the M o o n .

There were so many others N o t half so beloved or precious— W h y did the Fates make it her?

There is no more pain . . .

Pictures of her which remain for ever Are all I remember . . .

Of a plump little girl In a frilly sky-blue pinafore With bunchy fair hair by her face Tied with blue ribbon; She sits on a swing in the garden A n d talks of the Hellenes that were.

She plays she is Grecian Helle With Phrixus astride the old swing She talks of sunny A p o l l o ; Jason's search f o r the golden fleece; A n d the undying figures of Mount Olympus Until I, too, know the immortals A n d dwell by snowy Parnassus, Search in an atlas f o r lost Atlantis A n d think of the gods of yore.

Still I talk and laugh with Diana.

N o longer a questioning plump little girl, But immortal with them, With the Goddess of old She shines from the white stillness of the moon, A n d by the swing down in the garden I wonder if little Diana W h o , wearing the sandals of Hermes, Has f o u n d now the golden fleece.

— R h o n d d a Smith, 16 yrs., H o n . V l . b , Fitchett.

His Birth City T h e sophisticated traveller returning home from far away Gazed with wonder at the dazzling lights that sparkled on the bay.

H e saw the city's skyline rising sharp and clear and true.

W a s this the town of Melbourne rising up like something new?

Was this the town of Melbourne that he'd left f o r better things, Like L o n d o n Bridge, the T a j Mahal and ancient tombs of kings?

H e looked again and wondered at the things he'd never known

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Shining out with dazzling beauty, with a radiance all their own.

H e ' d seen the Eiffel Tower and walked the Paris streets, H e ' d seen Westminster Abbey, tombs of Shakespeare and of Keats.

He'd seen them all; but never known that love could never part, For the beauty of this Melbourne town was sealed within his heart.

—Margaret Plant, 15 yrs., Pass Vl.a, Fitchett.

A Trek to Australia's Most Southerly Lighthouse During the Christmas holidays three other young people and I hiked to Australia's most southerly lighthouse at Wilson's Promontory. The only way to reach it, by land, is to travel f o r twelve miles along a narrow foot track.

W e set out f r o m Tidal River Camp one sunny morning, with high hopes of reaching the lighthouse by nightfall. T h e going was very tedious at first, f o r a couple of us had never carried packs before, and we f o u n d the thirty pound rucksacks difficult to manage. For some time we travelled along a gravel road, which wound its way up the mountain. However, we soon left this behind, and commenced our eleven mile trek along the narrow track which led to the lighthouse.

At the foot of the mountain lay a great plain, which extended to the distant coastline. It appeared very green with lush vegetation, and was known as the " S w a m p . " As we descended the steep side of the saddle a storm swept up, and by the time we reached the plain, the rain was coming down steadily.

W e discovered, much to our horror, that the plain was covered with thick vegetation, ten to fifteen feet high, with ferns and mosses giving it an almost jungle-like appearance.

It was raining heavily, and we were soon splashing through ankle-deep mud. T o our left rose the majestic Mount Wilson, its great granite peak lost in swirling grey mists. This presented an awe-inspiring sight, and made us feel most insignificant.

For hours we walked and seemed to be getting nowhere. However, we eventually left Mt. Wilson behind us, and arrived at the half-way mark.

This was a quaint stone hut built at the f o o t of a steep saddle. Here we rested and had lunch.

Before us lay the worst of the hike, and first we had to ascend the steep saddle. The rain had transformed the track into a swiftly flowing mountain stream, and up this we struggled. Behind us lay a splendid panorama of sea, plain and mountain range. Reaching the top we gaily padded across high plains—the water on the track now being six inches deep.

O n leaving the plains, we walked through several lovely gullies; there were gum trees and ferns everywhere and some wildflowers; little creeks bubbled and rushed through the thick undergrowth, and waterfalls cascaded over great granite rocks. In this area is some of the most beautiful bushland I have ever seen.

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W e passed f r o m the gullies, and crossed more heathland. This was very barren, with grey outcrops of rock bringing the only relief to the landscape. Once a dark brown wombat scuttled across our path, but apart f r o m one snake, this was the only animal life we saw on the whole hike.

T o one side of us the land fell away to the sea.

A watery sun was just sinking behind a white mist on the horizon. Far, far out to sea, rising f r o m the mist, was an island. It appeared pure white, almost a part of the mist, and very mysterious.

By now night was approaching, and not knowing how far we had yet to go, we felt a little apprehensive, but soon we crossed a rise and there, about two miles below us, lay the white lighthouse. It was set out on a gigantic rock around which the turbulent sea was breaking. W e stumbled down through the thick undergrowth, and up the last mile of " j e e p " track to the lighthouse and settlement on the rock.

—Ruth Arnold, 15 yrs., Pass V l . b , Fitchett.

The Quiet Soul The house stood still, with its shutters down, O n the lonely hill overlooking the town; T h e trees hung their heads as if weary with care, N o t a breeze disturbed the stillness there.

Something stirred, and Autumn appeared.

T h e trees lost their leaves as they had feared; T h e boisterous wind laughed 'round the house, Enraged with the soul it failed to rouse.

T h e shutters rattled as the old house waited, Winter had come as it was fated; But through the storm and the wind, the house stood strong, As it's standing now, and has stood so long.

Spring came, and the wild rage ended, T h e trees turned green, 'round the house they befriended, But the house stood still with its shutters down, O n the lonely hill, overlooking the town.

—Denise Jones, 14 yrs., V.a, Krome.

The Would-be Contributor's Lament I'm not complaining of a lack of choice, mind you . . . after all, poetry, prose, sketching, and photographic art are quite comprehensive . . . but it's just that 1 don't EXCEL at that sort of thing . . . I'm really much better at criticising other people's work . . . quite a talent, you know, although I say it with all due modesty . . . once I D I D write a poem . . . quite serious, and well, rather good, I thought . . . but you won't believe it . . . they printed it under a special heading — " T h e Most Humorous Contribution in the His' tory of the M a g . " . . . I must admit I was rather hurt . . . quite a g o o d effort on my part, too . . . so you see, that sort of thing is rather inclined to put one off . . . don't you think?

O f course, after T H A T , I didn't try again . . . but now it seems I will have to make another attempt . . . well, I mean, a sixpenny fine IS rather stiff as an alternative . . . don't you think?

But still, I really have N O inspiration f o r that sort of thing . . . and yet, . . . I must admit it would be rather, well, P L E A S I N G , to have one's contribution accepted by Silver and Green . . . don't you think?

— " O n e of T h e m , " Pass V l . b .

Glimpses into "Utopia Strictly Limited" ( W i t h sincere apologies to W . S. Gilbert.) " W h a t means this mirth unseemly, that shakes the list'ning earth?"—Mistress to form. " N o b o d y knows why or whither."—Detention room. " W e reply without compunction that we haven't any notion."—Familiar words to a teacher. " I f you ask us how we live . . ."—Boarder to day girl.

"Fare thee w e l l . " — A f t e r n o o n roll call. " N o n e shall part us f r o m each other."—Desperate remark heard during lifesaving rescue.

"Bow, ye lower middle classes."—L.M.S. Speech Day practices.

"Blow, blow the trumpets, bang the brasses!"— Orchestra practice. " I t has no kind of fault or flaw."—Girl handing in her craft. " Y o u summoned me, and I am here."—In the Principal's office. " H a p p y are we as you can see."—Opening of new Cato W i n g .

"I'll work on a new and original p l a n . " — O u r Assembly Hall Appeal organiser.

"But of all I ever heard this is much the most absurd."—Member of staff correcting exam, papers. " I often think it's comical."—Gymnasium lesson. " W e will not wait."—3.25 p.m.—Form to pre" I n vain to us you plead—don't g o . " — P r e f e c t overheard on gate duty. . . , „ " A n d you find you're as cold as an icicle."— Swimming lessons after mid-term. " A n d thank goodness, they're both of them over."—Last day of exams. " S o o n as we may, off and away."—End of term.

— H e l e n Williams, H o n . V I . c ,

Ode to Archimedes O King of Science W e bow before T h e marvellous truth Which is thy law.

W e think and think A n d wonder why They had to fill T h e bath so high.

By this, it seems, Trivial mistake Y o u make our lives O n e long headache.

Besides, I think, A n y f o o l would know A full-up bath W o u l d overflow.

Fitchett.

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SILVER A N D GREEN A n d I can't see W h y you should go Careering round Because 'twas so.

A n d think of the mess O n the bathroom floor, As you paddled out A n d through the door.

A n d think of the shock T o Pythag. and Joule A s you raced about W r a p p e d up in a towel.

-Physicist ( ? ) , 15 yrs., Pass V I . c , Cato.

"Time"

at the Rip

T h e ferry steamed off before we reached the halfway mark on the pier and left us stranded.

W e determined not to go home yet, and, peering through the drizzle we noticed a small but sturdy craft. Its owner was quite willing to take us so we jumped in and settled down, squashed but happy.

During the trip we sang, and were told the story of the wreck which we were on our way to see— that of the " T i m e . " This unfortunate ship had attempted to pass through the Rip, without a pilot.

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It was through the dangerous section when the steering failed, and, helpless, it drifted with the outgoing tide on to the rocks.

O u r guide and storyteller, the brother of the golfer, Jim Ferrier, was the first man to arrive at the doomed ship, and he saved thirty-two of those aboard, including the captain, who gave our guide his overcoat as a souvenir. All the timber and usable parts had been salvaged, and now only a rusty frame remained to act as a breakwater.

T h e incoming ships are now warned about the tide by a system of four sacks by day, and by red and green flashes at night.

A t this stage we noticed that the waves had grown considerably, to a height of about six feet, but these were interrupted by almost perfect circular areas of smooth water, around which were great rough patches. These are caused by the unevenness of the sea-floor, which was, by this time, about sixty feet beneath us. If one of us had been thrown out of the boat, he would have been sucked down only to be spewed up some 120 feet hence.

W e began to take a tight grip of anything available as we approached the actual Rip and passed so near to the " T i m e " that we could have touched it, had we been able to spare a hand.

T h e condition of the ocean had entirely changed again. T h e waves came at us in all directions, even at right angles to each other.

N o t long afterwards we changed our course and returned wet through with spray, but still floating.

of oats into my platter, coaxing, continually my sister to eat with greater rapidity and prophesying the fullness of the trains.

A n d when the hour of leaving was at hand, we sprang to the car and were miraculously transported to the station, and behold, the train cometh panting towards us and the sides thereon bulged and heaved as the sides of a dying elephant.

But the flag-bearer at the rear end had perceived our plight and disdained to flourish his green standard until we were thrust into the milling mass of people within the carriage.

A n d when the train crawled gasping into the station which is called Glenferrie, its portals opened and we were ejected on to the platform with undue haste and strength.

A t length, when we arrived at the College of the Methodist Ladies all heavy laden and heated, 'twas a great blow when the prefect on guard surveyed us and asked with unnecessary coldness: " W h e r e are your stars? Y o u r gloves? Y o u r hats?" and would not hear with sympathy the words of truth when we spake unto her: "Behold! They have been ripped f r o m off us like unto Johnnie Ray at Mascot A e r o d r o m e ! " — L y n n e Thompson, 14 yrs., V . f , Berry.

—Jennifer Robinson, H o n . V I . b , Fitchett.

Prefects "Put your gloves on! Where's your star?"

They call it out f r o m near and far.

A n d near the gate they calmly stand, Pen and conduct book in hand Ready, with an open page, T o put down class and house and age. ( T h o u g h sometimes they are very kind.)

If you're slack, you've got to mind T h e order marks and dets that flow If something is amiss: they know W h e n things are not quite right, A n d you are an untidy sight, Dashing and hurrying through the gate, T o catch the tram which will not wait.

—Anne

Thwaites,

14 yrs., V . g ,

Fitchett.

Mondayitis Behold, the sun rose up and shined in at my casement, and I arose and wended my way to the bathroom, and heavy were my eyes with sleep and dark my brow with anger, f o r it was Monday, when the commoners do return to their labours.

I put on my chequered raiment and marvelled thereof at its stiffness and in the tightness of its collar, garbed my legs in grey lisle and placed on my feet shoon of black and laced.

Whereupon, hearing the voice of my mother call in honeysweet tones, "Comeangetit!", I took my place at the festal board and ladled the meal

The Auld House (With apologies to Lady Caroline

Nairne.)

O , the auld house, the auld house, What though the rooms were old?

O h ! bright girls were learning there, A n d others, so I'm told.

T h e red bricks and the windows A r e gone f o r evermore, A n d no one more will enter Auld Cato House's door.

—G.

Mathias, Pass VI.e,

Krome.

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SILVER A N D GREEN Cato Old and New (With apologies to Banjo Paterson.)

Cato House has been rejected, Cato W i n g has been erected, W h i c h is nothing unexpected, for the old House had to go. , It was new when Grandma came here, and so when I was sent here It was only just too clear, that it was a place of woe.

We

all used to sit in dingy little rooms where only stingy Bits of old, old paint were seen upon each wall.

T h e teachers used to hate it, and often used to state it, A n d yet it held dear memories for each and one and all.

Oft's the time I've pondered, as through Cato House I wandered, Just exactly what that place had seen in times of yesterday.

The- girls together singing, their clear young voices ringing O n that first Assembly morning, where they together pray,

Cato H o u s e During

Demolition.

—Cato's glorious reign is ending as her last wall is descending, A n d with a mighty rumbling, she crashes in the dust.

While Dr. Fitchett led them, there, as f o r many years he did so, there O n the main quad, where we still do meet and gather each new year?

Or the M.L.C. girls grinning, as they find they're easily winning In a game of sport like tennis, and send forth a lusty cheer?

The clouds rise up outside—with the window shut we're fried, So the dust swirls in unchecked to cover face and books with grime, A n d a gallant mistress vainly tries to make us hear her plainly, For V.a, to yell in class is necessity, not crime.

Now we see the vision splendid of the Cato W i n g extended From the Science block out f o r a hundred feet or so.

T h e building we are proud o f , and its praises will sing loud o f , For 'twill be so very modern with bright colours all aglow.

A truck hurtles down the hill—two feet f r o m the window-sill With a smell of singeing rubber it screeches to a halt — T h e result is indigestion—work is right out of the question— If we're doing Inter, in '58 it's really not our fault. ( ? )

Now Cato W i n g has been erected, 'twill be nothing unexpected T o see new buildings p o p p i n g up on all the space around.

Innum'rable things we've thought of. A gym and Tuck we've need o f , So we'll work and strive together till the "necessary's" found.

A tractor clatters past, and we hope it's peace at last, But the Cato W i n g now echoes to the cries of " D a n ' l Boone."

At least they never bore us; next the workmen's lusty chorus Joins in on " D a v y Crockett," sung slightly out of tune.

—Noela

Hogg,

V.a,

Krome.

"Noises O f f " (With apologies to Banjo

Paterson.)

Have you noticed V.a members are acquiring nasty tempers?

That our nerves are very jumpy and our countenances white?

—It's because our situation's near the building operations, A n d the following examples may help illustrate our plight.

Some French verbs we are grasping when a great noise leaves us gasping, Makes us clutch our desks in horror as we gaze with looks aghast

Oh!

What will be our fate? As we try to concentrate The lab. alarm clock's shriek brings thoughts abruptly to an end, As it mingles with the " s o n g " of the builder's dinner g o n g — A combination guaranteed to stand your hair on end.

Oh, our nerves are all in tatters, but it's not a thing that matters, W e would gladly bear the dust and noise another year or more Just to see our Hall completed, the accounts and bills receipted A n d the endless cries of " M o n e y wanted!" gone f o r evermore.

—"One

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Krome.

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Middle Section The

Storm

The dark, steep cliffs slope downwards Towards the angry sea; Across the mcors above them T h e wind blows wild and free.

T h e cry of seagulls wheeling Comes clearly to the ear, The spray o n rocks is crashing— A storm is drawing near.

T h e lighthouse on the island, Stands white against the sky.

Its light serves as a warning T o ships which pass near by.

— E d e n Liddelow, 12 yrs., IV.a, Fitchett.

In Suspense

A n d now the sky grows darker, In torrents comes the rain, T h e thunder crashes loudly, T h e seagulls cry again.

The lightning, f o r an instant, Flares in the darkening sky, A n d then the thunder quietens— T h e storm is passing by.

—Kerry

Forest, 12 yrs., IV.a,

T h e children flounder in the rain until it turns to hail, A n d then they turn and struggle home, amid the howling gale; But I would not be drenched upon a raining afternoon!

I'd button up my g o o d old rubber mackintosh, and soon I'd be resting by a roaring fire in my cosy sittingroom.

Krome.

Wet Weather W h e n I come out of school upon a raining afternoon I button up my g o o d old rubber mackintosh, and soon I'm striding to the station watching motor cars splash by, With their working windscreen wipers, on which motorists rely, A n d the dispial looking clouds up there a'scudding o'er the sky.

The bushes, dripping sodden leaves, are swaying in the wind; A weather-beaten bird is searching, frantically, to find A worm, washed f r o m its cosy hole, despairing, by the rain W h i c h hours ago, subsided, though it now begins again, Resumes its labour hard upon long-suffering window panes.

I gape—eyes wide with fear As the monster's bulk looms near; Jaws gaping wide— There's nowhere to hide; Bloodshot eyes Hypnotise; At my throat I feel a r o p e ! ! !

N o . . . It's my scarf, (Please don't laugh) Now on my knees, Starting to sneeze, I grope f o r my bag, Pick up a rag, T h e n on my feet, I leave my seat, I run to the door, Through it, and more!

Out in the sun I cease to run. " O h , " I sigh, " T i m e does fly W h e n in a row A t a movie show!"

—Jill Baldwin, L.V.a, Krome.

Farewell to the Kista Dan T h e Polar ship was in dock when we arrived at the port to farewell my brother, who was to sail in it f o r Macquarie Island.

There was a notice in several languages on the gangway, to the effect that visitors were forbidden

SILVER A N D on board. But no one seemed to be taking much notice of it, so I also went on to have a look around. It is not a large ship, but big enough to carry about twenty-five men through the frozen Antarctic Seas with their treacherous icebergs.

T h e ship had one kitchen, about as large as a bathroom, with all the fittings made of aluminium, and a special cook who was already preparing a meal. Most of their f o o d is tinned because otherwise it will not keep. A year's supply of chocolate and cigarettes was given to them by the manufacturers.

Enormous boxes of tinned f o o d , and two Army " D u c k s " were loaded by a big crane which was attached to the ship.

About an hour before the Kista Dan was to leave, photographers were rushing about persuading boys to pose with their "girl friends" over the railings. O n e such photograph of a girl in her brother's arms was published in the newspaper with the caption: " H e kissed her (his sister) by the Kista D a n . " Mr. P. G. Law came to say an official farewell to those going, and when the ship was leaving, the siren blew! It was the noisiest thing I have ever heard. It almost blew our eardrums but!

Some people had streamers and the scene was a gay one as the Kista D a n set sail for the Island.

In the Bay, the air-crew practised taking the aeroplane aboard that was to go on the Mawson trip when the ship came back from Macquaria Island.

So we said good-bye to the men of Macquarie, hoping we would be on the wharf again to greet them in twelve months' time.

— A n n e Cook, 13 yrs., L.V.a.

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GREEN A Dog's

Worries

T h e grass is soft, the night wind sighs, The yellow moon is in my eyes.

M y ears are cocked, my tail is straight.

What's that I see by the old back gate?

A shadow soft by the garden wall.

Is something playing with my ball?

A cat, by Jove! M y bark's a growl, I'll jump that cat and make it howl!

N o hiss will stop my bold attack, N o flashing claws or arched up back, N o cat can get away f r o m me N o cat—! But what is this I see?

Here's something soft that comes to meet me, With gentle step and meow to greet me, It's little, unafraid and fat, H o w can I chase a thing like that?

— J o a n Crabtree, 12 yrs., IV.b, Berry.

A

Naturalization

Ceremony

O n Thursday, 8th March, I attended the first Naturalization Ceremony held at Kew. I was one of a party of Guides asked to help with the supper.

W h e n we arrived, we sat down, and shortly afterwards the Mayor of Kew entered, clad in his Mayoral robes, and wearing his chain of office.

We stood until he reached the dais on the platform, at the back of which was draped the Australian flag. Flowers completed the decoration.

T h e Mayor welcomed the thirty-three people who wished to be naturalized, and told them of the rights, privileges and responsibilities they would

"Columbus' Voyage" Columbus was a noted m a n — A famous Genoese, A n d with three ships supplied H e sailed the unknown seas.

by

Spain,

Columbus proved the people wrong— They thought the world was flat Until a sailor sighted land From

the crow's nest, where he sat.

A n d now Columbus' hopes arose, H e thought he'd f o u n d Cathay, A n d that he'd reached the East Indies By sailing the western way.

So in triumph he sailed home T o visit sunny Spain.

The Queen was very proud of him— H e ' d brought fame to her reign.

—Lynne Jackson, 11 yrs., IV.b, Berry.

A

Limerick

There was a young lady of Perth, W h o was notable mainly for girth, She ate chocolates and cheeses, A n d all types of ice freezes, A n d still is an object of mirth.

—Catherine Looney, 12| yrs., IV.b, Berry

"Fantastic."

Locking U p the Television Tower at Mt. Dandenong.

— W e n d y Loutit,

15 yrs., P.VI.c, Berrv

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have when they were naturalized. They could vote, hold positions under the Crown and belong to libraries, and so on H e then asked everyone to stand and each to say, " I , " followed by his or her name. After they had done this they repeated together, after the Mayor, the first part of the Naturalization Oath.

They renounced all allegiance to any other country, state or territory to which they formerly belonged. T h e front row then stood and held in their right hand the Bible given to them by the W o r l d Council of Churches. Again they repeated their names, and then, all together, they promised to be loyal to the Queen, her heirs and successors, and to obey ths laws of Australia. T h e n a member of the G o o d Neighbour Council spoke to us and welcomed the newly naturalized Australians.

T h e Mayor then called each of them out in turn to receive a Naturalization Certificate.

After this we sang the National Anthem and then served supper. It was a most interesting evening and I was glad I was able to be present.

—Jenny

Seccombe,

L.V.b,

Krome.

Domestic Science Domestic Science—this is my first year— Has to my family brought great fear.

Lesson one was "Apple-Stewing," A sign, to them, of trouble brewing.

Lesson t w o — " A Garden Salad," W h i c h left them looking rather pallid.

A sorry failure was Lesson three, Although it was only "making tea."

Lesson four on "Vegetable C o o k i n g " — For guests you see I am still looking— However—one has praised my treats, W h o ? T h e cafe owner along the street.

—Pat Stevens, 14 yrs., L.V.f, Krome.

" T h e Burglar Man" (With apologies to A l f r e d Noyes.)

The wind was a shrieking terror, howling around the wall, T h e night was dark and cloudy, and no m o o n shone at all.

