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~atural consequence of the simila n ty of the routine, to the supe r. ficia l observer on e school year must prese nt a close resembla nce to the others.

Ther e is, however, probably not one gir l in the school who finds this the case.

Apart fi·om the vari-ations of its d etails, the d elight of making new friends, the n ew in spiration of the old ideals, 1923 has brought · a considerable cha nge to us, by a ltering, a s it has, one of the long-est a blished factors in our school organisation. · This innovation tal<,e~ t he form of th e inclusion of the College in Class A. of schools. By t his is mea nt tha t , ins t ead of sitting a t external examinations for the Intermediate a nd Leaving Cer t ificates,

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our student s will .be ena bLed to gain these Oil t he Head Maste r 's r eco mm cndation-:i r ecommendation d e pend ent on the whole school record of the person € x·alnin ed.

The a dvantages of th.e system ar e obComing as they do in the most vious. weary ing heat of summer, the University Examina tions cause parta ke rs a con sidera b Le a m ount of ne rvous strain, and m an y of us, havin g worked .l-iard a nd succes~fu lly durin g the school year, a re ·sad ly diiiappoin ted in the fin a l r esults. .. · It is then a boon to obtain passes "ivithout a t est held u nde r unfamiliar ~nd . uncomfortab le circums ta nces.

'-"· · Paren ts, no dot1bt, wiii a ppreciate :the mon eta r y gain . In addition; "'t he · ii~c1'ed.iting of s·c hools· allows thein a· certa in fr~edom i n fixing their programmes 't:~ suit th eir particula r n eeds. · As an exte ntion of self-gov€ rnment, an influence of recognised wo rt h in publ:c schools, t he cha nge is beneficial.

Girls now hold failure or s uccess e n ti r ely ill their own ha nds, and surely each w ill, for 1

SILVER AND GREEN . effective and produc2d good r e''s ults." Th e Australian preferential voting, I-and t rans• fer , and lJallot systems a re used to illustrate this point. . . . "But these ca n , ha r dl y be called s hort c uts . These are merely improveme nts on o ld m e thods.

The short cut is a new principle with the n ew method which r esults from it."

M-ight not tbe las t two sentences be eq ually aptly -appli ed rever sely to say, the la nd tron:;fe r s ystem and the approval one? Was not T orrens' t ransfer scheme a n.ew principle with a ne w met hod r es ul ti n g from it, and is not the a pproval sys te m an improvement ·on our father's m e thods? Or is it a r evolutiona ry change in education ?

As a conclusion, here is a clever simile: .

"Now, at the·· e nd of the year, wh.en m a n y are groanifig at their· ' exams.,' let th em .rather r ejoice tl~at they s till h ave · som e of t he old systeni left. : 'The man 1 who groa ns at liis income· tax wciul~ lJe.: better e mploy.ed if he· we r e givihg thanks ' that h e has ' an. incom e to be taxed. aminations, like t§.xes , are things to : be"_ ha ppy a bout, if we only look at them th e r ight way."

Wittr t hts last moral sentime nt we agr ee.

But the payment of t h e incom,e tax is no t a lways plea san t , oi• cc,n venien t, for the man's p u rse at the t ime.

It is a pity for a leading paper to take up s uch an a ttitude, but, the optimis t wiil take t he short c ut, neverth-eless, a nd , pe r\1.a ps in twen t y _y:::ar s' time, the a ppr oval syst e1;n will come u nd er the category of " m e r e improvem e nt of the old m e thod."

For the cr itical outsider to mai n tain tha t a College pass will not carr y as much we lgh t in the world as a U niversity one, is foolish, in face of the. r ecent .e nth usias m of inspector s fr om t he Univers ity ove r th e hig!\,. standard of marking.

He should r em embe r that the sch ool will ,at a ll ti m es ·b e r eady fo r a mos t sear c hing inspection, a nd t ha t staff a nd pupils will take a pr ide in m aint aining conditions as la uda ble as they were now deemed(" For eve r y a dvantage gain ed we ow.e a debt to t hose who have g iven it to us , and a du ty t o those t o whom we s ha ll pass it on.

It is the fait hful la bour of each teacher and scholar of the M:.L.C. fo r the last forty years, which has gained for •us

th,':! Sc hool's a nd h er own honour, do h er utmozt.

Of th e disadyantagss littl e n eed be sail\.

F or that stud ent who wo r ks onl y on the " wet towel m ethod " a nd " flukes" a pass thl'ough the ignorance of · uns us pecting Unive rsity correctors , t he pr.e vious a r· rahgem €nt may seem prefer a ble.

T he prese nt one will put a de3er ved check on h er idlen ess.

One of Melbourne's newspape rs has made som e misleading remarks on this s ubject?.> These migh t be wo rth quoting.

Speakmg of the s hort cuts mad e ·b y Au stralians · eager to r,ea c h i he d esired goal . ·s ho1'_!i-4_t; uts foredoom ed to lead to a ll sorts of ~i'MiJ'es irable places, it classes the ap• pr.o;a.l:. -~·y stem among t hat despised num• ber, ;sayi_n g: " Th e1e is the ':, pproval ' syst em , wi t h no .examinations, ·no effor t or strain or concentration, but just t he mild gen er a l a pproval b y t he t eacher of the good scholar's attendance, a ttenti on, manner, and -decorum . On e is to learn to swim now without going n ear wa t er, fbr a real wa.t er-swim would ,be -an examination ; and examinations a re bad- th ey lead to cr amming. Th e r esult . of the s hort cut is t hat proba bly fe w Australi a n boys t o-day ar e as ,ve)l educated as their fat her s wer e in th eir sch ool days."

Much of t h is is nonsense. This is t h e sarcastic tone m en used when the!r far-. seeing fellows prophesied the day of s ubma rine or or aeropla ne. The writ e r seems to ha ve missed the whole point of the system It does not imply no exaI)linations, but no external examinatio ns -int e rna l on.es will take place as usual.

Again, although some of us might welcom e a recommendat ion m er ely ·de pend in g on " attendance, a ttention, ma nne r, a nd d ecorum,'' th ese qualities a r e, un!ortu• n at ely, of n o a ccount in the pre paration of H ead Masters ' certificates.

Wh eth e r the Australia n boys ·a r e less well educated than t h eir fathe rs, th ey might -be able to t ell us ; certainly the g,rls ar.e obtaining educations as good, if not bette r, t ha n those of their mothe rs.

To cont!nue the quotation : "Th er e h ave been ma n y other Australian short c uts, a nd it must be admitted that some of th em h ave proved

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SI LVER AND GREEN. thi s valued privilege.

Shall not each of us, -tbinking of the mighty result of the individual toil of thousands of our pred ecessors, be fired with practical enthu,;ias m, and hand on t o coming gi rls a high er and nobler s tandard of work, a school reputation even more famous a nd g lorious than we found.

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The stanrlard of dra \\•in gs, too, is _very hi gh, -a·nu we regr et be ing unabl_e to include· mor e t han one:

New Girls Enrolled-1923.

Term 1. E . Simonton, D. Skinn er, M. Mauger, N. Ga rrand, N . Irvin e, E . Cla rke.

C. L each, B. L each, I. Fithi e, E . Stock s, P. Richardson , J , Hockridge, G. Hockridge.

General Notes.

E. Solomon, E. Holland, M. Aisbe tt, There were an unus ua l numbe r of T . Robinson, L. McDona ld, L. B e lcher, a lterations in the staff at the beginning N. Nichols, L. Courtn ey, R. Stocks, G. o f t h e year . Among the additions were Larner, F . Cambell, D. Gillick, r Lilburn~: Miss Krome, Miss Whitehead, Miss MacE . Kemp, R. Brown, L. Bra nd, J. ·onsDonald, Miss Shannon, Miss De1b1;dge, worth, H. Eakins, L . Ch itty, M . Ba rry, Miss Collie r, Miss S n owball, Miss Fone, A. Davies , G. Howe, M. Green, E . Fone.

Miss Mitchell and Miss Horlock.

It is E . Symons, Jl. H itch cock , M. Moulton, interesting to note that t h e first five are V. Apthorp,J, M. Haslam; I. McCella n d, R. o ld M.L.C. girls.

Tre win, J. McDonald, J . Tracy, G. ParAt · the beginnine- of the year, Dr. ton, G. P a rton, V. J ones, P. Battersby, Georgina Sweet d e livered a very de lightW. Wortley, A,. Sincla ir, D . Gr eenhill, M. ful -and edu cationa l lecture on h er rece nt Gr·eenhlll, A. MciAfee, M·. Mc Intyre, • A~] "Cape to Cairo " tri p. She illus trated h er Smith, E . L ayh, E. Cla rk, E. Broomhefld , • address ,by some very fine lantern s li des, E. Fisher, B. Pawsey, J . Love. r. Roger_s :! and gave u s some insight into the lives B. Coutts, D. Graham, I. Bath , L . Bailey, -and mode of living of the natives.

F . J e nkins, E,. Bedford, N. Campbell , V. : Many of t h e Forms h ave been fortunate Stone, N. Davies, A. Fl etcher, M. F letch er , ' in seeing several Shakes pearian Plays.

M. Morgan, 0 . Eva ns, F . Purvis, E . Miclg- · For th e delights obtain.eel from "Henry ley, N. Burke, L . Burke, L . Parsons, E. V.," "As You Like It," " Julius Cresar,·• Davies, D . Polla rd, E. Speed, E . Edge, I. a nd " Macbeth," they are indebted to their White, D . Harridge, D. Peters, M. Smith.

Form mistresses, who kind l y vol un tee red V. Pope, L . Collett, C. Allison, A. Allison, . to take them.

T. Holt, N. Chudder ton, D. Jefferson, E . .

One Saturday afternoon , during third O'Dwye r , H. Buckla nd, E . James, V. R awterm, a Garden Fete was h e ld a t Dr. ling, E. M illika n, G. Frederick, M . Mercer , SprS: n gthorpe 's hom e, " Joyous Gard," T . Merce r, M ! Allen, G. Schmidt, M. Murru mbeena, in aid of the Baby Welfare Howard, .M. Sh a nnon, M. - Gregory, P .· move m ent, a nd Uie girls contributed two Dunkley, N. Albe rt, -F. Condon, E. Tulloch, bran pi es, on e for boys and g irls respec- · J. Park, E. Ro ger s , L . Rogers, A. McL en tively. Som e of th.e gi rls went down to na~. E. Howard, E. McCracken , T. Smith, look after t h,e pies, and s p e nt a ver y e n• E. Dugdale, M. L awrence, M. Ba ird, M. joyable and busy aftern9on in satisfyin g Brand, · L. Baker , R. Dennis, B . Johns, J . : th e n eeds of the chi(/lren. The proceeds Fraser, 0. Whateley, L. Bay ley, J . Barker, of the -aft e rnoon wer e satisfactory, the P. Lumby, F. Smith, E . Motton, F. Keel e, amo unt rece ived be ing £3 7s. 2d.

E . ·A ndrews A. Dight, A. Dight, :p: !.

In connection with the Health Wetlk Rosenbe r g, 'J. Broadbent, J . Efron, N-. : this • year, an inte resting and u seful lec~ylvester, M. Mitchell, E . Thar!_e , V. Kie,1.i ] 1 ture .•\vn'§ , ·c1-e livered by Dr. Donaldson.

C _Dawson, D. Por t , M. Major, V. H a_m · ' Miss Pitts very ably presided. mond, F. Hatfie ld, B. Titmus, S. Titmus, Special thanks -are due this year to the J. Beattie, J . Smith, B . Herbert. N . loya l a nd effective way in which senior Cooper, G. W illiams, B. Turner, M. White, g irls have contributed genera l articles to the Magazine.

J . Matthews, L . Jacka.

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SILVER AND GREEN. Ter m 11.- J. Balme1·, J .

Birt, D. Nicho las, L. Procter , E. Gelbe rt, S. Gelbe rt, D. Trundel, R. F e rguson, P. H o.r nby, S. Mackenz ie, T . Potter, R. Raymond, B. F e rrie r, J. McCulloch, G. Ti·omp, W. S p..<i. rke, D. Harrowe r, S. J ackson, ~'.

Mustey, M. Mackenzie, M. Waugh.

Term 111.- J. Broomby, E. Marks, J. Marks, L. Marks, M L ev.en son , D. Pugsley, M. Andrews, B. Hall, E . Latham, T. Tulloch, M. Fenton, ~- Marconi, J . Vincent, C. Parsons, M. Lawton, B. Pryor.

University Examination Results, 1922.

Sctfool Leaving Honours: Doreen Allen - 2nd class History. Esmee B lewett- 3rcl c lass English.

Nan Jeffery-3rd . class English, 3rd c lass Frenc h . Aile'e,n Kellaway- 1st class History, 3rd class. Engli sh, 3rd class French. Joyce S emnien s- 1st

c lass Englis h, 1st class Fre nch , 1st c lass Physiology.

Lyn W es~aco lt-3rd c lass French.

School Leav ing Pass: Doreen Allen, Brightie Beckett, Phyll is Bin gemann, n e wa Burton, Mabel Finni e, P eggy Forsyth, Iv y J on es, J ean Morrissey, 'illclith Romayn e, Eval yne Smith, Enid Wadeson.

Una Wilson, Lyn Westacott.

Intermed iate c e rtificate: Elva Ashton, Ada Bailey, Helen Barlow, Minni e Beckett.

Nettie Beck.e tt, Joy Chambers, Ge'r ti n Charles, Ellen Ch ristensen, ·Dorothy Clark e, Lena Corne ll, Nettie Dav idson , Kati e Derrick, Katrina E r icson, P eggy Forsyth, Rosalill'd Guard, Edith G1.1y, N ell Hayes, N ina Helms, Qu.een ie Howell, Phyllis Kellaway, Ire n e L ayton, Dorothy Mann, Nellie Pearse Edna Pryor, Winnie Sedunary, Katl~leen S imms, Betty Uren, W inifred Watt, Joan Western.

Pre fects, 1923.

Fr'o :nt n ·ow (left to J'ig h t): Unn " ' il~n, fll11nc h e \\' ootl, Oorec n A llen (Sen ior Prefect, S r tl Ternt) , Brlghtie Bet·ke t.t (S enior Pre-fee t , l~t a nd 2 nd Tern,s), I<at ie Cn r nell , Netti e n11.vidso11-' Biwk How· (left to rlJht) : Kathleen Gault, MarJ. Va.oe,y, Queenie Howe ll, H elene Krome, Bewa Burton, Edna Pea..r<"e.

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M. Vasey (Treasurer) , E. Ashton (Rec ordin g_ S e c re t ary), R. B urto n ( Correspon d ing Secretary).

School Office-Bearers.

Seni o r Pref ect: B ri gh t ie B eclcett (T erms L 'a nd II. ), Doreen Allen (Ter m 3).

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P ref ect s: R. B u r ton, K. Corne ll, N. · Brlghtie Beckett, Davidso n , K. Gau lt , Q H o well, I. J ones (Terni 1 ), i-I. Krom e . (Terms 2 a n d 3), E. S l)t)ak i,n g through the pages of " Silver ·Pearce, M . Vasey, W. Wilson, B . .Wood. a nd Greep ·, on beha lf: of the pr.efect s, 1 Associate P ref e cts: A. B ur r ows, E . w is h to pay a t ribu te to the work a nrl Christen sen , K. De rrick, P . Forsyth , L . influe n ce o f Brigh tie Beck e tt in the Gibson, D . H olding, A Kell away, S. K enBright<le h eld t h e p osition of S ch ool. n edy ( Tern.1 s 1 a nd 2), H . Lee, R . PopE! senior prefect fo r th,e fi rst two t e rms of ( T erm 3) , L. Seehusen , E. Smit h , E. t his year, a nd we wer e extre mely sorry , vacleson . that she ·h-ad to leave; but we r es pect and Form. Cap t ai ns : B . Becl{e t t a n d D. a dmire h er more becau se of t h e ca use oC A llen (Ho n. VI.), lVL Vasey (Pass V I. ), A. h er leaving. H e r mother's h ealth m a d e it (V.a.), E. Hob a n (V.b.) , M P h illips n ece ssary for h er to b e at home.

Cl·ar k e (V .c.), D. S ch oles (V.b . S pecial ), E. B rlghtie sincer ely a n d con sci-e ntiou s ly P ear ce (Diploma), E. Go rman (Coll. V.), can•ied out t h.e duties of h e r offic e, a n d Kl F or s t e r (XX.), J. Innes (XX a.),- G. set ii- h igh sta nda rd for t h e r est of .the Huggins ( L . V.), J . H e a lin g (V.c. pre fe£ts to live up to. H aving an intense Sp.e cial) ,.., B. Behre nd (Rem .), M. Hildea dmh'.atio_n for Ma rjo r ie T h omas, s he brand ( IV.a.). D. B rooks ( IV.b.), J . lb-· e ndeavoured to mode l h er wor k on Ma rbott (L ·1v.), B. Car son (J . School). j orie's. F,eelin g the r espon sibility of h er o rrice, a n d that s h e was setting a s t:andard S po rts Com mittee: The H ead-master , f or: t h.!l g irls, B.r ightie• said "tliat : s h e : h a d J\I-i_ss Smythe, Miss P a r son s, l\Jiss Krome, t ri ed so t o conduc t h eirself tha t s h e .wou ld Miss McKay, Mi ss P et e1'son, Miss Form a intll,in · hon our a nd r espe~t ·for · .:th at in a n , "B. B eck ett, D . Alle n , T . ~ ilkin_son , A. P ilk in gton, Q . Steele, E . P1o-arce, H. : cit:fice: :·rt ·h as not b een eas y to ear ry ,:on the work · s h.e b egan . ·Krome, L . Gi bson , M. Vas.ey, P. _F orsyth , "H er ·c hara cter . and . infhien ce,. l~ei· .:earA. _P hillips, M. Cl_a rke, M. Wel_ler . n est a'ttention to ·ct uty,' h er E!ndeavoi.ir to ·s port s Ca ptains: T . "W ilkin son (T e nnis), M. W EJlle r (Baseba ll ), A. P hillips ( Bask et . pr eserve "th e .tradi tions ·of the Schoo.I s h e lov:ed , h a ve . won · our· a p pr eoiation- a nd· r eBa ll) . spect ; ~ nd, a lthou gh she : may n ot r.e~.Jfoe Edito rs " S ilver a nd Green" : E . Chris· it, s ll'e h as handed on· t o futur e pre fects t e risen , Q . Howell. the· s tan(la rd ·sh e w ish ed to. uphold . · T.he Sub-edit o1·s " S ilve.r a nd Gree n ": A. · pre fect s join w ith m e in ,vishing. Brighlie K e llaway (Hon . VI. ), N. David son (Pass s u cc ess a nd ha ppiness in h er n ew s phere VI. ), D. F oard (V.a. ) , J And rews (V.b.). o f !life, and we feel that h e r t a le r1ts a ncl J·.- McDo n a ld -(V.c.), E . Pe1r ce (Diploma), e n er gies h ave but ·b een turned int o ·otl1er.

