1927 Silver and Green

Silver and Green · DECEMBER,

A Delightful Corner in the Grounds of the M.L.C.

Silver and Green

The Magazine of- the Methodist Ladies ' College.

DECEMBER, 1927.

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ARETROSPECT view of our years of schoo l life may at first fail to reveal the hidden secret of that affection which binds u s to our School, w hi ch draws its bonds even c loser a round us as th e tim e for o ur departure appr oach es.

On e nt ering th e School for the first time, among m a n y othe rs e quall y strange to their surroundings, a fellow -feeling aris in g from very lo n e lin ess forms a bond of union b e twe e n each g irl n ew to the School , and thus are sow n seeds of friends h ip from which may arise a widelybranching tre e , often d es tined to e ndure th e tempests wh ich beset it w h e n i t is no lon ger s heltered by t h e School walls.

A Schoo l without fe llowship! One may as eas ily imagine a s ea without waves , a garden bare of flowers , so essenti a l to a school i s this a ll-embrac ing atmosphere, wh ich is the source of that i deal co-o perat ion of pupil with pupil, and of a class with its t each er, w i t hou t which edu ca tion cannot at t ain its f ull p e rfection- one mi g h t even say, w i t ho ut whi ch ed uc a tion cannot be, fo r a co m p.Jete and adequate ed ucatio n , sho uld be a de lig ht both to ac quire and to impart, and must not dege nerat e, as it so ofte n does, into an inev itable drud gery, to b e dispensed wi t h at th e earliest possib l e opportunity, or, what is a l most as deplorab l e , i n t o a desperate struggle for marks , t hro ugh wh ich the tru e purpos e of e du catio n is l ost s ight of

In the r ealm of spor t , too, fe ll owS'hip is both the so ur ce and end of team worktha t thorough understandin g and sy mpathy n ecessary for true co-operation , is c losel y akin to that spirit of fr ie ndly

Krome Memorial G a tes at the M.L.C.

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rivalry a nd comradeship which per vad es th e spo rt s field.

And, passing out of Schoo l at last, into a world where the s pirit of f e ll owship is sadly out of evid e nce, it m ay seem at first t'hat a universal attitud e of fri e ndliness is a philosophy totally impracticab le, a propos,ition too idealistic, for a matte rof-fact, mate rial world . But why, if s uch an attitude can be m a intain e d in a great School, where there are, r e lative l y s p eaking, just as great differen ces in rank as are to b e found in th e outside world; and wh e re hu man faults and failings a r e likewise p-resent, why should it be t'ho u gbt impracticable to u ni te in bonds of F e llows hip th e c ities, the co untri es, the nations of the world? A great College such as • our own may well serve as a centre from which suc h a n influence may radiate, for it is represe nte d in eve r y sph e r e of life by g irls and women brou ght up in this atmosphere of fe ll owship.

" Acorns which th e winds h ave scattered Future navies may provide," is a q u otation whi c h h as proved itself many times, and in many con ne c tions , and t.'here is no r easo n to doubt i ts t ruth in t his re s p ect.

Some d ay, perha p s , there will come a dawn when the sun , now hidden in clouds of e nmity and unfriendly s u s pi c io n , w ill ris e triumphant on a world where the nations dwell side by s id e as brothe r s , united at last in bonds of F e ll owship.

School Notes.

Our round of work and play for 1927 b egan on February 16, a d ay which marke d an epoch in the liv es of those e nt ering our portals for th e f ir st t ime , and a r enewal of bliss to those wh o h a d a lr eady tasted of i ts joys,

Our teaching staff was s upplemented t his year b y the Mi sses Bis hop, Ke ll eway,

Pre fects, 1927 .

Standin g ( le ft to right) : F. J e nkins, R . H enth , A . Prowse, F . K .ruse , ~[. Lancaster, N . ,varren, M. J, lUnl e :v. J. Broadbe nt

S i tting: P \ Vest, B. \l'a.tt, F. l(enn..e dy (Sen ior House), \V T l tomae and J. \\7(Ll';I'en (Senior Prefects), J. Manton , U. Wilkinson, E. S p eed.

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Associate Prefects, 1927.

Hack Uow ( left to rig ht) : 1,. Hull, 111. Roe 111. Willson, lll O,·erend, llf. C hri stensen B. 11:CcCu tc h eo n , E. Brown, G. C lark e, V. BoycL Middle Row (le ft to right): F. Craitg-, lit. Mcinnes , A Croft s, J. Cerutty, F. 1\IcDonnld, J. Knowles, L ru-ause. 1'-C. Bri siba.ne. Front Unw (IC'ft" to ri g h t): B. Sarah , B. i\lu.rdoc h I \l' illia-1ns. O Rose nberg, 1U. Pr-scoU., E. S hackeU , J. l\IcLennan, J. 1\lcl{cnzie , B . Blay.

Maling, Renton, and Scholes, and, later, at th e commenceme nt of seco nd term, Miss H e lm s a nd M iss Wade came to fill the vacancies cau sed by the departure of the two Misses Whiteh ead.

On returning for third term , w e were very sorry to learn of the serious illn ess of Miss Hunt, which n ecess itated her r elinquis'hing h er position a s Lady S upe rintendent for the r emaind e r of t h e year. H e r work in the House is being a dmir ab ly ca rried on by Miss Hay, while, in addition, Mi ss Baker h as join e d as a day-teacher.

Owing t o the illness of h e r li ttle d a ug h te r Vida, Mrs. Humphreys has bee n unab le to atte nd to •h e r schoo l duti es during the p-ast fe\v weeks, but Miss A. Gloyn ve r y kindl y co n se n ted to act as a s ub s titut e un t il Mr s. Humphreys s hould be ab le to r eturn to u s

Among the man y visitors to our Schoo l we had the pleas ure or · a talk from Dr Henry Howard, who gave us a delightfu l

r e nderin g of t he styl e of entertainment favoured by Mark Twain.

Another of our visitors was Rev. Thompso n, represe ntin g the British and Fore ign Bible Society, who indicated to u s th e vast pro g ramme of work carried out by the various branches of this Society.

The senior girls were privileged to hear a most in s tructiv e and educat ional tal k on the objects and operations of t-he L eague of Nations, given by Mrs. Allen, a forme r s ub stitute d e legate of the L eag ue.

For th e b e n efit of those g irl s who w e r e not abie to attend th e se ri es of le ctures on Baby Welfare g iv e n in 1926 , the -course was repeated thi s year, a n d, as b e for e , w as much a ppr ec iated.

Another addit ion of a most en joyabl e y ear was the visit of the Adelaide M.L.C. spo rt s teams, which took place during the fina l week of Second Term

The School suffered a great lo ss b y the death of the Treasurer, Mr. Lockwood,

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who had long been a faithful friend to u s. His position as Treasurer has been f iJJ ed by Mr. E. 0. Hill.

Again we have occasion to exp r ess our g ratitud e to Mr. Nicho las, who has m a d e us the generous gift of a perfectly equ i pped modern tuck-shop . Although this building will not , we fe a r, r each comp l etion this year, yet it wiJJ await u s as one of the many joys in sto r e for 1928

Acknowled g me nt of Contemporaries.

Th e Editors would lik e to acknowledge th e r eceipt of the following School magazines: " Wattle Blosso m ," " The Me lburnian," "Th e Xavierian," "The Ruytonian ," "Girls ' Gram.mar School Notes," Wesley "Chron i cle," "The Pegasus," " U.H . 8. ,"'' u Th e Wyvern," "The Lion ," " Sydney M.L.C.," "The Fintonia n , " " The Brook."

School Office-Bearers.

Se n ior P re f ec t s: W. Thom as, J. Warr e n

S enior H ouse: F. K e nned y.

P refects: J. Broadbent, R. H eath , F . J e nkins, F Kruse , M. Lancaster (2nd an d 3rd T e rm s). M. Lumley, J. Man ton, A. Prouse, G. R oberts (1st '.ferm), E. Speed, N. Warre n, B. Watt, P. W est, M . Wilkinson

Ass c c iates: B. B l ay, V. Boyd, M. Brisbane (2nd and 3rd T er ms). E. Brown, J. Ce rru ty, M. Christe nse n , G Clarke (2nd and 3rd T erms), F. Craig, A. Crofts, K Hull, J. Know les, L. Krause, M. Lambie (1st Term). B. Mccutcheon , F. McDonal d, J. McLennan, M. M c!nnes, J . McKenzie, E. Morris. B. Murdoch, M. Pescott, M. Ro e (2nd and 3rd T e rms). D. Ro se nb e r g, B. Sarah, E. Shackell, I. Williams, M . W illson (2nd an d 3rd T e rms ).

F orm Capta in s: W. Thomas and J W11rren (Hon. VI.). M. O ve rend (Pass VI.). U. M. Har ri so n (V.a.), A. Heither (V.b.), J. Marks (V.c.). G Clarke (Dip. A.), B. Sa,rah (Dip. B.). M. Holding (V.b. Sp.), J. McCrea (XX ) , M Warne (XX a.). M. Rick ar ds (L.V.), M. Hyett (V c. Sp.). L H ood (Col l. V . ). R. Shaw (Rem. A.). M. Henderson (Rem. B ), B. Evans (IV.a.), L. Amos (IV.b.). P. Ditc hburn (IV.c.), G. Fe r g u son (IV.d.) , A. Henderson and J . Miers (Jun ior School)

S ports Comm it tee: Mr. Le Couteur (ch airman ). Miss Krome, Miss Maling, Miss Parsons , G. Clarke, F. Craig, A Davis, D. Lacey, M. Overend, B. S-a r ah, W. Thomas, J. Warren, A. Well er, H Wilke.

S ports Captai ns : A. Davis (ten ni s), M. W illso n (baseba ll ) , W. Th omas (b as k etb a ll). A. W e ll e r (running) . Edi tors : M. Mcinn es, F. Jenkins, and N. Warren.

Su b- Ed it ors : Hon. VI., A. Condon ; Pass VI., M. Ove r e nd and H. Wilke; V.a. , M. Kennedy and N. Bond; V .b. , F . Murray and L . Jacka; V.c., B. Barnett and M. Rutledge; Dip. A., G. Clarke and M. Ball ; Dip. B., F. McDonald a nd B. Sarah; V.b Sp., M. Holding and D. N i ckells; V .c., Sp , M. H yett and N. Bower; Coll. V. , U. McDiarmed and G Salter; XX., J McCrea and P. Kearn; XX.a., C. Beeston and J Findlay; L.V. , J. Illingworth and M. Rickards; R em A., R. Shaw and P. Cram; IV.a., B. Chinner a nd R. Le Couteur; Rem. B ., B Schofield a nd D Tarrant; IV b., L. Amo s and E. Flyger ; IV.c., L. 5imms and W. McDonald; IV.d., E Morris and G F e rguson.

Li braria n : F. J e nkins.

Lib rary Co mm it tee: S. Armour, M. Ball ; M. B ennet, G. Clarke, E. Heither, J . Marr iot. B. Maydom, F. McDonal d , E. Medson , J. Moor, B Sarah, E Thomas, I. Williams , I. Wilson.

De bati ng S ociety: Miss Dahle and Mi ss Hall (presidents). J. Manton (secretary). R. Heath, M Mcinn es , W. Thomas, J Warren, S .C. U .: J Warren (pr es id e nt). W Thomas (vice-president ), M. Lambie (cor. sec ) (1st Term) , F J e nkin s (2nd and 3 rd T erm s), F. Jenkin s (rec. sec.), F. K ruse (treasurer).

New Girls Enrolled

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T er m 1.-R. Bennett, J. Stevens. E Cove, R. Calder, M. Aitk e n, N. Armstron g, J. Weller, C. Jop e, M. Hales, M. Smi t h , M. Rutl edge, A. Ingle. M. Howard , G. Moreley, D Shirl ow, A. Smi : h , H. Mitchell, B. Phillips, J. McNair, L. McNair, D. Sullivan, E. Whee l wright, G Edwards, N. Cole, P . Cole, E . .Morris, B. Schofield, T. R eynolds , M Sanders, J Go l ding, D. wilson, F. Rose, E. Hay l e r , M. L aw r e n ce, L. Macaulay, N. Rus se ll, J. Thomp-s o u, E. Green, B. Master.s, R. Hay, M. Roberts , M.

Franklin, J. Pollard , E. Coran, M. Durham, H Durham , I. Pa t t e n , N. Ewa rt. J Anderso n, U. Tripl e tt, V Morri s, S Manu e l, U McDia rm e d , J. McN ic holl , J Irving, A Vince nt , N. R obbins, F. Kent, E . English, P. Rayn e r , W. South , G. William s, J Maynard, A. Fraze r, M. Grantham , E P assfie ld , D. Houghton, N. Thirwe ll, V McMurr ay, B Po o l, M. B a rle y, 0 Binns, E. Binns, F Vin ce nt, I. Alabast e r , P. Mil es, D. J enkin , J. Kirwoo d , I. Fraser, V . B a t c heldor, J Crozi e r , M Pri ce, P Osborn e, J. Osborn e, B . Clarke , J . Birt, P K earn , J . Eva, G. Brown, R. Davis, N Burk e, L. Holding, B. P etts, L. Chitty, H . Brown. E : Watson. P. Warren, I. Cardwell, N. Franklyn, N. Bowe r , J. Browne, G Carmich ael , S. W e stco tt, V. Parker, J Holloway, E. Nico l, V. Bunbury, H. W a l k e r , M W a lk e r , M Hyett , B Ba rton , B. Barne tt , J Barnett, H Parkes. N Kin g h a m , D Hoadl ey, J. Hoadley, F. M c R ae, N. William s, R. Sinclair. P. Jinkins , P Ga rrard, M Tut t, C. McColl, E Wilson , V Tri gge, E. Caldow, J McKenzie, J . - 'Bain, D. Sinclair, D. Lany on, U. Macken ~ie, A. Condon, M. Cathcart, M:-Dudle y, J Aubrey, M Thornton, U P earc e, M L etcher , E. Orr, J. B oreham , S Kruse , L Ninn e s, J. Illin gworth, J L acey, B L eonard , J Colthurst, J. Smith G Davis, B. Moon , G. Th ompson, W M c Donald, F Smith, L Williams, M_. Ennis, P. Sy mons , B . South e rn, B. Ratt en, P . Pawling, K . King, M Harvey, N. Bassett, V. Hanco c k , P Cram, J H a mpton, E C h aston, M Bell , E . Bell , R. Rudduck, J. Farquhar, F . An dr ews, D. Hafr: B. Barkley , J Roe, L Bec km a n, K. Bamford, A. McC ready , E. D enyer, A .fl_arvey, M . Nisbet, M Evans , E _ J;,c ho les, I. Skilbeck , M. Grantham, B. P ec k, V. S ee hus e n , E. Sw ift, N. Park, V. Hill , M. Allen , N Guy , E. Enri g ht, B All e n , K. J e ll ey , E. H otch in, I. Spra dbur y, G..- Ed ward s, E. Nald e r, E. R e nn ie, G . Ca lab y, - Slugge tt, W. Macdonald R. Holm es, P. Ir eda le, E. McColl , L. Cowen.

T erm 2.- B. Vi c k , P . J ac k so n , G. Palmer, I. Water s tion , C. Wate rstion, J. Marks, G. S laughter, E. Ch a ndl e r , L . D e nn ey, A . Burgess, H. Brown e ll, G . C han ce, D. Cockfield, M. Voyle , E. King, J Ti1 cimson, V J ames, E Eme rson , E Martin.

Ter-m 3.-M. Thorpe , J. Watte r, E. Ja cobs, P Conno ll y, G McCullock, B. His lop, M Gold, C Chamley

Examination Successes

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Public Examinations, 1926-1927.

At t h e University Public Examin a tion s i n D ecemb e r , 19 26, 25 se parate honours we r e gain ed in th e School L eavi n g Honou r s Examination, 30 comple te passes in th e S'choo l L eav ing Pass Examination , and 36 complete passes in the Inte rm e diate Ce rtifi cat e Ex amination

Schoo l L eaving Ho nours

Th e honour s gain ed i n this e xamhlation we r e 3 1s t class, 4 2nd class, and 18 3 rd c lass. Th e gir ls who won th ese -honours were :

Ma rjori e Baird- 3rd c lass En g lish, 3 rd c lass Geograph y, 3rd c lass Economics , 3rd c lass Bdtish History

Ma rjori e Bull- 1s t c l ass Drawing, 2nd c lass Fre n c h , 3 rd cl ass English

Hop e Eakins-3 rd c lass Englis h , 3rd c lass Economics.

Eil ee n Fishe r - 1st class, and the Exhibition in Botany, 2nd c lass Physiol ogy, 2nd c lass Economics, 3rd class Engli s h

Gwe n Hughes-3 rd class Economics

Kathleen Hull-3rd c lass L atin.

Joyce Manton- 2nd c lass European History.

Jo y Masters- 3rd cl ass E conomi cs

Nancy McLennan- 3rd class English , 3rd c lass French , 3rd c la<is E conomics

E lla Speed-3rd c lass Drawing.

Frances Trudin ger--l sL class Fren c h 3rd class Al gebra, 3rd c lass Geom et ry. '

· Joyce Warre n- 3rd c lass Latin ·

Sc h oo l L eavi n g P ass.

Gir ls who o btaine d th e School L eaving Ce r t ifi cate w e re : Marjorie Baird, Phyllis B i c kford, Evelyn Brown, Stella Cow e n . J oan H e nry, Kathle e i1 H:ull, Joy ce Lov e, Molli e Lum ley, J oyce Manton , Marjorie

Mc lnn es Edna M c Nicol , Jean Outram, May Pescott, Alic e Prowse, B e ttv

R esei g h , Debbie Ros e nb e r g. Eb b ie Sh acke ll , E ll a Spee d ,' · Nancy Symons , Joyce Thomas, W y nne Thomas, Olive Utb e r

Joyce W a rre n, Nancy - Warren , Phyllis

We s t , Maisie Wilkinson. ·

1n ter.r:nediate · Certif i c;ate

Girl s who ·· o b tai n ed the · In te rm ed ia t e

Certifi cate w e r e: Isabe l Adams, Audrey Atkinson, Betty Blay, Phy ll is Bi c kford , Violet Boyd, Je ssie Broa(lbent, J e an

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Cerutty, Marie Christensen, Isabel Cohen, Frances Craig, Amy Crofts , Alvie Davis, Ilma Dodd, Nancy Emery , Bessie Finney, Wynne Harcourt, Edna Harry, Alice Heither, Grace Henry, Audrey Henshaw, Alice Innocent, Ruth Johns, Jean Knowles, Nancy Lee, Bertha Maydom , Elma Meds on, Jean Moore, Marjorie Mcinnes, Jean McKenzie, Jean McLennan , May Ockwell, Jean Outram, Margaret Overend, E l sie Thomas, Hilda Wilke, Ivy Williams.

Scholarships a nd E xhibit i o n s.

A Government Senior Scholarship, to the value of £40 per year for each year of the University course, was won by E ileen Fisher. " Free Places " at the University, entitling the holders to att e ndance at all lectures and examinatio ns throughout the course without payme nt of fees, were won by Marjorie Baird, Hope Eakins and Marjorie Green Nonresid.ent Exhlbitions at Queen's College were awarded to Hope Eakins, Eileen Fisher and Nancy McLennan.