T h e rain streamed down in its fury, 'til it seemed it could rain no more; A n d the burglar-man came slinking— Slinking—slinking, T h e burglar-man came slinking up to the bank's stout door.

H e ' d a cap pulled down on his forehead, a greasy scarf at his chin, A coat that was mostly of patches, and trousers which showed the skin; They were torn and baggy and wrinkled, his shoes were worn at the heel, A n d he walked with a furtive air, Peeping over his shoulder, H e walked with a furtive air, f o r he had come to steal.

H e stood beneath the window, in his pocket his jemmy he grasped; H e felt around the framework, and then gave a startled gasp, For the window was left unlocked, by some careless bank-clerk there, A n d the vision of Money lured him, Lured him, lured him, T h e vision of Money lured him, bidding him cast away care.

But, dark in the dark bank-building, an ancient door-hinge creaked, Where another burglar listened; his face was white and peaked, His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay; But he too loved the Vision, T h e beautiful, beckoning Vision, A n d to reach it safely and surely, he thought he'd f o u n d the way.

"There's a 'phone-box down at the corner. If I go and call the police, There'll be none to say I was in here; why if all can be done with ease!

My word will never be questioned by any magistrate abroad; They've a perfect case against him, A perfect case against him, They've a perfect case against him, and I shall reap the reward."

Our hardened burglar worked swiftly, but the second was swifter still, A n d a stout policeman took the first, ere his sack was three-parts full.

A n d , when in the crowded courtroom, sentence on him was passed, He stood f o r a while and wondered— Wondered—wondered, H e stood for a while and wondered, how he came to be caught at last.

A n d still, of a winter's night, they say, when the wind howls round the wall, W h e n the night is dark and cloudy, and no moon shines at all; W h e n the rain streams down in its fury, 'til it seems it can rain no more; A burglar-man comes slinking— SI inking—slinking, A burglar-man comes slinking, up to the bank's stout door.

They say 'tis so, g o o d readers, but we know it can't be true; For the burglar-man was sentenced by twelve g o o d men and true T o several years of labour in some bleak prison yard, A n d at this very moment, Yes, at this very moment, He is serving out his sentence with labour long and hard.

—Elaine McConkey, 13 yrs., L.V.a, Krome.

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Lower Middle Section Lower Middles:

Silver and Green in the Bush

Where I Live:'Shirley Ashton, L.IV.b.

Rain: Elizabeth Gray, L.IV.b.

Silver and Green in the Bush:

L.IV.b.

Evening in the Valley: Irene Falkenstein, Ill.a.

Sox my Pup: Josephine Selby, L.IV.b.

Skipper my Cat: Margaret Ashton,

Ill.a.

The Cyclone: Sandra Powell, L.IV.b.

Night: Carlien Petherick, L.IV.b.

My D o g : Judith Baker, I l l . a .

T h e seasons: Lynette Storey, L.IV.e.

Commended: Spring: A.C., L.IV.b.

Countryside: C.E., Ill.a.

Everything was silver and green. Trees, ferns, moss and various plants were all green, and the stream was silver.

After we had gone down the moss-covered steps, we were in a world of our own. Old trees that had rotted away were like little hills of moss and tiny ferns. T h e stones, pebbles and rocks in the stream were moss-covered, and the fallen branches of old trees were a green mass.

Further still into the silent beech forest, with the stream now out of sight and hearing, tree-ferns with their pale green fronds, crowded our path on both sides. Then, through the trees there was a glint of silver and we saw the stream again, slipping and rippling between its mossy banks. Everything was silver and green.

— M a r i a n Wilcock, l l i yrs., L.IV.b, Berry.

Where I Live Where I live— The hills are steep and green, A n d f r o m our house the loveliest views are seen The gums are tall, the willows bend, A n d grass is green to valley's end; The river slowly winds its way T o Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay. —Shirley Ashton, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Krome.

Rain Last night before I went to bed, Some big, black, clouds came overhead.

I like the pure, refreshing rain, I hoped for it to come again.

The rain came pouring down that night, It gave me a feeling of delight T o hear those raindrops on the r o o f — I'm glad that it is waterproof!

This morning when I first woke up, Raindrops were on each buttercup, But now the sky was cloudless blue, It really was a lovely hue.

—Elizabeth Gray, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Fitchett.

Evening in the Valley Pretty little violet, In your cosy bed, Have you gone to sleep— W h y do you bend your Dainty little roses, Looking at the sky, D o you watch the yellow Silently go by?

head?

moon,

Graceful little daffodil With your yellow bell— D o you ring your evensong For the quiet dell?

—-Irene Falkenstein, 10 yrs., Ill.a, Berry.

Sox, My Pup As I look from my window at a world so green, O u r garden gay with flowers can be seen, O h ! there's a black and white shape digging hard at the stocks, " M u m , please keep away while I go and call Sox."

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Little black nose pressed hard to the earth, Front paws digging for all he is worth, U p comes a bulb—it won't blossom next spring, A n d he thinks he's clever, the bad little thing!

He is just a dog of unknown breed, Yet too young to know flower from weed; But I'm trying to teach him right and wrong, When my mother taught me, did it take so long?

His little black tail wags to and fro, Soft brown eyes with love all aglow.

Black velvet jacket, four socks of white, A n d dozens of teeth which playfully bite.

He is the merriest playmate and fun with a ball, The best catch in Burwood and never a fall.

Although he chews up peg and all, I would not part with my pet and my pal.

—Josephine Selby, 12 yrs.,L.IV.b, Berry

Skipper, My Cat Skipper, my cat, sits on the mat, He eats all day and he's very, very fat.

He's got soft black fur and a watchful eye For a little sly mouse that goes running by.

He likes to chase birds and go out to play, As long as it's fine he's happy all day.

—Margaret Ashton, 10 yrs., III.a, Cato.

The Cyclone It was twelve hours since darkness fell and now the world was beginning to wake up. The sun peeped over the horizon, throwing it golden brilliance on to the distant hills, which were silvery grey and sparkled with the dew that lay upon them. The air was fresh, and, as the gigantic sun rolled up into the sky, the birds began to twitter, and hunt for the first worms. Then came the loud and deafening alarum of the roosters, followed by the clucking and scratching of their mates. The rabbits peeped shyly from their burrows and nibbled at the young blades of grass.

Then suddenly came a roaring, angry, thunderous sound growing louder and louder. The cyclone came from the north-east, blocking out the sun and leaving the world in darkness. There were small cries of agony and terrified clucks from the roosters who were feeling very small. There was an indistinguishable twitter of terror, and the frightened scampering of rabbits. It came, stamping down everything in its way. T h e sky was dark with black clouds of smoke, and hardly visible were black, jet-like figures of swallows flying to safety. The next ten minutes were ones of terror, blindness and unhappiness for every living thing.

Then it was gone, leaving behind a ruin of black, dirty charcoal and rubbish on the hillsides.

The first sign of happiness was the sun which beamed at everything. Suddenly breaking the silence, came some uproarious guffaws from a pair of jackasses, who were sitting, with blackness on their faces, swaying with laughter and the cocks crowed loudly and proudly, thinking themselves very big and beautiful. This was the end of sad-

ness, for the birds'began to twitter and everything became alive. Then came crowing—laughing—singing—and the animals were frisking and leaping for joy, that the horrible, dark, noisy thing had gone to play its mischief somewhere else.

—Sandra Powell, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Cato.

Night I stood upon our lawn last night, W h e n the wind was very still, A n d the stars above were gleaming bright, The moon behind a hill.

The crickets, with their cheery noise, Seemed to be everywhere, A n d laughter of some playing boys Came from over there.

A dog is barking at their glee; Someone tells him, "Quiet!"

These things to me are given free, I sometimes wonder why.

But after a hot and busy day, The evening breeze so cool, A n d a restful night, I must say Refreshes me for school.

—Carlien Petherick, 11 yrs., L.IV.b, Berry

My Dog I have a little Silky A n d his name is Pete, He's very fond of bones A n d he's very fond of meat.

But when I let him out at night, He runs and looks for a dog to fight, But when a big dog comes outside, Pete is scared and runs to hide.

But I do love my dog called Pete; He's alway playful and friendly to meet.

—Judith Baker, 10 yrs., III.a, Krome.

The Seasons I like all the seasons, Summer, Winter, Fall; But I think that Spring Is the nicest of them all.

In Summer we have picnics Down beside a lake, With lemonade and biscuits, And sandwiches and cake.

The Autumn leaves are falling, They fall so thick and fast; Their colour and their brightness Can never be surpassed.

Winter paints the tree-tops, A n d frost is on the ground; The snow is gently falling, A n d twirling round and round.

But Spring is the prettiest, N o seasons can compete: The pansy and the primrose, They smell so very sweet.

—Lynette Storey, 11 yrs., L.IV.e, Cato.

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Junior Lower Middle Section My Kitten I have a little kitten Whose name is Mitten, A n d when I went to do my knitten, I found Mitten my kitten Pullen undone my knitten.

— T e e n a Meyer, 8 yrs., J.IV.b, Berry.

My Dog I have a little dog and his name is T i m ; I took him to the beach and taught him how to swim.

His legs went up and his tail went down, A n d when he came out he behaved like a clown.

—Marilyn Deeble, 9 yrs., J.IV.a, Berry.

The Little Elf There was a little elf, W h o sat on a shelf Waiting to see How long it would be For someone to come to give him his tea.

There was a little fairy, W h o s e name was Mary.

She saw the poor elf Sitting on the shelf Waiting to see H o w long it would be For someone to come to give him his tea.

— A n n e Harbig, 8 yrs., J.IV.b, Krome.

A Little Green Frog I had a little f r o g A n d I kept him in a pond, H e was so very happy He croaked a little song.

My frog, he had a birthday One sunny day in May, His friends all came to wish him A very happy day.

—Rosalind Hardman, 8 yrs., J.IV.b, Fitchett.

M y Boat The ship went through the channel, It went too fast f o r me, I puffed along behind it, W e went right out to sea.

— P r u e Cooper, 9 yrs., J.IV.b, Berry

What I Saw I saw a little bunny With a little bobby tail; I went to the seaside A n d I saw a whale.

I went to the country, A n d I saw a baby lamb; I went to the city A n d I rode in a tram.

— A n n Coates, 9 yrs., J.IV.a, Fitchett.

Away Away, away, I'm going away, Away f r o m the shady trees, Swaying in a light summer breeze.

Away, away, I'm going away, Over the hills T o the mountain rills.

-—Frances Blyth, 8 yrs., J.IV.b, Cato.

The Easter Bunny I saw an Easter Bunny sitting by a tree, I thought the Easter Bunny was frightened of me.

H e ran past the trees and hid the Easter eggs A n d when the Junior School came out, There were Easter eggs hidden all about.

— S u e Williams, 9 yrs., J.IV.a, Krome.

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56 The Spider

Commendations of

I ' m a little spider gay, I want to catch a fly to-day, M y web I carefully lay T o put it in the fly's way.

F o r poetic

T h e fly comes buzzing by, I see it with my eye, It flies low, then high, T h e n off up to the sky.

For descriptive

imagination—

"On

W i n g s of

"On

Seeing

"Five "An For

Hall"—M.P.

ability—

Sprites"—S.S. Autumn

verse

For

A little girl H a d to sing, She had to sing b e f o r e the king, But when the band began to play T h e little girl, she ran away.

Morn"—C.M.

form—

"Christmas

—Llewellyn Johns, 8 yrs., J . I V . b , Cato,

Song"—M.P.

Wilson

"Morning"—A.S.

— A n n Murray, 10 yrs., J . I V . a , Fitchett.

A Little Girl

Rejected Contributions

Eve"—G.W.

amusement

"After

given—

School"—A.H.

"Cricket"—J.H. "Chills"—S.S. A n d a drawing of Mrs. Chambers' brain!

Also

commended—

" S c o t t and A n t a r c t i c a " — E . S . " T h e Hastings " M y Daphne "A

Rainy

"Bonnie

Caves"—R.W. Tree"—L.H.

Day"—L.H.

Prince

Charlie"—S.C.

Drawings—C.M.

(IV.c.),

S.P.

(L.IV.f.).

t Acknowledgments T h e Committee wish to thank the Schools which have sent the following The The

Brook

Caulfield

Cluthan

(Tintern),

magazines: The

Grammarian,

Carey

Chronicle,

The

Corian,

The

( C l y d e ) , T h e Elizabethan

(Toorak

Col-

l e g e ) , T h e Fintonian, H i g h w a y

(Box Hill

T h e Lauristonian, T h e Lucernian, T h e ian,

M.C.E.G.G.S.

Magazine,

The

High),

Melburn-

Mitre,

Palate

and Petticoat, Pallas, Patchwork, T h e Palm Leaf, Prospice, T h e Ruytonian, Running Waters

(Trar-

algon

High),

High),

The

Record

(University

Silver S£ Green ( M . L . C . , Elsternwick), T h e Swan ( G u i l d f o r d G r a m m a r ) , T h e U n i c o r n , T h e Scotch Collegian,

The

Collegian

(M.L.C., C l a r e m o n t ) , T h e

Wesley

College

Chronicle,

The

Michaelian,

and any others which may have been unintentionally

omitted.

- R . J .

The Tower.

-Dianne Porter, 14 yrs.

Spectator Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 134a Little Collins Street, Melbourne.

Silver and Green

HAWTHORN

December,

1956

Silver and Green HAWTHORN

Silver and Green ^agaeme

nf ttfe JSetljabtst DECEMBER,

Rabies'

OdoIIegp,

^afatlprtt

1956.

Editor: Rosalind Johns.

Sub-Editors:

Judith

Hope,

Jennifer

Murphy.

Magazine Committee: Miss M . Betts, Ainslie Lamb, Pauline Morgan, Rhondda Smith, Jennifer Scrivener, Mary Brevftt, Jennifer Brisbane, Marie Carter, Joan Diprose, Alison Laird, Judith Ralston, Stephanie Tasker.

Editorial " Y e t here shall beat the heart of us, T h e School we handed o n . " Much has been written about the influence of the School upon us, and also of our duty to give our best to the School in order to strengthen and increase its traditions. It is fitting, as the end of another year approaches, that we should look back with the words of our school song in our minds.

W e might well ask " A r e we handing on the School as a greater and better S c h o o l ? " A n d we might also wonder " H a v e we availed ourselves sufficiently of its teaching and tradition to be able to go on into life well-equipped to serve worthily and seek the right path to a nobler w o r l d ? "

f r o m them, and we must make certain that it is something of value which we contribute. T h e very heart of our School is its traditions, which express truth and beauty themselves. W e must never forget that truth and beauty are perfection and are truly revealed in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ours is a Christian school; this is the basis of all its teaching, and it is with the strength of this belief that we should take our place in the world when we leave.

Having once belonged to a school, we are always a part of it, and we take it out into life with us, f o r we are bound by invisible ties which none can sever. T h e training which the School gives us and the ideals which it teaches us to follow arc deeply embedded within its traditions. W e must make the best possible use of the many opportunities given us at school, so that the ideals f o r which the School stands become a vital part of each one of us.

Milton said that truth came into the world with Jesus Christ, and was whole and perfect, but it has been broken and scattered in all directions.

A n d so it has been sought in many different ways throughout the ages, and man must continue the search until truth is once more seen perfect in its entirety. It is f o r our part in this search that the School is training us, and we must always keep before us the Christian ideals of truth and beauty, the basis upon which our School is built, remembering the words of Keats, the poet whose whole life was a search f o r these:

T h e traditions of our School embody all that is good, sincere and true. W e all either add to the richness of these traditions or take something

" 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'—that is all Y e know on earth, and all ye need to k n o w . "

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Dr. U/ood For five weeks which included the time of the September holidays, Dr. W o o d was abroad attending a Church Conference in America. H e returned to us on 27th September, bringing back many impressions of church and education and other varied activities of the parts he visited. H e had taken a number of very beautiful colour .slides, some of which staff and parents have been

able to see. W e feel that during his absence there was much to thank Miss Kellaway f o r and would like her to know that we appreciate all she did.

T h e School missed Dr. W o o d and welcomed him back gladly, and we take this opportunity of wishing him and Mrs. W o o d and all their family a H a p p y Christmas and New Year.

School Diartj May: Tuesday, 29th: Beginning of Term III. " O n c e more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."

June: Friday, 1st: O p e n period. Dr. W o o d showed his Kodachromes of England and Switzerland.

In the evening, a party went to a Round Table Debate at Scotch College.

Saturday, 2 n d : T h e School Choir sang at the U.N.E.S.C.O. Conference.

Friday, 8th: O p e n period. Miss Sandral (of our rstaff) spoke about schools and life in the United States ( f o r the S . C . M . ) .

T h e basketball match of the season! Our Prefects played Scotch College Prefects—the result being (according to the scorer—one of our prefects!) a draw.

Saturday, 9th: A n Inter-schools' S.C.M. barbecue, social and service was held.

Friday, 22nd: O p e n period. Dr. U . N . A . ) spoke on immigration.

Kerr

(for

Saturday, 24th: Some girls attended the S.C.M. service f o r the W o r l d Student Day of Prayer.

In the evening many Matric. girls attended the Alliance Francaise performance of " L ' A v a r e " at Wesley.

Saturday, 21st: S.C.M. O n e Day Conference at Blackburn. A few M.L.C. girls attended.

Wednesday, 25th: Students f r o m the of Education made their annual visit school activities.

Friday, 27th: T h e Senior School Music Recital was given.

August: Friday, 3rd to Friday, 10th: Senior Exams, again depressed our spirits.

Monday, 20th: Our S.C.M. arranged a tea and a film service f o r our girls and some from M.L.C., Elsternwick.

Thursday, 23rd: Dr. Floyd was with us again to adjudicate in the Senior Music Contests, which were won narrowly by Cato.

T h e Associates played the Scotch Probationers at basketball.

Friday, 24th: End of Term II.

September:

July:

Friday, 14th: O p e n period. spoke to us on library work.

Saturday, 7th: The School Dance was held at T u d o r Court.

Friday, 13th: T h e Senior Scripture Exam, took place in the afternoon; following this gruelling experience, the Associates played Camberwell Boys Grammar Probationers at basketball. (Our scorer still maintains that it was a draw!)

Monday, 16th: Mid-term

holiday.

Friday, 20th: O p e n period. Dr. Wiener ( f o r U . N . A . ) spoke on reconstruction and educational trends in Germany.

School

Friday, 17th: A Round Table Debate against boys f r o m Melbourne High was held at M.L.C.

Friday, 29th: O p e n period was the scene of a most interesting debate between Krome and Fitchett on the present immigration policy, Krome eventually emerging victorious.

Friday, 6th: O p e n period. Mrs. Gould ( f o r the S.C.M.) spoke on China.

School to see

Tuesday, 11th: Term I I I

began.

Mr.

McMicken

T h e School Choir made a record f o r the A.B.C. Thursday, 27th: Dr. W o o d returned f r o m his trip to America.

Many Old Collegians attended Back to School Day. Friday, 28th: Open period. Mr. Scott ( f o r the S.C.M.) spoke to us on the work of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence.

In the evening, the first performance of the School Play, "Richard of Bordeaux," was presented in Fitchett Hall.

Saturday, 29th: School Play.

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SILVER A N D GREEN November:

October: Monday,

1st: Final night of the School Play.

Tuesday, 2nd: Egg Day. S.C.M. tea at Wesley.

Friday, 5th: O p e n period. School service.

Monday, 8th: A great day—work on the new Assembly Hall!

was begun

Friday, 12th: O p e n period. T h e final Inter-house Debate between Cato and Krome on the subject of modern newspapers resulted in a victory for the former.

Leaving girls attended a Round Table Debate against boys f r o m Melbourne H i g h School.

Friday, 19th: O p e n period. Mrs. Zainu'ddin ( f o r U . N . A . ) spoke to us about Indonesia.

Sunday, 21st: Boarders were received into Church Membership.

Tuesday, 23rd: Krome were the victors in th-5 Lower Middle Swimming Sports.

Thursday, 25th: Middle School Music Contests: Dr. Floyd judged Fitchett winners, Krome second and Cato third.

After school, some boys of Scotch College kindly presented a play, " T h e Crimson Coconut," in Fitchett Hall for the Mercer House Building Appeal.

Friday, 26th: Scripture Exam.

Friday, 2nd: Middle and Lower Middle Music Recital.

Sunday, 4th: S.C.M. service at Deepdene Presbyterian Church.

Tuesday, 6th: Leaving Exams, began.

Friday, 9th: Intermediate Exams, began.

Wednesday, 14th: Middle and Lower Middle Exams.

Friday, 16th: Senior Swimming Monday, 19th: O l d Collegians' rolling members.

Sports. visit f o r

en-

Tuesday, 20th: School Communion Service at Auburn Methodist Church.

Wednesday, 21st to Thursday, 29th: Olympic Games recess.

Friday, 30th: Round Table Debate with Melbourne High at M.L.C.

December: Monday, 3rd: Matric. Exams, began.

Friday, 7th: Parents' Day exhibition of work.

Friday, 14th: Senior School Speech Day in the Melbourne Town H a l l — "But oh, old School, we've loved you well.

Good-bye, g o o d luck to y o u ! " —J.M.

School Activities Reception of Church Members A t Auburn Methodist Church on Sunday evening, 21st October, 25 boarders were received into Church Membership on profession of faith. Some parents were present and a few day girls were able to attend. T h e sincerity of those received into membership was very impressive. T h e Principal, who was assisted by the Rev. S. I. Weeks in the service, preached the sermon. T h e 25 girls received into Church Membership were—Janice Ashman, Barbara Brooker, Lorna Burley, Marjorie Campbell, Beverley Clarke, Noel Clarke, Jennifer Cole, Helen Curnick, Doreen Diprose, Pamela Gardiner, W e n d y Gardiner, Mary Hand, Judith Kube, Elaine Lade, Lois Lyndon, Shirley Marshman, Helen May, Jocelyn May, Mary Ellen Nicholas, N o v a Osborne, Diana Quick, Judith Sandow, Claire Sholl, Beth T h o m p s o n , Ailsa Thomson.

Devotional O n c e again, those attending our Devotional meetings have appreciated the opportunity of gathering together each week f o r prayer and meditation, under the leadership of Dr. W o o d , to whom we offer many thanks.

Recently Dr. W o o d has spoken about faith, and referred to " T h e Meaning of Faith," by Fosdick. W e have also considered several of the attributes of G o d , and different roles of Christ.

Since his trip to America, Dr. W o o d has told us a little concerning his experiences of the Church there.

During Dr. W o o d ' s absence we were capably led by Miss Wilkinson, Miss Betts and Miss Knight, who gave us some very helpful ideas.

All those who have been able to attend have been grateful f o r these times of iellowship.

T h r o u g h the many stimulating thoughts we have received our devotional meetings have been a means of strengthening our own faith and Christian experience.

—Patsy Pederick.

Student Christian Movement S.C.M. has once again completed a successful year, and those of us who have attended the study circles have been helped by our study o n prayer.