E . · Atki11son (V.b S pecial), N. Davies prob;ably · broa d e r , ·cha n n els (XX. ) , H . T e n1ple t o n (XX.a.), B. F errie r ·-'-Doreen · Alie n . · (V,!! . . S pecial ) , T . R obi nson (L. V .), A. Fle t c h e r (Coll. V ), -G. L a rdner (Re move ).

J . L ove (IV.a,), · R. Heath (IV. b.). L . _ The Krome Memorial Gates.

Courtn ey (L IV.). . T h e rle,v •.v all wh ich ,Vas h egun earl y in L ib raria ns : Q. _Howell , R Pope. : · the year, w-a.s fi n ish ed t owards t h·e en d of L ib ra ry Co.m m ittee : Q. Howell, R , Rope.

Octobe'r. · It ·is gr ey · in- colour, m a t ch ing F. Sch oles, D. Rowla nds, G. Guthridge, J th e old er buildings of · tile College, a n d· ex. W ood-, R. R ogers, M. Cl arke , M . Glover. .tends up Glenfe r r i.e Roa d ,a s fa r as the E . As hton, E . \Vadeson , N. \V ilson ·. R .

College· g ro~rids :a n d . a long .Ba rker.'s Roa<l P lowri gh t , D Sin cock . from Glen ferri_e Road to Aileen· St r eet .

S.C .U.-Executi ve Committee: D. Alle n The new gat es, which wer e g iv-en as -a (Presiden t), B. Beck ett (Vice-Presiden t). m emoria l to M r . Krome, th e la.t e Head5

;JLVER AND GREEN. master, by the prefects of 1920 a nd 1923. we r e put into place on the completion o[ the wall. They are ,extremely fine, both in design and workmanship, and . are dark g reen -in colour, the M.L.C. star on each gate being painted gold.

The official opening of these gates took place on W ednesday, Octobe r 31, a t three o'clock, Mrs. K rome being asked to open them.

The whole school assembled on the lawns near the gate; whe r e the visitors, who were mos tly old Collegians, a nd the membe rs of t he Council, wer e a lready seated.

An appreciative audience a lso watched the proceedings ou tside the gates. First, led by the s pecial choir, we a ll sang Kipling's Recessional. Then afte r a short prayer, Dr. Fitchett addressed us .

He told us that it was on th at very day a nd at that very time, forty-two years ago. that it was decided t hat the College should be built. He -t he n outlined bri~fly the great services Mr. Krome had rend ered the College, and · how the prefects of 1920 decid ed that the best m emorial to him would be som e · n ew gates, pa rt of the money for which they raised by t he Prefects' play. The na m es of the prefects of 1920 and 1923 were then r ead by Mr. Le Couteur, a nd then R ev. J . 'Thomas was asked to speak on behalf of his daught.er Marjorie, who was senior prefect in 1920, but who died last year. Mean while a piece of g reen ri bbon was tied across the gat es, and wb.en Mr. Thomas had finished ·speaking, Mrs . K rome c ut it, thus op!ming the gates. A s ilver key was then g iven to Mrs. Krome as a token of remembrance.

Tennis Notes.

A new syst e m has bee n inaugurated by which the Tennis Four was chosen by t he general standard of play rather than b y playing off s ing les, as in previous years, the r esult being as follows: 1s t Four.-T . Wilkinson, F. Pizzy, M. Beckett, M. Clark.

2nd Four.- D. Cla rk, J. Healing, l;l.

Hoban, J . Casement.

Many thanks a r e due to Miss Krom e fo r her valua ble coach ing and encou ragemen t, which has been appreciated by the 1st a ncl 2nd Four, but a lthough eager to please Miss Krome, we were not a t a ll s uccessful in our matches this year , our only victory being wh en th.e 2nd Four played the 2nd F o ur of Mer ton Hall in the second round.

To improve the stancla rcl of play among the younger girls , a n cl a lso to provide for t he Four of future years, a Junior Four was chosen and played several matches, in whi ch they s howed great promise · We wish to thank the Ole! _Collegians fo r the practice th.ey kindly gave us ever y Tuesday afternoon during the 2nd T e rm, and a lso Miss Smythe fo r the inte rest s he has take n in us a ll and the gene rous way in which sh e · provided us with ba lls, usually accompan ying them with the r emar k: "You a r e a very extravagant _F our," but we had to be noted for something.

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Mr. Adamson, tb.e H ead-master of W esl~y College, who was one of Mr. Kro me's greatest friends, ma d e a s hort s peech. He told us a nything that is continua lly in use is a lways the best as a m emorial.

Mr. Krome, he said, a lways reminded him o[ some lines o f Kipling's. H e was a man wl10 h ad "delight in simple things, And mirth that hath no bitter springs."

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As we only h ad two of last year 's team left, th e first thing to do was to decide who should fi ll the five vacancies of th e fi r st eig ht, and as there war;; much com-. petition, we had gr eat difficulty in cl eciclin g who they s hould be.

T her e were three t ea r.us chotien- 1st, 2nd , a nd 3r d. T he first team finally con-

The ceremony closed with the National Alithem, aft.er which Mr. Cato called for three ch eers fo r Dr. Fitchett , whic h were readil y given.

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SllVER AND GREEN. just previous to the second round of s isted of A. Phillips (oo.pt.) , M. Welle r, E . ma tches had an unfortunate accident, McHutchi son, Q. Steele, A. Cadman, J. which prevented h.er playing in the r eCasement, L. Procter. maining matches, and her place in the ,;:. ..~nd T eam.-L. Gibson (capt.) , M. :~"William~, E. P earce, M. Vasey, C. Warren, - t eam was filled by E. Millikan in the first ma tch, and M : Williams in the second . ' J. Healing, W. Joyce.

The results of the second round w er e ~- .3rd T eam.-D. Rowland~; (capt.), M. as follows: Brien, M. Cornell, I. Frithe, D. Sincock, C, Burt~? , J. Andrews.

M.C.E.G.G.S. beat M.L.C., 33-3. ""-;c Our;,f,n:st match agai nst P.L.C., on their P.L.C. beat M.L.C., 27-½ . ._g rounds, . ·esulted in a defeat for M.L.C.'s This term we were all v.ery di!'lappo_inted_ \•first team, a draw for the s econds, and •a in not being able to go •to Geeiong, o·n 'ac- :· · The r eturn · victory for M.L.C. thirds. count of the strike i,n town. · ·;~ match, played on. our grounds, resulted in During firs t t e rm we had a Boarders' a nother victory for P.L.C. firsts, a victory 1:er stts Day Girls' match, wbich the Day for M,L.C. seconds, and a d efeat for Girls wori, and we a ll hope to hav.e another .. M.L.C. {birds: match this t erm . . •"The ·oia Collegians h ad a back-to-school We all wish to offer our hearty con: day, · and ; we a rranged a match against ratulations to the Geelong nine on being g . Uiem.. · Tlie first team played the Old the holders of the much-coveted cup, and Girls, and resulted in an easy victory for for their so fa r unbeaten r ecord during the liv,ely present-day girls. this year's championship.

- M. W . ._The Form m atches were t aken up with keen interest, although the finall? were n,ot so exciting as we expected. W,e• take this opportunity t9 congratulate Ve.,,. the Swimming SpOl'ts, 1~23. , wioning Form, fo r their successful play.

This year the Sw imming ·sports were f;. ·:_'rhere· -is. always .. great riva lry in the h eld on March 9.

Thif day was ra ther ;.: ·niatch between House a nd· S"chool,c. and cool for sw.immin· g , a nd the· competitors, , this "')rear was no· ,exception. Both teams on coming ·out of the water, were very ; pfay:ed splendidly, victory falling to glad to wrap themselves in warm coats. : •· School'.' " W-ell done; School!' " School for The Staff, who were seated at the end eVer.'; - A. P. of the s wimming baths, r eceived a fair s hare of the splashing.

Baseball · Notes.

As usua l, the girls were ve ry enthusiastic ov.er all the events.

This year our baseball t eam has not The r esults were as follows: been successful in winning a ny of the Association matches; but w,e hope to do School Cha mpions hip. -J . H ealing. better n ext year, as most of our t eam are Diving.- J. Robinson. returii.ing. We have been ver y fortun ate Life-Saving.- M. Lege-e and J. Inn es. in having the -Hawthorn Oval for practice Ove r 14.- Queen Steele a nd J . H ealing (equal). · two days a week.

Our team for first t erm was chosen as 14 and ov er 12. -I. Allen . follows : M. W eller (capt.) , A. Philips, M. 12 and und e r. -D. Ankete!l.

Ciarke, M. Woodard, M. . Barkley, J .

Breast Stroke.-R. Hoban.

Andrews, J. Casem ent, L , Gibson, and Q. Junior Forms' Race.-:XXa. Steele.

Senior Forms' R ace.-Vc. The following we re t h e results of the House v. School.-School. first round: There was great excitement duritig the over 14 race, which finished in 'a d_e acl M.C.E.G.G.S. beat M.L.C., 40- 1. ·h eat . · , _ G.C.E.G.G.S . .beat M.L.C., 44- 1.

The winne r s ot' the Life-saving had a i'~ :.. ~P.L.C. :beat M.L .C., 23-5 1 good lead from the start, and won .by · ;;,'fi{{i; f~rm we had th~: misfortune to los e of_o_ur_ players, ~ildred Clarke, who a bout half the length, 0

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SILVER AN D G REEN. -The B reast Stroke even t resulted in a ver y c lose c on test , be in g ·a h a rd s truggle from -th e· star t. · T he most ex citing r ace of a ll was t h e House v. · School. T h e Sch ool t eam IJeal t h e H o1;1se by a b out •a le n gth .

Athletic Sports.

Tuesday, Oc to b er 23, d a wne d clear a nd br ight, yet not too hot for those en gaged in s tre nuous a ctiv ities during th e day. I t was, the an nua l Athletic 'Sports day a t M.L .C., a n d even b e fore r ea c hing th e gates of the s chool, slight glimpses o f " r ed " c ould b e seen floating f rom w indows of the boa r der s' r ooms . Girls s upporting ". School " wore th e u s ua l n a tura l rlecorations.

The points gained for a ll events counted for. the c hampions hip. T h.e r e w e re . ma n y e ntries fo r the various r aces, a nd the looker s-on en t hus ias tically_ ch eer ed the ir frie nds during the h eat s, w hi ch wer e. run off .the pr.eceding w eek .

W e w e r e disa ppointe d t h a t mor e pare n ts a nd friends w e r e not p r esent. The e nthusiasm s ho w n by t h ose · in a tten dance prov.ea . tha t t h ey s pe nt a n enjoya ble aft e rn oon, fo r a thletic s ports in girls' schools are now more earnest and str e nuous th a n those en gaged in a fe w year s ago.

W e w e re ha ndicapped to · a certain exte nt b y ov.ercrowding · in the ra c es , and by t h e une v en ·ground, but hope tha t n ext year w e w ill b e a ble t o run under more favoura ble circums ta nces.

Tha nks t o the S por ts Co mmittee, a v e r y e njoyable aftern oon w as s p ent by v isitor s a nd c ompetitor s.

The results of th e races w e r e as foll ow s: 1. Potato Race.- S e nior : 1, I. Fit hie ; 2.

L . Gibs on ; 3, M. Roth,vell. J unior Schoo) : 1, E. Rothberg ; 2, J . Kinloc k; 3,_ C. Gp ldi'e.

Junior : 1, G. Tromp ; 2·, B . Apthorpe; 3, ·· L . Gorman.

2. Baseb all Throwin-g.-S e nior : 1; E .

Millika n ·;·· 2, J . ;H 'ealirig; 3, J . Casemen t Junior° : 1, W. J oyc e; 2, D . J e ffe r son ; 3, · J .

Efron.

3. Fla t R ace, 160 y d s.-Senior : 1, Q. Steele; 2, E . Millika n; 3, · 'L . ·Gibson.

Junior: 1, J . Efrdil; 2, K. F o rster ; 3, L. Gorm:an. . ., I

4. Basket Ball S hootin g.-Sen ior : 1, E. l\lcHu tchinsim; 2, M. Woolla rd . · Junior : 1. D. · J effer son; 2, L . Go rm an, G S ia m esc.- S e nio r: 1. M. · w c llc r a 11d l\f. ·\1/i lli a m s, J\11. Cla rke a nd H . Stocks · (e<1ua l ); 2, L. Gi bso n a n d ·L. S eehusen .· J tmio r : 1, J . E fron and C. Judk ins; 2, It Heath a nd B. Luff; 3, K. Forst e r a nd ·L. W illiams .'

6. Th read .- the N eedle.-S e nior : 1, M Cornell a nd M. Weller ; 2, H. L ee a nd E .

Bowley. Junior : 1, K. F or s t e r a nd R. R it • t e r ; 2, M. Over end and D. Pugsley ; 3, S .

Ibbi t t a nd L . Hood. .

7. °Fla t Race, 80 yds. -Senior : 1, 'Q Steel e; 2, L . Gibson ; 3, E . Millikan. June io r : 1, J . Efro n ; 2, G. Trom p; 3, R. Skinner.

7a. F la t R ace (unde r 12) .- 1, R H eath; :!, D. Anket e ll ; 3, B . Luff. .

8. W his tling.- Se nior: J . Casem e n t a nd J. R obinson ; 2, M. Dimond a nd R. Pope.

J u nior: 1, E . Da rley and I. Waite; 2, C. J udkins a nd C. Cla rke ; 3, M. Ove re nd a n rl D. P u gsl.e y.

1 . Egg a nd Spoon.~S e nior: 1, K. Ga ult; 2, D. Gray. Junior : 1; K. Forster ; 2, ·p_ Pascoe ; 3, B. Lu!t.

10. Sack Race.- S e nior : 1, E. Nom ens; 2, r. Fithi e ; 3, W . S tua rt. ! Junior : 1, E. Darby a n d J. Efron (equal); 2, K . Fors te r..

11. Obstacle.- Seni or : 1, Q . Ste ele; · 2, l. F ithi e. Junior : 1, J , Efron; 2, E. Dan1J:1c.

12. F lag .R ace.- S e nior : 0 1, Ve. ; 2, Y.b .; 3, Dip,om a.

Int e rmed iat e: 1, XXa.11 2.

Coll. V.; 3, Vb,, S p.ec ia l. Junior : 1, !Va.; 2, IVb.; 3, R emove.

13. House, v. Sc hool Flag Race.-Ho:11se 14. H ouse v. School Bas ket Ball.-'School.

Se nio r Cha m pion., Q. Steele.

Junior Ch a mpion . -J . E fron.

Jun ior Sch ool Ch a mpion.- J . Kinlo ck -I. F : 0

S.C.U. J'iotes.

The Apnual Meeting for the e lec_tion o.( ' officers of the Students ' Christia n Union was h eld oil Ma rc h 7. Doreen Allen ,,,as · e lect ed a s · Presid ent. ·The other officer s elected we r e: Br ighti e Beck ett , VicePresid ent ; Ma rger y · Vasey,' Trea s ure r ; R ewa Burt on, Corresponding S ecre tary~· Elva Ashton, R ecording S ecretary; Miu-·

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SILVER AND GREEN. nie Beckett and Dorothy Holding we, e also chosen as m embers of th e Cornm!ttee.

Tit~ Committee decid ed to hold m Petings each Wednesday at 1.15.

It i,; regr ettable that the membe rshi p for t his year has gr eatly d ecreased: the members number only sixt y-eight. Hqwever, there has been an average att e ndance of seventytwo, a nd it is gratifying to note that man y girls too young to beco me members have y,et attended our me~tings. Some of tile eld er girls have the id ea · that the meetings must naturally be dry, but a glance at our list of s peake rs for the past year s hould dis pel any such illusions and encourage them to att end in future.

The first m eeting was <1ddressed by Miss Fricke, a delegate to t\te Union Conf.€renc11 at Pilsin in 1~22, wq_p explained to us the constitution and i_deals of u~e Union.

She gave us a vivid descripton pf the work carried on by Union members in schools and colleges o( other countries.

A.mongst those who addressed us were the Revs. Williams, Butcher, Renton!, Paton, James, Benson, Wibberley, Over.end, and Keck; Messrs. Buck, Wylie, a nd Bowman; and Misses Stevenson and Williams.

W e were also favou r ed by addresses from th' e R ev. T S. B. Woodfull, Mr. LeCouteur. and Dr. McCallum, who gav.e us an insight to the lives of missionaries and natives in Samoa. A.nother interesting s peaker was the Rev. Cyril Barcll),y; his particularly vivid and humorous address dealt with the Bush Brotherhood in Queensland. Lt was an e ye-opener to many of us who, as Mr. Barclay remarked , r_e gard he_athens as wild black men living in Central Africa chiefly on a diet of s tewed missionary.

This year, adopting a sugg.estion given . by las t year's m embers, we contributed £20 to the support of a n instructress at the South Melbourne Kindergarten.

Though the Works Circles ·!Jave been disassociat-<.:id from the Christian Union, we have carried on the Bible Circles under the guidance rf Misses Hunt, McKay, MacDonald, I~rome, Pete rs on and Forman.

In some circles the id ea of appointing girls to conduct the m eetings under the s upe rvis ion of the L eader was adopted.

We have h ad splendid opportunities this year of meeting girls from other schools interested in the Union. T en of

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our girls attended the camps he h! at Seafor.U and Be rwick in th e N.ew Year, and it a rgues well for the camp life lhal twenty bi rls have appli-ed for form s this year.

S ixteen of our me mbe rs spent au cnjoyabl ~ " Schools' Day" at Upwey in May. We exte nd our thanks to those members of the s taff who undertoolc'.,the l eadership of Bible Circles, and especially to Mi ss McKay for h er advice and. . practical help during the year. Finally we hope the girls of n ext year will establish a r.ecard for me~1bership, attendance, and zeal in the interest s of the U n ion.

-E. A.

Back to M.L.C. This most important function was held for the first time this year .

Both Old Collegians, and Old Collegians to be. thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and are glad· that it is to be perma,nent.

It was a glorious s unny day, Fs1.te having been kind for once.

Our visitors arrived at about 2 p.m. A.n assembly was held in the Fitchett Hali, Old Girls on the one side, the Mfdd)e and Senior Schools on the 0th.er.

The latter, maintained a respecta-b le silence, but the form e r had so much to talk about, so · much t o discuss, that a cheer{ul clatter of voices pervaded the air until Dr. Fitchett ent.ered.

Afte r a hymn and a prayer.

Mrs. C. Couchman gave a Yery interesting talk on "Woman's Place in Public Life."· A. vote of thanks was propose.ti and duly seconded.

Th~n Dr Fitchett, from old records. briefly traced the history o,f the Col!.ege from its beginning.

As he did so, we all felt an indescribable glow of pride in its growth.