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Supp lem entary Notes.

The year 1927 has seen ph e nomenal success in the realm of sport.

The excellent tennis results h ave already been mentioned, and now we a r e abl e to give an equall y satisfactory result of the baseball .

During the first round, in First T erm, M .L.C. had a c lear run of victory, a nd a ll awaited the second round, in Third Term , with great exl)€ctancy and rosy hol)€s.

'I'he first two matches r esulted in wins for M.L.C., and there onl y remained the final hurdle to be taken in our path to the premiership---Geelong!

The day of days, the 19th of November, dawned clear and bright, and a crowd of excited g irls co ll ected on the Spencer Street platform at 8.20 a.m Silver and green flags were flying, and hopes were high.

On our arrival at Geelong , 'buses conveyed us to the grounds, and after a little delay, the ~a me coi:nmen<;eq,

During the whole of the match , the air was char ged with an intense excitement, Geelong retaining a big leacl right up to the last innings Then, by a brilliant piece of work, our team pulled up and finally defeated them by three runs

We would like every member of the team to accept our •heartiest congratu l ations.- F. J.

" Ag e" Report.

PUE!,LIC SCHOOLGIRLS AT PLAY

M.L.C. Win s Austin Cup.

An exciting contest for the premi e rship between the Methodist Ladies' College and Geelong Grammar Girls took place on the Corio oval on Saturday, 19th November, and re sulted in a win for M.L.C. by 3 runs. Miss B. Parsons was presented with the Austin Cup, which was won from. the Melbourne Grammar Schoolgirls in 1917 by the Geelong schoo l , who have a wonderful r ecord of 10 s u ccessive premierships s ince the i nauguration of college baseball in 1916. Althoug,h it was a most exciting contest, it was a poor fielding game, due to the rou gh state of the ground. Both teams batted strongly, and the outstandin g feature was a fine home run by A. Weller, who drove in 4 runs for M L.C., when the bases were full The Geelong gi rls batted consistently we ll , but M L C made a wonderful effort in the last term, and from a fusilade of hits collected 12 run s.

This placed them in the lead for the first time by 4 runs. In Geelong's eq u a l h a lf they had secured 1 run, with 1 down when M. Willson c lin ched the premiership with a sensational double play a.t left field. After gatherin g in a fine shoe stringer, s h e made a perfect throw to F. Craig at second base, who compl eted the doubl e play. · For the w inners B. Sarah, H. Wilke, G. Clarke, J. lbbott, W Thomas, and A. Davis displayed excellent form. Geelong's best player was A. Kernot (the catcher); B. Lawren ce also did well in the pifoher's box , and G House fie ld ed particularl y well at short stop, and M. McBride provided a home run. Scores: Methodist Ladi es' College, 3.0.2 3.12-20; Geelan~ C.E.G.G. Scl:\ool, 7.0 .6.3.1-P.

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General .Sports Notes .

This year has b een a most remarkable one for M.L.C. sports.

In First Term the inter-Form baseball matches were played, and much interest and enth usiasm was displ ayed in them. The first bi g event of the year was the Swimming Sports. This year the Lower School had their sports on the Thursday, while the rest of the School held theirs on the Friday. Although cr ushed in th e limited space and splashed by the com·petitors, the spectators enjoyed themse lves. The next event was the Association baseball matches. The girls practised hard all the term and were rewarded by winning their first round of baseball matches. The second round will be played in Third Term. At present M .L.C. l eads by 4 points. See Sitpplementary 'l)Totes , vag e 6.

The tennis matches took place• in ;;econd T erm, and our team won every match , thus carrying off the premiership shield. Basketball matches aroused much interest. The seven continued to keep up the year's record and were not beaten in any of the ir matches.

At the end of the term the Adelaide M.L.C. basketball and tennis teams visited us. We were victorious in our matches against our sister School.

The running team also held up our colours in several inter-Schoo l flag races.

The inter-Form t ennis matches a.re being played at present, amid much rivalry .

This i s the most successful year that M.L.C. sports has yet had, but we hope not the last.-W. T

Visit of Sports .Teams to "Clyde."

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, the School grounds were invaded by green-blazered forms carrying coats and rugs a ll ready for the long-looked-for trip to Macedon. At 8.30, am id much laughter from c losely-packed girls, we started. We had not gone very far when those who had previous l y thought themse l ves lucky in getting the outside seats were willing to exchange with those in the centre. · • The wind was icy cold, and when at 11 a.m. we arrived at "Cl yde," we were frozen.

After morni ng tea we played t he baseball match, in \vhich M.L.C. was successfu l , the scores being 27-9. In the afternoon the tennis match was the first item, and each of our pairs proved successfu l , the final scores being 36- 32. In basketball we were again victorious, winning 27-19.

After afternoon tea we once again climbed into the 'bus to return home. At 7.50 p.m. we arrived back at School after a very enjoyable day and one which we hope other girls may have the opportunity of enjoying also -W. T.

Swimming Notes .

This year, again, the first important event was t h e Swimming Sports. These, although the School has now increased to over 700, were held in our own Baths du,ring March. The day was none too hot for the girls who were to participate in the events

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The girls, with the exception of Junior School, who hold their sports on a different day, first assemb led in their Formrooms. They then marched in single fi le to the Baths, where they stood in their respective places. The Staff were seated at the east end of the building, protected from the splash in g by rugs

General quietness reigned while the items were announced, but while in progress the g irls showed their enthusiasm, despite the fact of being over-crowded.

The swimming was good and quite exciting, especially the diving.

The results were as follows:

School Champion: J. Solomon.

Under 16 Champion: S. Epstein.

Lower School Champion: L. Macaulay.

Under 12: E. Hayler.

Under 14: E Macaulay.

Under 16: J. Solomon.

Breast Stroke (Senior): J. Solomon.

Breast Stroke (.Senior): J. So lomon.

Diving: C. Go ldie and U. McKenzie (equal).

Relay Middle V.c.

Races: School, Lower XX a.; School, Senior

House v School: School. IV.a.; School,

This year we were represented at the Brighton Swimming Sports by two teams, but both were unsuccessful.-N W

Baseball Notes.

We have been very fortunate this year with our baseball team. Eight of the members returned, ancl there was only one vacancy to fi ll, that of short stop. 'l'he gi rl s were all very keen to fill this p l ace, and after much consideration we chose one whom we have found to be a very good player. The team consists of the following players: B. Sarah, pitcher; G. Clarke, catcher; L Dyer, sho r t stop; H W ilke, first base; F Craig, second base; A. Weller, third base ; W. Thomas, R.O.F. ; J. Ibbott, C .O.F.; M. Willson (Captain), L.O.F.

We have been very enthusiastic over baseball this year. Miss Parsons has again coached us, and although she is rather a tyrant, making us play on the most dreadful days , about 100 in the shade, we have to thank her for the won-

derful way in which she has he l ped and coached us.

While mentioning Miss Parsons, I should also like to thank Mr. Francis, our coach of last year and this, for the hints and coaching which he has kindly given to us during the past two years.

At the beginning of the year, we played many matches against private Schools, and found to our satisfaction that we were still quite strong, and, therefore, had great success.

In First T erm our first Association match was played against M.C.E.G.G.S., and we defeated them, after a very enjoyable game, by 16-9. The second match was played against P.L C., and this time we had a very hard struggle to win our match. The P L.C team was of an exce ll ent standard, and after a hard . and breathless struggle, we managed to defeat them, 9-8. After that match we had to meet Geelong, whom we had the great fortune to defeat l ast year in Third Term. In that match t he team played wonderfully, and we defeated them, 8-6. The Geelong team, which has held the Austin Cup for abo u t e leven years, is a ve r y sportin g team, and the Geelong gir ls are practising wit-b great hopes of defeating us, and, of course, we hope to defeat them. We have still to play our second round , and as Geelong are only four points below u s, we are very anxiou s to beat them, and the oth er two Schools, to obtain the c up

The inter-Form baseball, which was played between the different Forms in First Term, was won by Junior IV.a., Inter.mediate V.c. Special, Senior Diploma B. These matches afforded great pleasure and excitement among the Forms, and they a lso helped to bring out the best players, who, of course, were given a chance to s how their ability.

I am sure a ll t h e g irls who have been practising baseball this year have thorough ly enjoyed it, and although most of the team are l eaving this year, I am confident that next year's team will be quite good, and live up to the name wh ich the present team ha s achieved. On behalf of the team I wish them the best of good luck and success in their matches. I again thank Miss- Parsons for her wond e r fu l help and coaching, and I sincerel y

hope she will g ive a littl e thought, and I know she will, to the baseball team of 1928 -M. W

Criticism of the Team.

Before writing ·a cr iticism of the team, I should like to point out that the Editors have made an a l most impossible demand in asking for · our Baseball Notes before the mat ch es of the Third T erm hav e been played. If those enthusiastic literary lights ,vere in the first team, they wou ld know that all the events of the year pal e into insignificance before the magic of that word " Geelong " w'hi c h ha s beckoned to us like a flaming b eacon down the l ong months leading to November 19. However, by the time the proofs have returned , the great match may have been played, and a supp.Jementary note 11uty ne e d to be inc luded.

Marjorie Willson (captain) d ese rv es the highest praise for the excellent manner in which she has handled the team .

She is now th e best hitter in t h e team, her base-play has impro ved wonderfull y, and h e r catching in L.0.F. is of a very high standard.

Bessie Sarah (pitcher) is a wond e rful player. Not only has h er pitching been so accurate that very few hits have been r egiste r e d against h e r , but h e r pl ay in the in-fie ld has prevented members of opposing teams from moving off bases. Her hitting has improved greatly, espec ia ll y in third term , and h er s lidin g to bases is the best in the team.

Grace Clarke (catcher) has combined with Bessie to make the battery very powerful. In the match against M C.E.G.G.S. she cau ght out 12 players on strike 3, and in the match against P.L.C. s h e secu red 13. Her hitting and throwing h ave both improved.

Hilda Wilke (first base) is one of the most r e liab le players in the team. Her catching is exce llent and her hittin g ha s

Baseball T earn, 1927

B11c k now (l e.ft to ri g h t): L. Dye r, J. lbbott, F. Crai g, l\-". Thomas Front now (J!eft to right): H. Wilke. A. We.Ile r, !I[, lVills on (C111>t11in.), B. Sarai ,, G. C l arke

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improved very mu c h ; especiall y in Third T e rm.

Frances Craig (second base) has don e sp le ndid wo rk in her position combining with- the battery in getting rid of many opponents. Her hittin g is good a1_1d h e r ca tchin g excell ent.

Ada We ll er (third base ) has s hown g reat improve ment. She has taken many difficult catches, and her hittin g , combine d with h e r speed in ge ttin g round bases, has helped her to score many run s.

L e nore Dye r (short stop), the onl y n e w member in the 1927 team, h as shown great promise. She is a good hitte r anc! has made so m e fine catches. When s h e has learnt to throw with g r eat e r accuracy to first base she will be a very stron g player.

Wynne Thomas (R.O.F.) has improve d very muc h , e specia lly in ca tching. She ha s backed up first base sple ndidly and her hitting has been good

Joyce Ibbott (C .O.F. ) has playe d well at time s, but has not yet learn e d to judge the ball acc urat e ly. Her hitting h a s been go od and her throwing h as improved.

Conclusion

The s u ccesses th a t the IX. have had have b ee n due to the comb in e d team work The players h a v e supporte d o n e another in a manner that h as• won the admiration of all oppos in g t eams, and the r e mark has b ee n frequ e ntly mad e: "Yo ur g irls ba c k up one anothe r so well." .In a ll the finer po ints of the gam e the players have s h o wn wonderful improvement and the 1927 team will be r emembered as ·the strongest the M.L.C. has e ver had.-B. P.

Running Notes.

This year the team has been very successful. The fo llowing girl s were chosen before our Sports, which w e re held during First Term: A. W e ll er (Captain) , M B e nnett, M Charlwood, L. Charl wood, N. Ezard, D. La cey, D. Robinson, W. Thomas.

We have h a d three r aces so far this year; onr first success was at our own Sports, when we had an lnte r-Sd10ol Flag Race. The second eve nt was th e University Sports, and the l as t tim e we ran at Merton Hall and were aga in lucky enough to win.

In all t h e tea m ha s won two c up s and a s·hi e ld.

We hope n e xt year 's t eam will b e j ust as fortunate as in 19 27.-A. W.

Basketball Notes.

The bas ketball team for 1927 was ve r y fortunate in having five of last year's team in it. The first basketb a ll eve nt was " Back-to-Sc hool's Iiay " mat ch against the Old Co llegians. This was h e ld in Firs t Term before the basketball season had begun. T.he vacancies in th e t eam were filled up b y younger g irls, a nd the "present day" i,ir ls had a v ictory o ve r th e Old Co llegians. · ..

At the beginning of Seco nd Term a ll g irls enthusiasti c abo u t bas ketb a ll w e r e invited to attend practice, and over fifty g irls arrived a s the result. Afte r all h a cl bee n tested, the foHowing teams we r e selected:

1st Team.- Wynne Thomas ( captain), Bessie Sarah (vice-captain), Myra B e nnett, Ada Weller, Joy Well e r, Ma rgaret Overend, Dione Robinson.

2nd Team .-J o yce Manton (captain), Lorna Williams , Aldyth Condon , J ean Boyd, Ev e l yn McColl, Phy llis Kearn, Doreen Lacy And the follow ing g i r l s played in the junior team: S. Epstein (captain), U Legge, W. South. H E gg leston, N. Bowe r , J. Pollard, C. Jap e B. Masters. E. Salmonow and A. M il es played in one match.

The first m a tch of the season was played against Ru y ton, in which M.L.C. was victorious, scores b eing 29- 18.

The n e xt m atch was against Toorak Coll ege , a nd a gain we w e r e victoriou s, the scores b e in g 41-21.

The n ext tw o match e s were against Fintona and P.L.C. In both cases M L.C won by 20- 10 goals

The next matc h was on e of the c los est of th e season; it wa s against Tinte rn , whom we defea ted by 15-14 goals.

The return P.L.C. match e nde d in another win for M.L.C., the scores b eing 20-11 goals .

Our next mat ch was against St Mi chael's, and again we were successful, the scores b e ing 15- 11

Tintern return match was not so c lose, M.L C winning b y 19- 9.

The r et urn Fintona match was a l so a victory for M.L.C., soores being 23- 11

At the end of the term Ade laid e M.L.C. basketball team came ove r anci we h ad two matc h es against them , The firs t match resu l ted in an · easy victo ry for Melbourne M.L.C., 27-6, but the seco n d match was very c lo se a n d a hard-fought gam e from first to last, from which Melbourne M.L.C. emerged victorious by 23-20 goa ls.

The House and School match this year was ve r y close, an d School h ad to wo rk very hard for t h e victory.

Several matches were play e d by the second and junior teams. The secon d team p layed s ix matches a nd were v ictorious in five of them, P.L.C. d efeating them.

This year's unbroken lin e of victories fo r the first team is, I believe, a record, and a great many thanks are dµ e to Miss

Parsons, who h as g i ve n many a ft er n oon s to coachin g us. On b ehalf of the team, I would like · to say, " Thank you, Miss Parsons."

We hop e n ext year' s team will be able to keep up th e r ecord made by 1927 team.-W T.

Cr i ticism of t h e Team

Wynne Thomas (captain)" has sp lend idl y as centr e of th e team . been owing to her quic kness in the ball t hat the Schoo l h as h ad played It has getting an unin t e rru pted run of victory As cap tain, s h e ha s kept th e t eam togethe r well at pract ice.

Ada Weller (attack wing) h as been a ma rve l of speed. H er passing h as been most acc ura t e, ·a nd h e r pe rsisten c e in get.t in g t h e ba ll h as helped to sco r e many goals.

Running Team, 1927.

S tandin g (left to ri~ht): M. Charlwood, i\£. Bennett, D Robinson, N. Ezard. Seated (aett to right): D. Lacey, A. Weller (Ca,pti<ln), W. Thomas, L. Chari wood.

14 R -0 w ( l eft t o ri g h t ) : M. B o nn ett, D. Rob i ns o

J oyce W e ll er ( d efen ce W ing) has p layed ver y we ll i n a d iffi c ul t pos i t i on.

With W y nn e a n d Ad a s h e h as h e lp e d t o m a k e th e centre very powe r f ul.

B essi e S a r a h ( go a l-s h oo t e r) i s a w ond e rfu l p la ye r S h e can mark t h e ball f rom a n y p art of t h e c ir cle, a nd eve n if s h e h as m i s sed th e goa t a t fir st, s h e ca n fo ll ow up so qui c k l y t h at she alm os t inva ri a b l y scores.

M y r a B e nnett (go a l-a ttac k ) h as c omb i n e d s p l e ndid ly w ith Bessie an d is a mo s t accu r a t e a nd r e l i a b le p l a yer.

Dione R o b i n so n (goal-defe nd e r ) i s a ve r y str o n g p layer. S h e b as p reve n te d oppone nts f rom scorin g in m a n y match es, h e r h e i g h t a n d s p ee d be ing of g r ea t a ss is t a n ce to h e r.

M a r garet Ove r e nd (goa l-d efe nd e r ) h as b ee n mos t reliab le bu t h as been too s to w at tim es . H e r p ass ing ·h as bee n acc ura t e a n d wi ll i m p r ove w i t ll prac ti ce.

Co nclu s ion

ThEI team play h a s b ee n exc e lle nt thro u g hout the seas on, th e a t tack b e i n g espec ia ll y s tro n g.

The team · b as b een s u ccessful i n every m atch pl ayed t his year.- B . P .

Tennis Notes .

Th is year M L C h o l d s t h e Champio ns hip a nd Premiers hip o f· t h e P u b li c Sch ools T e n n i s It is t h e fir st ti m e we h ave won th e s h ie l d s in ce 1914 F i ve of last year' s team r eturne d t hi s year , s o o nl y t h ree p layer s a nd a n emerge n cy had t o b e s el ec ted t o f ill t he vac ancies. Afte r much di sc u ss io n , t h e followin g t eam w a s chose n : Alv ie D av is ( c apt ai n ). Nan cy Chitt y, G r ace C larke , Joyce Ib bott, Hilda Wilk e, M ar j orie W illson , Sh irl ey Wh i t tak e r , I r is U re n , a n d F rances Crai g ( e m e r ge n cy).

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W e ex pecte d to h ave our co urts in p erf e ct c o nditi o n this yea r , s o our r e prese nta ti ves at th e H ead and S ports M ist r esses ' m ee tin g urge d th a t th e m atch es s h o uld b e playe d on the hom e c ourts in stead of t h e c ourts of t h e L . T .A.V. a t K ooyo n g , whe r e th e y w e r e pl ayed last year It was decid e d th a t the y s hould b e pl a ye d o n th e h o m e co urts, but t o our di sappoiutrne nt our c ourts w e r e n o t r e p air e d , so we p.Jayed our home mat ches a t K ooy on g. Th e sco res w e r e a s f o llo w s:

F irst Round.-M .C.E. G G S. v. M. L C :

M .C.E. G.G.S. , 1 rubb e r 3 se t s-39 gam es. M.L.C.: 3 rubbers 7 s e t s-50 gam es.