A t the end of Term II, the Intermediate girls farewelled Mrs. C. Duncan, who left to travel abroad, and welcomed Miss Joan Bazeley in her

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place. T h e well-attended Intermediate meetings, which have taken the f o r m of question and answer discussions, have been of benefit to all concerned.

W e have had several interesting speakers in O p e n Period. Miss Susan Sandral, a member of our Staff, spoke to us about the schools and life in U.S.A. W e were privileged to have Mrs. H .

Gould, a missionary f r o m China, speak to us, giving us a picture of the lesser-known aspects of Chinese life, and telling us of the effect of communism on community life.

M.L.C. has always taken an active interest in the work of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, and so we were very pleased to have Mr. David Scott to tell us of its work.

Miss Lorna Mitchell, now in Madras, asked our S.C.M. to send used Christmas cards and money f o r the work at Chetput, a village in Madras. W e would like to thank all those who responded so generously to this appeal.

A t the close of Term II, we held a service at M.L.C., to which we invited members of the Elsternwick S.C.M. After tea, we enjoyed an hour of folk dancing and singing, led by Miss Wilkinson and Miss Kerr. T h e impressive film, " T h e Crossroads," was then screened, and the evening closed with vespers.

A group of girls attended a service at St. Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, in connection with the W o r l d Day of Prayer f o r Students, where Dr. Gault was the preacher. A conference f o r ali Victorian S.C.M. members on the theme, " T h e Lordship of Christ in the Church and the W o r l d , " was held in July, and was attended by a few M.L.C. girls. A barbecue and service, conducted

by Rev. J. Jones, was another inter-school function.

Dr. Wiener spoke on reconstruction and presentday educational trends in Germany, Dr. Kerr on immigration to Australia, and Mrs. Zainu'ddin on family life and customs in Indonesia.

At lunch-time meetings we have been interested to hear Mathea Nauta speak on her life in Holland, A m y Ling speak on Chinese cooking and Vijada Watanangura who told us about life in Thailand.

W e have been well represented at several Interschool Committee functions.

O n Friday, 13th July, several girls enjoyed themselves immensely at a Jinx Dance held at MacRobertson Girls' High School and incidentally helped towards a profit of £17 for the United Nations' Children's Fund (U.N.I.C.E.F.) and Inter-school Committee funds.

Members also attended a very interesting concert given by Asian students studying in Melbourne at Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School.

O n Friday, 21st September, we were hostesses to many schools at a United Nations Tea which was followed by a discussion on " T h e Banning of Nuclear W e a p o n s , " under the very capable chairmanship of the Rev. Palmer Phillips, who gave us much relevant information on this important topic.

T o mark United Nation's Week, the thoughtprovoking film, " T h e Children of Hiroshima," was shown, and a series of posters was displayed throughout the school. A n appeal during this week f o r voluntary giving to the United Nations' Children's Fund resulted in a total of £ 2 4 / 1 7 / . .

The first inter-school service this term was held at Wesley College, where the speaker was the Rev. J. Barry. T h e second was at Deepdene Presbyterian Church, where the speaker was the Rev. John Alexander, and the final service f o r the year was held at Camberwell Methodist Church.

O u r own final Wednesday meeting took the f o r m of a service conducted by Dr. W o o d .

W e wish to thank all those who have worked so hard to make S.C.M. a success this year. Especially would we like to thank Miss Horsman and the other members of Staff who have given up their valuable time to lead our study circles. W e trust that S.C.M. will continue to play a most important part in the life and growth of M.L.C. —Valerie

Holm.

United Nations' Association Our United Nations Club is affiliated with the United Nations' Organisation of Australia and members regularly attend meetings of the United Nations Inter-school Committee, which aims at interesting and educating school children in the work of the United Nations, and in fostering international friendship.

During the year our activities have been varied.

In the open periods allocated to the United Nations Club during Second and Third Terms,

-Edith Reynolds, Lower V.g, 1 3 i years, Krome.

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SILVER A N D GREEN Several members of our club have been invited to the end-of-year party of the United Nations' Junior Association after the Matriculation examinations. This association, which was formed three years ago and holds monthly meetings, would be very pleased to welcome any girls leaving school this year as members.

Finally, we wish to thank Mrs. Downie and Miss Burke for their loyal support this year and we hope that next year the United Nations' Club will expand and play an even greater part in the School's activities.

—P.J.W.

Debating Society T h e Debating Society has had a very successful year, and meetings have been well attended.

T h e lunch-hour meetings in Second Term were taken up with Leaving Pass inter-Form debates, and the final round of these was won by Pass V i e (negative) who defeated Pass V I b (affirmative) o n the subject "Sport looms too largely in the Australian public mind." These inter-Form debates have produced several very promising speakers and should prove useful experience for future inter-House debaters.

During Second Term, Krome debated ably to defeat Fitchett on the topic, " T h a t Australia's immigration policy is in the best interests of the country." In Third Term Cato convinced the School (but not Krome) that " T h e influence of the modern newspaper is more harmful than beneficial." W e congratulate these fine debaters.

Many members of the Society have greatly enjoyed Inter-school Round Table Debates. A t the beginning of Second Term we were guests of the Scotch College team and at the end of the term we were hostesses to a team f r o m Melbourne Boys' High School. A team of twelve Leaving Pass girls were guests of Melbourne Boys' High School early in Third Term and hope to repay their hospitality after the Leaving Certificate Examinations. These Round Table Debates, besides being happy social occasions, help us to speak clearlv and confidently and to form opinions on manytopics, both serious and amusing.

In conclusion, all members of the Debating Society wish to thank Miss Hotchin and Miss Sutton f o r their untiring leadership and help throughout the year and Dr. W o o d f o r his a d j u d i cation of our inter-House debates. W e wish further success to next year's debaters.

—P.J.W.

Social Service T h e School's social service work this year has been very successful, and we would like to thank Miss Cerutty and other members of Staff f o r the valuable help they have given.

T h e social service captains have worked diligently to collect money f r o m the girls in their Forms, in aid of various charities. T h e results were pleasing, f o r £ 1 8 4 / 1 9 / 1 was contributed in Term I and £ 2 4 2 / 1 3 / 3 during T e r m II. T h e response to the Annual Egg Day Appeal was excellent, and 2808 eggs and £ 3 5 / 1 3 / 1 0 were sent to Epworth Hospital. This was a record amount of money.

As in past years, some Senior girls have been visiting Collingwood and Prahran Missions after school and helping the leaders there. These girls received a great deal of satisfaction f r o m their work.

During the year, Pass V i a collected used stamps and milk bottle tops f o r the Save the Children Fund, and a special appeal was mad? in each Form f o r donations to this fund.

W e h o p e that next year even more enthusiastic support will be given to social service work.

—Eril Hutton.

Walton Library A t the beginning of the year the Walton Library was opened with an enthusiastic committee, and a large number of fiction borrowers which has increased during the year to over 620. Apart f r o m this number, who are f o r the most part consistent in their borrowing, a large number of reference books are taken each night by pupils in their ceaseless search f o r knowledge (especially as exams, a p p r o a c h ! ) .

This year Kay Holt and Rhondda Smith have represented the Library Committee at meetings of the School's Branch of the Children's Book Council of Victoria. At the first meeting in April there was a lively discussion as to whether the best books are the most popular.

T h e next meeting took the f o r m of a conducted tour behind the scenes at the Public Library—a most interesting evening. T o celebrate Library Week we had the "Father of Victorian Librarians", Mr. McMicken, to speak to us in O p e n Period on 14th September, and all enjoyed his interesting remarks on the history of public libraries in Victoria.

During the year we have added over 200 books to the library shelves. A m o n g these have been charming junior fiction, such as " A Swami in M a y , " by W . Mayne, and Senior reference. W e wish to thank all those who so kindly donated books.

W e are very pleased at the interest shown in the library by all girls and especially those who painted posters f o r our show case. W e thank our members of the committee, who have worked untiringly, and Miss Zettl f o r her invaluable guidance and leadership during the year.

—R.S.

Film Appreciation Course This year the number of girls wishing to take the Film Appreciation Course was very large, and so two groups of about thirty were formed, one meeting on Monday and the other on Friday after school.

W e began the course by discussing the art of the silent film, f r o m which we led on to the advent of sound and the first sound films which, surprisingly enough, were musicals. W e were most fortunate in having films to illustrate almost every one of our discussions, among these being one which showed the filming of an early musical and the way in which the sound track is made.

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A number of films of other countries were shown, each of them notable in a particular way.

T h e French film, "Pacific 231" is a visual interpretation of a modern symphony, the music being inspired by the thundrous power of a locomotive roaring through the quiet French countryside.

"Desert Victory" is a British film which tells of the British Eighth Army's victory at El Alamein and its advance across nearly 1400 miles of desert in eighty days to Tripoli. Diagrams are used to show the disposition and strategy of the two forces, and the cameras follow the march of the soldiers to Tripoli. " T h e Quiet O n e " is an American film about a mentally-disturbed Negro boy who is the victim of a disrupted home in the Harlem district of New Y o r k City. T h e Czechoslovakian film, " S o n g of the Prairie" is a puppet film, a parody on the melodramatic romance and adventure of B grade Westerns. A contrast to this is "Summer Interlude," a silent Swedish film in which the lives of the inhabitants of a little fishing village are contrasted with those of its visitors, for it becomes a seaside resort in summer. Sucksdorff has caught the atmosphere of the tiny village perfectly, coupling a most inspiring pictorial style with human observation and a simple flowing narrative. In " M o o r ' s Pavane" the theme of Shakespeare's " O t h e l l o " is presented in dance form, the dramatic effect being heightened by a completely black background and the use of three bright red costumes and one white one. T h e French film "Images Medievals" takes the very beautiful and intricate paintings of th? illuminated manuscripts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and gives us a vivid impression of the ordinary everyday life of the time as well as of that of royalty, of the battles fought and of the current religious ideas. Each one of these films was different f r o m any which we had seen before, and we learnt a very great deal f r o m the new methods of approach which they showed us.

Towards the end of the year, Colin Bennett, the " A g e " film critic, came to speak to us on the subject of amateur film societies. H e also told us something about the ingenious methods used by the first society which he formed, and answered many questions on a great variety of subjects. W e were most fortunate in being able

to hear him, and we hope some time to discuss with him a film currently showing in the city.

H e was particularly interested in the films which we are making and expressed a desire to see them.

Each of the two groups has made a short film lasting about six or seven minutes. One is in colour and is on the preparations f o r Melbourne's Olympic Games, while the other, in black and white, is based on a script written by the girls and called. " T h e Mystery at Bradford Avenue."

Through the Film Appreciation Course we have gained an understanding of the film as an artistic medium, enabling us to discriminate in our choice of films and to gain a great deal more enjoyment f r o m them.

W e are most grateful to Mr. Seymour f o r all that he has done to make the course so very interesting, and we have to thank the School f o r the purchase of a movie camera of which we have made g o o d use. W e hope that the girls taking the Film Appreciation Course next year will find as much interest and enjoyment as we did.

—Rosalind Johns.

Films Shown Since Last Issue Broken Blossoms; Minuet by Mozart; Film and Reality, Part 3; Lady of the Camellias; Explosions in the Sun; Heredity in M a n ; Tasmanian T a p estry; Brown Coal to Kilowatts; Brown Coal to Briquettes; Electricity and Movement; Royal Destiny; Cinderella on Strings; Defence Against Invasion; Circulation of the Blood; Let's See; Inside the A t o m ; Sulphur and its Compounds; Pacific 231; A l c o h o l and the Human B o d y ; Alcoholism; T h e M o o r ' s Pavane; Images Medievals; Adventures of Junior Raindrop; Latitude and Longitude; Similar Triangles; Script Writer; T h e Art Director; Short Vision; T h e True Story of Lili Marlene; Ninety Degrees South; This is the A.B.C.; Mozart and his Music; Folk Song Fantasy; Invitation to Music; Music C a m p ; Desert Victory; Solar Family; Exploring the Universe; Boogie D o o d l e ; Target f o r T o n i g h t ; Song o f the Prairie; Summer Interlude; T h e Quiet O n e ; D o u g h and Dynamite; Mother; Dream Valley; Things Expand W h e n Heated; Cleanliness Brings Health; Bacteria; Simple Machines and Levers; Alice and the Three Bears; New T o w n ; La Gare; Transference of Heat (Parts 1 - 3 ) ; Voice of a Choir; Critic and Film: " O d d M a n O u t " ; It Comes From Coal; German Language Film 1; Drawings That Walk and T a l k ; Phantasy; Nitrogen Cycle

French Club This year the Alliance Francaise Dramatic Festival was held on 15th June in Nicholas Hall.

Several schools performed extracts f r o m nineteenth century plays, the one produced by M.L.C. being "Les Petites Mains."

The cast was as follows: Amelie, Joan Cathcart; A n n a , Aline Rudwick; Chavarot, Keay Foster; Courtin, Rosalind Johns; Jules Delawney, Loris Crosby; Lorin, Joan Delany.

T h e Alliance Francaise Examinations in poetry, dictation, reading and conversation were held on 15th and 22nd September.

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Matriculation girls attended the University's "Schools' N i g h t " early in October, and there learnt the correct way to say their poetry!

The Results of the Alliance Francaise Examinations, September, 1956 Poetry: Grade I — S e c o n d Class Honourable Mention: Rosalind Johns, Mary Oakley. Honourable Mention: Margaret Roberts, Roslyn Crellin, Aline Rudwick, Glenys Bull.

Grade I I — S e c o n d Honourable Mention: Sally Barr.

Honourable Mention: Barbara Gilbert, Mary Brevitt, Pauline Learner, Helen Biss, Margaret Falder.

Grade III—First Prize: Vivienne Wajsbrem.

Second Prize: Elizabeth Jaisle. First Class H o n ourable Mention: Gillian Kennedy. Second Class Honourable Mention: Rosemary Benjamin, Judith Frederick. Honourable Mention: Denise Jones, Gillian Levick, Sandra Edwards, Pamela Ternouth, Margaret Lancaster, Diana Humphreys.

Lois Lyndon, Patricia Minchin, Helen Wigley, Robin Wilson, Alison Tudor, Jillian H o l m .

Grade I V — H o n o u r a b l e Mention: Pamela Giltinan, A n n e Turnbull, Eden Liddelow, Diane Kerr, A n n e Cook, Elaine W o o d , Glennis Jolly, Loris Williams, Joyce Barr, Solway Love, Julia Warner.

Dictation: Grade I — H o n o u r a b l e Mention: Rosalind Johns, Kay Foster, Patsy Pederick, Elaine Carter.

Grade I I I — S e c o n d Prize: Pamela Second Class Honourable Mention: Wajsbrem.

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W e would like to thank Mrs. Day and Mademoiselle Bracquart f o r the great amount of help they have given us during the year, and we hope that the French Club of 1957 will find as much interest and enjoyment in their activities as we have this year.

—Rosalind Johns.

German Club Once again we have concluded a successful year in the German Club. During Second Term, we attended a German folk song afternoon at Wesley College, at which a German cartoon film, " D e r Kleine Z u g " was also shown. All who attended had a very enjoyable time.

W e also achieved some success in the Goethe poetry competition this year, the results being: Matriculation—Second Prize: Miriam Baer.

Leaving—Honourable Mention: Gwenyth Matthias.

Intermediate—Honourable Mention: Jillian H o l m , Elizabeth Jaissle, Pamela Ternouth, Vivienne Wajsbrem.

Sub-Intermediate—Honourable Mention: Margaret Galbraith, Sylvia Hearst, Carol Perrin, Irina Vormann.

In conclusion, we would like to thank Mrs. Clahr f o r the help she has given, and the interest she has shown to us in the past year.

—Ainslie Lamb.

Latin Club T h e Latin Club has continued to function throughout the year; since the last issue of "Silver and Green" we have had two meetings only, but they have been very well attended. A t the first of these meetings, Miss Pelaschiar gave a delightful talk o n the evidences of the ancient Roman civilisation in modern Rome; at the second, Miss Betts told us of her impressions of Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, and something of the f o r m of the Games themselves. T h e interest that has been shown in the Latin Club this year augurs well f o r the future.

Senior girls have also attended, at the University, a lecture o n divination in early Europe (with special reference to the text set f o r the exams.), and the annual Schools' Evening, when talks were given on the fifth Aeneid of Virgil and its thrilling sporting activities, and the pronunciation of Latin, the evening ending with Latin songs. W e also saw coloured slides of the fine illuminated addresses sent f r o m many Universities to Melbourne University on the occasion of her Centenary this year. Both these occasions were most helpful and enjoyable.

In conclusion, we should like to express our appreciation to Miss Betts f o r the help she has given us during the year.

— J . M . , M.B.

—Margaret Hagger, P.VI.c, 16 years, Cato.

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House Notes Berry It is with regret that we realise that another year is almost over, and although this year Berry has not been very successful, we have worked enthusiastically and happily together.

A t the beginning of Second Term we were very pleased to welcome Mrs. Stout back to Berry, f o r she has been a very loyal House Mistress in past years.

Everyone has greatly enjoyed taking part in House matches, and although we have not done particularly well in sporting contests, this was not due to any lack of effort. In Tennis we came last and despite much falling in the mud we were equal third in Hockey. W e congratulate our unbeaten Senior Basketball team. There has been great interest taker, in our Cricket team, which came third, and we specially congratulate Elaine Walsh who bowled a "hat trick." During Third Term many Berry girls have spent much time in the swimming pool, and we wish to thank Judy Weetman f o r her energetic work as Life-saving Representative.

Although our Lower Middle swimmers were very keen, they came last in their Swimming Sports.

T h e Choral Contests are a major House event, and although we came last in the Middle Contest and third in the Senior Contest, this was in no way due to our leaders, who worked very hard and enthusiastically. T h e Senior School was led

by Mary Brevitt (conductor) and A m y Ling and Alison Wharington (joint pianists), and the Middle School by A n n e Cook (conductor) and Diane Hofmaier and Carol Brewer (joint pianists).

W e wish to thank them very much f o r their fine leadership and h o p e we will do better next year, especially as our Senior leaders will be returning to school. W e also congratulate warmly Mary Bickart and A m y Ling who gained full marks f o r their special item, and Mary Bickart f o r her beautiful original composition.

Despite threatening weather, a group of keen Berry girls frim Senior School enjoyed a ride on the "Puffing Billy" and a walk f r o m Belgrave to U p p e r Fern Tree Gully o n Saturday afternoon, 6th October. W e hope that in future more Berry girls will be able to get to know one another through similar activities.

W e wish to thank all those who have shown such great House spirit throughout the year, especially our Middle School captains, LesleyFielding and Rosemary Lambart, and our Lower Middle captains, Denise Patterson and Roslyn Jefferies, and we give our very best wishes to all those Berry girls leaving school, especially to our invaluable sports captain, Elizabeth O'Neill, who has devoted so much time to leading Berry ir. the last two years. Also we wish to thank Miss Cerutty and all the Berry Mistresses f o r devoting so much of their valuable time to encouraging and leading us throughout the year.

Finally in this Olympic Year, we hope that all Berry girls will always remember these points in the Olympic motto: T h e important thing in the Olympic Games Is not to win, but to take part.

T h e important thing in life Is not the triumph but the struggle.

T h e essential thing Is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

—P.J.W.

Cato It is with regret that we see this year drawing to a close, and as we look back over the various House activities, there is much evidence of a fine House spirit.

T h e results of our Second Term sporting activities were rather varied, but despite some failures, all those who participated in the teams did their best and enjoyed themselves. O u r Tennis teams did very well, and we shared first place with Fitchett. W e should like to thank all those who helped us in the sporting field f o r their enthusiasm and co-operation during practices and matches, not only the Seniors but also the Middles and Lower Middles.

This term our Cricket team was successful in winning the two matches they played, but unfortunately, the final match was "washed out."

In the Senior Choral Contests, there was much evidence of enthusiastic House spirit, and, thanks to the able leadership of our conductress, Rhonda Harris, and our pianists, Elizabeth Lade and Katherine Nicholls, Cato was successful in gaining first place. Our thanks go not only to the leaders, but to all, f o r their loyal help and support. W e congratulate Fitchett on winning the Middle School Choral Contests, and, although we only gained third place, we should thank the Middle leaders, Glenys Jolly (conductress) and Helen Bandt (pianiste), and all Middle girls f o r their efforts.

This term, our Debating team won the competition" f o r the third year in succession. U n d e r the competent leadership of Jennifer Murphy, the team successfully convinced Krome that " T h e influence of the Press is more harmful than beneficial," and we heartily congratulate Jennifer, Elizabeth and Roslyn, and thank them f o r the work they have done.

Our Lower Middles came second to Krome in their Swimming Sports, and we thank all who participated. Congratulations, Krome! This term we have had quite a number of girls doing Lifesaving examinations, including resuscitation, and our hearty thanks go to Edith H^tt f o r her untiring work in this direction.

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SILVER A N D GREEN At House Asembly at the beginning of this term, House colours were awarded to Rhonda Harris, Elizabeth Lade, Katherine Nicholls, Judith Henderson and Barbara Matthews, and redates to Jean W o o d f u l l , Patricia Muirden and Joan Risby. W e congratulate these girls, and thank them f o r the work they have done, and the fine House spirit they have shown.

W e sincerely thank Miss Horsman and the other House Mistresses f o r their unfailing support throughout the year, and we also thank all House officers, especially our sports captain, Joan Risby.

Those of us who are leaving wish Cato the very best of luck in the future, and hope that, coma what may, our blue flag will be kept flying!

— H e l e n Chesterfield.

Fitchett Since our disappointing First Term, there has been a wonderful improvement in all spheres of House activities, and this is substantiated by the fact that Fitchett held second place in House points at the end of Term II. This latter success was due

in no small measure to team spirit, co-operation and enthusiasm shown by all.

Our Debating team, consisting of Mary-Ellen Nicholas (leader), Patricia McClelland and Joan Diprose, failed to convince Krome and the adjudicator that "the present rate of immigration is in the best interests of the country." Congratulations, Cato, on your third successive win, and to all members of the victorious team.

During Second Term, maximum points were scored f o r both Tennis and Hockey, and we gained second place in Basketball. W e congratulate all girls who participated in these sporting events. N o doubt you were all very pleased to hear that School colours were awarded to Elizabeth Delbridge (Basketball), and redates to Margaret Rickarby (captain of Tennis), and Marjorie T h o m p s o n (vice-captain of H o c k e y ) . W e wish them every success in their future sporting activities.

T h e results of the Cricket have not yet been finalised, but it is fairly evident that both Krome and Cato starred in this sport, and they deserve

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Magazine Committee (third row, kneeling): Alison Laird, Joan Diprose, Judith Hope (sub-editor), Rosalind Johns (Editor), Jennifer Murphy (Sub-editor), Mary Brevitt, Jennifer Brisbane.

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our hearty congratulations. But do not be disheartened Fitchett-ites, as 1957 should see several promising young cricketers assisting their House to victory.