The dismissal was carried out as in ordinary morning assembly, . all filing out one after the other.

Tb.en the cheer ful clatter . of tongues, once outside!

How delightful it was to ren ew old friendships and to see a nd talk to gi11ls whom one had not seen perhap51 s ince that last Speech Night.

Soon the ·games between the Old Collegians and those still at school began in earnest. On the tennis courts a n exciting match was played, which \\.:e lost, but,

SILVER AND GR EEN. r ea lis ing the s upe riority .of our op11o ne nts, we did not mind, especia lly when \\~ t hought of the Basket .Ball, wh e r e our . on e-time c hampio ns were hopelessly uu tcl_a ssed from the •b eginning.

Afternoon t ea was s erved in the Cook· ing . School, to whi ch all prefect s ·were k indly invited, a n o ffer whi ch was gr atef ully accepted l}y a ll.

It .all .came to a n end a t last, as all good things mus t, and after many reluctant leave-takingi, the school grounds were once more d-eserted except for a f ew stray boarde rs.

This day is now only a memory, but it is a lasting m emory, and as the time draws near fo r the .anniversar y of this day, ther e will be much joyful antioipat\op.

Gentle L a rk," a nd others, .. including extras.

The a udience enjoyed ever y mome nt 'of tl1e evening, a nd time flew swiftl y as th ~ vario us artists c rossed the· stage amid a ppla use.

The pict ure that will linger longest in the m emory is that of Frances a t tlie· last. standing besid-e a star-crowned bower· of carnations, whose gl9w seemed to match the passion of the singer's final numbe r, " Home, Sweet Home."

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Frances McCall's Concert.

One of the most popular a nd enjoyable e ve nings of the school year was s pent in 'the Melbourne Town H all o n October 26.

The occasion was a conce rt given by Frances McCall, one of our school-mat es. a nd by other Conservatorium artists.

Frances, as we a ll know, is a " T assy" g irl , who, on the a dvi ce of Dame Nelli e Melba , Dolores, a nd other prominent s ingers, came to Victoria to continue he r musical studies.

She becam e a resident a t M.L .C., a nd for the last three years s h e has bee n doing a full course a t the Conservatorium.

During t hat time her voice h as a lways b een a t t h e service of h er school on Speech N ig hts a nd other f.estive occasions.

On the concert nig ht the Town H a ll was crowded, a large percentage of th e seats being filed b y M.L.C. g irls a nd their frie nds.

When Fra n ces appear ed s he was g reeted with lo ud appla u se, which inc r eased in v igor as the evening proceeded.

Her voice was beautifully clear, and every word could be heard di stinctl y; the daily pa pers were particularly impressed by h er faultless intonatio n , and the g r eat range a nd .carryin g power of h er vo ice.

After every item s he left the platform loaded w it-h flowers and c hocolates.

Among her son gs w er e found " Eliza beth's P ra yer ," "Cr a bbed Age a nd Youth," " The Cloths of Heaven ," " Lo. H ea r th e

When the Library open ed, this y.ear , a suggestion tha t the ·different .classes should be asked to na me books that they would like added t o the Library was acted on, and man y varied s uggestions were made, ra n gin g from Eth el Turn e r to Victor Hugo. Many of these book s were procured for the Library, a nd we r eceived one hundred and fifteen in all, toge ther with a large illus trated set ~f D ick ens , gen erously given us by our President.

Some of the authors repres e nted among the number were H . Rider Haggard, C. J. Dennis, S. W eyma n, Peter B. Kyne, a nd t he popular Baroness Orczy. We a lso r eceived som e addition s to K ipling, of whose works we have already a large number. · Owing to their continued absence from the s helyes, I think we m a y say that these additions wer e greatly appreciat ed b y t h e girls. Later in the year a s eries of His tory and English books wer e r eceived, but these were immediately put into No. 8, where t hey a r e proving a very valuable asset to Pass and Honour VI. Our Library is growing larger .ev er y year, and the results of the Dewey syst em on which it is run will become apparent in the _ n ext few years. It is perha ps one of the most w.ell-stock ed of the Public School Libraries.

The L ibrary is d ivided into differ ent sections as- Literature, Englis h ; French, German, Rnrl A. m,;,ri can, Science, Biogrophy, 11

r SILVER A, D GREE History, Religion and a ve r y comprehens ive list of war books several of whi c h have been written by Dr. Fitchett. The Library is, the r efore, a very va·lua bl.c asset to g irls who a r e going to take up diffe r e nt professions .

In conclusion , we would thank m a ny voluntary helpers who assisted us in the early part ·or the year.

Music Notes.

" rr in thine art thy striving be but true, Thy life s ha ll s urely be m ade c h eerful, .too."

This year the examinct ion r esults have pro~ed very satisfactor y, a nd are as follows: P l·a no. -Grade II., Moyna Dimond, Linda See husen ; Grad.e HI., H:i.zel Lee (credit), Evalyn e Hoba n (credit) , N ell Deeley; Grad e IV., Rene Bath (honours). ; ·srngiin g.~ rade· II. , . Blanch ~ Wood (c r edit} ; G·rad e III., Rhoda Pope ; Grade IV.; Lesl•'.e qibson .

Harmony. -Grade II., ,l (athleen Simms, Ge'r tie''Charle;; · Grade III., Hazel Lee , honour~). · Lind;., Seehusen (honours), Nell o ·eeley, Evalyne Hoba n , Blancl1e W ood; Ci·adi! ·· iv., Marjori e Vasey (honours), lthoi:la 'Pope (c r edit) . . ~:Aii;li~-end of first term it was with much r~g:r et'thl!t }Ve had to . part with our Mus:cal Director, Mr. Frede r ick M.ewton Mr. ~ ~wto n .p.ad lie'e n °with us fo r t e n year s, a n,d during that t ime spent much en ergy a nd' (latie nce to. ~dva,nce t h•e musical .educa tion o ur School. The s uccess of his efforts . we r e evide nt from th e s ple ndid performances of tl;e girls at each Speech Night. Mr. Me,vton left us to ta ke up a v ery' h onoured ·pos i.tlon in Sydney, which ,ve '"imo~v· he will fill ably. We wish MT. Me wton every s u~cess in his· new s ph.er e of work, a nd hope h e . !llaY som etimes tl1in k ot .th'e girls at M.L.C. As succEssor to Mr. Mewton, Mr. Frazie r has come to us with great c r ed entials, a n rl Is working hard to make the Speech Night performances a success.

The re has .b een a s lig ht diffe r ence made in th e .m ethod of t eaching s ing ing, si nce tlrst t e rm, eacn Class now having a separ-

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ate period [ur musical ap prcc:atio11, anrl nlso a choir of s pcc:al vo:cc::; was inaugurated durin g s econd tcn11 .

Miss Frances McCall has l>cc11 covering h erself wit h g lor y. During second t e rm s he sang s pl end idly a t the Conse rva torium Concert in the Melbourne Town Ha ll, a nd later the University Conservato rium organ :se<l n Complimenta r y Concert fo r he r. S he was also chosen by M11 da m e Evelyn Scotney to be her substitute at the Uni ve rs ity Concer t.

We··feel that we a r e jus tly proud of Frances, and wish he r eve ry s uccess in the g r eat future that is opening o ut before her.

W e feel sure tha t the Boa rd ers' t aste in music is obvious by the gusto with which they r end.er " Carolina" a nd "Yes, we have no bana nas,' a nd we wonde r that Miss McKay's h.earing is s tm intact after t he Hosteliti,s s hri ek " Wa lter ."

- L. S. a nd M. D.

House Notes.

S peech Night is cfrawing n ear, a nd we soon will be on our way r ejoicing, leavingsteam puddings a nd buns fa r be h jnd us.

Then no longer will we go abo ut with s tarv.ecl gaunt faces, but will delight in a ll good things.

All the same school has been full of many joys, except for the few earthquakes.

We hope that in tho coming year , the girls wi ll have as joyful a time as we have had.

T h.er e has been a good d ea l of s ickness. t his year in t he form of "flu," a ncl m eas les, but those who got Ill, r evelle d in roast potatoes, eggs a nd toas t, to thfl envy 9f all.

The year has been full a lmost to overflowing a nd we have been to man y ente rta inments.

Ther ~ wer e the Old Collegians' P lay, a nd our own famous-play in which many of our n umber figured. The n t her e was the Conservatorium Concert, F rances' Concert , on which ni ght we we r e a ll ve ry prourl.

There wer e so many flowers th at som e of us wonde r ed if a dray-cart wou ld be needed to bring the m back to schonl.

Some of us we nt to h ear one of Madam e Evelyn Scotney's concerts; a nd t hose ·or us being luck y e nough to have brothers

SILVER AND G REEN . a t W esley were take n to t h eir p lay, a nd Festive Board, a n c1 soon , too soon , we wi ll had great fun . throwing paper stream e rs . be parta king of this pl'ivilege. to the stage.

Goocl-by.e, l 923 ! Good luck, 1924 ! kdd ed · to o ur many enterta inments we r e - K. G., B. W. the New a nd Old Girls' con certs and a lso B irthday Night, whic h was, as usual, a great s uccess.

The School Play.

Dresstng-gowns, s lippers, a nd everything T he first "Schop! Play " was presen ~ed th at was of that g lorious h ue-red-were this year o n August, 27. It was the desir.::i s us pe nded from the windows of the rooms of the Headmas(er and prefects, that in on Sports Day; r,ed -also overpowe r ed the the yearly perfo1'ma11ce t he best dra matic green on t he sports ground . t alen t of t he sclfoo l should be made use , of. This really bj.ciught to a n e nd the PreHous e, of course, won th e Flag R ace; fect 's P lay, but has ope ned u p the way they could hardly h elp it, with the great for extensiv e advancement. amount of lung power whic h was used; ' '. some cou ld h ardly speak a fter t h e g reat We ha ve lo ng felt t l1e need of a la r ger dissipatio n. hall · for the presentation of the play. Th is We also -have t he Junior Champ. in th e year we experiniented in tlie Haw tho rn House, a nd the second in the Senior Town Hall, and in spite of th e fact tliat Cha mp. so man y othe r schools' performances also We have had m a n y vis its from Old took place in the same week, ours proved Gi rls who have once more s at down to the a gr eat s uccsss.

The net proceeds J

Group of Characters -in' "·Prunella," Term 11., 1923. liron t R ow (le ft to rig ht): Ka t hleen G9ouJt (CaUow), K athl een Simms (Doll); Rhu1c h e " ·nod (Tenu,-), Ire ne La,,ton· (Pie rrot, Principal Boy). J<n-t.ie Corne ll '( Pru.ne lht, Princ i1,a t (iJrl) ,· Enid n·at1esou (Quu!nt) , l e11n Wood ; Rnth Sell.-ck, Ht>le n e Rrom" (M a)den Aunts).

R ack Row ,.(le ft to right): Doreen Allei.

(S~a•·11me l ); Re n e )lunro ( l-f11,wk), Winsom e Stuart (Tawdry), Gwen Bs-ul,l (Kennel ), B e lle :Mem·lee.. { Rom1>), l>o l'o th,· H o hlil1g ( Love) , F...,<lnn. P en re~ (:\Ionth ) , Hazel Lee (Conuett C), Queenie Howell (2nd Gnnline r) ,·· Iri~ Ch a mhe 1·s (Boy), Lt-sl e, · (i ibson (3rd GiirUiner), Pt>-g gy Forsyth (1st Gardiner) .

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SILVER AND GREEN . a mounted to £74/ 4/ 8, of which £20 was forwarded to the Rev. R. Williams of the South Melbo urne Mission, in fulfilm e nt of a promise made to him last year.

Thi's s um will help in maintaining a n additiona l instructr.ess a t the Kinder .5arten.

The g reat.er a mount, £54/ 4/8, was linked on to the play proceeds of 19 21, iµ the des ire to pe rpetrate the memory of the lat.e beloved Head Master, Otto Krome B .A., by ·t he er ectiqn of m emorial gates at the College entrance. .

The play chosen . was " P runella," or " Lov.e in a Dutch Gard en," composed by La ure n ce Housm a n and Granville Barker .

Throug hout s pecial atte ntion was pa id to the lig hting of the stage, which brought out the bea uty of the scenery, makin g it look like a peep of fairyland.

H er e_ in th.e ·b ackground was the statue of Love keeping her fai thful vigil. Turned to stone, sh e moved only at the appeal of t rue love-and when a cough wo_u ld come.

Her voice was like an a ngel's, and the final t riumpha n t chord fro'm her viol . thriiled every listening s oul.

Our h eroine, in h er neat grey dress a nd mittens,· pe rfectly played the part of qu.iet _innpcen ce. AW"a kened b y Pie rrot, ever y-' 1 , thing to her was alter ed, a nd Miss Prun.ella; descending from h e r window at ."nig ht, goes with Pierrot to ·,. his playground, the w orld."

Her r eturn three years later is i·n gr eat con trast to "the •!merry ·departure, for the garden is d eso; l~t e a·nd Love's s t a tue covered with Prunella's anguish was m a de "leav·e~.

-✓~ry r eal, but at length Pierrot found P ie rrot, Pru.hims:elf, a nd came to h er. nella"s " man in the moon," \Vas the chief a'ctor, and with her interpretation of h er ;iiart, and natµral gift!!, gave the acting I 'thfbughout the strength 'that it . n eeded. , Sclramel, .the servant ·or P ierrot, a n d also ,gf 'the wicked on.e, is the v illa in of : the 'piay, a nd the one who advises his · master to "always yield to temptation." ''His black dress and forbiddin g appear ance quite frighten ed the timid P runella, who didn't think that master and servant w.er e at all alike. Pierrot's band of m umm er s under Scaramel wer e a motley gan g, to be sure. Deck ed in s tream ers, bells, and bonbons , th.ey airily ( ?) danced, a nd s weetly ( ?) san g. The biggest bell rang

Merrylees, a nd her striking dress marked t he jolly girl. Many have been inquiring for the name of Doll's ha ir lotion, whid1 so s uddenly brought h.er s uch wonderful flaxen c urls .

We sympathise with her that the effect could not last for ever.

Tawdr y a nd Coquette suffer ed through t h.e year s with Hawk, Callow, Kennel and Mouth ; t he latter , having lost a ll his teeth, was gibbe ring like an old man .

P ierrot must be complimented on possessin g s uch a fine t enor voice.

It did not sound at a ll " s t range" to the a udience, and no d_o ubt Pi,errot's fastidious n ess was due to his st ate of m ind.

What can we say of the t hree aunts, with their two excelle nt maids? . They were certainly the .essence of propriety, a nd \ve are sure tha t such exemplary adThe v ice did t he girls much good. gardene r s and their boy thoroughly e njoyed their pa rts-gossiping, and t h e exp r essive way in which they hailed dinner -which made us quite s ure that at - least two of theni 'were boarders. Who did not rejoice 'wit'h boy 'a s - Mr. H ead-gard,en er, a nd wish that he had ·had the chance to roll ·some of the mummers und erneath t he h edge, for " saucy l1ounds the y we re "?

'As usual great work was don.e beforehand in connection 'with the sweets, which W!)re sold at the play. Diploma this -year lost its reputation in brin ging of sweet s for th-e play, its place being taken by Lower V. This Form receiv.ed fram-ed photogra ph -'o t the characters of the play, which now adorns it s walls.

Ther e were i:nany boxes of sweets which were not sold at the play, but no loss wa,s incurred; through this, ~s on t he two days following, a w.ell-managed an tl exciting au-ction sale took place outside the Prefect"s Common Room.

The bell loudly rang, 'the a uctioneer's voice ·fill ed the quad, a nd the noise was so appalling, t hat m emb.e r s of the s t aff, a n xious to r estor e quiet, bidded high for la rge boxes of chocolates, regardless of the cost.

The results of this sale wer e many rasping voices, deafened ears, a n d a taking of over £2.

T he famous Wesley College Orches tra, unde r the 'lea der ship of Mr. H . Morris, kindly and willing ly came to our assistance, a nd the music which they so fin ely

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The ir apiJ.'~ ~nt de i°ight in doing this fo r us showed ..the m .to be little g.entle me n Mr. Norman Simpson, o ur producer, receives our highest commendations for the r e markable s u ccess of the p e rformance, whose pr.ep a ra:tions w e r e all inc lud ed w ithin five weeks.

There w as muc,h worry a ttac h e d to the production , owing to the continued outbreaks or s ickn ess, which e ve n occurr ed du r ing the last week Mr. Simpson's artis tic gif t s w er e end. f e lt by a ll who looked upon Prune lla in h e r c harming Dutc h garde n .

- M. B.

Junior Red Cross. ' U nde r the banner, · " I S e rv e," th e M.L .C. Ci rc le of t h e Junior Red Cross is able to present the r e port of a very s uc cessfu l yea,.

A- grea t a dvance on last year h as been ma de.

This is primarily due to a b e tter · organisa tion whi c h h as , broug ht ea c h F orm into a n a cliv e int e r.est in t)le work _tha t our Circ le h as und e rta k e n.

L ast year it was decided that the M.L .C. • s h ould h e lp the Che ltenham H o m e s for Childre n a nd the South Melbourne Miss io n. This was done, thou-g\1 in a compa ra tive!)' s111all way, for th e inter est take n was only amongst .a sect:on of the ;;iris - those conne cted with the Stude nts ' Christi a n Union,"·th e e xecutiv.e of whic h was a lso th e 'Junior R ed Cross Committee., At the b eginning of this year the H ead- · m a ste r and m e mbe rs o f the Staff ex press ed the wis h tha t ttie wnole sch o9l s h ould tak e pa rt in trying to do. som ethin g t o h e lp less fortunate people.

Th e n it was that the F orm m istresses m a d e th e mselves r esponsible t or t h e a ctivit ies of th eir · Forms, a nd a rran ged m eans by wh'Iph each Form s hould work.

The m e mb'ers of the Sta ff wh6 llindly consented to t a k e office w er e: Miss W a lton, L ead er of Circle; a nd Miss P itts .

Tre11.surer. ' Th e Committee was c hosen from the Sch ool.

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All en, R. Dennis, V. Trumble, V. W hall e y, G. S c hmidt, D. Be nso n ; G. Bauld and B. B ~ckett, S ecret a ries .

The girls gla dly too k up the proj ect or garm ent-making for lit tle c hild r en ; a nd , as so many took pa rt in it, the committee agreed to extend our f ield of activit ies by a ddi n g s ix other ins titutions to our list .

Two or three Fornfo d.ecided to work for the same one ; so that in a ddition to the Ch e ltenha m Homes and Sout h Me lbourne Mission, the " Yooralla," " Mon ta gu e," " Boroondara," "St. Jude's " (Carlton ) , and Park Str.3et (Sout h Melbourne ) K indergartens, a lso th e Collingwood Mission, have been h e lped and vis ite d by t:10 girls.