G. C. E G G S v. M L. C.: G.C.E.G G S , 1 rubber 3 se t s -35 gam es. M.L .C. : 2 ruhb e r s 5 s ets- 46 g am es M.L.C. v. P L.C.:

P L C.: 1 s e t -24 gam es. M L C.: 3 rubbers 7 set s-24 g am es

Second Round - M L C v M C E G G S :

M.L.C.: 4 rubbe rs 8 se t s-49 gam es

M C E G G S .: 1 s e t-28 game s. M L.C

v G.C E.G.G.S.: M.L.C. : 3 rubber s 6 se t s

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G.C.E G G.S : 1 rubb e r 2 s ets-32 gam es. M.L.C. thus won th e Premie rs·hip for 1927. P L C v. M L C.:

P.L.C : 1 rubber 4 sets--45 ga m es

M.L.C. : 3 rubber s 6 set s-5 4 g am ei:'.

M.L.C thu s won the Ch a mpions hip for 1927.

In Au g u s t we pl ayed the Ad e la id e

M L. C g irls at bo t h s in gles a nd d o ubl es during th e ir visit h e re, and we had a most e njoy a ble a nd s u c c ess ful tim e.

· The S chool Singles Championships and inter-form matches have yet to b e p layed . Al t houg h our Junio r Four h ave not had many mat c h es, the y have done ve r y we ll. Th e t e am cons is t s of t he fo llowin g g irls : A. Flowe r ( captain ). T. Cox, L . Chariwood, and R. J ohn s t o n. The ir fi r s t match w as a gainst Ruy t o n (Juni o r s) .

The sco r e s w e r e: M.L .C., 23 gam es, an d Ruy t o n 13 gam es. A seco n d ei g ht, cons is tin g of m os t o f th e m e mb e r s o f t h e junior t e am., played Ru y ton , but thi s t im e v icto ry w e nt t o Ruy t o n.

This year h as b ee n a r ec o r d o n e , an d wh e n w e think of our s uc cess , I am sure there i s not one of us wh 6 do es not at once think of Mi s s Pars ons, and how much time she has give n up to coach u s.

On b e half of the t e am , I wi s h to th a nk

Mis s Parsons for a ll s he h as don e f or u s , and to wish the 1928 t e am eve r y s u ccess in th e ir m a t c hes.-A. D

Our T h i r d T erm S u ccesses.

No acco unt of t h e te nni s d o ings of t h e year wo uld b e co m p l ete w ith o u t the c ro w nin g s u ccesses of t h e third te rm , for th e sch oo l gi r l c h am pions, both in s in g les a nd d o u b les, c an n ow b e c lai m e d b y

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Nan cy Chi t t y w o n t h e tit le of sc h oo lg irl c h a mpi o n o f V icto ri a a fter a closefou g h t m atch w ith Agn es Sco t t, of " Finton a." N a n cy w on th e fir s t se t, 6-5 , th e n los t the second se t , 4-6, b u t i n the thi r d set s h e quickly establis h e d a le ad a nd ev e ntu a ll y won, 6- 1. Th e p la y was mo s t e v e n r ig ht t hrou gh th e m a t c h , bu t N a n cy's c r oss-co ur t driv in g eve ntu a ll y prov e d too sev e r e fo r her o ppo n e n t.

Th e se mi-fin a ls of the do ubl es c h a mpion s hip provide d a t hrillin g s pec tac l e for th e onlooke rs. Toora k Co ll ege to ok th e firs t s e t , 6- 2, bu t Al v ie D av is a nd Nancy Chit ty, b y puttin g up a t r e m e ndou s fi g ht for e v e ry point, fin a lly wr e ste d th e se t a way, 6- 4, a nd t h e n wo n th e third se t, 6-3, with c ompara tive ease. Iri th e final doub l es again st Cl y d e , th e M L C pair were mu c h too strong f o r th e ir o ppon e nts. The Clyd e girls pl aye d a l most e ntire ly from the n e t, bu t b y drivin g b e twee n the m a nd inte r ce ptin g r eturn s on th e n e t , Alvie a nd N a n cy won, 6- 0, 6-4, thu s obta inin g the sch oo lgirls' double s champions hip of Vi c toria. S o the name of M.L.C. w ill appear on t-be

Honour Boa rd in th e c lub-hou se at K ooyong for th e fir st time s inc e th e sch oo l· g irls' c hampionship was in a u g ura t e d b y th e L T A V in 1911

Criticis m of the T ea m.

Alv ie D av is ( cap t ain) bas p la yed s t eadil y a nd e f fec ti vely in each m atch

She h as a s trong for e-h a n d d r i ve a nd a goo d se r v ice, of whic h s b e w ill l e arn to mak e b e tte r us e with mo r e e x pe r ien c e

As c a pta in , s h e •has don e e xc e ll e n t work ke e pin g th e team well up to t h e m a rk at p r actice

Nancy Chitty has improv e d s t e adil y throu gh th e ye ar H a r c ro s s -co urt drive h a s pro v ed very diff icult to all h e r o ppon e nts , and h e r n e t play ha s b een mos t d e adly. Whe n h e r foo t -work improves, s h e w ill b e a v e r y s tron g s in g les pl ayer.

Grace C la rke h as b ee n m ost r e il a bl e i n every m a tch In a dd iti o n to h e r l:) ac;k-line

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p lay, whi c h has h e l pe d to win m a ny rubbe r s, she h as a l so dev e loped a s trong fore-hand dri ve. H er serving is much improved.

Joyce I b bott has impr ove d very mu ch this year, espec ially in dr iving from the bac k line. H e r n et pla y h as b ee n brilliant at tim es.

Hilda Wilke has playe d con s i s t e ntly w e ll i n e ach matc h . W h e n s he develops a st ronge r se r v ice and a better le n gth she will be a d ifficu l t p laye r t o b ea t.

Marjor ie Willson has a s t r o ng serv ice and h as don e good work on th e n e t in a ll ma tc h es. H er dri v ing has b ee n weak occasionall y; s h ou ld i mJ;>rove w i th prac ti ce.

Shirley Whittaker is a most pro mi s ing p laye r. At p r esent, s h e h as not lea rnt how to attack effect iv e l y , but h e r s t ead y lobbing from the ba ck-l i n e has proved to be the downfa ll of m a n y o l d er and mo r e experienced oppo n ents. Her service is wea k , but w ill impro ve i n tim e

,Iris Uren has a good service and a u seful fore -hand driv e , both o f which she h a s u sed effectively at tim es. She mus t le a rn t o be steadier and a ls o move much m o r e qui c k l y on the court.

Conclusion.

In criticisi ng the t eam , it wou l d b e u seless to se lect individu a l m e mb e rs for p r aise. It h as b ee n the com bi n ed pl,ay of the Ei g ht, which, by winnin g a ll six Association mat ches with t h e loss of on ly four rubbers out of the 24 played, h as won for u s the lo n g-covete d s hi e ld n ow hangin g in the place of honour in the F i t chett Hall.-B. ·P.

Athletic Sports.

Owing to the fina l examinations, Third T e rm is a lw a ys th e busiest term fo r both teacher s and g irls, so it was dec ided to hold t h e s_po rts dur ing the 1st T e rm

n is T eam , 1927 .

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Left to r ig h t : A. Di.vi s (Captai n ), N. C h itty, J l bbott, I U r e n , JI[. Willson, G Cl a r ke H Wil ke S. W h ittake r

The day was looked forward to with great exc it ement, and we were favoured with glorious weather.

As usual, the School marched down to the .Gl enfer rie Oval in a " crocod ile," and by 2.15 the first event was run.

Everyone spent a most enjoya ble afternoon, and due thanks from the School are given to a ll ·h e lp e r s, espec ially to Miss Parsons, Miss Krome, and Mr. Austin, for the splendid way in which the races were organised.

The resu l ts of the races were as follo,vs-:

Open Championship , 100 Yards.-1, A. Weller; 2, W. Thomas; 3, D. L acey

50 Yards , under 12.-1, E. Champion; 2, V Berkfiel d; 3, I. Spradbery.

Sack .Race, under 16.-1, M. Charl wood; 2, D. Warren; 3, L . Burke.

Junior Race, 50 Yards.- 1, L. Char iwood; 2, M Henderson; 3, S. Whi'ttaker.

Senior Egg and Spoon Race.- 1, B. Luff; 2, J Manton.

Sack Race, under 12, 30 Yards.-1, M. Wa l ker; 2, G James; 3, T. Cox;. Sen ior Race , 220 Yards.-1, A. W e ller; 2, W. Thomas; 3, D. Lacey.

Senior Catching the Train.- 1, B. Luff; 2, B. Murdock; 3, A. Bell.

Junior Race, 75 Yards.- 1, L. Chariwood; 2, A. Flower; 3, M. Hend e rson.

Senior Sack Race.- 1, R. Heath; 2, J. Manton ; 3, J. Marks

lnterm,ed1iate Race, 75 We ller; 2, D. Robinson; 3, S enior Potato Race.- 1, D. Lacey; 3, W. Thomas.

Yards.-1, J. M. Charlwood. A. Weller; 2,

Junior Potato Race.- 1, W · South; 2, L. Charlwood; 3, C Jape. Hurdle Race, under 16.-1, D Robinson; 2, M. Charl wood; 3, N. Ezard. H urdl-e Race, Sen-ior.- 1, W. Thomas; 2, A. Weller; 3, D. Lacey.

Junior Sack :Race.-1, L. Charlwood; 2, S. Whittaker; 3, R. Le Couteur, l!l. Salmonow (equal)

Potato Race, under 16.-1, D Robinson; 2, B. Ratten; 3, J. Weller

Walking Race.-1, L. Williams; 2, M. Swan, Ju,nior Egg and Spoon Race .-1, E Champion; 2, S. Whittaker; 3, L. Charlwood.

100 Y ards lntermediate.-1, N. Ezard; 2, M. Char l wood; 3, D. Robinson.

Old Collegians' .Race .-1, D : Packer; 2, "M. Connor; 3, J. Efron . Invi tation Flag Race.-1 , M.L.C.; 2, M.C.E.G.G.S.; 3, Tintern

Intermedi ate Egg and Spoon Race - 1, B. Luff; 2, J. Money; 3, H. Simms . Senior Obstacle Race.-1, N. Dunkin; 2, A. Weller; 3, F. McDonald.

Intermediate Obstacle Race.- 1, B. Ratten; 2, M. Charlwood; 3, L. Chari wood.

Junior Siamese Race.- 1, L Marks and E. Salmonow; 2, A. F l ower and N. Waterstion; 3, M. Laird and H Egglesto n.

Catc hing the Trai n , under 16.- 1, B .. Luff; 2, B. Ratten; 3, R. Johns

Senior Siamese Race.-1, D. L acey and A. Weller; 2, M. Pescott and N. Warren; 3, B. Luff an d R. Heath

Junior Forms Flag Race.- 1, IV.a.; 2, Remove A

Intermediate Forms Flag Race.-1 , XX.a.; 2, XX.; 3, V.c. Special.

Senior Forms Fl a g Race .-1, Dipl oma A; 2, V.a.; 3, Honour VI.

Intermediate Siamese Ra ce - 1, L. Griffith and C. Go l die; 2, J. Weller and U McDiarmid; 3, N. Davies and L. Charlwood.

Flag Race-H ou se v . School. - 1, House; 2, School.

Sen-ior Champion.-Ada We ll er.

Interm e diate Champ io n - D Robinson.

Junior Champion-.-L. Charlwood. G C.

Visit of Adelaide M.L.C. Teams.

At t h e e nd of Second Term this yea r the Adelaide M.L.C. teams visited Me lbourne. The visit was e v en more suecessful than previous v i sits, and was enj oyed by all.

Owing to the splendid organising ability shown by Miss Parsons and the Sports Committee, there were a l arge number of spo rting and social fixtures arranged during the visit.

As it was the las t week of Term, examinations were all over and gir ls 'and teachers a like were more at liberty to join in the proceedings

The visitors were met at Spencer Street Station on Saturday, August 20, by Miss Parsons and the hostesses In the even in g the boarders entertained the visitors, hostesses, Melbourne teams and 3

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prefects at the College. We had dancing in the gym. and then the boarder artistes gave us a concert in the School-room.

Dr Fitchett extended an official welcome, on behalf of the School, to Miss Carr: the Adelaide Sports Mistress, and the teams at Assembly on Monday morning. After · Assembly the · gi rls were shown over the School and then visited the National Art Gallery and Museum.

The first matc·hes were played· at the School on the Monday afternoon. Our g irls won the basketball, after a very good game We were a lso fortunate in winning the · tennis

On Monday evening visitors and hostesses went to see " Be n Hur" at tqe Capito l Theatre, and the enthu siastic praise of our vis itors fully satisfied the Melbourne girls' pride in their principal theatre.

Th e Adelaide girls visited the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday morning, and played tennis a nd basketball matches agains t P.L.C. in the afternoon Unfort un ately, they lost both matches. The basketball, however, was very close. Th e y h ad bette r success n ext day , when they d efeated Ruyton at basketball , though again were defeated at tennis. On Wednesday ' evening the teams, h ostesses , an d prefects wen.t to the Wesley College Play, and had a deli g htful tim e

The Melbourne M L C. Old Collegians played tennis and basketball m atches against the Adelaide girls a t the Co ll ege on Thursday afternoon. The Adelaide team h a d an easy victo r y in basketball, but failed to win the tennis.

Friday was given up to an all-day picnic. We left town just after nine and " trained " to Boronia From Boronia we walked to Sassafras, stopping to go over Chandler's bor on ia and daffodil farm on the way. Billy tea and fri e d sausages made an excellent meal after a long walk, though m ost of the fun was in stoking the fires and frying the sausages. Our respected head prefect showed exceptional ability in controlling u nr ul y sau s ages and was much in demand by hungry picnickers.

In spite of Miss Parsons' frequent reminders not to waste time looking at the vi ew, quite a number, Miss Parsons inc luded, missed the train h ome. Miss Carr and about fifteen girls, by a reckless

drive in an overburd ened m o to r car for the last thre e miles to Ba yswater , succeeded in catchin g the train

Though the girl s playing in Saturday morning' s matches were bemoaning tired and stiff limbs, the play was very good i n both matches. The Melbourne girl s won both matches, but by much le ss than earlier in th e week

Th e Adelaide girl s r eturned hom e on the Saturday afternoon, having formed m a ny fri endships with Melbourne gi rls an d

Prize Snap, by J. Simm o ns.

broadened our outlook by contrast of their methods of schoo l work and o ur s. Man y Melbourne gir ls are now lookin g forward to r etu rning the v is it next year.

-A P

Debating Notes.

The De bating Society, with Miss Dahle and Miss Hall acting as joint-preside nts , has had a most v igorous and successful year.

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One of the first things to be decided was that each alternate meeting would be given over to some "dramatic item." This plan was so popular that it has led us to hope that a separate Dramatic Society may be formed next year

Honour VI. was the first Form to appear in knee-breeches and flowing gowns before the highly-entertained audience in the School-room. Unfortunately, as time was very short, only a portion of the Play selected-" The Barber of Seville "--could be acted. The audience did not realise this and kept their seats w h en the performance was over. The actors sent out frantic petitions from behind the curtain for some kind member to rise and play the National Anthem. Even this hint failed, and the audience was in the end politely but firmly requested to depart.

After this, it was decided that one-act Plays would be most suited to the limited time at our disposal. The Irish comedy, " Hyacinth Halvey," played by Diploma A, was a great success, perhaps the scenery being the most entertaining part of it; at any rate, the audience highly al}preciated the pillow which represented a sheep hanging UI> in a butcher's shop, while it was agreed that the bird which persisted in hanging by its feet head downward from a te legraph wire was a most interesting and novel spectacle, speaking well for the originality of the Form which concocted it.

At the first debate of the year, a solemn warning that " picture-theatres are a menace to soc iety," was given to th e audience who, much to the disgust of the fervent speakers, were quite incapable of realising the serio u sness of the affair.

However, the School is at last realising the extreme value of the Debating Society, and cannot fail to be gratefu l for the numerous 1>erplexing questions that have been settled by the deep and heated discussions held in the School-room. Our minds have been set at rest upon countless deep-seated problems; we have, for instance, come to the concl usion that " men are more vain than women," that " examinations should be abolished ," and that "modern education does not develop the individual." We have also reached the pitiful conclusion that " life is not worth living."

The Debating Society has also served to show what an excellent opinion the Staff has of the modern girl.

Miss Hay and Miss Luke had the actual moral courage to rise before a roomful of their bullied PUI>ils and accuse them of being " the highest type that can be realised " The modern girl scoffed at the idea, Joyce Manton and Betty Blay going to great lengths to explain their many faults to the dubious Staff. They succeeded, however, in converting Mr. Le Couteur, who was adjudicating, to t heir opinion, and he gave his decision in their favour--syrnl}athetically, but unsuccessfully trying to conv in ce the Staff that the girls had the easier side.

On Friday night, September 23, a very interesting debate was held in Fitchett Hall, the l}resent girls, represented by Joyce Warren and Marjorie Mclnnes, taking the n egative side of the sub j ect, "The Abolition of War is Im1>racticable," against Winsome Stuart and Nancy McLennan, ~epresenting the old g i rls. Mr. Kent Hughes consented to adjudicate, giving his decision in favour of the negative

One of the most diverting features of the Debating Society's programme bas been the improm1>tu speeches where we have been greeted with such statements as: "Women should not make up their faces because nobody knows what they are like underneath," " rabbits are animals with four legs, one at each corner," and so on.

The gir ls have found debating to be o n e of the most entertaining ·side-lines of schoo l life, and all the senio r Forms now being members , the interest has greatly wldened .-J. M.

Students' Christian Union.

The S.C.U. has again had a very successful run, and although attendances at meetings have not a lways been quite satisfactory, we have had a very interesting year.

The election of office-bearers resulted in the following : President, Joyce Warren; Vice-President, Wynne Thomas; Corresponding Secretary, Marjorie Lambie; Recording Secretary, Frances Jenkins; Treas urer, Freda Kruse; and, as addi-

tional members of the Committee, Rosemary Heath and Lorna McDonald were chosen.

As Marjorie Lamb i e left at the end of Ffrst Term, it was decided that the Recording Secretary should take on the work of the Corresponding Secretary a lso.

Among the speakers we had the pr i vil ege of hearing were the Rev. C. C. Duggan, the Rev. Irving Benson, the Rev. J. C. Jamieson, the Rev. John Thomas, anu others.

Bib le Study Circl es were started in First Term, and were kindly led by the Misses Betts, Hay, Scholes, Kellaway, McDonald and Hunt.

Instead of the customary annual S.C.U. concert, it was decided at a committee meeting that we should have a picnic at Boronia this year This was held on Saturday, October 15, and was enjoyed by a ll present.

In order to raise funds for the expenses of the Union, an appeal was made for donations. We hope this new idea will prove successful.-F. J.

The School Play.

The School Play, which was again produced by Mr. Norman S i mpson, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 16th and 17th August, at the Playhouse.

This year the work chosen was " She Stoops to Conquer," and the girl s fully justified the choice by t he way they played their parts. The standard of acting was very high throughout, and all the charact ers deserve our heartiest congratulations.