House colours were awarded to Joan Diprose, Margaret Lansbury, Patricia McClelland, Jennifer Pittard, Bronwen Stainsby, Marjorie Thompson, Elizabeth Delbridge and Pamela Bowyer.

The House is most grateful f o r the loyal support of these girls.

The Senior Choral Contests proved very interesting, as there was only a small margin between the four Houses. W e congratulate Cato on their fine singing, and thank our music leaders, Mary Williamson (conductor) and Marjorie T h o m p s o n (pianist) f o r their excellent efforts of leadership, thus enabling us to gain second position.

The Middles certainly proved to the Seniors that they were more musical, and brought distinction to the House by their success. Congratulations, Neroli and Judy, f o r leading the House to victory so ably.

Lower Middle School Swimming Sports were held in Term III, but unfortunately we were unable to produce a "Lorraine C r a p p " or a "Faith Leech," out of the hat. W e gained third place, and congratulate Krome on its sweeping victory.

Joan- Diprose, our Life-saving Representative, is training many girls f o r their resuscitation certificates', and is encouraging others to reach higher standards.

Our thanks are extended to Elizabeth Delbridge, who has consistently done her utmost to coach and guide the many teams, and to the Middle and Lower Middle School captains, Judith Knell and Jane Randell, Margaret Johns and Lesley Howlett f o r their support and co-operation at all times. W e sincerely thank Miss Betts, Mrs. Kelly, Miss E. J. Mitchell, and other House Mistresses f o r their encouragement, help, and unfailing interest throughout the year; and the Prefects and Associate Prefects f o r the House spirit they fostered. T o all Fitchett-ites who are leaving, we wish every success, and to those returning "all the best" f o r 1957.

—Pamela Bowyer

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In spite of enthusiastic co-operation of all members of the House during Second Term Krome's position seemed to be in jeopardy. A l though we were pleased with our results in some sections, we were not so fortunate in other activities and we want to congratulate Fitchett and their results which made them the leading House f o r Second Term. Although we were successful only in the Basketball, we maintained our lead in aggregate scores at the close of Term II. Our congratulations go to Fitchett f o r winning the Hockey and

to Cato and Fitchett for winning the Tennis. In both these activities they were followed by Krome.

Krome and Fitchett also debated the fact " T h a t the present immigration policy is in the best interests of the country." W e were proud of our team—Miriam Baer, Lynn Tabart and Glenys Bull—and pleased that they were so successful.

Another highlight of Term II was the Choral Contests. Thanks are due to Lyn Helmer and Eril Hutton as conductress and pianist respectively, to Lois Weeks f o r composing the original and to the girls who sang it and also to members of the special item.

Our congratulations to Cato f o r a well-deserved victory!

A t the close of Term II four girls were awarded their School colours, namely Catherine Lee and Elizabeth Webster (Basketball), Jean Watters ( H o c k e y ) , Sally Stanley (Life-saving) and Eril Hutton was awarded House colours and to them we offer congratulations.

This term Krome took part in the final Debate against Cato who proved that " T h e influence of the modern newspaper is more harmful than beneficial." T h e result of this made Cato the leaders in Debating with Krome in second place.

Because our Lower Middle School swimmers won their sports in Term I I I and their athletic sports in Term I, they have made a fine contribution to our total and it is comforting to feel that these girls will be able to support the House f o r several more years.

W e must also congratulate the Middle School f o r their excellent singing during the Choral Contests. Sight reading often seems to be our downfall. Thank you, A n n Callander and Pam Giltinan f o r leading the choir and all others who offered valuable advice. Well sung, Fitchett Middle School.

Cricket has continued f o r several weeks this term and to those who played and helped to win this, we offer our congratulations and also our thanks f o r giving up so much time to the House during this vital term.

T o Glenys Bull (assisted by Sally Stanley) we offer our appreciation f o r managing the Lower Middle Swimming Sports and the Life-saving and to all prospective life-savers we wish every success.

In conclusion, Krome thanks Miss Jackson and other House Mistresses f o r their continued assistance and interest, the Middle and Lower Middle School House and Sports Captains and last but not least, Catherine Lee, our sports captain, who has led us so capably on to victory in our sporting activities.

—Elizabeth Webster.

Boarders' Notes A f t e r the May holidays the Boarders returned equipped with costumes and very excited at the prospect of their birthday. O n 15th June we would be seventy-four. Nevertheless age does not limit activity, as can be seen f r o m the Birthday Notes.

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SILVER A N D GREEN T h e next highlight of the term f o r some was the School Dance which was attended by several Senior boarders.

O n 21 st July, the Wesley tennis team arrived to play the M.L.C. team. Owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding the School team did not arrive, and so a Boarders' team was hastily chosen to substitute. Although this was not very g o o d practice f o r the opposing team, it certainly provided some entertainment at the expense of g o o d tennis.

Congratulations to the large number of Boarders who participated in the Music Recitals. T h e usual high standard was maintained.

T h e Hockey match on 17th August was most exciting and resulted in a victory f o r the Boarders — 5 - 0 , possibly attributable to the fact that almost half the School team are Boarders, although this was probably counteracted by a couple of the Boarders being potential golfers.

did with much zest and energy. After a silence the talking rose in volume which indicated that all had finished, and this was Elizabeth's cue to present Miss Ball with a mohair travelling rug.

It seemed only a small token of our deep appreciation f o r her unfailing work, and we sincerely thank her f o r all that she is continually doing.

Dr. W o o d read out a great number of congratulatory telegrams f r o m many past boarders who had remembered us, and f r o m their amusing reminders we gained much moral courage f o r the task still before us. T h e youngest boarder, ably assisted by Elizabeth, cut the traditional threetiered birthday cake, and we all than sang " H a p p y birthday to us," " F o r we are jolly good fellows" and " W h y were we born so beautiful?"

Colours at the close of Second Term were awarded to Jean Watters and Marjorie T h o m p s o n (redate)—Hockey colours, Elizabeth Webster— Basketball colours, and Sally Stanley—Life-saving colours. Congratulations!

After such a successful commencement to the evening, we went out to meet our guests o n a traditionally wet night, and escorted them to Fitchett Hall. A short time later Fitchett Hall was packed, and the juniors of West W i n g set the laughter going by their extremely humourous presentation of "Cinderella." Under such skilful make-up it was difficult to recognise the ugly sisters.

O u r thanks are due to Mr. Seymour f o r giving us his time to show the film " Y o u n g Bess," f o r the Boarders' Assembly Hall Fund.

W e raised £15/4/-.

East W i n g performed a short sketch "Lovely Weather f o r Ducks," and also a musical play, " T h e W o n d e r f u l I n n " which incorporated twelve Austrian folk songs arranged by Brahms.

O n the Sunday following, forty-two Boarders went to Wesley Chapel. T h e Chaplain appropriately preached on the Olympic Games and we were most impressed with this and with the service itself. After the service we were entertained to supper by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick.

T h e Seniors of West W i n g in "Shepherd's Pie" showed us all the gossip that can arise f r o m some suspicious people and an innocent person's actions.

The Boarders who attended Miss June Dawkins' recital on 2nd October consisted mainly of madrigals and they considered it a great privilege to present Miss Dawkins with the bouquets.

Dr. W o o d brought his projector and slides of America to the Boarders' Lounge where he showed us some delightful slides. Either America is very photogenic or Dr. W o o d is a professional because the slides were clear and the subjects most interesting.

O n Sunday, 21st October, twenty-five Boarders were received into Church Membership at the Auburn Methodist Church and were presented with Bibles during the service.

At the close of this term we hope to have a Boarders' concert and we expect all the musical girls to present an item. As talent is not lacking in this sphere, the recital should be of a high standard.

T o conclude, we thank Dr. W o o d , Miss Ball, and the members of Resident Staff f o r an excellent year, and we hope that the girls returning will co-operate with the Staff and Prefects and make the year as happy as 1956 has been.

—Elizabeth Webster.

Birthday Night T h e one and only way (in the eyes of many Boarders) of commencing a successful evening is by partaking of a delectable tea, and this they

One of the highlights o n the programme, judging by the applause, was U p p e r Tower's interpretation of the "Desert S o n g , " and what an interpretation it was, with Arabs and sheiks everywhere. It ended, however, on a very subdued and romantic note.

Upper Tower also presented a humourous play, " W e d d i n g M o r n i n g , " which depicted all the trials a mother has to endure when the frock is lost at the last moment, but all ended happily because the church burnt down.

Last on the programme was Lower Tower's cantata, "Little Gypsy Gay." It was certainly worth waiting f o r and brought the curtain down on yet another very successful Birthday Night.

N o really successful evening is complete without supper, and so with one accord we all made our way to the Dining Hall where we beheld icecream, drinks, sandwiches, and cream cakes galore, and it was rather astounding to watch these disappear with such rapidity.

W h e n once again our hunger had been appeased, Elizabeth Manfield, on behalf of the day girls, expressed her hope that we had had a happy 74th birthday and thanked us f o r our hospitality. Elizabeth Webster suitably responded and thanked everyone f o r being such a sympathetic audience. T h e singing of " A u l d Lang Syne" ended our happy and much enjoyed evening, and after our guests had departed there came the anti-climax c f scrubbing off the make-up.

Our thanks go to all the Resident Staff assisted us willingly in all the preparations.

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" T h e sole end of all music should be nothing else than God's glory, and the refreshment of the spirit, whereof if one take not heed, there can be no true music, but only din and discord."—J. S. Bach.

W e are grateful to the Music Staff for the way they have carried on during a busy year, after a difficult beginning to Term I. With increased numbers in the Music School, the Staff have had extra work all the year; judging by the standard achieved at School recitals and other functions they have been more than rewarded f o r their hard work.

At the U.N.E.S.C.O. Seminar held at the University at the beginning of Term II, some of our Chamber Music Groups opened one session, and the School Choir and Madrigal Singers were asked to contribute a half-hour programme f o r the final day of the conference.

June 4, the first day after the Birthday Honours had been announced, was one of great excitement at M.L.C. Miss Flockart had been awarded an M.B.E. Dr. W o o d spoke at Assembly, and the choir girls gave her two lovely Kathleen Ferrier microgroove records in recognition of the welldeserved honour. Miss Flockart received over one hundred telegrams on the first day and over the next few weeks hundreds of letters. But in Miss Flockart's words, "the fact that M.L.C. was honoured meant far more to me than the actual award itself" is shown by the way in which the award was accepted.

O n 27th June, the College Council Party was held in Miss Flockart's honour to which all past and present members of the Music Staff, donors of scholarships, Miss Kellaway and Miss Lindsay ( f r o m Elsternwick), the Head Prefect, Head of House and others were invited. T h e occasion was to let them hear the lovely new grand piano, which Dr. W o o d purchased f o r the School last year in England. A fine programme was given by Mr. Ron Price, Mr. Mack Jost, Miss Hermia Barton and Mis Frances Cowper, which was enjoyed by all. Dr. W o o d , Miss Winifred Mitchell and Dr. Floyd all spoke of Miss Flockart's work.

T h e School Orchestra, under Miss Bazeley's direction, took part in the annual V . S . M . A .

Orchestral Festival on 6th July at Nicholas Hall.

A short musical programme was provided f o r the students f r o m the School of Education on 24th July. O n 26th July the A.B.C. took a recording of the Madrigal Singers f o a broadcast on Sunday, 29th July, in " Y o u n g Australia."

Many interesting items were submitted by students f o r the Annual Senior Recital in Term II, and also f o r the Middle and Lower Middle School Recital in Term III. T h e large numbers

meant that the competition was very keen, which is a g o o d sign. There is much promise shown by girls in the Lower part of the School, which promise well for the future. O n 3rd August, the V . S . M . A . Chamber Music Evening was held in the Assembly Hall. T h e Madrigal Singers, a trio group and violin duo submitted items.

T h e Middle School Choir presented a short Mozart Operetta in honour of the Mozart Bicentenary. It was held on 17th August, and it reflected great credit on all concerned. T h e operetta was produced under the direction of Miss Bazeley.

T h e Senior House Music Contests were held on 23rd August. Dr. Floyd adjudicated, and the winning House was Cato. T h e Middle School House Contests were held on 25th October and Fitchett were victorious. Dr. Floyd was here again.

During Term II the A.B.C. Federal Music Director invited our choir to prepare a special carol to be recorded f o r the Vienna Broadcasting Commission. W e fulfilled this request on 14th September. T h e same evening the Madrigal Singers were recorded f o r a National and Radio Australian Broadcast. This programme was heard on 3LO, 23rd September, at 8 p.m.

A short, but enjoyable programme was given to the O l d Collegians on "Back-to-School D a y . " T h e programme included the Madrigal Singers, a string quartete, and a piano solo.

Several members of the School Orchestra, and some girls f r o m the Sub-Intermediate Choir took part in the V . S . M . A . Annual Concert of the Junior Symphony Orchestra, and Combined Schools' Choir on 2nd October in the Melbourne T o w n Hall.

O n that same evening many of us had the opportunity of hearing Miss June Dawkins, who kindly offered to give a Vocal Recital at M.L.C. in aid of the Assembly Hall Fund. She was assisted at the piano by Mr. Max Olding. Miss Dawkins, who specialised in music while at M.L.C., has accomplished great success in the comparatively short time since she left school. She proceeded to the University Conservatorium f o r a Mus. Bac. course, and made remarkable progress during her two and a half years' study in Vienna with Grete Scheider. She made her European debut in the "Brahms' Saal," Vienna, after which she received most encouraging and favourable criticism, such as few foreigners receive. Miss Dawkins sang some beautiful songs f r o m Handel, Schubert, Brahms and some folk songs.

T h e School Orchestra is still growing in numbers, instruments and enthusiasm. However, the need f o r more musical instruments is great, as many girls constantly wish to hire brass and wood

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winds. W e are most grateful to Miss Bazeley f o r her interest and untiring leadership.

f o r all she has done, and wish her the very best f o r the future.

A large number of girls have applied to go to Music Camp this year, both at Bonegilla and Frensham, N . S . W .

N o M.L.C. music notes would be complete without mention of our invaluable director, Miss Flockart. W e thank her most sincerely f o r the happiness she has given to others through the medium of her work.

In the middle of October we received an invitation f r o m the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, for the choir to present once again a programme there in December. Although it was very short notice, and with examinations and a week's holiday f o r the Olympic Games still to come, we decided to accept this request. W e will use our Speech Day programme and selections f r o m the two previous programmes presented at the Cathedral. It will involve much hard work f o r us all, but it is well worth while when we realise that our work is sought after and appreciated outside the school, and especially by the Cathedral authorities.

Once again we remind you of our own micro groove record which was released too late last year f o r Christmas gifts. It is called " A Festival of Christmas," by the Methodist Ladies' College Choir.

W e are sorry to say goodbye to Miss Susan Sandral, who has been doing class work in the Junior and Lower Middle Schools. W e thank her

— H . Williams, M.

Day.

Music Examination Results, 1956

Piano Grade V I I . — H o n o u r s : A m y Ling, Meredith Day, Rhonda Harris, Fairlie Dreverman.

Grade V I . — H o n o u r s : Delwyn Gunnell, Marion Pinkerton, Rhyll Clark, Alison Wharington.

Credit: Ruth Millikan, Gilda Richards, Mary Williamson, Barbara Siemering, Ruth A r n o l d , Elizabeth Lade. Pass: Pamela Gale, Kay Hewitt, Janice Hughes, Barbara Brooker, Judith Kube.

Grade V . — H o n o u r s : Susan Webber, Claire Johnson. Credit: Pauline Benjamin, Jennifer Brisbane, Pauline Tully, Jeanette Brown, Jennifer Dugay, Judith Knell, Lois Weeks, Janet Kirton, Margaret Livingston, W e n d y Ross, Sandra Hore, Margaret Tuttle. Pass: Gayl A r n o l d , Lenore Barnes, Ruth Pollard, Valerie Hewitt, Janice Coleman, Merle Fort, Marilyn Conroy, Lynette Hel-

—Photo. C. Stuart Tompkins.

MADRIGAL Back Row Second

(left to r i g h t ) : Claire Johnson, Pat Muirden, Elizabeth Chambers, Helen Brown, Ruth Rhyll Clark.

Row:

Front R o w :

SINGERS Millikan,

Pamela Gale, Susan W e b b e r , Elizabeth Lade, Mary-Ellen Nicholas, Mary Williamson, Rhonda Harris, Patsy Pederick, Mary Brevitt, A n n e Ballantyne.

H e l e n Williams, Lenore Barnes, Lyn H e l m e r , Meredith D a y , Gillian Lennox, Margaret D a y , Rosalie H o l t , Marjorie T h o m p s o n , Pam Cornell.

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mer, Margaret Tregoning, Judith Elsbury, MaryEllen Nicholas, Helen Pakes.

Grade I V . — H o n o u r s : Alison McAllister, Judith Cockrem, Gretel Keegel, Glenys Lord, Claire Seamons, Elaine Lade, Susanne Rankin, Diana Quick, Rosemary Watters, Elizabeth Druitt, A n n ette Meller, Lorraine Carr, Doreen Diprose, Ailsa Thomson, Shirley Marshman, Heather Stainsby.

Credit: Nanette Allan, Rosslyn Webster, Julienne Gleadell, Margaret Jenkin, Joan Brown, Pamela Worboys. Pass: Jill McCaskill, Erna Nixon.

Grade I I I . — H o n o u r s : Julia Marcroft, Margaret Johns, A n n e Ballantyne, Linda Matkovich, Elspeth Robson, Dawn Schultze. Credit: Sandra McLennan, Pamela Gloster, Jillian Longmuir, Robin Sheather, Beris Turnley, Margaret Bohner, Lynette Hodgins, Enid Sommerfield, Judith Tweddle, W e n d y Wilson, Beverly Clarke, Beverly Gloster, Barbara Henderson, Z a n d r a Gorr. Pass: Judith Whyte, Helen Telfer, Suzanne King, Lois Brown, Dorothy Bugg, Janice Cockrem.

Grade I I . — H o n o u r s : Marlene Boyle, Joan Bolwell, Margaret Harry, Leonie Hodges, Celia Focken, Marjorie Hore, Judith Yelland. Credit: Barbara Hulme, Margaret McLaren, Terrell Taylor, Margot Tully, Cathryn Milne, Margaret Raufer, Lois Rockliff, Alison Miles, Clare T h o m p son, Patricia White, A n n e Lawson, Carolyn Rodger, Dianne Barnett, Suzanne Davies, Claire Henderson, Gay Hill. Pass: Dawn Anderson, Marlene Lear, Desley Gare.

Grade I . — H o n o u r s : Mary Ellemor, Maxine Cockram, Y v o n n e Stebbins, Anita Pinkerton, Patricia Ballantyne, Glenise Balaam, Mary Grills, Elaine Atkins, Jeanette Kneen, Robyn Langford, Elizabeth Bamford, Gwennyth Ferres, Janice Ford, Barbara Houghton, A n n Murray, Marion W o r n e r .

Credit: Bronwyn Allardice, Faye Jobiing, Penelope Kraber, Janice Smith, Maureen McLeod, Sandra Nelson, Janis Jellis, Diana Redman, Pamela Walker, Glenys Herdman.

Pass: Sylvia Brizga, Barbara Inglis, Margaret Dixon, A n n Grey.

Preliminary.—Honours: Alison Burnell, Leonie Sterling, Barbara Duke, Jenifer H a n n , Joel Cornish, Jill Cumming, Christine Edmunds, Jennifer Smith, Andrea Jones, Roslyn Hall, Leigh Barlow, Lynette Curtis, Carol Sharp. Credit: Janice Grange, Dianne Fraser, Lindy Engler.

Musical Perception Grade

VI.—Honours:

Elizabeth

Lade.

Grade V.—Honours: Katherine Nicholls.

Credit: Margaret Livingston, Jeanette Brown.

Pass: Gilda Richards, Kay Hewitt.

Grade I V . — H o n o u r s : Marion Pinkerton. Credit: Mary-Ellen Nicholas. Pass: Elaine Lade.

Grade I I I . — H o n o u r s : Julienne Gleadell. Credit: Nanette Allan. Pass: Angela Schafer.

Theory Grade V I . — H o n o u r s : Marjorie Credit: Margaret Day.

Thompson.

Grade V . — H o n o u r s : Mary Bickart, Rhonda Harris, Elizabeth Sampson. Credit: Gillian Lennox, Lois Weeks, Patricia Muirden, Alison Wharington, Meredith Day, Elizabeth Lade. Pass: Fairlie Dreverman.

Grade I V . — H o n o u r s : Diane Hofmaier, Janice Hughes, Janet Kirton, Pamela Cornell, Rhyll Clark, Margaret Jenkin, Margaret Phillipson.

Credit: Grace Ing, Claire Johnson, Pamela Gale, Lynette Helmer, Doreen Diprose, Ruth Millikan, Janice Coleman. Pass: Barbara Brooker, Elizabeth Chambers.

Grade I I I . — H o n o u r s : Margaret Tuttle, Jennifer Brisbane, Alison Tudor, Susan Webber, Noela H o g g , Marion Pinkerton, Pauline Tully, Elaine Ogilvie, Ruth Paton, Barbara Siemering, Pauline Benjamin, Elizabeth Druitt, Margaret Tregoning, Ailsa T h o m s o n , Suzanne King, Ruth Pollard, Suzanne Rankin. Credit: Gayl A r n o l d , Mary Brevitt, Julienne Gleadell, Glenys Lord, W e n d y Veitch, Diana Schultze, Lenore Barnes, Marilyn Conroy, Helen M c A f e e , Helen Pakes, Pamela Worboys, Sandra Hore, Heather Stainsby, Beverly Clarke. Pass: Janice Martin.

Grade I I . — H o n o u r s : Judith Knell, Clare Seamons, Joan Bolwell, Rosemary Watters, Robin Sheather, Judith Cockrem, Valerie Hewitt, Judith Whyte. Credit: Joan Brown, Marlene Boyle.

Grade I . — H o n o u r s : Jillian Longmuir, Judith Yelland, Patricia Ballantyne, Alison Cameron, Margaret Johnston, Joan Taylor. Pass: Helen Jenkin.

Flute Grade V I . — H o n o u r s : Helen M c A f e e . Credit: Ruth Paton.

Grade V . — H o n o u r s : Mary Oakley, Barbara Hooper.

Grade IV.—Pass: Meredith Miller.

Viola Grade

II.—Credit:

Beverly

Clarke.

Cello Grade V.—Pass: Lesley Slade.

Grade IV.—Credit: Helen Williams.

Violin Grade V I I . — H o n o u r s : Gillian Lennox, Patricia Muirden. Credit: Elizabeth Sampson. Pass: Judith Sandow.

Grade IV.—Pass: Helen Wallace.

Grade I I I •—Pass: Helen Curnick.

Art of Speech As the last term draws to a close, the Speech School can look back on another happy and successful year. During the second half of the year, Speech girls have not taken part in so many

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Brien, Marlene Deague, Margaret Mann, Caroline Allen, Hannah Guss, Louise Tomasetti.