W e we re ve r y fo rtu nal.a in havi ng £ 7 in hand with whic h t o buy the f;rs t mate rials. Thi s was th e result o f a play given by the m embe rs of the Sta ff a t the end of 1922 in aid of Junior R ed Cross funcls .

The Trea s u1,er (Miss Pitts ) distribute d th e money amongst the seven t een Forms . The Form captains colle ct sma il donations each week , whic h in some · in s ta nces ha v e been a ug m e n ted b-y a Sports Day, a t whic h £4 was raise d by F orms D ur lng the s econd X.Xa. and R e move. t e r m a beaut iful parcel of mate ria ls a nd wool was receiv ed fro m a fri e nd who wis he d to h e lp u s.

The Ba lanc e She ets for fi rs t and second t e rms, as presented by t he Treasu r e r (Miss Pitti;), are : Firs t Term._.:_R eceivts , £17 lls. 5!d.; e xpenditure, £12 Os. Old. ; bala n ce (cash in ha nd) , £5 lls. 31!.

S econd Te rm.- R eceipts , £17 lls. 3,hl. ; exp enditure, £12 Os. O½d.; ba la n ce (c as h in hand), £5 lls . 3d_.

From the n10nth of Marc h to t ha t nf Septe mbe r , 750 garme n ts have b een ta ken to the institutions n a med ; also ove i: 100 scra p-books a nd s ma ll a r ticles, such as wash er s .

The garm ents con sist o f dre!;ses, hats, pe tticoa ts, a nd unde rc lothin g.

In the winter sc ores of woollen s :n glets a nd many pa irs of soc ks we r e Pre tty overa lls a nd lighte r k nitted. clothing w er e a ls o given .

Each kind-er g'arden h as be e~ visited b~, a pa rty of girls more tha n twi ce, a nd e ve ryon e e njoys seeing the litt.le children

SILVER AND GREEN. and feels glad that she can do somethin g to make them happier.

Th.e Committee of the institutions have &reatly ·appreciated our work, and severa l special a p-p eals have been made to us.

Our promise of last year to tbe R ev. R. Williams,.of the South Melbourne Mission, for £20 towards th e upkeep of an additional instructress at a kindergarten there, has been fulfilled , through the part proce11ds from the School Play. · · I:fu.r \ng t hird term a n effoit has been m a?-'e· in each Form on behalf _of fur~ishingfl ,. for the n ew Boroondara K indergai·t en ' buildings.

Forms of the average siz-e donated a kindergarten c ha ir ; Diploma, a table; Y.b. Special, a large mirror.

Newspapers have frequently been sent to the Hawthorn Baby Health Centre from two Forms in the School, and from July 2 to 6 a special collection of papers was rnade. ·our Circle Committee keeps in touch ,yith h eadquarters and r eceives the " I S ~t·ve " report magazine. hope' that the girls of our College will becom e m_ore and more interested in the aims Qf the Junior Red Cross, a nd that extenf!i ve · work for oth ers will be one of tlie most fruitful results ~f tlte school-life at the M.L :c.

-A. M. B.

thi ng , even whei;i. . the Major threatened to blow out someones brains, a nd at anoth ei· time-almost knocked the house down.

All were . thrilled by Monsieur Victor'saffection for his Ai;i.gelina, which was sJ;lown by his journeying a ll the way, from Paris to find h er, and even when he discover ed that she was the daughter of •· de o ld lamb," he found himself a ble to love him s imply becaus·e he was " d e fader-of · sl;le."

We sympathised with the . poor, h arassed maid-of-all-work, who ha d t o rise at s ix o'clock ever y m_o 1:ning and slave her life o'ut tq please the proprietor of th_e .establishinent, and fel~ she was j ustified when she, decided upon liberty and r esigned h er place.

Her poor mis• t ress, who prided h e rself on being a descendant of . t!J.e. noble family of FitzPenton villes, \Vas . left to. di sgrace herself by m eddling with frying-pans and gridirons. ln s pite of a ll these minor disturbances, e'ver ything · e nded happily, th e Major finding his "".ife, and realising his stupidity in sus pecting Victor,. w ho can hardly believe that he has, s uch lio11lw11r as to rece,i ve de channante objet de 1,on nd,orntio11. · · Anna Maria, o n d iscovering that Mr. · Spriggins had decid ed to g ive up letting ·lodgings-except letting theiT1 alon.e-ao d r elinquish: h is cla im that •ic;i 0 11 1icirle b'r a:nca:i8, r esumes h er place.

Afte r this interesting comed y, the lit tle ones sang a ver y pretty tambourine song, Birthday Night. a nd their actiops con veyed more to us t ha n th.e words .

Birthday Night this year· had the usual The n ext ite m had t he name of a wellBut in a ccompa niment-plenty of ra in. spite of this,' the whole evening was a · known book and the tune of a popular rag, a nd the parody exactly expressed the great success.

The d ecorations in the dining-ha ll were novel, consisting . almost boarders' opinions of s ix o'clock r isin g.

The . various fashions of th e dHfer e nt wholly of coloured paper str eam ers. school-girl periods were quite unique, :i.nd The boa rder s came do wn to their " high we wondered from whom they had been tea" arrayed in gorgeous· robes of all borrowed. d-e scriptions, a nd were each presented A p r etty and typical Gipsy dan ce was w'ith ·1a gay head-dress. After the c ustom• executed by four of th e - boarders, and a:ry passing of chocolate, and the drinking Miss .S m ythe deserves high commendation of toasts; to say nothing of the feasting on for t he way she arranged the colours tu sandwiches, jellies, trifLes, and birthday suit the g irls. cake, a flashlight photograph was taken Una was at h e r best in "I'm Be rt." S he of ·the whole merry crowd. spoke in the most a pproved sty Le, and . put ·J ust aft ~r seven, the v is ito rs began to o n jus t the corr ect ;tmo unt of side. a rriv.e, all wrapped up in rain-coats a nd T h en we had a du ct by Rhoda a nrl galoshes ,. a nd s oon the Fitchett Hall was Frances, and it was greatly appreciated. filled with, a crowd of girls : who expected a gooll t im e;_ And they enjoyed everyAll of us also enjoyed Frances' r endering

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of · "'Time Will Bring Roses," and showed our appreciation " in -the usual way."

The next item was the cause of much merriment.

Sev.eral girls, each dressed to represent a suburb of Melbourn.e, paraded in front • of us one at a time, · and at each fresh appearance, 1ittle Gwennie goose-stepped on to the stage with a placard bearing the name of the suburb represented.

Although the night was cold, the tennisgirl and the bather did not seem to feel it, and the lun-atic aQd the convict looked as .if they .really had escape(l. from their respective confinements.

The dog and his keeper from Royal Park kept us waitin~. because the dog's coat would not behave. Everybody admired the Richmond footballer's muscles, and the jockey-like gait of the rider from Flemlpgton.

Excitement ran high when the Prahran shopper trundled across the stage with a huge perambulator, filled with the ingredients .for " to-morrow's soup." w.e feel tnankful that we do not have odours as bad as those that are evidently paramount •at Footscray, or "the intemperance that was exhibited at Port Melbourne.

H enceforth we shall have no doubt that Hawthorn can be ·as high and mighty as TooI"a k, and that we can produce at least one golfer as good as any at Sanclringham.

Thanks for this excellent programme a re clue to Miss Krome, Miss Shannon, Miss Delbridge, Miss Smythe, and Miss Whitehead, who spared neither time nor patience in their efforts to make the evening a success.

- J. A.

F ORM NOTES. Honour VI. Scene: No. 8.

Enter Spook of 1923, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Soliloquises.

They grew in beauty side by side, They filled this place with glee; But now they'r-e scatte_red far and wide, Honour VI. of ' twenty-thre-e. *They could spout Cunningham by the Yl/-l"Q, .

,A.pd reams of poetry; · They loved. Horace and BrittanicusAh ! they were the girls 'for me!

Oh, well I remember the fun at the feast That was held in 'twenty-three, For though these girls were such model swots, They were full of mirth, you see.

But ah! the heavy change_ now they are gon.e, Now they are gone, and never can :return.

Then, a ll these rooms, and the garden and tennis-courts, And · a ll their echoes mourn.

This is the moral you should draw (And many sadly need this law!); .

Small girls who would be like these Be good, and always try to please The teachers and the prefects too, So may they then be pl eased with you.

( * They also had many other accomplishments . not mentioned b.ere.

They were too modest to tell a ll that they could do.)

Pass VI. The pas t year has not been very -eventful for the Pass girls.

W-e have played the usual -b asket ball matches, and they ·certainly were exciting. Our first match was against V.a, who wer e quite convinced that they would b.e victorious. But as the match progressed, V.a. supporters became doubtful of the issue, as their form rarely gained a greater l ead than two goals .

Both sides were well supported-certainly " Sixth•• were, if one can judge from the loudne$s of applause when we won.

Our next opponents were V.c. This match also was closely contested, some girls in both teams playing extraordin-arily well. But, un fortunately, we were beaten.

The tennis and baseball matches haye still to be played; but we hope that after them we shall •be able to say that these teams have upheld the "honour of Sixth " as well, or even better, than our basket ball team.

This year ·the Form has had the pleasure of seeing two Shak.espearian plays" Julius Cresar," presented by Oscar Asche, and "Macbeth," presented by Allan 17

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Wilki e. The reason for our great inter est In these two plays is that t his y.ear severa l of the " Pass " girls have joined th e Shakespeare class, which previously has included only "Honour" g irls ; and it mu s t be mentioned that those " P ass " girls who sat for the Shakesp.eare exam. acq uitted themselves creditably.

Accordingly, many of us were anxidus to s ee these two plays; and for the opportunity or going to them as a class, a nd for the fun ·which this 1nvolved, we thank Mrs. Landen and Miss ·Hay ; though we regr et that s ickness prev ented Mrs. L anden accompanying us to " Macbeth," ther eby leaving Miss_ Hay to our tender mercies.

W e would like to tell mor.e of our n ews, but finals are in three week s, so we mus t close hurriedly. But first we mus t say " Good-bye " to those of us who will be leaving at the end of the year, and we send them away with our Form's good wiE;hes and our School motto : " For God and For Home."

cold floor. We understand that a member of the sta ff, s peaking of this incident, made some r emark a nent "over-fed V.a's."

W e may be very dull, but we must admit that although the Sport s a r e now ~ an y months gone, we h ave not, as yet, grasped the point of this r.ema rk, es pecially as our Form's fattest member was absent from the sports, and the two before-mentiDned unfortunate s who s uffer ed mos t as r egards torn stockings and bruised limbs are two of our thinnest girls !

Although w.e ma y not s hine in the aquatic• world , we prid e ourselves on s hef- tering in our mids t the captains of s chool base- and basket-ba ll.

Speaking of ba sket-l:!all r eminds us th at in -the interForm matches we won o ur firs t ga me aga inst Diploma, ·b ut wer e d efeat ed in our second ma tch -agains t a team from the arnalgamate_d VI. Forms. W e understand that they could only manage to get one tern from the two J<'orms.

Tb,e idea of · having one team from the three V. Forms was serious ly thought of, but, luckily for the r est of the s chool , was abandoned on the grounds that it would be too hard on the other F orms.

In tennis, we we re again against Dip-. loma, but wer e una ble to r epeat our basket-ball p.erforma nces by again defeating them, as they defeated us by a couple of g-aines after a ha rd-fought match. · We were ver y pleased to discover at the beginning of the year that we did not need to sit for all our subj ects for our various "inchermeejuts."

W e were still more pleased ( ?) when we round that we wer e to have thr-ee-hour e:xams . a t the end or second term, so that, as was kindly explained to us, we s hould get used to longer exa ms. and not " ma k e fools of yourselves at the public .exams." Stra ngely enough, this kindness of " the powers ·tha t be " wa s not in the slightest a ppreciatedquite on the cont rary. Our only consolation was the fact tha t t~e kind id ea had not been thought out earlie r, otherwis e we might have ·h ad -three-hour exams. first t erm, too!

We have not had much excitem ent during the year, though early in .first term one of our .m ember s succeed-e d In brea~ing h er leg. Thin~s som etimes disapp_e ar

V.a. Notes.

When school re-assembled on F ebruary 14, V.a . consisted· of a bout forty girls scrammed into seats intended for thirty.

To use a slang expression, we 1cere rather " squash ed ."

Howev er, a fter the departure of some g irls and the arrival o r others we found our F orm to cons ist, much to our satisfaction, for the most part of las t year's XX., together with sev eral n ew girls, termed by our mistress in h er more humorous moments, "garden ers." We a lso discover ed tha t a new window had been added to- or should we say subtracted from ?- th e s id e wall , to let more light in, or rather Into, th e subj ect.

The first event of a n y not e was the Swimming Sports.

It's so long a go that we r eally forget , but as fa r as we can r em ember , we didn't win anything !

The outstanding feature to most of us occurred wh en the ba ck of a -seat, upon which a bout a dozen of u s w er e s tanding, su~denly broke in the m iddle, and the h vo girls standing thereabouts w er e (as Dr. Johnson would have put it), "precipitat ed with much v iolence " on to the h ard and 18

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if left about,. but we have condensed the reasons for these disappearances into three possibilities. They have either (a) been borrowed by boarders or other irresponsibles, or (b) been put in pound, or (c) tipped into the waste-paper basket by our tidy form-mistress.

The second r eason is, .we find, the most common, although the first -and also the last are not infrequent.

During second term one of our memb~rs, on r eturning from tennis, was slightly alarmed to discover that one of her shoes had mysteriously vanished.

She searched in vain, till one of last year's V.a. h ad a brain .w ave. The waste-paper basket was examine d, and at the bottom, in company with a miscellaneous assortment of rubbish-voilil.! the missing footwear.

At the School Sports we . managed to secure the senior ,b asket-ball throwing, much to the satisfaction of one lady spectaton She was h eard to r emark before th~ actual goal-throwing, "Oh! I do hope that girl wins !

She's got such a · sweet face!" much to the amusement or the ov:erh earers, and the girl · In question. when she was informed.

Early this te rm one of our Ceachers gave us a i!t tle sermon on the fact that the poor children for whom we w er.e m-aking garments, were " n ever warm and never fed," and asked u s to remember this fact. At the time we were duly impressed, but since the coming of warm weather we have ceased to be saddened by their unwarmed and unfed state. In the s ummer we have no appetite ourselves, s o their lack of food moves us not. And, it seems to us, anyone w ho can remain "never warm" in the hot w.eather, is someone to be envied rather than pitied. Of course, opinions differ.

Perhaps you wonder, 0 gentle reader, on 11eeing so much of our virtues, what our vices are ?

You may find it hard to realise, but, as a matter of fact, w.e have none to speak of! Such things as not doing home work, cutting spares, and " nicking" from sports , are r eally " not done by the best people" (meaning us). . To give a brief resume o(. wh at . wi;l've . just said (or written), V.a • .Is .realiy. the ..only Fonn worth being. in . . In 'the words .

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of one of the poets-either Keats, Shelley, or our Form poet-iaureate (we forget which): " A prize was once offered, they say, For the best Form in ev.ery w-ay.

They put it to tlie vote-The whole School's words I'll quote: 'Need you ask for the best?

Why, V.a.!'"

In conclusion, we would like to wish the b est of luck to those unfortunates who are leaving, and to hope that those girls who -ar.e returning next year will do so after their holidays refreshed and prepared for hard work. Best of luck, a lso, to future gen erations of V.a., and may they enjoy themselves (if it's possible) as much as we have in good old No. 9.

DJploma Notes.

Time still flies! It is now time for us to . b·egin our notes again.

We have always been r eferred to as a Form which does not do any work; but when we are supp!i.ed with roomwarmers ! ! !-radiators-we are more industrious than ever.

If p eople just stopped to think how many of the prefects this year have been chosen out of Diploma, they would realise what a model Form we are.

We . used to have concerts in the Shorthand room given by the radiator, but now it has vanished and it is supplied by the " Laughing Chorus" given by Bunny and Gertie. We •a lso find that Melva is quick in manipulating the water pistol as well as the typewriter .

Our Form Master teaches us to " debit our losses and credit our gains," ther efore we a re h opeful of hav~ng good " credit" bal-ances.

Our t ennis four is doing well so far.

We surviv.ed under the cannonade of V.a.'s ba lls, a nd we hope to survive VI.'s too. 'we w ere not "Pr emiers " at basket ball owing to several of the t eam bein g silly -enough to get the " 'flu "- boarde.r s, too! ..

We are p,ls.Q unlucky in h aving _tw.i:> _gir1s wh9 .are exactl y alike. lri' :the Book. ke'e ping p eriods one generalfy he~-fs · the

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pass your exams. See?" And still another, "Don't you remember, gels? What's the good of my teaching you if you forget?" Poor, ill-used V.b. !

After these tirades we n eed all the fun of Ikey, ' Obe, and Froggy to keep us alive, even if they defy the wishes of our Form Captain, who, with the lLeutenants, has been • faithful to us all the year. Our Sports Captain, too, is one of the oest, and . she deserves a l eather medal for the way ·she hunts g irls to sports on Tuesdays.

We hope next year's V.b. will be as fine { ?) a Form as we are, and get as mucJJ. enjoyment out of life.

it is."

We have done w.ell with the Kindergarten work, our F.Q. having collected over £6 for it. On the last few days of 1st and 2nd terms, the Shorthand room was like a " display block "-all the _garments made . for . Kindergarten being array.ed on· the desks for inspection.

We have had a very pleasant year ·together, and we hope fo win success at ·'ihe end of the year, and· we a lso wish 1 next year's girls the "best of luck."

-E. P.

Form V.b.

At th.e beginning of this year the two Intermediate Forms were cut up and a new Form was .made,- and, as a consequence, we lost some of our members.

However, those who remain have managed to enfoy themselves, and we firmly believe that we are the best· all-round I<'orm in the School. We hav.e not gained special glory in any direction-except that we ,b eat V.c. ·a t tennis-but we a're good at everything, and 'plod along.· qufte· contentedly. . Freddy . claims to " have a pretty wit," .and ~8t,ve~~ perio~S sohnds o'f merriment issue from our Form-room, until a- mistress arrives and tells us' that we " ought to set an example to the junior class next door."

We resolve to do better next · time, but ·_h elas ! nexf time we are told that we are " terrible'" people and "ought to be spanked." As a' dear { ?) · friend of ours ·says, ,,, Such is life!"

We :are very musical as a Form, several of our nilmb'et havin·g passed music or s inging exams. at the Univ.ersity; but our talent is not appreciated by· the teachers, wbo ·send our "auntie" to pick up papers in the quad-an occupation which she d eJights in. · ·We sometimes think that all our teachers get desperate with us, and despair of our ever pas.sing Inter. , We get such words as these hurled at us: "'You must learn your verbs, girls!" and, " Don't you understand ? I r.eally don't see where it's difficult "-this accompanied by a thoughtful pat of the head. Again, another will say, " Girls, yoµ must get on with your work. You will have to work·hard to

Form V.b. Special.