The main action commences with an inn scene, where two weary travellers, Mr. Marlow (Jean Simmons) and Mr Hastings (Berenice Luff). find their way, after much fruitless search for the hou se of Mr. Hardcastle (Ilma Dodd), where they are expected

At the tavern they fa ll in with Tony Lumpkin (Doris Nickels). Mrs. Har dcastle's s on by h er first husband. He is a spoilt, pampered creature, with a very mischievous strain in his character. His mother (Joyce Manton) , -has designed her niece, M iss Neville (Ffo. McDonald). to be her son's wife, tiut she is in lov e with Hastings. All h er fortune consists pf .

jewels, which are in her aunt's keeping. Young Marlow has been sent from London by his fathe r, Sir Charles (Mona Smith). with Miss Hardcastle (Nellie Taylor) in view, as a prospective bride . He is terrified at the idea, for when he is in the company of lad ies he is the most nervous man. alive, although in· t he presence of women of a lower social standing he is an entirely different person.

At the tavern, Tony Lumpkin sends the two young· men to his home, describing it as an inn. Under this impression, they arrive at Mr Hardcastle's place, and immediately treat their poor host as a common inn-keeper. He, not knowing of th e ir mistake, does not know what to make of t h eir behaviour.

Before long, Hastings meets Miss Neville, and finds out his mistake, but Miss Hardcastle begs them to keep the secret from Mr. Marlow.

Mrs. Hardcastle has, meantime, been annoy in g everyone with her ceaseless chatter about fashions , and the efforts she makes to bring her son and Miss Neville together.

Miss Hardcastle, who knows of her suitor's peculiari ties, dresses in a simple morning gown, which she don s each day to please her father, and purposely places herself in Mr. Marlow ' s way, and he, attracted by her pretty face and coq uettish ways, immediatel y falls into t h e trap and makes love to her.

They are seen in a very affectionate attitude by .Mr Hardcastle, who becomes very angry as young Marlow was described by his father as a shy, retiring person. The description and the reality did not at all agree.

Meanwhile, Hastings and Miss Neville have taken Tony into t h eir · confidence, and as the latter disliked the idea of marrying his co usin , he is very pleased to help with their plans for e loping. To this end, he steals Miss Neville's jewels and gives them to Hastings. He passes them on to Marlow, asking him to take care of them for him. Marlow, in his turn, passes them on to the " innkeeper's wife" fo r safety. Mrs. Hardcastle is, of course, overjoyed when they are returned to her, because she thought she had been robbed, ani;l. did not know what to tell her ni ece.

Ton y obtain s a c h a i se a nd h orses for the e lopin g c oupl e, a nd th ey sta rt on their way b efo r e Mrs H a r dcast le f-in d s out their p lans. Th e n , when s h e does r ealise that her niece, a nd inci d e n ta lly h er j e we rs, h ave s lipp e d t hrou g h h e r h a nd s, she becomes very ag itate d , a nd orders a c hai se to be mad e r ead y s tr a ig ht away. She com m ands Tony to accompany h e r , and b e, n o thin g l otb , m o unts th e driv e r 's seat, and, as i t is ni g h t, a nd very d a rk , he dri ves r o und an d round in a c ircle, lettin g ·bi s moth e r b e li e v e they were advancing. Finally, the c h aise b eco m es firmly fixe d in the mud , and Mrs . H a rd cas tl e is forc e d to d escend. This leads to a sce ne of hi g hly pitc h e d e xcitem e nt. Poor Mrs. Hard cas tle thinks s h e i s abo ut to be attacked b y s om e fi erce bandit at a ny moment, and ca lls upon h e r -s on to protect h e r.

Soon, after many false alarms, they d o actually see a man adva ncin g tow ar d s th e m. Tony makes his mother bide w hi le h e f aces the supposed de s pe r ate charact e r. He is quite aware that it is only Mi· H a rd cas tle , a nd that the chaise is bogged at th e foot of thei r own garden, but - hi s poor moth e r think s h e is v e r y br ave, and fina lly can no lon ge r bear the thought of h e r d ea r s on suffering alone, so she

rushes out and fa ll s at the "b and i t's " f e et, to find that s h e is clutching de s-p e rate ly a t h er ow n hu sband's kn ees Then s b e dis co v e r s bow h e r son ha s mi s le d h er; and from a dear, sweet protective c r eatur e, h e s udd e nl y t urns into an unfeeling monster.

She re t w·ns to the hou se, still in a raging temper, to w i tness a n a mu s in g sce n e when young Marlow di scove r s bis h or ribl e mistakes-first, that h e was th e g u est of Mr. Hard cas tl e, n ot an o rd inar y inn -k ee p er, and, secondly, when h e r ealises that the " barmaid " h e ha s become so seriously interes ted in is reall y Miss Ma rlow

Fina ll y, t h e ta~g le d skein of hi s affairs i s unravell e d , , aJJd the happy co upl e bec om e e n gage d. Meanwhile the othe r p a ir h a d returned, a nd poor Mrs H a rd cas tl e was forced to g ivE\ in to th.eir arrangem e nts. Ev e n UP to th e viiry e nd sh e was b e wailing h e r hard lot, and the Play closes on a ve ry di sconte nte d woman.

A ll who help e d to make t:he Play a s uccess, the m·usic ians, u s hers, pro g ramme sell ers and other helpe rs, des e rve o ur most gratefu l thanks. · ·

The procee ds, _ whi ch amounted to £51 2s ., are to go toward s t:h e T e nnis Fund,-F. J.

School Play, 1927.

Stn nd.ing-0. Thomas (Fe llow), J. B>Lin (f"eUow ) ,I. Ito e (FeUQ\"v). G. Edwards (Felle>w). J Broacll,,•11t (Pellow) , L. l cl lona,: d (Sen-ant), B. Mu i-dock (SHvant), A Bell ( Diirgory) , E. Spe~ (Servr.ut) , 1'", :\f (' Uona.l c.t ( l\li ss Neville), B. Luff ( l ·(astlngs), J. Love (La.ndlonl ), J. " 'urren ( 1Uaid) , J ~.lanton 1 (Mrs. Hard c n stl.e<), I. Dodd (l\Ir Hard castle). Si tUni;-F. Purvis (Fe llow ) A W ell.e r (Fe-ll ow) , 0. Nickels (Ton y Lum1,l<ln) , 11r. Sm.it!, (Sir Ch1u l cs . Mairlo w ) , N. Taylor ( ~ liss Hnrdcns tl&), J . S i1nmons (Young i\Iarlow).

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At the end of First T erm we were taken to the Auditorium to hear a recital give n by Paderewski. This we all enjoyed very much.

Dur in g Second Term we were all de• lighted to hear Heifet:r., the great violi ni st.

There is no need for much to be said about the Library this year , as, to the great disappointment of many of the g irls, it was not opened for the day girl s until Third Term. The boarders have had the use of it all the year, and we hope that in 1928 the day girls a l so will be able to make free use of the helpful information and pleasure to be had from reading.

We have a wide range of literature in our Library, catering for the younger girls , as well as the senior

Some girls seem to be under the impression that all the books are " l earn ed " and above their heads; this is not cor· rect, so we hope ever yone will have free access to the Library next year -F. J.

Music Notes.

During the pas t yea r M. L .C. has cer· tainly shown what great musical talent it poss1isses, and we a r e a.I! proud of the year's results which h ave proved so very satisfactory in the re c ent examinations.

This year has been full of e n tertainments. During the · first and second terms, we greatly appreciated the concerts given by the Oriana Madrigal Society, which is conducted by our musical director, Mr. Frazier. Some of us h ave been fortunate in being able to join this society, and the boarders look with much more· interest, when they know some who are performing.

We a.re a ll looking forward to the third concert· which "is to be · this term.

We have our Orpheus- Society again this year, ·.and- -Mr • F.razier- has us al-I -working very hard at our Speech Night songs.

The Sociables are still keeping their p lace amongst the boarders. Ea.ch Friday night they render two part-songs at a soc ial evening which is held in the Dining Hall.

Another musical eveut in which the girls showed great interes t was the series of conce r ts arranged by Gladys McDowell , which were held in Fitch ett Hall. Three or four very clever artists came out on each occasion and gave us all a very enjoyable afternoon

The results of this year's examination in piano and singing are as fo llows:

Pianofortc.-Grade IL: Margaret Overend (honours), Frances Kennedy (credit), Phyllis Osborn. Grade III.: Jean Balding (honours) , Frey Shimmon (credit), Nellie Taylor. Grade IV : Joyce Findlay (honours) , Ebbie Sh ackel! (honours), Linda Krause (credit), Jean McNair (credit), Evelyn Wood (credit) , Gwen Roberts, Gwen Stout, Mary Shaw. Grade V.: Loma Amos, Nance Ezard, Betty Reseigh, Marjorie Thornton. Grade vr: Dorothy Dugdale, Thelma Jager, Mona Rogerson

Sing.ing.-Grade II.: Frances Kennedy (credit). Grade III.: Mavis Lancaster (credit), Lilian &tavely. Grade V.: Violet Boyd (honours), Florence Andrews (credit).

Harmony .-Grade II.: Phyllis Osborn (credit) Margaret Overend. Grade III.: Nancy Lee (honours), Betty Reseigh (hon• ours), Frances Kennedy (credit), Nellie Taylor (credit). Grade IV : Frances Ken° nedy (honours,), Betty Reseigh (honours), Lilian Stavely (credit), Gwen Roberts. Grade V.: Mary Ralph (credit).-M. L 1 --.' 1-l ..~. ..

The League of Nations.

A Icin g hall, with rows of distinguislied men and clever women down ,each side; · outside the great building, the sun glinting on the waters of the lake; and i nside, an atmosphe r e of purpose and idealism-this, as portrayed to us . by Mrs. Allen, Australi an delegate : in 1924, is the . room .of the League of Nations

On October 5 we were given a fascinating talk on this subject by Mrs. Allen, better known to some, p erhaps, as " Vesta" of the "Argus." Everyone listened entranced as she told us its his-

tory; how it was the result of a s uggestion made by President Wilson, of the United States; it contai n s r epresentatives of the Allied Nations concerned in the Great war. The Tr eaty of Versailles, which is embodied in the cove nant of the JJeague, concluded its foundation .

The great object of the Leagu e is to remov e the minor causes of war. With greater issues it bas Jess to do. Austria's affairs, Mrs. Allen said, with the l ight of triumph in her eyes, were in a dreadful state after the war. She had more than 100 quarrels with n e ighbouring countries, any one of which tnight have Jed to war. Her f i nances were exceed i n g l y low, and a l together things looked hopeless. A member of the League authoris'ed to manage affairs was sent to live in Austria; three years was the limit set for the task to be accomplished. But within two years her affairs were once more in a flourishing state, and every one of the causes for war had disappeared

The constitution of the League was related-that 55 different nations belong, representing 25 languages En g lish and French , however, are the two official languages spoken. Marve llous work is done by the interpreters. It is governed by an assemb l y, consisting of three d e legates from each nation. A ve r y inte r esting point i s that any office may be held by a woman as well as a man. The League meets every September, sitti ng from three to five weeks , accord i ng to th e amount of work to be done The executive of the assembly, we are to ld , consisted of representatives from each nation .

The Leagu e is d i vided into six comm i ttees, each of which deals with a d ifferent branch of the work. Thes e do not sit in the hall of the League of Nations, but in t:he g r eat b u ilding be longing to the Secre• tariat. Th is is another branch of the League, which , living permanently at Geneva, carries out the work of the yea;declded upon by the committees.

This work takes time. So much, indeed, said Mrs. Allen, that the League has heen severely criticised for its torto ise-like methods But as there has to be no dissentient voice in any d ecis ion mad e by any of the comm ittees, these are absolutely necessary A sing le nation cou ld defeat a proposal agreed to by a ll the others. This regulation, again, is essential, because the

overruling of the dissentient voices would tend to provoke ill-feeling among the nations-an occurrence to be avoided at all costs.

Only one-twentieth of the work was touched upon by Mrs. Allen She told us how through the goo d work of the medical officers attached to the League, A l bania and Persia were cured of the dreadful epidemics that scourged them after the war; how each fortnig ht Australia receiv es a health bu ll etin from a body of the League medical officers stationed in the East.. This r eport tells Australia the health-state of each Eastern Country near Australia, so that she is enab led to g u ard against infection. Altogether the work was an absorbing subject.

Great personalities abound in the League o f Nations One of the outstand ing men is Dr. Nansen, the explorer and scientist; a picturesqu e figure h e makes with his splendid physique, sweeping cloak and wide-brimmed hat. He was responsib le for the settling and occupation of the refugees pouring from one country to another after the war Another personality is a little Go l dil ocks of a woman, one of the most admired and respec ted in the L eague. Perfect silence and a tense atmosphere greet t:h is magnetic little Swedish lady whenever she rises to speak.

Many more points were touched upon by Mrs. Allen. Her companion, Mrs. Maggs, addressed a meeting of a few of the seniors afterwards, when we were to ld how to run a miniature League at School. Next year we hope to h ave one in full swing, with its Mock Assemblies, debates, and Senates all comp lete.-R. H .

B irthday Night.

This year Birt:hday Night was he ld on September 30, Jess than three weeks after the vacation. Every night for weeks before girls, when late for stu dy, said: " Oh! I've been up in the gym.," ·and a ir w as we ll. Then, mystery of mysteries! Ev e ry morning, before breakfast, several teachers · strolled towards the gym. " Whatever do they do up there?" everybody asked, ·but the onl y thing to do was to wait and see.

The bath-r ooms were " bagged " from 8.15 onwards on the eventfu l day, and woe

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b etide t he poor girl who occupied the bathroom for more than ten minutes. At last, the dress ing an d c r eam ing a nd powd e rin g were a ll over, a nd th e r e only r e maine d the "Do I lo ok alr ig ht?" part of the proceedings.

At a ql)arte r -p ast five w e assemb led in the Dining Hall, with a genera l gas p of admiration fo r th e tastefull y d eco r ated ·hall an d the be,vilderingl y b eautiful frocks. Th e room r ese mbled a rainbow , th e · co lours bleuding together to make au harm o niou s who le

Th en the great event! T ea ! the o:rily in eal o.f the year which the then little board e rs term rea lly " decent." Of th e tea, the less sa id the better. D r. and Mrs. Fi tch ett an d Mrs. Williams, an oid t eacher of the College, visited u s durin g th is period · of en joyme nt, and the Do ctor lo oke d c h a rmin g in a yellow paper cap. Mr s. •Fitchett favoured g r ee n , with white bindin gs.

After tea, t h e gym. was the ce ntre of atlractio n ,' and the tim e passed a ll too quickly. Each girl l ame nted th e fact t hat she h a d just mis sed a certa in dan ce, whi c h was to h ave b ee n, for h e r, the eve nt of the eve ning.

Fusi, . R enie Buc l;l a n a n, M ay Nisket, and seve ral of th e teachers very kind ly pla yed for u s, a nd t h e music was greatl y enjoyed b y a ll t h e d ancers. However, all good thin gs co me to a n e nd, especially when . they are follow e d by so methin g better.

After an h our' s dancing, we came down to th e main passage, w h e r e, as a . gr ea t concession, w e were allowed t o me et our g ue s t s. " Have you found h e r?" and " Oh ! hullo , darli-ng!" hurtl ed t hro u gh the air, and about half a n hour was ne e d e d to sort out 120 board e r s and their guests i nt o their re spective pairs,

Ho wever , at eight -o'clock we were a ll :seated in Fitchett Hall, lis te nin g to a deli ghtful pia nofort e du e t by Fried man and Backhaus. Seven yo ung c h ar m e 1·s, fine n dverti semen ts for House, t h en mad e' every bod y. welcome in strain s of .unsurpasse d , m e lod y " Rendez-vous " delighte d everyone in its swee t s implic ity a nd quaint o ld -world ai r The fountain was trul y a work of art, a nd Cupid loo k e d as if h e co uld s till shoot, in spite of hi s br ok e n bow. The Sociab les k e pt up their r e pu ta-

tion as nig htin gales, and furth er talent was s hown in " Mrs. Huldah's Offer." No one knew there was s u ch an a n c ient •boarder, though we certain l y have some very mod e rn ones.

" Mrs. Jarl ey's Waxworks " fo llo we d , and therein l ay th e trage dy of the evening. One of the fi g ures was over-wound, and it took the combined efforts of Mrs J arl ey and J o hn to stop the m echani sm . Mary, who call e d the ca ttl e h ome, is now in the repair shop, a nd is not on show. Th e model of Liste r has since been b r o u ght up-to-date At that time J ohn h a d not had time to shingle h e r h a i r. Mrs. Jarl ey has also been making quite a fortun e out of h er d ec e ased friend , Mr s. Allan ' s, h a ir r estor er, since Birt hd ay Night, hav in g exhibited its r es ults that night. Many M.L.C. mod e l s were made es p ecia lly for the occasion, but they h ave no w fallen more or l ess into d isu se.

Dur in g the interva l. several pet can ari es were induced to w hi s tle b e hind the sce n es, a nd were qui te a s u ccess. The tablea.ux w hich followed, " Fini s hin g Tou ches" an d " The Slee p·in g B e au ty "-we r e pronounced splendid. Prince Charming was v e r y charming a nd th e Sleeping Beauty was very beautiful. A vocal du et, "I know a b a nk whereon the wild thyme blows," wa.s b ea utifully s un g by two of our m os t promis in g yo un g singers. The c lim ax· of t h e pro gramm e was, however, un do ubted l y t h e one-act play, " The Bath-room Doo r ," given by the Staff. . '

Here was the mystery unravelled! All th e worshippers of blue thought of what mi g ht have b een , had the dashing young rr..an with the backscr ubber b ee n all h e pretende d to be. We are all very glad that the only gentlemen among the audience were Do c tor Fitch e tt , Mr L e Co uteur, r.nd Mr. Lemmon, a ll married men, as w e do not want to lose Miss Pearce. The scene around th e bath-room door w.as mo st Intriguing, a nd everyon e w on d e rs why the Staff did not turn to the theatrical profess ion, ins.tead of that of teaching.

After the conc e rt came supper in the Dining H a ll , " Auld Lan g Syne ," " God Save the King," and good-byes, l eaving one with the impression of th e h a p pies t Birthday Night on record.-B. R.

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House Notes.

Once more the School year is drawing to an end, and some of us are not at all JookiJlg forward to Speech Night.

We commenced School early in February and found that one,half of our number consisted of new girl s. They did not take Jong to ·settle down, aJ1d a bout three weeks after we had returned the 0' ,. Girls entertained them with a concert The schoo l-room was gail y decorated for the occasion, and each girl ·helped to make the whole a great success. Later in the term the new girls repaid the compliment, and a thoroughl y happy time w3:s . spent one Saturday evening.

We boarders of 1927 have been exceptionally fortunate in the way of entertainments. T owards the end of First Term some of the S«;lnior girls were taken to hear Paderewski. Later in Second Term we went to hear Heifetz, and during the year we h ave heard two concerts given by t h e Oriana Madrigal Society, the conductor of which is Mr. Frazie r , our own Music Master.