Pass: Leahn Turvey, Kathryn Humphrey, Kerin Gittus, Jan Cockrem, June Catterall, Beverley Cullen, Glenys Fergie, Julia Wilkinson, Janet Curtis, Susan Hodgson, Fiona Rist, Jan Douglas.

What better p r o o f could there be of the finework done this year than the results of the recent Art of Speech Examinations. O n c e again 100 per cent, passes was achieved, and we would like to congratulate all those who maintained such a high standard of work.

First Grade.—Credit: Terry King, Pat Hyman, Claire V a r d o n , Jennifer Elliott, Esther Hole. Pass: Carole Brewer, Margaret Higginbottom, Pamela Falder, Norma Butler, Kay Hobbs.

Finally we would like to thank Miss Dwyer and the Speech Staff f o r the never-failing help and encouragement which they have given so continually and so cheerfully throughout the year.

—Elizabeth Manfield.

Art

of

Speech

Examination

Results,

1956

Preliminary.—Honours: Barbara Coffin, Patricia Barnsley, Irene Falkenstein. Credit: Carole

Second Grade.—Honours: Gwynneth Mathias, Patricia Ternouth, Angela Layh. Credit: Lynette Helmer, Kay Nairn, Robyn Warren, Patricia Cornell, Jill Price, Janice Ford, Erna Nixon. Pass: Lorraine Buchan, Rosemary Jame, Sandra Smorgon, Margaret Plant, Jill Renison, Jill Cohen.

Third Grade.—Honours: Glenys Bull, Jill Levick.

Credit: Margaret Lancaster, Diane Humphry, Alison Tudor. Pass: Sandra Epstein.

— P h o t o . C. Stuart Tompkins.

ATHLETICS

TEAM

Left to Right: Jennifer Dugay, Patricia Bell, Irene Bruhn, Joan Risby, Denise Jones, Joan Diprose, Robin

Walters,

Barbara

Matthews

(Capt.).

Absent:

Rosalie

Holt,

Lyn

Helmer.

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"Richard of Bordeaux" W e knew, when it was decided, to produce the School Play in Fitchett Hall, that we would be struggling with certain difficulties and disadvantages; but we were fairly well prepared f o r all emergencies, and enjoyed the play all the more f o r the troubles we had to overcome.

Diploma Room became the scene for our dressing and making-up—it was soon practically unlecognisable under the gowns, cloaks, hats and shoes which were suspended f r o m walls or covered all available desk space. Naturally, in this rather crowded area, certain articles were often mislaid —notable the rings Richard was supposed to be wearing—but frantic search usually unearthed the straying objects in time. For the majority of us, make-up was a new and fascinating experience, the results being most gratifying. Those who wore beards suffered nobly the ticklish and constricting feeling these caused, and the extremely painful process of removing them, the final effect being ample compensation!

T h e main difficulty on stage was the lack of space. T h e area in the wings that was not occupied by the piano and the stage properties was crowded with the various members of the cast, all endeavouring to watch the performance through the curtains; matters were complicated even more when our camera fiend lay stretched on the floor at odd angles in order to take'photographs! O n stage, however, we managed to forget these discomforts in the action of the play, and any initial nervousness was soon forgotten. W e all gained confidence f r o m Miss Dwyer, who remained calm and encouraging throughout; without her direc-

tion, the play would have been nothing, and she has our very sincere thanks.

T h e cast of "Richard of Bordeaux" have the distinction of being the only ones to have given three performances of a School Play; it has been an experience that I am sure no one will forget.

—J.M. A Note f r o m a Member of the Audience Once again the School Play, this time presented in Fitchett Hall, was a great success.

Elizabeth Manfield's performance in the title role of Richard was outstanding. With her selfassurance, grace of movement and ease of delivery, she really carried the day. Perhaps most impressive of all was the "tantrum scene," which could so easily have made the audience laugh if not handled with the utmost artistry.

Lynette Helmer, too, gave a really convincing performance as Anne of Bohemia—so convincing in fact, that the audience felt something was amiss when she reappeared f o r the curtain-call—she had passed away so realistically in Act I, Scene I. Lyn's accent, assumed for the occasion, is also worthy of mention—several people remarked that she must be foreign.

So completely did Jennifer Murphy (Gloucester), Glenys Bull (Lancaster), Margaret Mott ( A r u n d e l ) , and Roslyn Crellin (de la P o l e ) , lose themselves in their parts, that f o r a time many were unable to recognise them.

T H E COUNCIL

Other things I particularly remember were Robert's gay nonchalance, vacillating old Y o r k ,

SCENE

,

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CAST OF T H E SCHOOL (without make-up).

boring, overbearing Henry, Thomas Mowbray's conceit and his impeccable appearance, and the delightful street scene.

Miss Dwyer's fine direction was evident throughout the play, and to her and to the whole cast must go our thanks and heartiest congratulations f o r a splendid production.

—J.H. Cast

(in order of appearance)

Page Maudelyn (later the King's secretary) — Ruth Arnold.

Page—Margaret Eason.

Richard II—Elizabeth Manfield.

Anne of Bohemia (his Queen)—Lynette Helmer.

Duke of Gloucester (Thomas of Woodstock, uncle to Richard)—Jennifer Murphy.

Duke of Lancaster (John of Gaunt, uncle to Richard)—Glenys Bull.

Sir Simon Burley (the King's tutor)—Valerie Bacon.

Duke of Y o r k (uncle to R i c h a r d ) — S o m a McNally.

Michael de la Pole (Chancellor)—Roslyn Ctellin.

Earl of Arundel—Margaret Mott.

Thomas Arur/del (Archbishop of Canterbury) —Lynette Tabart.

Robert de Vere (Earl of O x f o r d ) — J o a n Diprose.

Mary Bohun (Countess of D e r b y ) — R h o n d d a Smith.

Agnes Launcekron (the Queen's waiting woman)—Sally Barr.

Henry, Earl of Derby (Bolingbroke, son of Lancaster)—Mary Brevitt.

— P h o t o . C . Stuart Tompkins PLAY

Thomas Mowbray (Earl of Nottingham) — Stephanie Tasker.

Pages—Verna Davey, Marjorie Evans-Smith.

Sir John Montague—Helen Biss.

Edward, Earl of Rutland (Aumerle, son of Y o r k ) — D e l w y n Smith.

A Waiting W o m a n — J i l l Badham.

A Doctor—Margaret Lansbury.

Fi rst Page—Miriam Baer.

Second Page—Rosalind Johns.

A Man in the Street—Faye Clemson.

A Second—Barbara Hooper.

A T h i r d — J o a n Delany.

W o m a n with Loaves—Helen Arnel.

W o m a n with Vegetables—Mary Johnston.

Lord Derby's Page—Noel Tandy.

Back-Stage at the School Play.

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Athletics The Athletic team this year competed in two events, both of which were held on Sports Day in First Term. T h e Inter-school Relay was the first event, and unfortunately we did not do very well.

W e congratulate the winners—Lauriston, Toorak College and St. Catherine's.

The team members were: Patricia Bell, Irene Bruhn, Joan Diprose, Jennifer Dugay, Lyn Helmer, Rosalie Holt, Denise Jones (vice-captain).

Barbara Matthews (captain), Joan Risby and Robyn Walters.

The highlight of Sports Day was, as usual, the House v. School Relay. For the first time in several years the School team was victorious in the tense and exciting race.

Those who represented the Boarders were: Nanette Allen, Irene Bruhn, Jill Murphy, Gilda Richards, Trixie Sharp, Lesley

Slade, Marjorie ster (captain).

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and Elizabeth

T h e Juniors, although they were very enthusi astic and shew promise of high standard in future years, were no more successful than the Seniors in the Inter-school Relay—Toorak College, Lauriston and M.C.E.G.G.S. finished in that order, and our congratulations are extended to them.

The members of the Junior team were: Carol Brown, Lois Brown, Jill Forbes, Margaret M o o n , Margaret Papst, Fay Parry (captain), Jenny Pond, Alison Sambell and Joan Slade (emergency).

W e would like to thank Mrs. Schnagl, Miss Barnett and Miss Brown f o r their valuable assistance and encouragement to the teams throughout the Athletic season, and also to wish next year's teams every success.

—Barbara

Matthews.

—Photo. C. Stuart Tompkins.

BASEBALL Back Row

(left to right):

Front Row

TEAM

Pamela Bowyer, Elizabeth O'Neill, Margaret Lansbury.

(left to right):

Web

Joan Risby, Judith Henderson,

Elizabeth Webster,

Jean

Woodfull,

Margaret Swann, Margaret Stevens.

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T h e team chosen consisted o f : Judith Henderson (pitcher), Jean W o o d f u l l (catcher), Margaret Stevens (1st base), Elizabeth Webster (2nd base, captain), Margaret Lansbury (3rd base), Margaret Swann (short stop), Joan Risby ( R . O . F . ) , Pamela Bowyer ( C . O . F . ) , and Elizabeth O'Neill (L.O.F., vice-captain).

After concentrated practices and due to Miss Coleman's baseball strategy, the team played successfully in most matches, being defeated only twice.

The results f o r First Term matches were: — Seniors—M.L.C. lost to Lauriston, 27-6; M.L.C. d. Moronga, 12-4; M.L.C. d. Fintona, 15-3; M.L.C d. Ruyton: M.L.C. d. St. Catherine's 20-12; M.L.C. lost to Hermitage, 4-3; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 6-3; M.L.C. d. M.C.E.G.G.S., 35-9; and in Third Term M.L.C. d Toorak College, 21-6 T h e last match against Toorak College completed the Baseball season in a fine manner, and all who played enjoyed themselves immensely.

The Juniors, instructed by Miss Mannes, and captained by Jane Randell, had a most enjoyable

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season, and the results of their matches were:— Hermitage d. M.L.C., 17-4; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 2220; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 28-6; M.L.C. d. M o r o n g o , 17-12; Toorak College d. M.L.C., 15-10; and M.C.E.G.G.S. d. M.L.C., 23-14.

A t the close of First Term, colours were awarded to Judith Henderson, Jean W o o d f u l l , Elizabeth O'Neill and Elizabeth Webster (redate).

T o those of the team returning, and to all prospective baseballers we wish continued success and hope they will have as enjoyable a year as we have had in 1956.

—Elizabeth Webster.

Basketball During the close competition of the Inter-house matches it was evident that there was much ability to constitute Senior teams, even though there were few veterans.

T h e team eventually chosen was:—Elizabeth Delbridge ( G . ) , Margaret Stevens ( A . ) , Elizabeth Webster (captain, A . W . ) , Catherine Lee (vicecaptain, C . ) , Margaret Swann ( D . W . ) , Glenys Lord ( D . ) , and Pat Edwards ( D . G . ) , with Joan Risby as emergency and captain of the second team. Under Joan's leadership the seconds played admirably, and the first team was scarcely courageous enough to accept their challenge.

— P h o t o . C. Stuart Tompkir.s BASKETBALL Standing Kneeling

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C. Stuart Tompkins.

Standing (left to right): Marnie Haig-Muir, Margaret Stevens, Elaine Walsh, Joan Risby (V.-Capt.), Catherine Lee (Capt.), Elizabeth Webster, Elizabeth Delbridge, Jean Woodfull, Helen Robert.

Kneeling (left to right): Lynette Grocke, Fay Williams, Jan Taylor, Margaret Swann.

T h e Juniors also maintained the basketball reputation with the coaching of Miss Manners and captained by Alison Tudor.

T h e results of matches played were:— Seniors: M.L.C. d. M o r o n g o , 21-11; M.L.C. d.

Korowa, 12-10; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 16-14; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 9-5; Sienna d. M.L.C., 18-10; M.L.C d. P.L.C., 10-9: M.L.C. d. Toorak College, 11-9; M.L.C. d. M.C.E.G.G.S., 19-9. Return matches were played against Fintona and Lauriston.

Juniors: M.L.C. d. M o r o n g o , 24-5; Hermitage d. M.L.C., 21-9; M.L.C. d. M.C.E.G.G.S., 23-21; M.L.C. d. P.L.C., 2.5-18; M.L.C. d. St. Catherine's, 17-7; M.L.C. d. Lauriston, 16-3; M.L.C. d. Fintona, 16-3.

Basketball colours were awarded to three players, namely Elizabeth Delbridge, Catherine Lee and Elizabeth Webster and to them we offer our congratulations.

In conclusion our thanks are due to Miss Kirby f o r invaluable coaching and our success as a team should be attributed to her. T o future basketball teams, we offer best wishes and hope that you will do your utmost f o r the School. Remember that to win is not all, but to try is everything.

—Elizabeth Webster.

which made them cricket premiers by a narrow margin f r o m Cato. Congratulations go to Cato who remain undefeated in their matches. Owing to the wet weather their match against Fitchett resulted in a draw. Berry came third by defeating Fitchett who, although they drew with Cato, did not manage to win a match.

T h e School team chosen f r o m the girls participating in the House matches was:—Lynette Grocke, Catherine Lee (wicket-keeper and captain), Joan Risbv (vice-captain), Helen Robert, Margaret Stevens, Margaret Swann, Jan Taylor, Elaine Walsh, Fay Williams, Jean W o o d f u l l , Elizabeth Webster and Marnie Haig-Muir (12th m a n ) .

T h e team is looking forward to playing the Scotch College Second X I in the near future, and we hope that a match will be arranged on Parents' Day against the fathers.

I am sure we all realise the wonderful opportunity we have by possessing a turf wicket and a lovely oval. W e would like to thank Miss Perkins and the rest of the Physical Education Staff for umpiring the House matches and f o r their help during sport lessons.

In conclusion we would like to wish the teams of next year the best of luck and we hope that cricket will remain as popular as it was this year.

—Catherine Lee.

Cricket This year the enthusiasm of the House Cricket matches has increased, and many girls have practised hard to gain a place in their teams. T h e matches have been very interesting and exciting f o r all those concerned.

Although Krome was defeated by Cato, their remaining two matches resulted in outright wins

Hockey W e were very fortunate to have Miss Barnett and Miss Brown to coach our teams this season.

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It was g o o d to see an improvement in the number of girls trying f o r teams. W e had two Senior teams and two Junior teams this year. The members of the first team were:— Goalkeeper, Helen Chesterfield; right back, Joan Weetman; left back, N o r m a Chester; right half, Joan Diprose; centre half, Elizabeth O'Neill (captain); left half, Jean Waters; right wing, Susan McKaige; left wing, Pamela Harrison; right inner, Helen Robert; centre forward, Marior.

Pretty; left inner, Marjorie Thompson (vicecaptain) .

W e played a memorable match with Scotch, and the spectators seemed to enjoy it as much as the players.

T h e results of our matches were:—M.L.C. lost to M o r o n g o , 5-0; M.L.C. lost to Hermitage, 9-0; M.L.C. drew with M.C.E.G.G.S.; M.L.C. d. Ruyton, 4-1; M.L.C. lost to Korowa, 3-0; M.L.C. drew with Fintona, 1-1; M.L.C. lost to Tintern, 3-1; M.L.C. lost to Toorak College, 9-1.

The Junior team, under the able captaincy of Pamela Ternouth, had a very successful season.

W e have some promising players f o r the future senior team. T h e results of their matches were:— M.L.C. d. M o r o n g o , 5-0; M.L.C. d. M.C.E G G S 3-2; M.L.C. d. Fintona, 5-0; M.L.C. d. Tintern, 4-0; M.L.C. lost to Toorak College, 4-1; M.L.C. d Korowa, 1-0.

W e would like to thank Miss Barnett and Miss Brown f o r the thorough training and help they have given our teams, and we wish next year's teams further success.

—Elizabeth

Tennis This year three of last year's team returned and competition was keen for the remaining five places.

The team finally chosen was:— First pair, Betty Davies, Margaret Rickarby (captain); 2nd pair, Judith Henderson, Helen Tregear; 3rd pair, Barbara Gilbert, Pauline Learner; 4th pair, Rosemary Corben, Rosalind Johns. Colours were awarded to Margaret Rickarby (redate).

W e had a successful year although we were not premiers. W e defeated M.C.E.G.G.S. and P.L.C., and were defeated by M o r o n g o and the Hermitage. W e also played a match against the Wesley College tennis team.

The second team had a successful year, as did the Juniors, who won all their matches and show great promise f o r the future.

The teams would like to thank Miss Perkins and Mrs. Schnagl, f o r their advice and encouragement throughout the year. T o the teams of 1957 we wish the best of luck.

—Margaret

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O'Neill.

Rickarby.

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(left to right): Joan Diprose, Sue McKaige, J e a n Walters. Elizabeth O'Neill Marjorie Thompson, Norma Chester, Helen Chesterfield, Joan Weetman.

Front Row (left to right): Pam Harrison, Marion Pretty, Helen Robert.

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TENNIS TEAM Left to Right: Betty Davies, Rosemary Corben, Helen Tregear, Margaret Rickarby (Captain), Rosalind Johns, Barbara Gilbert.

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Letter from Women's Christian College, Madras It would be the greatest pleasure to spend at least half my time writing letters about the amazingly interesting time I am having here in India.

It is really disappointing that there isn't time in the term or in the vacations to pass o n something of the life here to all the people who might be interested, and yet not be able to travel so far.

Life is very busy here—very like life at M.L.C.!

Our College play, " A s Y o u Like It," was produced last week, after a period of intensive rehearsal, and the rest of the term will be almost as busy, I believe, with a play f o r a Drama Festival, the Staff play, and a Christmas selection f r o m " T h e M a n Born to be King." This is all in addition to routine work, and special Selection exams, in late November. I was extremely interested in how well Indian students could produce a Shakespeare play (in a foreign language to them of course), and till the last few days could not have imagined the result could be so good. I took some colour photos of different scenes, and there are also some professional "black and whites" that are excellent, which I hope to bring home.

There have been other excitements in Madras lately: Earl and Countess Attlee's visit, and the First Test. I was invited to the latter, but the match was played over the " A s Y o u Like It" weekend, which made it impossible. T h e Indians were most generous in their praise and congratulations, and great interest is being shown in the Bombay Test at the moment.

T h e monsoon season has begun, but not in the dramatic manner I was expecting.

There are showers at least once a day, and some days are rather cloudy. T h e temperature has dropped to about 76-78 degrees f r o m 88-90, but nothing like the "Rains of Ranchipur" (film) has occurred as yet. This area seems to be sheltered f r o m the downpours other parts get by the Nilgiri Hills and the Deccan plateau; in the centre and north there have been bad floods. In the September vacation we went over a bridge near Hyderabad where flooding helped to cause the whole structure to collapse under the weight of the train, and 122 people were drowned. (Our train crawled over, detonators exploding all the way.)

W h e n I was in Mysore and Hyderabad in the holidays, the contrast between this drier area and the rich and green west and centre seemed very obvious. Hyderabad State is particularly rich in dams—they call them tanks, or "sagars"—and we were taken to see several of them. In Mysore also there are some very fine reservoirs, and we spent an afternoon at the great Brindhavansagar. where there are beautiful terraced fountains in a park, which are illuminated at night. In the second Five Year Plan the construction of dams and electric power plants is very important.

Under the second Five Year Plan, the boundaries of the States of India have been redrawn, and on 1st November, next Thursday, the changes

come into operatibn. The principle of division some years ago was linguistic—as far as possible it was decided to include all the Tamil-speaking peoples in Madras, all the Telegus in Andhra, and so on. But this has meant that a State like Hyderabad, famous for centuries f o r its riches and culture, has had to be cut up into three parts, which everyone agrees is a great pity. It has been a very serious problem, involving bloodshed and bitterness. I was able to read in the papers about the last stage, when the Government decided to include two language groups in Bombay State, and riots led by the minor language group, the Gujeratis, immediately followed.

Y o u can feel history moving under your feet here; it is a strange and awe-inspiring sensation.

T h e language problem here is of the greatest concern to all who are trying to teach English.

A f t e r Independence, there was naturally a great upsurge of national feeling, and many schools decided to teach in the mother-tongue of the area. It now means that at least one-third of the students we have in College have never been taught in English, and know only what would be the equivalent of our Leaving Pass French. In the First Term, these students were very unhappy, and so were their lecturers, but this term they seem to be able to understand better, and a few of them may pass at the end of the year. It is now realised that if Universities are to continue to teach in English, the schools will have to go back to the old medium, which of course is a pity -—I mean, we (Australians) would not like to have our teaching in French! But what else can be done? As Nehru said the other day: if India wants to develop scientifically, she must at present use English, the native languages not yet having developed an adequate scientific vocabulary.

(Osmania University, Hyderabad, uses U r d u — I should have asked when we were there how they manage in advanced Medicine and Science.)

In the September holidays I was very fortunate to be included in a group going on a History excursion to Mysore State. I should write a booklet if I tried to describe all we saw, but those who have studied British History would have been interested in the visit to T i p p o o Sultan's Garden Palace, with paintings of his battles with the French against the English painted all over the walls. A n d in his walled fort at Seringapatam, on an island on the river, with dungeons where he kept his English prisoners. Here he himself was killed, and we visited the beautiful tomb he built f o r his parents, and where he also was buried.

From Mysore City we went by train to a big market town called Hassan, and f r o m there by bus on two long excursions to some amazing temples. Two of them, at Halebid and Belur (not far f r o m each other) were built in the 12th century, and the detail of carving has to be seen to be believed. W e could have spent days there. Each

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temple has at least a dozen friezes of individual figures round the outside, and the pillars inside the Belur Temple were particularly remarkable.

Both temples have pierced stone screen-work, which is very beautiful: I believe the architecture is unique even in India.

T h e other place we visited f r o m Hassan is famous f o r a 68-foot statue of a Jain saint which towers over the countryside f o r twenty miles, and is approached only by climbing 800 steps f r o m the temples clustered round his feet. W e arrived there rather late, as the sun was shining on the white stone of the figure against a blue, blue sky; W e left it as the darkness began to fall rather eerily and persistent beggars rather worried us as we came quickly down the seemingly endless steps. Then, as the bus moved away o n the return journey we saw great lights suddenly illuminate the figure which seemed to be staring out over our heads as we left it behind.

In Mysore City we saw some of the preparations f o r the Dasara, the dazzling festival that has been held there f o r years, which culminates in the Rajah's appearance in state on the royal elephant, but the actual celebration (possibly the last because of the changes of boundary, and because of the enormous expense) was held after Second Term began.

A f t e r most members of the excursion had returned to Madras, some of us went on to Hyderabad, and I was rather thrilled to be staying quite close to the Nizam's Palace. The whole atmosphere of Hyderabad is Muslim, and quite different f r o m that of South India: all the domes and minarets, fezzes, jewels and silver and gold tinsel gave us a sort of Arabian Nights' feeling!

A n d how I wish I could send you all a box of Hyderabad sweets—fudges and marzipans decorated with beaten silver are what I remember most distinctly!