We have not done anything very exciting this year: ':·we have ·h ad bad luck at sport-at leas( .. th.at's what we say.

To . hegin With, two of our swimming team were unable · m compete owing to bad colds. Bessie· was not asked to enter until half an 'hour ·,b efore the race, and ·knowing 'that she · hasn't evlln red hair, we recognise and admire her pluck.

Ba d }.uck ali;;o followed us at basket'ball, ·for we · 1ost to Form XX., but, as in swimming, four · of our team had· the in'fluenza.

We have amon·g · us a member of the Launceston Ladies' College Tennis ·Four, who spurred us on to beat V.c. _Special at. tennis.

After our ·brilliant achievement · on Sports Day, a .certain member of th~_staff apologised for a previous r emark, " that V.b. Special ra_n in _too ladyiike a fashion."

Although we don't shine at_ sport, we ought to be literary to a m_a n, for our Form Mistress does her best to hammer sometimes the works of gre:i,t poets into ·our heads.

We have hopes, that by the 't ime: we are _grey-hal;.ed Old .Collegians:· tlle re may be a lift to No. 14 in the .b.aths building, ·for ,ve ·are · sadly ~on~erned ·ov'er the loss of breath of our popular Form Mistress after climbing the stairs.

Our talents ar.e not only literary, for · we all know how to dance, and any of us who don't know soon learn; at present we hav.e one very apt pupil, who Is rapidly

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SILVER AND GREEN. progressing, and her teachers recognise gem of wisdom appeared in one of our ,h_er as a budding Pavlova. efforts at composition. • This should be a bla nk space, for when W.e are well represented in the fi eld of the time came for our Mistress to look sport by Kathie Forster, runner-up for the 'over the Form· notes, great misdoings were Junior Championship, and Winnie Joyce, r evealed, which she does not want the who won the Junior Baseball · throwing public eye to see ; -but we fear that the contest. In Basketball we beat ·V.b. Sp·ecial, price of'.varnish will b e raised. Below is and then gave V.c. a very good · game, depicted our misery: though we weren't successful aga:n st At· the commencement of the year we· them. So far, we have beaten Coll, V. eLected Dorothy Scholes .. as our Fhrm and' XX.a in tennis.

Captain, and ·Ruth · Thompson and Stella O:ur locker-room key is a cbnstant source Rout to help h er.

May Lambert was of annoyap.ce to us, it being of the species ch·o sen as Sports Cal)tain, and has ab°iy which frequently develops l'egs an·d walks! filled that position.

It once was the cause · of a brQadcast deDuring the second t erm we had the. mis- . ' te ntion over the whole form. The door of fortune to . lose· .. St~lla Rout, who was the· locker-room b.eing solid, an·d the obliged to ieave School owing to the death precious key away on its wanderfngs, it of her father.

We were very .sorry to was impossible for us to enter and get lose her. our books. Evidently deeming this feat Two of our ·girls are entering for. the possible, one of our mistresses treated us Pharmacy- Examination this ye/lr', ·and to the above-mentioned· detention. every good wish is extended to them."

We have both elocutfona·r y talent and We liave ·a glow in our hearts? · .Why? light-footedness, as· was prove'd by an inBecause we have clothed six little children formal· . concert we haa in lieu of a in, summer and winter ~lothes and have geometry· l esson- one day in October. given them a mirror in' whidlr to ho ··= " M;lry Had a Little Lamb " and .. The them what dirty faces they have, ands ho: · · Sailors' llornpipe" featured as favour~te nice they look when • they have· washed •items. We were also treated to a sw6rd· them. dance-and' we still have a sound floor to our Form-room!.

The finaJ's are''1ooming ve ry near, and There a r e two bud.ding acrobats in our s o we shall say " Good-bye" to everyone midst. One is capable of condensing her till 1924, when we shall be no longer V.b. person to such an extent as to be able to Special. get into the cupboard and have the door forcibly closed,. while the other crawled under the pfatform !

Form XX. Being of uncomplaining natures, we Twenty froggies went to school have not m entioned the chem. lab. odours, Down be.s ide a reedy pool; but nevertheless they a r e just as painful " Twenty " girl's now · go to school to us as they have bee~ to past generaIn a place tlial'.~ not. so cool. tions.

We will n·o t mention any more of our There they work, good little dears, virtues, being a mode11t Form; so goodNot one of them the home-bell h ears, bye till next year , when another XX. will For them exam. day holds no fears, be h ere to fo llow our· good example.

And their r:eports do not cause t ears.

Twenty this year is composed of twenty-seven budding geniuses, two of their number being boarders. Indeed, as an instaqce of their aforementioned brililance, we have the information that '' 'Anguish' is a picture painted by Felton Bequest. In this painting Mr. Bequest put some of his best work!"

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Form V.c ..

Many a read.er needs must se:~ · The Form-notes written by V.c.

We decide the grammar rules And set the standards for the schools Home-work is our one delight, Although WEI 11it up half the night.

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SILVER AND GREEN . .On ce .,w.e Hye\!. .i n Fitche~ ~all, . J3µt .. did not .like .it much at all; ·Now we dwe ll down in the dungeon, . . Wher e every.Form can come .to iuncheon , · ,Siggin~ all · the familiar _lays, ' . -~i~e we are puzzling what B. pay?, · Form. V.c. h as naught to fear. ' Although it :,just -began this year, c clt:leaves its fine traditfon· : Of sport, · brains,- S:ifd, in addition, .. ; :•Girls ~ whO inad.e -tlie- Form ·:v.c. r .•The very •best ·at M.L.C.

_Fo. rm V.c. ·s pecial. .

• • J · -V.c. Sp_eci_al . is a new Form ·this ;year, a nd _c onsists · of seven.t een stll.dious ·,and hard-working g irls. 0 1/V'e began th e · year by doing well in s port. Our Form Cap,t,ain, .J:oyce H ealing, won the chaµipion.s hip ·for · sw.im.m.i_ng.

Collegiate defeated .us for ·the basket •b all shield, but our tenn:s four are trying hard to make up for ·what we have lost.

To get to our Form-room w e have to climb several -f.l:ghts of s tairs, ·but the members of V.c. Spec:al are noted for their high spirits, and we always ~anage to wear a grin. If th~ lessons ar.e s ometimes boring, we are never down-hearted; our cheerfulness saves us from getting into man~ scrapes that ·we would oth,erwise get into.

We are dreading the approach . of the final exams., which ar.e now drawing very near, but -we hol}e to do our ,best, becau8-3 1,r nr Form Mistress, Miss l\facDonald, has done h er ·best to get us . on, so .we ,i,r·e goi-ng -to show h er what we can do. : .. · Y..c. Sp_ec:al will say good-bye -'{n~il 1924, when we will not b e V.c· Specia.l any ~onger.

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match, .L!Jl. broke· :J:ier: 1trm, -but -even- 'Y:iOt out her valuab~1;1 ass:!ltance we defeated Lower V. and Coll. V., but );lad the misfortune to _be beaten by R emove in th e semi-finals .

As the saying ,is, " Hope springs ete rna l in the !human breas t," Miss Lewis has quite giv.en up the idea of teaching us arithmetic, but- all the same every day she comes up :with new hopes, but always goes away with them .· dashed · to 'the ground.

Ope ·..dJ1.Y ·:J h ere ·.\Vas a . terrific bang -j-ust .•ou.t.!dd:e our .wlnd.pJY. ·: Mi:Ss-Lewis ask.ed who did, it. ~pj)ody, ans~v.ered. One·, two .. seconds passed ip _ ~.ilen~e · when .a m ember of our Forn:i came int-o th.e room: Aft~r a t ime she ventuFed to whisper to h er next-door neighbour., • " ·How did it go off?" I wonder why she asked?

Now, third term is :well on its way, an·d w.e are all studying hard. Last year·1ntermediate seemed a long :way off, but tliis year we realise that it is well in sight.

The fin a ls are close upon us, a nd as these exams. count to a certain ,extent ·for our Intermediate, w e wish to do as well as possible. · But even through all these studie!l we still find ti!'lle for sport. The t ennis match.es ar e played during thin! t erm .

We won our first _match against Lower V. We wish to thank our Form Captain, Joan Innes, a nd Form Lieutenants Click and Dorothy for their very efficient discharge of their duti.es, and we must not leave out Billy, who coached us in our Flag Race and finally led us to victory.

Our mus ical ml)g1-bers, Es a nd Isa, a:Ji;;o captured the whistling race from all comers.

Her~ endeth our last chapt.er _i~ X.Xa., and :we hope ,we will all be together again n ext year and have as good a time.

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· · 'A:t' the 'beginning of::the :year :·w.e wel'ci-iineli-~ :a · number .of ; n ew :,girls, · arrd · -w.e tli'i-nk-'- -tney have· · all' en.f ayed .their, fir-st year at :>M.L.G.: · . ... , . ·W.e st.ia:rted ·.the· Y_)}aJ, -'~ ~\l in_-spor.t, ·by winni~g:, ' tu.e· Mi.d.!lle ---S~J:i.ool . Swi-I!Hnin_~ Champ. It was· ..a -very unfortunate incident. -tba:t ;juJ>.t pefore .9u~ _fir~t ·b ~S.k.~ t ,-baV

The year is quickly passing away, an!l we shall not be Collegiates for much longer. The final ex-ams:- -are still befor e .us, -but. we,---ar.e very .. ,cheered •;w.he_n. --we -think:· .of the.•eight. weeks' .holiday- after, ,.It -)s· .with . vecy ·aii'ferent iea'lings that we view the end of t~i~_:-1ef.1!1_ to tp_o_S f

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SILVER AND GREEN. with which we, especially the new· girls, viewed the beginnng of the year. We all agr.ee that we have had a happy year, and f or some reasons we shall be sorry to leave Collegiate V. We are fortunate in having Miss Horlock as our Form Mistress. She is much loved by a ll of us, and we wish that she could be our Form Mistress next year also; .but we s ha ll leave that pleasure to next year's girls.

Ethel Gorman is our Form Captain, and Dor.een Corr and Jea n McDonald are our Form Lieutenants, and they hav.e very capably· fulfilled their duties. So far we hav6l no Form conduct marks in our Conduct Book.

Our Form-room is the Fitchett Hall, and as it is near one of the cloak-rooms, where a "Vanity Fair" is carried on daily befor.e the mirror, it is very useful to us.

We thank all our teacher s · for the patient way in which they have taught us. We wish n ext year's Collegiates ev.ery success ; and an enjoyable time on Speech Night, and a merry Christmas is our wish to one and all.

Although we do not -excel in School work, we a re fairly well up in the sportIng world. W e did not gain anything at the swimming sport s; in basket ball we defeated V.c. Special in the first round, but after a very strenuous game in the second round, we were defeated by XX.a.

On Sports Day we came out of our s hells and s howed the onlookers what we were capable of doing. Our flag team r a n second; the junior Siamese we won, a nd .• one of our number (a boarder) was Junior Champion.

T ennis did not give us as much delight as the other sports did. XX. defeated us in the first round.

Next year we hope to do great things, and we expect to br.ing great honour to our future Form in both sport and lessons.

Form Lower V. Lower V. commenced the year's adventures by changing its class'.room. As may be expected, it mad e a wond erful differ ence in the girls.

We -became a quiet, peace-lov_ing class, as the r esult of a heater and the undisturbed solitude ·of Room 19.

This enterprising class at once set to work, dug their hands in their now empt y pockets, and gave freely to all good causes.

To improve our intellectual knowledge, we went to the " world, famed" Museum of Melbourne and shocked our Form Mistress by our wonderful capacity for afternoon tea. We were so impressed with Allan Wilkie's production of King Henry V. that we _decided to try our dramatic powers at producing a play.

Not only are we extremely intellectual, but we have a decided weakness for sports (you may take it either ·way), ai:J.d when barracking our class competitors in· the School sports we amaz.ed the spectators with our wonderful .vocal powers.

Our •budding authors have made many· valiant attempts at verse, prose, and sonnet s, but owing. to the unmer ciful criticism of -the other m embers of our class, they have not met with much encouragement.

Yet we still strongly suspect that some of them are trying to produce a mod ern " II Penseroso" or " L 'Allegro "

Form IV.a.

When we began our year as IV.a. we were deposited in Assembly A. As we increased in number and knowledge, we were transferred to No. 18, North House.

Before we were transplanted we voted as our F orm Captain Mollie Hildebrand, who has fille!l the position excellently, and the Lieutenants, Bessie Lavender and Nancy Legge._ Towards the middle of the term ·,th·e swimming sports took place. Our squad was composed of one leg (Legge), one pig (Peggy Pascoe) , one laundress (Bessie Launder), and a tomcat • . (Joyce Thomas). We were successful enough .for two of our number to come second, and we did our best in the Re)ay Race...

We were appealed to by · the· I,J-eadmaster to help some free Kindergarten. and we chose the Lady Northcote Kindergarten at Montague.

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SILVER AND .GREEN. thusiastically, anq..,)l:yJhe e nd of the t e rm had a fine collection of a r t icles. Dorothy Be nson r e presented us on th e School com· mittee, Bessie Lau nder was our worthy trt!asurer . A few of tis visited Montague 'a nd were ast ounded at the mus ical genius in such small childre n. They e n tert ained us with selections from " Tannl1auser," ·a nd other well-known pieces.

Form Remov e. ·

Our S ports Captain; Nancy Legge, chose a basket ball team to play against R emove. They defeat ed us . We d id our best.

T h e School held their sports o n October 23. We were victorio us in t h e Junior F lag Race a nd some other races.

Unfortunately one of our number, Molly Morris , took -ill and is not returning to Schoo l this year.

Dtiring t he third term we h e ld a concert to r aise money fo r our Mission.

Joyce Love tra in.ed the g irls who sang in t h e s.elect ions. Amo n g other.· items, th e two Pott e r s recited a. dialogue, " A Sli gh t Mis.• take." Phyllis as Rosie, The lma as Allie.

T his was a great s uccess.

Then t h.ere was Mrs. Jarley's waxwo rks. Mrs. Jarley did very w ell w ith her nice s how; she looked very festive in " th e waistcoat the d eceased Mr. Jarley was ma rried in " Simple Simon was s till uns uccessful in his efforts to "catch a whale in a pail." R ip Van Winkle looked very much as though he would like to go to s leep again, a nd looked ve r y upset at being awake ned at a ll. Little Miss M uffett looked very sweet a nd seem ed to eat qui te a lot of_ her curds a nd wh ey.

The "Giggler" looked extremely fes ti ve in pink and blue bows, a nd giggled a g iggle like "Giggler ."

Red Rid ing Hood, as usual, h ad he r bas ket of good things, a nd looked as if s he would like to hav.e eaten t he m herself.

Jack Spratt and h is wife licked ve ry h ard and managed to " lick the platter clean ." In cha rg ing 3d . ad mission, we realised £3 lls .

We have been qui te s uccessful so far in tennis. We beat R emove a nd IV.b., and · a r e · to play XX. on November 14 ·w e hope to go on a nd be s uccess ful a nd t hat IV.a. next year, and the yea r after that, will be as s uccessful as the present IV.a.

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Let. me introduce to you this year's Form R en1ove, which consists mostly of board1ir s.

The r e are twen ty-eight girls altogether, who a r e most e nergetic and s porting. We we r e not very successful iri the swimmin g sports this year ; our com.· petitors we r e Lorna Coliett, Thelma Thomas, . Vei:a Milne, and N ina Silvester .

In basket ball our team proved to be of the best, as we ·were in the fina ls , much to the d eligh t of our Form Mistress, Miss Pa1'sons. Though we were beaten in t ennis by IV.a., w.e a re not altogether downhearted , anrl we hope that our victors will be nw r e successful again st other Forms t han we wer e agai nst them.

Our four we r e: E lvira Ward (Captain), Bertha Behrend, Thelma Thomas, and E lsa F inger .

Miss Parsons has k ept us up to the mark in both spor t and work, as we h ave taken a g reat interest -in workin g fo r the South Melbourne Kinde rgar ten. The parc:il that we send each m_onth contains dresses of every colour and description, and various woollen garme nts. Phyllis '\Vaite, one of our Form Lie utenants, has been a way all this t e rm. We a ll miss her very mucb, as s he co11ected our penni es each week fo r the K inder ga rten . To raise more funcl H for t h,e Kindergarten our Form Mis tress a nd that of XX.a h elped us to get u p a novel sports aftern oon. The compe titors consisted of a numbe r of g irls from each Form. Amongst the events were : Th-~ stick y bun c<;llnpe tition (wh ich caused much am usement amon gst t he spectator s), a. peanu t !'ace, apple clip, a nd many oth e rs.

Altogether it prov.eel to be a gr eat s uccess, the proceeds being £4 8s. 6d ., whi <;:h we halved with XXa. T he d readed fina ls will be here nexl WE1ek, much to our disgust; but holidays will soon be h ere to ch eer us up, and we. a ll h ope that the - future Re movites will have as good a time as we have had thi s· year.

Before we e n d, however, we would like to tha nk Miss Parsons for putting up with us so patiently, and Miss Walton fo r supporting us so loyally in a ll our sports a nd for taking s uch an inte r est in our Form.

SILVER AND GREEN. Form IV.b.

Form Lower IV.

" Three-and-thirty girls are w e, The happiest Form at M.L. C."

At th e ·beginning of t h e year ther e wer e twenty girls, in L ower IV., and at first we did not know wh et h er we would enjoy our s e lves or not, b ecause the ru les and t each e rs are s trict er. But we soon linked up, and now w e a r e a h a ppy band of c hatte rboxes. W e a r e not so free as in Junior School, as we hav-e to k eep up to the mark in little t hings, such as s ucking rulers or eating p e n cils.

When School ·began on FeoruaTy 14, t he r e was 111uc h speculation as to who would be our Form 1\11:s tress, as Miss Willi ams had left. We Were ver y pleasec! when we h-eard it was to b e Miss Krome.

Fi rst term came, bringing the sum m e r weath e r, and the excitemen t of the baths a nd s wimming s ports,. Our form did not win in the fo rm race, but we kn ow our team did th'3i r best , by s wimming strongly.

During tll'j second term W f! played Lower IV. in oosket-ball, beat:Jing th em by e ight eei, goals. We had to play in the gymnasium, as the_ court was too •wet.

Th.e ligh.ts n early cam e to g rief a few times, caus ing much excitem ent. We were beate n by Remove a week later.

Defeat ed by Lower IV. in base- ball during nirst term, we a r e not dis h earten ed , but hope to w in a nother time. But o·u r spirits w er.e ra ised by b eating Lowe r IV. during the third t e rm, in base-ba ll, the scores beiing 17-8.

Nancy Os borne, one of our .g irls, e n tered for a sewing competition at Mye r s , which she won. Thet prize was £3, anrl s h e gen e rously gave it to the kindergarten funds.

W.e played Lower IV. in tennis during second t erm , and a r e proud to say tha t we won. Sylvia l bbott (captain ), R ona Bruce, Alice J effer y-a n d Grace Clac k m a k e up our Tennis fou r .