Once again we saw the Old Collegians on the stage in the production of "An Ideal Husb a nd." A week or two l ater our own School play was he ld in the Playhouse. We were very pleased in deed to see several of o ur boarders taking such prom in ent parts. Th e prefects were g reatly env ied w'h en, by the invitatio n of Miss Parsons, we had the pleasur e of goi ng to the Wesley play with the visiting teams from Adelaide.

We spent a very interesting eve nin g when we saw t h e p-icture " Tonga To-day" sc r eened at the Hawthorn Town Hall It delighted us to see Fusi several times in the picture and to hear her play some Tonga music. We c h eered her as she was presented with a b eautiful basket of flowers by the Young Worn.en's . Missionary Movement.

At the end of Second T erm we were asked to do our part i n e nte rtain in g our Adelaide visitors This we did by g iving them a n evening.

It b ega n b y danci n g in the gym. from 7 till 8 o 'clock, after which the party adjourned to the School-room fo r a concert. The Schoo l-room was prettily decorated in our Sch oo l co lo urs. S ilver and g reen b a ll oons hung from th e ceiling, and at

the close ·of the concert during the singing of ou r School song, s ilver and green streamers were thrown out in a ll direction s Supper followed in the DiningHall, where the prevailing co lour was red , for House. We ended the eveni ng by s in ging "Auld Lang Syne."

One of the great events of the year was the visit to see the Duke and Duchess. Soon after dinner five big char-a-banes pull ed up at the front gate and we were filled ·with excitement, when, marchin g down to the front gate, each girl was h anded a tiny flag to ·wave at the R oyal party. We had to sit and wait for about two hours, but time soon passed, and we were each provided with a bun and two biscuits After the procession had passed our chauffeurs very kindly conse nted to drive us through the city to see the wonderful decorations. It was a great s i ght to see the five char-a-banes filled ·with g irls, a ll waving t-heir flags . In fact, i;o great was the sight tl\at people turp.ed and gaily waved back at u s. On our way h ome again we r a ised our lusty voices and filled the a ir with " Silver and Green " We ended t h e day h appily by g oin g up the tower to see the illumin ations , and we are pleased to say that everyo n e returned with so und limbs.

This year has seen many alterat ions in our Resident Staff Miss Newman and Mis s Smith-Hill l eft us at the end of last yea r Miss Maling filled Miss SmithHill' s p lace as Sports Mistress, a nd we were glad to welcome Miss Hay to o ur Resident Staff. At the end of First T erm , Miss A. Whitehe ad t h ought she would rather hav e the t rainin g of a husb and than the training of gir ls. We were fortunate in getting one of our exstudents, Miss He lms, to take her place Mi ss D. Whiteh ead a lso left us, and Miss Shapley kindly took her place in House.

One of the g reatest s h ocks that confronted u s when we returned fo r Thlrd Term was that Miss Hunt, owing t o illh ealth was forced to leave u s. Miss ·Hay has t~ke n her position ·as Lady Superin tenden t , and we were a ll very g lad to welcome back to Hous e one or our past R es ident Staff m emb ers-Miss Ball.

We have also h a d many alterations in our prefects s in ce the beginning of the year. We commenced with Fran ces Kenn edy as Senior House, Beryl Watt, PhyJlis

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W est, and Gwen Roberts as full pre fects, a nd Mavis L ancaster, Linda Kra use, Viol et Boyd and E lsie Morris as associate prefects At the end of First T e rm G""fen found that s h e wou ld h ave to l eave u s, and E ls ie was also forced to leave through ill-h ealt h . W h en Second Term began Mavis was mad e a fu ll prefect, a nd Marjorie l'loe and Mary Brisbane associates. Elsie returned after Second T e rm.

Now perhaps the most exc itin g of all days was Sports Day. The boarders really decided t hi s year that they would carr y the red flag to victo r y, and t h ey did. The day girl s proved themse lves to be stronger in swimming, and th ey a l so won the basketball and baseball.

Durin g Th ird Term a debate on the ver y important s ub ject of wheth e r a boa rd er is better prepared for after li fe than the day girl was h eld betwee n H o u se and School. We did o u r best to convince t h e day gir ls t hat this was so , and after m any interes ti n g discussions t h e h onou r s of the debate fe ll to H ouse. We are very proud lo congratulate our speak e r s - Betty R eseigh and Da isy L anyo n

We h ave all had a ve r y happy y e a r together, and we wish the boarders of 1928 the best of luck a nd good wish es .

F. K.

Back-to-School's Day.

Few g irls leave S choo l without a feeling of regret. Yet there is a l ways comfort to be derived from t h e fact that there are nume rous ways of k eep-i n g in touch with the Co llege. One way of doing this i s to attend Back-to-School's D ay, which is the one day in the year w h en past and present pupils can meet once more at the Co ll ege It i s a n event which i s app r eciated to the full , not onl y by the Old Collegians , but by a ll t h e present scho lars as well, especially thos e sen i o r g irls who know t-hat they w ill b e - l eavin g at the e nd of the year and realise what the School means to t h em.

This year the r e -uni o n b etween past a nd present p-upils took p,lace on March 3t At 2 o'clock the Old Co llegian s took their places on one side of Fitchett Hall and ti;le present girl s on t h e oth er. There \Vere .fewer Old Col!egians at the Asse.m,-

bly t h an t h e r e were l ast year. Assemb l y was then opened in th e usual manner and th e Old Co ll egians wer e warm l y welcomed by t h e girls. We were then addressed by Mrs. Woodruff, w h o gave a most inte r esting and vivid accoun t of h er t r ip to J apan.

After the Assemb l y the basketball and tennis matche s were p laye d . The Old Co ll egians were v ictorious in tennis but beaten in basketball. Afternoon tea was provided by the Old Collegians in the Din in g Hall.

This day , when o l d friendships are r enewed and old memories revived, is long r emembered by the girls , both past and present, a nd a ll co min g Back-to-School' s Days a r e eagerl y l ooked fo rw a rd to.-

M. W.

The S.C.U. Camp at Berwick.

Camp in the hills at Spring-time! A houseful of school-girls in h oliday mood , and glorious s unlit days a nd calm, coo l nights , an d the s ilence of green s urr o un ding hills: this for a week-with spo r ts and games and merry camp-songs, friendly books, and camp ta lks in the quiet, darkened r oo m at night; the r u sh a nd scr amb le of the morning bath; the cheer fu l meals; concerts after tea; and the round of the camp before bed to say " good-night"these are some of the j oys of camp.

Long wal ks, w i t h a rest by t h e way on t h e need les under t h e pine t r ees, and readi ngs from our favo urit e "Wind and the Willows," which we as a camp read togeth er during the week, and then the ramble h ome , arriving in t im e for tea.

On e sun ny, win d y mo rning we had a deli g htful h are-and-hound s. Th ree girl s rushed off, laying the scent (paper torn into shreds a nd scattered from pillowslips which we r e tied with many kno ts round the hound s). Oh, the tragic si ght of t-h ose poor p illow-slips after th e chase ! After the exh il a ration ca u sed by nav igating the cree k , wading through a s t andin g pool, running, with s tockin gs soaked and shoes squel ching with mud, for about a quarter of a mile, we at last ar rived breathless on the front lawn , where, after a c h ange of footwear, we r e po sed to listen to the enth rallin g . adventures of t h e Mole.

The Berwick camp ers w ill not soon fo rget the visit we paid to the " Beakies," our n e i g hbouring campers at " Runny-

mede ," Beaconsfield, where we enjoyed croquet, quoits, circlos, and-most entertaining of all-the "cup s hy. " To our huge d e lig ht we were given orders to destroy about two doze n cracked cups· the 'method was nove l, a tin-tray bein~ fixed against the wire-netting of the tennis cou rt , and each pe r son was allow e d to try her lu ck at ·a distance of about 20 feet Great was the emulation betwee n the Sun, Moon and Stars, the three divisions of t he camp, widespread the wreckage an d loud the applause.

We had been conveyed to "Runnymede" in the famous "Red R over" (licensed to carry 12), into which a ll of us- 30crowded, but the journey home was made on foot.

Every day began with a little gath eri n g of the ca mp out in the morning freshness of the garde n. After morning prayers, taken in turn by one of the officers, we troop e d hungry into breakfast, and then followed the p,rogramm e for the day After our beds were made and the rooms arrange d for camp inspection, and after Study Circle Preparation, an hour was spent on the l awns or v e r andah in g roup s of e ight, where we discussed the Bible Study for the day

When biscuits! and oranges had been distributed, we set out for a walk or began the sports or other entertainment until dinner. Rest hour followe d dinner, when we mig,ht read or write, or sleep. The remainder of the afternoon was usually spent out of doors until tea-time One d ay we had a dress -up tea, in which beauty and grotesq uenes s were mo s t marvellously min g led. Concerts, competitions, and games, and twice during the week camp chronicle, filled up the interval between tea and vespersthis was per-h aps the very b est part of camp.

After supper we trooped over In gro up s under th e p eaceful 11ig h t s ky to the cottage, which gradually subsided into state of quiet until li g hts were put out at 9.45.

Th e spirit of ca mp is somethin g which cannot be described-it ca n only be felt We hope t h at year by year more girls from M.L C. will attend and e njoy camp a nd experience this "spirit of camp."J. W.

C a mp Re- U n ion

The l ong-waited-for day arrived, but not bright and sunny as wa s hoped.

How ever , th e rain did not dampen the spi rits of the happy p a rty of school-girls and officers of Berwick camp, who were bound for an aJ l-day p-icnic to Ferntree Gully About thirty managed to squeeze into one carriage and, as may be imagined , there was no lack of conversation .

The re seeme d a thousand eager questions to ask and answer as friendships were renewed, and camp snaps discussed and l aughed over.

A heavy rain-storm g r eeted our arrival at the Gully, but, nothing daunted , we determined to see the fine view from the look-out on top of the mount.

As it was too wet to li g ht a fire , we l eft our chops to be cooked in time for lunch at the kiosk in the Park and set out for the look-o ut It seemed as if for eve ry step forward we took two back and sat down , until by the time we r eached the top our shoes and stock ings were wet through a nd clot-hes covered in mud.

There had been a light fall of snow and the stragglers were urged on by those who r each ed the look-out first, only to be met with a s how er of snowballs as they ascended the narrow, slippe ry stairs. Our excitement was increased by a h e avier fall of snow. It was a thr illing experience for mo st of us who had not been in s now before to see the countryside frosted with f r esh fallen snow. The journey down the mount was merely a succession of slips and slides, urged on by the thou ght of the chops.

After lunch we indulged in such games as "callings" and follow the lead e r until one lead e r sat gracefully down in the mud We then adjourned to the kiosk for musical arms , t he music being provided by an Impromptu orchestra using keros ene tin s and sticks.

It was a happy, though muddy party of campers that cau ght the train to Canterbury; where we invaded one of the officer ' s hom es for afternoon t ea.

While we were sitting a round th e fir e, Camp Mother r ead us extracts from " R ebuilding Europe," a book about the work the World's :Student Christian Movement

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is doing to help the poor Un i vers ity students of Europe. We , in Anstralia, being too far away, a re apt to forget air the poverty and mi se ry of post-war Europe. We were rather as h ame d to hear that Australia had been one or th e last countries t0 respond to an appeal for funds.

We fitly concluded a most enjoyable d ay by singing our camp hymn , " Fellowship."-P. · R. B.

S .C .U . Picnic at Boronia .

Arriving at Boronia about ten o'clock, we set out along th e path, soon r eaching a half-way house, where we procured the necessary soft drink s, and divested ourselves of such conventional garb as hat s and blaze rs, which we were kindly allowed to leave till our r eturn . We then continued our way, di scuss ing many and varied topics. On r eac hing our ~estination, we collected twigs and lit a fire, over which-though in reality it was someti mes in which-we cooked our chops.

We stayed here for some time before walking down the road t-0 meet Miss Maxwell, whom some of u s had met a t camp in September. Ov e rcom e with the effort of so much walking, we e'Qcam ped b e neath a " spreading" tree, where we indu l ged in some c lass ic al songs and listened to "the lig hter side of School iife ," making the sad di scovery that the Staff were well acquainted with all the theories ~ rom ulgated therein. At the very earnJ;lst ent_reaty of some members of the party, we had tea, after which Miss Maxwell gave us a very interesting talk about the S.C .U . I nte rnational Conference held at Denmark 1ast year.

The time rema i ning b efo re the train was due was spent in picking gum, and some b ecame so enraptured with the beauties of Nature that the sight of the train rushing int-0 the p l a tform was nec essary to convince them that time, at any r ~te, waits for no man. The driver, however, considerately he l d the tra i n up three minutes, and as it started, we r ea lised that the . pi c n i c we had njoye d so much wai, over.

-K. H.

Junior Red Cross.- " I Ser~ e ."

In trying to follow the motto, " I Serve," the Junior Red Cross Circl e of 1927 has been able to sen d in a r eport which shows that a very sati sfacto ry year's work ha s been done.

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We were very fortunate in once more h aving Miss L ewis for our l eader and tr eas ure r. She has pu t h er h eart into the work and e ncouraged the girls in the movement. We have a big committee, consisting of one member from each Form in the ~,chool and F . Kennedy was e l ected secr etary.

Throughout the year each Form has worked consistently for certain Foundling Hornes and Kindergartens. During l!'irst and Second Terms abo ut 300 new ga rments were made. These , with a g r eat number of old garments ,' were taken to various Homes by the g irls. By paying t h ese visits the girls find their work much more interes tin g.

In Second Term Form Diploma made a special effort to raise funds for the Fitzroy Social Settlement. A series o f concerts was arranged and h e ld each day from 1.20 to 1. 50 p .rn. for a week. Th e admission was ld. anq. the total s um r a is e d was £6 13s.

Then again we had another appeal for Dr Ade laide Gault. This time the m e mbe rs of the Young Women's Missionary Movement in connection with t he Auburn Method ist Church q ecided to make a quilt for Dr. Gault's Hospital. Many of the gir ls helped in this by s endin g ls. each and the n their initials were worked on the quilt.

Once more we had a special appeal for eggs for the Melbourne Hospital. A lthough we did not quite reach the number brought in last year about 40 dozen were sent away

Many other smaller i tems as scrap books, toys, etc. have been · collected durin g the year and forwarded to the diffe r en t Kindergartens

Our Circl e Committee k eeps in touch with Headquarters and always Lakes the " I Serve" magazine.

We hope that the Jui;i_ior Red Cross Circle of next y ear will take a still keen er interest in the work and make th is movement one of th~ most important in the social life of the M.L.C.- 1<' .K .

THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL.

" For

Shelter.

"

To t h e Editresses of "Silver an d Green."

Dear Mesdames,-Let me bring to your honourable n otice a characte risti c scene at M.L.C. in t h e broiling h eat of mids umm e r.

The scene is portrayed in that portion of the School lab e ll ed "For Shelter." A few lan gu id girls are seated in various uncomfortable position.s on the hard seats, occasionall y l ettin g a dull, unintelligent eye r est for a second on a n uninteresting, dusty text-book. Do th ese gi rl s look as if they are brilliantly g ifted, a nd can pass examinations with honours? Yet thi s is so.

T he pitiless sun streams in on the desolate sce n e, and t h e du st-laden north wind d e pos its i ts burd en in the eyes of the poor un fo rtunat es. "For Shelter!" " Fo r Shelter! ! " What a mis nom e r!

Last, but most important of all, the eye drops on a miserable cr eature restingnay , I cannot, will not us e that word; let u s say supporting h e rs e l f in a chair ; it is a m e mber of the Staff. What c rue lty! What injus ti ce! " How can she b ear it?" one asks. Alas! poor t hin g, she must. It is the will of one greater t h an she.

Examples o f C o mm ercial Art .

Left: Drawing by (. G ua r d.

Right : l ll uminutcd Letter by 1\L Guard.

I beg that you w ill try to find a c ur e fo r this g r ea t est of trials, for the sake of "A POOR UNFORTUNA'rE. "

Our Swimmin g Baths .

To the Edit resses of " Silver and Green:;

Dear Mesdames,-By means of your paper I s hould like to draw attention to the fact that, although t h e M.L.C is noted fo r its "s p a cious, tiled swimming bath s," ve r y many of o ur g irls ca nnot swim. Co uld n ot a n instr uctress b e procu r e d to teach s wimming ? Many gi rls wo uld benefit b y this · and on leav in g School might find it a great asset At present, many would-be swimmers s i t round the e dge of th e b ath s a nd vainly e nvy the few lucky · " ducks" who lea rnt b efore coming to M.L.C. How many of us go to a b eac h picnic and find our · pleasu r e marred by inability to sw im?

Hopin g that s omethin g will s oon be done to rectify matte rs , I s h a ll wait in patience a nd , I hop e, not in va in .-Yo urs, etc., B LUFF

Dress Rules .

To the Editresses of " Silver and Green."

Dear Mesdames,-It is pleasing to note th a t as a result, we s urmi se, of a letter published in last year's " Silver and Green," we a r e now p er mitte d to wear white sto ckin gs with our School hat-b a nd. But, in conjunction with this, ca m e forth the d ecr ee t h a t we w ere no lo n ge r to

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wear navy silk dresses to schoo l , when the temperature was soaring in the l00's. It is very detrimental to our working and sporting abilities to be forced to spend a pot, dusty day in a pleated tunic and stiff l ong-sleeved white blouse, also to have before our eyes the tantalising v ision of_ the staff garbed in the latest summer modes. Surely there is some remedy for this serious discrepan cy on the part of the powers that be?-Yours, etc.,

B. L. M.

FORM NOTES.

Form

Honour VI.

Again we are confronted with the horrors of Form Notes as the examinations are drawing slowly but surely upon us.

"Why are we weighed upon wit•h heaviness

And utterly consum'd with sharp distress

While all things else have rest from weariness?"

At present we cannot rest, as each day our brains are overcrowded with th e probl ems which hav e to b e overcome before those examinations. All we can say for th e present is: " Hence vain deluding joys " till after the exams , when we shall " resol ve to drench in mirth " for a few weeks.

Our studies are not the only sphere in which we are conspicuous, for we hav e a lways played our part in the r ea lm of sport.

As you all know, we have that dreadful silence ru le, but we cannot be accused of breaking this rule, as we often appear on the weekly Honour list

During the year we have ass isted charitable fnstitutions in many ways, especially in First Term, when o ld and new garments were brought for charity.

But, alas! our Schooldays are passing, but we shall always have cherished memories of our year in Honour VI. Then " to fr esh woo ds and pastures new " as we enter upon the Sea of Life to face its storms and pl e asures

Form Pass VI.

T eache r s, day-girls and boarders. lend us yo ur ears!

Although Pass VI. has for the last few years remarked on the Kindergarten pictures which adorn our walls, we take this opportuni ty to show our contempt for these juvenile " tableaux," which are by no means aids to further study.

To come to charity-as we are so studious a Form we cannot spare our valuable time in making garments for tbP. Collingwood Methodist Mission, but we deny ourselves Mrs. Ob's pleasing compan y (and commodities!) to save our pennies. Although by no means a.JI don ations are in for Term III. we ·have alread~· saved £3. Miss Pitts divided us into groups and we have now all paid a delightful visit to our Kindergarten and have managed to send them about 50 garments.