O f course the glory of Hyderabad is departed, and of course the old regime was bad in so many ways, but I could not help being thrilled at seeing the Nizam's servants in their yellow livery, or "His Exalted Highness the N i z a m " written up under notices, or over shops he patronised. His wealth is still fabulous, and I have a collection of anecdotes which I hope I can remember when there is time to tell them.

There are so many other things I would love to have time to describe, for instance the old Residency in Hyderabad, now a Women's College, where we saw students doing exams, in the ballroom, under great crystal chandeliers, and where the English coat-of-arms and " h o n i soit" still decorate the entrance. Or, to mention something much more important, the Central F o o d Technological Institute in Mysore City, where amazing work is being done in nutrition, e.g., milk being made f r o m peanuts, flour f r o m the stalk of the banana, valuable vitamin preparations from passion-fruit and mango, a multi-purpose f o o d f o r universal distribution when the public can be persuaded to buy it, and synthetic rice, made f r o m tapioca and peanuts.

But the highlight of our stay in Hyderabad was a day's trip to the old ruby city of Golconda, a fortress on a hill some 10 miles out. It was lived in f r o m about the 12th to the 17th century, and was the seat of some powerful kings in the 16th and 17th centuries, until Aurengzeb conquered the last ruler in 1687. It is now in ruins, and grass-covered, but we explored all the old buildings—stables, palaces, pleasure gardens and mosques, and stood on the top of the hill and looked down on the sprawling walls and broken battlements. N o place, except Pompeii, has ever given me such a sense of past history living in the present: it was an unforgettable experience.

W e then drove out of the fort and into the garden of the tombs of the rulers, each a miniature " T a j M a h a l " shaped building.

There are about forty altogether, and a few mosques with "lotus" stonework parapets and minarets at each corner.

T h e n I would love to describe travel by train in India: after two thousand miles, in all sorts of third class carriages, I feel I have passed through the initiation stage! I have now reduced what I thought were essentials to a very few—an Armv water-bottle, a sponge-bag, a scarf f o r your head, a light blanket, and a pillow. A n y illusions I had that you could unroll your bedding, change your clothes, or sleep very much were soon dispelled.

But of course, the kind of train makes a difference.

O n the Grand Trunk Express from Hyderabad we were able to reserve seats and we had room to lie down. W h e n we go north at Christmas, we shall be able to book sleeping-berths, and eventually third class coaches will be air-conditioned.

In India everyone travels by train, and continuously—for weddings, funerals, and f o r every kind of family gathering, as well as for commercial and business reasons. It was very interesting watching all the different types—beggars and other

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kinds of ticket-less travellers, young families on the move, market women of all ages, with baskets of curds or fruit, soldiers, Sikhs, distinguished-looking Brahmins, and holy men of different types. O n e who looked very like Tagore, and who spoke beautiful English, and whose brother, he told us, was a chemistry professor, asked us f o r water, and in return pressed some very nice Indian cakes called " l a d o o s " into our hands. W e took thermoses, but it is scarcely necessary, as South Indian coffee is very good, and served very hot at all big stations. I was most touched by the courtesy of the people we met everywhere; often, f o r example, one of our fellow passengers would take our thermoses to be filled.

I was also most fortunate in being in the company of seasoned travellers, who could speak the language a little, and deal with porters in the eternal haggle over charges. But even they were not prepared f o r a monkey which slipped in the carriage window at a stop soon after Bangalore, and who whipped away a piece of cheese we had just cut! By the way, our Australian Kraft cheese (tinned) is excellent f o o d f o r train travel. That, and dry biscuits, and sweet limes (oranges) were our staple foods when on the move.

In December I am going to Bareilly, neai Lucknow, with our Principal who has very kindly asked a Brahmin member of Staff and me to her home f o r Christmas; then she is taking us on a short walking trip into the Mussoorie Valley to see the Himalayas in the distance, then coming down to Agra and Fathepur Sikri as our guide.

After that, we may go on to Jaipur, Udaipur and Delhi, but we have planned only in broad outline at present.

M y typing leaves much to be desired: I might blame the Deepavli season—when fireworks are continually going off (there's one n o w ) — i t is the Festival of Lights, the celebration throughout India of the conquest of light, or goodness, over darkness, or evil. I believe that on the day itself, next Thursday, some of the crackers are so huge that when they are carelessly thrown among crowds, people are sometimes killed.

With best wishes to you all, Yours very sincerely, LORNA 28th October, 1956.

MITCHELL.

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During the September holidays, two parties of twenty-six girls and two Mistresses each toured Tasmania, one leaving a day before the other.

The dates given here refer to the second party.

A t Buckland we visited St. John's Church of England where the lovely stained glass window behind the altar is 500 years old and was originally made in England.

Saturday, 1st September:

Near Dunally we had a brief but most exciting meeting with the first party who were travelling f r o m Port Arthur to Hobart, and who prepared us f o r the meetings with ghosts which they claimed were in store f o r us.

W e arrived at Western Junction at 4 p.m. after a smooth trip f r o m Melbourne, but it was raining slightly when the plane landed. W e travelled the seven miles into Launceston by A . N . A . bus, and that evening we stayed at Caval Court, an old Colonial home.

W e dined at the Venetian Lounge and saw part of Launceston before returning to the hotel f o r vespers. It was decided that a different group of girls would conduct vespers and morning praise each day.

Sunday, 2nd September:

W e crossed Forrestier Peninsula to Eaglehawk Neck, a narrow neck of land which joins it to Tasman Peninsula and which was heavily guarded in the convict days by a cordon of dogs. A few prisoners did escape by swimming across Eaglehawk Bay, but most were too frightened to attempt it because they had been told that the water was infested by sharks.

After a hearty breakfast, we left Launceston in a Pioneer tour coach, passing M.L.C. on the way.

W e lunched at Derby, a town noted f o r tinmining, where we saw both the old open-cut and the present tin mine. W e stayed the night at the coal-mining town of St. Mary's, which is on a pass in the Crystal Range, and consequently it was very cold indeed. W e very hurriedly changed into school uniform and walked to the Methodist Church, only to find that there was no service there. W e ran all the way to the Church of England, where the minister was very pleased to welcome us, despite our lateness.

Eventually we arrived at the Arthur Hotel, Port Arthur, and we were all very tired and hungry, f o r we had travelled ninety miles thai afternoon. T h e hotel was convict-built and had been the assistant surgeon's residence in the convict settlement.

Some renovations had been carried out, but there were still dark, winding passages, a steep, narrow staircase and a dingy dining-room, so that the building filled with "Port Arthur relics" set the right atmosphere.

That evening we sang around the fire in the lounge and told ghost stories, some girls venturing to explore the ruins in the moonlight!

Monday, 3rd

Wednesday, 5th September:

September:

W e left St. Mary's on a beautifully warm and sunny morning and arrived at Swansea in time f o r lunch at the Bay View Hotel, where the dining room windows look over the smooth water of Oyster Bay. In the afternoon we visited " A l l Saints' C h u r c h " and the W a r Memorial, which was built in 1830 as a school, and where we were shown a portion of a sheet embroidered bv Queen Victoria and some articles and old records f r o m the Swansea General Store, now known as Morris' Store, and where every imaginable article is still sold. W e also visited the small museum attached to the souvenir shop, where we learnt much about the settlement at Port Arthur which we would see the next day. In the evening we played table tennis and had games and dancing in the ballroom.

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September:

Shortly after leaving Swansea, we crossed Spiky Bridge, so-called because of the pointed stones on either side of it. The bridge was convict-built, and it is said that the convicts intended the sharply pointed stones to prevent the officers and their girls sitting there in the moonlight!

A f t e r breakfast we were taken by a guide around the ruins of the convict settlement, and told (in paragraphs!) of the terrible treatment which the convicts received. Some were placed in solitary pitch-black cells, and after serving their sentence of as many as twenty-eight days in there, they were temporarily or permanently blind or insane. T h e mental asylum is now used as the Town Hall! W e also saw the ruins of the church, the penitentiary, the powder magazine, the hospital and law courts, and Smith O'Brien's cottage.

In the early afternoon we set out for Hobart, stopping at Eaglehawk Neck to see the Devil's Kitchen, Tasman's A r c h , the Blowhole and the Honeycombs, all most spectacular features of the Tasmanian coastline. W e also saw the tesselated pavement, f r o m above which we had a marvellous view of the Tasman Peninsula and the Hippolytes, two large rocks which seemed big enough to be called islands.

It was dusk when we arrived at the "Astor H o t e l " which was to be our headquarters during cur stay in Hobart, and some girls were so busy " u n p a c k i n g " that they did not hear the dinner

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gong, As soon as dinner was over we made a hurried decision to go and see " A T o w n Like Alice," and we rushed to the theatre just in time to get seats in the front stalls. W e all thoroughly enjoyed the evening despite the narrow wooden seats!

Thursday, 6th September: A mountain-climbing bus called f o r us as soon as breakfast was over, and we set out f o r Mt. Welllington, well rugged up and most excited because we could see the snow on the top of the mountain. Although no snow had fallen during the last week, a drift blocked the road, but nevertheless, quite undaunted, we walked to the pinnacle, sliding and having snowball fights on the way, and of course getting very wet in the process. By the time we began to return to the bus, a wind had sprung up and dense' clouds shrouded the panoramic view of Hobart and the Derwent River.

That afternoon we had hoped to join the first party in a visit to the Cadbury factory, but unfortunately this could not be arranged. However, the other party had a wonderful time and evidently many of them were not able to eat very much at dinner-time. W e had a free afternoon, which we spent in various ways and seeing different parts of Hobart. Some girls went shopping and a few were lucky enough to see a section of the pontoon bridge raised f o r a launch to go through.

Before dinner that night, Uncle Len, as our driver was now known to all of us, came to say good-bye, f o r a mistake had been made in his itinerary and, not expecting us to return ro Launceston, he had to begin another tour Rosalind Johns presented him with a green and white tie f r o m us all, and also with two little sprays of plastic flowers which Mrs. Alcorn had made f o r his wife and daughter.

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As soon as dinner was over, we walked to Sullivan Cove where we caught one of the fifty years old ferries which cross the Derwent Estuary to Bellerive, a large suburb of Hobart. T h e lights of Hobart, were very beautiful f r o m across the still water, and the light of Mountain Lodge halfway up Mt. Wellington seemed to rest on black velvet hung behind the cloth of light spread over the city. O n arriving back in Hobart, a number of girls went by trolley bus to Sandy Bay, where the moonlight shimmering on the rippling water and the wet sand of the curved bay joined with the music and gaiety of a dance in the hotel near the beach to cast a spell of magic over the whole

Friday, 7th September: After breakfast a lady who was a resident of the hotel presented us with a book f o r the school library, "Fishers' Ghost and Other Essays," by L. A . Triebil, Professor of French and German at the Hobart University and who was also staying at the Astor Hotel.

It was raining slightly as we left in our new bus f o r New N o r f o l k , where we visited St. Mark's Church of England, famous f o r its beautiful altar window. Here, just below Christ's right hand, is the head of a small girl with a fringe. This was a most unusual hairstyle at the time of the construction of the window which is in memory of Nancy H o p e Shoobridge who was drowned in the Derwent when only eight years old.

Before lunch we visited the Salmon Ponds at Plenty, where we saw the fish in different stages of growth, the bigger ones being separated f r o m the smaller ones which they would eat. Most of the eggs are imported, and the ponds are surrounded by beautiful gardens.

W e ate a true country lunch at the " O l d Colony Coffee I n n " at New N o r f o l k . Even the bedrooms were open to the public and all the rooms were furnished with antiques. T h e garden was beautifully laid out, and there were numerous tables and chairs outside where people would eat in summer under the blossom trees.

In the afternoon we went to Russell Falls in the National Park, and on our journey there we saw the hopfields and orchards of the H u o n Valley. W e walked along a sodden track bordered by huge trees until we reached the falls, where we were awed by the grandeur of the cascading water.

That night some girls rode in a trolley-bus again while others went f o r a ride in a Tasmanian tram and saw the new railway station which was built f o r the Queen's visit and which we were most surprised to find competeley deserted—not like Flinders Street station!

Saturday, 8th September:

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W e began the long journey through central Tasmania to Launceston- on a rainy morning, and crossed the Bndgewater Bridge, the causeway of which was built by convicts. At first the river-bed could not be f o u n d , and when a convict did find it by lashing logs together to f o r m a raft which he sunk by placing stones on it, he received a free pardon as a reward. Near the causeway is the

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W e lunched at Campbell Town, where our party and others in the hotel were expertly served by one waitress!

W e soon arrived at Launceston and went to the Gorge where the waters of the Tasman River roar through massive walls of rock. As on outfirst night in Tasmania, we stayed at Caval Court and dined at the Venetian Lounge. In the evening several girls went to see " T h e D a m Busters" whilst the remainder had an early night.

Sunday, 9th

September:

A small group of girls and the two Mistresses attended eight o'clock communion at St. John's Church of England. The records of the Church go back to 1811, and we were very interested to see the entries in the register of the marriages of John Pascoe Fawkner (1822) and John Batman (1828).

Behind the altar is a beautiful mosaic reredos copied f r o m Leonardo da Vinci's painting, " T h e Last Supper," and a memorial window in the chapel depicts T h e Centurion and is in memory of an officer who served in the Peninsula W a r and at Waterloo. In the vestry we were shown a clock made by convicts, as well as many interesting photographs and some bricks with the broad arrow and thumb marks imprinted in them.

W e all attended the eleven o'clock service at Paterson Street Methodist Church, and afterwards we lunched at the Clover Leaf Cafe (which we were told is banned to M.L.C. Launceston girls!).

After lunch some girls again visited the Gorge while others went to the City Park which was opposite Caval Court and where a band was playing. There is a small zoo in the park and also a conservatory in which there was a most beautiful display of' cyclamen, primulas and cinerarias.

T h e A . N . A . coach called at Caval Court at 3.45 p.m. to take us to Western Junction. T h e plane took off promptly in sunny weather, and in no time we had our last glimpse of beautiful Tasmania. A b o v e Launceston the fluffy white clouds had been illumined by the sun, but across Bass Strait they became streaky and grey and eventually hid our view as we ran into bad weather. Despite the rain and wind we landed safely at Essendon, and so our wonderful holiday came to an end with many of us wishing that we were still in Tasmania.

1830. At this time, the cove, a mile or two northeast of Opossum Bay, was known as Stewart Harbour, but was re-named after Governor Arthur, who was in command when it was founded.

T h e settlement proved to be a natural prison, f o r the Tasman Peninsula on which Port Arthur is situated is joined to the Forestier Peninsula by a small strip of land, Eaglehawk Neck, while th., second peninsula itself is connected with the mainland only by the East Bay Neck. In order to warn the guards of an approaching escapee, a cordon of dogs was chained at Eaglehawk Neck, but some convicts evaded capture by swimming the bay.

O n e man waded through shallow water at Dunalley with only his head protruding, onto which he had attached some seaweed. His ruse was discovered when the watching soldiers realised that the seaweed was floating against the wind. Not only were these measures taken against escape, but an efficient semaphore telegraph system was set up, by which messages could be sent to Hobart and answered within fifteen minutes.

The greatest commandant was O ' H a r a Booth, who did much towards making the settlement so important. Under his authority many new buildings were constructed, roads and harbours built, ship building and other trades established, and much of the land under the shallow sea was reclaimed f r o m about 1841 to 1851. It was during his command that the magnificent church, thought to be the finest on the island, was erected of granite to seat 2000. With stained glass windows and a fine steeple, the church, used by all denominations, has been attributed to Mason, a convict, although many consider that work was undertaken

by Blackburn, who later became T o w n Surveyor for Melbourne.

Built in the shape of a cross, three arms of which were made up of cells leading off corridors, the other arm containing the chapel, the Separate Treatment Prison, modelled on an English gaol at Pentville, was designed especially f o r unbreak able prisoners, and relied more on mental than physical punishment, although flogging was not uncommon. T h e men, shut in their cells with nothing to sustain them but bread and water, could only speak in an undertone with their guard

W e are most grateful to the School f o r arranging such a exciting and extremely interesting trip f o r us, and we would like to thank Mrs. Alcorn, Miss Bazeley, Miss Pelaschiar, and Miss Sandral for all that they did to make our visit to Tasmania so memorable.

J.H. and R.J.

Port Arthur Port Arthur, at one period the third most important town in Tasmania, was only a tiny lumber station when Russell landed there with sixty-eight prisoners and numbers of soldiers in

—Rosalind

Johns,

Honour VI.a,

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and were not allowed to communicate with fellow convicts. If they disobeyed this regulation they were placed in the " d u m b cell," which admitted no light or sound, and was entered through four doors and passages set at an angle. Many went mad after such treatment. T h e only relief was the daily hour of exercise in the triangular spaces between the corridors, and the service in the prison chapel, but on the latter occasion they were covered with black masks and led to a boxlik;' pew, so that they would never see another prisoner.

T h e well-behaved convicts, usually well-treated, were taught some useful trade and often learnt to read and write, although some were set hard labour wearing leg-irons.

Point Puer, the reformatory school f o r boys f r o m ten to eighteen, who were given a sentence up to fourteen years f o r some trivial crime, was situated on the strip of land about one mile across the bay f r o m Port Arthur, and has been represented as a place of cruelty and harsh punishment. It did, however, a great deal towards teaching many boys a g o o d trade, and setting them up in life to become successful farmers and business men.

Just off the shore f r o m Point Puer is the Isle of the Dead, covering about two acres, where nearly two thousand convicts are buried in unnamed graves. In this island f o r many years lived Jeffrey, a troublesome convict, who expressed a desire to go there and was sent in disgust by Dr. Coverdale, the last commandant, who knew he could not escape, being unable to swim. It was said he had dug a grave and kept it f o r himself.

The cordon of dogs was removed in 1860, and only five hundred and sixty-four prisoners remained at the settlement—a contrast to the thousands there at its peak. Even the guards were withdrawn to the Maori wars and replaced by constables, and in 1878 the last seventy prisoners were taken to Hobart gaol, f r o m whence many later returned to sell relics of the old days. Some of the buildings were sold, but many of the finer ones were turned into picturesque ruins by bushfires.

— A l i s o n Laird, P.VI.b, Krome.

The Church at Port Arthur O n e of the most beautiful and picturesque ruins to be f o u n d at the former convict settlement of Port Arthur is the old church, which is set on a hill and dominates the surrounding countryside.

The church was designed by Mason, a convict who was serving a life sentence, but to whom a pardon was granted f o r his work. T h e design provided f o r thirteen spires representing Jesus and the twelve disciples. T h e building of it was commenced in 1836, and completed in 1840, during which time only convict labour was used.

Unfortunately the church was never consecrated because, during its erection, one man fell f r o m the top of the tower and was killed and another was murdered while working there.

A beautiful avenue of old English oaks leads to the door of the church, and it w.as between these trees that the convicts were marched every Sunday. T o ensure that they not attempt to communicate with each other, every convict was masked before leaving the Penitentiary. A heavy ball and chain attached to his leg made escape f o r any convict impossible.

Once in the church, the convicts sat on one side, while the guards sat on the other. Because it was not considered correct f o r the guards to have to look on the convicts in the church, a curtain was lowered between them before the commencement of the service.

Queen Victoria was so shocked at the reports which she had received f r o m Port Arthur that she ordered the whole town to be wiped out with fire. However, in 1897, before her orders could be carried out, a bushfire swept through and ruined all the buildings, including the church.

Although only its bare walls remain to-day, there is a plan in progress to attempt to rebuild the church exactly as it was in 1840.

Rosemary Corben, H o n . V I . c , Fitchett.

Hobart Hobart, with a population of approximately 95,223, is the capital of our island State, Tasmania, and nestles beneath Mt. Wellington, o n the shores of Sullivan Cove.

Hobart is like Melbourne in several ways, but there are not as many large buildings there, and only a few large stores. T h e red granite contained in the structure of the public buildings has all been brought f r o m " T h e Hazards" on Freychinet Peninsula. Many of the older homes are built of sandstone or freestone, so-called because it was so easy to obtain and there was so much of it.

T h e city is built right on the shores of Sullivan Cove and so the wharves are only a couple of minutes' walk f r o m Parliament House.

O n e night our party went f o r a trip on a ferry to Bellerive, on the opposite side of the bay, f r o m where we looked back to see the fairyland of lights Hobart had become. W e also went f o r a ride on the trolley bus, which is an ordinary bus with rubber wheels, but no engine. It derives its power f r o m an overhead electric cable to which it is joined by a pole. This pole allows the buses to pull over to the kerb.

T h e next morning as our bus climbed Mt. Wellington, below us we could see Hobart, lying like a carpet of houses, while the Derwent stretched like a silver ribbon to the sea.

—Lois Hunt, 16 yrs., P.VI.b, Cato.

An Extract From a Tourist's Letter Home ". . . Tasmania is very like what I imagine the British Isles to be. Wherever you go you can always see mountains in the distance—some snowc a p p e d — a n d the scenery is wonderfully panoramic.

"Besides the usual tourist attractions, we have met with the unexpected. At St. Mary's we f o u n d out what Tasmanian wolves (two-legged) were.

20 SILVER A N D GREEN " T h e Bay View Hotel, Swansea, is noted for its ninety-nine yard long corridor. Our r o o m was at one end, and the dining room at the other, so our appetities were well and truly whetted as we walked the two hundred and ninety-seven feet to our meals. N o wonder we have been eating four courses at every meal!

"Last Tuesday evening, some practical jokers in our party could not resist the ghost stories circulating about Port Arthur, with the result that there were various ominous creakings and noises until into the dim dark hours of the next morning. However, I slept as well in that rambling old hotel as anywhere else in Tasmania. Port Arthur has also quite saturated me with convict history. " T h r o u g h our ignorance of Tasmania generally we have been very conspicuous as tourists, but we have f o u n d everybody most helpful.

Oil Thursday evening we went f o r a tram ride in Hobart to see the city lights. T h e conductress advised us to go to stop 12 which overlooks the Derwent River and the floating bridge. W e did this, and then decided to go on to the terminus.

O n the return journey, the driver slowed down especially near stop 12, so that we could see the lights. T h e two banks were spread before us—two forests of lights, with a winding path running between them, and linked by a string of glistening pearls floating on the shimmering blackness of the Derwent River. Car lights moved continu-

ally across the bridge, and their reflections danced on the water. It was a very pretty sight indeed, and we were glad that we had seen it.

"Sliding on the snow on Mt. Wellington last Thursday morning afforded some of us a great deal of enjoyment. But alas f o r our folly—we have huge tears in our plastic raincoats! " T h e r e is a rack just above our heads in the coach, on which we stuff our hats, cameras, etc.