On Sports Day o ur F orm cam.e second in th e Flag R ace, a nd we think our t eam dirt well, con s idering that one hat! the misfor tune t o s lip -.and fa ll before s h e r each ed the eager , waiting hand at t h e oth-er e n d.

H oweve r, we caught up.

During Second T e rm a ma t ch between Old ColJ.eg ia ns a nd the Present Day Girls was h eld. vVe w.er e ve r y interested, b ecause our form mistress was in the 0. ,C. T e nnis team.

Birthday Night, which was held this t erm, w as well app r eciated. T hough three g irls were invited, only two wer.e a ble t o come, th e wea ther bei ng fit only for ducks.

As it is n ea r the e nd o[ our yea r in Fo rm IV.b, we mus t say "good-bye," althoug h we h ate leaving the old Fonn-room, a nd especia lly Miss Krome.

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Th e first thing we did was to save our mon ey to buy a flow e r pot to put a fe rn in whic h M. F lower gave us, and n ow it is g ro wi n g b eautifully. We then .e lected our Form Captain, who is Joyce lbbott, a nd Lie ute na nts , who are Enid Bowen a nd Dorothy Anketell. Our flag was pink, bu t we c ha n ged it to ma uve · a nd black. Mrs. Ibbott kindl y made it fo r u s.

Whe n t h e swimming s ports came everybody was excited, a nd many colours adorned the g irls; hair a n d d resses. In the afternoon each Form in tu rn was to take a specia l part in the ba ths. Shouts urged the swimm-er s on.

During the year w e joined the Junior Red Cross AssocJation to try and h-e lp t h e poor as muc h as possible by the little s um of money which we coJlect ecl fr.om our pocke t money each week. Whe n we w er e ask.ed to work for the bran pie, we h eartil y agreed, a lthough it meant fe we r v is its to tuc k s hop.

In the second t erm the pre(eet s gav-e a play called " P rune lla," or " Love in ·a Dutch Garde n." W e h e lped in making boxes and baskets for the· s weets. · During the t erm our a nnua l sports came.Unfortunate ly . we~ did n ot wi n th e F lag Race be twee n House a nd Sc hool. School was clefeat-ed, but~chool defeat ed House in ·basket ball match.

On ·wedn esday, October 31, Mrs. Krome open ed t h e hand som e new gat es in honour of our late H ead-master , a nd a ll the Sc hool assembled on the law n s at a quar t e r to three, but we h eld our h eads high a nd d id not get down-hearted .

SIL VER AND GREEN.

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Q.-Why are III.a. girls always tired?

A.--Because they wal k miles · and miles (Vonn.e Miles)".

Q.-Why are III.a. girls like rabbits 1 A.-Because they have a warren (Dorothy Warren).

Q.-Why are III.a. girls like birds?

A.- Because they have ·a mavis among them (Mavis Moulton).

Q.- Why are III.a. girls like th e Zoo? A.- Because they, have Molly (Molly Waters) -A. !<,lower, aged 10 years.

T h e J unior. School _held their own sports this year on Thursday, November 1. Th ey invited t h eir mothers and fathers.

The weather was very disappointing. Just as w e_ were all S!)tting out to the Sports G1'inind down came a dreadful sho,yer.

But later on the sun s hone again, and we a ll had a happy time. We wo uld like to give three cheers for . Jean ~in loch, tl;l,e J~mior School Champion.

She is only a Ii t,t le gil;l, too!

Last term we· played a tenns match with " Ruyton." We beat -them, 6- 4, 6-0, 6- 2, 6- 4. We are looking for.w ard to playing a r.eturn match on Tuesday, November 22.

The Captains of our first and second Fou;.s are Cecil Goldie a nd Dorothy Christmas. We wish them _success again.

Miss Fielden left at the end of the Cirst t enn in order .to tour Canada, England, and parts of the Contin.ent. She is thoroughly enjoing h e r trip.

We hope h e r long holiday will completely restore her health. Has she learned to manage th·e Autograph "Browni.e" yet?

The little boarders had a very happy time on Birthday Night.

Una made a very funny "Burlington Bertie." We aJ-1 enjoy ed h e r song very much.

The five litt,le boarders looll very gay with th eir qua'in t caps in the Birthday Night photograph. · . We · are all ver:r busy now with our breaking-up songs and dances, and a r e looking forward to a v.er y happy holiday.

SENIOR P~ZE VERSJ;:.

The Pream Ship.

The day had spent its golden stor e; The evening hour was nigh: I wen ded my way to tile quie t shore Under the sunset sky.

Night's peace was falling on the land: Day's noise was hushed to sleep; The sun was lighting the golden sand, And gi lding a pat h o'er the deep.

The little waves murmured with the tide, Lapping against the rocks.

Ov er the water a faint )}reeze s ig h ed , And stiITed the seaw.eed locks.

When lo! from out of the h eart of the west, And o'er the pathway ·oright A little ship came glid ing to rest, Batb.ed in the mellow light.

At its approach nQ sound . was h eard, The winds were tranquil now; The sails were or s ilk a nd neve r stirred, And ivor y formed the prow.

Then o'er th ~ sea from far a way I h eard a distant strain, Th.e fairy music of the land that lay Far from this world of pain.

Form Riddles.

Q.- Why is Form III.a~ n early always happ y?

A.- Because they have a Christmas n early every day (Dorothy Chris tmas).

Q -Why are all III.a. girls brave?

A.-Because they have a Bourke among them (Loi s Bourke).

Q.- Why ar.e IILa. girls a lways out of danger?

A.- Because they always h ave someone to warn them (Melva Warne).

The vessel f loated to my feet, And then I saw that it Held stor e of dreams a nd fancies fleet By which my thoughts a re lit. took my gift with reverence clu·e And awe-inspired h eart; · "filled the •b oat with long ings n e w And watched it then d e part.

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SILVER AND GREEN. It sailed away to dreamland vast Carrying its precious · s tor.eThe sun had faded, the glory was past, I was a lone 011 the shore.-K . C.

On vale a nd hill there lie·s a light divine, A gracious gleam , scarce failing to a ttain The day's refulgence, born of lunar s hin~ And skies unclouded- summer's fair domain!

The Call of the Sea.

ln such an hour of natural splendour might Woman's mind find something of that long-lost dower, The simple joy a nd hom ely, pure delight

By Nature giv'n to her who feels h e r power!

Might , learn to r.ead her wordless tale a r igh t In every tree, -and ever y whispering Flower!

- Ida Fithie, Honour VI.

"How strange is t he wondrous call of _th e sea, Which comes with the breath of s prin g; The waves which through winter 's nights hav e roa red, No w of beauty and gla dness sing . saw thee, dark sea, 'n eath t he wintry sk y, Thy waves as black as nig ht ; The y su llenly boomed on th e wind-swept s hore, And my heart felt sad at the sight.

The Music of Night.

Whe n th e last gold.en rays of the setting sun Have sunk o'er the edge of the west e rn sky, Wh e n t h e birds have s ung their las t goodn ight, And in mournful tone th e' cric kets cry,

saw thee, fair sea, from the mountain's •:rest, 'Mid tangles of wattle and f.e rn; Far off thy waters spar]s:led blue At h a ppy spring's r eturn .

Oh! then m y heart felt li ght indeed, And in that fragrant -air breathed a sigh of hope an.d joy, Abandoned m y load of car e.

Th.en the shadows of eventid e melt away, And the moon rises up be hind the h ill, Sweet Darkness draws h er misty clcak Across the earth su s leepy an·d still.

hav e seen th ee, brig ht s ea, on ce more. since then, And b eh eld thy wavelets gay Rippling, t e lling the promise fo rth Of s umme r's h-appy play.

The

brook babbles 11rnr rily down the mount, The owls hoot softly f rom murmuring t r-ees, The haunting, wei rd cri~s of the curlew and mopoke Are wa f.ted along on the scented nig ht breeze.

Ah! ca n ev e r human h eart r esist A call s u clear as thine?

Grea t sea, thou ha st S\ ,rred my ve r y soul W' ith ecstasy di vin e.

-Enid Wad eson, Honour VI.

The thund e r rumbles in warning ton es, The lightning zigzags across th-~ s ky, The· world is bathed afresh by Nature, And pmi se is sung to that Powe r on Hig h.

-Terry Robinson, L ower V.

Sonnet.

Tbe stron g, d eep-souding voice of wiud an<.( rain Is hus h ed to-night; and in the silent pine No p laintive, whisper ing, s piri t-tongues complain Of desecration wrought within their shrine !

Sylvia Creek.

Beyond the ba rre n waste that lies about th e range's base, In gleaming cl.ells a glory dwe lls, sublim e with light and grace!

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SILVER AND GREEN. Beyond th e footh ills bare and bleak, whe r P. sad d is a_s te r s trays, .\. s tream whose song is s weet a nd s trong, , leaps down its rock y wa ys ..

No men have c rm;sed the di s mal plains. its mys tic charms to s eek, Save those who heard the whispe re d word, of softest Sylvia Cree k.

By rifts and ridges flushed with fl a m e, when mild October beams, 'Neath s um)lrnr skies it fleets and fli es, this darling of my dreams !

And far across the chasm'd cliffs , b y rock and hollow cave, \Vhen noon is near ·th e woodlands hear the music of the wave !

'Till, fainte r tha n a sig hing voice that mourns for faded days, B y e ndless mi1.es of f9rest aisl es a s oftwinged echo strays!

- L Fithie, Honour VI.

The Swynk_ere's Tayle.

Ge ntle reader, h e r e followeth a trewe r.e porte of ye Honour VL Physiologie classe and of thire mos t worthi ins tructress, Dr. Haney : A Docte.ur once taught p h ysiologi e, Ina! this worlde he was non ly);: she, To speke of phisiks and anatomye ; For s h e was gro unded in zoologie.

She gave h e r foure pupils a ful gree t dee! fn notes, thro hir knowledge natu r eel.

Nowh er so besy a cla sse as yt ther nas, And yet it semed e b es:er th a n yt was.

For Fre nss h of P a r is could s h e nev.e r s a y.

For hours at hir wo r k she loved to to yle: And often hadd e burnt the midnicht oyle .

A lre we ,;,s wynke rc and a goode was 8he, Lyvyng.e in pees and pa rfit cha ritee.

Doreyne was capita ine of M L .C. , Sh e s em ecl also scole dux, lyk to bee For of hir work to rekene we! bir frogges, And bribe boyes to pull th em from t he bogg.es, To know her brayne and organ o f Cortie, Hir r et y na and qtiadrigemin ie, Hir liga-pectinatum iridas, The scole n e hadde noon sce n e ly k the la sse.

And head of S.C.U. hadd e s he been m a yd e, And ce rtainly she wa s a goorle comraycl e.

Next Evalyne was, a stout girP for the nones, Ful byg s he was of brawne and lek ol' bones ; She was short-sbolclered , broa rl.e an rl the r eto !atte, And broke fu l many a stool on whic]1 sh e satte. ' In he r scole forme s he was not n ear th e best e, In argume nts hir voice rose o'e r the r es te; Fu! we! sh e lyketh of this voice the s ounde, Muche to the m yserie or al around e.

But s he knew much la ngage a nd clalliaunce, And we ! she cowde the h ornepipe da unce.

Enycl e was las t , a slendre cole rite rnayde: In fo rme sh e near the top pl-a ce eve r s ta yde.

Fu! longe we r.e hir legges and ful leo e ; Y-lyk a s taf the r e was no calf y-sen e ; Bu t n ever t h eless she wonn e m a n y a rac~.

S he ha dd e a fyr-reed chernby nn.e's face.

Of fact s hir cer ebrum hadde ful gr e te s tore. s1,.e was the youngest or tha t merrie four e.

Me thy nketh it accordaunt to r esoun, To t elle you alle the condicioun Of thes e fair e girles, as it semed e m e, And which they we r en, and of wha t degr ~; And ~'eek in wha t array t hat they we r e inne: And at the eldest wol I firs t bygynne.

Una the r was ·and she a pre fect esse, With lockes c urlle a s they wer e leyd in pr.esse.

Anrl Fre ns sh she s pake ful fa ire a nrl fe tishl y, She coude smile anrt that ful va mpi s hl y : After th e s tyle of ~\1elbou;·ue-ou-the-baie ;

And now this w.earie tale co mes to a n end e; Adi e ux the physiolog is t s now s e nde - E . Smith_ ,;, Swynker e, labourer or worker; eek, also; for the nones, on this o cca s ion.

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SILVER AND G REEN. Romance.

1l t:Omes on the wiugs or the 11u (ulleretl winds, As they s weep o'er the rolling sea, Or with .glimpses of ships from far-oft' lands'The call of Romance to me.

It comes in the br.eath of the scent-laden night, In the hush before the dawn, In the silver lig h_t of the dreaming moon, And the flush of the sky at morn.

With

the voice of Spring waking all N·a ture from sleep, And the g.entle rain as it falls, And the gladness and joy in the h eart of: youth, ·1t beckon s and whis pe rs and calls.

'Th e perfumes that breathe of the m ystic East, 'The tales of the h e roes of olrl, Still fire the blood of youth and age With a flame t hat n ever g rows cold.

And my h eart is stirred, -and I long to h e free As t he rippling wavelets that dance, 'To rise up- and follow throughout the world , The cal1 of old Romance.-A. K.

The Song of ExE"1)luva.

J.

Should you ask me whence this story, Should you as k m e whence this !?0rrow, I'd refe r you to the Bigbarths, To the place where all girls smile not, To the place where all is sile nce, Save for scratchings as of Steelpens .

To the place of Threeyoursangwish, To the Kingdom of the Bless ed: To the land or Ugodafthere, Where we sit with trembling fingers, Wayting for our Kw eschunpaypers, For our Kw eschunpayp.er s waiting.

Soon, too soon, they're the r e be fore us ; When th e fata l pape r s are cleltout, Aml we !ind out what we' r e to do, On the sheets of n ycew hitepayper. " ·What they mean, alas! we know not ?

All too true we fi nd this saying,

When w e try to do t h e paypers, Whe n we strive from the exam'ners. 'l'o con ceal our lack of nolliclge, In the subjects that they teechus.

N eed I dwell upon our angwish?

Need I trouble you with stories or our ·awful time of branefag?

Sufficient b e to say this, That 'tis c rue lty to Schoolgirls, Harmless, bra n eless, little_ Schoolgirls, T o expect them to pass exams., When like me they have no Branes: Nothing's in their nuts but Vacuu_m, Nothing's th.ere but Emptyspace, F illed with little bits of Nothing.

Thu s in year 1-9-2-3, Amid sounds of g roans and sorrow, Came the t ime of Threeyoursangwish, Came t h e time of " Riteonwunside Of your paper only Pleezegurls ! " Came the time of Joyforbigswats, Of the journeys to the Bigbarths, To the home of Orlthebigdrarfts, To t h e home of Kerasenmells, 'To the R egions of Freezation, To the Kingdom or the Blessed !

- D. Foard.

SENIOR PRIZE PROSE. When Ships are Lost.

I. , Grey h ead and gold bent over the little s hip. In the eyes of the one was the joy of c r eation.

Into th.e ·building of it the ca ptain had put perfect workmanship~ ont of his love for the child. .

She stood at his elbow, h er face alight with eagerness. She took the little s hip and he ld it a lmost rever.ently. The sound of the sea b eat against her ears and the s ha rp salt s mell of it s w ept over her Like a little w ild thing sh e sped over th.e c liffs to the s hore, with h e r treasure--as her father knew she would .

Da maris was not like other c h ildren; sh e was s ister to the madcap l_ittle waves., She lay ori the sands wi th one brown arm around t h e ship , a nd s h e drew it c loser to ner witb. a movement you would have thought half-jealous.

It was wholly maternal.

She lay there till the sea became grey a nd t h e s~n · slipped out of an ·angry sky.

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SILVER AND GREEN. And the water, c rawling up to h e r. kisser] the bare littl e feet softly, caressi n gly.

At .that Dama ris sat np and yon wo11derecl why · s h-e h ac]· b een crying. Bu t you <Jould n ever unde rsta nd.

She s-aw the little ship through a mist of tears; and suddenly, as if she 'w.er e ashamed of h e r selfishness, pushed it into the waves.

It rocle th em gallantly, th,, brave little r.hip.

But at last Da maris saw it beaten down into the s.ea.

Her gift. H e r fath -c!r unde rstood; the spell or the waters, too, wrapped · him around.

The evening gave warning of the night to follow- a night ,,. to make brave men fear. But Damwns knew a dee p passionate· love for it.

The little hou se on the cli ffs trembled in the teeth of- the storm, · but the rocks below 1;tood firm and mocked the frenz y of the billows.

The night called to Damaris; its m a dn ess was h e r very own.

V\111en yellow lightning swept a.cross the sky it showed a joyous figur e on the cliffs- a · little figu r e ju fai r y -..yhit.<i that swayed a nd danced with the wind.

Her father missed her soon ·and came out to h e r. The man knew the cruelty of the seas h e !ov.ecl. "Th ere wili b e lives lost to-night," h e whispered . to the child.

She laug hed.

The sea had ever b een h er play-fellow.

They w.~re dreamers-both.

But the man s uddenly became a father· when be \::tic! his han.d on Damari s ' shoulder. " You're wet, baby," he said, startled, and ... carri ed her into the house and put her b-ack into b ed like any other little girl.

She cuddled down into the blankets and sleepily wa tched him don his oilskin s.

There was work for n\en on the beach · · that night. Then h e tucked her in t end,erly, and she la ugh'e d b ecause his rougll beard t ickled her c h eek wh e n h e kissed he·r .

It was the last time they were together.

Life-savers los.e their own liyes Rometimes.

II I walked past h er often and sometimes s h e smiled. Down in the village when I asked about her they n odded a nd tapped

their heads s ignificantly. But J would not believe it. I had seen h er brave eyes? YCS that had grown qu iet ·with looking fa r out to sea~ ancl al r ead y I loved her. l sat by her on the cliffs on e clay. Her eyes were brooding, tender. I knew they so ught nJore than the shim mering blu e below a nd the w hi te-winged ships b-eyond.

And I asked shyly what she was watching fo r.

She laid a wrinkled , work-wor.n h·a nrl upon mine.

She was old then, was Damaris Harland. H er nature was deep as the· ocean its elf a nd tossed by fiercer storms th-an you can ever know. And the~ wh e n the last storm had raged itself out s h e kne w · a greater · calm than you can ever know.

She told me that s h e was waiting for a ship that n evey came-a ship bearin g h er husband ancl her son s. Years ago it had been lost- y.e-ars ago, but she knew the sea wo uld bring h er some comfor t.

Pity n estled in my h eart fo r h e r. ·W e kept watch together in silence.

The water was not ·a lways shimmering blue.

One night it turned to black and roared a nd tossed in its scalding fury. J sat 'b y my window and prayed now wildly. now quietly, for the poor souls on the sea.