Our activities in the sporting field have met wit-b but moderate success and although no cups adorn our piano we have all felt th e beneficial effect of the sporting spirit r es ulting from such competition.

All the Senior School will remember our notic eab le entrance into the realm of drama, in the form of " Playgoers " by Pinero, produced with the much appreciated help of Miss Krome We also were very proud of the four g irl s from our Form who were in the School Play. Apart from general scholastic efforts, we have amongst us many girls with unusual ability in music, drama, art and home science.

As Mrs. Land e n and Miss Pitts have h e lped us in our Form matters, we must thank both of them for their perseverance in attempting to deal with us and hope that they have derived even a small amount of _ satisfaction from so doing. The whole Form extends its sympathy to Miss Hunt in her illness and s.incer ely hop es that she will soon recover and be back amongst us.

Although we are very quiet (by force of the silence rule! ) this fact is not taken at its fu!J value owing to the numerous and varied noises go ing on all around us. We enjoy in Economics on Friday morning the strains of Schubert's " Marche Militaire " coming from the Hostel Music Room; at other times it is five-finger

exercises or Beethoven's so natas. More pleasing to our ears i s the c latter of bricks and girders, etc , from the new " Refectory," which hriug to u s in our stolen day-dreams happy thoughts or the future

Form V.a.

Form Notes! At such a time as this, when every head in V.a. is bent over a book, and every brow is wrinkled with thoughts of that loomin g cloud-Intermediate. How can we s.pare the time to turn our thoughts to anything so frivolous?

We s hall say "good-bye " to our Formroom this year with mixed feelings. We shall never forget its <:h illiness on winter mornings, but then i t h as this advantage -its windows give u s a perfect view or the gardens and, incidentally, of anyone who happens to come up the path. But we have drawn our eyes from these fasc inating s ights with an iron determination which, we are sure, has won us the silent admiration of all.

We •hope everyone has noticed how straight we have kept our lines. This is due to the special efforts of our Form Captain, Una M. Harrison and Lieu tenants Olive Major and Una F. Harrison.

We have not achieved anything very outstanding in the field of sport yet Perhaps we are more in clined to studio us attai nments.

This year we have worked for the Cecil Street Free Kindergarten at South Melbourne, and have done so well that we h ave earned the praise of our Form Mistress, Miss L ewis . We visited the Kindergarten once and took a parcel of c lo thes for th e little children.

Our year in V a. is nearly over, so we wish next year's V.a "good luck" and hope the y have as many passes in Intermediate as we intend to have.

Form V.b.

This year ha s been a busy one for V.b., and under Alice Heither, Florence Thomas, and Lillian Skinne r , we have behaved quite satisfactorily, although Alice is almost at h er wits' end to keep us qui et b etween p e riods.

Our first distinction was that one of o ur girl s gained the Singing Scholar s hip given by Sir Aaron Danks. The girls again honoured the Form by buying more buttons for the Baby Homes than any othe r Form in the School. We have done fairly well at our other Red Cross work, too, and d uri ng Second Term some of ou r gi rls went to the Chelle nham Home, taking articles of clothing for the children.

Our Sports officers are Joyce Ibbott, Nancy Chitty, and Dione Robinson. We won our heat at the Swim.ming Sports, but in the final s were just beaten by V.c We won our first baseball m atch, but were defeated arter a c lose game in the second. Although we have not gained any rewards for inter-Form games, we have a good record of individual spo rt, and hope to do well at tennis , as two ot our girls a re in the unb eate n School tenn is eight All the School Sports teams are r epr e sented in our Form. Dione won the Intermed iate Ohamp.ionship at t h e running sports, and Nancy is the school-girl t e nn is champion of Victoria, both in singles and doubles, It is through her that we a r e to have, at Mr. Hill's s u ggestion, a halt-holiday

At the end of Second Term, the very successful School Play was held in the Playhouse. The success of that Play was partly due to the h eroi ne, Nellie Tay lor, who is a memb er of our Form.

Botany excursions have lately h e lped to lessen the monotony of hard work. But t h ey have not been very fruitful. We went to Ringwood the first time, and it t ee m e d with rain . The next excursion was twice postponed, and the n we were called on un expectedly to go to East Kew. Of course, this time it was very hot, which those who walked back felt more than others.

Last week we had a very interestingl ecture on the League of Nations by Mrs. Allen, who was a substitu te delegate fo r Australia in 1924 She told us a great deal about this wonderful organisation, and h e r regret was that no time was left to tell us more. But " the fly in the ointment" was that we will have to write a n essay about the League, to take up more of our precious time

Our time is precious, for it is only a w ee k to the final exams. for mo st of us Every moment mean s studying, stew in g ,

" swotting." So you can see that no time is left for writing Form Notes. ',Ve will well deserve the Christmas holidays, don't you think so?

Form V.c .

We scrib e with dili ge n ce amid st heartrending groans from " would-be " aspirants to the honour of " Inte rmediate." With that spectre loomin g ahead, we s hould per-haps between periods study our textbooks Not so; in spite of the remonstran ces of our Form Captain, Julia Marks, and lhe awe-inspiring fact that the Head-master's office is next door, we have not yet succsleded in maintaining a silence befitting an Intermediate Form.

In the matter of sports (Miss Krome is our Sporls Mistress as well as F or m Mistress) our one distin ction this year waf! the winning of the Swimming Cup (which c herishe d possession was carefully brought to class each day, until having feasted our eyes on its g l o ry, our t h oughts turned to baseball). We are justly proud of S. Epstein, ,vho gives us the honour of having a member o-f the Form in the .School swim.ming team.

Afte r rising to the finals in baseball, we were d efeated by Diploma B.

In basketball we defeated V.b. and we were then defeated by Pass VI.

We have some hopes for tennis, as two members of our " six "-B. Frazer and L. Griffith-are in the second team.

At present the harassing problem of manufacturing dresses for _ the " Lillian Cannam" Home is abso rbin g us. We rece ived a bund le of mate rial from the Home. This was distributed amongst members of the Form who are now making th e ir pieces into garments . vVe hop-e, after the strain of exa~s. is o'er, to visit the children at the Home.

Our Form-room over looks the "Quad." and "Tuck-shop." The " Quad ." is sometimes int e resting- T uck always. One of the Form's bad points is gazing through the windows.

During Third Term we ,e ceived a l etter of thanks from the schoo l in France to whom members of l ast year's XX a sent a Folio.

L astly, we not only wish next year's V.c. as happy a time as we have had, but

we !rope that they will carry the "pink and blue" flag to victory.

Fonn Diploma A.

Dear Mesdames,-We are in receipt of your letter of the 12th i nst. reques ting us to see that our Form Notes are duly sent you at our earliest convenience.

As you are aware, our swimming and baseball teams did not lead us to victory in those directions, but we are pleased to inform you that our running and basketball teams, und er the Captaincy of Ada Weller, adde d to our many trophies another shield and certificate.

In connection w i th our work for charity, we r aised over £2 from a small Play, " H yacinth Ha.Ivey," which we gave to benefit the Fitzroy Ki-ndergarten. Th e gi rls b ad much pleasure in taking several parcels of toys and clothing to them, and we would like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Ford for hi s kind gift of 100 very nice scrap-books.

During the year we received a cha ll enge from the Vicar of St Mark's Social Set"tlement to raise £5 for a librar y, and we are pleased to state that it was very successfully met with a series of ld . concerts, after which we were able to present M r. Nichols with nearly £7.

So with an our studi es, spo'rt and work for charity, we have contr ived to make one of the jolliest years on record. Our s ince r est wish to the girls of 1928 is that they may have as happ,y a year as the one which is now drawing to a close.Sincerely yours,

DIPLOMA A.

Form Diploma B.

We are once again send in g our valuab1e contribution to " Silver and Green."

We were very fortunate in winning the Baseball Cup, through the wonderful play and coach ing of Bessie Sarah, our represe ntative in the School team. In basketball our opponents, Hon our VI., provefl to be too good for us. Tennis is coming soon, and a l tho u gh we are not too strong; · we are go ing to do our best. We up-held our Form's name when Joye Solomon ran away, or at least swam away, from every-

body at the Swimming Sports and ob• tained the Championship.

We have b een working for the Fitzroy Creche Kindergarten, to which Miss Burton' took u s during Second T erm; also E. Binns, who was in our Form, was able to get a s p ecial invitation from R ev. Nichols to look over St. Mark's Social Settleme nt. As it was a co ld day, we were very pleased to accept some soup which they distributed amongst those present. Grace Dredge and Isab e l Adams offered to assist with the library at St. Mark's Socia l S ettle ment. They take it in turns each Saturday morning.

Rev. Nichols b ei ng a man with the beli ef of " ask a nd you s hall r ece ive," chall e nged us to raise £5 , but we were fortunate through the he l p of penny concerts to obtain £6 13s

Every dinner-time during Second Term, if anyone walked into the Book-keepingroom, they wou ld see at least half a dozen girls sitting round the radiator knitting jumpers or sing lets for the Kindergarten. Marjorie Ford's father ha s been very generous in giv i ng us one hundr!!d "scrap-books" for the Kinde rgarten .

In a few years to come, we will be sitting before Ol)r corpulent managers lookIn g very prim-" with spectacles on nos e and note-book in hand ," very d e xterously taking down SJhorthand notes.

Form .V.b. Special.

V b. Specil!,l is such a very intricate Form that we don't know how to d esc rib e it, but we'll do our best.

We are not girls who are taking up teaching as a profession, or who seek honours in the educational world, but rather we are attaining an all-round knowledge, which will 'he l p u s to• be · interesting women.

Al most a ll of our girls this year do special subjects. Th e Mistresses who teach u s say, as they enter th e room: "Where's Mavis? Whe re's A li e? Where's Berna, Nancy, Bonnie, Bessie, or Edna?" And we hav e to say they're at cooking, hous ew ifery, commercial art, leather-work , painting, laundry, millin e ry or musi c. S,ome of u s, espec ially day girls, are a lways " faithful ," as Miss Parson s says, and come to every lesson.

Our Form-room i s No. 9, situated in front of the main building. In winter it is very co ld , but in summer it is always coo l. The pound cupboard is in our room, and we often complain of the mess which is m ade by girls who come to claim their lost books . Our flag is the Royal Stuart Tartan, of w•hic h we and our F o rm Mistresses a r e very proud. Although it is a little torn, we allow it to g ra ce our mantelp iece.

We have worked hard for the Prahran Baby H ealth Centr e, and we contribute a set sum of money each T e rm . We all stayed away from "Tuck" one week and our pocket money was u se d to help buy m ate rial to make clothes for the babies.

During Second Term we r e hear sed, under the supervis,ion of Miss Hall, the Rustic Scenes from a " Midsummer Night's Dream ," and performed them at a debating meeting Th e School-room, needless to say, was packed full.

Our Form was represented · in the School Play. Doris Nickels, our famous elocutionist, took the part of Tony, w'hi ch was by no means a small one, and her acting was beyond the expectation of a ll.

A few weeks ago V.c Special and our Form went to see the Electrical Exposition, which we enjoyed very much, but we didn't e njoy having to write an essay on it, and when Miss Maling, our Science Mistress, asks how everything we saw is worked , we a l most wish we hadn't seen it

We thank o u r Form Mistresses h eartil y for the interest they have taken in u s this year.

Form XX.

A fine little band is Form Twenty, Of zest for hard work they hav e plenty, At games they're not slow, All th e ir lessons they knowE'en their history from Cresar to Benty.

This year Form XX. co n sists of 25 girls, of whom 18 were new at the beginning of the year. Miss Dah l e is our Form Mistres s, Jean McRae our Form Captain, and H elen Eggleston and L eno re Dy e r our two lieutenants.

During thi s year we have been making garments for the babies of the Ben-y St. Foundling Hom e. V/e visited them on e day in First T e rm , and were quite d e-

li ghted with the lit tle children. W e are at present collecting for a c ot which w e hope to give to the Foundling Home at Christmas time

At s port we have done rather well, our team. winnin g the B ask e tball Cup. Winif r e d South was the captain of this team . We p layed also in tb.e finals of the b aseball matches, but were d efeated by V. c. Spe cial.

At the School Sports several of th e girls in o ur Form showed that they kn ew how to win races. Winifred South, Lorna Williams and Joy Well e r were the three girls who were victorious. Our Form runnip.g-team came second to XX.a in the inter-Form running after a n exce ll e nt race.

W e are v e ry pleas e d to have tw'> owners of gre e n blaze r s in o ur Form. Joy Weller is in the 8 c bool baske tball t eam , while L e nore Dyer takes •her place on the baseball field

During the last few day s we have bad our lesso ns interrupte d by th e so unds of carpentery. A new cloakroom has been built, as our bats u sed to have the annoying !habit of blo wing off the ir pegs.

We hope next year's XX. will e nj oy their year in thi s F o rm as well as we have d one.

Form XX.a.

Gentle r eade r , be not a la rm ed if yo u cha n ce t o hear ea r-s plitting sounds from N o. 18. It is but the "innocent divar s ion " of XX.a. that mod el Form.

We h ave exce ll e nt inte ntion s but, a las, t h e y do not often tak e shape , the refore so m e teachers ' ideas on our co ndu ct are not very fl a tte rin g (but u nfounde d) . Do not be mis l ed , for really we a r e a most intelligent, willing Form, but our modesty will not permit us to say muc h abo ut our good qualities. We can safely say, witho u t b oastin g, t h at our nam e h a s fi g ured in t h e Honour Lists occas io n a ll y

Two c up s ha ve a do rned the piano t his year-one, t h e swimmin g, we won for ourselves; the other, t h e te nni s, we inh e rite d from old XX.a., but h o p e to w in it again for n ext ye ar's g irls. Our d ead l y rivals, XX (though we are on quite friendly terms w ith th em), defeated us in the first baseba ll match. They were d et e ated in the f in;i.J i, by V.c . i:;peclal. We

put up a good but un s ucc essful fight for the basketball, getting into the semifinals. Last but n ot least of our mighty athletic achievements, we wrested the flag race from the bands of XX., but have nothing to show for i t.

Mi ss MacDonald, our Form Mistress, has d one her b est-in va in, we f ear-to r eform us. Our Form and Sports Captains, Melva ·warne and No la Kin gham , h ave done th eir duty nobl y.

Some of our shining lights, in t h e matter of brains, are d o ing their Inte rmedfate a rithm etic this year , ins t ead of n ext W e hope great things from them. In ad dition t o these toke ns of m ath e m a tica l gen ius, we have a poet in our ranks

Our charity efforts mo s tly cons isted of goo d inte ntion s, but we sent a parcel to the " Yooralla " Kind e r garte n during Sec ond T e rm.

The walls of No. 18 are decorate d with weird a nd wonderful works of art, done by XX.a' s y oung hopefuls under the inspirat ion of contracted multiplication and recurring d ecimals, to say nothin g of Latin verbs.

On the whole, we a re a well-meaning, industrious, but c rue lly misjudged Form. W e s inc e r ely forgive all those who have said unkind words about u s , thus showing our beautiful s pirit, a nd hop e that n ext XX.a. wi ll h ave our good qu a lities bu t not our mi s fortun es , a nd brin g credit to th e n a m e of XX.a

Form Lower V.

This ye a r our Form co ns is t s mo s tl y of n ew g irls, a lthough our Form an d Sports Capta in was h e r e last year.

We h ave h ad several interesting outings-first to see a perfo rm a n ce of "As You Like It," whi ch is the P lay we are studying The n one very wet day we went to see " Ben Hur" at the Capitol, as t h e story b elonged to the same period as the history we were study ing. Despite the rain , we spe n t a ve ry enjoyable afternoon. Those who s tayed at Sch ool said that our Form Mistress, Miss Ha.JI , was goo d enough to allow them to play ga m es, a nd h ave an - altogether jolly time.

The following day we v is ite d the Brighton Babies' Home, for w h ich we do Re d Cross work. Th e Sister ot tl;\i&

Home kindly introduced us to the Sister of the Children's Home next door, and we were also sho-..vn over this, where we found pl e nt y to inte rest us.

OnE! of our g irl s , Jean Roe, acted in the School Play, "Sh e Stoops to Conque r ."

Our Form Cap,tain i s Marjorie Ri c kard s, and the li e utenants elected were Mary Tennant and Peggy Symons. Unfortunately, Mary had to leave us at the end of the First T e rm, so we have had only Peggy since then.

Our girls come from so m a ny different sc hools that they have found it difficult to accustom themselves to the M L.C. sports rules, and have therefore been rather a failure in the sporting line. We have, how ever, one girl, Bon Masters , who ha s played with the junior basketball team .

Although we are an exceedingly mi sc hievo u s Form, w e are gen e rally on the Honour Lis t for something-even if it is only for having no girl s l ate

Fonn V .c. Special.

The doings of V.c. &l>ecial again grace the pages of our "Silver and Green."

Our Form consists of 27 girls, more than half of wh om are boarders, and who at t h e beginning of the year w e r e mostly new. Th ey elected Molly Hyett as Form and Sports Captain, who has done her work successfully. During the year we have b ee n working for the South Melbourne Kindergarten, and have sent two parce ls of cloth ing and patch-books ma,de by our g irls, and this term we are to se nd Christmas gifts.

First Term we played base b a ll against Form XX., and defeated them under the careful guidance of Ursula Dugdale. We are sure that what h e lped us was the good fortune of having Miss Parsons for our Form Mistress. The cup was then presented to us, and it now occupies the p,lace of honour in our room. Second Term we played basketball, a nd although having a good team, we were defeated after a very strenuou s game. This term is tennis, and we hope to win our matche s.

Our Form has a reputation for good attendance and conduct. Every Monday morning during Assembl y wh e n the H o n-

our List is being read out, it i s gen erall y noticed that V c. Special is on it

During this term Miss Maling and Miss Shapley kindly took us to the All Electrical Exposition, and, no doubt , we are sure they were s urpri sed at our show of knowledge (whe n we came back). We thank Miss Maling and Miss Shapley very much.

As we have about exhausted all our information, we wish the coming Forms of V.c. Special much h appiness and prosperity.

Form Collegia te V.

It is wythe a fee lynge of regrette that we do wryte ye Forme Notes, for methinks they do maike us r eali se ye yeare ls nigh end e d Gadsooks! thyse yeare hath bee n a trul ye happye one and mayh a p we shall no longer gaze upon ye o l d familliare fayces when y e hollidayes be o' er. Indeed, we do feel our happye yeare is due to Mistress Kelleway, who hath been ayded! by our Captaine, Lorna Hood.

Thyse yeare, we did tayke a grayte interest in supplyinge ye clothinge and bookes for ye Kindergarten in ye South of Melbourne. One day we hi ed us forthe for to visite ye Kinder garten, accompanyed by ye clothes which we did make for ye chyldrenne.

Methinks, ye gods hath fayvoured us mighty lyttle in sport thyse yeare. In ye swymminge sports our Forme team did come second e in ye inte r -Forme r e lay race, but, forsooth, we were defeated by mi ghty l yttle. We did essaye to win ye basketball cuppe, but, a lacka day, ye noble Forme XX. did rise uppe and did b eat us in ye final. In ye baseball, we were unsuccessful, but, egad! m ethinks ye resul t of ye tennisse will mayhap be differente.