Every now and then some unsuspecting person is banged on the head by one of these articles— much to her continual annoyment if she merely puts the offensive article back in the same place. " W e have a movie fiend in our party, and nearly everybody else has a camera, so we are continually being snapped—quite innocently. Let's hope not too many cameras are broken! W h i c h reminds me, one or two girls are having trouble with their cameras—shutters and winders sticking, or they have forgotten to adjust the time exposure after a late evening supper! " M y luggage was well under the thirty-five pounds limit, so I am thinking seriously of smuggling a few Tasmanian potatoes back with me! " I will post this now, but with this mail strike it remains to be seen whether I or this letter wili arrive home first . . . " —Margaret Mott, H o n . V l . b , Cato.

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Original Contributions SENIOR SECTION Sentinel Gums

The Homeward Trek

Sentinels, they stand there, brown and green: Spires reaching up to the light above, So stately and slender. T h e dappling sunbeams Chase one another, and laugh as they play O n the forest floor. T h e glowing sun Filters through the bronzed tree-tops A n d light up the carpet of moss; tree ferns O f brilliant green incline their fronds.

It's here among the silent gums, Old, and yet young in strength, it's here Where the gentle light sings joyfully, That the Spirit of Australia lives.

In dignity and peace they stand, Columns of an ancient temple, reaching U p to the enveloping blue, which leans U p o n their sturdy boughs, linking This earth with heaven. A n d so they make T h e Spirit of Australia one With G o d W h o s e presence permeates T h e bushland and the cities, both alike.

Softly and silently steals the dusk, As homeward through the bush A small boy wends his weary way— His head is bent dejectedly, A n d as he climbs a grassy mound H e stops to rest, and glances T o where the silver river flows, and Clear, soft ripples lay against its bank.

There he had been since dawn that day, With no protection f r o m the heat W h i c h cruelly, relentlessly, beat down.

N o w as he stands in the golden twilight, Trickling down his freckled cheek A crystal teardrop falls; A n d he turns f o r home, and lovingly takes His empty fishing bag once more A s a peaceful hush settles on the world, A n d a faint celestial glow Casts lengthening shadows, o n T h e small boy goes, With little feet, so slow.

—Rosalind Johns, H o n . V l . a , Cato.

The Window T h e church is silent, but the flooding sun Fills it cools arches high with singing light.

T h e solemn angels at the vaulted roof Laugh as they catch reflections jewel bright.

T h e great window in the western wall Glows with the meaning of its vivid story: T h e three saints kneeling in humble prayer before Tv/o prophets, and the One's transfigured glory.

Above, the light, to deepest sapphire dyed Surrounds the symbol of the Crucified.

—Jennifer Murphy, H o n . VI.c, Cato.

— M a r y Brevitt, 16 yrs., P.VI. b, Berry.

Not Alone A l o n e , it seemed I heard it, felt it, There in the still of the sleeping bush W h e r e night adjourned into its purple bower, Removed the earthly glow, A n d lifted me above all mortal power.

T h e voice of G o d shone clear, came calm, All loving, warm, enthroned me in its balm, It drew me in.

—Lynette E. Helmer, 16 yrs., P . V l . d , Krome.

20 S I L V E R A N D The Crippled One Mis-shapen, twisted, Whether leafy or bare Crippled forever it stands . . .

Everywhere, How can it stand against the perfection, T h e symmetry O f a well-grown tree?

But it stands Alone, A l o n e in triumph, A striking beauty f o r those who see, Serene, apart, It conquers affliction With richer beauty Born of the handicap— Beauty that onlv God Can give.

— J o a n Diprose,

16 yrs., P.VI.c, Fitchett.

Prayer T h e glow of sunset filled the little church, T h e bronze Cross blazed above in fiery might, Sunbeams caressed the candles, Book and cup With rosy light.

She slipped inside the door and knelt, head bowed, By bluestone pillar in the Cross's glare.

Her cheeks were wet. In penitence her heart Uplifted prayer.

T h e sun shone o n her head. She did not see, But as it sank there fell upon her hair T h e shadow of the Cross—as if a sign O f answered prayer.

She did not see. T h e church grew dim and grey, T h e sunset faded, dusk brought day's release, A n d in her heart the grief dispersed, became God's perfect peace.

—Stephanie Tasker, 16 yrs., P.VI.c, Cato.

Peace Sought by nations, kings, priests, blind followers of wealth, false beauty, security; f o u n d by men wrestling with the red earth, green grass, men hard-bitten with the tang of salt, the cobalt depths reflected in their eyes, men rending Nature's very secrets f r o m her bowels, finding reason, purpose in their lives.

Like ants above ground they live, in rows and rows, bloodless beneath a false veneer of scarlet; never ceasing, always strained, hurrying, yet—never starting, ever futile, useless like, like some old machine, oiled but dirty, full of raucous noise.

W h a t peace?

W h o knows? W h o cares?

W h o planned this ugly order but man?

Bodies are leprous, inflamed, sores purple, ulcerous with stench, eating to the very flesh and bone; limbs withering, dropping, lifeless, eyes terrified, then hopeless; grey rocks, a desolate wildness, and brown sand, grey sea of many moods, yet without pity.

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What peace but what Damien found alone, surrounded by distortion, an exile giving hope to chaos?

A storm is raging, swift with vengeance draining colour f r o m the earth, and leaving yellow, bright and sickly; rain and wind like Furies seem to batter at earth's doors.

W h o planned this wild disorder but G o d , Alone?

Whither f r o m this presence shall I go?

O n the wings of morning if I fly to the utmost corners of the sea, even His right hand shall hold me there, in His outstretched palm He'll hold me near.

•—Pauline Morgan, 17 yrs., H o n . VI.c, Cato.

Australian Summer W e cannot see her—spirit of inconstant moods, But we have felt her passion in the red of summer sunset; Laughed with her in the gurgling of a bathing child; Known her beauty and anger in a sudden storm, Tensed with her in the watchfulness of midday sun.

W e cannot see her—child of discord; But we have heard her voice Piping monotonously o n dying grasses; Thundering angrily, suddenly shrill with lightning; Raised fretfully in 'plaint of wingeing infant; Rustling with rats through harvest stalks; Abandoned in the lowing of dying cattle.

W e cannot see her—creature of destruction, But we can find her works in blackened trees; Gaunt burnt homesteads tell her story; A n d the farmer's wife has felt her in her steaming kitchen.

W e cannot see her—daughter of desolation, But glimpse her shadow in mirages in the desert; A n d with the vulture hovering above a dried-up creek Where bones of cattle whiten in the sun Whose straggling footsteps in the hard-baked clay Tell where she has been.

— R h o n d d a Smith, H o n . V I . b , Fitchett.

The Play (with apologies to C. J. Dennis) Larst Friday night we went to see a play, T h e reel diermatic stuff, as 'ow they say, In Fitchett ' A l l — t h e place at M.L.C. 'Twas 'ome to me.

T h e m g o o d old solid boards—I'll never see Their like again in high serciety.

T h e programme (sixpence down) derscribed the show, A slap-up j o b called Richard of Bordeaux, Writ by a girl what 'ad some queer gent's n a m e — A fishy game.

T h e curtain rose—two kids sat on the stage—• In comes King Richard in a ding-dong rage!

I settle down to cheer a g o o d ol' fight W h e n A n n e comes in to patch it up all right.

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MLC SICK BAY

-Jennifer Brisbane, P.VI.a,

15 years, Fitchett.

20 S I L V E R A N D "Get in an' fight!" I sez, but no such luck.

H e does a duck.

A n ' after that life floats along serene Till, up the villains in the treason scene!

Fair narks they are, both lords, an' filthy rich, They try to crool our 'andsome 'ero's pitch.

Five of 'is mates they bump off pretty slick A dirty trick.

Crool Forchin seems to stoush 'im fair an' square.

'Is dear A n n e dies, an' friends give 'im the air.

Bur tho' 'e's down, takes ten to get 'im out, A n d Richard bounces up before the count.

'E bumps off all the crooked villain crew— About time too! " A h , sweet revenge," 'e sez, " I kep' me vow."

His pals come crawlin' back to make their bow.

But spare me days! Pride goes before a fall, A n d Richard's world collapses at 'is feet.

'Is cousin knocks 'im off 'is pedestal.

E did it neat.

Ol' 'Enry swipes the crown ('e's top dog now) . . .

I sends me peanuts when they makes their bow — S . T . , J.D., 16 yrs., P. V I . c , Cato, Fitchett.

" T h e Play's The Thing" Although W e do not generally patronise the theatre W e went T o the School Play.

— W e are still Recovering From the Dramatic Impact.

We Feel humble, to say the least.

T o be Quite frank, we did not think They would be Capable — W e bow our heads in shame.

Certainly W e may be proud O f such Actresses, and of the dramatisation, W h i c h was really Outstanding —Miss Dwyer may justly take a bow.

Richard O f course, was wonderfully portrayed.

W e also Have pleasant recollections of Mowbray, Henry's wife, and Anne — A n exceedingly fine and sensitive performance on her part.

As For the twenty-five others, They have Our hearty congratulations f o r A really splendid Presentation.

W e hope next year's play will be as good.

To End, we would like to add O n e thing: Is it possible, even remotely, that we Could have Richard's Autograph?

W e want to add it to our Collection.

— F . A . N . , P. V l . b , Fitchett

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[It Is quite possible of course.

As Editor, I will use my Influence and put in a W o r d for you.

However, Richard is Temperamental A t times, as all actresses are apt to b e . — E d . ]

Spring There is no G o d that I can hear, A n d yet the season of the year Is eloquent with bird and bee, A n d echoes in the heart of me.

There is no G o d that I can feel, A n d yet the lonely stars are real; A n d though they cannot take ' my hand, They watch me, and they understand.

There is no G o d that I can see Yet unseen blossoms call the bee A n d though my earthly eyes are dim, G o d smiles at me—and I at Him. — E . M. Nixon, H o n . V I . c , Berry.

Colour The world is full of colour. It is everywhere.

W e have only to try to imagine a world devoid of colour—people dressed in black and white, an uncoloured sunset, the dreadful monotony of a colourless world, to realise the significance of colour, and the part it plays, often silently, in our lives. What are the colours of the seasons? . .

It may have been an autumn morning. There was the colour of autumn in the trees. Lake Wanaka was silent, with the silence that Nature, and colour, makes so eloquent. In the depths of the lake were mirrored all the beauty of the f o r m and colour of the world around. T h e great Alps thrust their grey-blue peaks topped with white, into the sky, and between them peeped the lighter blue of the heavens, which deepened to the darker, clearer blue of autumn. O n the far side of the lake a dancing splendour of poplars leapt like brilliant orange flames against the purple of the mountains. The long spearheads of scintillating colour pierced their reflections into the lake, which in its clear depths reflected the blue sky, the majestic blue of the snowcapped peaks and the gold of the poplars. . . .

Now the earth is painted in the million greys of winter.

T h e orange of the multi-coloured autumn no longer shines. Patches of brave pink give the promise of returning spring, but grey is in the landscape and in the sky, which hangs ominous and dark, scored with deep lines of silver and purple. T h e graceful skeleton of an unclothed tree is hung with brown, laced with yellow lichens and the plumage of the robin redbreast is a brilliant, cheering scarlet. A heap of leaves, yellowed and withered with age, stands reminiscent of the by-gone summer.

Nearby stoops an old tin shed—grey, with the greyness of silver that has greeted many seasons, and reddened with broken streaks of rust.

That was winter, but spring has now returned, with all her traditional pastel shades. New colours dress the market as the sun returns.

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shades of its marvellous depths. The trees are dressed in snow and piles of soft cotton-wool interrupt the blueness of the sky. Gardens are full of scarlet, turquoise, jade, saffron and every conceivable colour, as the flowers once more greet the sun. The ultra-fashionable lady f r o m the White House is garbed in a brilliant, glowing red. Her sleek, black poodle trots sedately at the heels of her fashionable mushroom-coloured shoes. But she carries a green umbrella, f o r the greyness of winter may return, although the sun is preparing to glow with greater intensity to welcome summer.

The blue sky, blistered with tired clouds, stretches to the hazy purple horizon. T h e trees in Hawthorn are now brown, and the walls of the M.L.C. stretch in a line of grey to the orange of the Junior School.

The oval displays its welcoming greenness, and the swimming pool gleams with a greeny-blue brilliance. The many colours of the walls of Cato W i n g survey each other silently, and light strikes the azure and cream of Nellie Fitchett's gown, and sends its tinted rays uninterrupted through the silent hall. But soon the soliloquies of "the old grey school of dreams" are broken, f o r girls, clad in the traditional green and grey, bring tales of colour, of blue seas and yellow sands, where they have spent their holidays. House colours ot yellow, purple, green and blue are to be won.

There is that small yellow book which seems to appear at the end of each term, and of an unusual brilliance of colour are the unmarked books that have not yet experienced the kicks of four seasons.

Colours are indispensable. Whether it is the inspiration of man-made colours that create masterpieces of everlasting beauty, or the colours of the seasons that inspire great poets—we praise G o d f o r giving them to us, that we might say: " A l l these were lovely."

—Margaret Plant, P.VI.a, Fitchett.

Ode to Young Ladies of Fashion ( ? ) Desirous of Acquiring Pony-tails Pony-tails are here to stay, , Quite the fashion of the day, So borrow one f r o m some old horse A n d you'll be very smart of course.

But if you cannot quickly find A horse who's willing to be kind Enough to part with his long brush W h i c h swishes off the flies, which rush T o promenade his ample back, Y o u may find in a forgotten crack A n old shoe-lace or rubber band T o tie with very great care around The too-short ends of your flowing curls.

A n d you can then receive f r o m girls A n d boys the praise which is your due For being like all others who Wear a very small and thin T u f t of hair sticking out, not in; O r else a huge and bushy bunch Rather resembling the cap of a dunce, Attached at the back in order to call Forth the admiration of all.

—Rosalind Johns, H o n . V L a , Cato.

Twenty Famous Sayings Turn and tack, kid!

We'll pause here, now.

Y o u know I'm a firm believer in the chapel fund.

I'm earnest to-day, girls!

O h , dear! I'm in the wrong room again.

Another nail in the coffin of the Senate.

I do think somebody in P.VI.a might have cleaned the blackboard or thrown out the dead flowers.

Those cuttings will be extremely valuable, girls.

Sit on it, Margaret.

Just a minute, girls, and I'll look it up to make sure. i Now the staff with duties and girls with special lessons will take this opportunity of leaving; will the school please standi1 I don't like to say it, girls, but this room smells.

Now the next person who talks can go and get my lunch.

Y o u wouldn't think this was a Leaving Pass Form!

Use your lips, Y o u r voice needs more life.

Vowel sounds could be better.

Excuse me, ladies!

H a n d in your masterpieces.

Y o u goons shouldn't be coming up these stairs (past).

I'm sure I'm more worried about these exams, than youallare.

We'll go into Chym.

(Famous last words): Beginning really going to work this term.

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Impressions of the Grand Final, 1956 T h e long and patient queues like giant snakes, Weaving their steady paths towards the gates.

T h e wide expanse of green surrounded by T h e milling throng; tense, curious and waiting.

A n d so it was two thousand years ago W h e n a Roman crowd's capricious fancy Taken by a brawny gladiator, Decided whether he would live or die.

T h e conversation of the crowd presents A garbled version of the trouble that Seems to pervade the life of all the world.

A n air of expectation lies among T h e teeming thousands that are gathered here.

T h e gaudy banners that proclaim in full T h e heroes of the crowd, and of to-day.

T h e frantic swell of mob hysteria that Bursts forth upon the heads of thirty-six— T h e sound of surf upon an empty beach.

T h e game is over; it is won and lost.

Like Titans men have struggled f o r a flag.

T h e weary way is wended; feats discussed.

T h e ground now lies deserted, like a tomb, A n d mewing birds provide a requiem.

—Judith Ralston, 16 yrs., P.VI.e, Fitchett.

20 S I L V E R A N D Winter in England Winter begins and ends the year, but in the south of E n g l a i d at least, " W h i t e Christmases" are uncommon. Winter can first be sensed when all the wrinkled leaves are brushed into heaps and are burnt, a thin blue line of smoke standing out against a soft, grey, cloudless sky. T h e leafless trees stand rigid, their dark branches pointing upwards, as if praying f o r the advent of spring.

T h e n the gulls fly inland and wheel over the park with piteous, moaning cries, perching on the soccer posts and ruffling their feathers in anticipation of the weather coming. T h e sun has difficulty in piercing through the thick mist, and sets early in the afternoon. After frosts the window-panes are patterned with white feathers, and pools of water are frozen, with a few brown reeds standing erect in the still, clear surface. T h e ground is like rock, and the leaves of garden plants hang drooping in the sharp air.

Then, gradually, the clouds part and flake by flake snow falls, as if petals were being blown cut of a distant heavenly garden. It may fall all night, and in the morning the sight through the window is breath-taking. There is a dazzling white sheet over everything, broken only by bushes and trees; hillsides are perfectly rounded and rocks and unevenness moulded into the c o m m o n shape.

T h e daik branches of trees have thin white edges, and the whole world is a monochromatic picture.

In a white field some children build a snow-man.

H e will stand f o r a week, perhaps, but then slowly his body will shrink and he will disappear into the ground. There will remain but one trace of him, some pieces of coke that have served their purpose as his waistcoat buttons.

—Pamela Ternouth, 14 yrs., V.c, Cato.

Hampstead—London Hampstead, to me, brings back happy memories of a suburb full of charm and individuality, with a spacious Heath which in olden days was the highwayman's paradise.

There are picturesque inns, including one known as the "Spaniard's I n n , " once frequented by such notorious men as Dick Turpin on his celebrated horse, Black Bess; quaint antique shops, narrow lanes and as a contrast, the cosmopolitan suburb that is now wiping out the old walled town. This Hampstead is one full of foreigners, especially Indians and Africans; students who live in cheap hostels and boarding houses, together with many artists' models and actresses. One can wear almost anything in Hampstead without being thought unconventional.

There are bewhiskered artists in gaudy, untidy clothes and girls in matadors and bright jumpers.

Each week-end an open air art show is held by Whitestone Pond, the same p o n d where Shelley sailed paper boats and f r o m which George du Maurier rescued a drowning dog. It is very interesting to watch the artists displaying their paintings and trying to sell them.

But this is modern Hampstead, which is similar to many suburbs of big cities, while the old Hampstead is unique and intriguing. It is the setting of a famous true-life fairy story, that of Dick Whittington, who became Lord Mayor of London and

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is said to have sat on the top of the Heath and heard the Bow Bells telling him to " T u r n again, Whittington, thou worthy citizen, thrice Lord Mayor of L o n d o n . " So Dick and his cat returned to London, where the pealing of the Bow Bells came true. A stone near Whitestone Pond can now be seen, on the exact spot where he is supposed to have sat.

Many famous people have lived in Hampstead: Robert Louis Stevenson, George du Maurier, Charles Dickens, Shelley, John Constable, Anna Pavlova and many others. Perhaps the best known around Hampstead is John Keats. H e spent some of his happiest days before going to Italy in a small twisting street known as Keats Grove. The quaint little Regency cottage is Wentworth Place.

Here can be seen his diary, a lock of his hair and love letters written to Fanny Brawne. One particular letter we noticed was the last he wrote to her when he realised that because of his incurable illness he could not marry her. It ended, " G o o d b y e , Fanny: G o d bless y o u . " Keats wrote many of his best works h e r e — " E n d y m i o n , " " T h e Eve of St. A g n e s " and many others. T h e mulberry tree in the charming garden is believed to have been planted in the seventeenth century. It is bent and gnarled, and has to be propped up by small brick pillars. It was while sitting under this tree that he wrote his immortal " O d e to a Nightingale." H e is said to have been inspired to write these beautiful lines, " T h o u wast not born f o r death, immortal Bird . . ." while a nightingale was singing in the branches of the tree.

O n Bank Holiday, Hampstead is invaded by thousands of Cockneys f r o m the East End for the Fair on the Heath. There are roundabouts, coconut shies, side shows and fortune telling. I went with a friend to have my fortune told,, but it was interrupted when a policeman arrived to question the gypsy. Hampstead has its own Pearly " K i n g s " and "Queens." Myriads of pearl buttons make up their ceremonial dresses. The " K i n g ' s " suit is covered with them as closely as fish scales.

There are few surviving Pearly " K i n g s " and "Queens" but those that are alive come to H a m p stead on "Bank 'oliday".

-—Margaret Johnston, 16 yrs., P.VI.e, Cato.

The Station Years ago, this was a different place, This humble and disused country station T h e narrow, shining rails gleamed in the sun, T h e platform crowded with luggage and flowers.

T h e shriek of the whistle, the chug of the train, T h e children hear, run forward eagerly, Puffing loudly, the train draws to a halt, Here rid of its load, it is laden again.

The station to-day? A different place.

N o cries of children, no toot or whistle, Hills echo no more with its noisy shriek N o more is seen of its billowing smoke.

T h e rails are rusting, the signs pulled down, Weeds choke the points, the signal is falling.

A straying cow—the only sign of life, The station is deserted—silent—forgotten!

—Janice Fox, Dip. A , Fitchett.

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After much consideration, endeavouring to be unbiased, my conclusion is that the country child has a more interesting and fun-packed childhood than the city child. T h e city child has distinct advantages in modern methods in schooling and all the " m o d . cons." available in city homes. Their entertainments may be more expensive, but I am sure no more enjoyable than the simple ones of the country child.

There is no comparison between swimming in dams with the horses and swimming at the beach.

There is always the unexpected and unknown to be f o u n d in a dam, and each dam seems to hold a different unknown.

M y first school had twelve on the roll, and going to and f r o m school each day held an exciting interest. There was often a snake to be killed, a rabbit to be dug out or a new bird's nest to be investigated. Never did we go to school the same way twice running. N o strict routine was observed at school, lessons commencing when the pupils arrived, the hour varying considerably according to whether it was an easy burrow to dig out or a hard one.

For months, during a mouse plague, each aftern o o n my sisters and I would collect a cat each and go "mouseing" in one of the haystacks. A shout would rise at the sight of a mouse, and we would all try to be in on the kill, then the cat would emerge half-killed f r o m the onslaught, but triumphant with a dead mouse.

Rabbiting was our craze f o r years, but our only catch from all our expeditions was one dead rabbit which had the appearance of having departed f r o m this world at least a month previously.

Endless delight was obtained f r o m jumping f r o m the rafters of a shed o n to the chaff below, but when this resulted in a broken leg we had to change to sliding down the haystacks, each one trying to outdo the other by beginning f r o m a point higher up.

Always something different was happening, no day bearing any resemblance to the preceding one.

This was just as well when it came to bushfires or accidents.

Each season of the year would bring new activities such as ploughing, wheat-sowing, sheepshearing, harvesting, wheat carting, sheep dipping, tailing of the lambs, cattle branding, or horse breaking, and unlimited happiness and delight would be obtained f r o m participating in all these routine jobs that go with living on the land.

A whole week could be spent o n the manufacturing and launching of a raft, and when this sank on its first voyage across the dam, interest could be immediately diverted to riding the horses or looking after a new litter of pups, or feeding the poddy lambs.