A sudden flash of lightning that split the ve r y -·h eavens fi!Led m e with terror : but a sight I saw in the H1ri cl light gave me strength.

Damaris Harland was clown on the shorr: waiting- waiting . The re she stood in t h e storm, so calm, so su re that the sea woulrl not ie-av.e her always desolate.

I went clown to h e r. My fears were not for my~-elf. Somewhere on the wild wide s::m was my husband-and m y baby. Then J put my arm about Damaris Harland in my pity for h e r- my pity that was so blind a nd so n eedles~ "Come," I said tenderly. " It is no ni ght to b e out in."

She stood there, unheeding.

And her face was lit with a stran ge, soft b eauty.

Sh e drew h e r sh awl from her breast, a nrl th.ere in the gr ey half-li?;ht of coming day I s·a w a tiny ·baby, a ll wet from the sea.

It was m y own li ttle daughter.

God, must I ever k eep si len ce Damaris Harland !-Betty Hall.

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SILVER AND GREEN. once more. The sun came out again and shone bLeakly on t he s ummit of the hill before us ; but not a ray found its way l h roug h the dense, dar k foliage of the trees to brighten the gloolll.

An air of hopelessness seemed to hang over the w hole place. It b ecame unbearable. We turned to cUmb once more the steep, s lippery path, wonder ing what curse .lay upon that gully, that human beings no longer · went the re, that it s very existence was fo rgott e n, that ev.en Natur e he rself shunned its precincts and the sun hid its head as we e ntered there; wha t great evil had happened within that g loomy s hadow; what mystery could the sad waters of th.e s t ream have told us had we been able to unders ta nd ?

-E. M. W .

The Deserted Gully.

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The patli grew narrower and narrower a:; w!f wenl Corward, and occasionall y we· caught the far-off sou:id of runn ing water.

At last, so na rrow it became that we cou ld scar cely force· our w y through the tall bracken on eit her s ide. Severa l t im es we rushed past bushes which had blocked up the track. Great trees had fallen across the path and still lay there, bleached b y tbe weather. We wer.e puzzled by the neglected state of everytl]ing around us, but not till we caught a glimpse between the b1:acke n of a fe rn-gully far beneath us did we r.s-alise we had lost our way.

Nevertheless, hoping we might once more s trike t he right t1'ack, we decided to continue.

The path began to descend Steeper and steeper it b.ecam e, and so slippery that but for our sticks w-e would h ave fallen headlong into the depths below. At last a s udden turning brdught us into full v;iew of the gully itself.

Absolute desolation !

Bark hung from t he gum-trees in gr eat long s treaks, sodden and wet; fern-trees had fallen into the stream and still lay t he re, the water sluggishl y swirling round t heir roots ; watU.etr ees stood th e re, gaunt a nd barren, no golden blossoms betokening the coming of spring to t his lonely pl.ace; our s hoes sank into inches of rotting leaves, oozing a nd s li my, as we s lowly climbed d own to the edge of t he stream. A tenible stillness reigP.ed ever ywhere.

Not a b-ird sang :n th e tops of those g reat g um-trees, and a ll sonnds of the outer world were sh ut out by ,.. th e steep hills on either s ide The flow of t he water was dnll, monotonn11s, and a tone of sadness seemed to mi n g le in its note.

A huge black rloud obscured the s un, a gust or wind moaned through the tree-tops, rus tling the leaves.

Suddenly a twig cracked be hind us. Involtintarily we both s tarted. But nothing was ther e, no living thi n g haunted t his d,eserted gull y. It was probab-ly only .the s n appin g of some s mall branch in t he depths of that great bus h , to which the w itheqid leaves still clun g, r e me mbe ring former days of spr ing and happiness. T he w,ind dropped. Silence, s i!,ence. . . . When we spoke our voices sounded strange, and a distant echo mocked us.

Then s ilen ce

The Deserted Township.

Let u s leave the smok y city, with the r ush a nd stir of its industry, and walk quietly out to the littLe township on its outskirts. We reach the sumrnit ·of a low hill a nd look down upon a pathetic scene - a deserted mining township.

An air of loneliness a nd desolation which wraps aroun d the whole place seems to fill us also as we watch.

It is hard to realise that within the memory .of many still living this deserted spot was a prospernus and flourish ing gold-mining centre. Natnre . has e ndeavoured to cov.er with living green the scar s on the face or the fair earth; but the gr ey rnullock heaps have resisted h er advances, and s t an d as silent witnesses of former activity.

But it is not altogether deserted.

A blue column of smoke curls upwards from one of the few r e maining shing\.e-rooferl houses. The old pub. , n ow more than h alfd,i!apidated, is still standing, and it is h ere that the old fossick er s who haunt the d eserted diggings gather for th eir evening gossip.

Two tumble-down s hops still minister to th e needs o.f t he remaining families, but the trade now comes over the hill froni th.e l!ity.

The road it self. is deserted but tor a flock of geese., who s lowly take their way to the n earest water-hole. Goats wande r about amongst what were once gardens, and in ·their wanderings · they pause to eat the lower foliage of fruit trees.

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SILVPR AND GRF.EN. A brick church was bu il t in the days of prospe rity, a n d it stands near us on the hill.

The faithfu l souls who still gath.er lrere for worsh"ip Sunday by Sunday a r e as pa thetic as the township itself.

But :,vhat tales they can tell of the days now gone!

Furt h e r .on by the bend in the white quartz road is the littLe wind-swept cemeter y. A pi cket fen ce e ncloses a few grey tombstones, the high grasses covering the na m eless gr aves of long;-los t s ons, and on e mor:e pathetic touch- a u ewly-turnecj mound, and on it- a bunch of flowers but fresh ly withered.

Can we picture as w e stan d here the fi r st eager rush of the gold -seek e rs- firs t th e clearing, and t h e n the tents and rough s hanties of the d iggers? The r e, wher e a n old, broken wh im still s tands, th e deepest s haft was s unk and ric h est vei n was t apped in those .early d a ys . Can we see the m e n at t h eir diggi ngs?

One man toils d·ay afte r clay at h is fruitJ.ess claim. H is little s t ock of money is soon exh a usted , . a nd h e . m ust c hoose now either to leave the place or to work for som e mor.e fortu n ate m ate.

He has no t ies to bind him to the s pot, <1nd he goes. Many com e a nd go in like manner. But h e re is hi s n eig hbour, who has struck · it lucky a nd soon builds for himself the first pe rma n e nt hou se.

More houses rise; m e n come and go; and they bring their families w ith them.

Then comes that gr eates t find of t h e wond erfull y rich deposit. Men com e again in a n eager, r·usb, a nd no~ : ,th ey bring machin e r y.

'T'he t id e of life flows full in ove r the hill's to the towns hip, a nd those sam e hills k ept in the tide fo r years .

Th en g rad u ally, but s ur e ly, it e bbs back ove r, the hills to th-e ·smoky city.

The poppet h eads of t h e big min e com e down, and the batter y is h eard n o mor-e. Houses disappear . Som e rail in ruins, som e are burnt, but mo r e are t a k e n bodily to 1, used for ho mes in the city over the hill.

All that m a rks the place w h ere t h ey s tood are h eaps of bricks a nd of c rumblin g c himneys amongst the s hrnbs a nd t r ees of fo rme r gardens.

As we look on this scen e of d ecay, a nd think of it on ce throbbing with human life, a wave or lonelin-ess s urges throug h The wind s ig hs" ·t hrough t h e gaunt us.

trees, and it chills us as w e turn away.

Even as we go, a n ol d man rises from tb.e roadside, . and with b ent head tru dges homeward .

H e is one of the few who still wander a bout th e lonely diggihgs, a n d will so wand e r until they are carried to their last r esting-place in the lit tle winds we pt cem et e ry at the bend of the white qu·artz road.-Doreen Alle n .

The Most Beautiful Spot I J(now.

I h ave a lways called it "My Bowe r,'' par t ly because it is the most fitti n g word foi· this d e lig htful spot a nd partly because of the cr eeper s which twine around the t rees, a nd the luxuriant unde r growth wh~ch s prin gs there in g reat a bundance. [ shall tell you how [ came ·u pon " my bow.er."

I was w-alld ng a long a bush track.

To the r ight I noticed a s t eep incline slo pin g toward m e. The day was ver y hot, and as I was feeling e ner getic, I comme n ced to climb th.e emba nkm ent.

It was covered with ti-tree a n d s hrubs of various ldnds.

S traggling gums clotted the s·icle of the hill. The undergrowth be ing thick a t first, I ma d e my way cautiously, but fi nding that I did not tr ead on a s nake at ever y s tep, I quicken ed m y pace. S udd.en ly it seem ed as t hough the world h a d slipped from b eneath my feet, a nd I was falling throug h space.

W h e n I recovered •I fo und t h a t I had stumbled into a rabbit hole. My a nkLe was slightl y hurt, so I thought that I s hould r est a while. On look in g round, I no.t iced , so me fami lia r shrubs which I had seen growing in our t own gardens.

Thinking that t h ese shrubs must have been planted by someon e, I labori ously m ade my way towards th.e m , a nd, forcing a passage, I cam e upon m y bower.

Th e firs t thi n g I noticed was a curiouslys haped tree-trunk, s haped like a n armc h a ir. Cling ing to it were creepers of m a ny k inds, of w hic h on e was the y ule-time S inking clown upon m y .armm is tJ.etoe. c ha ir (I h ad a lready assumed _pro_Pri e to rs hip) , a nd be i·n g more tired than curious as to m y surroundin gs, I closed my eyes as if to s leep. Gradually my bower seemed to come to life, and, one after anoth er, voices filed the a ir. F irst, the busy woodpecker w ith bi s "chip-ch op," th en the other birds

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SILV.ER AND GREEN. A dog howled, the mo11rnf-u l no:s e joined in the chorus w ith lhe bu zzi ng insecls whic h I ha d frig hte n ed away. This seemed to c ut the v er y soul.

The n th.e was indeed a nove l experience,. and I felt noise of run ning footsteps, the s hou ti ng. that I loved Nat ure from that m oment . the murmur, t h e clamou r of a n ewly-awak• My • bo"1e r had a lready become someth ing en ed c rowd rose upon t h e n ight. important in my li fe, som e thing w hich I Out in the b ay a lone ship rodrnd, h e r could not -eas ily thrust out. I do not know lights of d istre~s gleaming faintly throu -:,;11 ho w lon g I re ma in ed there; but it was d ethe du ll night. Few were the yards that lig htfol me r e ly to sit and listen . ·w h en I bri.dged th e way between life and death. da red I g radua lly open ed my eyes, to find few the awful br.eak e rs that crashed bedozens of merry-little ins ect s buzzing about tween , few the souls tha t lay like a E-acri• qu !t e near me.

The birds while singing f ice before some heathen god, few- but watch E:d me closely as if th.ey ques tioned enoug h. Enoug h to break the hearts, to my presen ce in their kingdom. It was la t e bring th,'.l tear s, e no ugh to pave the d a n k , when I left , d e te rmined soon to return. black path that leads beyond this li fe.

Aft.e r a few v is its to my bowe r, I made The wind, that winged h orror, seemed to fri e nds with the b:r ds a nd used to bring laugh, to send the waves high e r, -and taunt the m food . Often I took my bool{s a nd the m with distress. r ead till tired.

Then I would s tud y m y Then a g reat, trem endous wa V ') Ii ftc cl I'.ttle frie nds whilst they worlced. I b1:ought t h e ship, like a n autumn lea f upon t'; c a large woode n box with m e . on e d·ay a nd wind, high into the air, pausing there, high used it as a provi s,:on c upboard.

I h ad over t hose jagg..~d. dreadfu l roc k s fo;· one made a c us hion during my visi ts to m y long, ghastly s econd; then ,y:th a sucld en bower, and this, too, I k ep t lock ed ther e. rending crash it dro·pped to th e rocks, like Many idle days I s p ent t h e re, a nd I lovetl some pure soul to pe rdition. ev-er y part of my little r esting-place. The r e Sudden, and h orrible, a s ile nce see m-3d I firs t realised the maj esty of Nature. to fall.

The waves, the n c rash:ng v:oMany months have passed s ince last I seerned t o fade fa r away; the· w intl lently, visited my bower, a nd I fear that m y s eemed to silence its n oisy wail, a n •I little bird frien ds may have forgotten m e. fai ntly the sounds· of night s~em e cl t o cl 'sThey did love m e, but time will prove a pp_car in to that see thing veil of hor ro r whethe r t h eirs was covet-love or not, for s oon I s h all r eturn to m y bower a nd sh all - B y " Scotch," XX. unlock m y box a nd take m y cush io n and s ink dow n upon m y arm-c hair, a nd call · m y Will th ey a nsw er pe ts as I used t o do. m :: ,:Her my long absence?

Out of Sight-Out of Mind.

- Olive Perry, V.b. Special.

Essay on "A Shipwreclj."

Clang! ... tl1e bell cmshe<l ou t through t h e d ead sti ll of the n igh t .. .. Again wit h a j arring, r end i~g n o'. se it clefr tl!e s ilen t air. What was it ? A fire-bell , t e lling of d.eath-a c hurch bell calling of peace- or, as it sounded with its half-mourn ful, h alfominous clang, a death k11ell- or was it ring in g to tell of a s hip at sea, in peril?

Agai n it sou nded, a cl ee p-th i-oated rumble, c ra s hing t h rough t he air, spli tting l h P ea r with its a w(u l sudde nn ess, cutting t h rou gh the gr ave-lik,e stillness o t' m :rlni g ht.

Then a si le nce, dull, oppres3ive, hung s ullenly on t he n ight.

Just the r.everse! But William was t il e limit. Yeste rday h e went to t h e movies Rus hini; a n d s aw a cowboy picture. home, his h ead teeming with ideas, h~ pret e nded to sh oot -h '. s innoce nt fath.e:·, who was calmly weeding the lawn , a n d comple tel y knocked him over! When e ver a s tranger a s ked his fa mily about "cl ea,· little VVillia m," t hey jus t s hrugged t heir shou lde rs and s pread ou t th eir hand s in a gesture of desp air. In misch ief William was blissfull y happy.

Scratch in g his broth er's bike, .us ing hi s sist er·s h at a s n hoop, tyi ng his ba by brotl:er u p as ;, "papoose " when playi ng " Indian s ," was Wi ll iam's d e ligh t. No wonder hiR family gave h im up in despair.

SILVER AND GREEN. A Daring Deed. \Vi lliam's grown-up bro th.er was s hot with C upid's dart. The viclim was a maide n who lived "next doo r ." His moth er kind ly a llowed him a " g rown-up" pic nic by th e r ive r , a n d Be rt d r essed himselt' up fo r the occas ion. "The m a ide n n ex_t door•· was invit ed, and ever yth ing was ver y e laborate. The par ty started off happily, Be rt abj.ectly wors hippin g with his eyes·.

W e must now follow the action s of William. Hi~ brother , Be1,t, l)ad a . n~w bicycle, and William was- just , ,aching to do more mischiet. H e had tried riding a bike at a cobbe r 's place, and thoug ht h e mig ht b e able to ride it. Ah, .eve r yo ne was out of sight. H e mig ht da re to, and h e did!

Gingerly bala n cing the bike again s t a seat, he car efully got on · it.

Riding a long the d rive, h e got on very we ll, but it was when h e tried ridin g out in th e road that t h e catastrophe happen ed .

He could not stop riding ! On and on h e we n t , his s mutty face gnirn and set, just g uidin g anywhe re , till h e came to the r oad b y the river. The happy p icnic par ty we re o blivious of Willia m 's presen ce,' till, h a nd• ing dai ntil y a plate of sandwich es to hi s love, Bert's ha nd dropped- h e b ecam e William jus t rod e into the pe trifie d. rive r ove r the b e loved's toe Pulled - out a t last, h e made excuse, "Well, Be rti e s hou ldn 't get new bikes. I don' t care."

Discussing it afterwards, the family a g r eed n e ve r to r efer to it again, t h e s ubj ect was too painful.- R. H ea t h .

old, and stands n ea r t he rive r T h a mes, beside the old churc h, w he re the village rs have had uninte rrupted churc h service fo r on e thoti&and years.

One S unday morning, the present Vicar took us up the b elfry tower when the be lls were ringing for the serv ice W e we re surpr;sed to see h o w la r ge they we re, and that eaeh h·a d an inscr iption carved o n it.

It w~s idlpossibl e ey e n to h ear anybody ~hout, th e n oise was so great.

Cookham is on a ve r y pre tty part of the Thames, where th e re a r e man y graceful Near s wa n s belong in g to the King.

Bourne End . the re a r e b eautifu l homes, with g: rdeos s lop:n g down to th e ri ver .

On e day w e went out punting.

We wobbled from side to s:de, as a punt is ver y hard to manage. The r e is a toll bridge• ovf r th e rive r , on one sid e of which is Be rkshire, a nd on the oth er is Buckingha1~1shir e.

N early ev e r y village in E n g la nd has it;; H igh s treet, a:n d the one b elonging to t h is vi llage is mos t pi cturesqu e, having s ix shops a nd three inns . A littl e way fro nt the village is th e. Odney pool , which in s umme r is used fo.r bathing; it is alway~; fresh and . clean, for a backwate r of th•!

Tha m es flows into it.

At one e nd of the village is a huge, s tone, worn s mooth by age. It has been the goal o f t_he village s ports for hundreds or year s , and is known as the Tarry ston e.

The morning we le [t Cookha m was a co ld , dull gr ey o ne, typical of a n Eng lis h winte r.- Margare t Salt er , Lower IV. age 11.

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An Old English Village .

During our visit to Eng land, we s tayed at Coolcham for t h ree mo n ths.

My brothe r and I atte nd ed a s mall privat e school in th e mornin gs, Sa,tur days in cluded · In the a fternoons we we nt for lo n g walks in the country Ia n.es, or drives to places of interest, on e of whi c h was \1/indsor Castle. We s p en t a very e njoyable afte rnoon th e r e. a nd wer e partic ula rl y interested in th-e Curfe w Towe r.

"Church Gate," Cookha m. B erks . was on ce the r esiden ce of th e Vicar of Bray, w it h whose name we a r e a ll famili a r in the son g. The house is five hundred years

Persia and the Goldfish.

"No, Pers ia!

You may look, but you mus t not touc h . Those a r c pretty little goldfish, and they're not fo r pussy-cats," Peggy had h ad a .birthday, and the goldfis h we r e a present from h e r fath e r. She was ve r y fond of a ll kinds of pets, a nd last birthday h e r fath e r h ad g ive n h er a beautiful P er s ian cat, which s h e h ad nam ed P e rs ia.

Per s ia becam e ver y in te rest ed in his ri vals. He wo uld sit for hours a t a time gazin g a t the gold en beauties. On e sunn y morning h e had been watc hin g them fo r

SILVER AND GREEN. some time, a nd though t t hey n e ve r looked so b eautifu l: The s un s h on e on the ir glitt ering backs, ma kin g the m look brighter tha n ever as th-ey darted a bout me rril y.