Although Monday is a trulye boresome daye, we often heare ye music of Mistress MacDowell , and "ye profuse strains of unpre meditayted art," waft into our shelle-pynke eares through ye windows, which we · opyned when we had what is ca lled, in modern parlance, " ye b rain\V<1.Ye,"

Form Remove A.

We are a very large Form, having on our roll about forty girls. Miss Gawley is our Form Mistress and is most popular ":'.ith all of us. -

Our Form-room is in North House, and its nearne ss to the new Tuck-shop is joyfully appreciated by every girl. Early in the year we strove hard to win the swimming cup, but were beaten by our rivals, IV.a However, Lila Macaulay, of our Form, won t he Junior Championship.

Later on we managed to get into the finals for baseball, and after a strenuous struggle against IV.b., our colours, brown and blue, were victorious.

In Second Term we were soon in the midst of basketball. We first played IV.b. and won, but on l y by one goal; but in the finals we were badly beaten by IV.a.

We have now only tennis left, and we hope to come to the fore in this sport.

We would lik e to wish all future Remove A. g irls the best or lu ck and hope they will spend as pleasant a yea r as we have spent with Miss Gawley.

Form IV.a.

When we returned from the Christmas holidays, we found ourselves in Form IV.a., with Miss Scholes as our Form Mistress.

We elected Betty Evans as our Form Captain, and Alma Dight and Mavis Bryse as our lieutenants. A little later Shirley Whittaker was voted Sports Captain.

The first exc i ting event was the swimming sports. In this we distinguished oursel ves by winning the Inter-Form Junior Championship Cup.

To our delight, the athletic sports were held earl y in the First Term. In this we -also · kept up our reputation by winning the junior inter-Form flag race. We were all very proud of LorraJne Charlwo<;>d wi1en she won the Junior Cup.

In the baseball finals we met Remove A., who defeated us. After all these matches we settled down to work hard in "preparation for the exams.

The baske tball matches commenced in second Term. Again we met Remove A. in the finals, an d thi s time we succeeded in winning the cup.

In the Second Term we were very bus1• with our Red Cross work for the Berry Street Foundling Home. Rene Hall was elected as our Red Cross Captain, and with the aid of our Sports Captain, she organised a tennis tournament to raise money. With the proceeds we bought materials to make into garmen t s.

We are very proud of Shirley, who is in the School tennis team, and a l so of Lorraine, who is in the running team. The tennis m atches are still to be played, and we will all do our best to keep our flag flying.

The new Tuck-shop, of which we w ill a ll be very proud, is getting on rapidly. to our deli ght. We hope it will not be so very long before we can use it.

We will soon be in the middle of Third Term exams., and then , when Speech Night i s over, we will all be able to look forward to a long holiday, feeling that our class has tried its hardest at wo rk and sport.

Form Remove B.

We a r e Form Remove B., One of many at M.L.C., We try our best in a ll we doNow does that not appeal to you?

This year we have twenty-nine gir ls in our Form. M iss Lindsay is our Form Mistress and M. Henderson our Captain

At the beginning of the year, we chose a Red Cross Captain, who enco ur aged us to help the babies at the Berry Street Foundling Horne. By saving spare pocket money, and bringing a penny per week, soon we had enough to buy material for making c loth es. We vis ited the home, and had a very interesting time. It also gave us an idea what c loth es to make for the babies. We took 49 old garm ents, 48 new ones, and 19 toys. These were acknowledged by a letter of -thanks from the Sister of the Home to our Head Maste r.

We have not been very lucky at sports this year, but our Sports Captain, E. Salmonow, won the middle School diving championsh ip And we hope to prove ourselves better at tennis this term.

Form IV.b.

W e are a band of twenty-eight, The happiest lot of little mat es, And we a-II belong to Form IV.b., The b est Form in the M.L.C.

Thi s year Miss Betts is our Form Mistress ; a nd Lorna Amos is our Form Captain. During Second Term we co ll ected some clothes togethe"r and visited Berry Street Fo undlin g Home , a nd enjoyed oursel ves very much. Then a little while afte rwards we held a Sweets' Day, so t h at we might l!uy a bassinet. We got £2 17s , which ,vasn't eno u gh, s o we will have to do something else to raise a little more money. b inda Marks is our Red Cross Captain .

In our r efere nce libr ary we have a good many books about history and literature. On Friday afternoons -we hav e a special p e riod, in which we read from these books.

Una Legge i s our · Sports Captain In baske t-ball we got into the semi-finals, then were beaten, and the same bad lu ck befell us in baseball; but' we are goi n g to try very hard in tennis this term. As a Form, we didn't do much goo d in the swimming, but Una did very well. So you see that altogether we have had a very jolly year.

Form IV-.c.

This year, unfortunately, we h ave n ot distinguished ourselves in sports, though e veryone has done her best. In baseball we won our first match, but were beaten by IV.b., in the n ex t. We won the first match in basketball, a lso against IV.d., but IV.a . beat us in the following one. In tennis, we hope to win the cup, although we have to face a very strong foe.

Our Form Captain t hi s year is P eggy Ditchburn, and our Form lieutenants Phylis Yeo and Jean Chambers.

W e have been working for the Montague Kindergarten during the year, and m a naged to co llect quite a numb e r of c lothes to take w ith us when w e visited them at the end of Second Term. We w e re a ll delighted to see t:he little childr e n at work and play, and s p e nt a very happy morning with them all.

The close of the term---our last in IV.c. - is g rowin g n ear We have spent an ex-

ceedingly happy year in the b est Form in th e S c hool, and are eve r so sony a t th e thou ght of moving on. W e s in cere ly w is h n e xt year's IV.c. as happ y a tim e as w e have had during 1927 with our Form Mistress, Miss Luke .

Form IV.d.

When we began the year we had 24 g irls in our Form. In the Second and Third Terms we welcom e d four n e w g irls. Our Form Captain thi s year is Gwen F e rguson, and our lieutenants are Pattie Rul e and Mollie McCalman. Mollie is also our Sports Captain, and our lieutenants are Barbara Titmus and Pattie Rule. We have played two match es against IV.c., but to our great disappointment we lo s t both tim es and w e hope to win next time we play them. We played a tennis match against Lower rv., but we lost again

Our· Form-room is rath e r cold in winter, but it is pleasant in summer. Outside our windows we have all th e beautiful flowers and lawns to look upon.

At the end of Second Term we visited "Yooralla" Kindergarten, but they were away on holidays , so we went to the Aquarium instead _ We have had a happy year, and we hope the next year's IV.d g irls have as interesting a time as we have had We also wi s h to thank Miss Bishop for being so in terested in u s durin g the year

Junior School.

This year we h ave two Captains - Alma Henderson and Joan Miers-and wh e n th e bell rings in the morning they take charge of the girls and get them r eady for Assembly. All the g irls in the upp er Forms are taking a great inte r es t in s port this year. Tennis and baske tball are ·played We have pla yed two t e nnis m atches this year, against IV.d. and IV.c. We were beate n, 11-8, by IV.c., but beat IV d ., 12- 4 The Tennis Four are: A. Henderson (Captain) , M. Whittake r , B . Robinson, J. Witton

Last year, after Miss Chapman's ta lk on the Zenana Mis s ion at Sholapur, we decided to adopt an Indian baby and keep h er for a year. We obtaine d the s um of

SILVER AND GREEN.

£8 by having a sweets day and a concert. The concert was given by III.a. girls and was most entertaining. The items- were selections from " When We Were Very Young." The girls dressed for their parts, and " Missing," with Merna Divine as Uncle John, was heartily app laud~d. Our baby's name is Mathura; s he is on l y six months old, and is a bright wee thing.

All the girls are very interested in Nature Study, and many girls are making collections of Victorian wild flowers. Some of the older girls went to the Wild Flower exhibition in the St. Kilda Town Hall. The West Australian wild flowers and t'he orchids were much admired Girls in Lower IV have been interested in their stamp collections; sixteen· girl s have albums and a Form stamp album was bought.

Margot Passingham, an o ld Junior School-girl, now living in Jamaica, corresponds with two girls in Lower IV. One girl writes to a little Canadian girl. We would like to have more foreign correspondents on our list.

We have some sand for the little ones to play in, and they have made some fine sand castles. The sand is a lso useful for geography PRIZE SENIOR VERSE. The Brookside.

Let me linger by the brookside Where a golden fragrance clings, Where the ferns trail slim green fingers In the silver rippling springs.

Maiden hair, so frail, so fragile, Bends a graceful, dreamy head , But the soldier gums stand upright, Tall, and strai ght, and nobly bred.

Trees are lofty, strong and rocklike; Ferns are frail and bend and play; God's stream laves t-hem both in passing, God's love gives for both the day.

Let me linger by the brookside Where the plants are teaching love; Towering trunk and fern frond show me There the kindness from above.

-J. C. McNICHOLL, Pass VI.

Caravan.

Grey beneath the morning star, Bales of silken mystery

Load the camels as they c ome Swinging down from Kandahar.

Plunder from -Phomician barques

Wrecked while questing on the shores Slaves and Syrian oranges, Apes and storks with gold-black marks.

Grey beneath the evening star, Bales of magic glistering Wind afar t-heir lonely way, Swinging down from Kandahar.

-ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

Reflections.

Our lives are one eternal thought Of pleasures to be won, Or sorrows looming like a cloud O 'ershadowing the sun.

Oh, tell me, Master of my fate! What do you hold for me? Is life to be a path of flowers, Or t-horns of agony?

Ah; 'tis in vain I seek to 11:now, You hold your secret fast. Of but one thing can I be sureThat death will come at last.

-MARJORIE KENNEDY, V.a.

September.

There's a golden haze that shimmers o'er the shining leaf-clad height, There's a glancing stream that glimmers 'neath the arrow-darts of light, That have pierced with barbed brilliance the chequer'd canopy, There's a coronet of loveliness on every orchard tree'Tis the glory of the blossoms in September.

And the sky is blue above them with the mantle of the Spring, And the grass is green about them where the winds their petals fling 'Mid the flower-clustered branches as in breeze-born dance they sway; There's a distance-dreamy vista of the hills of violet grey, All enframed in rosy blossoms in September.

In the velvet hush of evening, when the hom eward nestlings c r y,

And the curtain of the shadows folds its depth across the sky; There's the faintly-tracM blossoms, which , the dusk has dimmed to grey, Cling to silver-wanded bran c h es 'neath the moon's enchanted ray

In a misty c rown of evening in Septembe r.

If our lives were each a blossom , and our s ph ere in life a spray, Could we bloom b eneath the shadows, ope' our petals to the day, And remain in peaceful lov eline~s until the even's fall

With the grace and the surrender of the transient blossoms all,

Though their birth and passing's compassed by September.

If in brightness and in beauty we s hould emulate the flowers, And confo rm to irksom e duty as t h ey bend to adverse hours, Then the gnarled and knotted branches of the world , our orchard tree

Might be veiled in rosy splendour, and not one, but each month, see Such a glory as the blossoms of September.

M. M.

Memory.

A myriad (l eeting moments, and a day, That with scarce-noted step and silent tread

Pursues the shadowed host of days now dead, Bears over Lethe's lulling stream away

The patternless, grief-tangled web of g r ey

Where the chance fingers of events have led

Of burning passions fire the c rimso n thread,

The silken strand of peace, and love's gold ray.

Years follow years; the swaying threads slip by;

Tim e 's tardy healing tou ches grief's deep scars.

A page seems turned for all eternity

Within the book of ages. . . . From the past

Steals faint elusive fragrance lingeringly The leaf turns to the breath of Memory. -M McINNES, Honour VI.

The Sad Story of a Young Lady from the Middle School.

"I will wear Cubist Stockings,"

She said.

" I will make M.L.C. beautiful. I will make the Pres. Com. Purple in the face, And the Powers-that-Be Purpler," she said "l will wear Cubist Stockings."

However, the Philistines (Who were not Beautiful) Beset her "We will not have Cubist Stockings," they said.

" It is not nice to wear Cubist Stockings," They said . " Th ey are affected. Let us deTain her," And they deTained her. This is what always happens at M.L.C. When one tries To be Decorative.

Oh, to wear Cubist Stockings!-R. H.

Music

Hath Charms.

A crowded class-room, history books, A gro up of maidens fair ; Edward the First; he conquered Wales Upstairs, March Militaire.

A crowded class-room, Standard Prose, " The Rights of Man ," by Burke Upstairs, a foot is beating time, With many a staccato jerk.

A silent class-room, tidy desks, And every day-girl gone; And still with many a poignant chord, The music thunders on.

Mu s ic hath charm s !- Sometimes!

-BETTY BLAY, Pass VI.

We, of the House.

One hundred and twenty-nine are we, Boarders of the M.L.C. Always happy, sm iling, gay, However hot or cold the day.

S ILVER AND . GR EEN .

Plain food and exercise we get, Which make our bodies firm and set. So we are rather heavy -we ights, But can beat the day-girls at debates.

A_t six a m. we a l ways rise , And thus obtain our knowledge wise. We study earl y and study late, And are thus prepared to meet our fate When exams. approach at end of term. Then boarders smile-while day-girls squirm.

Bes ides o u r fondness for exams.,

We have a li k i ng fo r o u tdoor games. So much so, that at t h e sports in May, With the flag, from the day-gir ls, we quite ran away.

We choose to take our walks in " croc ," And so present a respectable flock. On Sunday morn, sedate and prim, We walk to church in our costumes trim. Mixed with our work is a " little " fun Which often starts when the ,day is done. But the lights are · exti n guished at nine forty-f i ve, ·

For, w i thout some sleep , how could we survive?

Now, after t his , we are convinced you' ll ag r ee

That yo u woul d like to be boarders at M .L.C

-VIDA MORRIS , -Pass VI.

( W ith apo lo gies t o S i r W. S cott's " R o s a be ll e.")

O listen, liste n , schoo l girls a ll, While stirring tales of s,port I tell , Mighty the s hout,' and lo~d ' the cry, That cheers our gir ls w h o've done so well.

Now, of the tennis first you'll hear , Our tea.m's unbeaten to the e nd, Through glorious victories fought and won, "Alvie's E ight " their way d id wen d.

For if upon the far end wall In Fitchett Hall , you cast your sight, A g leaming Tennis Shield you see, Wo n by the Champions o{ the fight.

And when the School gi rl°" Champs " were played, Two names were h eard around the court, "Alvie and Nance h ave won their sets-" And to th\)ir Schoo l fresh glory brough t.

And now to Baseball lend . an ear. It, too, h as had a g1orious spin; Unbeaten still, and fu ll of " go," -There's yet · another Cup to win

At Basketball we've held our own, And suffered yet not one defeat. "Th anks, Wyrine!-you've brought us safel y t h rough ," And made o u r triumph more complete.

And then our R u nners fleet of foot, Have carr ied t h e fl ag of M- L.C., With steps so keen and swift and light, To the foremost place, with trophie s th r ee.

So, now, I've told yo u , schoolgirls a ll, Every tale I h ad to te llThen, strong be the s h out, and t h e cry, To ch eer our gi r ls who've done so wel l. -MOLLIE BALL.

PRIZE INTERMEDIATE VERSE.

The Long

Day.

Day is d awning, w ild w i nd mourning; Grey c louds scurry a long. Waves are dashing, white-caps flashing; G ull s are shrilling their song.

Day is dying, soft w i nd sigh ing;_ Pink clouds dr ift from t h e west. Tired waves resting, b irds a.re nesting; Fishers retu rn from tl1e ir quest.

Pal e moon gliding, wh i te stars rid ing Over t h e glistening sea. My heart yearning for h is returningGod send him homeward to me!

- BETTY CHINNER, IV.a.

Spring.

I h ear a sky- lark singing nig.b, His mell ow notes are ris ing high Up in t h e dome of the bright, b l ue A sky of Spring!

The little brook now runs anew, ,It's colour of the sweetest hue, · Dainty, dewy, drowsy b l ue , A brook of Sprin g ! sky/

But, best of all, a mid st the grass, Just wh e re t h e dancing fairies pass, A bun c h o f flowers in a tumbl e d m ass, The flowers of &pring!

- JEAN Mc RAE, XX.

The Quarrel of the Sun and the Moon.

The s un and the moon had a quarrel, O ver really a very small t hin g, The moon said the sun had b een rising A trifle too early for spring.

So next morning the sun ro se ear ly, And c has ed the moon out of the sky, And the m oon lay angrily waiting TiJI night with h e r darkness came by

As she patiently waited till s unset, She r e lented, and said to the sun, " Don't you think we could make som e arrangement By which we cou l d both h ave som -i fun?"

Th e s un blinked his eye and reflected: "I think I can manage," h e said. " In Summ er I'll get up quite ear ly And in Winter stay longer in bed."

-RUTH LE COUTEUR, IV.a.

Friendship

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have a friend; And what she means to me is hard to t e ll;

But, o h , that friend! I say no more but that I lo ve h er well.

What can one say?

There's n o ught to say about a friend that's dear; No, n ought to say, For word s would n ever m ake the meaning clea r.

H ave you a friend? A rea l friend who mak es a friend of you?

Aye! That's a friend, And nothing e lse can m ake the friendship true.

So that' s a friendThe best possession one could ever know. You w a nt a friend? Then be a fri e nd and friendship straight will show.

-JOAN ILLINGWORTH, L .V.

The Hills of Beaconsfi eld .

My own, my old g um trees, I see thee swaying in th e br eeze, see th e birds a-flutter in thy bou ghs, And in thy shade g ro w swee t wildflow e r s.

My own, my purple hiJJs , I b ear th e music of thy riJJs , I h ear the tinkling bell-bird sing, An anthem , to the birth of Spring

My own, my sunset sky, I see thy fading g lor y die, I b ear the mystery of thy call , As from the west the s h adows fa l l.

-PHYLLIS JINKINS

PRIZE JUNIOR VERSE.

T he Dead Swan.

There's a hush in the river, a hush In the ai r , For the soul of a bird h as departed there; Oh, who h as shot that snow-white thin g, The joy of the riv e r, the joy of the air? It floats down the river fair, Down the river, down to the Jake; For the home of Its birth shall be its grave, No more a fli g ht shall yo u see it take

The willows are weeping, the b e ll -birds are ringing Its funeral bell , w hile the river is si ngin g Th e mournful tale of its d eath . There' s a hu s h in the river, a hu s h in the air,

For a Swan white a nd fair Has departed evermore to the home of the birds.

-I SPRADBERY, IV.c. (age

12).

Dawn .

When the mists of night are fleeing, When the happy sunbeams p lay, When the golden dew is sparkling, · Ere the heat of day.

When the rose its l eaves unfoldeth, When the p i ne tree croons a song, When the birds their nests abandon In a happy throng

When the bee hi s work beginneth, When the violet blue is born , When t h e grass is softly stirring, This, ah! t hi s, is Dawn

-DOROTHY NICHOLAS IV.b . (age 11) .

In Early Spring.

O u r wattle tree is ye ll ow With golden balls of fluff, That fa JI down from the tree

To make some fa i ry's m u ff

One day a fairy came, Her hands were very cold. But soon s h e sm il ed w i th g lee, For she saw a muff of go l d.

-JUNE BARNETT, .Jun. School (age 7).