T h e city, with all its bright lights, may be a wonderful place, but f o r a childhood with unlimited sources of interest, delight and happiness, I find that the country child is the fortunate one.

— E r n a Nixon, H o n . V I . c , Berry.

A Cpntrast T h e sea— W i n d whipped into a gale of fury, madly pounding, pounding, pounding, towards the rocks.

T h e n the crash of cymbals the thunder of drums and the wave breaks into a thousand diamonds to fall and pound again.

T h e eternal war of sea against land, and the sea winning.

Calm and still, a glassy surface; only a heaving sigh swelling towards the shore; and the glassiness unbroken.

T h e gentle plashing on the sand, the curling of a shell, the tender light of evening creeping in; and the hush of night and the feel of peace.

— D o r o t h y Davies, 15 yrs., V . d , Berry.

Once Upon a Time I came across them, stacked in the corner of a grimy old case in the garage. Their titles were familiar—"Alice in W o n d e r l a n d , " "Tales f r o m the Arabian Nights," " T h e Children's W o n d e r B o o k , " . . . and as I knelt there, it seemed as if Aladdin had once again rubbed his magic lamp, and I was bending down with Alice, looking along a narrow dark passage into "the loveliest garden you ever saw." I could hear the tinkle and splash of water on marble basins and the drowsy hum of bees as they drank f r o m nectar-laden flowers.

T h e sun-drenched garden was encompassed by an Enchanted W o o d , and above the treetops the domes and towers of old Baghdad gleamed white against the amethystine backdrop of an Arabian night. Baghdad—the city of Sindbad, and Ali Baba and A b o u Hassan. . . . A n d far away, over fairy glades and sugar-topped mountains—halfway to the rainbow's end and the pot of g o l d — the turrets of Castle Crag reached upwards through the clouds to the Land of N o d .

I reached f o r " A l i c e in W o n d e r l a n d " and flipped over the pages. Yes, there was the white rabbit, complete with fan and kid gloves, and poor Bill the lizard, the Duchess, the M o c k Turtle, the M a d Hatter. . . . But somehow the pictures did not recapture the old enchantment. T h e n I realised that never again would I discover with Alice that magic mushroom that made me small enough to enter Wonderland. For Wonderland, with childhood, was left behind forever.

—Judith H o p e , 17 yrs., H o n . V I . c , Fitchett.

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OLYMPIC GAMES SECTION The Olympic Games in Melbourne (with

apologies

to A .

B.

Paterson)

There was movement in the city, f o r the word had passed around That the Olympic Games were to be held right there, In the city of fair Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket G r o u n d ; So preparations had been made with care.

All the tried and noted athletes f r o m the countries near and far H a d gathered at the Village overnight, A n d had trained with strength and fervour so that nought their skill would mar; They all strove to be the victors in the fight.

There was Landy, who had made his name when running in the mile, A n d sprinters and high jumpers by the score.

Faith Leech and other swimmers too had shown us by their style They could bring sporting prowess to the fore.

A n d all the throng had gathered to behold the nation's skill, A n d gaily floated fifty flags that day; A n d the entrance of the torch-bearer gave the crowd their greatest thrill, For in him the past Olympian honour lay.

A n d down by Melbourne City, where the Yarra winds its way, A n d buildings tall rise to the smoky sky. " T h e Olympic Games in Melbourne" is a household phrase to-day, For its glory and its fame will never die.

— J o a n Pilkington, Fitchett.

154 yrs.,

P.VI.b,

The Olympic Athletic Trials T h e fact that the 1956 Olympic Games are to be held in Melbourne has made Victorian people very much more interested in and conscious of our athletes and our country's athletic achievements. This was evident by the great number

of people who were present at the Olympic Athletic Trials held at Olympic Park on Saturday, 13 th October.

T h e day was sunny and warm and the trees around the ground were covered with their new spring foliage. The smooth green grass of the arena encircled by the dark gray cinder track looked in wonderful condition f o r this very important event. As a background to all this, Government House situated on a tree-covered rise behind the ground, looked very beautiful with the sun shining on its white walls and tower. T h e officials looked very smart marching around in groups of up to twenty. T h e men were wearing white shirts with navy ties and grey slacks, while the women looked very smart in white hats, and white dresses, navy blazers and white shoes. T h e scoring system was very efficient and clear, and the times, distances, and numbers of events were easily seen f r o m all parts of the ground. T h e broadcasting was also very clear and helpful and if these are kept up to this high standard f o r the Olympics we will feel proud of our scorers and broadcasters.

During the afternoon not only Olympic Trials were held, but these of course were the most interesting. Lois Jackman, looking very attactive in a red blouse and black shorts, broke an Australian record in the discus throwing event. This was very interesting to watch as the action is entirely different f r o m that used in any other sport. T h e throwing of the javelin is also very interesting. T h e javelin is a spear-shaped metal object and a run of about twenty paces is taken before the javelin is thrown. T h e shot put, high jump and long jump were also in progress most of the afternoon.

T h e men's steeplechase was very exciting to watch. T h e men run three thousand metres and jump over hurdles at various intervals around the track. O n e of these was over water and when the men jumped over this they landed in water on the other side. This of course made a great splash

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and by the time they had finished, some of men were almost covered with muddy water.

the

T h e walking race of five thousand metres f o r men was very interesting and the winner was so far ahead of all the others that he lapped them all before he finished. Dave Stephens did not finish in the five thousand metres race but put up a very g o o d show while he was still running. Jim Bailey, who beat John Landy in America, easily won the eight hundred metres trial and seemed very popular with the crowd in our section of the ground.

T h e women's relay championship was very exciting and the changeovers of the batons were excellent End showed great team-work. New South Wales won this event and Victoria came second.

All the competitors seemed very g o o d sports and were very friendly towards each other. If this happy atmosphere is attained during the Olympics, I think their success will be assured.

— J u d y Weetman, 16 yrs., P.VI.b, Berry.

sinking upside-down through the water, and emerging as a white bull, creates the idea of purity. Smaller motifs serve to link these main figures.

T h e colours used in the completion of this pylon, which is certain to be a controversial topic among our Olympic visitors carry out the theme of swimming—watery green, yellow, deep cobalt blue and red being used.

This symbolic pylon is certainly a fitting asset to the swimming stadium—a modern building of impressive simplicity, high originality and imagination.

—Robin

Walters,

P.VI.c,

Krome.

To-day and Yesterday D i d they, taking the part U p o n the field of ancient Greece, Consider, While the measured lengths were run, T h e future?

W h e n in several thousand years f r o m thence Another group of men, and even women, Should contest Their varied speeds and strength.

A n d Batman, what if he Less than two centuries ago, H a d foreseen Within the limits of a city Another village?

Built along the lines of that great age, Enfolding within its walls a multitude of nations Represented, Divided and contested, yet friends.

Can we, but of the present, Some great impact of this event Assess?

As on the threshold of another age W e pause, Seeking to find a better world of peace Beyond the years of war and deep unrest, O n e treasured hope—• From this Olympia!

— A n n Simmons, H o n . V I . b , Fitchett.

—Robin

Walters,

THE BOYD

P.VI.b,

Krome.

PYLON

The Boyd Plan Before Melbourne's new Olympic Pool stands a modern, thirty-foot high totem pole, symbolising the Olympic theme of competition and unity.

It was designed and built by the sculptor, Arthur Boyd, and is made f r o m glazed terra-cotta bricks.

Its design conveys the shape of a fish, and is given the impression of unity by the linked male and female figures worked into it. A black bull

—Marian Ensten, Pass V I . b , 16 years, Berry.

Olympic Park and the Swimming Stadium.

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MIDDLE SECTION Waiting

Just . . . Legs

The forest is green and thick and dark, N o bird may sing there but the lark, Here and there in gullies d e e p — Deer and rabbits lie asleep, Curled f o r warmth in holes and nooks, Slipping snake and pitch black rooks.

Squirrels deep within the hollows, Waiting f o r the warmth that follows, N o w and then they wake to see Glistening snow on every tree.

They nibble a nut and chatter together, Waiting, oh, waiting f o r warm, fine weather, W h e n animals big and animals small Come jumping and frolicking one and all.

— M e g a n Thomas, 13 yrs., I V . c , Berry.

I once wore a small pair of socks to school, Little ankle length things of grey were the rule.

Then came the year of sock below knees, A n d how we all hated the in-between breeze.

Our legs weren't quite the grown-up sort A n d three-quarter socks had to be bought T o fill requirements of Rule Ninety-two (Or something like that, between me and you).

But legs grow fast to long standupons, So now we stride out in stretchy nylons, Only to hear as we leave the School gate, "Be tidy there, lass, come set that seani straight."

A n d now two firm legs are clad in school grey.

A Senior and Prefect I really heard say, " I f I don't learn off that old Latin verb I'll have no leg to stand u p o n . " . . . so absurd!

-—Leonie Hedges,

To a Witch (with apologies to Walter de la Mare) Slowly, caressingly, in the . g l o o m Stirs the witch with her monstrous spoon; Into her pot she peers, then fleas .

A r e added with nonchalant ease.

One by one she make her batch O f spells. Beneath her mouldy thatch Her eyes gleam with fiendish glee, to see A rhick, black cloud rise majestically.

Perched on a rafter, like a bat, With eyes a-glitter sits her cat, From shelves surrounding, dead eyes keep Watch over all, in their last long sleep.

A scrawny rat is preserved up With jaws agape, in a small tin cup; A n d motionless snakes with age turned green Wait near spotted toads, until seen By the witch, and caught f o r her spell, Intended f o r whom only she can tell.

—Jill

Baldwin, L.V.a,

Krome.

12 yrs., IV.b,

Berry.

Morning Scene T h e first hazy rays slid across the valley, touching the tops of the firs, lending golden wings to birds, as the mists slowly unfolded like the petals of a flower, f r o m ground the solemn grey hills.

A great majestic stag stood poised on a rocky crag high above the valley, and gazed down out of large wise eyes at the sight he beheld.

A gentle breeze ruffled the firs softly, and they swayed to and f r o , seeming to whisper secrets to each other. A stream gurgled merrily over the stones and twisted and turned on its downward course, while a great grey hawk circled far below.

T h e river curved gracefully in and out of the trees and past a small village, then swerved towards the sheer towering mountains, raising their lofty snow-capped heads towards the morning sky.

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A narrow path wound its way in and out between the firs and great grey boulders, where mosses and flowering lichens had grown and where harebells peeped through the thick, green grass, lending a gay touch to a morning scene.

—Suzanne Carmichael,

13 yrs., IV.e, Berry.

H e thought he saw a lamp-post A-riding on a horse; H e looked again and f o u n d it was His wife decoding Morse.

H e took one look at it and said, "I'll sue you f o r divorce."

—Pamela Giltinan, 14 yrs., L.V.a, Krome.

Summer Evening T h e long, warm, drowsy evenings slumbered by, T h e scent of frothing lilac blossom dreamed upon the air; , T h e starling, f r o m his mottled branch on high Expelled f r o m trembling throat his lullaby, U n t o the saffron of the smould'ring sky, Until the sun waned, like a dying flare.

—Eden

Liddelow,

12 yrs., IV.a,

Fitchett.

Australian Night A b o v e the dark hills peeps the face of the moon, Weaving a magical spell in the sky.

She touches the land with enchanted rays, soon Turning it to silver and as clouds pass by Chequering the silver with black.

A cicada is singing in every hollow, All else is still save the rippling stream Where trailing ferns beckon the trout to follow T h e moonbeams which lure them with silvery gleam A n d soft loving caress.

Drops of dew glistening on silvered grass Catch each soft misty-hued ray as it comes.

Reed-ringed pools are reflecting the scene as through glass, A n d the gauntly-etched shapes of the ghostly grey gums Stand clear against the silvered sky.

—Elaine McConkey, 14 yrs., L.V.a, Krome.

Some Hallucinations (with apologies to Lewis Carroll) H e thought he saw a polar bear Encased amongst the. ice; H e looked again and saw it was A mouse-trap full of mice. " I f you should steal the cheese," he said, "I'll curry you with rice."

H e thought he saw a nanny-goat A-climbing up a tree; He looked again and f o u n d it was A very busy bee. " M a k e me some honey, now," he said.

"I'll make a cup of tea."

H e thought he saw an alligator Lying in a river; H e looked again and f o u n d it was A doctor cutting liver. " I f you don't cut that out," he said, " Y o u ' l l set me all a-quiver."

H e thought he saw a letter box Swimming the English Channel; H e looked again and f o u n d it was His father's old red flannel. " M y father will be cold," he said, "I'll coat him with enamel."

Seasons Summer: T h e shinjng sands, the deep blue sea, T h e azure sky, the shady tree, All of these things appeal to me.

T h e country-side is dry and bare, W h i c h gives it a depressing air A n d bushfires start if you don't take care.

Autumn: T h e leaves wither and fade away U p o n the ground they will decay.

T h e trees are bare by the end of May. Mother says with a sigh and frown, " N e w clothes are needed—off to town T o buy warm pyjamas and a dressing gown."

Winter: "Bother the r a i n — I haven't an overcoat!

Mind the gutter, it's worse than a moat."

It's in this kind of weather you need a boat.

T h e logs crackle, the flames leap higher, T h e rain beats down like some evil choir, T h e family draws closer, nearer the fire.

Spring: T h e trees so long standing cold and bare Welcome gladly the fresh spring air.

Tiny foal watched by loving mare, Little penguin with snow-white vest, Baby birds happy in their nest— O f all the seasons I like spring best.

— S u e Kennett, 14 yrs., IV.a, Berry.

Our Classroom (with apologies to A .

A.

Milne)

All the way up the stairs is the room where we sit, There isn't any other room quite like it, It has very rattling windows and very shaky doors, A n d in another year or two, it won't have any floors.

All the way up the stairs is the room where we have learnt, A b o u t g o o d Queen Elizabeth and how old London burnt, W e ' v e done a bit of Latin and History and French, A n d Arithmetic and Maths., and some Science at a bench.

All the way up the stairs is a room we've grown to love.

It's commonly referred to as the "regions up above."

It lets in too much sunshine and sometimes too much rain, But we were glad to come to school and see it once again.

— H e l e n Y o u n g , 13 yrs., IV.a, Fitchett.

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Nature T h e glories of fair Nature clothe the world— Are everywhere, you marvelling turn and gaze, Are in the sunset, when the fiery sky Sets every leaf and pool and flower ablaze!

A t sunrise every glistening, dew-pearled plant Reflects the glory of the dawning sky.

In daylight, Nature strikes out clear and bold A n d paints her stage with warming, sundrenched ray.

But when at last the sun sinks down to rest T h e night lights up her lamp—the Milky W a y !

—Margaret Dunkin, L.V.a, Krome.

Storm-clouds Have you ever seen the storm clouds W h e n the rain stops pouring down,

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faces

Looking earthwards with a frown.

Till, suddenly, expressions change T o grins of pure glee, As lightning cuts across the sky A n d strikes into a tree.

T h e n comes a time of perfect peace, Till suddenly you hear T h e thunder, crashing through the air, It sounds so loud and near.

T h e clouds are tired, they close their eyes A n d drift away, to find Another place where they can rest Leaving night and awe behind.

•—Alison Wylie, IV.a,

Fitchett.

LOWER MIDDLE SECTION The Owl Family Brown Old Father Brown sat thinking in his tree, Thinking of his wife and his babies three; He lived in a tree in the great oak wood Where there were plenty of friends and life was good.

Kind mother owl was a very g o o d c o o k ; She had learnt how to cook f r o m an old, old book.

Sometimes she had made tasty sweets and pies (Although she had had some desperate tries!)

The three little babes were very, very sweet; T w o liked to play games and one liked to eat.

Sometimes they were good, sometimes they were bad, But oh! what a lovely time they had.

Now the owl family Brown lived very happily, In the great oak wood, in that great old tree, Till some men came along and chopped the tree down, A n d that was the end of the owl family Brown.

—Carole Dixon, 11 yrs., III.a, Fitchett.

My Tram Ride W h e n first I went to M.L.C., A tram pass then was bought with I thought a grown-up I would be, Travelling alone in comfort, you see.

glee,

T h e only seats I ever see A r e always on somebody's knee!

I pity a p o o r sardine in a tin, For I feel very often just like him.

If I were only tall and thin I ' d see if there were seats within; But as I'm small and rather stout, I only see folks coming out.

O n e day a lady I will be.

That's what we're taught at M L.C., Then I will always spare a thought For all the children that are taught.

—Pamela Hawksby, 10 yrs., III.a, Berry.

The Rain It runs down the hedges A n d flies down the dale A n d fills all the ledges A n d new leaves so frail.

W h e n we go f o r a walk on a dull autumn day, Where rivers are running and children at play T h e n out comes the rain with the burst of a cloud A n d I'm sure that old man Rain must feel very proud.

—Cecilia Fiddian, 11 yrs., III.c, Fitchett.

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A

purple mist lay o n the moor, A gentle breeze was in the air, A n d no one ever heard or saw A scene so lovely or so fair.

T h e rabbits hopped about their play, A n d flowers opened petals wide, T o meet the dawning of the day, A n d beauty clad the countryside.

But soon no longer would this place Be darkened by a misty cloud, But gay with many a happy face A n d bright with birds all chirping loud.

—Cynthia Cook, L.IV.c, Krome.

A Spring Morning Jump out, j u m p out of your cosy bed, T h e dew is still adorning The grass like tears so gently shed T o greet the early morning.

T h e dew clings to the flowers' petals, It makes them look like gems W h e n a morning sunbeam settles O n petals, leaves and stems.

— D a w n Schultze, 12 yrs., L.IV.e, Cato.

Smells

(first verse by Christopher

Morley)

W h y is it that the poets tell So little of the sense of smell?

These are the odours I love well.

The smell of roses in the morn, T h e freshly cut and raked green lawn, A n d piles of timber freshly sawn.

Roast dinner on a wintry day.

Beds of flowers, bright and gay, T h e farmer's stack of gold hay.

T h e smell of tea leaves in the pot, A n d chocolate cake, when it is hot, T o tell the truth, I love the lot.

—Lois Bendall, 12 yrs., L.IV.a, Berry.

JUNIOR SECTION The Old Man There was an old, old man, With a beard that touched his toes, A n d a little pair of glasses, O n a very pointed nose.

With a shovel o n his shoulder A n d a bag of toffees sweet, T h e shovel was f o r d i g g i n g — A n d the toffees were to eat.

—Rosalind Smith, 9 yrs., IV.b, Berry.

Doing I walked by the pond, I danced by the pool, I swam in the sea A n d thought it was cool.

I skipped on the path, I played on the swing, I jumped o n the grass A n d enjoyed everything.

I dreamed in the moonlight, I laughed in the sun W h i c h gives so much pleasure T o everyone.

—Eril Reidy, 9 yrs., I V . b , Krome.

The Little Train I saw a little train Chuffing in the rain, Chuffing in and out the tunnels, Blowing smoke right out its funnels, Running all along the rails, Blowing smoke along the trails.

—Margaret Heighway, 9 yrs., IV.a, Cato.

The Emu and the Brolga D o you know the reason why T h e bird, the emu, cannot fly?

T h e older abos love to tell H o w an emu came to dwell From the sky which was his home O n the earth to play and roam.

A flock of brolgas whom he saw playing, Flew away, only one bird staying. " T e a c h me to dance," the emu sings.

T h e brolga said, " T h e n cut your wings."

T h e emu did as he was bid, A n d of his lovely wings was rid, T h e brolga laughs at him and sings, " Y o u cannot dance without your wings."

A n d now the emu f o r his folly W a s made a f o o l of by this brolly.

—Elizabeth Rice, 9i yrs., IV.a, Fitchett.

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Breakfast for Two

T h e cheating brolga said, " C u t your wings A n d y o u can learn to dance and s i n g . " She said, " K i l l all your emu chicks."

T h e cheating brolga was full o f tricks.

She had her wings and chicks y o u see, A n d trusting emu, a f o o l was he.

But when the brolga turned her head T o call her chickens to be fed, She turned, and twisted, r o u n d and round, A n d to her horror, then she f o u n d , H e r song h a d gone, her throat was sore, A n d all she c o u l d say was a harsh caw-caw.

— P r u e C o o p e r , 9 yrs., I V . a , Berry.

My Little Bush W h e n the wind blows, m y little W i t h a beautiful sound goes Shush, shush, shush.

In the sunlight It looks quite bright, But in the night It's out o f sight.

W e ' re waiting f o r breakfast, just T e d d y a n d me, W e want it as quickly as ever c a n be.

W e ' v e waited a l o n g time perched u p in m y chair, But I d o n ' t m u c h m i n d as m y T e d d y is there.

But hurry up, please, we're so hungry, y o u see, W a i t i n g f o r breakfast, just T e d d y and me.

— S u z a n n e Williams,

Pussy I

have a little pussy, A n d her n a m e is T i n k , W h e n she's very, very fussy, H e r nose turns pink.

— J e n n i f e r Howell, 8 yrs., I l l . b , K r o m e .

Christmas Eve

bush

— G a y l e M c G r e g o r , 9 yrs., Cato.

What I Hear I hear my mother and my father speaking, I hear the doors and windows creaking, I hear the squeaking o f a little mouse.

W h o only at night comes out o f his house.

I hear the sparrows twittering all day, I hear my brother muttering away, I hear the wind blowing outside, A n d I hear — Athe n n waves Coates,at9 the yrs., seaside.

I V . a , Fitchett.

Switzerland If I went to Switzerland, T h e high mountained Switzerland, I'd play in the snow Till it f r o z e my toe, I ' d look down the mountain A t the village below.

A n d the wind would blow A n d frighten me so.

—Suzette A n t h o n y , 9 yrs., I V . b , Berry.

9 i yrs., I V . a , K r o m e .

W h e n Santa Claus comes W i t h his reindeer and sled, S o quiet o n the r o o f t o p s , W h e n we are in bed.

H e comes d o w n the chimney A s quiet as a mouse, A n d fills all the stockings H u n g up in the house.

H e ' s dressed all in red F r o m his heel to his head, A n d his coat's trimmed with f u r , H e looks as snug as in bed.

H e comes without knocking, A n d fills every stocking W i t h presents and toys, For g o o d girls and boys.

— J u d i t h Wells, 9 yrs., I V . b , Berry.

Commendations T h e Committee wishes to c o m m e n d the following:— Spring—F.W. S p r i n g Time-—J.S. Noises—P.C. My Dog—P.G. Jesus—J.B. T h e Emu and the B r o l g a — A . C .

My Dog—J.K. A Thank Y o u — M . H .

T h o m a s the C a t — H . H .

C o m e and P l a y — B . C .

Michelangelo—S.G.

Acknowledgments T h e Committee wishes to thank the Schools which have sent the f o l l o w i n g m a g a z i n e s : — T h e Carey Chronicle, T h e Corian, T h e Gate, The Mitre, T h e Pegasus, T h e Record, T h e Sydneian, T h e Swan, T h e Wesley College Chronicle, and any others which may have been unin tentionally omitted.

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