If P e rs ia had b een wise, h e would h ave gon e away a nd left t h e fis h , but h e thoug ht he would like t o see th em out o f So h e cli mbed on 't he lo ,ver th at bowl. pa rt of the stand w h er e th ey were, a nd, holding on w ith one paw, h e put the othe r one up and clutch ed the glass .globe.

"No w I'v~ got t h em!" tho ught P e rsia .

But h e h adn't.

H e got som e thing h e hadn't b-argain ed for! Just as h e got his paw in J;he glass, down it ca me like a s hower b-ath on top of him!

"Pe rs ia! P er sia! You n a u gi1ty cat!

Wha t h ave yo u b een d oing?" .excla imed P eggy, on h earing tlle com motion, a nd sh e cam e running into th-e r oonl A misera bl,,looking object , wet and cold , slunk b ehind the curtain . . P eggy q uickly picked up h e r poor goldfish, a nd popped them· in a bowl of w a t e r. 'l'he n having gather ed up the broke n g lass, a nd dri-ed the floor, s h e sought h er disobedie nt cat . Showing him the sta nd, •and the bowls, she gave him a good whippi1:g, a n d, t hough h e strug gled a nd m e we rl, h e kn ew h e deserved it ali.

- La ure l J enkins , Form IV.b.

JUNIOR PRIZE PROSE.

The Star Fairies. " Oh, I'd like the moon to play with, And the stars t o r un a ,va y with!" sigh ed Belle, looking up a t the stars in the da rk-blue s k y.

It wa.s a s ummer nig ht, and Be lle was sitting in th,e s wing in the garden.

"No, I can't gran t you that wis h , but I t hink I can s how yo u some thing n early as good," said a s mall voice a t h er elbow. which ma d e Belle jump with astonish•

me_n t. " Oh, d ear! you n early knock ed m e down! " cried th.e tin y v oice " I'm s ure, if yqu 'r e so clumsy, I couldn't t a ke yo u t o the s tars in my airs hip, for you m\ght tumble out, a nd tha t would n ever do."

Then Be lle per ceived a t in y fairy in a t iny airship floating round the rope of the s wing . She was dressed in a s hi m mering garment , which s hone like gold, a nd h e r wings seem ed to b e m ade of s ta rs. " I'm a s t a r fai ry," sh e ex pla ined, "an d m y n a m e is Twinkle-wink. Now, jump in, Be lle, and I'll t a k e you t o our a nnual ball."

Of course, Be lle t h ou ght it a bs urd to think she could get in a tiny a irship like that. Nevertheless, sh e fo und h er feet in, and-amazing\_fac t! - found th at sh e wa~ a ble to s-it in the s-eat ! " Now," said Twipkl_e-wink, "sit quitE> s till, a nd we'll s oon b e the r e."

Tiley a rriv ed, and came to the · ba llH e r e th ey we re receiv.ed w it h room. much cere mony, for Twinkl e-wink was the Queen's H ead Messen ger , a nd Ben e was the first mortal that e ver v is ited the Star fairies.

Tlie Queen was very gracious t o Be !J.e, and said that sh e h a d a v er y fairy-like name. The fairi es th·e n danced in their -pretty frock s. W4en the ba ll was over , a butte.r fly fle w ·in, carry ing two blue-be lls, d e ~v-filled, for t h e . Queen a nd B eile. The li t tle g irl thoug ht it the nicest d1ink s he h a d e ver taste d.

But now Belle v1as r ead y t o go h ome in the·.· aiirship with Twinkle-wink The Queen besought h e r to come again on Mi°dsummer's Eve, w h e n t h ey wer e h a ving a ma gnificent ball, to which the Kin1a of the Moon was coming. To thi s Be lle r epli~d that she would come.

Whe n sh e r ea ch ed home. tired but h a ppy, s h e thought it to b e th e pleasantest e ve ning sh e ha d ever sp.ent, and Mids ummer's Eve would be jus t such anothe r.

- Lorna McDona ld, F orm IV.b. '

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News of Old Girls.

Madge Gault, h·av ing r e turned from l!,iji , is t eaching at " Korowa," a nd Miss Wheen , who h as been teaching in Epgland fo 1· two a nd a h a lf yea rs, is now a t Burwood Ladies' Coll.ege, Sydn ey.

D r. M ary L a n e is in L a unceston, a nd Dr . Hilda Kin caird is in c harge of R enwick Inf-ants ' Hospital, Sydn ey.

Of last year 's g r ad u a tes, D1·. Ad e la ide Ga ult a nd Dr. B eatri ce Shar woocl are doin g h ospita l wo rk , a nd Rita Co llins is teaching at "Ruyton ." Sylv ia Rot hstad t took h e r B .A , a nd Ruth Ros e nber g lier MA. Degree at commen ce111 e n t of this year. Phy llis Ash worth is doing Scien ce III., Dorothy Flockart n ad J ean H eyward Scie n ce IT., a nd Joyce Semme ns S cience I., w hile A m y E n gli sh a nd W innie Gaw ley are doing Ai·ts III. , m yself Arts IL, ·a nd Haidee Car ter a nd Isabel Rei d Arts I. Mary Waite a nd Amanda Li e b er t are do in g fift h y.w r Med., Rita Rothstadt a nd Bl a n c h e Godbehea r have p,assed t h eir thin! year Med exam s ., I th ink, but M ed . years a r e very con fusing.

Ruby M ille r , who h "~ ga ined t h e A~sociate Licenti ate a nd th e T each e rs' Diploma for Elocution , is to g ive a n E locutionary a nd Dramati1e R ecital at "'fl1e Playh o u se" on 11th December.

M r s. Kumm (G. Cato) and her ch ildren a r e coming t o A ustm lia in Octobe r.

Mrs. Cerutty (Isab e l Schultze) h as been li v ing in Hobart fo r the las t ·y ear , and h a s seen E lsie R idge, · who rnoto r erl fr om L a un ceston .

Mona. E ll iot passed h.er final examinatio n. and is still at t h e Bendigo Gen e r a l Hospital, but is goi"n g · hom e for h e r holidays at th e encl of h e r cou rse. · V e ra Loft is livi n g at Milcl ura, a n d ,has m e t man y M L .C. girls there. She often h e ars from Mrs . Cliffo r d (May John s ton ).

M uri el Crom b a n d Be th Willia m son h ave comple t ed th e ir n ursing course at t h e A lfred Hos pita l.

Other M.L.C. g irls are train ing there, i n cl uding Sil via Hinchc liffe.

Mr s. H eycock (Alice F oster) is on fu rlough from Fiji, prior to her leavi ng for the So lo m o n Is lands.

E ls: e Harcourt has b een v isitin g Wa ngaratta, and m e t Olive Catford, now Cano11 \-Vray's w ife.

Betty La ven;, wh0 is li vi ng in London, has vis ited Oxford a nd Cambrid ge, a nd s h e a nd he r broth e r recentl y to ured Essex on bicycles.

Hilda Robinson bas r eturned from Engla nd.

Kathleen F o r syth is s pe n ding a holiday in Bris-b ane.

Dorot hy Be llrnaine has left Melbo urn e, a nd is now living in Sydney.

Ida Sellick came down from Numnrkah recently a nd spe nt a fo r tnig h t_ with Edith Mille r .

J ess H auser is teaching at Gr eenwald, n ear t h e Sou th Au stralian borde r .

Winnie McLeod, Dora Wade, a n d Mar y McCallum a r e on the nursi ng staff of the Children's Hospital.

Murie l Rodela is nursing at th e Coas t Hospita l, S ydn ey.

Dora McCallu m has b een stayi ng with V ivien F letch,er at Wagga.

Dt1ring h er v is it t h e r e Mrs. Craig (Eth e lwy n Fl etcher) a nd Mrs. Da ust ( Dorothy Fletcher) wer e home on h oliday . E ls ie E yles was also in Wagga.

An n ie D ufty, of Lorquon \-Vest, who is leav ing in F ebruary fo r England, has been s taying with Mrs . A. McCallum in Ma lvern .

Sis ter Gle n ny (Eileen) passed ber final examination last May at t h,e Balla.r at Hospital. She a nd J ean Scholes have r ecently r e turne d fro m a deli ghtful holiday in th e Gr ampia n s .

Lilian Buck is stayin g with Noela Pearce at Merbein i'or two months.

L il ian Dainty and Gwen Meaby h ave been s pending a delightful holiday on Yo rke's Penin s ula, South Australia.

T h e lma Fletch e r is Ii vi ng in London w ith h e r mothe r.

L orn a Sti rlin g went "hom e" earl y in Marc h . She still wri tes most inL:ir estin g a rtic les fo r " Mus ical News."

K. R e nn ie a n d h er moth er have a flat in town for a few months.

E la ine Zelman is now li ving a t Hepburn S prin gs.

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SILVER AND GREEN .

Violet Kerr has b een to Si n gapore for. -a. trip.

May Shan ass-ey has charge of a hospital iu Queensland .

Gracie Williams has pas:;ud In te rmediate_ Pharmacy.

Daisy Taylor is private nursin g for Dr. Coutts at Rushworth.

She r ecently visited Tasmania, where s h e met many old girls of t h e College.

by applyi ng t o th-e S ecretary at ·the adtlress given below.

Olive Dodd, Hon. S ecr e tary.

"Be lla Vista," Cotham Road, Kew.

University Notes.

Dear Sch ool,- lt is very cheer y to have yo ur request for " Queen's Notes," alt hough we ar.e in our last week before "stew vac.," fo rtunately not quite so panic-stricken as in our first year. \~'e rejoiced to welcome three more olcl Collegians to Qi.1een's this year- Joyce Semme ns, H aid ee Carter, a nd Isabe l Reid.

Indeed, we ar.e justified in welcoming newcome r s wit h s01• ·« pride, for we, now. have our two artistic and comfortably furnis hed rooms for Wyvernas.

The Wyverna Club h as held its usual three functions dUJ'._ing t h e y.ear. Early in f irst term came the welcome to Fresh ers, when D r. and Mr$. Sugden ente rta ined u s a n d Dr. Sweet gav.e a most delightful inrormal lecture about h er recent "Cape to Cairo" trip Our se_c ond-term " party" was in the n ew Club-rooms, a n d the Annua l Dinn er , as usual, in t h e Lyceum Clu b on September 1. _ Dorothy Flockart again captained the Women 's Four, which met Trinity in the first round of the inter-collegiate tenni s, ea r ly in Septemb.er. Trinity won by fonr rubbers, but Queen 's fought quite gallantly, a nd bad the h onour of los ing to the inter-coll.egiate ch ampio ns. Our t eam consisted of Dorothy Flocl<;art, J ean H eywood , Isabel Reid and Isabel Kefford.

Th e Sports Club kindl y gave permission, this year, for College blaze rs for the wome n , and for the first time th e Wyvernas w e re asked to b e h ostesses at t h e Quee n's Ball.

As most of you know, I suppose, th e Ormond a nd Queen's Women's Associations bega n a h ostel, this y.ear, t o serve their r Ps pective Colleges u ntil the lon g-d elayerl Women's College s hould com e into be ing .

U n fortunately it was a little late b efor <' the hostel sch eme was la unch ed-at least late enough for most girls to h ave made other arrangements. The r efore the hostel has I>roved a financial loss, and t hough

Old Collegians' Club.

The past year h as been a very successfu l on.e for the Old Collegians' Club. We h ave had many e njoyable re-union s, including the Garden Party, a picnic to Black Rock, a Literary Evening at t h e Lyce um Clu b, when Dr. Georgina Sweet gave an illus trated lecture on her trip through Africa; the Day at School, and the Annual Dinner.

To us the School Day was an unqualifi ed success, for it not on ly brougl1t many old girls wh o were not Club m embers a nd resulted in their joining, but it brought u s a ll more into contact with the o ld School and t h e present girls.

The Council was delighted with the e nthusiasm shown by the g irls and the h-elp given by the m to make the event successful , a nd everyon e is looking forward to another enjoya-b le clay next year. ·we hope that this day at School will permanently bring the two parts of th e College-old girls and present g irlscloser together, a nd w ill str engthen the interest of all in its welfare.

The objects of the Club , as set out in the Rules, are: 1, To k eep a live old College frie ndships; 2, to provide social gath-erings amongst m embers; 3, to m aintain intellectual habits of life ·among t h em; 4, to maintain sentimen ts of loyalty to t110 College. It is, th er efore, a pparent that the Club ofters the best attra ctions, and we hope that all girls ove r sixteen who are leaving School at the e nd of th e year will make it t h eir first car e to become m embers.

Membership for girls leaving in Decemb er is 2s. (this lasts till S e ptember); full member ship is 5s., and coun try m embership 3s . 6d. All g irls can b ecome members 38

SILVER AND GREEN. this had been rathe r anticipate d for th e t,rst year, the general meeting called r ecently to d ecid e the [uture of the hoste l ~howe d a 111ajority o[ l:autious ones, so th e hos tel l:c;isecl lo exist in Dcce mbet·.

The Queen's magazine, "The Wyvern," which had lapsed for some ·years, has been 1·evive cl, with much splendour, this y ear. !ls materia l beauty is fitting only for its literary excellen ce.

In particular I am ind ebte d to it quite 1-a rgely for saving m e 111,e ntal e xertion in writing these notes, t hough I suppose few o( you would know that if I had not the honesty to tell you.)

I clo h ope that more a nd more or you will come to e njoy thi s wonde rful 'Varsity life, a ncl Quee n's lite as well, i[ possible.

Now that th e n ew wing is complete d.

Queen 's is a most romantic College, with a wonderful vi e w from the top of its proud Norman tow.er, an d a r ea l live gh ost which makes its doleful plaint on w i nd y clays in some untraceable r egion of the towe r library. It is no o rdina r y whistle, but a most musical, half-happy and h alfm elanchol y cry: a fittin g g host for s u ch noble surroundings. T h e new chape l will be a ve nerabl.e relic of the past in no time, for a lr e ad y it h as quite a metl ireval atmos phe r e . But you must come and beholcl these marve ls for you rs e lves.

With best wishe s for e xaminations arnl t h e summ er vacation .- ! am, yours si n cer ely, ISABEL · HODGSON.

Mrs. A. S, Wilkin son (OlivG Williams )a s on. l\Irs . J . S mythe Yul e ( Floss 'fr egearJ -a daughter.

Mrs . P. 8tah cl (llosamoud Wih;o11)- a son.

Mrs . 'f. l~itchett (Dorothy. H eath) - a son.

Mrs . D . B. Reynolds (Mer le Scott) - a claughter.

Mr s E. Carte r (Doris Bowrin g) --a s o11.

Engage_ments.

The foll owing engage m ents hav.e 1Jee11 announced: ' Charlotte E c!warrls to Mr. Da vi<l son, ot Coo tam und ra.

Nellie Jacobs to Mr. Matti n so11, brother of Barbara.

Marie Bryce to Dr. T. Millar, o f t h e Melbourne Hos pital s taff.

S usie Kohler to Mr. G. Monie .

Lexi e Winters to Mr·. W Iloughh ead, of Ruby, Gippsland.

Jean Glov er to Mr. Eric vVhite, of Cressy.

Eva L en n e to Mr. F. Benda. o( Arl e la i<le.

Kathl e en '\¥arc! to Mr. S. Cald er, or Reel Hill.

Mabel F le ming to M r. G. Ar·ch e r Rita L en n e t o Mr. 'l'homson, of Arclmona.

Olive Sh e nfi e l<l to Mr. N. Rardser, of Auburn.

Eleanor Ellis to Mr. N. Gay, of Lang Lang.

Tri xie L eggo t o Mr. Dougla s Stone.

Ruby Mi ll e r to Mr. C. Llo yd Mor gan, ot Canterbur y .

Ed ith Mi ll er to Mr. Roy Harpe r. _1 Thelma Lee t o Mr. St:r nford Howart! , you n g.es t ,;on of R e v. H e nrY. J fo wa rd, of Ad elaide.

Births.

The Old Collegians' C lub offers cong ratulations to t h e following: Mrs . Bland (Mar gare t Campbell) - a <la u ghter.

M rs Kumm (Gertie Cato)'.- a son.

Mrs. E. Straw (Ivy V{illi ams) - a son.

Mrs. E. Bedggood (Vera C r aig:.e)-a daughter.

Mr s . J. Andrews (Ma r y McComas) - a daughter.

Mrs. H artwell (Leila Barker)-a son.

Mr·s .

Firth (Margaret Horlges)- a dau g hter. , Mrs. Rob ertson (Eva Gaylard) - a son.

Mrs. Gray (Myrtle Kellett) - a daughter.

Mrs. C. All-an (Connie Wae rn) - a daughter.

Marriages .

On 12th May, Hazel Laughlin was married to Mr. W. R. Harkness, of E'.lst Malvern .

The marriage of Hazel H a ttmn to Mr. Harold Albis ton was c elebrated i11 th e Quee n's College Ch a p e l in August.

She is now li\•ing in Kew.

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SILVER AND G REEN. Ev-a H all was married to Mr. G. H .

Suth er land.

Eva Trembath was married to Mr. T h omas Geo rge, of A uburn .

Marie Ing ram, on h e r r e turn fru111 a t r ip ab road , was married to Mr . King, broth e r of Roma a nd M-ary, a nd is now liv ing a t Claremont, Queensland ..

Grace J enkin was married las t Februa r y, a nd is liv i• g in N.ew Zeala nd.

Maude Wilcox was m arried to Dr. Spark, of Brisbane, last May.

. Old Collegians at the University.

Phyllis Ashworth and Annie Wish a rt are doing Third Y.ear Sci.ence.

Other Scien ce students include Dorothy Flockart a n d ·J ean H eyward in Second Year, ancl Jo yce Semm e ns in First Year.

Among the Ar ts p eople a r e Annie E nglish a n d W in ni e Gawley, who are doing Third Year; Isabe l Thomas, Isab el Neilson , Connie Whiteh ead, and Isabel Hodgson, who h ave reach ed S eco nd Year; and amon g the freshers a r e Nan .Jeffery, Is abe l R e id, a nd Hardee Carter .

Amanda Med s. a r e fairly nume rous.

Lie be r t a nd Mar y Waite a r e in their Fifth Year, while Blanche God·b ehear, Esther Skelton, a nd Blanche Chittic k sat for Fourth Year -exam s. in Augu s t; Rita R othsta dt is in Third Year, a nd Phyllis Bin gemann in F irst Year .

At the Conservatorium Eileen Mussen is doing h er Fourth Year, L enton Whitfo rd h er Third Year, a nd G. Greenwood her First Year.

Celie Ingram h as begun L aw this year.

Karlie McDonald a nd Sylvia Roth stad t h ave_'finish >ed Arts., a nd Karlie is now doin g Education, while M. H adley is now teaching.

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