The Weeping Willow.

There she stood and wept, and wept, Until her arms began to quiver, She never stopped, and neve r s lept, But she bent her head apd cried to the r i ver.

Ah , ·•twas hard to see he r t h ere, Sadly weeping, and all alone, With her lon g arms s lim and' fair Bending ·to the ·earth with a moan

And even now you wi JJ hear her weeping There a l one by the river- side, Yes , never s topping, and never sleeping, But h e r soul is adrifting with the tide. -1\f. · WALKER, IV.c. (age 11)

" Silver and Green."

Now l et's -give a cheer for the " SJl ver and Green,

The we ll -known product, our School magazine.

For, oh, every gfrl's played her part more or less

In making t h is product a proper success.

Each Fo r m s u b-editor her best has done

To get contr ib u tions from everyone. Some weren't good at stories or poems, perh aps-

We JJ , then, they wou ld try and send in some snaps

And so here's · our product, a proper success,

Because every girl's played her part more or less

To get contri butions, i f only some snaps, For "Silver and Green ," o r a poem perhaps.

-LESLEY SIMMS, IV.c. (age 11)

Spirit of Night.

Spirit' of .Night , Swi ft be thy flight; O' er hills and dal es

Thy great voice wails-

The wind!

Un lock the caves

Where the wind raves; Haste thy descent, Wave thy garm•rnt, unrent, O'e r the world.

When daybreak shows signs

Of rich go ld cloud mines , Then haste ye away

To your home in the seaFare well !

- E. CANAVAN, IV.b . (age 11).

PRIZE SENIOR PROSE.

Giroflee.

On a dull background they stoo d o ut like live burning jewels. Wal lflow e rs in a tall bronze vase t h ey were , green leaves shading the warm g low of their autumned petal s. And in the cent r e of the tall vase throbbed a gol den light, a l ways with a faint gold mist about it. . , .

E x tracts 'fro m a n O l d French Journal.

Who is this uuknown who paints t11 e brilliant court with such light fantasy ?

· Some say he is a noble , others that h e has stolid F lemish par ents, stone-

masons. H e bas an ungracious airalmost as if be were impatient with himse lf and his quick ta.lent. Perhaps, with their fluttering fans and subtle coquetries, tlle co ur t ladies try him

We have h eard the name of the painter who d esc rib es his a.rt. " Denys " chimes in the ear of all Fra nc e My father, who has some· little skill in the a rt of sculpture, spoke to him to-day in the courtyar d of the palace. It is sa id h ere springs a friendship.

The dame of Chastelle bas insisted that Denys s hould paint h er portrait. I grow impatient to m eef this man who flings aside so li gl, tly the wishes of the great.

He came to our hom e l ast evening to speak w ith my father. In the hall I met him; h e has fine-drawn features, this restless one, and long white fingers; but hi s eyes are great, and brown like wallflowe rs . Across his face flit ever-changin g lights of unrest

My father was at work to-day in the great hall. His fingers are brown and

s hort , and to me they seem cl umsy. Before, it seems reo n s ago, his was the perfect artist hand,- but-not -now!

Paris is in a royal tantrum. Whither b as Denys fled? The ladies pout, and sweep rustling by with ave rted head s My dam e of Chastelle is in no enviable mood. The brown autumn leaves whirl about the dusty streets. Whither has Denys fl ed?

With a white face this morning, m y father came into the great h all. Denys was go n e, ill, to Charleroi. His wanderin g sp ir it had led him to that co ld, grey town. My father knows not what will come of it.

Shall I wear gold . roses in my hair or red? I care not. For Denys is go n e . He died yesterday in the g low of a ' great inspiration. My father said it wou ld h ave bee n his great work-the golden light in the dull bronze of his life. He was a l ways a seeker after something in the world

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that there is in no satisfying measure, or none at a ll

Th e wallflowers turn aga inst a dull background. And on the tall vase a go~den li ght throbs.

-ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

Early Morn.

It was a morning in ear ly Spring when I awoke to hear the voice of Nature calling me forth to see some of the b eauties of her handiwork. Answering t hi s call, I set off for a favourite r etreat among the rocks on the seas hore , and there a wondrous s ight met my eyes.

A soft pearl-grey mist hung over the little b ay, and the only sound that broke the pervading stillness of the scene was the muffled boom of the fog-horn as it sent out its warnings.

To the East, the sun was just showing his face over t h e edge of the sand-dunes, making on th e m a dellcate tracery of light and shade. As the rippling surface of the sea sparkled like so many diamonds in the sunlight, silvery-winged sea-birds flew fitfully across it, showing that Jivin g creatures were already alive to the beauties of another day.

Slowly the sun rose, hi gher and higher. The mist h a d gone as a veil lifted by an un seen hand , and the rose-tinted c louds me lted away before the face of the sun, leaving an azure sky reflected in t he mirror of the sea.

Now that the veiling mist had been r emoved, the fog-horn ceased its melancholy booming; but in its place were the shrill calls of the g ull s who were on the shore searching for food.

But, alas! the bi rd s and I were not to have this blissful scenP. to ourselves much lon ger From the sandy t r acks among the ti-tree, the winding track s leading to the shore could be heard the hum of civili ~tion-the voices of pleasure-seekers who would turn the quiet b each into a scen e of turmoil.

JEAN MOORE,

Dip. A.

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Winter's Night.

The pent-up fury of the storm broke out! Deafening c laps of thunder and blinding sheets of lightning succeeded one another so c l9!lel y t hat one wo uld have

thought the gods were especially angry, a nd we re rousing up the heavenly hosts in a wild endeavour to bring about the end of that portion of the world.

The tone of the wind, whi ch had been howling dismally around the trees on the tops of the cliffs, gradually r ose to a high cresce ndo, until it seemed to shriek angry defiance to anything which dared to go against i t. The waves, goaded to fury, took up the cha ll enge of the wind, and lashed fiercel y at the weathered rocks at the foot of the cliffs.

As far as eye could see, it was just one vast ex panse of tossing, angry waters; deep, dark troughs, and high snow-capped mountains combining to form what, from the low e r ing h eavens, appeared to be a giganti c mo saic pattern in b lack and white.

A vel vet blackness encompassed the scene, c u t, now and then, as if with a k ee n , bright blade, by a vivid flash of forked lightning, rending th e black pall in two Peal after peal of thunder tore through the ce lestial heights, and the breakers dashed against the rocks in mad confu sion, flin ging the spray high into thi. ajr.

Th e black of the sky slowly changed to a du ll grey-like a white shadow, a pale moon appeared above the horizon, and the stars came out, one b y one.

-MURIEL GUARD , Dip. A

" Contrast."

Rippling, rippling, o'er its stony bed, past the weeping willows, and under the giant gums, the little brook wo1.nd its way among the ferny glades and shadowed valleys Dancing, sparkling drops of crystal water splash ed over the littl e fall, chasing one another in a melodious monotony.

Drip, drip, drip, as th e tiny globules, which had c l ung to the graceful ferns for one short momen t , retu rned once more to the stream.

Under the howlin g, screeching wind, the tree tops twiste d and turned, almost bent double by the fo r ce of the gale. Dashing along within Its narrow confines, the

little brook-now a mi ghty flood - rage d , sweep ing a ll befo re i t.

~ s t he gal e increased in violen ce a n d v e lo city, hu ge bran c h es of the str icken t r ees sp lit and weiit crashing down into t h e chaos b e low.

Tree after tree was d es troye d in like manner, rock a fter ro ck plunged with a mighty s pl ash into the infuriate d stream, fl as h after f las h broke across the black s k y, followed Immediately by resounding c ra s he s, whi ch seemed to s plit t he firmament from side to side.

Sile nce reigned everywhere. Not a so und brok e the stilln ess The river mov e d on quickl y and silently tow a rd s its goal. Not a tr ee r e main e d standin g upright, everything was raz e d to t•h e ground. Th e De mon of D es tru c tio n had passed his hand o 'er the v a lley.

- Norma Dunkin, Form V .a

The Golden Journey.

Far i n th e dis tan c e the g reat blu e hills b eckone d D ee p , bl ack s hadows, cast by the white moon, glimmered In quiet pools. The spirit of Pan was abroad to-night; and who knew what mi ght lie beyo nd tho se mountains of my stery ?

In the tiny co lony on the east coas t of Australia, the Irish reb e l s w e re r es tl ess. Som e of th e leaders of Irish thou ght had, for the slightest offe n ces, b een transporte d h e r e. Drea m ers, mos t of them , the smallest hin t of the unknown had a calling ma g ic. . . . And who knew w h at might lie towards the hor izon ? · China, the East; wh e r e the lante rn s of lig ht and freedom, after the r estr a int a nd darkness of the settlement, sw un g fairil y; wh e r e m a ndarin s w a l ked, with peacoc ks ' feathers a -nodding in thei r c a ps ; a nd, above a ll, the ca ll of th e unknown.

H e r e, in th e colo n y, reigne d di rt, oppression , a nd s tarva tion . Small wond er they b egan , with eage r h earts and s hinin g eyes , their go lden journ ey•

The Irish rebels s lipp e d out of their hu ts when the r est of th e co lon y was as leep. With few provis io n s, no instrum ents of trave l, no fo r ethou ght for t h e r oa d , they m ade for the blue hills in the dis t a n ce . Nearer these see m e d at nig h t, c la d in the blue m a ntle of mi st, than in

th e staring lig h t of day With great tale s th ey b eg uile d the ro a d; of far- d istant Ireland a nd h e r wee h edges; h er Celti c fairy-faith ; and her strong-h earted pioneers--different from th is barren, unkind co untry

Th e n e xt m orning· they toile d w earily up t h e s lo pes of a rid ge, on l y to find it w as but an outlying boss in an outlying buttress of the main pile. H ere one day' s m arch carri e d th em no further, i t seeme d , than a dreamer' s c logged feet b e ar him in a nigh t mare A round e d meadow r evealed itself, when they h a d r each e d i t, for a vast table la nd running far into a valley. Three d ays l ater It was a dim fold in the earth to so u t hwa rd. Now, ind eed, was n eed of tal es to m e n beate n down by the s il e n ce, a nd the appallin g sweep and di spe rsal of c loud-s had ows after rain Above th e m , still e normous l y above them, ea r t h tow ere d away towards th e snow-line; below the m, as they stood, the for es t slid away in a s h ee t of bluegreen for mile after mile. Be low the l ast line of eucalyp-ts, they knew, a thunderstorm worried a nd g rowle d But h e re was only the deep silence.

That night, as they sat round the little lone l y fire, ca m e the r ealisation of failur e Provisions were at an e nd , fore st upo n tangled for es t stretched a h ead Some of th e ir number had a lread y f a lle n fr om si c kn ess or snakebite. Yet the n e xt mornin g saw t h e m , th e ir ima ginations on fi re with promise h e ld out by the un conqu e r e d distan ces ahead, minu te specks of du s t scaling t h e n ext hill. _ The settlement saw t h e m no more . Perhaps the blue b e auty of th e hills h a d ·kept the m. But they n ever cam e ba ck to tell of the s hining peacocks' feathers fo und at t h e end of their go lde n journey.

- ROSEMARY HEATH, Pass VI.

"Something Original."

I came across him w hil e on a holiday in an o ld minin g district. H e lived dow n on e hill, across a creek, a nd u p the opposite hill , from th e hom e wh e r e I was staying; I was taken to see him b y t h e small so n of the h o u se.

Hi s n a m e was C h arli e, just Charli e. A n old mine r , th e joy of hi s life was his gramophone H e put on so me r ecord s for my benefit. I n oti ce d t h at h e let t h e

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machine run, before g iving us mu sic. I asked him why. " Oh," he sa id, " I'm just warmin' up the grease. Bust all t h e springs if I didn't." The grease! I still wonder if he use d axle grease, or if it was onh Jard.

Th en h e showed me his gar d en In on e part w as a clump of r emarkab l y fine d a ffodil s "Seventee n dorgs buried t h ere," h e remarked , placidly. Th e n h e s how ed m e the ye t s ur viv in g e ig h teenth He -was so dirty, poor li tt le c h appie, that eve n Char li e notice d i t. "He n eeds a wash ," h e grunted " I pour k e r osene o n hi s h ead,

an' it trick les ri g ht down hi s back, an' cle ans him beautiful. Yah, Gin ge r! Good dorg, Gin ge !" At whic h las t Gin ger quivere d w i th joy

I was next s hown a polishe d co w 's horn , through which Charlie blew a mighty bla st. On the morn i ng we left, h e again b lew it, pa rtly in farewell , partly to ens ure our catchin g the train.

R e turning home, my fri e nds told me mo re of his peculiaritie s H e ev id e ntly b e li e v e d in s harin g his pleas ure s , for h e had purch asf! d a peraml.Jul!ltor, . with which h e usetl. to amble through the s tr ee t s , the

Prize Dra,wing, by Betty Barnett

g r a mophon e playing ins id e, Ginger on t h e hood.

Yes, Ch a rli e was ori gina l.

-R JOH NS, Pass VI.

. PRIZE INTERMEDIATE PROSE.

The Bre ak in g of the D rought.

Fie r cely th e blazing s un b eat down on th e dus ty earth , the c h ok in g b leat of dying sheep co m es to the weary s quatter as h e sits at his hom e-made table in th e little shack, his head buried in his brown s untanned arms , his h eart slow l y bre aking, and his soul e mbitte r e d by the cruel sights around hlm of tor t ured life.

Outside, the barre n pla ins s tretch, north , south, east and west, in a n ever-e nding g ras s less burning d esert. Away to th e south a bi g dust storm is gath e rin g, breaking the monotony of the beat-steeled sky The squatter turn s his eyes out of the - window to the s lowly apprpaching brown blot and, stagge rin g to his feet , utte r s a prayer that it mi ght brin g rain; his eye s gaze on, fascinated a t thi s newborn dazzling hope.

Ove r the cracked ground gath e ring du s t and debris in its mig hty sweep, th e duststorm s p ee ds majes tically and r e le ntle ss ly onward. On, on, over dyin g sheep, e mpty wate r-holes, parche d wheat-field s, on over the little hut of the settle r in a stiflin g mad rush , leaving in its wak e S_\) r eadin g bla ck clouds pouring . the h eave n -se n t, lon g -looke d for rain on the thirs ty e arth. The sheep no longer b leat hop elessly, the old draug ht horses charge up and dOWI) t h e soaking fie lds with joy ous whiunyiug and the c attle lif t th ei r p a r ch e d throats to the s ki es, revelling in the glorious downpour.

The settler, fille d with wond e rful n e w strength, and h eart b ea ting fast with the r ealisation of his one d ream , turns his face h eav e n ward and with tears of g ratitude in his ~yes, m u tters, " H ow great are th e m e rcies of God."

- PHYLLIS CRAM, R e m A.

The Months o f the Year.

Janu a ry is a tiny baby, c loth e d in pure white, as pure as the snow which accompanies her birth

F eb ru a r y i s a sturdy c hild , with sunn y s mil es a nd c h eeks as r e d as a 1:os e

March is a bluste ri ng boy, w i t h t umbl ed brown h air, ruddy cheeks, and a j o ll y, rough manner.

April i s a dainty littl e lady dressed in a fro ck of p a le g r een; h er hair is like ripe co rn, wi t h primroses a nd for get-m e-n ots in it She is sweet and gay, makin g "April fo ols " of many p eo ple on her first day in the month.

Th e n comes her s iste r May, dressed in a gow n of sp ring flow e r s. She h as an exqui s ite v o ice, w ith th e so und of · flo we r s a nd birds an d s tray li ttle e lfin winds whispering in the tr ee tops in it

June co m es round in,, b.er summ e r gow n of b l u e ; although she is n earl y middle·· age d, h er h a ir is nut-brow n a nd b eautifui s till.

July is h e r brother. He is very like h is s ister, except that h e is more tanned b y t h e s un and wind. Hi s suit is bro w n.

August, too, is a man His hair i s brown ; his suit is of the r e d a nd• ye llow : of the Autumn l eaves.

S epte mbe r comes ne xt .; The wrink les are corning in h e r c h ee k s, and h e r hair i s th e colour of the branches in Autumn. But h e r dress is of an eve rgr,ee n s h ade. ,

O ctob e r is a n old man who lo ves to wander about th e wood s , liste ning to the moan of the wind throug h t,he pine-trees.

November s its by h is fire a ll day long. Hi s chee ks are very wrinkled, hi s h air i s white , and hi s bones are stiff with age.

D ece mber i s a d ea r old la d y. H e r hair is s n ow-w hite and s h e w ears a dr ess of warm lavender-grey. Whi le watchin g th e d yin g fire ·h e r eyes c lose a nd s he passes away, th e last of the month s, to m a ke way _ for the New Year

- SHEILA KRUSE , Lower V.

PRIZE JUNIOR PROSE.

T he Close of Day .

In the go lden r ed flush of the se ttin g s un the waves l a pp e d r estlessl y at th,e g rey, wet edge of the pe a rly white sand. A cool, gentle breez e breath e d o n the la nd from the sea, a nd stirred t h e branches of ti -tr ee g ro w in g on th e c liffs that fringed~ the little cove. In the idy llic stillness, disturbed only by, the rhythmic mov e m e nt of the s ea in the c liff.girt little harbour,

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everything but Nature seemed to be wra1>ped in peaceful s lumb e r.

As the sinking sun slipped away between the sky and the glassy sea, it dif, fuse its flam i ng rays over the s urfac e of the water and far across the horizon. Quaint, active li ttle shadows from the ge ntly swaying ti-tree played about the top of the cliffs and appeared on e b y one as the illuminating sun sank to r est. The breeze from the sea became more lang uid; eve ntually it rocked itself to sleep Inch by inch the sun sank into the set, a grey blue pall settled over the scen e, and then, very suddenly, the mantle of evening dropped and veiled the cove In darkness until the breaking of the dawn.

-VERNA DARBY, Form IV.b. (age 12).

White Spot, the Chicken.

" C luck, cl uck!" said Mother H e n, after she had looked under her wing for about the sixth time, "they h aven 't come out yet; they are late."

"Be patient, my d ea r ," said her husband, " and soon you will find that you will have the whole six of them running about you."

Mother Hen and her husband lived at a farm in the country. They had six eggs and it was time for them to hatch out; that was why Mother H e n was so excited But soon the eggs began to crack and out peeped a yellow head or a black one, until a ll of them we r e o u t. Mother Hen had consu lted Fat her about their na m es and they decided that their chicks were to be called Peep, Fluff, B lackie, White SJ>Ot, Long Beak and Bright Eyes. Peep was timid and always stayed close to Mother Hen; F l uff was greedy, always first to get his breakfast ; Blac kie was naughty; White Spot was adventurous; Long Beak was a good little chicken, and Bright Eyes was gay, haPI>Y, and always cheeping.

It was a very happy family until one day White Spot was missed in the evening. T h ey looke d everywhere for him, but cou ldn't find him; they thought he was dead a n d mourn ed for a long whil e afterwards.

One day a fine cockerel came wal king up to Mother Hen and said, "Are you Mother Hen?" And she said "Yes. Are you White Spot?" It was! They mourned no longer, for White Spot whic h· they thought had died

-CARA HEATH, IV.c (age 11).

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